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i don't know if anyone has noticed... but a lot of hipsters seem to be sporting the keffiyah theses days. its getting pretty popular with people like lil' wayne, cameron diaz, and david beckham wearin them all over the place. now i know they look pretty cool and i have been known to dawn one once in a while... until i found out what exactly they meant. i probably sound entirely ignorant to those of you who have been in the know for a long time, but it wasn't until recently that i discovered that the keffiyah is a symnbol of Palestinian solidarity. i dont know about anyone else, but i happen to fall on the Zionist side of things when it comes to the Isreali-Palestinian conflict and by wearing a keffiyah i effectively contradicted my beliefs with my fashion. never a good thing to do. so in solidarity with my Jewish friends, and with the utmost respect to my Arab and Muslim friends, i retire my keffiyahs to the back of my sock drawer. never to be worn again.

before the dawn heals us

listening to: nothing (omygawd weird huh?)

soooo.... i definately like it when people comment my bloggies. even if its just britt, because britt, i know your the only one who reads my blog.

not true?

prove me wrong. write me a comment bitches.


lol. i really don't care if anyone reads my blog because honestly its more for me than anyone else.

but it would be nice to be acknowledged once in a while

i just want to forget, and who could forget

listening to: walking in the rain by tania maria

here is a real recipe i created the other day. i was jonesing for some good soup and sadly supermarket soup is all made with some type of beef broth or chicken fat. So instead of making myself one of my mother's go-to quesadillas i made this:

tuscan style tomato bean soup

ingredients:
28oz can of whole tomatoes
14 oz can black beans
4 tbsp chianti
2 tbsp water
2 whole bay leaves
4-6 whole garlic cloves
4 tsp grated parmesean
2 tsp cayanne pepper
kosher salt and pepper to taste
large slices dense italian bread
thick slices of mozarella cheese

directions:
preheat oven to 450 degrees. simmer first 9 ingredients on medium heat until bubbling and slightly thicker. Chop up one slice of bread into small cubes and insert into soup. Turn up heat and stir continuously until bread absorbs liquid and is evenly dispersed throughout soup. Turn down heat to low and let thicken. Pour soup into bakeable ramekins and put one slice of bread and one slice of mozarella atop the soups (like french onion soup). Bake the soups for about 5 minutes or until the mozarella melts on top of the bread.

Its a little time consuming I know, but the result is absolutely work it. Perfect rainy day meal for two or three. (I also recommend making it at the beginning of the week for lunches etc as it refrigerates really well.) But be sure to remove the bay leaves before serving!

who do you love

listening to: just another lonely night by the o'jays

here is a recipe for a good night:
5 thin slices imported pecorino
5 rosemary watercress crackers
1 glass of chateau st. michele cabernet
1 record of manhattan's best jazz standards (i.e: stanley turrentine)
1 novel or cookbook (for all you foodies out there)

directions: deposit the slices of pecorino atop crackers while slowly (SLOWLY) sipping cab from a red wine glass. if you put the wine in a white wine glass it gets less surface are and doesn't get the chance to decant. turn on the jazz, sit back in your non-leather (don't kill any animals please), and read.

its that simple. just read.

its just flesh and bone

listening to: fine young cannibals by wolf parade

gotta get back into blogging mode. i haven't posted in almost a week. i'll probably blog about something tonight. 45minute drive out to riverside and back gives me some time alone to think about schtuff. but right now, i have to go to the goodwill drop off center to purge myself of clothing i haven't worn in a year or so. then i should probably get started on organizing the rest of my room. its getting hectic-ish.

i'm still feeling sick. i should go to the doctor. oh wait, i work for one. nevermind.

...and then there are the big ones

well, happy easter tomorrow. i, being the completely boneheaded catholic(ish) totally forgot about easter and lent and givvin shit up and the whole good friday fasting thing. its a good thing im a vegetarian or else i would have been knee deep in guilt, that stuff the church doles out in droves (<--- is this a word?). ah well, what can yah do.

meanwhile, back at the ranch (mr. o joke for anyone from st lucys), its been pretty chill lately. doin a lot of cookin and reading and hangin out with cristina mostly. i got a really cool haircut. kinda a pseudo pixie/faux hawk type of deal. very cool. im diggin it definately, especially because it makes it even more obvious that i'm gay... got hit on a few times ;)

things are looking up. i have no leukemia and my parents are going out of town again so i can finally get caught up with the buffy the vampire series. i swear i'm ten years later than everyone else on this whole dealio.

think im gunna go see a movie with cristina and linday tonight if cristina ever texts me.... observe and report. should be good

oh holy bookgasm!!!!

well, guess what divine literary entity i stumled upon yesterday evening? thats right! you totally didn't guess it.... "a day at el bulli" by ferran adria himself!!!! hooray hooray hooray! this book that i understood as not being available in the united states except through ordering from spain happened to be sitting, waiting patiently for me at the local barnes and noble. oh holy day, what mystical miracle! today is the day... i shall pool my resources and hurry on down to purchase the culinary book to end alllllll culinary books by the master of molecular gastronomy himself the FERRAN ADRIA!!!!! yay :)

blurbbity blurb

listening to: loud pipes by ratatat

so.... i really don't like mean bands. you know, if you want me to listen to your music and possibly tell my friends about it, post about you on facebook, or put you in my extremely famous and well known blog then be nice to me! what good is it to you if you turn me off by being annoying and rude? be thankful that anyone is at your show!

theres no raving without ranting

if you don't love me, pretend

listening to: a drop in the ocean by ron pope... again
i've listened to that song about 28 times in the past three hours

ahhhh the power of love.

sooooo, i have a crush on someone. but i'm not gunna say who.

and no, i'm not talking about jordin sparks.... even though i am still very much a "fan" of hers ;)

but in other news, i have been reading like crazy over the past few days and i completely forgot how cathartic reading was (is). don't you love when you have a book that you just can't put down? its kinda exciting to be experiencing this especially since i havent let myself read in such volume in a very very long time.

i'm telling people about this sudden burst of reading addiction and they go off and spout about 57 books i should read after i finish my current one! so now my bedside table has literally fourteen books stacked on top of each other according to size and i am trying to finish them like a mad women so that in the case of an earthquake i won't be suffocated by literature. that death would incur way too much irony for my tastes.

so if you recommended a book or loaned me a book i apologize for the lack of response and slow return rate. it may take a while but you should rest knowing i am fully enjoying myself. oh, and the books i have finished are available for loan at the kelsey fagan library located wherever i happen to be located at that time. (usually wherever boba or opera dvds are sold!)