February 25, 2006
No broken motors this time. I've got a beautiful Arri SRIII package (moving up from the SRII) sitting here in my bedroom all weekend. I can build it and plug it in and try out different lenses, but I just don't trust myself to load it with fresh film; thus, I have to wait until tomorrow to actually go out and shoot with it, when I have my trusty friends to help me (by the way, a big happy birthday to Clay Liford). It seems ridiculous to me, all of a sudden, that I've been making films for so long and I can't shoot on film with the same ease that I do video. Granted, most of my films have been on video, but still - I'm behind the curve.
I spent the morning outside in the rain, chopping a dozen coconuts in half. Ever since I went raw, I've been missing Thai food on a pretty regular basis, so I decided to adapt this recipe and make some red curry coconut noodles. It turned out perfectly (I hope it stays fresh for the shoot tomorrow, because I'll be foisting it upon everyone). The interesting thing about cooking raw food is that, if you actually want to make something other than salad or some variation thereof, and you want that something to actually be good, you're pretty much forced to step up to gourmet standards.
Which is why I've been mostly sticking to salad.
Posted by David Lowery at February 25, 2006 11:47 PM
Comments
Forgive my ignorance (and mild scepticism), but how healthy is a raw food diet, really? I mean, the vegan thing I can sort of understand, but I've read things about raw food diets that, well, make it sound unsafe.
Posted by: Matt at February 27, 2006 07:56 PM
There's nothing unhealthy about a raw food diet, strictly speaking, since it doesn't include anything that's not really good for you, and doesn't exclude anything the body needs.
I don't mean to proselytize here, though, and I actually wouldn't recommend it to people the way I would a vegan (or at least vegetarian) diet. It's more personal than veganism (which has benefits far beyond the individual), more self-centered - if that makes any sense.
Posted by: Ghostboy at February 27, 2006 09:07 PM
I had to look up the word proselytize.
Posted by: Karsten at February 28, 2006 03:00 AM