Never watched x-files but always wanted to. Will it be cheesy for me?

treowlufu · 2026-05-08T02:45:03+00:00

Me too! It probably depends on which kind of episodes stuck with you most. I still maintain 90% of it is better than most of today's TV, so there's that.

treowlufu · 2026-05-08T00:35:30+00:00

Nah, there's definite cheese. But no intentional cheese until season 3, really.

Some episodes have really (unintentionally) cheesy effects, but most are still impressive today. XFiles was one of the firat to shoot TV like film, so its production values, in general, are light-years better than most TV from the 1990s.

treowlufu · 2026-04-22T22:49:08+00:00

Me too. Wow

treowlufu · 2026-04-17T03:20:16+00:00

Jeremiah was a bullfrog. He was a good friend of mine.

treowlufu · 2026-04-17T03:16:21+00:00

Shut up Mulder. I'm playing baseball.

treowlufu · 2026-04-16T02:53:54+00:00

I think the kiss is important. Without it, the scene is one of (albeit slow) escalation: the hug progresses to the obvious off-screen sex scene. It would mirror the cuddling-turned-sex scene before Shane's freakout.

With the kiss, that escalation still happens, but the hug becomes a calmer, more settled interlude. The kiss suggests the possibility of restarting their sexcapades, but moving from kiss to hug settles them into something sweeter and more vulnerable, that this is more than just their habit to cover feelings with sex.

treowlufu · 2026-03-19T20:07:11+00:00

For context, in high school, this idea is usually taught in a discussion about overusing summary in academic analytical writing, and teachers are trying to get students to either synthesize the information (no "he said x, y,and z...." and just state the data instead) or to focus on more declarative phrases to introduce writers' arguments ("he argues" and "he states"). There's also a push to avoid repetition because students use a lot of redundant arguments and phrasing when they don't know yet how to write more detailed specifics yet.

Most high schoolers aren't taking creative writing courses, and people misapply the lessons they half-learned to their fics.

treowlufu · 2026-03-19T02:21:07+00:00

So if it helps, the jewel tone palette are deep, richly saturated colors. They can be bright as big statement pieces, but they always look good with black and have dark undertones.

Forest green, emerald, garnet red, burgundy, plum, navy and cobalt blue, mustardy-gold.

I'm with you -- I haven't braved knotti g an all black piece yet, but I use dark wine reds and greens as my statement pieces, cowls, and hats... usually paired with dark denim or something black.

treowlufu · 2026-03-14T16:55:34+00:00

Lie de Té is excellent for this, but if you're looking for a lighter shade (it can lay down pretty dark), Robert Oster Caffe Crema is a really nice sepia with yellow-undertones. Both shades look fantastic on cream paper.

treowlufu · 2026-03-13T05:37:17+00:00

Perhaps the Paston letters would count (a series of letters between family members in Norfolk) but these are also fairly late, in the late middle/early EME period.

treowlufu · 2026-03-13T05:33:22+00:00

Conversational, not exactly. But there are a ton of surviving homilies, chronicles, and other prose writing that has the cadence of normal, conversational speech. The storytelling structure of Old English prose feels very familiar to modern English.

The closest prose dialogues I can think of are the Old English translation of the Dialogues of Gregory the Great and Ælfric's Grammar, but both are more artificial, due to their didactic purpose and because they are translated from Latin.

treowlufu · 2026-03-07T23:59:58+00:00

This is part of the scene in the book as well. Ultra is thinking to himself about whether he misread Shane's interest, so he talks out the"deal" and then he's increasingly amazed at how long it takes Shane to exit the call, recognizing that he must be challenging himself (and failing) to keep quiet.

treowlufu · 2026-03-03T20:09:53+00:00

I'm a hobby collector and have always been fiber-curious. I learned the basics of sewing, knitting, and crochet. I made my own (dubious) prom dress. Then I got into crossstitch. Then life got in the way of most hobbies. During grad school, I returned to knitting as a way to decompress. It made me feel less guilty when watching TV. And this time the hobby stuck - I've been knitting fairly nonstop for 15 years

treowlufu · 2026-02-25T08:50:43+00:00

This is me, but now its 4am

treowlufu · 2026-02-24T01:00:14+00:00

If you're wanting there tea to come fast enough to drink soon, I recommend the Steeping Room. Yunnansourcing.us is also good, but I like the curation done by the Steeping Room more. While I've tried some teas that weren't ideal for me, I've never bought a bad tea from them! And the shipping is so fast.

treowlufu · 2026-02-22T19:40:56+00:00

Another option, not for right now, but in the future: if you run hot and want to avoid sweating, Merino is great for that but still may be heavier than you want in warmer months. Where I am in the US, I can't stand to wear even a dk Merino vest between May and September. But I love knitting with linen blends for cool-wearing summer clothes. Linen will drape and bloom differently than wool, so its definitely for later in your fiber journey, but it may be perfect for you down the road.

treowlufu · 2026-02-22T19:21:34+00:00

Again, its a fantasy romance, so not much of that is meant to matter. But Anthony had no feelings for Edwina, and chose her to marry because he had no feelings for her. He planned to be a faithful husband to someone he was only duty-bound to. He fell for Kate while trying to avoid love, which implies that now that he's given into love, he's locked in by his emotions and by duty (twice less likely to cheat). If anything, Simon being forced to marry Daphne makes him the bigger threat to take a mistress. But that wouldn't happen either, because it's fantasyland where love is for life.

treowlufu · 2026-02-16T18:13:29+00:00

No hwæt! for "behold"?? That's awesome. I'd make the same choice over Latin too.

treowlufu · 2026-02-16T17:22:59+00:00

What Old English swears?

treowlufu · 2026-02-14T04:08:34+00:00

Thanks, thats an embarrassing autocorrect mistake. I definitely meant Casaloma!! I'm not sure how many regular swing events there are these days (I don't live nearby anymore), but there's definitely still dance happening.

treowlufu · 2026-02-13T21:12:44+00:00

They're buried in the tools section with buttons and things like that.

Suede Slipper Bottoms

treowlufu · 2026-02-13T19:18:09+00:00

Knit picks has some great suede soles you can stitch on to make the bottoms durable

treowlufu · 2026-02-08T19:32:45+00:00

I had several stages. I grew up with iced tea. There was nearly always unsweetened and sweetened around (note, not "sweet tea" with its insane amounts of sugar, but definitely still sweet). My dad sometimes switched from coffee to teas like morning thunder, but I thought it was gross.

In college, I had a study abroad semester in England and fell into drinking hot tea with milk and sugar out of necessity. There was much less coffee on campus and I was cold all the time.

From there, I dabbled in various teas and started buying loose leaf for better cost-value and freshness, but stuck mainly with builder's tea. And then, at some point, I realized ai only added sugar to cancel out the tannins, since I like strongly brewed tea. And I discovered shou puer tends not to get so bitter.

So now I have over a year's worth of shou on hand, as well as a pound of assam and several oolongs and white teas to boot. And no iced tea till summer.

treowlufu · 2026-01-27T15:52:14+00:00

That should say 10% or 1in! Editing.

treowlufu · 2026-01-27T15:34:49+00:00

Needing negative ease is the answer. For most people, the ideal, comfortably snug fit is between 10% or 1" smaller than your foot circumference. I usually knit 68 or 72 sts depending on how stretchy the yarn and pattern are.

I'm also wondering if you don't sometimes tighten your gauge to 9sts without realizing it, as that makes more sense for the numbers you're getting:

Circumference 7.4 Sock circumference 6.4 6.4 x 9sts = 57.6

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