a morbid tale. a recipe.
right here, don't go, stay tuned!
2.10.2009
2.03.2009
FOR P: borscht recipe or I hope you like chopping vegetables for like, 30 minutes or trash vegetables are cheap, let's make a soup with them
3 tbsps olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, however
1/2 head red cabbage, chopped
1/2 head green cabbage, chopped
2 potatoes (about 2 lbs.), peeled and chopped
6 beets, 2" diameter, peeled and chopped
salt and pepper to taste
one small lemon (or 1/2 large) and extra
FRESH dill (do not, DO NOT use dried)
Rustic bread
Heat olive oil on medium heat. THROW in onion and garlic, cook for about 4 minutes.
*DON"T LET ANYTHING BURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
add cabbage, stir around, heat until soft. may want to turn heat up to medium-high at this point.
add potatoes. stir around, heat about three minutes.
add beets. add water to cover vegetables. bring to a boil.
*this is when it gets real pretty!!!! i <3 pink
cook it for a while. add salt and peppa 2 taste. add juice of one lemon. just cook it until the beets are as soft as you like 'em (for me this was about an hour).
put it in a bowl. sprinkle fresh dill on top, serve with a lemon wedge and Rustic bread that you made yourself.
while you're eating, you may want to think about the tsar and his family and how really unfair it is that you work your ass off all day long, you're 28 and look and FEEL like you're 52, you have arthritis and pockmarks and rotten teeth, and you get to eat bread and soup almost every day of your life. that's the heart and soul of borscht. 'sup, serf. 
1.20.2009
My J Crew-whoreness is validated by the first wife and daughters
I feel better now.
(look for pics on the internet - they are everywhere and I'm too lazy to put them up).
Obama shouts out to the godless
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and non-believers."
Non-believers! Holla! That's me! I was so excited I almost jumped up and down in our conference room and said, "That's me!" I can't believe he (and his speech writer) acknowledged us. Amazing. LOVE IT.
non-believer is kinda funny, though. doesn't sound a little archaic? like how "heretic" sounds funny (to me). and I do believe - I believe in my ability to make better the lives of my family and people in my community and my earth and stuff like that. but hey, I'll take it.
1.10.2009
Thoughts?
THese are things I am thinking about doing (or commencing) in the near future:
1. Americorps in Atlanta or New Orleans
2. Teach English in Japan or China
3. Get my PhD in Comparative Literature from (first choice) Emory University (languages: French, Arabic, and Russian; studying science fiction and science/self identity)
4. MBA/MFA at NYU Stern/Tisch in their new dual-degree program for film producers.
These would all be after movie in Palestine. Not that I would do them all. But who knows?
Could I survive the robobt revolution?
I've been thinking about teaching English in Japan, but I foresee a problem:
COuld I survive the robot revolution? Like, in the initial days as it is starting?
(from the journal IEEE Spectrum via the io9 blog.)
12.29.2008
12.01.2008
Happy holidays :)
I am depressed about the holidays. The last seven holiday seasons I have spent with someone. Making plans to visit family reminds me that there is “family” I’m not going to see this year for the first time in many, many years. I used to think that people who got depressed during the holidays about not being in a relationship were just pussies. But now I get it.
To cope I’ve been listening to a lot of country music. And jazz. I made a turkey pot pie with leftovers!
Videos!
Here's Al Green doing one of Willie's songs:
Did I post this already? God, I love this song. This song absolutely kills me. Listen again:
And finally:
11.06.2008
yes it is true
I am up this early. have been up for a while now, since about 5 am. couldn't sleep. worked until 8 each night so far this week, will continue till the report is done. clocking 10.5 - 12 hours days. exhausting. you know when you do something all day long, or at least before you go to bed, very intensely, kinda worked up about it, and you stay in a half-sleep state doing that same thing. so in my head all night, I've been editing my 2,000 page report. printing it out. compiling it. staring at it on the computer, making changes. blech.
but it will be over soon. it will be overnighted on the 13th. sayonara.
10.30.2008
10.04.2008
Just put your lips together, and blow
I started whistling today. Spontaneously. I surprised myself: I was taken aback.
The last time I whistled - the only times I can remember whistling - I was copying a song, responding to someone's request to whistle, etc. It was a response, a retort, an answer to a request. Today it was spontaneous, joyful whistling.
I don't know if I've ever done this before.
Hmmm.
10.03.2008
Cut Copy
We saw Cut Copy Monday. They were great.
Here is there first North American TV performance. On Carson Daly.
I love the arm in the air thing he does - it's like, "I'm inviting you to dance."
Cory, oops, I mean Dan, looks so professional in his button down. And who is that crazy girl in the back standing on a bench? Does she have a cast on her leg? Why yes, she does, and she is STILL dancing!
(for those of you not in Austin, that was me at their show at Emo's). And the bass player that was at SXSW was not there, I think. I'm on my lunch break. forgive the weirdness of this post.
10.02.2008
No! For battle come to me!
Live blogging Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 1: Episode 107: The Last Outpost.
9.26.2008
9.23.2008
Native American Powwow
Be there or be square!
The 17th annual Austin Powwow and American Heritage Festival is on Saturday, November 1st. I am pretty sure Mom dragged us to the first one - it was in some tiny middle school gym, about a hundred people or so. Now it is huge. It's fun, they sell a lot of cheap crap, but the dancing, costumes, and drumming are great. So is the frybread. I'll probably be there at 10 AM to see the Grand Entrance dance which is neat. I think they do it more than once. I love the old men that sing and drum, they are super adorable with their old man faces and braids. Old men should always have braids. Or beards.
I'm doing a lame job describing this, but I'm ready for bed. Trust me! More info on their website.
9.21.2008
I absolutely love
the chairs. I adore them. I need them in my apartment.
BAH-GCH. Ba-ug-ckuh. tam-ber.
Bruno's like, Clavichords, la-ti-da. Gould is all, Step off, motherfucker.
9.20.2008
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