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Mich · Postby **Mich** » Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:54 am

I feel the same about my home-land. When you get out of the city, it can just take your breath away.

And on the topic of Mexican food, if you ever go to England, DO NOT go to a "Mexican" restaurant. The one in York has, for decoration: an old football helmet, a Jamaican flag, a poster of Bob Marley, some paintings of northern Plains Indians, and an assortment of other non-Mexican junk. And "spicy" apparently means that someone waved a bottle of tabasco over your food and figured that'd do the trick.

This sounds so amazingly awful that now I want to go to one.

There's something about going to ethnic restaurants when visiting another culture that teaches you more about that culture than going to a non-ethnic one.

Gravity Defier · Postby **Gravity Defier** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:00 pm

Things I'm eagerly anticipating

The Town (3 days!)
October trip
Museum and lunch date with Meagan upon return from Oct. trip
Fall (in general)
First chai of the season
First sight of breath of the season
Love and Other Drugs
Special tween programming (November/December)
Christmas decorations; namely, anything that twinkles or shimmers
Select Christmas music
Wicked
W2s/tax returns
Freedom One, part A

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:18 am

Things I wish I had in my kitchen but cannot be kept on a regular basis because it gets expensive:
crumpets
thai spring rolls
jasmine rice
lemongrass
udon noodles
a heck of a lot more fruit
NO FISH
crushed sumac
avocadoes
pita bread
feta

VelvetElvis · Postby **VelvetElvis** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:18 am

And on the topic of Mexican food, if you ever go to England, DO NOT go to a "Mexican" restaurant. The one in York has, for decoration: an old football helmet, a Jamaican flag, a poster of Bob Marley, some paintings of northern Plains Indians, and an assortment of other non-Mexican junk. And "spicy" apparently means that someone waved a bottle of tabasco over your food and figured that'd do the trick.

That's amazing. I needed that.

Rei · Postby **Rei** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:27 am

Things I wish I had in my kitchen but cannot be kept on a regular basis because it gets expensive:
...
NO FISH

Postby **Jayelle** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:32 am

I'm sad for you too, Rei.

Bean_wannabe · Postby **Bean_wannabe** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:16 pm

How does having NO fish get expensive?

VelvetElvis · Postby **VelvetElvis** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:23 pm

I think she's tired of eating tuna.

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:42 pm

Actually, I just really don't like fish. The family has it here sometimes, and I can't afford to buy something nice to eat instead, plus it's stinky.

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:08 am

My Favourite Teas (in no particular order):

Sainsbury's Red Label, loose for an everyday breakfast or anytime tea, best with milk and a touch of sugar
Murchie's Victoria blend, for evenings or anytime, black
Twinings Earl Grey, black or with honey
Matcha from Distinctly Tea*
Jasmine Phoesnix Pearls also from Distinctly Tea
Moonbean's Earl Grey, though they don't have it listed, sadly
Stash Double-Spice Chai, if I'm not making my own, preferably with milk and sugar
The Little Farmhouse's Caramel Pu-Erh, for which I have no link, but it's my "gaming tea" and goes well black or with milk and sugar, and a side of Munchkin
Rooibos, although I have not yet found a brand to love love love

* There are so many teas at Distinctly Tea I could drink a different one every day and it would probably take me a year and a half to get through them. No joke. It's tea-vana.

Rei · Postby **Rei** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:25 am

On the note of rooibos, red espresso is actually pretty good, as well as red espresso based drinks. And possibly suited to our LDS friends as the plant doesn't have caffeine.

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:27 am

On the note of rooibos, red espresso is actually pretty good, as well as red espresso based drinks. And possibly suited to our LDS friends as the plant doesn't have caffeine.

I like the "red espresso" brand (are they just rooibos leaves?), though I tend to go for the latte or cappucino version. So maybe that one is my brand. But I need to try a few more to be sure, heehee.

Postby **Luet** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 7:08 am

It's tea-vana.

Do you know there is an actual store named Teavana? There's one in our local mall. I stop for free samples whenever I go by.

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Mon Nov 15, 2010 5:48 pm

Mmmm, tea samples. We have a teashop in our mall that does that sometimes, but I hesitate to abuse it. One they actually let us take home to brew, since it sounded either amazing or terrible. It was amazing, and I'm still torn on whether to pay the exorbitant price for some of it. Green tea with rosemary and dried orange. I'm tempted to just get some sencha and add the rosemary and orange myself.

Rei · Postby **Rei** » Tue Nov 16, 2010 1:35 am

And now that I'm thinking of orange, I'm craving candied orange peels. Which are so, so, so very tasty.

