Posted by
ChrisR on Friday, November 21, 2008 12:38:00 PM
Those the words of Andrew in reference to KG's lunch selections. I concur. Mexican before going t othe gym? Seirously felt like someone stabbing me in the gut for my entire 10 min run before I succombed to the pain. Terrible idea.
Ok fast one today since there isn't a lot to talk about.
The Office? No good. Nothing happened, it wasn't funny, and it broke from my "plot or humor" formula. Actually, I take that back, since there was a fair amount going on. Jim bought the house, Toby came back... maybe that's it. Really no good. Thumbs down.
Haven't watched South Park yet.
A lot of good NFL games this weekend to look forward to.
Oklahoma-Texas Tech to look forward to - heyelllll yea.
Only 2 weeks to go before the fantasy playoffs. I am a lock in one league, and on the fringes in my other league. If I win both of my games , I am in. If I lose one, win one, it depends on what those around me do. Lose both? Count me out. I am the defending champion in that league, though, so this is a big deal.
I am rather upste because I broke my own rule today. I promised myself - no CHristmas music until after THanksgiving. THat's all fine and dandy except that when my alarm went off this morning, Josh Groban - the First Noel was on. I know, I know, outside my power. But what was in my power was that I didn't hit snooze until after the song was over. Traumatic. Is it time to break down and just bite the bullet and listen to x-mas jams? No. I will make it through this.
And now onto another issue. I was doing some reading on my favorite foodie blog - Serious Eats - and found an article about the
British style of eating. Now, there is a story behind this. Supposedly the Brits eat very differently than we do here on the other side of the pond. When I was over there, on one of my frirst days, my co-worker Lloyd Milton literally yelled at me to never put my fork and knife down. Uhh... what? In the US we put down our fork and knife when not actually consuming food. Not the Brits...
I learned quickly that you hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right, and you NEVER put them down. Ever. Like, if you have to take a drink, lift the glass with your fork and knife (I kid). But seriously you aren't supposed to put them down, even while conversing, etc. You slice one bite at a time, pile it onto the fork, and dive right in. And you're supposed to mix everything together. Why? Who knows. My boss over there - Andrew Rosindell, MP from Romford if you feel like Googling him - used to eat the strangest stuff all piled together. He used to eatthe Englush breakfast in one bite - eggs, tomato, mushroom, potato, bacon/ham, and sometimes throw in some ketchup or brown sauce for good measure. One bite - down the hatch. That's just the way they do it.
THe problem, though, was that I learned to eat that way over there. In my mere 4 months there, I re-taught myself how to eat and now can't shake it. This is the way I eat now - knife and fork held at all times, etc. I don't do the "stack it all together" move as often, but sometimes I certainly do. Try smearing mashed spuds all over your fork of pork tenderloin - delicious. Or slab some salsa onto that burrito that you're eating. Its tasty, where mixing flavors isnt ALWAYS a bad thing. On Thanksgiving this year, take a piece of turkey with gravy, some mash, a bit of cranberry sauce and some stuffing all in one bite - it's awesome.
Anywyas, in honor of me reminiscing about the Brits, let's listen to my absolute favorite song when I was over there - Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot. We heard it everywhere we went for 4 months. Never got old. (And if there are any of my former UK-associates reading this - all I can think of is hearing this song each and every single time I was at the Gardening Club while you crazy kids were sucking down pitchers of the who-knows-what's-in-this concoctions. Good times. That reminds me of Mike the Canadian. Good guy he was. I wonder what he's up to...)