From this song
going to see this tonight
excited. Lets lounge it up until then
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Yay thats better!
Also, today my boss notified me less than an hour before a training that she was running that I was suppose to pick up donuts and coffee, in addition to the whole pick up my members and get them there schtick.
Im not sure why that pisses me off as much as it does. But Im not your errand boy.
It’s 75° where I am right now.
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The high in Sacramento today was 72, at least on my back porch.
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Huh. Maybe I’m in Sacramento. If so, I take back all the bad things I ever said and thought about it. For one, who knew about all the cool jumping whales?
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It’s snowing here. Again
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What’s bad to say about Sacramento other than it’s hot during the day in the summer, or if you hate politicians and blame the city for being the capital?
The military people are mostly gone now. It’s not the valley version of San Diego anymore.
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That’s extremely steep. You be careful now
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Heh!
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Oh…uh….aieeee! I’m irreversibly slipping into this chaisse lounge chair and I can barely reach my beer!
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{giggles}
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Same here.
Also, this is my first comment that I’ve posted from the Bay Area. That’s kind of weird.
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are you staying?
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Dude, I wish.
My weekend’s gonna be super awesome… My boyfriends are coming to town tomorrow, and other friends on Saturday. I’m grilling tri-tip on Saturday night, with mushrooms stuffed with diced meaty bacon (fat trimmed off and cooked for breakfast bacon the next day) shallots and the stems of the mushrooms. Life is good. The awful awful soul crushing cleaning is behind me. Sleepytime now.
After complete and utter failure, I mean weeks, weeks of looking for ingredients to make Puerto Rican food, I finally broke down and ordered stuff online.
Luckily it all came today ( 3 packages! ) and I got to make my lady some PR food, thanks St Valentine, they really shouldn’t have stoned you to death!
NOMNOMNOM!
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What did you make? What ingredients were you missing?
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Arroz con Gandules tonight, I was missing herbs for the basic cooking starter ( sofrito ) culantro and recao, and sazon which is used for rice.
I think there may only be a few hundred PR’s in the bay, the food is pretty different than Mexican fare, it’s close to Cuban but not the same.
Smells like my Lela’s in here!
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OK. I know culantro is coriander, but what is recao? Also, we use sazón here for any spice, it’s not a specific one (I’m pretty sure it comes from “seasoning”). What is the sazón you are using like?
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Not quite coriander, there are possibly two types that grow in P.R., one has a broader leaf and a smaller narrower variety, both used for cooking and have a distinct aroma.
Some people in my family (and the internet mostly ) say they are the same thing, but my Grandmother doesn’t seem to think so and I’m siding w/ her.
I looked around in various Chinese and Vietnamese grocers but couldn’t find any.
Heres a good pic
http://bonnieplants.com/growing/growing-culantro/
The sazon is mostly annatto, culantro, and spices (MSG ack!!!). I’m guessing annatto was a saffron substitute that just stuck after a while, but annatto was also used by the Taino ( native amer-indians ) quite a bit so its hard to say. It’s used for rice mostly but people use it for anything really.
Funny historical rumor, the Arawaks and Taino used to cover their skin w/ Annatto to repel insects, some feel it could be the reason for the term ‘red man’ for Native Americans.
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maybe you will make us all some PR food for a tailgate this year? that is something i have desperately wished i could find out here.
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Deal!
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wow, you just made my night! ;) YAY!!!!!
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WOO!
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There’s a place in San Rafael named ‘Sol’ that is pretty authentic asides from the fact that theres 3 x the amount of meat you’d normally find and its a tad saltier than my families cooking. That said, you could make the same arguments against any home-cooked vs restaurant meal.
On Sundays they have ‘pasteles’ which are my favorite dish!
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i dream of plantains cooked just right.
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Its an amazing blend of plantains, calabash squash, and taro sprinkled w/ olives and pork (which I skip if I’m making it.) steamed in a banana leaf wrapped like a tamale. ITS FKING HEAVEN.
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want. want. want.
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Mmhmm.
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Cool, thanks for explaining
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Interesting – we cook a lot of Thai and Mexican food that both call for coriander and/or cilantro, but I’d never come across culantro before. FWIW, in most Thai recipes the difference between coriander and cilantro is that when coriander is called for, its the seeds, either whole or ground, while with cilantro its the leaves and sometimes stems and even the roots.
