August 2007 Archives
Wow. WOW.
And lest you think I’ve reserved all my hate-on points for bitching about the LJStupidity du jour, have a look at this shit about SFWA throwing fraudulent DMCA takedown notices around!
Even better is this bit from this article:
But then something weird happened. We received a notification that one of our issues had been taken down because ‘because the copyright owner contacted us and asked us to.’ That statement was of great interest to us, because we hold the copyrights for these issues at the magazine.
On a happier note:
The fishnoodles I pulled out of the soup and packed for lunch today? They were excellent. ♥
And the hits just keep on comin’
Holy unreasonable expectations, Batman!
I don’t even have time to go over my links for the last month to make sure nobody’s goatse’d anything over there yet. All my links for all time? Fuck that. I’m half tempted to change a few old ones to some worksafe neighbor of /b/ just to be a smartass.
[edit: apparently there is something about this post that spammers love. If you are just here to advertise your crap, GTFO. DIE IN A FIRE.]
All glory to the fish soup
I’ve been meaning to make this Vietnamese fish soup for some time now, seeing as how it came so highly recommended. And I was going to make it last week, and realized I was without celery, and so made this Vietnamese chicken noodle soup (which is also most excellent) instead.
Tonight I finally got around to trying the fish soup. I used salmon, seeing as how I just bought a bag of frozen salmon filets (surprisingly awesome for frozen salmon from Wal-Mart), farted with proportions to produce a little more than one bowl of soup, and then dumped a bunch of udon in.
OH GOD IT IS SO GOOD. ♥
Most of the udon came out of the soup and went into tomorrow’s lunch, along with whatever fish and vegetable chunks got ensnared in it in the process. Some of the udon stayed in the soup, making FISHNOODLE SOUP. Or NOODLEFISH SOUP. Whatever, it tastes fucking awesome.
IT IS DELICIOUS SOUPS, YOU MUST TRY SOME.
FFS!
It’s official:
Posting a naughty drawing of imaginary people in which one or more subjects might kind of sort of look maybe 17: ToS violation.
Posting advice on how best to beat actual children: fine and dandy.
A thought:
This is entirely dependent on whether or not I can find a long-sleeved white leotard with a mock turtleneck that I can alter, because no way in Hell am I about to try sewing such from scratch, and to a much lesser degree dependent on whether or not I keep shedding ass at the same rate I am currently shedding ass (even if I am still heavier than I’d like to be, I still have the requisite body type), and very very dependent on whether or not I can find suitable undergarments that will manhandle my boobs into the required configuration, and I know I’m either going to have to bleach the shit out of my hair or buy a wig…
…but for Halloween, I am seriously considering dressing up as Power Girl.
Y/N
Things I have learned today:
I am not 10% smarter than a broken keyboard tray.
Give us this day our win and fail.
Since I had nothing important to do today, I figured I would roll over to B&N and pick up the new Supernatural novel and maybe some other things. So onto the package carrier went the Shopping Backpack and off I went!
About a mile out I noticed a strange thud… thud… thud… feeling coming from the vicinity of the rear wheel. What the hell was that!? Did a rock somehow attach itself to my tire?
I looked back at the rear wheel. Flat as a Skipper doll. Son of a bitch. But what the hell was that thudding thing?
Upon closer inspection I found a nail in my damn tire, buried to the head, right in the middle of the tread. It could not have embedded itself more perfectly in the center of my tire if it had been fired from a nail gun. Oh goody, this will require a new tube AND a new tire. :augh:
So I pushed the damn bike to the Chinese restaurant down the street, called Mom, told her I had a flat and begged for a pickup, and waited.
Mom arrived with truck. I loaded the bike up, and hopped in. “Coming or going?” Mom asked me.
“Going to B&N,” I said.
“:D,” Mom said. Off we went.
Mom got a shitload of animal books and craft books and tractor books and all kinds of stuff. I got my Supernatural novel (♥), an appetizer cookbook, a “how to do neat shit with T-shirts” book, and a writing book.
Then we went to the grocery store. Not my usual Kroger–HEB. Oh man, they have good shit at HEB. I got some sushi, half of which I just ate and half of which I packed for lunch tomorrow. It was a little dry and not the best sushi evar overall, but definitely the best grocery store sushi evar. They had samples of these chips sitting out. Bruschetta-flavored …veggie chips? Made with potatoes, tomatoes, and other miscellaneous vegetables? Huh. I tried one.
Oh hell. I actually seriously wondered if anyone would notice me walking off with the entire sample bowl, or just shoveling the contents into my mouth in their entirety. Oh man, best chips I have ever put into my mouth, plus a recommended-size serving (16 chips) is 130 calories and a shitload of chip. If you live near an HEB, for the love of God, go get a bag of these.
And I got a little jar of feta-stuffed olives. I’m not sure I will like these; the only form I will normally eat olives in is muffaletta. But they were cheap, so I will not feel bad about throwing them away or foisting them off on someone else if I find them gross.
So I have a broken bike, but I also have reading material and good food. Could be worse.
Mom will take the bike to the shop for me tomorrow. I could probably change the tire and tube myself, but it only costs a couple of bucks more to have the guy do it for me. It is a small price to pay.
I think it’s gonna live.
This new toy I have, I have made it perty (okay, I had help from a prefab template what I tinkered with and redid images for, but still). It looks like a Chao Patties now.
I think I’ll fart with it over the weekend, and then on Monday when I have non-dialup Internets I will start backing things up and moving things around and replacing the relic that is the current Chao Patties with something new and shiny that I might actually fucking UPDATE once in a while.
[edit: the sandbox is no more, I am now farting with the real article. ^_^ ]
