tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25773749782169862102024-10-04T20:30:26.227-07:00the adventures of a brave new memeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14552491880974434355noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577374978216986210.post-26921255598538075342011-05-13T11:56:00.000-07:002011-05-13T11:56:16.183-07:00

Two days ago, I downloaded the Words With Friends app to my iPad, after hearing from folks how fun the game is. I was immediately hooked. It's like Scrabble, but better since you didn't have to be in the same place to play. After starting up games with people I knew, I started to get impatient because by its nature, it's a slow-moving game. People played when they have time and/or the

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Last night, my nytimes iPad app popped up with a notice that President Obama would be making a statement. I didn't know about what, and checking the New York Times, they didn't say. I joked with the boy about how useless such an alert was, and waited to see what it would about. I probably should've turned on the TV, but I just continued bumming about the apartment. 15 minutes later, another

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So I lost steam for this sucker pretty quickly, huh?  I'm not too surprised about that.  I mean, didn't I warn you at the very beginning that I've probably started about 100 blogs, posted 3 posts in each, and promptly abandoned them?  Honestly, the truth is my life is just not that exciting.  Oh well.  I did warn you. Anyway, to give a re-cap of what's happened in the

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Day 20 of vegetarianism. Okay, now I'm starting to get cravings. I seriously want some pho. And smoked salmon. And sushi. And salami. Lamb. A freaking burger. I blamed Jason Segal from "How I Met Your Mother." I was watching a re-run of the show the other day, and boy, does that man know how to make burger eating look good. I was convinced and I'm not even all that into burgers. These

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Day 14 of vegetarianism. Invoked the cheat meal on Saturday. I had dinner with some friends at a Chinese restaurant that was more suited to family style sharing, and it just made simpler to eat along with everyone else. And so it was that I ate some pig ears, beef soup, and pork dumplings. Let's assess my feelings! Well, the food was delicious, as it always is at this spot. Did the meat

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Day 4 of vegetarianism. Honestly, it hasn't been that bad. I haven't had any strong cravings for meat, but I have noticed that I'm hungry more often after a meal. I guess all those friends who said, "Oh, you're going to lose so much weight!" are way off-base because my appetite has kicked up. Fat vegetarian, that's what I'll be, though I must say, if fat is my end-stop, I'd rather be an

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Beginning October 1st, I’m going vegetarian. Dun dun duuuuun. Now before anyone freaks out, I’m only going vegetarian for a month. After having several friends dabble with vegetarianism, a sister who went vegan and back, and a mom who’s the occasional vegetarian (for religious reasons), I decided I’m going to check out what the hoo-ha is all about. I want to see if it would be hard to stick

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Part III: Pasta with Raw Tomato SauceSo the last time I was here, on this blog, yammering away, I was going on and on about a summer composed lasagna or whatever the foodie term is. I had rushed out to buy even MORE tomatoes, and I was going to make this dish, and it was going to be fantabulous. And then I disappeared for a bit. You're probably thinking, girl, those tomatoes are going to be no

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Part II: GazpachoLet me start by apologizing for my horrible photo. I'm not a photographer in any sense of the word. I own a simple point-and-shoot, and I took this at night with horrible lighting. So if the soup looks less than appetizing, I'm sorry! It's delicious and more than worthy of being made and eaten. With that out of the way, let's talk gazpacho. Cold soup is not for everyone,

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Part I: Tomato JamMy friend's parents "gifted" (i.e. we don't know what to do with all these tomatoes) him with a bounty of tomatoes from their garden when they visited him recently. Being the hip young single that he is, he was all, "I don't need no stinkin' tomatoes," and promptly tried to the fob them off onto me. I was amenable to this since there's nothing I like better than to figure out

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Without too much ceremony, this is my umpteenth attempt at a blog. Every time I try to start one, I inevitably stop after about 5 posts. At first, I was trying write down my thoughts. Turns out my thoughts were asinine, so I quickly gave that up. Then I tried to have a food blog. Unfortunately, I use recipes more like guidelines, never stop to measure how much of an ingredient went into a

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