A slightly more substantive update

[tek2way]

I worked this weekend. I worked early every day, so there were no weird rearrangements of sleeping to deal with. In fact, I think I was mostly caught up on sleep when I went back to work on Friday. I had Wednesday and Thursday off, and I slept a great deal, though not most, of the time.

The downside is that napping in the afternoon apparently has a very real effect on my ability to get to sleep before 11pm or so, even if it's just an hour or so in the afternoon. I spent about an hour on Thursday night, tossing, turning, fluffing pillows, changing music, and trying to relax and settle down enough to fall asleep. This might change as I start going to bed at 10pm (well, brushing my teeth and getting in bed, anyway).

So, I'm off today. It's nice, even if I was off less than a week ago. I think what I like most is the fact that BOTH of my roommates went to work today, so I have the place to myself. I'm not really sure what I want to do today. While I did enjoy a little WoW last night, I don't want to spend all day on it anymore. I need to do laundry and hang up my clean clothes, and the kitchen could use some TLC, but I'm just not feeling it yet. I did finally get to watch some Supernatural on my TiVo, which my roommate helped FINALLY get set up correctly the other day. It appears that 1) the whole second satellite thing was easily remedied with another coax, when I was lead to believe there would be drilling and installing and stuff involved, and 2) my TiVo not dialing out was because of the "*70" being in the dialing preferences (we nuked all but the most basic landlines back in May, and as some folks can tell you, *70 doesn't work quite right if you don't have call waiting).

Saturday evening, I cleaned out my home desk and got things all nice and neat. Then, I watched "A Very Supernatural Christmas", which was my first episode of Supernatural that I've seen since dear andric was spirited away to locales out west, back in February. (I know this is very unchronological, but it flows story-wise, dang it!)

Anyway, the point is that I watched "Long Distance Call" this morning while having Ghetto Italian™ for breakfast. What is Ghetto Italian™, you ask? Simple:

1 lb of sausage (I like to get the kind from the butcher's counter, rather than in the sealed tubes)
1.5-2.5 cups rice (I use instant, because I don't know how to cook "real" rice)
1.5-2.5 cups water (for use in the instant rice)
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese (again, I use grated, though I suppose grating it fresh would work too)
1/2 teaspoon each of Thyme, Oregano, and Garlic Powder*
1 teaspoon each of Rosemary and Basil*
S&P to taste

* -- If you're feeling REALLY Ghetto :), sub out these herbs for the "Italian Medley" Mrs. Dash.

Brown the sausage, crushing it up like you brown ground beef for Hamburger Helper. Meanwhile, boil the water, add rice, cover and set aside (for 5 minutes). With a mortar and pestle, crush the four herbs and garlic together. When the sausage is browned thoroughly, sprinkle the herbs over the sausage and put on low heat (to keep it warm -- it SHOULD be done already). Check the rice, and when it's done, pour the sausage into the rice pan. Add the Parmesan cheese, and stir until well mixed.

I love this, and it's probably highly unconventional, but it's fun, tastes good, and is satisfying. I should point out that this morning, I experimented with some crushed red pepper and onion powder as well, and it wasn't bad, but I added it directly to the meat, rather than the mortar and pestle, so I may have UNDERDONE it, to keep from ruining the mix.

I've never really tried this with any meat other than sausage, though Italian sausage might be an interesting attempt.

Now, to get to those chores.. Catch ya later!

Comments

[tek2way.livejournal.com]

I can only watch what's TiVo'd. I have about 10 episodes queued up, though, and now that I can watch 'em, you can bet that I'm gonna catch up as best I can.

Can't afford the DVDs. ;(

[tek2way.livejournal.com]

I know this will scandalize you, but I don't use newsgroups and I have never used a torrent. I just don't get into it like I used to (though I'm sure not dumping my mp3 library!).

I will eventually catch up properly. Until then, I will catch up as best I can. :)

Besides, now that I can watch it whenever I like, I can keep up with Season 4. :) (and I will get the first three seasons on DVD when I can)

[daleduke17.livejournal.com]

That recipe sounds really good. All sorts of ways you could mix it up with different meats as well.