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Three foods I have written off

This morning I was feeling a little hungry, and since I was up rather early thanks to The Boyfriend motivating the two of us to wake up early enough for him to get to class on time, I had a few minutes to spare and decided on using them to stop at the 7-11 that is on the Pennsy side of my drive and directly on the way to my employer.

(Regardless of what time I woke up I still would have stopped there; I feel like I should note that. However, I must declare that waking up early enough to get to work before 9 does help me to justify my actions more, and I do not (did not?) feel guilty stopping somewhere when I have so much time to spare.)

I perused the aisles for some grub, and while originally I had intended to get a blueberry muffin for some reason my stomach told me to get a breakfast sandwich instead. I think that had something to do with how many calories I presumed are in a muffin compared to the sandwich, which when looking back doesn't make much of any sense at all considering how greasy and fatty the breakfast sandwich looks, not to mention tastes. I opted for what I THOUGHT was a bacon egg and chee on a croissant, but upon opening the sammich in the car I realized I had not read the entire label, and I mistakenly bought a sausage egg and chee sammich instead. I continued opening my morning grub up, only to be disgusted by the what seemed to be plastic slab of cheddar, soggy-ass bread substitute they were trying to pass as a croissant, paper thin egg-substance, and sausage that looked like it had been shat out of the last person to eat one of these horrendous concoction's ass formed back together in patty shape and placed right back into where it had originally called it's home.

Of course I ate it anyway, I was hungry. I did remove parts of the cheese that had been hardened for what I could only assume was hours of abuse under the warming lamp in the store, I kind of pushed/brushed/picked off the parts of the bread that had been liquefied, and I nibbled at the parts of the sammich that appeared to contain some kind of flavor or solid chew-able ingredients. Of course it tasted horrible, of course I couldn't finish the whole thing, I think I got about 3/4 of what was left after my redecorating and balled up the rest inside the wrapper.

Never again will I buy one of these sandwiches. Not after that. The risk of ever getting a sandwich that is even half less as bad as that is way too high for me to ever spend money on that item again.

So in lieu of that, here are the three basic foods that I have sworn never to eat again:

1. Cup Ramen
Ramen is good. Everyone loves ramen. Heck, I still love ramen. However, the pre-packaged ramen that comes in those environmentally unfriendly containers with the freeze dried "meat" is something that will never pass my lips again. The last two times I had this food I have thrown up within the hour, and this is without having drank any alcohol beverages. Fans of mine may know that I puke a lot after a night of drinking, and my stomach can be set off by a variety of simple things that have to do with the preferred drug of Christians and Jews everywhere, but when food accomplishes making me hurl all by itself I have no other choice but to raise the white flag and call it quits.

2. Mushrooms, sans Portabella
I do not like mushrooms (except portabella)!!! Mom, Dad, get that through your head. For the last 27 years I have been trying every concoction that the two of you make using mushrooms, and I have not liked a single one. Does that tell you something? This isn't one of my five-ten year old phase fits where I just refuse to eat something. I just DON'T like them. I don't like them in my salads, I don't like them with my steak, I don't like them in my chicken. You have seen me try them. You have seen me say "NO I DONT LIKE IT" every time I try it. Please stop asking me to try things with mushrooms in them. When you invite me over to eat please do not cook things with mushrooms in them. I will not like them. I do not like them. Maybe in ten years my palette will change, but until I directly instruct you to use them, please don't waste yours and my time.

3. Squid
One time in Japan my ex boyfriend and I were attempting to eat at a place and something looked good on the menu. I pointed at it and ordered it, thinking it was chicken. Nope. Some kind of squid. I think that at every meal I had in Japan that I attempted to order myself there was squid in it. I don't think I ever really *LIKED* squid, but I never *DISLIKED* it either until I had it by *MISTAKE* so many times. The experiences I had in Tokyo completely ruined that half-assed fish for me, because every time I sit down and look at a squid-meal I am remembered of how horrified, disappointed, starving, and disgusted I was when I accidentally ordered that food.