Petrie · Postby **Petrie** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:45 pm

Things I Call My Dogs Besides Their Names
*Monkey(s)/Monker(s)
*Beaner(s)
*Little Man
*Big Girl
*Pretty Girl
*Love
*Beautiful
*Turkey(s)
*Goofer(s)
*Nugget(s)/Nug-nug(s)
*CabrÃ³ncito(s)/a

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:07 pm

Things I Call My Dogs Besides Their Names
*Monkey(s)/Monker(s)
*Beaner(s)
*Little Man
*Big Girl
*Pretty Girl
*Love
*Beautiful
*Turkey(s)
*Goofer(s)
*Nugget(s)/Nug-nug(s)
*CabrÃ³ncito(s)/a

*Fuzzy
*Fuzzer
*Stupid Dog
*Sweetpea
*Honeybunch
*Sir
*You Furry Lunatic
* You Poor Athsmatic Thing

Edit: Knew I was forgetting one. "Sausage", often said as "you sad sausage", "poor little sausage" or similar. No, there are no dachshunds in my life.

Petrie · Postby **Petrie** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:48 pm

I guess I forgot some, too.

*Furry people
*Goober(s)
*Gimper(s)

The sad thing is, I use all of these fairly regularly. Another reason I shouldn't have children. I'd probably call them these exact things.

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Thu Nov 18, 2010 11:55 pm

I have to fight the urge to call grumpy or crying babies "poor little sausage", since I figure most mothers wouldn't appreciate it. I'll probably do it to my own kids, though.

powerfulcheese04 · Postby **powerfulcheese04** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:38 am

Things I Call Elli besides her name
Elli-beaner
Beans
Little beans
Little love
Princess
Princess pants
Redneck (ok, this one is more Nate than me.)

Things I call Hodgins besides his name
Hodge podge
Hodger
Podger
Rodgins
Orange-cat
Bad-cat
Demon child

Things I call Dexter besides his name
Little buddy
Dexman
Dexterwexter
weiner dog
goofer
silly face

Things I call Fiona besides her name
Fi
FiFi
pretty girl
crazy girl
silly face
crazy face
long dog

Young Val · Postby **Young Val** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:21 am

I have to fight the urge to call grumpy or crying babies "poor little sausage", since I figure most mothers wouldn't appreciate it. I'll probably do it to my own kids, though.

This is HILARIOUS.

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 10:49 am

In my defence, it's a reasonably obscure movie quote (from The Tenth Kingdom) and it's just stuck in my head, albeit pretty firmly.

Postby **Jayelle** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:27 am

In my defence, it's a reasonably obscure movie quote (from The Tenth Kingdom) and it's just stuck in my head, albeit pretty firmly.

10th Kingdom!

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:30 am

Somewhere in those long 7 hours of win, Wolf calls someone "poor little sausage" and since it's one of the most-quoted movies in my family, I'm not surprised to have something from it stuck in my head.

Most Quoted Movies/Shows in My Family:
10th Kingdom
Surf Ninjas
Futurama
Alf
Star Wars

But mostly 10th Kingdom and Surf Ninjas.

Mich · Postby **Mich** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:31 am

But mostly 10th Kingdom and Surf Ninjas.

"No, that's not the boogeyman, it's a homicidal killer."

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 1:37 am

We were at a stakehouse once, my sister and I and a small group. They took forever to bring out our steaks and when they did come and the serves asked us to check the doneness, they forgot the steak knives. So my sister looks over at me and deapans, "Money can't buy knives."

No one else understood why we were laughing so hard.

Petrie · Postby **Petrie** » Sat Nov 20, 2010 6:29 pm

Most Quoted Movies/Shows in My Family*:

*Goonies
*A Christmas Story
*Back to the Future
*The Sandlot
*Hook
*Casper
*Saved by the Bell

*I can't attest to the accuracy of this list since we quote almost literally everything we've seen at least once but more often than not, more often than that.

eggbalancer · Postby **eggbalancer** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:51 am

5 of my aspirations that failed:
-Breaking a Guinness World Record- I couldn't find the record that was easy enough for me to overcome.

Anyone can break a world record. You just have to pick something random and weird and be willing to spend a crazy amount of time and effort breaking it. Take it from me: YOU CAN DO IT!

Petra456 · Postby **Petra456** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:32 pm

Things I Call My Dogs Besides Their Names

I feel like I never call my cats by their real names.

