Comments | lisajulie: That five things meme-y thing

lisajulie

That five things meme-y thing

Jan 23, 2006 21:29

I was tagged today by jonsingerUmm, I dunno. Afterall, weird is where you find it. I have some social circles that think the fact that I don't own a television and that I read all the time is weird. Other circles think that is perfectly reasonable ( Read more... )

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ranunculus January 24 2006, 03:27:41 UTC

Hmmm.
1. I eat oatmeal in the mornings too. Steel cut prefered. Salt and butter.

2. I don't dislike sweet things, but I usually don't crave them either. Extra sweet fruit usually is extra ripe and therefore usually has extra mold - to which I'm allergic.

3. My family got a TV when I was in my late 30's and my father was sinking into alzhimers. I got a TV for about four years when I was living with my sweetie John. Other than that I'm exactly like you. Just explain the reference.

4. Nope, never had a rice cooker, though I've cooked my share of rice...

5. Wear sandals during the summer to keep grass seeds out of my socks. And I love my boots!

lisajulie January 25 2006, 02:15:12 UTC

1. Try oatmeal with some grated Romano. Wakes the taste buds right up!

2. Extra ripe fruit can have a moldy taste. Having suffered ear infections as a child, in an era when penicillin was the only available antibiotic, I can no longer stand the taste of any penicillium mold. Moldy bread makes me gag.

3. The only problem, for me, about growing up without a TV is that I got the book habit. Mostly not a real problem until I move. *glances at the walls lined with pounds and pounds of books*

4. I can cook rice perfectly well on the stove top - almost any kind of rice. But the rice cooker has many virtues, not the least that it leaves a burner free for other food prep.

5. What kind of sandals do you wear? I have weirdly shaped feet, so Tevas and Birkenstocks work for me, but not much else. Alps, no longer available, also did well by me.

ranunculus January 25 2006, 15:24:14 UTC

I'm very allergic to mold so I don't do very much cheese...

5. Usually just thongs, I find both Birkenstocks and Tevas the wrong shape for my feet... :)

cakmpls January 24 2006, 13:36:39 UTC

1. I, too, like oatmeal, though I usually cook it with some dried fruit.

2. Very different; I love sweets, but resist as often as I can.

3. I've watched huge amounts of TV in my life, usually while doing something else as well (including homework when I was in grade school, high school, and college).

4. You beat me by a couple of years, I think.

5. I go barefoot (or slipper foot in the cold Minn. winter) as much as socially possible.

lisajulie January 25 2006, 02:25:01 UTC

1. Oatmeal with dried fruit, even unsweetened dried fruit, gets to be too sweet for me. Although I haven't tried using unsweetened dried sour cherries. Hmmm ( ... )

cakmpls January 25 2006, 13:46:05 UTC

4. The rice cooker I bought, lo, these many years ago is not the kind used in restaurants (which I had never seen till this past year). But shortly after our older son moved to his own apartment, he expressed a wish that they had one--the four roommates at that time being, as I remember, he and another Korean American, a Taiwanese/Korean, and an Indian. So I got him one. It's the same style as the Korean restaurants use; you can start it the night before, and it keeps the rice hot after it's made. It was quite inexpensive at Target. (I think it says something about changing American culture that one can now buy this style rice cooker at Target.)

5. Sometimes I go sock-foot, too, instead of slipper-foot.

lisajulie January 26 2006, 02:42:11 UTC

4. Indeed it does say something about American culture that one can buy an electric rice cooker at Target!

If you have the room and the inclination, I'd recommend acquiring one. Not only does it cook rice, but you can put rice, seasonings, vegetation, and a protein source in it, add water, put the lid on, and in a short period of time have an entire meal.

5. Maryland doesn't have anything on Minnesota in terms of cold. OTOH, I keep the house pretty chilly. I can put on a sweater and the reigning feline has a very plush coat.

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lisajulie January 25 2006, 02:17:07 UTC

Well, you know me enough that I suspect anything about me that is weird has been subsumed into the MamaLisaNorm.

I really do like my rice cooker. I can put rice, some frozen vegetables, and a piece of protein in it, add fluid, and get a meal some 40 minutes later.

And as I recall, you mostly use the TV as bird entertainment, no?

gilraen2 January 26 2006, 16:46:27 UTC

why would any sane person (wearing birks while scooping rice and fish heads out of the rice cooker with one hand and holding a book in the other) think you are weird? lisa dearest it is because you are NOT weird that we love you.

Quick note -- jonsinger October 30 2006, 02:34:35 UTC

Hi, Sweetie. You may want to screen or delete this one. (I don't have access to an ssh window right now, and it's a little late to call, so I figured I'd give you a quick update this way. Hope that's okay ( ... )