more boring stuff...

do you own a rice cooker?

have you ever seen a rice cooker that didn't have a teflon-coated aluminum pot?

teflon and aluminum are on my growing list of things that i wish to remove from my diet.

have you ever priced a rice cooker with a stainless steel pot?

one, they're rare. two, i've yet to find one that received more positive reviews than negative.

i found a recipe, if you can call it that, for cooking rice on a stove. isn't that weird? (who uses a stove to cook food?)

it worked, quite well.

i used a stainless steel pot. cooked my sticky rice... and the only thing it stuck to was itself. color me impressed.

of course, there's still the problem of having to cook a minimum amount of rice, which is always more than i can eat with several meals.

-sigh-

old rice is pretty good in ramen... and refried beans... and...

yeah, i'm a big fan of using leftovers.

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have you ever noticed how long the smell of garlic tends to stay on your hands?

i've washed my hands at least a dozen times since making dinner, and it's still there.

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have you ever wondered what people were smoking when they came up with constellations?

i can think of precisely 2 that are understandable: the big dipper and the little dipper... the rest... how about no?

while, yes, i've played "connect the dots" before, doing so with stars seems rather... ambiguous.

do you think anyone would buy an eGGie star chart?

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the female parental unit said she was thinking about buying some new games (for her nintendo ds), and is open to suggestions.

i found a few that sounded interesting, but were ridiculously expensive.

so, what's your favorite nintendo ds game(s)?

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given the amount of trouble i've had with computers recently, and how often there are power outages here, it's little wonder that i've been looking at things a bit differently... as in, the vast majority of things i can see myself purchasing in the future don't require batteries or electricity.

i suppose it wouldn't be so bad if there was a library nearby or if the majority of my own books didn't qualify as school/reference/non-fiction.

-sigh-

i wish i had more manga.

hey, did you know that gun smith cats was re-released?

it's now formatted properly, and in only a few volumes (as opposed to individual chapters). the author even made a new series.

-sigh-

maybe they'll make a new anime too?

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do you know what's great about dvd's?

alternate audio and subtitles.

given that i live in "region 1" land, the only options available to me are french and spanish...

do you know how to make an otherwise boring movie more interesting?

choose something other than english for the audio, then add subtitles. while it may seem weird, it does add a certain element that distracts from the fact that you're watching nonsense. (this is especially true for american cartoons.)

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was that boring enough?

try not to fall asleep lil' blog!

:)

insert not boring title here...

to whom it may concern, this is being typed on someone else's computer.

on that note, i should have my own computer (that was manufactured within the past decade) sometime before 2011.

-sigh-

i find it exceptionally difficult to write using a computer that is not my own... probably something psychological... but i seem to have no problem watching hulu.

weird, that.

:P

in case anyone cares, two of the stargate movies are available on hulu for the next 18 days or so.

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have you ever heard of chai tea?

did you know that chai/cha is a common name for tea in several asian countries?

i wonder what tea tea tastes like?

isn't it wonderful when a word gains new meaning because of silly foreigners?

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has anyone seen "the borrower arrietty"?

they'd never show anime here at the theatre... much less one that's subtitled.

morons.

i love studio ghibli movies. i haven't seen all of them, but of those that i've watched... i was very impressed.

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did you know that microwave ovens are illegal in some countries?

i didn't either until recently, which prompted me to read more about them. if the information is to be believed, it makes we wonder how little certain companies/governments think of the general populace.

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have you ever heard of blue steel?

given that i'm not at all fond of aluminum cookware, i've been looking for alternatives. while, yes, i like stainless steel (and i do have some), blue steel also sounds nice... and it has certain positive properties that stainless does not.

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the female parental unit received a digital camera for her birthday... it's amazing what they can cram into such a tiny package.

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i'll try not to be so boring next time.

be good lil' blog!

:)