Things I call my cats:

Keekers-

Keeks
Brown bear (she's black)
keeks mageeks
baby girl
fatty
keekaroo
Babers

Lulamay-

Loser
Lu
Lulamazer
Lubot 5000
Squeeks
Weirdo

Buffy-

Buffaluffagus
Buffers
Mama Cat
Buff
Happy Girl
Pretty Girl
Luffagus
Luff

All three of them together-

Kitten-cats
Felines

Gravity Defier · Postby **Gravity Defier** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:34 am

5 Modern Christmas-themed/related Rom-Coms I Shouldn't Watch But Probably Will Anyway

*Bridget Jones' Diary
*Family Stone
*The Holiday
*Love Actually
*You've Got Mail

Gravity Defier · Postby **Gravity Defier** » Sat Jan 01, 2011 1:59 am

I managed to fit one more in for 2010, bringing me up to 80 first views and uncounted second+ viewed movies in the year. Time to start a new list. I think this year I'll do it by month.

Movies I've Seen For the First Time In 2011

January (5)
Timer
Sex and the City 2
Get Him to the Greek
Moonlight Mile
No Strings Attached

February (10)
The Reader
Carolina
Eat, Pray, Love
Ramona and Beezus
Twice Upon a Yesterday
The Karate Kid
When In Rome
An Education
Unknown
Chaos Theory

March (10)
Take Me Home Tonight
The Adjustment Bureau
Mozart and the Whale
Red Riding Hood
Shrek Forever After
Limitless
Shaun of the Dead
The Graduate
Leaves of Grass
Waste Land

April (14)
Source Code
Ghost Town
Coach
Fanboys
Push
Tangled
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
Hot Tub Time Machine
A Few Good Men
Morning Glory
Megamind
The Truth About Love
Weather Girl
Unhitched

May (10)
The Ramen Girl
In a Day
All the Days Before Tomorrow
I'm Reed Fish
Something Borrowed
Listen to Your Heart
Blue Valentine
Kick-Ass
Bridesmaids
The Good Guy

June (10)
The Kids Are Alright
You Again
The King's Speech
Good Dick
X-Men: First Class
The Switch
Super 8
Gnomeo and Juliet
Gia
My Neighbor Totoro

July (10)
Beastly
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Just Go With It
The Company Men
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The Fighter
Milk
My Future Boyfriend
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

August (6)
Friends With Benefits
Lincoln Lawyer
The Change Up
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Life As We Know It
Black Swan

September (5)
Prom
Arthur
The Beaver
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
10 Inch Hero

October (2)
Love, Wedding, Marriage
In Time

November (3)
My Fake Fiance
Waiting for Forever
Hesher

December
Stupid, Crazy Love
Horrible Bosses
Water for Elephants
One Day

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 11:34 am

The other thread seems more Pweb-related, so I choose this thread!

People I miss quite a lot (in no particular order):
My Mom
My Dad
Ramona
Janelle
Josh
Jo
My big sister
My younger sisters
Mel
Simon the Neurotic Yorkie-Poo

Things I miss:
Bubble tea
Screech
My pink heels
My black flats
Pelee Island gewurztramminer

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:51 pm

Things I want to bring back here when I visit home:

* my pink heels
* Lays ketchup chips
* PC feta and oregano chips
* PC wings and blue cheese chips
* crunchy cheetos
* regular cheetos
* maple-stuffed cookies
* a few KD cheese packets
* a big jar of Kraft PB
* a big ol' jug of salsa (a can of tomatoes and some chillies is NOT salsa, thank you)

And I wish I could wrangle some veggie burgers and a bottle of Renee's Mighty Garlic caesar dressing, but refridgerated stuff is out. Oh, and I'm eatin' me some Little Caesar's crazy bread while I'm at it, and having the feta and pineapple pizza from the local mom&pop pizzaria I grew up on.

Nehali Sophia · Postby **Nehali Sophia** » Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:14 pm

Things I want to bring back here when I visit home:

* my pink heels
* Lays ketchup chips
* PC feta and oregano chips
* PC wings and blue cheese chips
* crunchy cheetos
* regular cheetos
* maple-stuffed cookies
* a few KD cheese packets
* a big jar of Kraft PB
* a big ol' jug of salsa (a can of tomatoes and some chillies is NOT salsa, thank you)

And I wish I could wrangle some veggie burgers and a bottle of Renee's Mighty Garlic caesar dressing, but refridgerated stuff is out. Oh, and I'm eatin' me some Little Caesar's crazy bread while I'm at it, and having the feta and pineapple pizza from the local mom&pop pizzaria I grew up on.

Things you should bring home from England.

This tea

This mug

This book, or this one, or this one. (I cannot find those particular ones here!)

Spice mixes from the store you work in(I seriously had a dream that you sent me some in the mail! it was exciting!)

Postby **Eaquae Legit** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:33 am

Hahaha, I am already on top of the tea! I will see what can be done about the books and the mug.

Also, shall I leave the cinnamon out? lol

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