National Croissant Day!

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Croissants are so good!Yay for having a day for them. The croissant originated in Austria, but was modified a bit by the French soon after. I thought it started out in France, so that's interesting.


I finished watching Jikou Keisatsu or Time Limit Detective. It was a bizarre and hilarious show. Reminded me a lot of Monty Python. Humor was a bit dark too. Interesting stories, and interesting ways the cases were solved. Characters really stood out on their own, and had many 'quirks'. Really enjoyed it. Supposedly, there's a 2nd season. Might see if it's up, and start watching that. 


Finished watching LADY~Saigo no Hanzai Profile (The Last Criminal Profile)~. Thought the title was weird until the last episode. Makes sense now.The last case was about a murderer dubbed 'Lady Killer'. It was a really good series, too. It was pretty much like a Japanese Criminal Minds. I like that they acted through everything the killer did trying to get the 'mind set'. There's a good possibility, I think, for a 2nd season. But, this season just ended like a few months ago (it was that new), so I don't really know.

I managed to make everything I planned to last week! Yay!First's a Chinese dish that's fish with hoisin sauce and carrots. Surprisingly good. Thought it might turn out too plain, but it had a nice light flavor to it. Second's a Middle Eastern dish of sauteed chicken with curry spices. (With Israeli couscous [from a box] and green beans as sides.) Good, but could have used a little less cayenne and black pepper. 


The 3rd one was another Chinese dish with chicken and bell peppers. It was really good, but needed a bit more sauce for the amount of chicken I used. Somehow, after cutting up most of the vegetables, I managed to dislocate my shoulder.The side I wasn't using to cut with.Mom helped out a lot after that. Managed to pop it back in twice just before it was served. Wahoo! For some reason, I felt sick after that, and still do. Wonder if it's from shock or just the enormity of the pain.


I felt good enough after eating the chicken and peppers thing to make the last dish up there. (It needed to be refrigerated overnight to set.) Which is a Hershey pie. More like a s'mores pie, though. This was awesome!I think I've only made one other pie, and that was a long time ago. (It was a chess pie.) It has Hershey bars, marshmallows, milk, and whipped cream in the filling. Also, has a graham cracker pie crust, and since the filling didn't fill it up all the way we put more whipped cream on top.


Started another drawing, this time using my new pen set. (The pencil has been great!) It's going to be a Chinese dragon, or my take on it, anyways. I want to take my time with this one. Shaping, experimenting, and molding it to how I want it. So far, his head's looking kind of cool. Also, worked a little on the outline of his body. 


Didn't do my own Shabbat services this time. Wasn't feeling well. But, I still read the portion. It was the last of the plagues, the Israelites leaving Egypt, plus some laws on Pesach (Passover). Quite a jam-packed one.

Started Daily Lives of High School Boys on Saturday. Thought it would be stupid and lame. But, it was really hilarious!(First few minutes were a bit dry, but the rest was really funny!) The type of humor's very similar to Gintama. It's directed by the same guy and has a lot of the same voice actors. Seems a bit unique in the way that there aren't many slice-of-life anime shows centered on guys. Most of the time it's cute girls doing cute things. The guys in this aren't doing 'cute' things, but that might be one of its charms. Better than I thought it would be. Hopefully, it keeps it up!


Finished Earth by Jon Stewart. It was really long and wordy, but I was so hooked on it I couldn't stop reading.It was really hilarious! 


Dropped Himitsu no Arashi Chan for now, since I can't watch anymore episodes. (Even with looking at those LiveJournal groups.) Oh well. Leaves room for something new. 


Went out and ate at Hale's Ales on Saturday. They screwed up all 3 of our orders. So, the manager comped our meals, and we only had to pay for our drinks. Nice.


Finished watching Yamada Taro Monogatari (The Story of Yamada Taro). Really, a very sweet show. Had a pretty good ending. I'd recommend this show to pretty much anyone. Seems like I'll be starting at least 4 new shows soon. It's like a new season for me. Yay!


