Not very sneaky now, are you! (And Thanksgiving!)

[thistlechaser]

I couldn't go walking this morning, but I had a good excuse! My sneaker broke! Know how the lace weaves in through those hole thingies? Well the holes (yes, holes, not just one!) ripped through so the laces had nothing to weave in so I can't hardly tie them at all! One shoe is tied after weaving only twice, so less than half as high as it usually is. (Does that description make sense at all?) It feels like it's falling off! Blech! So I did weights this morning and will walk tomorrow, plus I have to go buy a new pair today. (Which I think I might have needed anyway, since I'm getting an odd pain in the sole of my other foot.)

The weekend was very, very uneventful. I spent about 12 hours on both Saturday and Sunday fishing (on FFXI). x.x Braindead, boring stuff! But it gave me the chance to watch a ton of TV. Though sadly, not much was on, especially on Sunday! Stupid Food Network is starting in on all the Thanksgiving specials, which leaves me with nothing to watch. (No, I don't want to see a giant bird being stuffed into your oven and then carved up. How do people eat things that are still animal-shaped? At least you can't see that a burger used to be a cow, but the idea of eating a drumstick, when you can't hide the fact that it was a leg? *squick*)

Last Thanksgiving I had pizza, but this year I'm thinking about making something else. (Actually cooking!) I saw an interesting looking... um. I forgot what it's called. Rolled pasta filled with cheese. On a cooking show. They made it with eggroll wrappers, so it was fast and easy! I might try that. (Place wrapper flat, put a line of cheese down, then roll it into a tube and put it into a pan with sauce, then cover with cheese and bake.) I just need to see if I can hunt down the details on how to do it.

I watched Prince of Tennis #... um. 130-something. The stupid 'Greatest Sushi Chef in all of Japan!' one. I tell you, I'm about ready to give up on the series. I don't like watching the tennis, and I don't really like watching the non-tennis. What's left?

Megas! I wish I had been able to watch the ep this weekend with more than half my attention! Looked like a nod to Voltron? Or was it to all of those early cartoons? Looked funny as heck, but I missed it all! Why wasn't there a new Teen Titans this week? Grrr. At least it was an outstanding rerun (ymmmy Slade).

I had a nightmare last night. In it my mother (who was riding a horse) said that she had heard that Draque (the player) killed himself. (!!!!!!!) So I ran to my computer to try to get onto FFXI to see if I could find Aurian or Ead to see if it was true or not, but my computer kept doing scan disks and security updates and other things and I couldn't even get to my desktop! So see, Draque! You better never kill yourself or my computer will become useless! ;)

Comments

Long-winded and mostly very late commenting:

[metron-ariston.livejournal.com]

I was happy to see Teen Titans rerun, because Haunted was the only ep of this season I'd missed. And, man, I'd read recaps and stuff but seeing it myself was great. I got all wibbly in parts. And, yeah, mmmm, Slade. My SO thinks his relationship with Robin is one of my freakier obsessions but I care not.

Man, if only the net had been working better for me when Lost was on last week. I had thoughts that have flown away. I'm going to comment here so as not to tempt fate...

Re: Locke. I was almost, /almost/ as creeped out by that scene with the knife as I was by him in the first couple of episodes. So he's gone from terrifying to awwwwww and now to... possibly unethically manipulative. I was also almost positive he bashed Sayid over the head.

I wasn't really offended by the scene with Charlie and Hurley even though I'm pretty damned fat! I dunno, it just felt very real. Not every character is going to be PC, you know? And it's obvious Charlie really /hadn't/ been thinking when he said what he did. (I think I saw someone comment something about the show ending in a couple of seasons with Hurley all skinny, which would be pretty interesting especially since it would be life-changing for the actor you know?)

The torture scene also worked for me, because I do not expect even a majority of these characters to turn out to be very good people. Sayid is obviously trying, but he's also obviously spent a lot of time in an environment he hated but can't quite escape. I'm looking forward to his own walkabout (even though it looks like it'll be derailed by the appearance of a crazy person).

I like Shannon's useless bitchitude. Though, again, I was really relieved the other week when they didn't write her into screwing up with the flare. I have a feeling there'll be /something/ more to her by the end of the season.

Re: Long-winded and mostly very late commenting:

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

And, man, I'd read recaps and stuff but seeing it myself was great. I got all wibbly in parts. And, yeah, mmmm, Slade. My SO thinks his relationship with Robin is one of my freakier obsessions but I care not.

Yes! I've seen it three or four times now, but I still love it every time. I really hopoe Slade isn't dead... or at least has other ways to still get into Robin's head.

Re: Locke. I was almost, /almost/ as creeped out by that scene with the knife as I was by him in the first couple of episodes. So he's gone from terrifying to awwwwww and now to... possibly unethically manipulative.

Agreed. What the heck? And who on the island has profited the most? Him!

