They all call me "MISSES"

"MISSES, WHAT DOES DICK MEAN?"

All I could think to do was say, "Dick means penis, Alexandre."

He turned red and said, "I thank you."

(All this because one had scrolled "DICK WASH" across an entire week in her agenda.)

tonight tonight

I want to look less academic and so tonight I am wearing my Arnold Schwarzenegger T-shirt. Tonight I am playing a show and I feel awful.

booty booty booty bootie

Dee got 'em so I can post 'em!

Webcams are crumby but these are cuties, I think, and they were real fun to knit. Happy Warm Feet, my love.

Sweets & Savouries All in a Tizzies

Saturday morning was one of severe indecision. Nothing/everything appealing, something unsettled. I slip into these spaces sometimes where the tiny decisions are really hard to make and the big ones are impossible to even think about. Even breakfast.

I've been wanting to cook and eat more simply lately, but I often have a hard time stopping myself from adding 'just one more thing'. I told myself to buck up and just do something, finally. To pick and to do. I settled on savoury oats after having wanted to try them earlier in the week. I've also been meaning to eat less sweets.

But then I also remembered this delicious sauce that my sweet heart friends make at breakfast when I stay at their house some weekends. And so I went there so swiftly from nothing to two things and rather than racking my brain trying to sway one way or the other I enjoyed a simple and adventurous Saturday breakfast.

Steel-Cut "Egg Sandwich" Oats

-1/4 C. steel cut oats

-~1 C. water (you might need to add more, so keep an eye out)

~1 tbsp butter

Pinch of salt 'n' pepper

>Mix this all together in a small pot. Cook the steel-cuts, uncovered, on med-low. Stir often so they don't burn. They'll take about 15 or 20 minutes.

In the meantime:

-dice 1/2 a tomato

-cut up a little bunch of kale (I'd say 1-or-2-or-so leaves)

When the oats are nearly done: mix in the tomatoes and the greens. Make a small well in the middle of the oats. Break an egg in there. I like to break the yolk, too, because I don't like it runny, even a little bit. Put a lid on the oats and turn the burner down a bit to cook the egg. When the egg was mostly cooked I mixed it all up, let it sit for another minute to make sure all the yolky bits were solid, and then scooped it into a bowl. I topped it with a generous sprinkling of nutritional yeast, also.

Sweet Breakfast Buttnut Sauce (as inspired by my friend Julia as inspired by Jae Steele's "Ripe").

Mix together:

1 tbsp flax oil

1 tbsp molasses

2 tbsp tahini

1 tsp ground cinnamon

pinch of sea salt

Cut some butternut squash into thin wedges, steam them until soft, and then top them with this sauce. You won't regret it. (It's also really good with sweet potatoes, apples, grapefruits, celery... Mostly anything).

I have been plugging away at the enourmous New York Times Christmas Crossword, which was a gift from Matt from the Syracuse newspaper. Unfortunately, the more I work on it the more spaces get obscured by food slop. I like to have something to do while I eat sometimes, and besides, I ain't got anyone across from me to impress with my table manners.

le fait et le fait et le fait bien

	Sky	Temp (°C)	Dewpoint	Feels Like	Wind (km/h)	Relative Humidity (%)	Pressure (kPa)	Visibility (km)	Ceiling (ft)
THU 12:00		-3	-9	-8	NW 15	63	101.67	48	4000
THU 11:00		-3	-9	-9	NW 17	63	101.70	48	3800
THU 10:00		-4	-9	-10	NW 19	68	101.68	48	3700
THU 09:00		-4	-10	-11	N 22	63	101.63	48	3700
THU 08:00		-5	-9	-11	NW 17	73	101.53	48	3700

The point is that today I got my butt out of bed and put on my techiest clothes and my cross-country socks to walk/sort-of-jog in "felt like" -11 degrees and to me, right now, this is something for me to be proud of.

Just Me & the Mr. (Mug) & Cookies

Surprise ELO Afternoon Off! I came home and I stretched and I ate some ofthese cookies that I made last night and drank some coffee and it was so good.

Seedy & Spicy Jumble Buddies! (Heavily adapted from Lynn's Mom's American Vegeterian Cookbook's Banana Date Oatmeal Jumbles)

2 big bananas, mashed

1 1/2 C. rolled oats

1/2 C. mixed seeds (I threw in sesame, sunflower, and pumpkin)

1/4 C. ground sesame seeds (I don't know how important this is, but I put them in because I'd tried to make tahini and I failed)

1/4 C. canola oil

dash of salt

1/4 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp vanilla, lots of cinnamon, dash nutmeg

2 tsp minced ginger

8 dates, chopped

1 tbsp honey

Mix it all together and let it all mingle for 15 minutes while the oven preheats to 350 degrees. I scooped them out by the tablespoon and flattened them with a fork to make them a little more crunchy. Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden around the edges.

2011, I'm going to kick your butt. My first loaf of bread was a total disaster but I'm going to make up for that one, OK?