Rawr

Just because. Happy Tuesday.

Memoranda

Packed my lunch bento for tomorrow--black rice inari-zushi and tsunemono--and have breakfast prep going in the fridge. I'm making tea eggs with the lees of last night's Jasmine Pearl tea. I suspect they will be really, really good. I've been craving Jasmine tea, drinking quite a lot of it, and I find it's best to …

Life, the Universe, and Everything

I've been having some challenges, shall we say, at work, recently. Considering the mostly male-dominated industries that I have worked in, I'm experiencing much more sexism and hearing more vaguely-racist speech at my current, super-liberal, socially progressive company.I don't think this is pervasive, just my group, which happens to have a few good old boys …

Hip

As in, the actual joint, not that I'm a cool cat and hip to that jive, although I totally am. Hm. Anyway, other than a lingering ache, I'm all better, now. Sleep cures many ills.In other news, I've been noodling around with a story idea for a while, and the pressure is building. It's odd …

Decrepit

I woke this morning to find my hip all jacked up. I don't even know. It hurt, I gimped around all day, then came home and napped for three hours. Pain will take it right out of you. Plus, I'm still on my period, so I also had cramps. Terrible, terrible cramps.My hip feels a …

Vikings, Rome, and Tofu

Started my period, so much of my day was spent napping and watching Empires, my favorite PBS series of all time. I also watched a documentary about Vikings, which got slipped in there, somehow. Thanks, Hulu, you weird bitch. It was interesting, but I spent a few minutes deeply confused. Hulu is trying very hard …

Midnight Notes

Made tuna-mayo onigiri, medium-boiled eggs, and cheese-onion enchiladas. Enchiladas were today's dinner, and probably for the rest of the weekend, into Monday or Tuesday. I don't mind eating the same thing every day. The better half is pickier.Bento planning:Monday: breakfast--boiled egg, mango, pineapple, cottage cheese; lunch--2 onigiri, mini-cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, apple slicesTuesday: breakfast--boiled egg, strawberries, …

Felis catus

Maraca is curled up on my lap. Someone needs to come pour me another cup of coffee, because obviously I am stuck here, indefinitely.If it were Nigel, I would just stand up. Nigel will wait patiently beside my chair until I come back, and then reclaim his spot. Maraca, though, will freak right out, flee …

Contretemps

Not really. The better half's mobile has been acting up, so we spent the last hour on the line with our provider. The result? A new phone was ordered. Le sigh. By renewing our contract, I was able to get her a really nice phone fairly cheap, but it was an unexpected expense, to say …

Man & Machine

Who woulda thunk it, but Robert Downey Jr and Iron Man is a great combination. Yes, I'm a fan of the franchise, but the best part of it is Iron Man. It's just a perfect match. I totally believe that Downey is reformed, more or less, from his dissolute ways, distancing himself from a past …