something should go here soon..

I bet you won’t find that phrase in its entirety on Google. Google is a useful tool to have a better sense of who has thought what in the world, as sort of a confirmation of originality. Yes, though, I think Bombay Sapphire smells like Bacon Bits.

Bacon bits are not often fondly thought of, but they were a major minor player in my meals growing up. As an avid buy-luncher, I owned the elementary school salad bar and threw anything and everything on my Styrofoam tray (much like I do now at Souplantation). About this time too, Costco set up shop in my hometown with their impossibly large portions of everything, including that endless bottle of artificial bacon once probably sampled then picked up. My mom likes serving up veggies and healthy junk, but a little crunch and salt were never a bad thing. Maybe through bacon bits, I learned not to use the spoon pour side of a bottle’s lid, no matter how gentle you think you are.

Fast forward some ten years and I have not thought about, nor eaten bacon bits probably since my velcro shoe days. My diet consists mainly of Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, and Smart Ones meals, restaurants in the city, and sandwiches. As much as I hope my mother doesn’t know, what I don’t spend on food, I probably spend on wine, beer, and spirits. I am by no means AT ALL an expert, but I can tell the difference between bad and good (or, likey and no likey). When friends say they don’t drink beer or they hate Gin or they don’t like red wine, I am usually quite confused. The disparity between countries/brands/years is huge (obvs., Grey Goose v. Prestige), and I believe there’s always somebody out there who can make something tasty.

Unlike the aforementioned friends, I like Gin. I am a faithful patron of Seagram’s, for quality, taste, and price. While shopping at Ralph’s with my friend Greg, though, he began to rave about Bombay Sapphire (to emphasize his point, it was sold out). I know B. Sapph for being extraordinarily attractive in color, packaging, and description. The bottle explaining its contents boasts ten flavors: almond, lemon peel, liquorice, juniper berries, orris root, angelica, coriander, cassia, cubeb, and grains of paradise. It sits fairly high on the gin hierarchy.

So, you can imagine my shock at actually trying the Bomb. In its purest form (shot glass), I could not believe my olfactory reaction. Google “Bombay Sapphire Smells Like Pine Tree” and you’ll get exactly what you’re looking for. I smelled the pine tree, yes. But at closer range, with deep inhalation through the nostrils, my mind shot back to being a 70 pound runt eating rectangular pizza, mini corndogs, and sloppy joes. How could this sophisticated liquor smell like a memory from suburban public school? I can only say that my mind is full mostly of my own experiences, and bacon bits are a ton closer to me than coriander or cubeb.

In the very near future, I will break out of this laziness, and will work on this. 

(Garfield Minus Garfield)

Okay..so things are slowly going back to normal over here.  Still crap to do, but it’s getting a little easier.  Hopefully I’ll start updating more regularly now.

This comic (Cat and Girl) is pretty much amazing:

seriously…more regular after this week.  i’m dying with the work i have to do. ugh.

Another wonderful garfield minus garfield

It’s a wonderful day, is it not?  Everyone, everywhere trying to trick people into believing things that aren’t actually real.  I remember in kindergarden, when I was five, one of the older kids who were ‘TAing’ for our class (during our nap time of all times…what the hell were they supposed to be doing?) scared the shit out of me when she told me I had a spider on my shoulder.  Like seriously…who does that to a five year old kid who had just woken up from a nap?  I was devastated!  That single event may have changed my life forever.

Well that was 1990.  Its 2008 now and not much has changed.  We do have the internet, and that gives people all over the world a chance to mess with our minds.  Now I was able to get an advanced notice of youtube doing the whole rickrolling thing, and I pretty much picked up on BBC’s flying penguin story and IGN’s Zelda movie trailer.  What really got me though…what gave me that flashback of when I was five and thought a giant spider was gonna bite my head off, was this stupid thing at losanjealous.com.  I seriously hung up on the person I was talking to cause I thought I was about to embark on a long, arduous journey to obtain these tickets.  For that couple of seconds before I clicked on the link from the main page, I was ready to do anything to get those tickets.  Sigh..

In all honesty though, April Fools Day is pretty sweet and I look forward to more trickery throughout the day.  We’re also supposed to pinch people for not wearing green or something like that..right?

Check out the Zelda trailer though…you know it’s inevitable.

Again, as always, I reach a point where I want to talk about too many things and just don’t get around to it.  So here’s a little recap.

- New Bjork video for Wanderlust.  Amazing.  Can’t wait to see it in 3D.  Might be worth buying her new DVD just for that.  See it at the bottom.

- I love Jason Segel.  Whether it’s Freaks and Geeks (best TV show ever?), How I Met Your Mother, or Knocked Up, the guy is hilarious.  Here are two things related to Segel.  The first is an interview with him and SNL member Bill Hader.  They talk about Sarah Marshall along with some of their upcoming endeavors (via Comingsoon.net).  The second is an announcement about the new Muppet movie (via Aint It Cool).  For those that didn’t know, Segel is writing the next installment in a series of…well..interesting movies featuring those crazy Muppets.  This little blurb explains the basic plot of the new movie, and is pretty much just there to get people excited.

- Being a vegetarian and also having chef/traveller/writer Anthony Bourdain as your role model is kind of tough.  The guy hates us (thank god I’m not vegan..) and can’t understand how people can live without some of the crazy things he loves so much.  The blog Hezbollah Tofu combines the best of both worlds.  The goal of the creator is to bring interesting vegan/vegetarian recipies together in one place, as well as veganize some of Bourdain’s own recepies.  I just might have to learn to cook…

- Okay I grow tired and want to get to the Bjork video but lastly… Buy or rent your own islands?!?! Whhhaaaa? (via Random Good Stuff)

Here it is:

Well..I decided to buy hosting and do this thing here.  I currently have no idea what css is or how to use it…so I’ll try to work out the bugs as I go on.  Enjoy!