Month: May 2010

  • Thanks, Chuck Palahniuk!

    Things that have been going through my head for the past few days:

    “Just remember, the same as a spectacular Vogue magazine, remember that no matter how close you follow the jumps: Continued on page whatever. No matter how careful you are, there’s going to be the sense you missed something, the collapsed feeling under your skin that you didn’t experience it all. There’s that fallen he…art feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should’ve been paying attention.”    “The unreal is more powerful than the real, because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. stone crumbles. wood rots. people, well, they die. but things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on and on.”

    Both quotes are from Chuck Palahniuk, one of my favorite authors.

    I’ve been wondering if I’ve made the right decisions in the past few days. I suppose taking stock in one’s decisions isn’t really a bad thing. Yesterday was hard for a variety of reasons. Work kept me busy until early evening so that was okay. The Architect is gone this weekend and although I got home late, it wasn’t late enough to go to bed yet so it was me alone with my thoughts. I think I made the right decision but as always, I find myself wondering what would happen if I had done something differently. What if I had changed my schedule so I could have gone? Would understanding or closure follow? That I cannot say but you never know for sure.

    I’m hoping that today will snap me out of this pondering mood. It’s gorgeous outside. Sunny with a bit of wind. I’m going to the Xanga Meet Up and meeting a few Xangans beforehand for some lunch. It should be wonderful.

  • Nut Allergy

    Yesterday, I walked into our break room and saw an interesting note on the office coffeepot that read

    “Hazelnut coffee. Nut allergies? Don’t drink!”

    I had a little giggle because I’m not sure who would forget that hazelNUT coffee does indeed have nuts in it. The note was just oddly specific. I found myself wondering if there had been a previous horrible incident in which nut allergies were involved. I can understand why one would put a sign stating what kind of coffee it was on the coffeepot, I suppose. Nut allergies can be serious business but it still seems like a little bit of overkill to point out that people with nut allergies should not be drinking coffee made out of nuts (although I know from personal experience that allergies to bad coffee can be just as devastating, haha). Okay, Captain Obvious!

    This sign made me think a little bit about the lengths we go to protect each other in general. Are we really protecting or are we just hindering the growth of others’ common sense? Can someone grow common sense? In some cases, the protection is warranted and in other cases, one would think that we wouldn’t need to be protected from ourselves. Although there are still people suing for getting too hot tea and coffee at Starbucks and for making themselves fat at McDonalds. Is it necessary to tell someone that their tea is super hot or that those French fries are going to end up as saddle bags on one’s person? Is it not apparent? If you can’t see these things for yourself, do you really need to be told or should we simply allow Darwin’s theory prevail?

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    DMV Xanga Meet tomorrow!!! Come join us!

  • Spicy Peanut Sauce

    Ingredients:
    – 3 garlic cloves
    – l cup cilantro
    – 2 inch piece of ginger
    – 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
    – 2 tbsp soy sauce
    – 2 tbsp. sesame oil
    – 2 tsp. Sriracha sauce

    Put all ingredients in a food processor and blend. Serve cold or warm.

    Really good on noodles!