So I'm fasting…

[railenthe]

Nrrgh. Rrlrgh.

 

Today, thanks to my impending scans, I have to fast. I can have water and clear soups.

I haven’t eaten solid food in about eight hours.

I am incredibly hungry. But I can’t have solids right now. Miso soup is just about the most involved thing I’m allowed to have right now—and we’re talking PLAIN miso soup. No onions, no scallions, no nothing. …I’ll admit it, the miso soup was pretty satisfying.

But I want meat.

And pasta.

Cheese.

Delicious cereals!

 

*looks wistfully at the fridge*

Well, I’ll be allowed to eat tomorrow after the scans are done.

 

*stomach growls*

Feed me…

Comments

[toffeethesnob.livejournal.com]

*hugs* You poor thing.

I'd avoid my latest post then if I were you. The Prishe piece will just cause more aggro.

[railenthe.livejournal.com]

Too late! Looked and lol'd.

[toffeethesnob.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SEE THE SPICEY HOT TACOS!

[railenthe.livejournal.com]

They look delicious... |D

I have some ground turkey here, and I've still got some masa. I could make tacos tomorrow...though I just remembered, I'd have to pick up salsa..

Mmm...tacos.

[toffeethesnob.livejournal.com]

I have only once eaten a taco (not from Taco Bell surprisingly) but it was not to my tastes.

Though ever since saltedpin brought up the idea of Cecil and Kain going to Taco Bell (and Cecil ADORING the food to the point of having seconds whilst Kain gets food poisoning for 3 weeks) I have been craving DDFF taco bell fic. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT SOMETHING TELLS ME IT MUST EXIST.

[railenthe.livejournal.com]

You gotta get tacos and other Mexican fare from the right places. When they get it right, oh lordy is it ever delicious. Get it wrong, though, and you wind up with this over-cilantro'd train wreck mush.

I make mine with freeze-dried herbs that reconstitute into basically fresh equivalent. The spice must flow has to be just so. Another thing: the tortillas have to be just right.

[toffeethesnob.livejournal.com]

This is England. It is near impossible to get the right Mexican fare over here. We get taco shells and tortillas from ready made kits and that's it.

Though allegedly things are better for Mexican grub here than they were in the 80s, supposedly back then you could only get them from ONE shop in London.

Is it bad I heard "This is England" Sparta-style?

[railenthe.livejournal.com]

It sounds like US shells/tortilla kits are a little better than what they're serving you guys. (Then again we're still allowed all those delicious artificial flavorings and questionably-edible colors.) Even a kit can make a decent taco, given the right attention.

Here, the trouble is with Asian fare. Mostly that most of the time when I look for 'tofu' or 'tamari' I get a dull look and a "whut is dat?"

Well that calls for this icon...

[toffeethesnob.livejournal.com]

Most Brits aren't expected to like American grub. My nearest and dearest spread rumours that you guys coat everything in butter and serve gigantic portions that no Brit could possibly manage. Though likewise the US thinks of us for liking only bland food and eating nothing but fish and chips or steak and kidney pie.

Ah, we fare better with that because we have more health nuts and a considerable amount of asian immigrants. At least in London but that's one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world so it's to be expected.

Uh...

[railenthe.livejournal.com]

Well...I would not say that we coat EVERYTHING in butter. But butter is so good, and it's in so many things. (You think that potatoes fried in butter is extreme, then meet gooey butter cake. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooey_butter_cake)

Yes, our portions are often HUGE. I'm especially guilty of this one (I like my food) when I serve things like pasta or soups.

I've nothing against bland fare, but…I gotta have my variation. :o Some salt and vinegar, if nothing else!

I've not had fish and chips since that breakup…I should have them again at some time.

(What's steak and kidney pie?)

FFFFFFFFFFFF

[toffeethesnob.livejournal.com]

LJ ate my Steak and Kidney pie comment.

Excuse me, must rage.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steak_and_kidney_pie

MAKIN' ROOM

[railenthe.livejournal.com]

That actually sounds pretty good. I'm not sure how I'd like the kidneys (I'm notoriously good at NOT eating sweetbreads and the like) but the rest of that sounds delicious.

Heck, I might enjoy the usual recipe if I had a chance to eat it.

[toffeethesnob.livejournal.com]

Personally I'm not too fond of the kidney aspect either but it's not as bad as it sounds. At least in my experience.

ALSO I SHOULD REALLY GO TO BED BUT I AM COMPLETING THIS FORM FOR AN FF COMM AND AM IN THE PROCESS OF TL;DR-ING ABOUT WHY I HEART FFIX SO MUCH.

"Tied for third I have Eiko Carol and Vivi Orunitia. When I first played the game I utterly adored both of them but for entirely different reasons. Eiko is so poorly written (really, I'm supposed to believe she's 6?) but I have to admit that she has such a wonderful spark about her - here's this little girl who has grown up in incredibly miserable circumstances and yet rather than let it defeat her, she takes control of her life and not only tries to be cheerful but also an assertive adult. What's more after Zidane she essentially becomes the back-up party leader and a lot of the time she's the one organizing things when he's not around and she does it effectively. Despite this she still has the vulnerability of a child and it's interesting seeing her conflict of being a little girl trying so hard to be a woman when what she needs is a chance to be a child again and be part of a family. She's also a brilliant parallel to several characters, one of the most fascinating in my opinion being Kuja in that both were born into a grim situation and denied a proper childhood (as well as being overdramatic brats) but unlike Kuja, Eiko was never truly alone: she was loved all her life and those around her constantly reminded her how valuable her existence is to them, something Kuja never had and the entire reason he lacks empathy. Also I find that Eiko is one of the most hilarious characters in the game - the misunderstanding with Mikoto never fails to have me sputtering with laughter."

AND NOW I START ON VIVI. :|

[railenthe.livejournal.com]

DAMMIT LJ APP WHY SO UNRESPONSIVE. >.>#

lol, you've certainly given this a lot of thought. I find myself curious about this form. (Also I never saw the [relative] similarities between Eiko and Kuja's circumstances. Mind is Ba-LOWN.)

[toffeethesnob.livejournal.com]

It's for ff_land which is essentially a ff challenge community where you get assigned to one of six teams (or to be more appropriate job classes) and have to earn points for your team in various ways including fic, art and the like. (Currently I'm in the process of getting stamped as Thief which I'm pretty pleased with since it's one of my favorite job classes anyhow.) If you feel like giving it a shot then you can check out the guidelines here.

Oh after studying up on the ultimania I couldn't help but notice the genius of how so many of the characters echo or parallel one another. I could write an entire thesis on the subject but the strongest theme of them all is how the party and Kuja are all products of their environment and the only reason your main party isn't like Kuja is because they were given kindness at some point. Amarant is probably the closest due to being raised without love and having to fight to live but travelling with Zidane changes him and slowly makes him start to care about others. He's a clever bit of foreshadowing to show how Zidane will be able to help Kuja later on, since Amarant is a smaller scale bad guy who doesn't understand empathy. Whilst the Kuja, Vivi and Zidane parallels are the most effective, I have to admit that I'm very fond of how Eiko is the closest to Kuja in terms of personality but because she was brought up with everyone saying how she brought hope to their lives and how glad they are she exists, she's a decent person. She's also a parallel of Zidane at an earlier age due to both leaving home to find themselves, independently striking out despite being young and foolhardy and searching for companionship: in Zidane's case it's finding another Genome, in Eiko's it's finding other people. Oh wow I really could go on all day...