So Rach has been asking me what goals I have, both long-term and short-term. Today, I have a new six month goal:

I want to make coq au vinI know I can easily do this. The only problems will come from finding the money for ingredients ( Read more... )

Good News: in about five hours I go to work for my first night.

Bad News: I would kill for a cheeseburger, I work in a sports bar & grille where I now have a 30% discount on food....and I can't afford to get a cheeseburger.

Worse News: I work tonight and tomorrow nights (that's the 19th and 20th). This is bad because tomorrow is the Preakness ( Read more... )

I'm feeling rather drunk right now. In fact, we just got back from a late-night 7-11 Slurpee/junk food run.

And if you wanted to see me make an ass of myself while drunk; TOO BAD. This is as close as you get.

In honor of it being Cinco de Mayo today (and as I am too poor to get pissed), and in honor of me not having had an actual meal--I've snacked at least--in two days, I have decided to have as authentic a Mexican meal as I can from the local whole foods, and have for my dinner two beef tamales ( Read more... )

Plan 1. Enter into graduate studies, attain my Ph.D., and eventually become the next Northrup Frye/Harold Bloom/Jacques Derrida/etc ( Read more... )

You know that you're really tired when you could swear that you had tuna fish for lunch, but given the condition of the kitchen, the lack of a can, and an opened and empty bag of popcorn, you instead had said popcorn for lunch. I guess only getting about 2 hours of completely non-restful sleep can do that to a man. What sucks worst of all is that I ( Read more... )

I just had a thought when I saw an ad on the internet selling the "wonderful" food they sell at le McDo: eating at McDonald's is a lot like eating food in the Matrix ( Read more... )