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Yeah not sure it factors into either, I know the mexicans dont use it aside from folks from around Veracruz.
I’d love to know how to cook Thai but it seems like you need a lot of ingredients that are obscure here unless you shop at the bowl, and then its a lot of galangal and lemongrass for just one meal!
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Why would you not shop at the bowl if you are on that side of the bridge?
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I do for the most part!
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i should have gone today. but im holding out for the farmers market
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Not really that many crazy ingredients compared to other ethnic cuisine: yes, galangal v ginger; but mostly shallots, cilantro/coriander, lemongrass, thai chills, fish sauce (picking a good one makes a big difference), white pepper, tamarind. Depends on if you use the prepared curry sauces or not – we’ve done both. But even without, the ingredients aren’t that exotic.
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Fish sauce brand recommendations?
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Golden Boy brand, it’s Thai, not Vietnamese like most of the ones you’ll find.
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In a US grocery store, cilantro is coriander. I assume that when brian spells it “culantro”, it’s probably something slightly different.
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Yup.
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So, last time I was at the Bowl i asked the grocer guy if they ever had Culantro, he checked and said he could find easily.
A week later, THEY HAD IT!!!! Bought a ton and am presently mincing it up into little chunks and freezing em’ in olive oil, so stoked!
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Love the bowl. Even if they have some union issues.
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During my 8 hours in San Juan, I had perniel (not sure how to spell it, but it’s a popular Christmas dish, apparently). Roasted pork. Quite possibly the best meal I’ve ever had. Oh, and mofongo!
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Pernil is my dad’s favorite dish!
Mofongo is amazing, unfortunately Sol only cooks it w/ the pork cracklings, in PR you can usually find it veg also.
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I had it with pork. It was so good, it made me curse outloud.
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We’ll seeing as you’re on the east coast, if you ever happen to make it to NYC sometime you should be able to find all the mofongo you could possibly want, you dont even have to go to the Bronx, I found it on the L.E.S. at a pizza place (?!), burnt the shit out of my mouth I was so amped and excited!!!!
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I need to go to NYC some day.
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In the book that my fiancee is currently trying to find an agent for, there is a scene where a young girl from an Illinois farm town tries to cheer up her injured Dominican baseball player friend by making mofongo. Except she doesn’t really know what it is and she’s in a hospital cafeteria, so she just ends up mashing chicken and bananas.
But we went out to a Dominican restaurant in Boston to do “research” and I had some mofongo with pork. My experience was similar to ozz.
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Heh, thats hilarious, Dominican food is very similar to P.R. fare.
This110s
is probably the closest I get to either of DFA’s two music selections.
Tonight Im going to see Wallpaper!!!!! Hella excited
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[blinks]
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and I cannot read dates.
That shit is next friday
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The worst.
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and i bought tickets to hot tub and not wall paper… uggg
i always get them confused.
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When is Dry Paint?
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After Grass Growing.
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I love them! They’re almost as good as Watched Pot.
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What about the Are We There Yets?
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Too derivative of Nails On A Chalkboard.
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They’re all just ripping off Gathering Moss.
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Except for One Hand Clapping. But they just suck ass so it’s not like it matters much that they’re original.
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Water Not Quite Boiling slayed last night
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A Tree Fell In The Forest had a show, but no one went. Did they still play?
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Yeah, I Think Therefore I Am opened for them. Along with Burn The House Down who… well… you know.
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Rick Allen has to do SOMETHING in between Def Leppard tours!
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Hot Tub is a lot of fun, I know Jason from way way back, he was a hippie stoner that worked at whole foods as a stocker, he’s a plus plsu dj too!
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then come! seriously.
I’m barefoot and shirtless, grilling steaks.
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It was fking nice today!
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Also here in Maui.
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Sweet, love Maui, whereabouts?
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A house near Napili Bay. Moving to Wailea on Sunday for our last 2 nights.
Going on snorkling boat to Molokini and Lanai tomorrow, very excited.
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Woohoo awesome! I need to spend more time on the west side, we really love Hana and all the leeward side.
Last time I was in Lahaina some 12 yr old kid tried to sell me weed under the banyan, heh.
