Spent most of the day he apartment. I had to leave around 2030 to fight off cabin fever. I didn’t even go to church. I had a little too much wine on Saturday, and it took the motivation out of me. I went out with Raquel, and Shelton to watch Sideways at the schwaesdall winery, and had a little too much wine. Raquel wanted to drive, but seeing how she was: 1) also drinking wind, 2) without glasses, and 3) tired from being up since 0300, I figured our chances of getting down the mountain alive was better if I drove.
I heard of Sideways but stayed away from because I was afraid it would be some pompous wine tasting money, like The Skuls was a pompous rowing movie, though Bruce would disagree. It was a great movie. A wannabe writer, playing best man to his has been actor friend, trying to bring wine knowledge to his happily ignorant friend who just wants to get his carrot bent before he gives up the keys to his life to his soon to be wife.
As great ass the night had been today I woke up a little woozy from the nights drink. The feeling wasn’t as bad as wooziness I had during the weekend of my high school reunion but it took the winds from my sails. So I told myself I would go to a later service, knowing full well that would just blow off the later services as well, and made another attempt at French toast. I read a recipie for a stuffed French toast and I’ve been trying to get it down pat.
Anyone that knows me knows that I’m one of those people that don’t really follow recipe well, or any other instructions for that matter. I don’t go step by step as one would a maintenance card. Instead, I gain understanding what each part does and do my own damn thing. Sometimes it actually works, other times it take several attempts go get what I want, either way when I done I make the recipe mine. I’ve made my own jelly of sort, used cream and cheese and the jelly between royale soaked bread, fried it up in a skillet until golden brown then cook the toast in an oven at 200 to set the custard on the inside.
After eating I played my new card game called Munchkin. It isn’t a solitare game, it requires 3 to 6 people to play, but I have to learn the rules so I play all players. It kind of hard to be 3 – 4 people and keep the game interesting, kind of hard to be grimey when its my throat that’s going to be cut. Still it’s fun I just wish I had someone to play with.
I made another attempt at Mac and Cheese for dinner. The last I went by the letter, more or less, and wasn’t impressed with the flavor. I blamed it on the bread crumbs, they were suppose to penko but I went with what was on hand, old Italian bread crumbs that I think was in the cupboard when I moved from mission valley. This time I made my own crumbs, but the off flavor was there still. Turns out it is the onions, so next time I’ll play with the aromatics until I find something I like. Other mods on this product was parmasean cheese, on top instead of cheddar, and I played with the fats. Instead of all butter to make the roux, I used bacon fat for a third of the fat. the onion were overbearing, so as I said earlier I’ll have to play with other aromatics.
I tried to watch Coach Carter, scan document while I was ate. I say tried to watch Coach Carter because Blockbuster video needs to invest in a disk doctor. This is the second disk I received from them that was all scratch up. The last one was 25th hour, another good movie, neither movie played in my DVD player. Coach Carter didn’t play all the way through on my PC.