Still Swimming...

It's already 6:38 -- where the heck did the day go? I meant to get a bunch of reading done and a rehearsal in for my self portrait, but I didn't get out of bed until 11AM. Well, I got up at 8 to feed the cats, and again at 9AM to make eggs with hummus and pita, but I was in bed watching Hotel Rwanda (with some of the special features) until just about 11AM.

Gosh, what an amazing film. And so frightening that this kind of atrocity happens even today. Hotel Rwanda was on my Netflix queue. The disk sat on the floor of my bedroom for almost 2 weeks. I don't even remember what comes next. I have a feeling that I will let that subscription go, just as I did my jdate plan today.

Classes are going well. We just completed week 2 (of 10) and I don't really have a routine. On our walk to the MU to do our Invisible Theatre piece at the COHO Bakery last Wednesday, Sara mentioned the same thing. Now that THIRDeYE is opened I hope to settle into a regular schedule.

I invited Christine and Tony over for dinner and they joined me for the opening of THIRDeYE on Friday. I cooked a lovely dinner of curried lentil soup with fresh citrus, red leaf & romaine with avocado and mandarins and the main course was lamb with sushi rice and sauteed garlic broccoli. Tony picked up my CSA box and then lettuces and broccoli were used immediately. After 2 bottles of wine and lemon drops (made with fresh Meyer lemons) we stumbled to The Wyatt for the show.

I am not sure what I was thinking. I made a comment that I could not be intoxicated for the show, but who did I mention that to?...my intoxicated friends. I may be paranoid, but I am pretty sure that many people knew that we were more than tipsy for the performance. In fact, I don't remember all of the show. Um, that's bad.

I'll probably head back next Saturday, so I can see the growth in the performances and well, really SEE the plays. I saw Jade today on campus and she was quiet. She was either engrossed in a project or giving me the cold shoulder. That's when the paranoia popped back up again.

We ran out of time in Voice on Thursday, so I will present TH on Tuesday. As I roast some yummy potatoes and onions and saute the beet greens with the remainder of the broccoli, I read Chapter 2 of Augusto Boal by Frances Babbage -- and sip some tea. No wine tonight.

My Brain is Swimming

We just started the new quarter just over a week ago.  I am finishing up advising the undergraduate play festival, THIRDeYE that I worked on last quarter, but for the most part everything else is new.  New classes, new schedule, new ideas and new challenges.

Needless to say, my brain is full.  Well, not full, but a mass of material. Do I talk about the homoerotic physical work of Lloyd Newson or the movement we are doing in Fate & Spinoza?  Or do I keep things more personal as I contemplate my devised Self Portrait that I must present in CORE next week or the fact that the dude from match.com decided to go snow boarding instead of call me to postpone our first date?

As I sit here smelling the curried vegetables I roast for dinner from the latest veggie box, I relax my lower jaw and raise the tip of my tongue against the back of my upper teeth.  And I blow.

That my friends is a TH.  If you move the tongue out of the mouth and keep blowing you begin to make more of a fricative sound.  To quote the funny looking Carol Channing in the movie, Thoroughly Modern Millie...

RASBERRIES!

The Other One

I feel like I'm dating two men. Two weeks ago I got a nice delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables from a local farm. Since this CSA thing was pretty new I wanted to try two different ones out and make a choice. After the first delivery I told Deborah of Nevermore Farm that I would have to cancel my second delivery. I dropped my empty cardboard box at her husbands office on campus.

So, this past Friday, I picked up my second CSA box -- from the second farm. Riverdog. I am not sure I liked having to drive across town to go get it, but I was delighted with the yummies inside. I had to prepay for the month, so I have another 3 weeks to make a decision.

This weeks box had a 3 leeks, a big bunch of arugula, 2 heads of red leaf lettuce, 3 pounds of mandarins, and a beautiful bunch of sweet, sweet carrots.

Of course, Maxie had to stir up some trouble. Playing with the green tops of the carrots. I eventually had to close the box.


Then I came across this weird thing. It's called romanesco. I starred at it for a while and was ready to call the farm to find out what it was and what the heck to do with it.

Isn't it weird? The accompanying note from the farm said to treat it just like cauliflower. I wound up roasting it with one of the leeks and one of carrots. Can anyone say, delish?

Fresh from the Farm

Just moments ago Deborah from Nevermore Farm dropped off my first CSA veggie box. It's got grapefruit, clementines, lemons, persimmon, lavender, white rice, a turnip with greens and some bags of unknown greens. I emailed over there to find out what the greens are so I know how to cook things (or not to cook them at all!) as well as get suggestions for what to do with the lavender.

Wait, am I turning into a hippie yet?

2:17PM -- Here's part of the email I got from Ken that's sent to all subscribers.  It includes the "real" list of what's in the box.  I must say that I love this!

-Oro Blanco Grapefruit
-Bearss Lime
-Satsuma tangerine/mandarin (still can't tell the difference)
-Forellenschuss lettuce--some of the heads are really big, with lots of red tinting on the edges. The discoloration is from frost. There should be plenty of more evenly colored leaves underneath. We ate one of these last night and I gave up cleaning it when I wasn't halfway through but the bowl for salad was overflowing.
-New Zealand Spinach--for new subscribers, this is one of our more unique offerings. It needs to be cooked, there is enough for a single serving. (the darker green, triangular leaves) for more information
-Elysee Escarole/Curly Endive mix--sharp and bold, and screaming for candied walnuts and bleu cheese dressing, a single serving...
-Turnip, Purple Globe or baby Shogun. Don't forget the greens are very nutrutious. As most will notice, we have turnip issues. They are split or otherwise look like aliens. I'm working on it.....don't know what to do with those greens? I made this the other night and if it can get mustard greens to be exciting, I'm pretty sure it can do turnip greens......
-Lavender or Sun-Dried Roma tomatoes--packaged treasure from the summertime. Don't forget that you can make syrups with lavendar and otherwise cook with it. Or you can breathe it in deeply and feel remarkably less aggravated......
-Fuyu persimmon
-Kokuho Rose (oblong, sushi-type) or other local, rice

Lazy Saturday...

I installed the new belt in my vacuum, but it still makes a horrible noise. I called Bissell this morning and did a series of removing hoses and checking filters, but the noise remains.  Since I am no longer under warranty, I am on my own.  Instead of driving back to Kelly's Sew & Vac, I sat on the couch and played Scrabulous.  I also caught up with Angela & Chris on their way home for Christmas and started a plan to help begin their new website template idea for restaurants and artists.  Next I signed up for a local CSA and ate some soup made from the raw Latke Fest fixin's.

Nothing better on this overcast day than a little more avoidance of my to-do list than going to the movies! Charlie Wilson's War, here I come!!