The state of Kitchen will not tolerate insurgence!
So I had to quell a rebellion tonight. Not only were the potatoes being unruly, trying to grow their way outside of the paper bag that had been their home these last few weeks (I put their eyes out for treason, then threw them through the "shredder", and finished the interrogation with some hot oil!) but the garlic had been attempting escape. Until tonight I was not aware that garlic would simply try to grow it's way to freedom from the pantry shelf. From now on, I will be far more vigil, ruling my kitchen with an iron fist and a big knife. Also, I learned once more that following the recipe is a good thing. No further comment.

On the topic of a good book.
So I was over at the bookstore the other day (happens to be Canada's largest used bookstore, and it is indeed HUGE -- 4 stories filled, literally floor to ceiling on every wall, plus racks in the middle, of books. The Read or Die girls would love it.) and I found a number of books that I remembered from junior high. Well, when I say remembered, it's really only one of them, since they form two trilogies, and the school library was missing the middle part of the first three, and the first and last of the second. I did what I could with what I had, and read the first book, but imagine my surprise when I found all of them but the first of the first trilogy at this store. I was dumbfounded. Why would they not have the first book when they had all the others? You might think that this would not be a problem though, since I have already read the first book. But alas, it was long ago, and my memory of it is rather nonexistent. I was about to walk away in despair when I saw another book by the same author in hardcover. It had a similar title to the rest of the books in the series, but was definitely not one of them. Turns out, it was the first three books all together! So it was with great happiness that I went down and bought it and started reading. What is this series you might ask? Well, they're all authored by Craig Shaw Gardner, the author of many other books that I've never heard of. The first trilogy is called The Exploits of Ebenezum, and consists of A Malady of Magicks, A Multitude of Monsters, and A Night in the Netherhells. The second is called The Ballad of Wuntvor and consists of A Difficulty with Dwarves, An Excess of Enchantments and A Disagreement with Death. (There are too many to link to, and they're all on the author link) Pure fantasy schlock fiction. But it happens to be rather amusing and I'm enjoying it so far. The series is comparable to Jello, really. Fun to eat, but you go through it too quickly and it isn't very filling. This isn't The Sword of Truth here. Although, speaking of which, I should really read Wizard's First Rule again...

I had something really good to talk about here. I swear.
Instead, I guess I'll have to post some links until I think of worthy material.

"Food" for thought. Rather unorthodox theory of evolution here. Lady claims that because of a change in diet, our evolutionary precursors feasted on some rather "special" mushrooms, and going on drug trips on a regular basis expanded our minds to the next evolutionary level. Now I can't say that this theory isn't rather out to lunch, since the guy also says these mushrooms are actually alien spores that are quite intelligent and landed on the Earth in an attempt to create a symbiotic relationship with man. When you think about it though, the theory rather has a bit of merit. ... No wait, that was just gas. The guy's a wackjob.

Ninja Attack! Interesting site about shuriken and some of the martial arts behind wielding the crazy things. Worth a peek around if you happen to be into martial arts and ninjas and stuff, like me.

New from Apple (and by Apple I mean NOT Apple) it's the iDrink! Betcha clicked that link thinking to find an iPod-styled whisky flask or something, didn'cha? No, the iDrink is actually a pretty nifty website about mixed drinks. If I ever decide that I have too much estrogen, give up beer and start making these things, I'll keep this one bookmarked. Until then, I'll restrict my mixing to Coke + Booze in varying ratios. (Note that that isn't meant to be a chauvinistic statement. I'm just saying that all the guys I know either don't drink mixed drinks more complicated than the one previously mentioned, or have tried them and rejected them.)

Got it!
I am still without a club to train at, at the moment. I was going to go check out Fang Shen Do tonight, really I was, but it started snowing, and due to the fact that I managed to walk home from Rideau Center faster than it took for the bus to get there, I decided against going out tonight. Tomorrow I'll go over. Really, I promise.

I guess I wouldn't feel so guilty about not training if I were doing something productive after work, but as it is, I either have stuff to do around the apartment like keep the Triffids from growing in the dirty laundry pile and I end up not having enough time to go out, or the weather has been bad/cold enough to warrant staying inside. (Wow, holy bad sentence, Batman!) As it stands, that only leaves weekends, which are still in a rather sketchy state right now, since I usually haven't the foggiest clue as to what I will be doing during them.

I'm also trying to find a pair of skates, especially with Winterlude right around the corner, (this weekend!) but guess what? The sports store at the Rideau Center is all out of large sizes! On pretty much all skates! Pissed me right off, let me tell you! I'll be going back throughout the week, since I really do want to get a decent pair of recreational skates. For those that aren't familiar with this kind of footwear, it's like a boot, but with a skate blade. Meaning it's actually insulated and comfortable to wear, as opposed to a hockey skate, which are rigid and not fun. Figure skates aren't really my thing either.

Anyways, as usual, the dishes call. Sense a pattern to how I write these things yet?  ¶ 5:29 p.m.