My therapist and psychiatrist, have apparently both left the clinic. They assigned me, already, to a new psychiatrist. Thing is I had no idea that my old one left. No one told me.Although, it had been 6 months since my last appointment. Supposed to do it every 3.But my last psychiatrist told me if I'm not feeling anything different with the meds I'm on, I don't need to come in. It's a waste of money and time otherwise. If I go with him and the other guy my therapist recommended, I'll be seeing 2 guys for the first time for it. Hey, as long as they're good and don't treat me like crap, I'm more than happy.What's going on with me isn't gender specific (for example, 'women's issues'), so it shouldn't be a problem. 

National Curried Chicken Day!

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Most chicken curries are really good. (Actually, I like curry in general. Not just with chicken.) Interesting to have a day for it. 


Not feeling too good today.Throat's scratchy, can't breathe too well through my nose, nose is runny, and my stomach hurts. Yay!I feel like just eating comfort food, and lazing around in bed all day. I can do the comfort food thing, but I'm definitely not going back to bed!Still have stuff to do. Only really bad part of this is that I'm helping out my mom during the day. She has cancer, so I have to be extra careful when this happens. Oh joy of joys!


Went to the lunch on Tuesday that was supposed to have a few Hadassah members show up. Our president, and a few other members, cancelled almost last minute. We found out that Ichizen, the place we were going to eat at, had moved to another location only 2 days before that.Good thing we bumped into another member just as we were pulling up to Ichizen, and we agreed to eat at Pho T&N instead. We really like this place, plus it's not too bad price-wise. It was just the 3 of us. But, it was nice. The other member was the one that we were going to say goodbye to just before she went to Cuba. She plans to meet the Jewish community there. At least Mom and I were there to talk about it, and say goodbye. She'll call us when she gets back. I had their chicken coconut curry, by the way. It's become a fave of mine. So good!

Actually managed to play my clarinet the last couple of days. I don't think I will today. Somehow, not being able to breathe normally, and my stomach hurting, doesn't sound like a good idea with playing my clarinet.

Fairy Tail's been having a very interesting story arc. Somehow seems more 'complicated', unique, and twisted than a lot of their previous ones. The group came up with a plan to switch the guild back to normal. They decided they'd find the king first, have Lucy's spirit Gemini touch him (therefor, absorbing some of his abilities), and figure out how to turn them back using Gemini. Without getting caught. But, they get caught by Edola's Erza and the Royal Army in the king's 'secret' escape tunnel. Carla wasn't sure why she had memories of the tunnel, but they followed it anyways. Erza and the army all bow down to Carla and Happy, calling them Exceeds. Thanking them for finding and leading the group into their custody. Carla and Happy aren't sure what's going on. And, Carla feels she's betrayed her best friend Wendy without knowing. Happy hasn't had any memories of the place yet. 

It feels like I'm getting close to the end of 666 Satan, sadly.I don't particularly like what Ruby's wearing in the pic. But, she hasn't had time to find real clothes since she was found. She just ripped apart something extra that another person had at the time. (She was locked away in a tank in her angel form. Which was like a fish. So, she didn't have clothes when she came out and transformed back.) Anyways, Ruby found her father that she thought had died at some point. He's the leader of Zenom. (One of the bad guy organizations.) Everyone's, except Jio's, nuclei was taken. (Although, I thought Ruby still had her's,too...) Jio has the most powerful recipe/nuclei (being Satan), so both Stea and Zenom have been disparately trying to catch him. I think he'll take Zenom down, and then Stea. He wants to conquer the world still, and that might help him meet that goal. 


Finished reading the December issue of You Maga at the cafe. Started reading the newest issue of Soy Source, and read more of Earth and Host. Earth has been hilarious, and Host seems to be really picking up. Also, got 3 shower gel scents from Avon when we got home yesterday. One that I normally get which is pomegranate and mango. (Really nice!) And, the other's I haven't tried before: vanilla and cherry blossom. Tried the vanilla, and I really like it too!Almost smells like I put frosting on.Not sure about the cherry blossom one yet. Kind of fun to mix it up a bit. (Been a long time since I've had my normal soap, so this is really nice!)

