I almost bought a new computer system today from Dell. It's a Studio system, and it's generally got the specs I was looking for to do some light video editing and Photoshop stuff and listening to my iTunes and watching fat she-male porn, etc. But then I got gun-shy for spending over $900 in these times of economic hardship. So instead, I just watched more free porn...The guy who did the famous and most excellent Obama Hope poster is named Shepard Fairey; he actually is featured in this month's GQ...Twilight made $70M this weekend. Teenage girls have all the power these days. It's a good thing, cuz I think I generally have the mentality of a teenage girl (a white teenage girl to be more specific)...Aside from a computer, a 1080p HD LCD TV is also on my wishlist this xmas. I have my eye on a Sharp Aquos 46" going for $1000 at Costco. Those are the two gifts I will get for myself before the year's end, hopefully. Unless I feel too guilty about spending all that dough in these times of economic hardship...But you see, since I am now so full of Obama hope, maybe I will splurge. Things will turn around for sure...Hope or not, I did have a rather crummy week at work. I don't want to relive it by writing about it. Let's just say, I hate the entire state of Nevada right now...For Thanksgiving, I am thinking of remaking my garlic mashed potato and spaghetti combo. First I put a few bulbs of garlic in olive oil, wrapped it up in foil, and roast in oven for about half an hour. For the mashed potato, I just take a few potato, peel and boil them til soft, mash them up with milk and olive oil, season with salt and peper, then dump in roasted garlic, scallion, and the ta-da ingredient of asiago cheese. For the spaghetti, I drizzle the olive oil from the garlic over cooked spaghetti, and toss it with the same mixture of chopped roasted garlic, scallion and the asiago cheese til the cheese gets all melty. Trust me, both of these side dishes are yummy. And I made it up all by myself, based on ingredients I had in the fridge. No recipe, just things I learned from watching too much Food TV. I'll try to think of some other side dishes too...I haven't really commented on my reality shows lately, so here is a quick summary: Dancing With The Stars - meh. I am rooting for Brooke Burke (cannot stand Lance Bass or Warren Sapp), but I am not super excited. Survivor Gabon - omfg, I hate this season. All the people I like are leaving due to the damn Survivor twists. First Marcus, then Charlie. Next will be Corrine. I actually already stopped watching. Top Chef - just started the season. There is nobody I am gravitating towards. And finally, thank god for Amazing Race - cuz my team, Toni and Dallas (the mother and son team) is still in the race, down to final four now. They just went to Kazakhstan (Borat country), and guess what? Everyone looks Asian there and does not resemble Borat at all. What gives?...I heart Kate Winslet. Just want to put that out there. She and Leo are reuniting in Revolutionary Road due in December...I've come to really dislike Brangelina. I don't care how many Asian and African kids they adopt and give them cool haircuts and clothes, they are still a cheater and a homewrecker. I am saying this now cuz I just saw Brad Pitt on Oprah, promoting Benjamin Buttons (which btw is from David Fincher, so it's gotta be brills)...I just returned this weekend about $100 worth of clothes I bought online from Old Navy. I only kept one item (a zipped black hoodie). All the other items just didn't look cool enough to keep in these times of economic hardship. I have to be more picky now, you know...I did however go to Costco and bought meatballs, bananas, stuffed turkey breast, Greek pasta salad, and Itoen green tea. What are you going to do? A guy's still gotta eat...Speaking of which, I have about thirty boxes of Lean Cuisine in my freezer right now. They had a sale at Adronico's. It was going for $1 a box, so I went hog-wild. I'm prepared. So bring it on, recession! I ain't scared of you and your soup lines.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
in these times of economic hardship
I almost bought a new computer system today from Dell. It's a Studio system, and it's generally got the specs I was looking for to do some light video editing and Photoshop stuff and listening to my iTunes and watching fat she-male porn, etc. But then I got gun-shy for spending over $900 in these times of economic hardship. So instead, I just watched more free porn...The guy who did the famous and most excellent Obama Hope poster is named Shepard Fairey; he actually is featured in this month's GQ...Twilight made $70M this weekend. Teenage girls have all the power these days. It's a good thing, cuz I think I generally have the mentality of a teenage girl (a white teenage girl to be more specific)...Aside from a computer, a 1080p HD LCD TV is also on my wishlist this xmas. I have my eye on a Sharp Aquos 46" going for $1000 at Costco. Those are the two gifts I will get for myself before the year's end, hopefully. Unless I feel too guilty about spending all that dough in these times of economic hardship...But you see, since I am now so full of Obama hope, maybe I will splurge. Things will turn around for sure...Hope or not, I did have a rather crummy week at work. I don't want to relive it by writing about it. Let's just say, I hate the entire state of Nevada right now...For Thanksgiving, I am thinking of remaking my garlic mashed potato and spaghetti combo. First I put a few bulbs of garlic in olive oil, wrapped it up in foil, and roast in oven for about half an hour. For the mashed potato, I just take a few potato, peel and boil them til soft, mash them up with milk and olive oil, season with salt and peper, then dump in roasted garlic, scallion, and the ta-da ingredient of asiago cheese. For the spaghetti, I drizzle the olive oil from the garlic over cooked spaghetti, and toss it with the same mixture of chopped roasted garlic, scallion and the asiago cheese til the cheese gets all melty. Trust me, both of these side dishes are yummy. And I made it up all by myself, based on ingredients I had in the fridge. No recipe, just things I learned from watching too much Food TV. I'll try to think of some other side dishes too...I haven't really commented on my reality shows lately, so here is a quick summary: Dancing With The Stars - meh. I am rooting for Brooke Burke (cannot stand Lance Bass or Warren Sapp), but I am not super excited. Survivor Gabon - omfg, I hate this season. All the people I like are leaving due to the damn Survivor twists. First Marcus, then Charlie. Next will be Corrine. I actually already stopped watching. Top Chef - just started the season. There is nobody I am gravitating towards. And finally, thank god for Amazing Race - cuz my team, Toni and Dallas (the mother and son team) is still in the race, down to final four now. They just went to Kazakhstan (Borat country), and guess what? Everyone looks Asian there and does not resemble Borat at all. What gives?...I heart Kate Winslet. Just want to put that out there. She and Leo are reuniting in Revolutionary Road due in December...I've come to really dislike Brangelina. I don't care how many Asian and African kids they adopt and give them cool haircuts and clothes, they are still a cheater and a homewrecker. I am saying this now cuz I just saw Brad Pitt on Oprah, promoting Benjamin Buttons (which btw is from David Fincher, so it's gotta be brills)...I just returned this weekend about $100 worth of clothes I bought online from Old Navy. I only kept one item (a zipped black hoodie). All the other items just didn't look cool enough to keep in these times of economic hardship. I have to be more picky now, you know...I did however go to Costco and bought meatballs, bananas, stuffed turkey breast, Greek pasta salad, and Itoen green tea. What are you going to do? A guy's still gotta eat...Speaking of which, I have about thirty boxes of Lean Cuisine in my freezer right now. They had a sale at Adronico's. It was going for $1 a box, so I went hog-wild. I'm prepared. So bring it on, recession! I ain't scared of you and your soup lines.
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