inglourious shit

Maybe I just had too high of expectations for the movie... but Inglourious Basterds was awful. Tarantino did his usual schtick of drawing out conversations... adding in pointless (hut humourous) dialogue. Usually the point of all this is to either provide insight into the characters, build up suspense for the meat of the performance or some combination of the two. In this movie the extra (or I should say extraneous) dialogue served neither. There was no amazing climax, there was no real conflict, there were no real heroes or villians. Yes, a WWII movie (which means Hitler) had no real villians. Hitler was sort of an afterthought, included, presumably, just to put a face on the Nazi party.

There was character buildup, but no destination. There was action, but it fell far short of any expectations delivered by the meandering dialogue. Again, maybe my expectations were just too high... but I think not. Tarantino seems to have gone severely astray, creating no intelligent characters... just paper-thin pawns in some meaningless game - without rules or purpose.

I'd continue to write, but I'd just whip myself into a frenzy again and cease any rational criticisms and end up pissed that i wasted 2 hours.

higgins

So I'm out drinking, near a dartboard, and this guy walks up and asks if I want to play. He's wearing a ball cap, has shorts and is wearing a hawaiian shirt. He also has a mustache and is incredibly hairy. He introduces himself to me as "Tom". Seriously... I just played darts with Magnum P.I. Fucking awesome.

Speaking of fucking awesome... fountain pens. Hawt.

pizza

I hate Aron Sanchez, that dude from the food network. I said something aloud that would cause my lynching if I wrote, so he's just "that dude". He said that his favorite pizza was a "messy experience". I never want to hear about that dude's "messy experiences". Then, since I have a sick mind, I was forced (I say forced since sometime's my mind pops weird things into my active train of thought) to picture that dude in a cheesy hotel honeymoon suite bed with pink silt sheets going "Hey pizza, you and me are gonna have a messy experience."

show for fatties

Seriously?  Fox has to put out a show about dating "average" sized girls?  Guess Fox figured they'd hit a new audience if they didn't show anorexic airheads/muscle-head douchebags on screen and showed a bunch of overweight people making out instead.  They all may be average-sized for the US, but that just proves that we're a nation full o' fatties.

first post

Instead of doing an introductory entry... I'm going to post what I made for dinner tonight: Buffalo Shrimp Donburi.  It was fucking awesome.  Seriously.

Makes 2-4 servings

Rice:

• 1 1/2 cups good sushi riice  (nishiki)
• 2 cups water

Combine in pot, bring to boil over high heat, reduce to simmer... simmer 20 minutes, then remove from heat.

Shrimp: 

• 1 lb 20-25 shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 2 ribs celery, sliced thin
• 2 tbsp hot sauce (Texas Pete)
• 2 tsp sriracha sauce
• 1 tsp veg oil
• 3 tbsp butter, melted
• pinch (1/8 tsp) salt and pepper

Place wok (or skillet) over high heat until it just starts to smoke.  Add oil, swirl around the pan, then add in shrimp. (Do this is 2 steps if your pan is small, you don't want the shrimp overcrowded in the pan).  Stir-fry until the shrimp just turns pink then remove the shrimp to a bowl.  Place wok back on heat until just starts to smoke, add in celery and stir fry for 1 minute.  Add back in shrimp, then add butter, hot sauce, sriracha, salt and pepper.  Stir just to coat, then turn off heat.

Assembly:

• Cooked Rice
• Cooked Shrimp Mixture
• 1 egg yolk per diner
• .5 oz crumbled blue cheese per diner
• chopped scallions

Place about 1/2 cup cooked rice in the bottom of a small serving bowl.  Make a small depression in the rice to hold the egg yolk, place the egg yolk on top of the rice.  Spoon the shrimp mixture over the rice and yolk, then top the dish with the crumbled cheese and some scallions.  Serve immediately, stirring the egg yolk into the hot rice.

I loved it... understand that I was a tad vaked at the time of consumption... but non-influenced diners loved it, too.  Therefore, I can label this recipe a complete success.  Kick up the heat with more hot sauce and less butter... leave out the egg (though it really does add a nice creaminess to match the spicy butter sauce).  Took me about 15 minutes, cold start to eating.  Yeah, I cheated by having the rice already cooked - so what?