Some stuff
November 29th, 2008Thanksgiving went pretty well. I made the stuffing. I used one organic Asian Pear, one organic Fuji Apple, one onion, lots of garlic, four slices of well-toasted bread, and about a glass of red wine. It actually tasted pretty good. Oh yeah, threw some salt and pepper in there too.
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Glad the election’s over. No, nobody or nothing I voted for won. Ron Paul’s too intelligent to be President of the USA. Get this, the criticisms I’ve heard of Ron Paul is that “he scares me.” Sure, throw logic right out the window and use an argument ad hominem. But then again, I don’t expect intelligence from the American voters.
Dad used to get me Time magazine for Christmas. I told him not to this year. I hate that magazine. Both Time and Newspeak couldn’t do an article on Obama without mentioning his race. Couldn’t talk about Hillary Clinton and later Sarah Palin without mentioning their gender. It got pretty fucking annoying. Pardon my French.
For those of you who make fun of sports, that’s one thing I like about sports. It was the one thing I did when nobody asked me my race. I got sick of hearing it. Had to always fill in my race for whenever I applied for anything except sports. With sports, I just played. If I performed well, they liked me. If I sucked, they didn’t. That’s how it should be.
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I saw a bunch of movies and am too lazy to review them so I’ll write a skinny on each of them.
Star Wars Clone Wars - For a cartoon aimed for kids, I found it quite watchable. No, don’t expect good dialog or plot, because after all it is Star Wars which is well-known for bad dialog and plot holes. But still, I enjoyed. 6 dead zombies. 
The Eye (2008) - Always a pleasure to see Jessica Alba. Heck, she could be brushing her teeth and she’d be fun to watch. But this is a horror movie so she’s not so hot in this one.
The Pang Brothers give you a flick about a blind girl picking up the eyes from a dead donor. Catch is, the eyes come from a witch. A few predictable plot twists and some scary scenes. Not a bad effort, but not something you’d write home about. 4 dead zombies 
The Orphanage - OK horror film buffs, this is how it’s done. I usually see plot twists coming from a mile away but there were a few that even I didn’t get. Excellent first effort from Juan Bayona and of course anything Guillermo Del Toro even sneezes on is going to be watchable.
A couple move into an old home with their adopted child and the home comes with a few surprises. Set in Spain and in Spanish. 8 dead zombies 
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That’s it, folks. Hope you’re all enjoying your Thanksgiving weekend. For those of you not in the USA, hope you’re all enjoying your weekend that started last night. Don’t feel bad. No matter what country you’re from, you probably get more holidays than we do. All Americans do is work.
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Oh yeah, one more thing…
Watched Conan the Barbarian last night. I finally bought the DVD because it was $10 for both Conan movies. That was hands down the most romantic movie ever made. No, don’t tell me The Titanic or any of that other garbage. Conan’s girlfriend fought off demons to bring Conan back from the dead. Now, that’s love folks.
Conan is one of my all-time favorite movies!
No offense, but I think I’ll pass on your stuffing recipe.
I’ve always said that you can go to 20 different houses on Thanksgiving and find 20 different stuffing recipes.
That recipe, like ALL of yours, sounds yummy. Stuffing and turkey are my fave foods. Aren’t they a food group?
I hear you about the race and gender thing. Enough already. But at least your guy isn’t an out and out crook. That gang of thieves we have here…grrrrr
Agree re Time. STopped reading them in university–couldn’t take all the gratuitious pics of dead GIs.
Tshsmom - Seriously, it wasn’t bad. It was completely random. Put some pieces together and viola. The thing is though, the juice from the turkey and the spices overwhelmed it anyways.
Bridget - Thanks. ‘Twas.
Yeah, you’d think you’d be able to figure out for yourself Obama’s race and Palin’s gender but we never heard the end of it.
In a party of fools, Ron Paul is the only one who makes sense, but he’s seen as the “weird” one. Gotta love the GOP.
I agree with you about the race an gender rot.
Like Bridget - I’ll say - no - to the stuffing - I like it with sage, onion, chestnuts etc.
8 dead zombies - must have been a good one!
Skeletor - I think Paul is the only one who makes sense in both major parties.
Miladysa - ‘Twas. It’s worth seeing if you like horror. I’m also starting to really enjoy Spanish movies.
Hey there. Hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving. It was just the four of us and quiet… His mother wouldnt make the 2 hour trip to see us.. Oh well.. LOL.. Not my loss. Its hers.. Anyway I hear you about all your stuff you said. I sent out a X-mas card with a family photo in it for you guys. Talk to you soon. Nicole.
An apple and a pear? Your stuffing must had been moist!
I tried apple-&-onion stuffing one year, and it was pretty tasty stuff. I’ll stick with more generic recipes now, though - I’m a very boring person.
I loved The Orphanage. Intelligent horror that isn’t gore-based usually gets my applause.
Sounds delicious… i’ve been cooking a lot these days but i like cooking, turns out i am good at feeding people.
those three movies sounds aweful.
i watched ‘the dutchess’… one of the boooooring moveis. I didn’t have enough tolerance to end it. Watch ‘12 angry men’ at http://www.watch-movie.net. You’ll like it.
i meant http://www.watch-movies.net
The Orphanage was creepy, The Eye was interesting, and Clone Wars was good if you liked cartoons. If you’re expecting anything else, you wouldn’t like it. The Orphanage was good. I’d see it again but I wouldn’t buy it.
I can’t do horror films. And I’m not a fan of fruit in my stuffing. I’m trying to figure out why you only used FOUR slices of bread. I used an entire loaf of bread!
Kathleen - ‘Twas only a small turkey.
Kate - I don’t think I ever watch a horror movie twice simply because the creepiness factor’s gone. You already know what’s coming.
Tchoden - I’ll probably rent that one.
SME - Completely agreed on The Orphanage
Yoga Gal - ‘Twas. I think it was the wine though.
Tweety - We did. Hope your Christmas is going to be good.