Bitter cold day...

Today is bitingly cold!  I know at some point I have to go for groceries, but I know full well that I do not want to.  Hell, I'm cold right here in my home with the heat on and my robe around me... It's time for some hot tea!

Of course, if you walk into my kitchen right now it's much colder.  I need to cook something to warm it up since I have this tenancy not to turn on the heat in that room.  It just seems kind of pointless considering that the room is in the far corner and is only really used to prepare food.  So, when I cook, I wash dishes and clean as it warms up, but otherwise, I don't make excuses to go in there.

But I do need to make tea... so I debate... do I go in, clean while the tea is brewing and steeping, or just wait for the whistling to signal that the tea is ready?  I think I should clean... the post holiday cookie thing has left the kitchen a disaster!

If only I could bottle up and store the heat from the middle of summer when I wanted nothing more than to avoid cooking in the kitchen because it would get so hot that I wouldn't be able to eat anything from heat exhaustion.  I would bottle it and now I would use a little at a time to keep the house warmer.

Oh well, until I'm a wizard I guess I just have to deal... wish I had someone to snuggle with to keep warm right now... but then I would never get any work done!

Sleep has brought me to this?

Long weekend so far.  Even with only a couple of shows to do and just a couple of days of work, this is a long weekend every year.  This year, I had to attend a party that I usually, often conveniently, miss. I suppose I have to admit to myself that I often find my mind desiring to avoid people rather than making plans for social events.  I mean, I do make plans to go to a show if friends are playing.  This is a rare thing, though.  In the past five years, I've been to only three shows that I can remember.  All three shows had my one friend's band.

And that's about as much as I cared to be out.  Ever since I quit the bar, I do little to nothing to get together with old friends.  This is okay with me most of the time.

Though I must admit that a friend of mine occasionally invites people to breakfast at a buffet.  I like to go there.  I seem to be a welcome addition to the group, though I often am offensive and probably crude.  (Okay, there's no probably about it)

Okay, well, no buffet this morning... but I'm hungry for eggs any way.  

something interesting?

i think I actually gave myself a tummy ache eating candy.  How the fuck does that happen?  you know, I can remember a time when I could eat loads of sugary sweets and never even notice.  In fact, there was a point in my life where I used to scrounge change, go to the drug store and buy candy bars, 2 for 88 cents, and a soda.  I would get four candy bars, a soda, and then sit at the dis-used train track bridge and enjoy my snack before going home, or where ever.  I miss those days.

It's not enough that now a single candy bar most places costs at least a dollar and the cheapest coke is over a buck and a half, but now if I eat too much candy I get a tummy ache!  I must say that I am a bit displeased about this.

Adversely, I have found that I am able to drink a lot of booze in one evening and not feel as bad as a couple of handfuls of candy "bottle caps."

spooky shit and shtuff...

So I made this Red Miso Soup for lunch... it was interesting.  It had a very fascinating taste.  I've had white miso before, so I had to give this a try.  Okay, I tried it.

I was raised having to try things all the time.  It causes a conflict in my life these days.  I have trouble going to restaurants and making quick decisions because there is that part of me that knows what I like, and then there is the other part of me that bugs me to try something different.  I would love to say that I do what I want, but it's difficult to know when your mildly schizophrenic about things like this.

And onto other shit that you may or may not give a rat's ass about:  I started working in earnest on this year's halloween story.  It should be good.  I hope people like it since I'm bringing back someone from my serial stories  for this one.  Who knows.  Then I have to think about X-mas...

Until then, I will take a nap...

lentils

Yup, at the grocery store the other day and there it was... Lentil soup pack.  Okay, really excited for a rainy day like this to give it a try.  so here it goes.  Cooking right now as I type.  Hopefully it does't suck... or end up on the floor... and why am I so excited about this soup?  Well, if you were laughing already, you probably already know.  For those who don't find such humor in the word, Lentil, I suggest watching a show from the BBC called "the Young Ones"  Seriously, you need to check it out...

And speaking of cooking... Big fucking news... coming soon.  Yeah, I totally teased you with that!  Now you have to wait until next week to find out what it is... but it'll be worth it!