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

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.