Love snorkeling/ diving, that’s pretty much all I ever do in Hawaii, C and I have plans to purchase a house there (Big Island) in the next 5 yrs or so, going in August to check stuff out.
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Hah, that’s funny, I considered trying to score a little pakalolo in Lahaina or Paia, but with the family along I thought better of it.
Didn’t know you were a HI guy. I used to live on Oahu.
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I’m not as much as I’d like to be, only been 6 times/ 3 islands for about 3-4 months all together.
Thing is, we never want to leave, we love it, just need to figure out what Cindy would do for work.
We’re looking to move there in 15 yrs or so, but want to buy sooner while its still affordable.
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Yeah, the job thing is the one real obstacle. Nurse Upgrade could get work pretty easy, but I just can’t find enough ads for Wealthy Gadabout to make me certain I could land one.
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I joke about it but one could make a living w a vinyl cutter there pretty easily, almost every car has multiple decals plastered on every window!
$2,000 investment -> Millions roll in!
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Which implies that you’re lounging with pants on.
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Don’t get too hasty. He is barefoot. It’s possible he’s barelegged too. Get the rope just in case, but let’s not jump the gun here.
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See below. I’m FK’s answer to Sherlock FKing Holmes.
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Um, er…mistakes were made.
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Could be speedos, so hey, not the worst?
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FSU in a speedo would be awesome
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I would be happy to never see speedo’s again. Ever.
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eh. theyre retro now.
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Perhaps. Need to whittle down the beer gut more first, though.
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I picture you as that guy from the SoCo commercials.
http://www.funnycommercialsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/man1.jpg
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I’d like to think I’d fill out the suit better than that guy.
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I assumed you’d have to wrap yourself around your waist 3 or 4 times. I mean, you’re an A’s fan. You must be gifted.
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Tonight was tri tip with a balsamic glaze, potatoes gratin, and carrots thinly sliced and sauted in butter and olive oil with brown sugar.
it was tastey
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My NY steaks were only OK. I don’t like gas grills.
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personally I don’t understand the point of gas grills either. If im not going to get that charcoal flavor Id rather do a steak on a cast iron skillet.
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I agree, but my wife does not.
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and yet you still married her?
smh
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Kay’s comment could have been from me. Luckily, I’m getting divorced.
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and she was a chef? smh
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Ok gotta ask, what’s smh?
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Shaking my head.
She likes gas because it heats up more quickly and you can control the heat a little better. But I still say charcoal provides better results overall.
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My issue with gas grills is that they never seem to get hot enough.
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If it’s a sear you’re going for, just make sure there’s plenty of fat in or on whatever you’re cooking. The flare-ups will get you plenty of heat.
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Id rather do it right than do it quickly.
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I agree.
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FK that. I’m hungry.
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Then you should be using a cast iron griddle skillet oh high heat so that you can baste your steak in garlic thyme butter.
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It only takes a few minutes a side
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just like a 45
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Or sex.
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@ozz youre doing it wrong
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As long as I get mine. I’m not running a charity here. You want an orgasm, work hard and earn it yourself.
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Hubba hubba.
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I might actually get to sit on the beach today, on the third day of my beach vacation. Yesterday I went down to South Beach to hang out and drink and almost drowned in the downpour. The Marlins Park tour was nice but the ballpark itself is a mediocrity compared to what’s been built elsewhere in the last 20 years; there are much better examples for Lew to emulate.
The Keys and Key West can be fairly summed up as: 100 miles of mobile homes and RV parking lots, separated by a few bridges, with a ludicrous tourist trap down at the end. I’m glad I spent a day that way because it satisfied all of my lifetime curiosity about the Keys and I’ll never be tempted to waste another day down there.
Holy FK, stop everything. That Old Navy jeans commercial with the flight attendant. Is that the chick from “Airplane!”???
The guacamole recipe you guys gave me KILLED at school yesterday.
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You’re welcome.
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Hold up. She’s a nurse. She may mean that literally.
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Literally. But I did add some Drain-O that witchy didn’t put in her’s.
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Good call.
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I assumed she did.
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You two are simpatico.
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She, Bloom, and I are the same person. You may be one of us too. In fact, I’m pretty sure you are.
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That explains a lot.
