3 things about me

[Pornofan420]

A word of advise, my friend. If you feel like you have to "waste" an hour/day at the dinner table with your wife, your life is way too stressed up.

Indeed. The thing is, I love spending time with my wife. I don't consider the time spent at the table talking and being together a waste. That's part of the life I live.

It's the food that gets in the way. It makes Mrs. 420 upset to be reminded that I don't go into new food experiences looking forward to what I might find, I go into them braced to dislike it. On top of that, I have no personal need to expand my culinary palette. I'll eat the same thing night after night anfter night and not complain. I get antsy if I don't recognize what's on the plate.

I love the ceremony of cooking together, preparing ingredients, the whole schtick. The activity of cooking is fun.

I just don't want to have to eat it when it's finished.

I helped my aunt make dozens of wontons and lumpia, heaping mounds of pancit and chicken adobo back when I was living at home. Loved doing it. It's just that I wanted a hamburger or a slice of pizza when I was done.

On Thanksgiving, with the HUGE table spread out with all the traditionals AND a whole lot of Filipino/Chinese food, all I wanted was turkey, a little potatos, a little stuffing. No gravy, no nothing else.

But for the sake of domestic harmony, I'm going to embark on a food boot-camp form one of her foodie sites. She's convinced that I can learn to like new and different foods.

I'm convinced I can fake it enough to make her happy. Whatever it takes, I'm game to try.

 

[carsonshepherd]

1. I lost my virginity at age 17.

2. I drive too fast, but I've only had 1 speeding ticket.

3. I can taste a food and tell you what's in it.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

1. I still love trick-or-treating.

2. I still believe in dressing up.

3. I have been groped in all but two haunted houses I've ever attended.

~lucky

 

[Liar]

3. I have been groped in all but two haunted houses I've ever attended.

~lucky

By the ghosts?

 

[minsue]

1. I smoke at least a pack of cigarettes a day and have done so for the past 13 years.

2. I bite my fingernails so horridly that I honestly can't remember them ever reaching the tips of my fingers.

3. If I tried to quit either, I'd prolly rip someone's heart right out of their chest. I'm sure there's a name for people like me, but I prefer "high strung".

 

[carsonshepherd]

I'm sure there's a name for people like me, but I prefer "high strung".

I believe one term would be "orally fixated"...?

 

[minsue]

I believe one term would be "orally fixated"...?

Oh yes, that too.

 

[cheerful_deviant]

1. I have a "Huey Lewis & The News" tour poster on my office wall.

2. I actually admit in public that I like their music, especially their new stuff.

3. I felt really old when I was talking with one of my 19yo cousins friends and I mentiond Huey Lewis and she said "Who?"

 

[carsonshepherd]

1. I. Hate. Grasshoppers. Crickets too. And moths!

2. I ignore Halloween.

3. I have nightmares about vampires. Not the sexy ones... those are okay. But real, spooky, Nosferatu/Salem's Lot vampires really freak me out.

 

[Pornofan420]

1) Who knew that cauliflower roasted with olive oil and salt&pepper would be so abso-frickin-lutely delicious?. Given up french fries? Try roasting some cauliflower. No, really. This from a mostly vegi-phobic eater.

2) Cut into 1/4" thick chunks. Toss with olive oil. Bake @ 400 degrees on a baking sheet, 40-50 minutes, turning every 10 or so.

3) The days are getting so much shorter. *sigh*

 

[carsonshepherd]

Who knew that cauliflower roasted with olive oil and salt&pepper would be so abso-frickin-lutely delicious?. Given up french fries? Try roasting some cauliflower. No, really. This from a mostly vegi-phobic eater.

Try baby carrots this way too, only don't cook 'em so long. Very good. The only way to eat cooked carrots.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

1. I. Hate. Grasshoppers. Crickets too. And moths!

2. I ignore Halloween.

3. I have nightmares about vampires. Not the sexy ones... those are okay. But real, spooky, Nosferatu/Salem's Lot vampires really freak me out.

There's a cricket under my bed, I guess I shouldn't call you to come over and kill it.

 

[carsonshepherd]

There's a cricket under my bed, I guess I shouldn't call you to come over and kill it.

And don't call me to get the sharks out of the bathtub either.

 

[minsue]

And don't call me to get the sharks out of the bathtub either.

Sheesh! What good are you?!?

 

[carsonshepherd]

Sheesh! What good are you?!?

I'm not scared of snakes; but I killed one this spring in my garden and I still feel guilt-ridden over it. That karma debt is still hanging over me as its little snaky spirit haunts me.

Hopefully, adopting homeless dogs off the side of the interstate redeemed my karma.

Also, I can fix stuff.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

If there's a snake in your kitchen, or you need a quick marinade for steaks, Carson's your man.

 

[carsonshepherd]

As long as it isn't shark removal or grasshopper dissection...

 

[Fleatopia]

1. I hate mornings.

2. I smoke far too many cigarettes in any 12 hour period, double that amount if I'm drinking.

3. I love to cook wonderful meals with marginal nutritional value but tons of amazing flavors. It doesn't hurt if the person I've cooked for indicates his appreciation via the gift of orgasm.

 

[RebeccaLeah]

Whoops!

 

[RebeccaLeah]

1. I have a "Huey Lewis & The News" tour poster on my office wall.

2. I actually admit in public that I like their music, especially their new stuff.

3. I felt really old when I was talking with one of my 19yo cousins friends and I mentiond Huey Lewis and she said "Who?"

Have to do it....Who?

I saw Huey Lewis and my first thought was Huey, Dewy, and Lewy (how every they spelled it) from Duck Tales.

Sorry CD.

 

[Belegon]

Have to do it....Who?

I saw Huey Lewis and my first thought was Huey, Dewy, and Lewy (how every they spelled it) from Duck Tales.

Sorry CD.

ya young whippersnapper, ya!

 

[OhMissScarlett]

1. There are times when I'd give everything I own just to sleep in.

2. I'm out of honey and chai sucks with sugar.

3. I can't wait for thanksgiving.

 

[RebeccaLeah]

ya young whippersnapper, ya!

Right, cause you're like 196 right?

1. I fucking hate this time of the month.

2. I really fucking hate cramps.

3. I don't care if this is tmi because I want to bitch about it.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

1. I hate cramps too and feel like someone kicked me in the stomach.

2. I've taken all the Advil I can take without my ears ringing.

3. If the Advil doesn't start working soon, I'm getting out the whiskey.

 

[minsue]

Have to do it....Who?

I saw Huey Lewis and my first thought was Huey, Dewy, and Lewy (how every they spelled it) from Duck Tales.

Sorry CD.

Crap, now I feel old!

- Mindy, who remembers Huey Lewis as well as the pre-Duck Tales Huey, Louie, & Dewey


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