I spent most
of today moving the bookcases from the game room to my bedroom. And
then I filled them with the current games that I have cataloged in my
current web site, leaving extra space for future expansion because all
the bookcases were getting stuffed. Of course that means I won't have
enough bookcase space later on but I can get more bookcases.
It's kind of nice having all my books around me. Cozy too. And I still
have quite a bit of wall space for more bookcases. I shouldn't be
surprised, but now my room is quite a bit darker. White walls reflect
light quite a bit better than dark books and dark bookcases. I might
need to get another lamp.
So far I have it set up so that if there is a big earthquake the
bookcases won't fall on me as I'm sleeping. Once the room is lined with
bookcases I'll have to move my bed a bit and it'll be quite cramped in
my bedroom. It'll be like living in a studio apartment. Come to think
of it, if the bookcases fall they'll fall on my PowerBook. I may to
rethink where I put my "desk" (it's just an old dining room table that
barely fits four people, I really should get some kind of real desk).
It's really nice, like a fresh start. After a while you build up stuff
and it's all dusty and sort of sloppy. Moving the bookcases and books
cleans them up a bit and everything is ordered and neat. It's the same
effect as wiping out my hard drive and reinstalling the system
software. It's like I bought it all again.
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I bought this
vegetable soup mix from Trader Joe's. Made some today and it reminded
me that it's amazingly good. Water, soup mix, whatever extras you want
to add (I use a chopped up onion), a bunch of salt and simmer for an
hour or two. I thought the split pea soup was good but this is so much
better. I think it's the barley and alphabet pasta. Gives it a better
consistency and flavor.
So I make all this soup, like a whole pot. And I'm eating it all day,
like five bowls already and it's about 2/3rds done. I'm not one to
leave leftovers so when I make a lot of food I tend to eat it as much
as I can to finish it. But even with this good a soup I want something
more solid for dinner so I'll cook a steak with rice (I wanted mashed
potatoes but my one pot has soup in it, though I guess there's not much
soup left so I could put it in a bowl. I'll go see.)
Ok, that's done. I forgot that the vegetable soup does not cook evenly,
so if you're not stirring it frequently it gets burned on the bottom.
Lots of heavy bits in it. The split pea soup doesn't have this problem.
Since the stove is downstairs I keep forgetting to go downstairs to
stir so it does get a bit burned.
Anyways, mashed potatoes are incredibly easy to make. Boiling water,
potatoes, 30-40 minutes until the potatoes start falling apart (but not
too much). Strain the water out, add milk and butter and mash it with a
masher. I have no idea why my dad keeps saying it's hard. I mean it's a
bit more work than making rice but it's still fairly easy with a
masher. Strangely mashed potatoes don't seem as much compared to whole
potatoes. I eat like twice as many potatoes when they're all mashed up.
Probably because they're compressed.
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