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I really explains everything if you really sit and think about it.
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Sadly.
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Yup. Also, don’t stand and think about it. After the head rush you may pass out.
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And want to kill myself later.
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I’ve always suspected that I was a figment of someone’s imagination, actually.
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That would be mine.
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Your imagination sucks. You couldn’t imagine me as Christina Hendrick’s husband?
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Have you seen her husband? Ew.
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Have you seen her husband’s wife? Hot damn.
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She could do soooo much better.
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Or she could just settle for me.
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He looks like he should marry someone like ME.
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So he IS hot.
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The opposite.
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Then he shouldn’t marry you.
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Dude. I can’t even imagine ME as her husband. I have issues or can’t you tell based on me conversing with my imagination instead of spending some quality time with Christina Hendricks and Kate Upton in a no-holes-barred 3-way?
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But you’re real. Limitations apply to real life. I’m imagined. As such, you have it in your power to have me boning Christina and Kate while a unicorn makes me a sandwich.
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And make myself further jealous of myself? I think not.
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Fine, forget the sandwich. A bowl of cereal will do.
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FK yeah witch-guac!
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I’m not a fan of guac, but I put it in a dip and it was pretty fucking good.
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Without it, it would have been ugly fucking good.
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That’s what I am: ugly fucking good.
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So if everyone else is dead, will they be more lenient in grading you?
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Probably not.
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FKers.
I’m worried guys, works been so tough lately I can’t even drink properly anymore.
One or two beers and I just get sleepy, wtf?
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Also, I’m sleeping with your girl friend’s sister’s friend’s coworker. I figured if you’re already worried, I’d get that off my chest.
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FUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKK, wait who?
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The pretty one.
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Ohhhh, you mean the one w/ a cute little mustache and likes to pinch people?
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No, the one with freckles and hair. Pretty sure she even has a name too. You know, come to think of it, she may have had a mustache too. She liked to punch people, not pinch them.
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MOM???
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Son!!!
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Pippy’s a fking bully!
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One child’s bully is another man’s play toy.
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That’s a whole different kind of Father.
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Pope-a-chica-bow-wow!
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Heh.
Replace olive oil with bacon grease. It may save your life.
http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Replacing-Animal-Fats-With-Vegetable-Oils-May-Be-4256338.php
Ouch.
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Agreed, but most likely for different reasons.
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Separated my ac joint.
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oh thats no fun
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This is true.
The bump looks kind of neat though.
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I dislocated my shoulder once. it sucked. Much empathy and love going your way. I hope it starts to feel better.
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I kinda wish it would have been dislocated instead so it could get put back.
I have a date on Wednesday!
Its with an orthopedic surgeon for an eval :-(
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is she hot?
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I’ll report back on Wednesday
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You need a nurse.
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And a 110v outlet.
Im thinking of painting my room this weekend.
Im thinking that I want to do lime green
So I think I have come up with a winning internet phenomena. Cooking videos with porn set instructions and music.
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Would the chefs be naked? That sounds dangerous.
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no. just the effects would be pornified.
“Rub that salt all over your meat. It likes it rough Get it really deep in there” Brown chicken brown cow in the background.
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I definitely see this working as a one off satirical 3 minute video.
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Yeah, but some people literally like eating more than sex, so they may actually be able to take it seriously.
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ionno thats pretty tough
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Eating what vs. sex with who?
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I also had probably the best sex of my life before and after the best meal of my life so, its all rather cloudy.
AND WHY DIDN’T SHE FUCKING MARRY ME.
ok freakout over, now back to your regularly scheduled programming which mostly consists of bed talking to himself
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Best sex AND best meal? You’ve peaked already.
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Took the x to Napa for her birthday. Spent over half a grand for the hotel the wine tasting the food and Dinner at Morimoto’s.
Had sex. Went and had foodgasms. Then had more sex.
It was the happiest I have ever been. It makes me sad thinking about it and wondering if it truly did peak and fuck it all up.
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I’m sorry, dude. Now was probably a bad time to try to be funny.
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Oh no. Your ok.
I mean if if I did peak early and fucked it up there really isn’t anything I can do about it at this point.
Ionno I also feel like I really need to stop missing her and its really not working.
