In my aggregator is Chocolate and Zucchini, written by a lovely blogger whose voice is so enthusiastic and realistic about experimenting in the kitchen. However, I have now made a number of her recipes and the result of so much hope and promise of a new yummy salad or soup (summer and winter staples, respectively) has been on each occasion: eh.
In fact, the recipes I kind of make up and copy from Trader Joe's prepackaged foods tend to work out much more spectacularly. There also much easier and less inventive, pax Clothilde of C&Z blog.
So far I have 2 that are now staples--an orzo salad and a couscous salad. As of today, I am adding Pan Bagnat to the list. I discovered PB at Doughboys, a wonderful LA restaurant that was closed for a month due to Health Code violations this year. But nevermind that! And I'm copying it. In a small dice: tomato, red onion, green bell pepper. In a larger dice, string beans, artichokes, black olives and tuna. Sprinkle capers and basil liberally and spritz lemon juice over the whole thing. Brills.
Here's another random little discovery for today:
| You Have A Type A- Personality |
You are one of the most balanced people around Motivated and focused, you are good at getting what you want You rule at success, but success doesn't rule you. When it's playtime, you really know how to kick back Whether it's hanging out with friends or doing something you love! You live life to the fullest - encorporating the best of both worlds |
Isn't that encouraging? I encoporate (sic--spelling) the best of both worlds (sic--cliché)!
THE LISTS
to do work: Revise C2 (I decided it was C2, not C4). Organize C3 related files and make list of importance of these secondary sources.
done! In the process of revising C2--handing it in tomorrow, whoo-hoo with a go-ahead from Neetu who said it smart and clear. yay!
to do life: Pay down debt (currently $1,328.09). Procure dog. Redo taxes. Do fafsa. Send siff letter. Repot ginko tree and cactus. Call kombucha makers re bottle recyclying. Read Theri's paper. Fix beddinge with new screw. Prep fac club fellowship app. Purchase external hard drive to back up my computer files.
done: Found ultra-stability Sauconys for my pronating feets and ordered them. Size 6...we'll see if they fit right or if I will have to go for a 5, a confusing decision given that my last were size 5&1/2. Potted the plants!
to do blitz: sarah, marilyn, giulia, irmary, mariana, dar, nv, ek, sf, marzena, thérèse, hen.
Can I mention at this point that Sarah, Giulia, Irmary, and Mariana, I have not emailed in now almost 2 years? Is it getting too late to get in touch? I would understand if they weren't too anxious to write me back but the least I can do is apologize for being an utter ass. But I haven't really been whittling down this task list, have I...it was a summer goal...
Netflixed: Stage Beauty. I loved this movie--despite the fact that the characters don't make themselves particularly likeable. But they're actors! So the drive for stardom and status trumping interpersonal relations: totally realistic. Billy Crudup plays a premiere woman-playing actor right at the moment during the Restoration when the law changed such that women would play parts written for women. It struck me that this story of reorganizing your identity when your job, as a category, is suddenly eliminated was, in its specificity antiquated, but contemporary in its resonance with downsizing. It's a really salient portrait of how work and personal definition intertwine. And well-paced as a film that deals with the rhythms and outsized gestures of theater and the energy these create in the audiences.
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