"No man controls my destiny... especially not one who attacks downwind and stinks of garlic."

[batskeets]

Movie Jibba-jabba! Tonight, James and myself are thinking of hitting the buck-fifty theater and seeing Stepford Wives at 7:25, so if you want to join up, say the word. I eventually want to see Hero, too, because Jet Li has crazy wushu skills, and I've found that I like him better in his native tongue.

Well, yesterday just evaporated without my noticing. ^^; I'm *SO* glad it's Friday, and that's mainly because I'll get to sleep late tomorrow morning. Sleep has been elusive this week; Whenever I get into a nice, deep sleep, something wakes me up pretty much without fail.

I made a pretty awesome stir-fry last night, with a ginger, garlic, and green onion flavor base, plus a bit of low-sodium soy sauce. It was very tasty, but now my fingers stink of raw garlic and ginger, and no amount of hand-washing will get rid of it. Yep, doing great over here. :p I also had to peel the carrots with a knife, because I couldn't find the vegetable peeler, and it was a pain in the ass. I'm sure the pioneers got by just fine without these newfangled vegetable peelers, but me? Not so much.

Oh, and I cut my finger in the process, too. James has noted previously that I appear to be terribly uncomfortable with really big knives, and I have to agree. If I'm ever trying to attack you with a huge meat cleaver or a 10-inch knife, you can rest assured that I'm about as likely to take off one of my own limbs as I am to take off one of yours. (and yet, jianshu [straightsword] doesn't seem to bother me) What I really need is one of these friendly, medium-sized Santoku knives. Yeah, $108 is painful, but Alton Brown does know from good equipment.

God, it's almost September. When did that happen?

Comments

[alleycatsphinx.livejournal.com]

Hero is super pretty, you will totally dig it. Stepford Wives is good (not great) but good. I liked the ending.

To get garlic smell off your hands, wash your hands in scope or listerine, and then rinse with water.

[kianpepper.livejournal.com]

or you can do what alton brown suggested. get a stainless steal utensil, and rub it over your hands under running water. that works like a charm, and you can save an extra bit o' change by not using up mouth wash. i rub my hands well with it...like i'm soaping them with a knife.

[randvek.livejournal.com]

Hero was also pretty popular at the theater today. After two shows, we promptly moved it to the biggest theater we had. Might wait a few days on that one, at least.

[totchiko.livejournal.com]

Hero is GORGEOUS. They screened it last spring at school (w/ an intro from a chinese film teacher =D), and I'm definately planning on seeing it again in theatres.. maybe this weekend, if I'm lucky. I wasn't impressed with at first, but that changes as you get more into the plot and all.. there were tears.. lots of tears ;_;

[arabella-jin.livejournal.com]

Stepford wives SUCKED monkey balls.

Sorry, about finger...Can it be reattached?