For once I am excited about the line up. I already got one unwanted spoiler at lunch today when I just jumped online for a customer. Stupid www.smh.com.au and it's news related items. I DID NOT WANT TO SEE THAT.
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Eating: ... sausage hot pot, slow cooked and as leftovers so they've been left to sit in their own magical food juices (I put in food juices else that would just sound sick), all day in the fridge so tres excitement for dinner. Always nice when you put in the effort to make something seriously nomnom. Thick beef sausages, sweet potato, zuccini, onion, carrot, honey and casserole mix. All on a bed of mashed potato. Is that serious comfort food or WHAT. Who cares that it's 40+ degrees out there. Food is sometimes worth the pain. And comfort food is comfort food.
Also, another addition from weekend foodies... had the most AMAZING Vietnamese dish in the city Saturday night... a cute little restaurant tucked in amongst an inspiring line up of restaurants along Little Stanley Street.. seared crispy salmon (it crunched as you bit into it, then soft salmony middle) on a bed of ginger infused sweet potato mash, with a side of bok choy and all drizzled in this amazing soy glaze. Complimented... well, actually not complimented but I want to look into matching wines with food cause I don't think this one worked... some sort of cheapo Sauv Blanc (not a personal choice but it was the cheapest at $6 a glass!)
After cruising along that strip I have now vowed to try every one of those restaurants as when we were finding our place for dinner the smells from each of these spots were divine. I guess I was starving though so that probably helped.
So... whose hungry now?
Drinking: I think my wine tastes are going in for the change yet again. I bought, out of choice, a sauvingon blanc yesterday afternoon to help tackle the house cleaning. It was a Banrock Station wine though, and they're always fantastic for the moolah. Yes, this sauv blanc boasted all sorts of lovely fresh fruits as bouquet and taste, and as it was feral hot I couldn't resist the read up. I couldn't quite pick out all the lovely gooseberries and melons that they label stated, but it was still drinkable. I was amazed. Either Banrock station do a completely out of field Sauv Blanc or my tastes are beginning to mature, or turn...
BRING IT ON. More wine is happy Katy pants :)
Watching: Last night, watched 'The Social Network'. Very interesting, not really entertaining or ha ha-larious, but intriguing and a real eye opener. I didn't realise the founder of facebook was such a unintentional dick. The movie, I will deem, was 'smart' and 'well written' and full of techy speec (that's a hybrid of spec and speak, trying to be clever and rhyme with techy but then being ironic by doing a stupid abbreviation/bad spelling). Yes.
A!rTester's overview for THE SOCIAL NETWORK:
Story/Attention Span Value: 8/10. I wanted to keep watching as it was intriguing, but it wasn't exactly 'gripping' viewing.
Well made? Yes, the script was excellent and while there wasn't call for special effects the movie still had an obvious amount of care put into it. The tech speak was cool but lost me
Acting: 7/10.. good from the key characters, though apart from Napster dude were totally forgettable
Rewatch value? Zilcho. Once I knew the story, I would not watch this movie again. One of those 'good to watch once' movies.
OVERALL: ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ ✰ 1/2
Listening to: Mr Harris playing 'Cartoon Wars' on his iPhone, plus Daniel Merryweather over the top of that, also on Mr Harris' iPhone. Talk about mash ups!
After this, I'm going to: feed the fluff nuggets, feed my growling belly chasm and then get into OSCARS mode! YEEEWW!!!!
One wish for the day:
Wow, look at that I haven't griped at all yet. And I won't really, cept the power was out when I rocked up to work this morning. No phones, no EFTPOS, no computers, no internet, no till, no lights, no air con. Oh god. The first few hours just dragged and were so annoying because I had to write down ALL the sales transactions, hand write out receipts for people, had to turn people away who had printing on USBs to do (no printers either...), but then they all came back later in the day so a bit of a bombardment there... not really, I just wish I could have dealt with them earlier and got it all done, instead of piling up later in the day.
Yeah having no internet or network sucked. Whole day was delayed by a good few hours. Sucky.
So my wish was to have rocked up and everything be fine this morning.
Plus my more heartfelt wish was for Jessica Proietti to have won the Trading Post story writing competition, to win the $2000 for her story so she can clear her climbing accounts with the vets and help get the ACS (Australian Cavy Sanctuary - guinea pig RSPCA) back on it's feet. They've been in a bit of a debt pit for a while and it's so hard to get funding, donations or any help. I wish she won. The money would have really helped out.
"Idiot on the Road" moment: followed an absolute loser down our street this afternoon that somehow forgot he had an indicator of any description. Didn't use it 3 times while turning right into 3 streets. How dangerous and what an idiot! He lives in my complex though, and I actually complimented the vehicle on the weekend. It's a cool mix between a jeep front and a ute back. Velly cool. But dick driver.
I'm off to get into Oscars mode! Have a good night peeps. And don't msg me with any spoilers else I will delete your number.
~ Peace, Love & Mungbeans ~
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