fredlet

I broke the pact not to do silly quizzes, but this one is better than the eye color one…

Your Hair Should Be Blue

Wild, brilliant, and out of control. You’re a risk taker with an eye to the future.

no wait, I’m not finished yet…

Your Mood Ring is Dark Red

Very happy Love Passion

oh allright, one more (and only because they have an iTunes linky in there…)

Weird Al Shares Your Taste in Music

Other people have a concept of “lucky underwear” too.
I don’t actually happen to be wearing mine, but whatever.

What Your Underwear Says About You

You have a lucky pair of underwear. And you wear it more than you should. You’re comfortable in your own skin – and don’t care to impress anyone.

I’m not sure why it amuses me so much to text with mom while she’s on vacation in Hawaii. ;-)
But it surely does.

Yeeeah!: “‘After three years of marriage, and careful thought and consideration, we have decided to part ways. This is the mutual decision of two people with an enormous amount of respect and admiration for each other. We hope that you respect our privacy during this difficult time.’”

I think this is verbatim what everyone else in hollyweird says when they announce that their 10 minute marriage is over.

HAAPY BIRTHDAY KARL ELVIS!
(yeesh, just what I need… TWO 11/28 sag’s. Kramer’s a handful on his own.)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRAMER!

Free Daily Overview Horoscope for LEO from Astrology.com:
“Daily Overview
November 26, 2005

You don’t need words to communicate now; sighs and wistful glances will do just fine, as you’ll soon discover. They’ll also make your feelings obvious. If you don’t want that to happen, make yourself scarce for a while.”

CNN.com – Brown to start emergency planning consulting business – Nov 24, 2005: “DENVER, Colorado (AP) — Former FEMA Director Michael Brown, heavily criticized for his agency’s slow response to Hurricane Katrina, is starting a disaster preparedness consulting firm to help clients avoid the sort of errors that cost him his job.”

It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.

there are several things that I eat for thanksgiving that don’t necessarily match up with the “traditional” food list/order.

1. you nibble on the stuffing for the day and a half that it takes to make it. You MUST test it approximately every 45 minutes to make sure its “coming along”, my stepfather is the master of this.
2. during the cooking of the food, you can grab the stray green bean, test the cherry pie filling, drink more coffee, but no actual food should be consumed so that you will be a ravenous (bugblatter) beast (of traal) by the time the turkey is done.
3. have squash soup with creme fraiche (be warned I use this as a barometer of your worthiness. If you don’t like my squash soup, don’t let the door smack you on the way out, bub)
4. cranberry sauce from a can is required. none of that homemade crap thankyouverymuch. I want the rings. Nay, I need the rings. Also regarding the cranberry sauce, you can have a little during the actual meal. the true purpose of cranberry sauce is for the sandwiches for the ‘leftovers’.

This year was slightly different in that mom wanted to make a salad that was out of the ordinary. So we took romaine lettuce, prosciutto, a few slices of anjou pear, walnuts sauteed in butter and brown sugar to candy them a bit and pomegranate seeds…. then sprinkled shaved parmesan cheese over the lot.
Actually, I think that was probably the best salad I’ve had in a long time. Bud said we should patent it. (though I’m sure someone has already beaten us to the punch.)

during the meal:
eat the dark meat. eat the gravy while its perfect. have LOTS of mom’s green beans (cooked with bacon).
moan a lot because you are too full.

after the meal:
eat the pie “sampler” (though I generally just eat the cherry pie. there can be only one… pie.)
moan some more.

the day after:
primarily I aim for the rolls (that I forgot to make for the meal itself). they are misshapen and perfect for little sandwiches consisting of turkey that has been soaked in turkey broth in the tupperware in the fridge for several hours, a dollop of Mayo, a slice of cranberry sauce and a bit of dressing.
be prepared for this to fall apart.
warm up the squash soup and add some more sour cream or creme fraiche whichever one still has some contents left in the fridge.

All that’s left now is too much stuffing (its good, but fer crissakes, I’m on Atkins, this is not the best thing to have in my fridge) the white meat of the turkey and some green beans (those will probably be lunch.)
Typically this is the one time of year I actually eat leftovers. I don’t like food that is rewarmed in general.

So there you have it.
turkey day a la fredlet.

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!
Originally uploaded by fredlet.

Even if you win, you still lose. :-(

I just bought this last week for the NOT sale price.
I should return it and buy it again at the sale price.