Crockpots are Good

Last night I watched the second episode of The World God Only Knows and have landed on it being a keeper. It had some staple fanservice, but as long as that is not an ongoing thing I see this being a very refreshing laugh. It is definitely not something for everyone, and will probably offend a large group. But there is always something oh so enjoyable about watching the "I reject reality" geek group placed into scenarios caused by his own pride, no? Maybe it comes down to the whole the funniest things being true saying. But no matter whether I should feel insulted or not, this gives me something to look forward to on my Wednesdays. :) Especially if I don't have a bad headache--such was the case last night.

In other words! My hulu queue has dwindled down to the latest episode of Bones and episode 2 of the current season of Castle. Of course, I have dropped No Ordinary Family and the Stargate documentaries (Stargate documentaries! How funny is that?). However my queue being in single digits is either a sign of my purging or of my lack of life to be able to KEEP it in single digits. But oh well, to each their own, right? right?! Hehe.

However, I have continued to go on Day 3 of actually cooking things! Today I got up late...as usual...and was in a foul mood. But after deciding to suck it up, I have decided that cooking is therapeutic if not only in that it is a service, and serving is very therapeutic. One could say that, in itself, is a proof of the Bible's truths and of Christ's love. We are called to serve, to love, to share His Gospel. But I haven't been feeling anywhere near at peace except these last few days as I hang out in the kitchen, blast my music from Silvereagle and throw food together. I haven't even had my instinctual "get out and leave me alone!" defensiveness that I have had for...years. God is good. :)

I used a recipe from Mangy.




I pretty much followed Mangy's recipe, except for replacing tomatoes and mushrooms with broccoli and green beans. (We didn't have tomatoes and mushrooms are disgusting.) I also added cheese. Because cheese makes everything better. :D

It turned out not bad! I was not very hungry for dinner, but--as was ground into my head by my cooking instructor--did eat a little of it. This was also my first foray into the usage of a crockpot. My decisions? Crockpots are good. Very good. Hopefully I will be trying it out many more times, especially with NaNoWriMo coming around! If anyone knows of NaNoWriMo recipes? Please let me know. Yep. B)

NaNoWriMo Countdown: 10 Days Til Caffeine Overdose

Life Update, Fall TV Blurp

Well! Another lovely day in CDA. Today Mangy abandoned us to go back home at approx noon, as her flight left at 1:05pm. After that Mom and I arrived home and the house proceeded to feel quite empty and strange. Immediately it was "What do we make for lunch?" and "um..." Tomorrow we shall begin anew, however, and I will hopefully push down my lack of fondness for the kitchen and make breakfast and/or lunch. Despite my frustration with cooking, it is one of those skills that I sort of need to have.

We did make Mac 'n' Cheese. From a box. With frozen peas and canned tuna on the side. It was a far cry from Mangy's delicious, home-cooked meals, but still better than going out. Hopefully next time she visits we will be able to cook muchly for her.

For the rest of the day all I did was either get caught up on the many tv shows I follow (rambles and episode reviews to follow) and goof around on Oblivion. I am fairly certain I am going to be inconveniently turned into a vampire soon, but hey! I have another day or two. Blasted sunlight, so troublesome.

NaNoWriMo is fast approaching, and under two weeks certainly does not seem enough time to prepare. Especially when it will be two year now since I last did something crazy and writing-related, but bring on the mountain dew and the old gang! My plot (from dearest Amber! :) ) will revolve around an underwater city and conspiracy, because underwater cities and conspiracies are always good things. There may be some crazy dystopian future (also always a good thing) and lots of black involved. Maybe it will be gothic-ish, that'd be fun. Oh well, one can never tell what NaNo will turn into it. For all I know it will turn into a romance story between the fishes who found true love. It will also be exciting to meet new people at the CDA Write-ins, though to admit it I am a bit nervous. But such is life. If it isn't intimidating, it's probably not really worth it.

As for my tv watching which has developed into ridiculousness--but still a hobby!

Keepers -- Castle remains to be up to par with awesome, Sanctuary finally ended its horrible spider arc but yay! It's back! I missed it. Hawaii 5-0 turned out to be fun, worth watching. :) The Event is also way fun, even if not terribly original and probably won't last past season 1--but hey, at least it's doing better than Happy Town.

Deterioration --Stargate Universe is not Stargate, it is an embarrassment to the mere name! Lie to Me is starting to deteriorate...here's hoping it's only temporary.

Apathetic --Fringe...I don't really feel one way or the other about it. It's good as sci-fi goes, but I still miss the original, episodic cases. I am actually enjoying Bones more. No Ordinary Family is another meh one, it's okay, but nothing special at all.

As for anime, I continue to follow:
Nuraihyon: Rise of the Yokai Clan -- nothing special, but fun.
Legend of Legendary Heroes -- its name is its greatest downfall, gory at times, but overall staying fairly strong, especially considering how standard fantasy it is.
Shiki -- all I have to say is: Yay! Shiki! I look forward to every Thursday. :D
Bleach -- yay Bleach! Yay Ichigo arriving! Now for another two months of filler. woohoo. But it's a good thing to put you to sleep!

Probation:
Squid Girl -- boring, dumb, but I'll give it one more episode.
The World God Only Knows -- love it! But only one episode in, so we shall see...hopefully it continues to be rofl lol funny.
Otome Yokai Zakuro -- I am fairly confident about this being a keeper! :) But I'm giving it one more episode before passing judgment. But this is way fun.

Newbie Keepers:
Bakuman -- every part of my brain says this should be horribly boring, especially because I am very conscious of J.C. Staff's total lack of heart that they put into this. But it is informative, and it is fun. :)
Star Driver -- wow. just...wow. This makes almost no sense, but it is so, so pretty. I am in love with this. The characters are a blast, and it's so pretty! I'll be sticking with this--unless it gets real fanservicey--if not just for the pretty.
Tegami Bachi Reverse -- I'm sticking with this even if it is all filler (though I will be sad, I want more Gauche!). The concept is too charmingly awesome to ditch.

Ditched:
Togainu no Chi -- pointlessly brutal--but if anyone is following this and it gains a point? Let me know.
Psychic Detective Yakumo -- too creepy, but sounds like I'm not missing anything anyways.


Goals for tomorrow: Cook a meal, clean the litterbox, clean the rodents