Sunday, October 29, 2006

Hello Ween

Halloween. or the saturday before halloween came and went last nite. i was kermit the frog. and K was miss piggy. no too many contenders in the way of better costumes, not too sound glib, but there weren' t too many true blue halloween heads out there.

musical memory - aphex twin: donkey rhubarb

Saturday, October 28, 2006

nostalgia or just nice?

Music holds memories. So when I hear a song like aphex twin's "four" or nirvana's "drain you" and I get flushed, is it good music or good memories. Probably both.

Note to self listen to more music.

Friday, October 27, 2006

Video games & gravy



Lately, I have been playing video games for the SNES platform, namely Mortal Kombat II and Super Mario Kart. I remember when MKII came out in 1993 and how much I swore at that game and my inability to beat most of my friends. Actually, I was never very good at most video games, which I haven't really thought about in a while.

I have recently acquired some new kitchen tools and have allowed a dichotomy to arise in my cooking: simple / gourmet. I either try to reduce the amount of ingredients as much as possible or I try to make everything fancy and better than your $15 a plate vegetarian restaurant. I don't usually broadcast my recipes because like an elderly person at a bake sale I want mine to be best.

Halloween is soon upon us and I am going to be Kermit the frog and K - miss piggy.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

bullet proof

canada was ok.
but not much time was to have for pure leisure.
spent 22 hours in travel to get home.

cool things:

k's family.
sea stars.
barnacles.
sea mammals.
bald eagle.
toast.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

What's up with this crazy weather?

I am going to canada soon for the first time. I hope its totally cool.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

'general park infraction'


To Whom it may concern:

This letter is to address uniform law citation 373393. I would like to admit responsibility with explanation and a question. On the date, July 6, 2002, I failed to comply with a park sign at the Warren Dunes State Park. I was in excess of 10 miles per hour in a motorized vehicle in Beach Lot #2, this I admit to but my claim is that I was not travelling at the 25 m.p.h. as stated on my ticket. I haven't a problem with making amends for an infraction which I have committed, but i believe there may be some error in the ticket. To summarize, this ticket, number 373393, states that I was exceeding the posted speed limit by 15 miles per hour, or 25 m.p.h in a 10 m.p.h. zone. At the time of this infraction the officer, Robert S., operating from the vehicle with license plate number 20166, stated that he would not give me a moving violation, but rather an infraction for my failure to comply with a park rule. At this juncture, believing that I was not going to receive a moving violation, I did not ask to see the radar reading or other method of determining my speed while I operated this motor vehicle. Even though at this time I felt that there was an error in my supposed speed, that is to say I was not traveling at 25 m.p.h. on July the 6th at 5 pm. Upon a communication via telephone to the 5th District Court Magistrate, completed on Monday the 8th of July, in which I conversed with Sue, she was at the time unable to tell me the fine amount, upon which I was told to retry telephonic communication in the future, possibly later that same day. Due to certain employment restrictions, I was not able to complete an additional phone call to the aforementioned magistrate's office until July the 12th, on this date, Sue was still not able to deliver to me the quantity of the fine, I was informed that she return my call and inform me of the charges. Sue returned my call the same day and told me that the fine was $70.00 (USD), also I was informed that the amount of the fine was contingent upon the speed in excess of the posted speed. When I was informed of this, I decided to write this letter, because I believe that I was going less than reported 25 m.p.h as stated on my uniform law citation, number 373393. Radar detection not being used, I was curious as to what type of speed detection was being employed at its percent error. I assume that other modes of detection have higher percent errors than radar detection and radar, while usually accurate has recognized flaws. The amount of this fine was determined by the speed, I was reported in excess of, perhaps a different speed recorded on my infraction would have led to a different fine amount, also if this 25 m.p.h notation is in error, as I believe, than the ticket has been written wrong as well.

Thank you kindly for your time, if I am found to be guilty of travelling at 25 m.p.h. then I will be asked to pay the $70.00 (USD), according to Sue, which I will pay.


Once upon a time I wrote the above letter in response to a 'general park infraction'. You'll notice that it is littered with grammar and style errors. I'll have you know that as a result of this letter the fine was reduced by $20.00 USD

Monday, September 11, 2006

Dancing for Grandpa

I am so cool.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Dinner


Today I went to Orchard Downs to visit the ladies who sell produce by the road way. Everything one dollar. I bought some greens and some green onions. The greens were awfully bitter and I couldn't eat them. The green onions delicious.
{This fridge sat on my grandpa's farm for awhile.}

A vegetarian recipe follows: Hodge-Podge-disappointed-with-the-produce-from-old-ladies stew thingy:
150z can of black beans
3/4 C pineapple juice
4 "rings" pineapple diced
1/2 C BBQ sauce
1/4 C green onions chopped
1 C green beans
handful peanuts; raisins
dash of red pepper flakes
sprinkle of oregano
1 tsp chipotle powder
1 T Margerine
1 T chopped garlic
cook together

served with quinoa made with vegetable broth

it tasted good, but it sounds gross right?

Saturday, September 02, 2006

E-X--P---A----N-----S------I-------O--------N

there is currently a need for exapnsion.
to expand past the current and find and include new.
i.e. people
e.g. expansion