Archives: October 2020

Separation Anxiety

EXERCISE Bike to and from Marine Park Kirtan

The people and singing at Marine Park Kirtan were wonderful, once again. I brought an altar space, with Hanuman and Ganesha on a little hippy cloth.

One of our friends was sad, yet she stayed and played to the Gods and Goddesses...such a powerful soul.

And when I got home, actually, even on the bike home, I started falling down the well a bit.

Reminded me of when I was with some friends in the car and I realized how I always wanted to be dropped off last, to be the last part of the multi-person creation we had been.

So I missed the beautiful kirtan vibe, and then, I had some cravings, because you know...feed those feelings...so I ordered pick up from Harvey's

Then two different sets of friends reached out to me in text, so I felt a little more loved. Thanks, sweet beings out there, who really do care.

MEAL 2000 (at least...LOL) Pastrami burger Chili cheese fries Strawberry Pizzaz

Yeah, I probably should have ordered after I checked my messages...might have been a salad in there.

Feeling the Swirling Inside

"Whatever he does, if he does it for the sake of finding his own real self, will surely bring him to himself." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

10:20am AWAKEN

I woke up earlier, and have been meditating in bed.

This is the watching, the feeling of the swirling inside. Such an amazing symphony of memory and reaction, sensation throughout.

I turned to "I AM THAT", which sits on the bedside stand, and found this quote.

I am looking forward to Marine Park Kirtan today at 3pm, and sharing the little gifts to the Gods.

It has gotten colder, and the gas springs on the arms that keep the iMac elevated have drooped down to the desk. It's funny how frustrating I find this, in that I think about fixing it, yet do not want to open the closet, pull down the box, grab the hex key, tighten the screw, and return the hex key and box to the closet...

And there! It's done! (Of course, to tighten the gas spring, you go CCW, or what is typically loosening - HA!)

MEAL Egg'n'Cheese Sandwich

  • Fried Egg
  • Gouda cheese
  • Bad Ass Ketchup
  • Red onion
  • 2 slices whole wheat bread

Strangely, I have been wanting to review all of Bob's Burgers... And so it shall begin!

MEDIA Bob's Burgers S1E1 Human Flesh

MEAL Funky Monkey Pancakes

MEDIA Bob's Burgers S1E2 Crawl Space

MEDIA Bob's Burgers S1E3 Sacred Cow

Tangerine Vegan Pesto

Tangerine Vegan Pesto
  • 2 tangerines
  • 1 Package TJ’s Organic Basil
  • 1 bulb of garlic
  • 1 white onion (though any color will do...)
  • 2 lemons
  • 1/4 cup organic olive oil
  • 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
  • 1/4 cup pine nuts
  • 1 tsp lemongrass salt (or any salt) to taste
  • sprinkle white pepper to taste

Wash the basil, peel the onion and all the garlic cloves.

Cut the onion into fourths. Separate the garlic cloves into 2 equal piles.

Put basil, 1 fourth of the onion, 1 of the garlic clove piles, nutritional yeast into the blender. (That order works best for keeping the yeast up and blending nicely.)

Chop the remaining 3 fourths of the onion. Chop the remaining garlic clove piles.

Pour the olive oil into a pan, simmer at medium-low.

Add the chopped onions and garlic to the oil in the pan, simmer until shiny and soft (5 - 10 minutes, stirring occasionally)

While the onions and garlic are simmering, squeeze the juice of the tangerines and lemons into the blender.

Then add the pine nuts to the onion-garlic-oil mix, and simmer until the pine nuts turn golden (~5 minutes, stirring occasionally)

Once the pine nuts are golden lovely perfect, lift the pan and pour the pinenut-onion-garlic-olive oil into the blender.

Cover up the blender, and blend as a dip (start slow and gradually build up)

History of American Goulash

CALORIES 2000

MEDIA Prime: Karakuri Circus S1E1 The Curtain Rises

This lovely little show has circuses and puppets, which led to solidifying ghosts...which, strangely, seems to tie to Terminator: Dark Fate, and the dual-Terminator, skeletal robot and liquid metal form.

INTENT POST Puppets and Ghosts

11:54am CONTACT

A friend called to invite me over for goulash (which I always want to write as "ghoulash"...perhaps for Halloween?)

She also told me about her cats, and how pumpkin is good for firming up their soft stools since they were de-flea-d, and that she had another friend who had some pumpkin that she had left out hanging on her fence near Helm's Bakery to be picked up for the cat's eventual consumption.

I live pretty near to Helm's Bakery, yes?

And it's true: Cardiff is just a few blocks to Helm's Bakery.

I often bike past and through there...

I worked in the complex, at a little startup called JumpTime, which got acquired by OpenX, which company I had just joined after leaving JumpTime, ironically.

3:30pm

I have totally been thinking all day about having another set of Air-Fried Chicken Sliders...they are just soooo amazing!

So I distracted myself with some cooking in the kitchen!

Made Tangerine Vegan Pesto, and gathered 8 little jars to bring to Marine Park Kirtan tomorrow as an offering to the Gods

MEAL 500 Tangerine Vegan Pesto Plantain chips Air-fried brussel sprouts (quartered, olive oil and mushroom salt, 360 degrees to perfection!)

MEDIA Prime: Karakuri Circus S1E2 Promise

Finally broke down MEAL 700 Air-Fried Chicken Sliders

MEDIA Starz: Bloodshot

Then I made some cross-cut air fries, with bad ass ketchup! MEAL 300 Air fries 220 Bad ass ketchup 80

9:08pm

I keep fantasizing about eating the last set of Air-Fried Chicken Sliders, and going to the liquor store and picking up some Coors Light and V8 to make micheladas.

10pm

MEDIA Hulu: Helstrom S1E1 Mother's Little Helpers

MEAL 800 I did it...ate the last Air-Fried Chicken Sliders Two pieces of bread instead of three mini Hawaiian buns Added Gouda cheese, melted over bad ass ketchup, mustard and red onions

10:37pm

MEDIA Hulu: Helstrom S1E2 Viaticum

11:36pm

MEDIA Hulu: Helstrom S1E3 The One Who Got Away

Air-Fried Chicken Sliders

Air-Fried Chicken Sliders

Keto version

Super-tasty little air-fried chicken sliders whipped up in a moment

Calories 700

  • Chicken thigh 250
    • Dredged with flour, egg, breading
    • Matzo crumbs with yeast, smoked paprika, TJs Chili Lime Powder
    • Spritzed with canola spray for air fryer
  • 3 mini Hawaiian rolls, toasted (270 = 3 * 90)
  • 1tbsp mayo 100
  • lettuce, tomato, red onion, sweet pickled jalapenos 80?

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...