"Eat this meat. Say you like it."

[batskeets]

By some miracle of culinary science, I made the most magical salad for lunch today! I had some leftover chicken breast (spiced with cumin and paprika and other southern-y things) after dinner last night, so I threw it together with some greens and tomato and cheese, and improvised a vinagrette to go with. It's yummy. I think I'm becoming a better cook, to the point where I don't need to follow a recipe. I'm definitely making more stuff on the fly, or occasionally using a recipe loosely, as a jumping-off point towards something more interesting.

Must make more time to experiment. Bwahaha.

So, my new iPod nano has reminded me of something: I *really* don't like earbuds. The right one will usually sit perfectly, but the left one never does, so everything sounds quieter, tinnier, and crappier. Maybe my ears are asymmetrical in some way such that the bloody things don't sit properly on both sides of my head. BOO-URNS. I guess I'll have to look into better headphones sometime.

In other news, I'm looking into external hard drives and such, so I can actually have a real system for backing up my data. Ever since my 300GB SATA drive made like it was going to die a horrible death a while back, I've been really paranoid about losing my files. Of course, I'd need a huge one, so I can't really afford it at the moment. Sigh, maybe I should just get a spool of DVD-RWs for now... but those could be spendy, too. :p

Anyhoo, yesterday went along pretty well. Being back at wushu was good times, and my splits were crazy-good, considering I haven't stretched out since last Friday. However, I am a sissy when it comes to squats. I didn't have as much trouble supporting the bar as I thought I would, at least, but it was *rough*. Well, I guess I have nowhere to go but up!

I stayed up too late last night, though, because I was waiting for my comforter to get done in the dryer. It's frickin' freezing.

Comments

[ghost-girl.livejournal.com]

I'm also a freak and can't get ear buds to sit the same in both ears. Drives me crazy. Instead I use my really cute wrap around style that I use with my DS. They're awesome. :D

I bought new headphones for my iRiver today.

[kitsileya.livejournal.com]

My ears are always too small for those earbuds, so that I have to force them in to get them to stay. After a short time's use that gives me ear-aches, so I prefer headphones. A lot of my pupils have the same style of headphones, so I figured they had to be good - I'm not particularly a sound freak, but many, or even most, of my pupils are, and most have these, so I bought a pair, and I can only say that after 6 hours of ownership, I'm extremely satisfied. I haven't yet travelled with them, so I don't know how practical they are for trips, but the listening part is excellent.

Re: I bought new headphones for my iRiver today.

[xplo-eristotle.livejournal.com]

Those are reputed to be pretty good for the price, yes.