Snow, curtains, car
There is so much to write about, but I just don't feel the inspiration.
Strangely enough, I am only inspired to go into detail about the wonderful chicken salad I made tonight and last night. So yes, it's not the most intricate of dishes, but at least it's my own and I didn't need a recipe to make it. So here goes:
A few days ago I made some chicken specifically in order to make salad w/ grilled chicken out of it. I cut chicken breast into small pieces and marinated it in soy sauce, salt and pepper for a little bit. It probably would've been even better had it been marinated longer. I then cooked it (or should i say fried it?) in a pan with olive oil until browned. To make the salad I just chop up lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, some red pepper, the chicken (into even smaller pieces), then I put in salt and pepper and spray it with lemon juice (the fresh kind, squeezed from the lemon itself, not from those little yellow cans they sell in the supermarket). I use mayo as dressing. Not the healthiest recipe if you're watching your fat, but great for low-carb people. I've had it for dinner 2 nights in a row, and I foresee having it againt tomorrow. It's lovely.
My parents visited me this weekend and brought curtains and put up mirrors in front of the Ikea dresser in the bedroom, and a mirror by the front door. Now the bedroom looks absolutely beautiful, and I took some unfortunately dark pictures of it. If I stop being lazy, I will post them. The weird thing with the mirrors is that I (and everyone else) looks really fat in the hallway mirror, but I look really thin in the bedroom mirror. I'm not sure where it's more important to feel good about yourself - in the bedroom or right before you leave the house? Maybe I should have considered putting up a normal mirror in both places. But these ones were free, others would have required a monetary investment. My parents also brought the Ikea cakes, which I forgot at home. This is terrible! Also, today I, for the second time, had the Chantico drinking chocolate. It was freezing outside and after climbing in and out of snow banks I figured I deserved it. Bad! But I did walk to the gym, ran 2 miles, did 20 minutes on eliptical crosstrainer, lifted some weights, and walked home from the gym (while also climbing snow banks) to make up for it.
In addition we bought a car this weekend. A fancy one. A BMW. Well at least I think it's fancy. But maybe not because when we were in the dealership, a man was buying the same car (albeit used) for his 16 year old daughter (who was wearing a short fur coat). In fact, I was the only person in the dealership that was NOT wearing a fur coat. Maybe you're not supposed to own a BMW unless you wear fur? In any case, I will also post the pictures of the car once we get it, which will be next saturday.
Today I joined a local library. It is so ridiculous how I haven't used a public library in probably 6 years, if you don't count the law school library. You can take out books, like, for free! And here I spent all this money buying books for years. It seems that my local library is custom made for chinese people because whole sections are solely in Chinese. I wanted to take out Middlesex, but it was out. Instead I took out a book by the same author, Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides. I already saw the movie, but it is probably still worth reading. I considered taking out Bill Clinton's book, but decided against it because it is heavy and I was already lugging my laptop with me. I might take it out next time.
Strangely enough, I am only inspired to go into detail about the wonderful chicken salad I made tonight and last night. So yes, it's not the most intricate of dishes, but at least it's my own and I didn't need a recipe to make it. So here goes:
A few days ago I made some chicken specifically in order to make salad w/ grilled chicken out of it. I cut chicken breast into small pieces and marinated it in soy sauce, salt and pepper for a little bit. It probably would've been even better had it been marinated longer. I then cooked it (or should i say fried it?) in a pan with olive oil until browned. To make the salad I just chop up lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, some red pepper, the chicken (into even smaller pieces), then I put in salt and pepper and spray it with lemon juice (the fresh kind, squeezed from the lemon itself, not from those little yellow cans they sell in the supermarket). I use mayo as dressing. Not the healthiest recipe if you're watching your fat, but great for low-carb people. I've had it for dinner 2 nights in a row, and I foresee having it againt tomorrow. It's lovely.
My parents visited me this weekend and brought curtains and put up mirrors in front of the Ikea dresser in the bedroom, and a mirror by the front door. Now the bedroom looks absolutely beautiful, and I took some unfortunately dark pictures of it. If I stop being lazy, I will post them. The weird thing with the mirrors is that I (and everyone else) looks really fat in the hallway mirror, but I look really thin in the bedroom mirror. I'm not sure where it's more important to feel good about yourself - in the bedroom or right before you leave the house? Maybe I should have considered putting up a normal mirror in both places. But these ones were free, others would have required a monetary investment. My parents also brought the Ikea cakes, which I forgot at home. This is terrible! Also, today I, for the second time, had the Chantico drinking chocolate. It was freezing outside and after climbing in and out of snow banks I figured I deserved it. Bad! But I did walk to the gym, ran 2 miles, did 20 minutes on eliptical crosstrainer, lifted some weights, and walked home from the gym (while also climbing snow banks) to make up for it.
In addition we bought a car this weekend. A fancy one. A BMW. Well at least I think it's fancy. But maybe not because when we were in the dealership, a man was buying the same car (albeit used) for his 16 year old daughter (who was wearing a short fur coat). In fact, I was the only person in the dealership that was NOT wearing a fur coat. Maybe you're not supposed to own a BMW unless you wear fur? In any case, I will also post the pictures of the car once we get it, which will be next saturday.
Today I joined a local library. It is so ridiculous how I haven't used a public library in probably 6 years, if you don't count the law school library. You can take out books, like, for free! And here I spent all this money buying books for years. It seems that my local library is custom made for chinese people because whole sections are solely in Chinese. I wanted to take out Middlesex, but it was out. Instead I took out a book by the same author, Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides. I already saw the movie, but it is probably still worth reading. I considered taking out Bill Clinton's book, but decided against it because it is heavy and I was already lugging my laptop with me. I might take it out next time.
posted by SmallWonder at 6:37 PM
1 Comments:
I enjoyed Middlesex more than the Virgin Suicides. Although, truth be told, the topics in both are quite odd.
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