Sprouts
Weeeee, that one was a doozy, eh? Maybe I should stick to wine tonight. I did get a fancy new bottle opener from my sister for Christmas that needs breaking in.
Meanwhile, back in sobriety, lets catch up on a few fragments.
Heehee, this just showed up at Netflix:
Jonathan, the following movies were chosen based on your interest in:
Saved!
The Godfather
V for Vendetta
(wait for it…)
Mean Girls
Ha! Just how mean are those girls? Yeah yeah yeah, I know they’re talking about other movies farther down the list, but come on, that’s a funny juxtaposition.
Sigh. Anyway, what else? Ah yes, well I did my budget for the new year yesterday. Man, anyone who tells you there’s nothing wrong with our economy is a liar, idiot, or both. At the end of the day, I’m about $200 a month short of where I’d like to be, and $100 a month short of where I need to be. I mean I’ll be able to trim around the edges and get there, but damn. I mean I make a good living, and with the exception of my symphony subscription (which is in the cheap seats), I don’t exactly live extravagantly. Certainly I don’t live miserly, and granted it’s partly because I haven’t quite grown past the stretch I had to make to get into the house I wanted, but still — it is a house in the barrio, it ain’t exactly Oak Hill. I won’t say how much I make, but it is more than what half of the families in Davidson County make — so my point is mostly that I have total respect for anyone who can raise a family on it, and have to sadly shake my head at anyone who thinks people don’t have it tough, that the middle class isn’t shrinking, or that the poor aren’t getting poorer as the rich get richer.
Finally, has anyone tried this Ezekiel 4:9 bread? It’s apparently flourless, made entirely from fully sprouted grains. Plumgood had it discounted for their recent warehouse-moving sale, so I decided to give it a shot. Once I got past the name that is — it looks like the name comes from the bible verse from which they ganked the recipe or something.
Well, I didn’t realize it was a frozen bread, so they lose a lot of points there that will be hard to make up. And then I don’t know how much of their score on taste is compromised by the freezing. Anyway you can definitely taste a difference, but I can’t decide if it’s good-different or bad-different — it’s just different. The final verdict I think is that if the supposed nutritional benefits are real, then I could see myself working fully sprouted bread into my routine occasionally, but not making a total switch. And not so long as the only option is a frozen bread that ordinarily costs as much or more than a fresh loaf from Provence.
So, uhh, yeah. I’m blogging about bread. The drunk posts really are more fun, aren’t they?
Personally, I can’t wait for the shroom induced blogging.
Heh, would you believe that with all the chemicals I’ve ingested in my lifetime, I’ve never done shrooms? Never had the opportunity back when I did such things, and when I quit dong acid it was because I felt my psyche was too fragile to do any more psychedelics of any kind — I was pretty sure that if I ever took another trip, I’d never come back.
I’m still not certain that I didn’t make that decision one trip too late :)
What, no crush on Tina Fey? Or Lindsay Lohan? Mean Girls was actually a good movie. Just sayin’.
I don’t like Ezekiel bread. Please don’t tell the other vegetarians I said that, though.
I liked Mean Girls too. And I’ve never even tried Ezekiel bread. Lesley and I can cower in shame together, I suppose.
Oh no, I’ve absolutely got a crush on Tina Fey. And I loved Mean Girls. I just thought it was funny that it looked like they were recommending it based on The Godfather and V for Vendetta. I mean I know girls can be cruel, but damn :)
I want shroom blogging too, dammit.
But drunk blogging is the best.
I should know .. umm, not me.
My evil twin.
Well, maybe if I can get my hands on some of that absinthe some time I can at least approximate something like a shroom blogging experience :)