sweetly reminiscent, something mother used to bake

[extemporanea]

Too weird. Cooking malva pudding is apparently a pervasive process, to the point where I can still smell it on my hair after two days. I am not sure if the effect of this is to mark me inescapably as a stay-at-home domestic type, or if it'll operate closer to David's well-known Vanilla Theory Of Seducing Women (men smelling of vanilla are

Comments

[starmadeshadow]

WoW has potential for online eroticism? Darn, I knew I should've bought the manual, and not disabled chat...

[extemporanea]

I honestly can't say - anecdotal evidence of WoW weddings aside - whether WoW has any actual, practical erotic potential; all they had to do was demonstrate its theoretical potential ... The good essays babbled about the power of co-operation and community, and shared experience, and role-play freedom, and identity dissociation, and visual idealisation and what have you. For some reason WoW seems to appeal very strongly to a roomful of humanities students who've never actually played.

[bumpycat]

Clearly they haven't played, because then they would quickly realise that most people use the anonymity to, er, express themselves in publicly unacceptable ways. Online eroticism in WoW usually extends no further than "lol i took my armor off!!!11"

[extemporanea]

One of the whole points of online eroticism is the freedom it gives you to express yourself anonymously in ways unacceptable in the real world. Of course, the notional 85% response to the question, the one I never actually received, would point out that one of the drawbacks to WoW as an erotic space is precisely this group/game element, which works directly against meaningful/intimate interaction and may outweigh all the other elements which work in its favour.

The question actually asked them to try and account for why WoW weddings take place. Of course, next year's question is going to read: Online eroticism in WoW usually extends no further than "lol i took my armor off!!!11". Discuss.

[strawberryfrog]

And what's significant about the shape of jugs?

[extemporanea]

They had significant shapes. Come on, this was a dream. Wanton smutty misinterpretation aside, a dream doesn't have to have a reason. They were white ceramic jugs. Their shape was extremely meaningful, and rather threatening, for no adequately defined reason.

[strawberryfrog]

dream doesn't have to have a reason

Dreams often have their reasons, of which the reason knows nothing.

Re: World of Wankcraft

[extemporanea]

Exactly!

Also, icon swoonage. Gotta love me some Ichabod Crane.

[bronchitikat]

For the benefit of the ignorant seeking enlightenment, what's malva pudding? Apart from something which makes you smell edible, that is.

& did it work?

[extemporanea]

Interesting, must be a specifically Souf Affrican thing. Malva pudding is a baked, sponge cakey sort of pudding, quite dense-textured, over which you pour a cream/sugar/orange juice/sherry/butter sauce while the cake and sauce are still hot. It's one of those delectable winter things. Of course it worked, my malva pud recipe is a failsafe that I can, and quite often do, successfully cook while tipsy. I'll post the recipe when I'm at home and have it handy.

[strawberryfrog]

Apparently it is South African

Wait, is Tipsy Tart also South African?

[bronchitikat]

That sounds really nice. I'll have to bookmark the recipe when you post it for use during our winter. It's been a bit warm here recently. Though I have a recipe for a lemon drizzle cake which is done in by somewhat similar method. Most luscious.

& I was actually enquiring whether standing around smelling of malva pudding where there are interesting men worked! ;)

[tngr_spacecadet]

Please send failsafe malva pudding recipe urgently, I have been meaning to make some!

We have some more Doctor Who to offer in return, including a delightful Agatha Christie episode and a double featuring, according to the teaser, killer shadows in a library.

[strawberryfrog]

The "killer shadows in a library" one takes a while to get going, I found the first half just threw too many jarring ideas into the blender. But by the end of the second half it had all come together well.

PS: mort, try making some gin-soaked malva, pretty please?

PPS: Hey, who turned out the lights?

[extemporanea]

ooh, that is so a deal. For more Doctor Who I'd even make the malva pudding. Recipe coming up.