Living in Noise

CALORIES 3430

8am MEAL 615 Fried mashed potato 215 2 fried eggs 150 1 tbsp olive oil 150 Air-fried brussel sprouts 100

3:35pm Woke up after a little nap...

MEDIA UFC Pre-Ortega-Korean Zombie Update

MEDIA UFC Khabib vs Dustin

MEDIA UFC Dustin vs Justin

Looking to see how Gaethje will do against Nurmagomedov by comparing these videos...

Gaethje training partners

MEAL 390 Chicken wing (extra crispy) 75 Mashed potatoes 215 Salad 100

MEDIA NFL Chiefs vs Bills

Wow. So bizarre...very difficult to find out what time the games were...all the other statistics are available.

MEAL 550 Home-made pancake with chocolate chips (250 = 175 + 75) With remaining yogurt fruit salad combo 300?

MEDIA NFL Cardinals vs Cowboys

MEAL 350 2 pancakes 2 * 175

I had mixed them up in a jar in the refrigerator, and couldn't resist. They were so wonderful warm out of the pan.

Then still trying to watch Hulu: Fargo S1E5 The Birthplace of Civilization...

9pm

Was inspired to make and eat a little meal MEAL 825 Chicken Sliders 700 Glass of Cab 125

11:30pm MEAL Chicken Sliders 700

Flowing into Hara Hara Shankara

~2pm

  • Made the bed
  • Resisted using cell phone
    • Imagined her flirting with me, offering to be...anything!
  • Played Hara Hara Shankara on Butterscotch
  • Imagined cell phone robot platform
    • Wheels
    • Plugs into Lightning/USB-C
      • 90+ degree open/close so cell phone is vertical
    • Battery
    • Wall plug
    • Mechanical grabbers
    • Allow others remote control robot platform through phone
      • Including phone camera, microphone, screen
  • Created and ate Longan Honey Sumac Fruit Salad
    • With yogurt, organic raw walnuts, marcona almonds, pepitas
  • Watched "Interception of the Year" after NFL notification on cell phone
    • "Jets safety Marcus Maye pinned the football against his back with one hand..."
  • Went to Mac
    • To import Hara Hara Shankara photo
    • Allowed Parallels to run Windows from Boot Camp
      • Looked through Steam library
      • Doom Eternal has Vulkan error
    • Consolidated documents into Diary on mac In preparation for migrating all documents to Their Temple Blog...

Longan Honey Sumac Fruit Salad

Longan Honey Sumac Fruit Salad

A delightful fruit salad inspired by the tang of Sumac and basil...

  • 1 Apple
  • 1 Banana
  • 2 Tangerines
  • 1 Lemon
  • Handful of Fresh Organic Basil
  • Longan Fermented Honey Vinegar
  • Spices
    • Sumac
    • Cumin
    • Organic Poppy Seeds
    • Cloves
    • Cinnamon
    • Cardamom
    • Turmeric

Clean the apple and basil.

Dice the banana and apple into a bowl.

Cover with chopped basil.

Peel and chop the tangerine into the bowl.

Peel the lemon, squeeze the juice over the fruit in the bowl, then chop up the remaining pulp and add to the bowl as well.

Sprinkle with the spices, smelling each and enjoying their depth.

Drizzle with honey vinegar.

Toss, and enjoy!

The picture is the fruit salad in the jar on the left, while the bowl is the fruit salad with the additions of yogurt, organic raw walnuts, marcona almonds, pepitas

Smoking Neighbors and Burnt Meat

Just now wrapping up the laundry and sending my friend home. She made wonderful mashed potatoes and grilled carrots, while I...burned the meat. Both the chicken and the steak. What a comedy of cooking errors!

The smoke from the charcoal briquettes in the chimney sent my neighbors into a tizzy! First the downstairs neighbor screaming, wondering if we had a fire. I spoke to her, and explained it was normal, and...a little smokey.

Then the upstairs neighbor came down, wondering if we were going to set the giant bush in the backyard on fire. I walked her through the house to the balcony, and showed her what we were doing.

She suggested using an air fryer.

I cooked the chicken first, thinking we were only going to have chicken, and then my friend really wanted the steak, so I threw the chicken in the oven to stay warm and put the steak on the grill. Sadly, I thought the low coals wouldn't be very hot, and so left it on for a while...the coals were very hot, and the steak was some of carbon, and a lot of very, very well done.

Then while cooking the steak, potatoes and carrots, the chicken overcooked as well.

Not my finest hour on the grill.

Then we ate, and intermittently through all the laundry, we chatted on the balcony and watched Arietty on my DVD drive. Apparently, the optical lens was quite dusty as it took many attempts before the DVD Player actually launched on Mac OS X.

All in all, the friend made the evening a wonderful success, in spite of the chaos.

I Saw Ganesha!

The day continues, with biking and kirtan and more...

2:20pm EXERCISE Bike from Cardiff to Marine Park

3:10 - 5pm DHARMA DUST Kirtan at Marine Park

Such sweet singing, a wonderful group, and Ganesha kept forming before my eyes as we sang Ganesha Blues.

5pm EXERCISE Bike from Marine Park to Cardiff

6pm Cooking

6:30pm Eating! MEAL 1000 cal

I made a lovely salad with tomato and carrot, and warmed up the Smoked Herring Tomato Bisque, then opened up the TJs Cabernet and Jerky Plantain Chips, and ate before Hanuman, Ganesha, and my guru Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj.

I always get a bit lonely when I leave the kirtan group, and the gurus were kind.

7:30pm EPISODE Hulu: American Gods S1E102 The Secret of Spoons

Yes, I actually paid for Starz on Amazon so I could watch the rest of American Gods...the first episode was juuuuust good enough. Let me know if you'd like a review!

GAME Battle of Polytopia - Massive 8 Crazy + me (Yaddak)

GAME :THE LONGING: ...just going to wander around and see if I find a replacement mattock after shattering mine on the crystal. sigh