In Naruto Shippuden, Motoi (on the left) talked about how he once tried to kill Killer Bee (on the right). Just because he had a profound hatred for the Hachibi (8 tails. Which looks like a bull/octopus hybrid) who killed his father, and was sealed inside Bee. Naruto realized he had to confront his dark side, in order to become stronger and control his Kyuubi (9 tails. A 9-tailed fox) better. Turned out Killer Bee only remembers his friendship with Motoi when they were younger. And, still considers him a good friend. Motoi was scared to tell Bee about how he tried to kill him, so when he did, he was surprised by Bee's reaction. Kind of like he's saying 'no harm done, it's all good'. I really like Killer Bee's character. His attitude towards things is great. Although, his rapping was sometimes annoying at first. Kind of grows on you after a while. He seems to be a more complicated character than he let's on. 

In Ao no Exorcist, the exwires are taking care of the people who were attacked by miasma at the Kyoto branch. It's where Bon, Shima, and Konekomaru come from. (They're shown as little kids in the pic.) So, they got to see some of their relatives. Shiemi felt useless, and breaks down while talking to Izumo. Izumo tries to insult her, saying she's about as useful as a weed. But, Shiemi takes it as a compliment, since she likes them, saying she'll become even more like a weed. Rin met Bon's dad, who's also known as the Priest of the Cursed Temple. He's a survivor of the Blue Night. He doesn't seem to take his job seriously, and a lot of the time over indulges in alcohol. I think this was the part in the anime where everyone starts trusting Rin again. Not sure if it'll be the same here. I guess I have to read to find out.


deviantART fave: Funnel Cakes I did not make this! It's a pic of funnel cakes with some sugar falling down onto it. Nice effect, and looks so tasty! Done by an artist I watch. And, just like she usually does, there's a recipe link in the artist's comments. 

National Whipped Cream Day!

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Wow! A day for whipped cream? Nice.It was marked as today, because of Aaron 'Bunny' Lapin's birthday in 1914. He came up with Reddi-Wip, the first aerosol spray cream. It's also National Bird Day and the 10th of Tevet. Some really traditional Jews fast today. But, it's a minor one, so not everyone follows it.


On Tuesday, I did the carpet cleaner/deodorizer stuff on the floor upstairs. Really strong stuff!Burned my nose and the back of my throat, while I sprinkled it all over the place.Smelled much better and looked cleaner after I vacuumed it. Mom put some cayenne powder on the areas the cats seem more attracted to. Supposedly, it deters them from those spots. 


Managed to scan and do a little editing of the Hetalia Heritage meme. Had to use my printer. Mine doesn't do as good a job as my mom's. But, at least I finally scanned it.

日本語

Went over the first lesson of my Japanese sentence patterns book. It was on は or wa, and が or ga. 2 of the most complicated and confusing particles for most people to learn. She explains things so much better than most sites online.I had kind of an idea about these 2, but this just enforced it more.

Got some more writing done. Blanked for a couple of minutes, but luckily got back on track. Still have a lot of ideas for the story. Also, did some character and building descriptions. Worked on Rakesh's description, and on the restaurant Akanoesco. 

For dinner Tuesday, I made latkes and some canned lentil soup (added green pepper, carrots, and diced tomatoes). Really tasty stuff!I might make my Korean chicken thing tonight, I'm not sure though. The only hard part would be separating the chicken. Plus, it has to marinate for about 1-3 hours. Hmmm...Or, maybe I should do something simple and quick?

I've had really weird mornings lately. Strange surreal dreams for a few nights now. Every time I've woken up, I felt a little disoriented.Yesterday, my alarm didn't go off. I must have been up at 8:30am, but thought it was before 8. So, I just laid in bed longer. Didn't end up falling asleep, though. I thought that it was awfully bright out, and I eventually looked at my watch. It was 11:07!!Freaked me out enough to literally jump out of bed. So, I didn't get much done before going to the cafe.

While there, I read more of the December issue of You Maga, read both Timeline and Earth, found a few more interesting words, and did a crossword puzzle. After the cafe, we went to the grocery store. Didn't get home until around 7. Nasty weather out, too.Luckily, we got something quick from the grocery store. We just needed to heat it up. Wednesdays can be difficult for making dinner. Since we don't leave the cafe until around 5, and we might do something like go get groceries after. It just kills the time to make something.