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July 29 2006 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
Archive for July, 2006
a falling alternating
soundtrack: Kotori no Su - Akino Arai
I’m having one of those moments where things are feeling very very very hopeless and lost, aimless…alone.
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This internet is compliments of a neighbor who didn’t protect his/her wireless network…the signal’s weak though so it’s just p00fing all over the place…gah
July 28 2006 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
cruelty irony
soundtrack: Knights of Cydonia - Muse
The new apartment doesn’t have any internet yet and there is no unprotected wireless signal strong enough for me to leech off…yet. I’m (evilly) hoping that someone will move in nearby that will have a strong enough signal, but I guess for now that roomies and I will have to hack out a plan w. local communications providers. I’m currently in the old apartment to use the internet and haul over as much as possible/start cleaning.
The irony of this is that because I have no internet yet, I have nothing to do but work on reviews. Heh.
July 25 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
slashblue
soundtrack: Gilmore Girls
I am now the semiproud owner of a PS1 (4 controllers, 2 memory cards), and a original GB with Dr. Mario, LoZ: Link’s Awakening, SuperMario World, Tetris Plus, and Donkey Kong. Oh, and 2 N64 controllers, MarioKart 64, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Mortal Kombat 4, and a memory card. OgreBattle 64 will be played!
All for a decent price, I think, but I’m not spilling here hehe ^_^ All I’ll say is that Mon got more out of me than that silly gaming store across the street gwah. I’m tempted to sell the GB for credit or money towards a GBA….would’ve been a DS Lite, but this all will last me I guess. ‘Sides, I can’t play the GB games on a DS Lite.
Yup…still want a DS Lite T_T
In life news: still moving.
….interpret that however you will. ^_^
Perhaps needless to say (but it will be said anyway), I’m in a gaming mood. But nope. Moving.
July 24 2006 | games | 3 Comments »
the forecast
soundtrack: Omatsuri - Akino Arai
1- Sporadic internet activity due to cleaning off the desk, dresser, “bedside table”, and mattress due to iminent moving
2- 6 more days
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My improvisation on the recipe for lemon-thyme chicken I yoinked out of Redbook (shut up haha) actually worked! Well, it worked on Paul at least …
Recipe:
INGREDIENTS:
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 sp freshly ground pepper
- 4 chicken breasts
- 1tbsp each olive oil and unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 shallots minced
- 2 tsp grated lemon zest
- 1tbsp minced fresh thyme
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Dredge chicken in a mix of the flour, salt, and pepper. Coat both sides.
2. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil and unsalted butter per chicken piece, melt.
3. Saute chicken 6-7 mins, turning once.
4. remove chicken and deglaze skillet with heavy cream - increase heat to medium high
5. add shallots, lemon zest, and thyme - stir for 2 mins/until cream thickens
6. stir in lemon juice, mustard, and salt
7. spoon mix over chicken
IMPROVISATION/notes:
- I actually made it last night with 2 chicken thighs instead of 4 chicken breasts. It just makes for harder saute because the thighs have little nooks that fill with flour mix and are somewhat difficult to reach when cooking. So in actuality, I didn’t change any of the amounts, however, except for amount of ingredients placed in the mix.
- defrost chicken first and then cook for approximately 5 minutes in microwave before dredging
- replace butter with an extra tbsp of olive oil.
- use 2 stalks of green onion instead of shallots
- replace mustard with extra half cup of heavy cream
- no “lemon zest” was used
- amount of thyme used was about 1 1/2 tbsp
END RESULT:
- The onions and lemon mixed to make a REALLY interesting flavour and calories were cut! Hooray!
- served with yellow rice w. mixed veggies (both out of packages so nothing of note there, really haha) and herbs, but now that I look back, I think it might be very yummy with something involving asparagus too. Drink of choice was red wine for the night, but I have no idea how ‘elegant’ that is.
July 23 2006 | Uncategorized and food | No Comments »
swivelfog
soundtrack: Island of the Honest Man - Hot Hot Heat
There is nothing to watch on Thursday night television here until 10:30 when the Futurama reruns come on.
Yes, I suppose Adult Swim is good for a few things after all.
Shoulders are in pain from carrying things from one apartment to the next. Things just get harder from here though, and I have SO much left to pack, so I shouldn’t start griping about this just yet.
Today, at Borders, I got my hands on the new Muse album. It was wonderful (getting the hands on, that is. Haven’t heard the thing in its entirety yet.) and I wanted it very dearly, but could not decide between spending $13 for the regular version or $21 for the CD/DVD version or if I really wanted it in physical form or just a bunch of mp3s. *sighs and succumbs to indecision*
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In graphical news, I am not optimistic about my chances in the wallpaper competition. But that’s how it goes, ne? ^_^
July 21 2006 | Uncategorized | No Comments »
insofaraway
soundtrack: Over the Sky - Hitomi (Last Exile ED)
Welcome to the second evolution of spaces I call ‘pocket universe’(s). There’s some part of me that feels that this latest one should be specific to something the way, say, cuteoverload.com is. However, since I have yet to decide just exactly what I’m going to do with this blog (anime.manga.VG streaming thoughts? photographs? recipes? graphics? rants? maybe just another pseudo-LJ? who knows?! o.O) I’m just going to post this:
1. I’ll respond with something random about you
2. I’ll challenge you to try something
3. I’ll pick a color that I associate with you
4. I’ll tell you something I like about you
5. I’ll tell you my first/clearest memory of you
6. I’ll tell you what animal you remind me of
7. I’ll ask you something I’ve always wanted to ask you
8. If I do this for you, you must post this on yours
In other news:
Battlestar Galactica Season 3 trailer is out on youtube.com. It’s nice to see all these characters back in motion, but it’s a pity that the people who created the trailer chose such…whiny music.
July 20 2006 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
something figured
Today I claim yet another small piece of the interweb as mine. mwahaha.
here it goes. ^_^
July 19 2006 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
