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16th Dec, 2009

duo3

Bridges update

Short update. Ends Chapter 14.
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15th Dec, 2009

gwen beer

recipe

It's been a long time since I posted a recipe, largely because I haven't cooked anything new in foreeeever. Tomorrow I will be making steak and kidney pie for guests, and I will post that recipe, because it is awesome, but for tonight I want to share a recipe that is new to me, and that is even awesomer (gasp!) than steak and kidney pie. This recipe came to me via Salon.com, an American magazine, so a shout-out to all my American friends as well as to the transplanted Indian lady who actually gave the recipe to the writer on Salon. This recipe smells your home up like a beautiful spice garden. Make it at least once before you die.

Dal Chawal, By Someone Named Seema

You Will Need:

1/2 to 3/4 cup masoor dal/ split red lentils (as did the Salon author, I will point out that red lentils are actually orange, so as to minimise your shopping anxiety)
3 to 5 cups water
Salt
Vegetable oil
Black mustard seeds
Whole cumin seeds (I only had powdered, but the crunch of seeds is an important part of this dish)
At least 7 cloves of garlic, chopped rather than minced-- not too fine
Hot chilies, of the short green variety, probably three to six depending on your tolerance, halved lengthwise
Turmeric
Fresh cilantro
Basmati rice
Ghee or butter

(Notes: I did not have all the above spices. I ended out using garam masala, cardamom, cumin, garlic, curry, and chilies. You can really load up on the spices in this; don't worry about amounts, but get a good little mound in your palm of each. Be liberal in application. Especially with the garlic and the cumin.)

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Enjoy!
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11th Dec, 2009

duo glasses

Bridges update

More.
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3rd Dec, 2009

gundam

Bridges update

Somewhat longer update, because you're worth it.


Also, blanket thank-you to those who replied to the last update. I will (I swear) get back to you.
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kira

I wouldn't normally send you to The Telegraph....

...though at least it's not The Daily Mail. Anyway, this deserves an honourable mention for 2009's WTF-iest Story.

Crisp Lover Changes Name to His Favourite Meal-Time Snack Based On Online Poll




Also: Can anything be 'Super Premium'?
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27th Nov, 2009

Only Bridges To 14/?

Fandom: GW
Rating: Rish
Pairing: 5x2
Notes: Challenge fic. Updates in bold.

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24th Nov, 2009

wufei

Bridges update

updatiness, updatiness
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22nd Nov, 2009

duo3

Bridges update

More, more, more. On a roll!
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21st Nov, 2009

2x5

Only Bridges To 13/?

Fandom: GW
Pairing: 5x2
Rating: R/NC17
Notes: Challenge fic. Updates in bold.

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19th Nov, 2009

gundam

Bridges update

More. Can you believe it?
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14th Nov, 2009

duo glasses

Bridges update

Moooooore. Thanks to everyone who commented previously-- I swear I'll get back to you at some point.
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11th Nov, 2009

suck, trowa

my wank landlord

Don't go on vacation.

Does this seem harsh? Let me expand the thesis. Don't go on vacation. Because when you get back, real life sucks even more than it did before you hated it so much you ran away.

My wank landlord left the following letter for myself and my two housemates, reproduced here in full:

Yesterday was the scheduled safety inspection and you were notified about this through email. [Note: we weren't.] I walked in with the Inspector and both were shocked and disgusted over the total mess our house was in.

[Further note: I had completely cleaned the house only days before following a party I held. The only thing I didn't do was mop, because it's winter and raining and you can't open the windows. So here is where I start to get personally offended by the asshattery.]

We did not look into the middle bedroom, but the front and back rooms were in a shambles.

The inspector gave bad marks for habitation due to the mess. You are required to have the place entirely picked up and cleaned by Nov 25th. If you do not have the time, then you should hire a professional cleaner.

Specifically:

1. No clothes on the floor. Only furniture, and carpets on the floor.

2. The master bath mirror in the tub tile has to be free of scum. If permanent damage occurs to the mirror, the fix will cost approximately 200.00 because the tile will have to be replaced, and we do not have any more of that tile, and new tile would have to be purchased, plus the labour.

3. The tree in the master bedroom has to be removed.

4. We will remove the curtain in front of the sliding door in the family room, because the curtain is not working again and this the third or fourth time that we would have fixed the curtain. It will be up to the three of you do something that will work for you.

If the house is not in a presentable condition on the 25th, then we will begin eviction procedures. If all goes well:

In the future, we will give you 24 hours notice to come in and see that the house is remaining clean. If not, then we will proceed to evict.

We need the emails for the other girls, so that each of you can be notified individually of future visits.

Sincerely,

Your wank landlord



Really? Really? So his list of actionable offences comes down to clothes on the floor, which is not in the lease, a bathroom which is the responsibility of only that particular renter, not all of us, a ficus in a proper planter, and a curtain which was not provided by the landlord and is therefore not his property? And he thinks he can proceed with eviction on these grounds? Really?

Because it's not like the house is actually messy. It's not, because even when I get upset with the state of things, it's not actually a mess. We regularly sweep or hoover, we regularly clean the kitchen, we dust, and we tend the bathrooms. He didn't mention any of those things as problems except for a mirror, and so I really wonder if he gets quite what a complete asshole he sounds like threatening to evict us based on a curtain and a laundry pile.

I have not yet written a letter back detailing just how thoroughly I will trash him in court if he proceeds on this, but I am sharpening my typing fingers. Also, I hereby declare that I will move somewhere else immediately, where I don't have to wake up to this kind of shit stinking up my mailbox.

Don't go away. Coming back is a special form of hell.



Since first posting this I have taken pictures of every room in the house to prove we are not ecoterrorists bent on destroying a perfectly good house, done a radical clean (I clean when I'm angry) and eaten an entire package of McVitie's chocolate digestives for lunch. Aside from the pleasure of having my shoes organised by colour and design, the only real positive is being full of chocolate goodness.
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2nd Nov, 2009

jack

halloween party

In which I go crazy, spend two months uber-decorating my house, and then have to clean it all up in one day.













duo2

Only Bridges To 12/?

Because the last update was short, we'll spring right into Chapter 12....

Fandom: GW
Pairing: 5x2
Rating: NC17ish
Notes: Challenge fic; updates in bold.

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duo3

Bridges update

Ends Chapter 11.
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30th Oct, 2009

2x5

Bridges update

I took time out of my very busy schedule to write this for you, so I'll cry if you don't read it.
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23rd Oct, 2009

duo3

Only Bridges To 11/?

Fandom: GW
Pairing: 5x2
Rating: NC17
Notes: Challenge fic. Updates in bold.

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22nd Oct, 2009

duo glasses

random Gundam drabble thing

Kind of a random AU thing...
Fandom: GW
Rating: NC17


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13th Oct, 2009

chase

Rx

Fandom: House
Pairing: None
Rating: Gen
Notes: Takes place in an imaginary House series in which the ridiculousness of seasons 4 and 5 never happened. Actually, it references the period in which Chase was moonlighting in NICU while still working at Diagnostics, so Season 2.


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12th Oct, 2009

1x2

whoospie update

Okay, I broke the rules and edited the second half of Chapter 10 of Bridges. Sorry, but I hope this elucidates a little more.
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