here we go. "moo shu cereal" for breakfast with duck sauce.

now my life is complete, part 2

via loltori

into the wild

What if I were smiling and running into your arms?
Would you see then what I see now?

Saw Into the Wild last night. I liked it. Emile Hirsch did an incredible job in his portrayal of Chris McCandless.



Kudos to Emile, Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer, Chris' family, both at home and on the road, for telling his story and allowing it to grow into what it has become.

blogito, ergo sum

100th post!!

Wow, can you believe it!?

Is anyone still with me?

Where do we go from here?

trapped in the closet

Forgot to mention... R. Kelly's Trapped in the Closet was on IFC last weekend, all 22 chapters of the hip-hopera. I decided to check it out, just for the silly novelty of it. It was immediately annoying, due mainly to the hysterical singing and the nauseating repetition in the music. Yet nothing is repeated, no verse, no refrain... By repetition, I mean that he only uses two chords throughout the entire work. 84 minutes. 2 chords. Genius? No. Excruciating.

It tells the story of how a one night stand can set off a chain reaction of events that reveal a web of lies and deception. Yeah, he leaves no stone unturned in his examination of the relationships in this twisted tale. Well, eventually, after several dramatic cliffhangers, I was curious to see how the hell it was going to end. "To Be Continued."

Kelly claims to have made twenty more installments "that have yet to be filmed," and then reiterated his open-ended stance on the fate of future installments, claiming that the series will end "when the aliens say it's over". I suppose he'll be busy for a while, trying to figure out what else to cram into his story. Shock and awe. Is this what they call carving out one's own niche? Truly a pioneer? Don't say I didn't warn you!

bury my heart in goat cheese

Last night we tried another recipe from Sam the Cooking Guy: mushroom and spinach pizza. It's made with goat cheese! Real, softened, goat cheese... Who knew!? This stuff is incredible. OK, maybe I'm exaggerating a little? Maybe I'll get over it? Stay tuned...

af 607105

melancholy
aviation
chocolate
perfume
cigarettes
frequent flyer
stow away
dislocation
sleeping
jets
wave goodbye
feel homesick
tranquilizers
bill of fare
cry easy
dvt
disappear into thin air

we wish you all a very happy pleasant flight
this is a journey to the center of the night
and the inflight entertainment's out of sight
here on af 607105

time difference
you're waking
chase the sun into your eyes

sleeping cities
dust hotel rooms
passengers look to the skies

fly over
your lifetime
and never touching down

my heart
is breaking
somewhere over saskatchewan

we wish you all a very happy pleasant flight
this is a journey to the center of the night
and the inflight entertainment's out of sight
here on af 607105

your life in
the wrong hands
savannah and frozen wastes

the flight path
the wingspan
below the earth rotates

i love you
i miss you
i cannot see your face

invent a
new persona
drunk here on the edge of space

all the things i carry with me
and all the things i left behind
and all the things that wait to meet me
hover in the air tonight

if i can only keep on moving
and never stop and think of me
and freefall through the years and decades
terminal velocity

we hope you had a very happy pleasant flight
this is our final destination so goodnight
like a stone we are now falling from the sky
farewell from af 607105

the cabin
is burning
i smile and feel complete

here amongst
total strangers
27 000 feet

suspended
isolation
kids throw toy planes in the street

one final
blaze of glory
viewed from a window seat

the cooking guy

Remember the marinating pork chops? I cooked them last night, inspired by a recipe from Sam the Cooking Guy. Anyone else watch his show? He has some great ideas. Easy, simple, and (now I know) good. Hell, anything marinated in ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar and beer has to be pretty damn good. I served them with ginger broccoli and some asian flavored rice mix. Good stuff! And healthy.