Im mostly happy though. I just would really like a legitimate girl to date, even if it doesn’t go anywhere
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I understand. I have a friend who went through something similar, and played the field quite a bit for a few years after his relationship ended. But FWIW, he’s finally met a girl who is quite possibly “the one.” He’s been with her longer than he was with the girl the broke his heart.
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basically im being a petulant child and screaming:
I WANT IT NOW.
I like certainty in my life and things have been super fluxy recently and while i have a support structure and my faculties to make it through ok, I am tired of waiting
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Can I suggest that you worry less about the destination and try to enjoy the ride instead? Easier said than done, I know.
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I get it. Its just as you fkers well know that I have more than enough back in the day xyz crazy girl shit happened to me stories to fill three of four tomes of biblical proportion. And Im just not super pumped to have that happen some more while I look for the right girl
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I understand.
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five-year olds?
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My wife is a pretty good example. A good meal is a sensual experience for her. Consuming the flesh of something that has died specifically to feed her is something of an erotic/spiritual thing.
Combination of the erotic energies with other facets of life is core to some people.
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Eight year olds, Dude.
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There’s 20 of them.
Anyone watching House of Cards? I’m only two episodes in, so no spoilers please, but I’m trying to decide whether it’s worth pushing on. I oscillated between “this is great” and “this is ridiculous” throughout the first two hours.
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Its tough watching Kevin Spacey spout one-liners as it’s not really his style.
I’d say its a solid OK w/ some great moments.
My biggest beef is the continual breaking of the 4th wall as it’s often ham-handed and unnecessary.
I watched em’ all, but more out of curiosity of what would happen next than real interest, and after ep.7 it was pretty much ‘backround’ watching while I worked on other stuff.
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They’re trying for a Richard III type of vibe, I think.
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Agree on 4th wall… It’s like the first season of SITC all over again. I thought that was the moment people learned.
That said, they do it on the british version too.
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I’m starting to not mind the soliloquys, but I can’t help but wish that he would freeze time, Zach Morris-style, when he does it.
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I liked it. I didn’t love it.
Worth the time, especially because I really strongly support Netflix’s decision to sponsor high quality content, and I want them to get the views.
Oh boy. It’s snowing in some parts of Charleston. My FB feed is about to get flooded with “OMG, it’s snowing, global warming is a myth designed to make Al Gore rich!” crap.
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Um… HELLO, Al Gore IS rich. And it’s snowing. Co-wince-a-dense? I think not!
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Hell’s frozen over?
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I do wonder how much he made from the sale of Current TV.
Rockin the A’s home hat in Lahaina, just bumped into a guy with an A’s Hawaiian shirt. Fist bumps and Let’s Go Oaklands ensued.
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Any Bernie Leanin’?
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Nice.
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Woo!
I’ve ran into a few too in Hilo.
I need book recommendations from you FKers:
Looking for something page-turney, and I’m kind of feeling fantasy (or sci fi) as the genre, but I don’t want to get caught up in some twenty-book Wheel of Time debacle.
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My GF keeps telling me to read ‘The Sparrow’ by Mary Russell and she has impeccable taste.
Last good read I had was ‘REAMDE’ by Neil Stephenson, its more ‘cyberpunk-ish’ than fantasy and takes a bit to get started, but its a serious page-turner once the table is set.
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You’re the second person to recommend Reamde. I’m grabbing it.
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It’s a lot of fun, start reading early or it’ll keep you up till 4AM.
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Reamde is definitely a page turner. Very enjoyable. Not my #1 Stephenson book, but probably in my top 5 (if you count the Baroque Cycle series as one book).
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Wow I think you’re one of the handful of people know to get through all 3, congrats!
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I’m almost done reading Quicksilver for the second time. I got really bogged down the first time I read it, and I think the next two books weren’t available yet on paperback, so I stopped there. This time around, I am in it for the full trilogy. Then I was thinking about following that up with Anathem and Reamde, so that I would be all up-to-date with Stephenson (except for that book of essays, I guess). But probably I’ll decide to take a little break somewhere in there.
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I’m reading Anathem right now!
Definitely a different setting for Stephenson as its a completely fictional ‘new world’ as opposed to the majority (all maybe?) of his novels landscapes which are based in a relatively familiar or semi-historical environment.
