Looking for fandom posts? Those are locked, because as much as I love fandom, I loathe wank. I'm easy-going about friending, though, so if you're a decent person, reasonably sane, and you put spoilers, long posts, and most large graphics behind a cut, leave a (screened) comment to be added.

ETA: This journal has temporarily gone friends-only.

I promised frakup a chicken recipe. This one is ridiculously easy and is probably the favorite in my house.

( Recipe and notes under cut )

You stopped having the Dorothy Sayers Mysteries available to stream. DAMN YOU. *shakes tiny fist*

frakup and ivydoor, this is for you (and anyone else who is interested) I've adapted this from Katsuyo Kobayashi's recipe. It's incredibly simple and very tasty.

Double or halve the measurements as needed.

( Ginger Pork recipe under the cut )

I'm watching the Goldman Sachs execs get creamed right now. IT. IS. GLORIOUS.

I've hated my kitchen tile ever since we bought this house ten years ago, but I could never place exactly why. Sure, it's ugly; yes, it streaks like crazy; and oh, let's not forget how it was set into about half a foot of concrete for some unknown reason and will therefore be impossible to remove without a jackhammer. Yet even taking those things into account, the tile really bothered me for reasons I couldn't explain.

Today, it hit me: the tile looks exactly like it has stretch marks. My kitchen floor looks like Octomom's belly. No wonder I don't cook as much as I'd like.

Happy Birthday to goldy_dollar!

Hope today was a good 'un. :)

Happy Birthday, swankkat!!!

I hope today was wonderful and fantastic and filled with cute boys.

*hugs*

I finally upgraded from a BlackBerry to a Motorola Droid last week. The BB had been adequate, and what it did well, it did brilliantly so (email, twitter client, instant messaging). But where it fell short (internet browsing, maps/gps, call quality), it did so spectacularly that it made the BB incredibly frustrating.

So far, I'm really in love with the Droid, and especially the Android OS. It's not perfect--not by any means--but it's light-years ahead of the BB, incredibly fast even when I venture out of the 3G coverage area (certain places at the farm, for example), and in general a pleasure to use.

(For the record, I would have gotten an iPhone, but for the AT&T thing. I've had AT&T. Their coverage is terrible in the city of Chicago (No bars? In the Loop? Unacceptable), and is nonexistent at the farm.)

Here, after four days, are my initial impressions.

( tl;dr itemized lists under the cut )

In short: I'm very happy with the Droid. Over time I'm sure there will be things that will annoy me, and then I will begin bugging Dave to let me get a Droid II. XD

I may need to get HBO again.

It's the SCTV "Monday Night Curling" sketch--which is how I first learned of curling, no lie. It was so bizarre-looking, I just had to find out more.



Of course they're mocking the very notion that anyone would find curling interesting...and LOOK WHAT HAPPENED. Hee!

*bounce* *bounce* *bounce*

I have a copy of Mass Effect 2. I AM EVER SO SLIGHTLY EXCITED BY THIS.

*bounce* *bounce* *bounce*

From a blog post on today's Manolo for the Big Girl:

Okay, it’s time for Miss Plumcake to give an Important Life Lesson to all you budding writers out there, so take heed because I’m only going to say this once:

Don’t

be

pathetic.

Seriously, just don’t. The one exception is if you’re funny. Really funny. Funny to the point of inspiring incontinence, and not just in old people on cold days. Then SOMETIMES you can get away with it, but even then, it’s better to err on the side of NOT sounding like you own fourteen cats and have an impressive collection of cobwebs in your lady garden. See, professional media is not myspace, you’re not a 14 year old girl and no one gives a patent leather damn about your speshul speshul poignant pain.

Which is why sometimes I'll delete an entry halfway in, because it strikes me: Would I want to read someone else going on and on and whining and moaning? NO I WOULD NOT. Sure, we all need to gripe sometimes, but there's a difference between sharing life's frustrations and self-indulgent wallowing, and I promise to try never to inflict the latter on y'all. BECAUSE I LOVE. XD

OMFG.

...and now I can't watch the Superbowl. XD

It's funny how quickly I get acclimated to the cold. Only to a certain degree, though--it's not like I enjoy it or anything, I'm not insane. But really, this morning was in the 20s, and it felt positively warm. I wore my light gloves, didn't even bother with a hat or my hood, and was completely comfortable outside. Granted, there was little to no wind, but still--not that long ago, I would have been complaining about how freezing it was outside. By February, I'll probably be going outside without a coat on when the temperatures get in the 20s.

And then by June I'll be complaining about the heat. XD

Happy Birthday ivydoor!

You continue to amaze and inspire me, hon. Love ya. :)

Am I horrified by this, or do I REALLY REALLY WANT IT?

http://www.shopecko.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3727737&cp=3880005.3880010

So confused...

Socializing with bears.

Yes, there is snow. Yes, there are bears, YES, YOU WOULD DIE A HORRIBLE, PAINFUL DEATH, EITHER BY MAULING OR EXPOSURE. Stay in the UK where it is nice and relatively safe and bear-free.

Love, the people who like you lots and lots and wish to ensure your continued survival on this planet.