Sophia Hammett

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Recovering Sociologist

Highlighted text from the below-linked article: “there are long, claustrophobic scenes of drowning and near-drowning” Full paragraph: As in his previous films, Nolan is interested in the discontinuities of space and time, in magic, tricks, craft, technology, rivalry, substitution, masks, miscommunication, what we remember and what we choose to forget. Yet again, survival is portrayed as a kind of triumph. Yet again, there are long, claustrophobic scenes of drowning and near-drowning, and technically impressive episodes in which buildings are engulfed in flames and vehicles explode. Yet again, we watch a male character's desperate quest to recover and/or avenge a female love object. I had hoped that Nolan's affinity with these Homeric themes might push him to new creative heights, and enable him to conjure more believable characters. But The Odyssey features his usual combination of grandiosity and superficiality. Without a tub of wax for my ears - which Himesh Patel's ever anxious Eurylochus, Odysseus's doomed right-hand man, uses to sail safely past the Sirens - I was exposed to the full din of thumping sticks, staffs, swords and clashing armour, thunderbolts, crashing waves, grunts, screams, toppling palaces and burning temples. But unlike Matt Damon, the wax-free Odysseus who is tied to the mast as he is conveyed past the Sirens (naked ladies reclining on some uncomfortable-looking rocks), I gazed at the shipwrecks and bloodbaths without any agony of emotion. My eyes stayed dry, even for Argos the dog - whose adorableness as a puppy is predictably amped up to suit our animal-loving times. If only the human characters had been treated with such serious attention.
Clockwise from left: peach pie, Guinness cake, key-lime cheesecake.
Microsoft Excel Options dialog box on a computer monitor. Copilot is selected. There is a single checkbox option to “hide formula completion suggestions for:” with drop-down menu options 1 day, 1 week, 1 month.
Glazed Bundt cake.
Cooked Bundt cake next to pan. Bundt is whole, without damage, but has a few rough edges. A small amount of cake-crust remains stuck in the pan.
Freshly baked cake in Bundt pan.
Bundt pan half full of batter sitting on a cluttered counter top.
Meise en platz’d ingredients for lemon pound cake. Clockwise from the top-left: Bundt pan, liquid measuring cup full of sour cream, lemon extract, flour with soda and salt whisked in, sugar, 6 eggs, 2 lemons, butter.
Two one-quart bowls of rice noodles, garnished with cilantro and thinly sliced yellow onion.
Rock sugar and MSG
Fat melting in a frying pan
Eye of round, thinly sliced. In a glass container, sitting on a plastic cutting board near a knife.
Stockpot full of meat and vegetable materials swimming in a deep-brown liquid. Fat is just starting to congeal.
Half-sheet tray, holding roasted beef bones, onion, and ginger in an oven
Half sheet pan covered in beef marrow bones, shank, neck, split ginger root and halved yellow onions.
Half-sheet pan lined with parchment paper holding lightly browned cooked pastry.
Screenshot 1 of 3 showing today’s MyShake earthquake list showing 8 earthquakes in San Ramon, CA. Ranging magnitudes between 2.5 and 4.2
Pantry “before” (in progress, actually) photo. Disheveled shelves full of mismatched containers. Boxes stacked are obstructing view of most shelves.
Large stockpot 3/4 full of smashed bits of crab exoskeleton with a few shrimp tails. Sitting on top of a gas range.
Maximalist kitchen cabinet, stuffed to the brim with bins full of spice jars.
Chunks of beef frying in a cast iron pot
Two half-sheet pans holding a circular loaf of cinnamon twists shaped like a snowflake
Waffled turkey-dressing covered with cranberry sauce on a small plate.
Filling 2-3 lbs leftover turkey 1 onion 1 bunch cilantro 8-10 oz Cotija cheese 16 oz Hatch chile Finely chop all ingredients, should make about one gallon of filling. Let meld while you prepare sauce.
Gas range stovetop with 3-gallon saucepan full of enchilada sauce on left top burner and two corn tortillas cooking on griddle in the middle burner.
Storefront window with decal reading “EAT MORE AMERICAN CHEESE”
Cat sitting in a window underneath a mirror ball.
Kitchen cabinets with vintage bowls, coated cast-iron pots and vintage chrome Hamilton Beach Hand-Stand mixer.
Fiesta Flower
Western Columbine flower
Yellow peeps in front of a toaster oven set at 150°
Casserole dish covered with Irish soda bread on a gas stovetop.
Feminine hygiene dispenser
Bluewitch Nightshade wildflowers
A dozen red roses in a fluted glass vase on a wooden kitchen table in front of a window.
Finished single pot pie on a plate.
Large metal bowl containing corned beef and cabbage (also carrots, onions, potatoes) in a thick gravy -and a spatula at 2 o’clock.
Backyard in-ground swimming pool with multiple cracks showing in vinyl liner.
Screen capture of Apple settings Apple intelligence page, showing how to turn off Apple intelligence.
View from the balcony at ST Bakker. Looking down in a stage from far above.
Plated prime rib dinner.
Rib roast packed with Black Sea salt
Television screen displaying “The Great Gonzo as Charles Dickens” on screen
Me wearing a meme sweater showing Homer Simpson backing into the bushes, covered in string lights.
Enchilada Sauce ingredients: 1/2 c salad oil 1/2 c flour 4 T Grandmas chili powder 4 T chili powder 1 t cumin 1 t oregano 1 t salt 2 garlic cloves chopped 12 c turkey stock Cook flour oil and seasoning over low heat. Gradually add stock. Simmer 30 mins. Enchilada filling ingredients (not pictured) leftover turkey, chopped onion, corona cheese, green chile)
Leftover turkey stuffing and sweet potato made into a waffle. Covered in gravy and cranberry sauce.
Photo of San Francisco bay though the dash of an automobile
I almost tripped over this giant slug. It’s about 8” long and kind of an earthy green. Lots of sheen because slugs are slimy.
Two aluminum pie tins, cut and joined together so they appear to overlap.