oh, brain.
Had very odd dreams involving a lot of things going wrong at work, including someone somehow duplicating my profile so I got in trouble for being in online meetings I wasn't actually attending. Also there was a bit in which one of our vendors--who I rather like--turned out to be a criminal and got fired for assault and drug use.
Then there was the less-traumatic bit about it being a big holiday for a lot of our vendors and I was somehow helping them get ready, I don't know. (A lot of our vendors are Hindu, so it's pretty cool to learn about their holidays and things. If I felt more confident about my ability to not sound like an idiot I'd ask them to teach me a few things in Hindi, but I never know how to ask without sounding stupid. This makes me feel even more like an idiot sometimes because my main protagonist these days is from India, and he'd know all this stuff, but I never want to ask.)
Today should be fun, though. I just hope both my characters survive the session. This is not always a given; people tend to die with some frequency in this game.
Writing is going frustratingly these days; I got about 450 words yesterday on the id-fic, Jim section but I cut over a thousand from the new chapter of WC. I can't decide if I want to add them back in or not. It's pretty much all smut, and I'm torn on whether it works for the chapter or it doesn't. Gah.
In other news, I discovered Mark Bittman wrote a cookbook just for me. Okay, not just for me, but still. How to Cook Everything is my favorite cookbook ever, and I can't find my copy which is very sad-making. I don't want to have to buy it again because it's a giant book, but I don't want it on Kindle either. BUT I discovered last night that he also has How to Cook Everything The Basics, with tons of pictures and recipes and lessons on how to do all sorts of very simple things. So I think after payday I may pick this up; it's only about $20.
He also has How to Cook Everything Fast coming out in October, which I will likely also pick up as I don't have a lot of time to make dinner most nights (or energy, really). And I'm debating on the How to Cook Everything Vegetarian as I'd like to incorporate more vegetables into my diet, but I never end up liking most vegetarian recipes I see. There's always something I don't like and I don't feel comfortable enough with my cooking skills to try to substitute things. He also has a couple books on vegan cooking but I'm passing on those.
I don't agree with some of his politics, but he's a damn fine chef and his recipes are really easy to follow. I always liked the Minimalist columns in the NYTimes, even if I didn't like what he was cooking.
Question for the hive mind: How difficult is it to fix or replace a kitchen faucet? Ours is annoying me. It drips unless you turn the handle to just the right angle, and lately I'm feeling like it's not giving me enough water pressure on hot water. It also theoretically changes from a spray to a stream, but the switch for that is (always has been) almost impossible to hit right. I don't know if it's worth fixing, or what it would take to fix, and I don't know what it would cost to replace it.
Okay. Time to hop into the shower and find clothes now that I washed them all.
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Then there was the less-traumatic bit about it being a big holiday for a lot of our vendors and I was somehow helping them get ready, I don't know. (A lot of our vendors are Hindu, so it's pretty cool to learn about their holidays and things. If I felt more confident about my ability to not sound like an idiot I'd ask them to teach me a few things in Hindi, but I never know how to ask without sounding stupid. This makes me feel even more like an idiot sometimes because my main protagonist these days is from India, and he'd know all this stuff, but I never want to ask.)
Today should be fun, though. I just hope both my characters survive the session. This is not always a given; people tend to die with some frequency in this game.
Writing is going frustratingly these days; I got about 450 words yesterday on the id-fic, Jim section but I cut over a thousand from the new chapter of WC. I can't decide if I want to add them back in or not. It's pretty much all smut, and I'm torn on whether it works for the chapter or it doesn't. Gah.
In other news, I discovered Mark Bittman wrote a cookbook just for me. Okay, not just for me, but still. How to Cook Everything is my favorite cookbook ever, and I can't find my copy which is very sad-making. I don't want to have to buy it again because it's a giant book, but I don't want it on Kindle either. BUT I discovered last night that he also has How to Cook Everything The Basics, with tons of pictures and recipes and lessons on how to do all sorts of very simple things. So I think after payday I may pick this up; it's only about $20.
He also has How to Cook Everything Fast coming out in October, which I will likely also pick up as I don't have a lot of time to make dinner most nights (or energy, really). And I'm debating on the How to Cook Everything Vegetarian as I'd like to incorporate more vegetables into my diet, but I never end up liking most vegetarian recipes I see. There's always something I don't like and I don't feel comfortable enough with my cooking skills to try to substitute things. He also has a couple books on vegan cooking but I'm passing on those.
I don't agree with some of his politics, but he's a damn fine chef and his recipes are really easy to follow. I always liked the Minimalist columns in the NYTimes, even if I didn't like what he was cooking.
Question for the hive mind: How difficult is it to fix or replace a kitchen faucet? Ours is annoying me. It drips unless you turn the handle to just the right angle, and lately I'm feeling like it's not giving me enough water pressure on hot water. It also theoretically changes from a spray to a stream, but the switch for that is (always has been) almost impossible to hit right. I don't know if it's worth fixing, or what it would take to fix, and I don't know what it would cost to replace it.
Okay. Time to hop into the shower and find clothes now that I washed them all.
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