I wasn't really offended by the scene with Charlie and Hurley even though I'm pretty damned fat! I dunno, it just felt very real. Not every character is going to be PC, you know? And it's obvious Charlie really /hadn't/ been thinking when he said what he did. (I think I saw someone comment something about the show ending in a couple of seasons with Hurley all skinny, which would be pretty interesting especially since it would be life-changing for the actor you know?)

Yes, yes, and yeah! Agreed it wa totally realistic, which was why it was so sad (to me). And it'd be interesting if Hurley ended up as skinny, but if that were in the plans, I bet he's in a fat suit now (even though it doesn't look like it to me...).

The torture scene also worked for me, because I do not expect even a majority of these characters to turn out to be very good people.

To me, they're (starting as) normal/average people, and so it scares me how fast they're turning into really, really bad people. (Or at least some of them...)

Though, again, I was really relieved the other week when they didn't write her into screwing up with the flare.

Yeah. I think everyone (watching) was expecting her to screw up, so it's especially nice that she didn't.

[hamburger.livejournal.com]

Heh. I have off on Thanksgiving, but nowhere to go. Everyone I know is holding their Thanksgiving dinner on non-Thanksgiving days this year.

So I plan to buy some Popeye's fried chicken and watch the parade. I have no idea why I always watch the stupid parades, but you can't mess with tradition.

*whines* I want some 'Sweet Potato Yum Yum'.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Do you have a Boston Market by you? You could get a "homemade" dinner there! ...but eating in front of the TV sounds good either way. :)

[kwolfhard.livejournal.com]

Rolled pasta filled with cheese. On a cooking show.

Are you talking about canneloni (the spelling's off) or blintzes?

[wanderingscribe.livejournal.com]

You can find all the recipies they show on FoodNetwork here: http://www.foodtv.com/ (As dorky as it sounds, I'm a big fan of Alton Brown's Good Eats and Racheal Ray's show, $40 a Day. ^^;) There's also plenty of vegetarian recipies as well, if you poke around enough.

As for shoes, I'd like to recommend the Sketchers brand. I've had the pair I'm wearing for three years and they're in no danger of falling apart yet, even though I do a lot of walking as well.

Unfortunately, I didn't catch a lot of shows on Saturday. I kept falling asleep at random times and I was tired all day. (Maybe low iron? Hmm.)

Re: Long-winded and mostly very late commenting:

[quasilemur.livejournal.com]

It's easy to call them bad people from the context of our current social contract. But when survival is a higher priority than comfort, it tends to change your view on things.

[quasilemur.livejournal.com]

You're referring either to manicotti or cannelloni, depending on what exactly you were seeing. The only real functional difference is that manicotti is rolled across the diagonal, while cannelloni is rolled straight across.

Also, in regards to meat that looks like animal parts, for me, that's a bonus. Unnaturally shaped meat is something of a gustatory turnoff to me...Square ham just isn't right. But if you're gnawing meat off the bone, you're pretty damned sure that it's an actual animal you're eating, and not an extruded loaf of offal sweepings. At least eating a drumstick is honest; there's no way you can tell yourself that it's anything other than a dead thing. Plus, there's something primally satisfying about the act.

[evilgrayson.livejournal.com]

I have to agree with you there about the meat - but then you knew that. :)

Oh, there's a thought. Do you know of a recipe for pheasant? There's a lot of those silly birds running around outside at the moment, making horrible noises at stupid o'clock in the morning and waking me up. I have the offer of an air-rifle, I just don't know how best to cook the damned things once I've shot 'em.

Normally I'll leave edible animals in peace, but pheasants are both too annoying and too tasty to leave entirely alone.

[triplem.livejournal.com]

Roll them in the mud! Then light them on fire!

Ohh, pheasants. ... Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Mmm, pheasant. I should try that one of these days.

[hamburger.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, right down the street, but I figure they'd be swamped on Thanksgiving with all the people too lazy to make their own turkey and sides. :) Hitting there is a must if I crave sweet potatoes that day, though. They don't have those at Popeye's.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I bet they will be crazy! Well, good luck either way!

Re: Long-winded and mostly very late commenting:

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Torture (or approval of torture) is not the act of a good person. There were many other ways they could have gotten the information (including asking nicely, which they never even tried!).

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Not blintzes, but other than that I don't know what they're called! I thought man-a-coti (I can't spell these things!), but I could be wrong...

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Woo, thanks for the link!

I'm a big fan of Alton Brown's Good Eats and Racheal Ray's show

I love those two, especially Good Eats.

Thanks!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

The only real functional difference is that manicotti is rolled across the diagonal, while cannelloni is rolled straight across.

Ah, these were straight across, so cannelloni they were!

Also, in regards to meat that looks like animal parts, for me, that's a bonus.

That makes me twich, but I'm glad you enjoy it!