It’s definitely tough to grasp what’s really going on so far but I skipped the intro timeline willfully.
Some really interesting views on technology so far and of course its has all the usual imaginative intricacies of Neal’s writing.
Not as close as you are, still have to read Mongoliad, Big U, and his collabs to be fully caught up.
I need to re-read the Cycle, its just so daunting as I know it will turn to be a one-two month endeavor!
Although I will say I prefer the cycle in hardcover (or larger format) as thousands of pages in that small of print will destroy your fking eyes (see George Martin).
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Oh wait, I forgot about the Mongoliad, which never really caught my interest but I’d be happy for someone to tell me I’m wrong. And I haven’t read Big U either, as that was still really hard to find back when I was first getting into him. I have read Interface by “Stephen Bury” (oh so clever pseudonym for Neal STEPHENson and George JewsBURY) and just discovered via wikipedia that there is one other book under that name.
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I think Anathem is is his best work.
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Oh sweeeeeet!
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“Permutation City” by Greg Egan…
It’s all about uploading people and creating alternate digital realities…
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There’s a new book called Alif the Unseen. I haven’t read it, but I hear good things and just bought it for my wife.
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I read it about a month ago and was just about to recommend it.
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My other picks would be to catch up on any William Gibson that you haven’t read, or A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge, which rules hard (and last year he finally got around to writing a sequel, which is also recommended).
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I can’t believe I almost forgot! You should read the crap out of Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K LeGuin. The Dispossessed, too.
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I was going to recommend LeGuin as well, but that leads to getting obsessed with reading ALL the Hainish and then ultimately all the Earthsea stuff which is what he was trying to avoid I think. ;)
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I’ve only read those two, plus some essays. But they were so good that I am looking forward to reading anything and everything else by her.
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It’s all plus stuff and they are quick reads, she’s brilliant.
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Agreed. Although Always Coming Home took me a long time to finish, mostly because I didn’t want it to end.
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A good friend of mine calls himself a “Weaver” and damn if it ain’t apt.
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I’ve been wanting to try some Vinge, this seems like a good one to start on.
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I’ve read A Fire Upon the Deep twice now. There are enough cool ideas in that book to write ten books. His ex-wife (Joan Vinge) has also written some excellent science fiction.
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Need to check that out.
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This doesn’t fit your categories but I really think you would like The Eagles Throne by Carlos Fuentes. Its about what happens when the US shuts off Mexican telecom and all the political players vying for the Presidency of Mexico who happen to all be romantically involved have to write letters to eachother to communicate. Its incredibly well written.
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“Embassytown” by China Mieville was pretty good. Really interesting story about the nature of language, and how to talk to horse/coral things.
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I found City in the City interesting. Hadn’t occurred to me to look for other books.
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Yeah, loved the idea of cross hatching, There are about 4 books that are all based in Bas-Lag that are unrelated but in the same universe and can be read alone. I think I still like Perdido St and City City the best and Un-Lun-Dun is pretty fun and very imaginative.
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I eventually need to get into those ones as well.
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Thanks guys. I’ll take a look at all of these.
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Have you ever read any Richard K. Morgan? I read Altered Carbon a few years ago, which was a pretty good futuristic scifi adventure run. I’ve recently read The Steel Remains and The Cold Commands, sword & sorcerer type fantasy fiction where the main badass is gay, thus an outcast who is often referred to as The Faggot despite his heroics in the recent great war. Some interesting twists on typical fantasy tropes, and some raunchy sex including with strange demonic creatures. I now have his sequel to Altered Carbon, which I’m looking forward to reading.
Anyone interested in another good fantasy trilogy might want to try Acacia, by David Anthony Durham.
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Not fantasy or scifi, but I just finished ‘The Beautiful Struggle’ by Ta-Nehisi Coates and it was fantastic. Surprisingly difficult to track down, though.
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I love him. Thanks for reminding me that I need to pick up his book.
Why do so many girls on OKC think that the earth is bigger than the sun?
DFWAS
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The problem with looking closely is that things often suck when examined up close.
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have you had this problem since I showed you them?
PS how did your date with that girl that you showed me during the superbowl go?
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Meh, ok. That date went fine, but it didn’t feel like there was much there. There was some interest in a second from both ends, but it was pretty lukewarm.