This post is a bit hasty, yes?

In Retrospect...

I moved about 90% into my new home, and I am sleeping there now, life has really taken a turn for the better, and I believe I'll fill you in later but for now here is a little thing I had been thinking of all day...

I was reading how my morning went in that post below (or on the next page depending on how many posts have been added since, and I thought I would let you know how my first morning before work went since the move.

I woke up at 6:30 this morning because The Boyfriend had school and wanted to be showered and on time with no rush, so we woke up to some obnoxious rant on NJ 101.5 (forgot to change the station back to the oldies station!) about how the illegal immigrants should be rounded up somewhere in north jersey and then bussed right over to the airport.. it was completely silly and ignorant, but I digress..

We hopped in the shower, and I noticed the little wall hanger convenience for your shower caddy jawn had broken and was hanging on by one suction cup, this thing isn't even 48 hours old yet..

We showered. We got dressed, but made a mess looking through all the clean clothes for one of his t-shirts even though I swear I washed about seven of them over the course of the day. He left for school by quarter after seven, at which time I promptly made myself a bowl of cereal, sat down, watched some Home Movies with commentary for about a half hour, and went to work.

How work went after that is irrelevant - you should already notice how ridiculously laid back and smooth my morning went - regardless of the fact that I was up at 6:30am I had plenty of time to relax in a comfortable surrounding before leaving for the headache that is my workplace.

Sorry for the short, rather uneventful post, but THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT OF IT GET IT!?

Onstead is hella polished

There is an interview with Chris Onstad of Achewood (achewood.com) fame located here. I haven't read the entire interview yet, but there's a pretty spiffy picture of Chris with Beef and Ray on there.

The reason that I am posting this link is not only because of the interview or what just might be the only known picture of Chris ever taken, but also because of the comments made by the fans of the strip. The fans are hella funny, and you can see how each and every one of them has taken some kind of achewood-ish speak or behavior or attitude out of Chris's strips and into the "real world". The one liners are almost all hilarious, and its apparent how seriously (but comically) fans of the strip take the whole scene.

Dan would probably be a lot better at explaining this to you since he is perpetually connected to the central cortex of the Achewood universe by a series of cable wires that plug into several different kinds of electrical outlets and gas station free air tanks, but word on the street is that he is a flake and generally avoids any and all contact with the world due to his recent accident which led him to only able to communicate through David Byrne (and if you've ever heard THAT guy talk you can only imagine what Byrne's translation of Dan's gibberish sounds like..)

My favorite comment:

Mine.
by Andreabobandrea
You assholes better stop reading my comic.
3:28 PM Mon August 6, 2007

bleed out the flood

Thinking about my progress over the past few years. It hasn't been by much, but since i took the one crucial step of moving to my grandmothers house, things have (and are) slowly teetering over the fulcrum of my mood into the gravitational pull of what some may consider success. i still, to my best ability, am able to remain individual to the point where iam not depressed becasue i feel liek a sellout, but also to meet the outside worlds standards of what is bearable, even as far as how i look these days. i've lost a few pounds in the past few weeks, too. this haircut seems to look great every single day thanks to this homo-erotic surf hair wax that i put in it before i go to work. and i mean, sometimes i am kicking myself in the ass for spending the majority of that social security money, but the things i did get with it, namely a new TV, my subs in my car, and my iPod, have increased the way i feel a degree that is beyond value. knowing i can go home and play any game i want and it will look great is excellent incentive to want to get up in the morning. as does my dvd collection, no more dealing with garbage on TV and having my favorite show son when i cant watch them. it is inconvenient in that i dont get to se anything new that i may like, but it is better because i dont get caught up in the gaiety of the newest prime time drama about hospitals or new yorkers or polygamy. nearing my 22nd birthday, things finally seem appropriate.

