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November 11, 2004
Call Me Sheltered
Call me sheltered, but I don't think I've ever had minestrone. I don't even know what it is, but for the back of this can of sliced carrots bought yesterday. Nearly everynight, I fall to sleep with a tape full of dr. katz episodes playing, and it's usually the tape that has the episode where Ben asks Laura about opera and he asks if she likes minestrone, but other than that I don't know when I've heard anyone even mention it, and I don't know if I've ever seen it.
Anyhow- I was thinking I would make some, since the recipe is so simple an idiot could follow it, plus I already have the carrots, and I am sick and tired of eating fast food. Always looking for something easy to cook, but never finding anything that I can make that is 1. easy (as I said) and 2. cheap. Well, those things and it has to taste good. I felt the need to share this, don't ask me why...
I was cooking one of those baked potato things- the potato things that are like mashed potatoes with a topping in a little paper tray thingy. Anyhow, I was cooking a cheddar cheese one in the microwave, and it smelled funny...I opened it up when it was nearly done to check on it, mainly because of the odd smell and the fact that I heard popping and couldn't figure what the heck that was...so, I open it and I nearly pass out from the fumes, which had me worried right away. Actually, weird as it is sounds, my first thought was- 'Oh my god, this product has been poisoned! I'm soon to die!' Thankfully, that wasn't the case, and I am still here...tho my eys were burning as was my throat and lungs. I took the plate out and noticed the edge was all brown and a piece had broken off from the bottom...a chip of it. It was a plastic plate, and I've used it in the microwave numerous times, but I looked and it says not recommened for the microwave. I threw the plate away and need to remember to not do that again.
I got the books on CD- Arrogance by Bernard Goldberg and Bush Country by John Podhoretz. I don't recall if I mentioned that. Speaking of which, I need to return books today and I noticed they have Arrested Development first season on DVD. A show I saw all but 1 or 2 episodes of and have already started taping the second season which started this past Sunday night. I notice they also have Dead Like Me season 1 on DVD...good Showtime series on its second season. I liked the first episode and taped numerous episodes but never watched any of them, and haven't seen any of season 2 (yet.)
That new Nick show Unfabulous is decent. Definitely not a show for my age group, but still a good watch.
I was watching Batman the Animated Series DVD earlier, then Sitting Ducks on DVD, but now I am about to sleep for a bit and do so while watching Dr. Katz. Plus, I just remembered it's Veteran's Day, and I bet the library is closed. Dang.
Posted by Josh at November 11, 2004 05:24 AM