Continuing my trend of posting about minor things...

[thistlechaser]

I've never had jerky before. I've considered it many times (I do like meat, and I do need snacks), but it always seems like an odd thing. Dried meat? So I finally bought a package. Teriyaki flavored, since I love that.

It sat on my counter for weeks. I'd get hungry and eye it, then lose my nerve and not try it.

Tonight's RP involves jerky, so I decided what better time.

It's... not totally horrible, though I have zero desire to eat any more of it. It IS odd and strange and all that. Dried meat is odd. It wasn't bad enough that I spit out the bite I had, but though I hate to waste food, I'm not going to eat the rest.

It's a shame I don't like it more, the calories are really low. 80 calories for a third of the bag, and I don't think I could eat that much in one sitting. Wow, you need to finish the bag in three days of opening it.

Edit: Oh, but speaking of food! I love greek yogurt! It took eating it many, many mornings, but I really like it now and totally understand the dessert comments -- it's so thick and creamy! It doesn't taste sour to me hardly at all anymore.

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[fealubryne.livejournal.com]

Did you watch this week's GoT? My favorite ep so far!

I did! And totally agreed. They just keep getting better and better, seems like. This episode felt very... HBO-ish. From the gore to the nudity. I was amused by Theon, and immediately taunted my sister with the fact that they did, in fact, show exactly what she'd been wondering about from the first episode. Back then I'd told her it was HBO, they'd probably do it. And sure enough, they did! I didn't tell her who, though, so I'll be curious to see what she says... hehe.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

It's funny how different seeing things is. The open-sides cell? At least it was a lot bigger than I recall from the book! But seeing how high it was? EEEEEK

The gore was something else! Poor horse! (And poor Ned's leg, ha.)

For the first time, I kind of didn't dislike Robert as much as usual. (I didn't hate him in the books, but in the show he's just so... ugh.) I feel bad for both of them, what a horrible marriage.

[fealubryne.livejournal.com]

I was surprised they actually... showed the horse killing. I mean, they didn't show Lady's (which I'm just as happy about - not that I'm squeamish or anything, but it would've been depressing) so I was a little surprised they showed the horse. It happened so fast I was like, O_O

That's one thing I've noticed about the show. The books really waited to sort of "humanize" a lot of the characters until we got to see things from their perspective. In the show we see a lot more of that earlier, making people like Robert and Cersei a bit more understandable. It's very interesting.

Also... the thing with Renly and Loras. I don't remember that. Do you? I was like, "Whoa. Whoa, really? REALLY?! ...Hawt." But I still don't remember it happening in the book. Not that I'm complaining! I just... don't remember it.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I think they showed the horse to show how strong Mountain was, though that still seems like it would take more strength than anyone would have... but then I don't know much about chopping heads off horses.

GRRM commented on the Renly/Loras and gay characters in general. He said there were some in the books, but he never mentioned it in his writing because it didn't fit/wasn't important, but that the HBO series would have a much clearer gay pairing. I believe he said that he wasn't going to say if it was a pairing he had in mind or not.