if i keep up this trend i might jus tbe exercising regularly. ive decided to quit delivering pizzas and i would like to go into detail as to why. when ig ot the job, it was excellent. i got paid 25$ a night to clean up at teh end of the night and i got tips for delivering. last summer, that was like 90$ a night on average, considering i only worked fri and sat. in recent weeks, he has been trying to get me to pull my own weight. meaning, not sitting aroudn playing DS ll night and getting 25 bucks for it. this means, to me as an employee, that he is getting me to at least double my output for no increase in pay, and this sumemr so far im lucky if i make 65 dollars on any given weekend. p[lus, it is just getting to me, and i want out. i dont want my car to be abused anymore, so the week i go on a road trip to FL i am also leaving tha pizza delivery behind. also, with leaving this "job" i feel that, symbolically, i am bleeding otu all the blood of irresponsibility and teh attitude of having a different person at work and at home. starbucks, iropnically, has found a way to bring out the mikepasun inside that can be honest with his bosses about everythign and anything, mayeb becuase nowadays i am not involved in as much chaos as i was in previous years.

so what with my snazzy well cared for car, my sexy haircut, my boosted friendship stats all around, my excellent new job, and my upcoming road trip, i think that life couldnt be much better right now. there isnt even a single thing i can think of to be embarassed about. woo!

Five Things I Like, Followed by Five Things I Dislike!

Here are five things that I like, and why!

1. Cherries! Cherries are red fruits that grow on trees. Although cherries are not very cheap usually, they are very healthy for you. According to wikipedia.com:

"Cherries have been shown to have several health benefits. Cherries contain anthocyanins, which is the red pigment in berries. Cherry anthocyanins have been shown to reduce pain and inflammation[1]. Anthocyanins are also potent antioxidants. Cherries have also been shown to contain high levels of melatonin[2]. Research has shown that people who have heart attacks have low melatonin levels [3]. Besides being an anti-oxidant, melatonin has also been shown to be important for the function of the immune system. Research also indicates that melatonin suppresses COX-2. There is considerable interest at present in the use of fresh cherries or cherry juice to treat gout - a painful inflammatory joint condition. [4]"

That is why I like cherries so much! They are not only extremely healthy for you, but delicious as well!

2. Nintendo DS! The Nintendo DS has two screens, for double the fun! There are not an incredibly large amount of games that I like to play on this system, but because it plays Game Boy Advantage games also I can pack hours of fun into a day with my Nintendo DS. It also has wireless gaming functions which make for an excellent time when one or more of your friends also brings their DS along with them. Most of the time they don't even have to own the same game to allow for a wonderful experience. Also, new games keep coming out for it all the time, so it never loses its flavor! (Plus I decorated my DS with a smart black, white and pink Hello Kitty skin on the inside so it looks sassy and cute!)

3. Comic Books! Comic books are great because not only do they tell you a story, but they also show it to you in pictures! There are many different varieties of comic books also, so even the pickiest of readers should be able to find a comic book that they can enjoy. Two of my favorite comics are Sonic X and The Watchmen. Sometimes they make comic books into movies, but the movies are usually not that good. Other times they make comic books into cartoon shows, and usually those are pretty good. Amazingly enough, sometimes they make cartoon shows into comic books too!

4. iPod! The iPod really isn’t one of the most reliable items on the market these days, but boy howdy is it one of the most convenient to own! I got a 30gig iPod for Christmas from my Mom and Pop, and even though I sometimes misplace it, I haven’t gone more than 24 hours without listening to it. It lets me have one convenient location for my music, and also allows me to play it in my car with the adapter that I bought. I think it is mostly the best because I can take it to a friends house and let them listen to songs I like, and vice versa! Some people have engravings on the back of their iPods, but I don’t.