I went on a date with this tattoo artist who I definitely wanted to follow up with, but she’s working like 16 hour days 6 days a week, meaning she’s too busy to really do anything unless she’s pretty much smitten, and I don’t think it was quite that level for her. So that sucks.
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the sb girl has popped up in my que multiple times recently.
tattoo artist doesn’t really seem like your type but props for trying stuff.
Ive got a 3 dates this week but Saturday at the Moma is the most encouraging.
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Nice. I’ve got one on Friday. Just drinks. You love the Moma date.
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I was going to say the same thing, what an art whore!
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I do. Mostly because it is a really easy way of going on a non alcoholic date that both sounds impressive lets me show off a little bit but the most important part is that I can figure out pretty quickly whether we are or aren’t an intellectual match.
Lastly if you aren’t it isn’t awkward since you just slow or speed up your viewing so youre basically there by yourself and you don’t have to talk.
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Do you know much about modern art? Sounds like you must if you’re showing off.
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I know enough to show off :)
Honestly though, picking out a detail or something that you find interesting and interpreting it and then talking about it isn’t very difficult, but people think is impressive.
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Some people think it’s impressive.
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I could try that, but it would all come unraveled when I audibly fart.
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You had me at “hello.”
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Just out of curiosity, what exactly do you mean by this? Are you testing whether she can match you when it comes to bullshitting about modern art?
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From the sound of it… yes.
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Perhaps it means bullshitting about modern art. Moreso, it is just about having an opinion and backing it up with something. Art is about how something makes you feel which you don’t have to bullshit. How you explain how you feel is important. But it is also good way to just talk about things in general.
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Sounds like a job interview for the position of DFA’s romantic companion.
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Not a job interview. But being able to mesh and talk about things is important to a relationship no?
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Yes it is – probably THE most important thing in the long run.
FWIW, when Mrs. PDX and I met (at a wedding), we talked about art, although more with respect to the behind-the-scenes stuff she did day to day at the art museum here.
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My first actual date with Mrs. N was to the Art Institute.
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My first intentional (as opposed to non-accidental) date with Kitty was the night of Game 1 of the ALCS in 2006. We had sushi and went for a glorious walk through the emerging fall colors of midtown. I wore 4″ high heeled boots, a leather skirt, a corset, and about an hour’s worth of makeup. She was into me, big time. We were living together by the start of the World Series. Crazy quick, but no regrets.
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Extremely. I just find it amusing that you set up your first dates in a way specifically aimed at testing that. When I was in your position, I didn’t have nearly the amount of self confidence it would have taken to view a first date as a test of her, rather than of me.
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Have you met me? Im awesome. There is no sane woman who is remotely my age that shouldn’t want to date me.
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I have not met you, but I am looking forward to the day I do.
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Did you just call lesbian insane?
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you had to go there. Yeah I mean Im DFA 60% of the time I work everytime
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I couldn’t resist.
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If you end up dating a lot of people like DFA or I do, it helps to winnow out the non-prospects on the first date.
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This is especially true based off of where I find girls Im dating. If you meet girls in dance clubs or on OK cubpidthe chance of connection is lower than if you meet girls through friends of friends.
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Friends of friends is usually the best way. Someone you know is vouching for them!
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All my best relationship was someone I picked up on a dance floor.
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How’d Moma go? My Friday date went quite well.
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The air was thick with concupiscence…
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That’s the best kind of thick!
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Got changed to coffee. We have a second date on Tuesday. Shes hot.
Why do car manufactures think touch screen entertainment units are a smart idea? If ever there was a time I want to be able to blindly feel for buttons of different sizes and shapes it would be when I’m fking driving. A touch screen? Sure, let’s make it so people have to take their eyes off the road to figure out wtf they’re pushing. Genious!
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if it was on the dash above the wheel I could see it, but on the console where the stereo would normally live is baffling…
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Why do car stereo manufacturers think we need remote controls for their products? The world is full of unanswerable questions.
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For when you’re making out in the back seat, duh.
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That’s not part of my reality.
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i buy cars
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Because they have to be able to put a nav map there.
Also, voice commands ftw!
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This a catastrophe that will result in even more misspelled text messages