My grandpa came over today. I’m pretty sure he had no idea who I was; to be fair, I barely recognized him myself. It was my first time seeing him since he was diagnosed with cancer last month.
We were planning on having lunch with him and then taking him to the beach, but he was too weak for all that. Instead, we sat on the couch watching Russian TV, I held his hand and ran off to the closet every once in a while to hide and cry. He just slept the whole time.
Last time I was with my grandpa, just over two months ago, he was beating me at ping pong and carrying lengthy conversations in heavily-accented English. He hasn’t spoken more than three words in the past four hours (just “medicine,” “blanket,” “[make the TV] quiter”) and looks to weigh about 70 pounds. It’s fucked up. This is not how I want to remember him.
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LOVED IT. I laughed, I cried, I…could’ve predicted the plot line within the first 10 minutes, but that’s beside the point. Most importantly, I was thoroughly entertained. 2 hours and 38 minutes (o god) well spent.
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“Great for containing your gusher and protecting your junk shot!”
God I love feministhulk. The ONLY THING I follow on twitter, lol….. Granted, I only signed up for twitter about 30 minutes ago (not of my own volition–my future employer *~fingers crossed~* solely communicates via twitter???? wtf)
Read this feminist hulk interview with Judith Butler in Ms. magazine.
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Starting my day early almost always ends up being a good thing. I woke up at 6:30am for no good reason and managed to schlep out of bed and go for a run! Afterward I dropped by the student-run garden on campus, where I picked some weeds and then picked some kale.
Today’s meal: tofu shirataki noodles with onion, kale, and mushrooms in a spicy tomato curry (all from the farmer’s market or garden! again!)
Randomly threw a bunch of ingredients together for the sauce, but it turned out great! I blended tomatoes with curry oil (made it myself) and added green chili peppers, plenty of garlic, and tamarind. YUM
I feel great for now, but I’m not looking forward to the moment when those <4hrs of sleep (4 nights in a row) finally catch up with me….
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Every act of self-indulgence/importance/interest that I commit is met with an act of self-effacement/moderation/castigation of equal or greater value. I am the world’s most dysfunctional self-regulating mechanism. I am also responsible for speaking in hyperboles of unparalleled magnitude.
When I found out that I’d have a kitchen to myself this summer (the 4 guys I live with don’t count, they barely cook), I set the goal of cooking dinner every night to make up for last year—I shared ONE kitchen with my entire building, and people are disgusting assholes (duh) so cooking SUCKED.
Good thing A) I’m cheaper than I am lazy, otherwise the plethora of take-out options in my neighborhood would’ve tempted me into failure a looong time ago and B) I live in the fucking bastion of consumer freedom (unless you’re trying to buy trans fat….or salt) which means hella easy access to farmers markets, health food stores, wuddeva.
Anyway, I’ve been very successful!!!!! I should’ve started documenting my tasty creations a long time ago, but salomeya.net had not yet been revived, and what’s the point of documenting if you’re not broadcasting to the public?!?! (lol “public”– no one reads this)
Tonight’s dinner: sesame green beans with chili and garlic (all from the farmer’s market!!), herbed quinoa
Not pictured: toasted sesame seeds (they were in the oven)
Pictured: the last three leaves of my dying basil plant ;( notice the wilting…
Dessert: vegan gluten-free peanut butter cookies. YUM!
He He He He He
Salomeya.net is back, I’m in the process of conglomerating all my posts from the past few years into one comprehensive blog…..bear with me!!!!!!
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