5. Japanese Candy! The Japanese have the best candy in the whole world! They have kiwi squishy candies that really taste like kiwi and not some random sugar-flavor that most American candy seems to have. Their chocolates are really good too, and there is even a brand called Apollo that is both strawberry and chocolate flavored! They seem to really be into coffee flavored chocolate as well. At the Japanese grocery store all the snacks are in the same aisle, and there is dried fish next to the candy, but I don’t think that the Japanese consider dried fish candy, but rather a tasty between-meal snack, perhaps? Either way, I don’t think I would like to taste dried squid, or herring, or any dried seafood for that matter.

Here are five things I do not like!

1. The Flavor Purple! Purple flavor usually means grape flavored, but I think that grapes are pretty good tasting. There must be some kind of strange grape that is grown in a country far away for very cheap that they use to flavor all things purple, because it does not taste like any kind of grape that I have ever had. It tastes yucky! Well at least to me, because I know a lot of people who DO like the flavor purple. What a weird bunch! Get it? Bunch? Grape? Ha ha!

2. Working past 2pm! I am a web designer at a company working for people that I get along with very well, so I like my job a lot! However, at about 2:00 every day I become extremely lazy and I find it hard to want to continue working on websites when I am constantly thinking about playing video games, or going to the beach, or hanging out with friends! I do not mind coming in at 9:00 in the morning, it is good to get an early start on your day, but no fun at all to waste most of it in doors staring at a computer! If my day was over at 2:00 pm, I believe I would feel better knowing that I contributed to society, made some money, but also got to go play at an arcade from 3:00 – 6:00 before I got too tired in the evening to go out (like I am after work all the time!)

3. Spiders! I hate spiders! I have no problem co-existing with them in a world where all are Mother Nature’s creatures, but I do have a problem when they sneak up on me in my bed at 2:00 am, or when they hang down from their little spider wires and surprise me in the shower when I can’t see them coming because I am not wearing my glasses! They are so creepy looking and feeling! All those eyes! And some of them are hairy! I am not going to talk about them anymore because I am getting a little bugged out! (That was not a joke! Spiders are arachnids, not bugs!!)

4. Nightmares! Sometimes I have good dreams, and I feel good for the rest of the day. However, the exact opposite happens to me when I have a nightmare! It is a sure fire way to ruin my day before it has even began. Sometimes nightmares are scary with demons and hellfire and flying monsters, but sometimes they are also sad. Watching a friend die or having a loved one cheat on you is an example of a sad nightmare that I have had before. Once in awhile I wake up from nightmares crying, and I call my boyfriend to make me feel better. Sometimes he does, sometimes he is sleeping too! I hope he is not having a nightmare!

5. Untied Shoelaces! I do not tie and untie any of my shoes when I take them off and on except for my Converse All-Stars. This keeps my shoelaces from becoming untied on those other shoes. (A few of my shoes don’t even HAVE shoelaces!) However, my Converse All-Stars often come untied, either because the shoelaces are wonky or I am not good at tying shoes. I’d like to think that I am a good shoe-tier, but I have no evidence to use against my shoelaces to support my argument that they are faulty. I wish I didn’t have to tie and untie them all the time, but they are high tops. I can’t get my feet in them without doing it!

Thanks for listening, I hope this inspires you to go find things you like and don’t like too!

Just the facts, ma'am.

I'm sick of talking about my taste in music, because everyone seems to think I am a dumbass with horrible opinions. Maybe this is true, but the FACT is, music is subjective. And thus, I subject myself to the music I like. I'm not going to discuss it with anyone anymore, at least in the subjective sense. I'm going to review a song that I got yesterday, and I'm going to review it factually only. This can NOT be disputed in any regard.

The song is by Tilly and the Wall, and it's called Brave Day, from their album, "Bottoms of Barrels." The band features three women and two men, all of whom sing at some point. There are guitars and drums, and a lot of vocal harmonies. At one point, the percussion is formed by tap dancing. The song is a little over four minutes, and can be placed in the genre of rock and roll.

Well there, there goes all the fucking fun out of that, hmmmm?