Five Things, the Wasn't It Just Monday? edition

[lagilman]

- There should be a rule: no crises before caffeine.

- Although the Fettucini Alfredo I made last night was undeniably delicious, the fact that the finger I scraped grating the cheese is still bleeding this morning does not thrill me. No, I'm not going to connect the delish part with the blood-in-the-cheese part.

- The new Springsteen album may need time to grow on me. His more country-tinged ones always do.

- I am ready for winter to end soon. Next week would be good.

- People who claim to read their f-lists and then don't know something that was all over their f-list are not fooling anyone.



The past three weeks I have officially had Too Much To Do. But I think I can finally see where there may be a light flickering down the end of a very long tunnel. For now, there is caffeine, and Part III is on-deck. Tonight, there is red meat and Scotch. Life ain't bad.

Comments

[shadowcat]

Point One -- Yes. This should be a rule or even a law. *nods*

Point Four -- I very definitely agree with you on this one. The last two days of ice and falling have made me decide winter's time is up for this year.

[wolfsilveroak.livejournal.com]

- People who claim to read their f-lists and then don't know something that was all over their f-list are not fooling anyone.


I agree! It's annoying having to explain something a dozen times.

[shana.livejournal.com]

mrissa linked to this cheese grater, with handle: http://www.ingebretsens.com/details.php?prodID=330

Something like that would save your fingers.

[lagilman]

Oh, I have three different graters, including one with a safety handle. But ever now and again the cooking gods demand a sacrifice....

[supertailz.livejournal.com]

Oh!Oh! is there any chance the "all over f-list" thing is the racism "debate"? Cause if so I just discovered it in the past few days and it's been a wonderful way to distract myself from my omg!deadline with Soap!Opera!Drama. If not then I'll just sit here in the corner and type furiously cause omg!deadline approaching.

[lagilman]

Nah, I've said all I'm going to say on that particular subject. I was speaking more generally about "oh, when did that/i> happen?" comments made, especially about something that should not have been skimmed over (a book sale, a hospitalization, a marriage, etc)

[supertailz.livejournal.com]

Well darn then:) Did you say something on the matter? Did I miss it? Where is here or elsewhere?

but generally I know the feeling. Although I have a vague resentment when my friends assume that flist is sufficient for informing me of important events (of course, I don't make any bones about not always keeping up with it). If it's important enough that you're going to be mad if I don't know, then freaking email or call!.../rant, back to freelance proj.

[onyxhawke.livejournal.com]

I think, that i might possibly manage to give up caffeine if we could make the first one stick.

[javacatz.livejournal.com]

Graters are evil, but necessary. Better a grater than a knuckle buster, aka mandoline. I've been known to break out the food processor and use the grater attachment instead of an actual grater. Harder to clean, but much easier on the hands. OTOH, the secret is in the sauce. :-)

[vincam.livejournal.com]

- The new Springsteen album may need time to grow on me. His more country-tinged ones always do.

Folk. Not country. Never country. He did some work in Nashville for "Tunnel of Love," but took out the steel guitar when the session player in question blurted to the media that the album was going to be a country album. Folk, folk, folk.

you say tomato, I say nightshade...

[lagilman]

This album has a very definite "radio-country" feel to it, to those of me who don't live outside Nashville. It doesn't feel folk, the way some of his past albums did.

Re: you say tomato, I say nightshade...

[vincam.livejournal.com]

Mmmm... Back when you were just about ready to start kindergarten and Bruce's first album came out, there was a thing they called "Folk Rock." That is exactly what this is. As you say, it is something of a semantics issue, given that country music descends from folk and modern country is often indistinguishable from early rock or blues. Except that these days, from where I stand ten miles outside Nashville, "country" is pretty much an insult. On many levels I won't discuss here. (::hawk, ptui, bleah::) Calling Bruce's work "country" just makes me go brrr, ew.

those of me who don't live outside Nashville

??? I don't know what this means.

Re: you say tomato, I say nightshade...

[lagilman]

??? I don't know what this means


from where I stand ten miles outside Nashville, "country" is pretty much an insult is what that means. We have different (geographic, cultural, exposure-related) takes on the use of the word to define category/style/emotional reaction, and I was acknowledging that.