Standing On Boxes

It’s not so much about quantity as it is about finding that edible thing in the fridge/cupboard with just the right flavor to satisfy the craving without making me feel like I had a whole meal.

Tonight? A 7 ounce can of Van Camps Beanie Weanie’s. (baked beans in a can with slices of small hotdog.) Some days it’s a peanut butter sandwich.

Need to spend some time on the background materials for my Red Raider series. Some of it is seriously out of date. A real timeline would be nice. I’ve gotten one started (because I needed it to write) but I don’t think it matches what is here. I now have a separate page for the prophecies the characters keep referring to… for whatever that is worth.

The new Apple iPod Shuffle It doesn’t have a display… so if you don’t know what is on it… you’re out of luck. I like the idea of the iPod Mini better. but it costs almost twice as much. Hmmm… do I list to that much music all of the time?

Strange weather here in Knoxville this week. It’s been in the 50-60′s Fahrenheit (this is the US) for the lat week. Rain every couple days… It’s been raining tonight… and I saw lightening several times (so far).

Gonna get cold on Friday… back to normal winter weather… 30′s. Brrr….

So what was the verdict on SalsaRita’s yesterday?

Definitely worth the trip for lunch. I had a large steak burrito with everything (except onions) on it… and it didn’t cost more than anywhere else I might go. And it was vaguely like Subway. You start at one end and follow your food as it is built… paying when it reaches the register. And then you find a seat.

Ah… We’re half way through the Wednesday/Thursday fanfic doldrums. No one seems to finish much of anything on those days. Why do I think so? Other than personal experience? Because that’s the way it feels as I scan the fanfic archives I frequent on those days. Nothing new… nothing new… [hours later]… nothing new… repeat ad-nauseam

Yes, I know I’m wrong. The fics pour out from all corners of the fanfic world at a steady rate all week long. But doesn’t it matter that I feel that way?

The goal for lunch tomorrow? Try out a new (to me anyway) Mexican fast food restaurant, SalsaRita’s. Supposed to be like Subway, except good Mexican style food.

Not to be confused (like I was until I started looking for it by location instead of misspelled name) with several restaurants called Salsalitos:

1. www.salsalitos.com- all you’ll get is an advertisement from whomever supposedly designed it. Looks like an oops to me.
2. www.salsalitosa.com – is a San Antonio, TX restaurant of dubious quality (according to reviews in A San Antonio newspaper).
3. Some Taco shop in Marin County, CA, USA.

I’m glad I (eventually) found the correct restaurant.

What other things frustrated me today? How about… buying a pair of jeans? Couldn’t remember my size. Even though I’ve worn the same size for 3 years. Argh!! Had to actually try them on. Good thing too. My mind is under the delusion that my waist is smaller than it is, contrary to all empirical evidence.

Found out when I went to get my car this afternoon… I was this close to having a serious coolant problem in the red car. The hose attached to the coolant reservoir was just barely hanging on. So much for Annual Coolant Leak #2. A lot cheaper than last years radiator/water pump replacement combo in the same car (Most of which was spent in labor because they didn’t fail at the same time.)

Next up… really need some new tires. The front ones are wearing ‘funny’. Hopefully I can make it to February. (another 800 or so miles max)

I don’t write much about my personal life here. Because, well… it’s personal. And I’m not about to start now. But I will say that I spent 44 minutes on the phone venting to one family member about my frustrations with another non-communicative person in my inner circle. Did I feel better afterward? Argh!! Nuff. said. Sorry. back to your regularly scheduled mild mannered blog.

I have this urge to write something but I don’t know what. I have so many unfinished fics, I’m not sure what to start with or whether to start with something new. So much untrod ground.

Today’s food creation tidbit from FoodTV…. Jalepeno ‘popper’, the kind you buy frozen… are actually half a mild jalepeno, de-veined, all the hot stuff removed, shipped in a pickling brine, stuffed with a pepper shaped piece of cheese (cheddar for the West Coast, Cream cheese for the East), covered in light batter, then covered in a coating of potato flakes, dried, and frozen.

I’m sure I missed a step there… but it doesn’t sound very appetizing does it. That deep-fried dill pickle I had in Gatlinburg, TN a few years ago sounds a lot more appetizing…