Morning Muffin Madness

Ok, so the mac works! However, the screen has everything tinted in black and red. I hope that's just a color setting the previous owner had, and not a problem with the monitor, but if it is a monitor problem, that's ok! I couldn't discern much more information from the mac, other than it boots up ok (although i couldn't get around the notice that the time that was set was incorrect), since I don't have a mac keyboard or mouse for it.

I'm planning on using the mac for games like escape velocity (probably the coolest game in the world, right up there with X-COM: UFO Defense) and other important things, but primarily I want the mac to be an mp3 "relay station" for my primary computer. See, my computer is located in the "entertainment room" and I don't really care for that. But! If I move it to my room, my father will sleep in my room since he loves listening to coast to coast AM while he sleeps. I don't like that idea, so i keep it in the entertainment room.

But!

If I hook the mac up to the entertainment room, load up shoutcast on the pc for broadcasting and server stuff, and get them talking to eachother... problem solved! What's more, there will be less clutter in the entertainment room, which is a major problem I've been having, due to all the wires I use (especially the sorround sound speakers). However, I'll lose my digital capability for mp3s, unless I find a sound card with digital capability for the mac.

Did I mention that I'll be using one of those X-Box ethernet-to-wireless adapters to make this work? (I've turned into such a wireless bastard lately. Why's that bad? Wireless is EXPENSIVE, and have problems all the time, (I really hate having to troubleshoot problems with it))

Anyway, This'll be fun, or at least interesting to do.

While I'm at it, I should mention that I COULD broadcast the fun fun mp3s... what's more, I've been invited to go back on Pirate Radio whenever the groups working together on it come to finish reaching their compromise... not sure who those people in dispute are, but being on the air is fun. King Kobra Flower Hour will be back! I'll be over at the Kid's table, tearing it up... if you're looking for me.

In other news, the credenza is working quite well. I need a needle to do the fun DJ crap with the mormon tabernacle choir record set that I bought (I forgot to mention that in the last post. Paul, Erin, and I decided to purchase a mormon tabernacle choir record set to test the record player, if only to mock my former mormon-itude). I'm thinking about sticking my synthesizer on top of the credenza while I mull over whether I want a TV or not (not really sure I want a TV. I would like a better synth with weighted keys, though...) since it seems oddly proper to stick it there.

uh, yeah.

I'm finding that my workplace is mocking me for being so skinny. People are demanding that I eat a whole bunch of cake (our workplace has a LARGE 1 sheet cake for all the birthdays of that particular month), and I'm getting regular talks by my coworker, Jeanie, about how I need to eat. I take vitamins, and, ok, maybe having 1 sandwich and a bowl of granola with a banana each day isn't much (though other days I have more food, especially when I'm cooking), but I'm not hungry enough to eat anything else.

Bah.

Anyway, today I cooked shrimp with Gabriel and Brianna, and decided that I really don't want the job at Dragonflys. Not too long ago, when I went to Kyoto's, and had shrimp in tempura batter for the first time (both shrimp and tempura). It was ok, but more than that I was surprised that I didn't throw up the shrimp (When I was young my mother would feed me fish (with a twist, as the next sentence will show). she'd force me to eat everything on my plate. I would throw up each time. Not a good reinforcer for seafood). However, when I was peeling, cutting, battering, and frying 1.5 pounds of small shrip, I got sick many times and had to sit down. After 4 hours of work, I had 2 plates of tempura shrimp; a painstakingly slow process, and stinky, too. I learned how to tempura-ize anything, which is WAY COOL, but I know have a rejustified hatred for shrimp.

Geez... I talk about food so much lately... I've turned into a mediterranean food freak (it's my food style of choice. Their food is YUMMY!). I'm sure this fad will fall over the wayside eventually.

Today's recipe:
Basil Vinairgrette (like to dip it in bread, but good in salads and stuff)
just mix what would seem like fair amounts of
canola oil
extra virgin olive oil
balsamic vinegar
red wine vinegar
garlic
sugar
and dijon mustard. It's easy...

I'll have to experiment and relay what I think are proper amounts of each ingredient. Yum!
weekly projections:
Wednesday
*Breakfast club in 6 hours
*laundry fun after that
Thursday
*another forging day with Kevin Knife
Friday
*projected interview at hospital!
*Some sort of odd slumber party with Meghanraye
Saturday
*free... for now!
Sunday
*Cooking with Paul and PM (hopefully)
Monday
*Old Movie Night with Sensei

Note that Evan has been trying really hard to get me to be involved in his Dungeons and Dragons game, and he may succeed sometime. Also, strange twists in my schedule always happen, so maybe this schedule is useles...

Time to move on!
It's Kuporrific!
D.