She baked me a batch of beautiful and beautiful tasting pumpkin cookies.
I don't know why she's not making us some money by baking and selling.
She also brought me skwinkles from her retreat in Baltimore. They're mango flavoured. But even more shocking... is that they're 'skwinkles'. Who knew such a thing existed?
Thank you, Aims!
I love you too.
Currently listening to: "Down Boy" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
I just realised but the HOchieS went through a bit of a cooking spree these past 3 or so weeks.
We made our first attempt at doubles a little over a week ago and came out with crispy bara. It tasted pretty good though. We've wanted to try this for months and months now but got a final push when we came home with tamarind sauce from ordering Indian food from Minar one week.
Yeah, that's all it takes sometimes.
We tried for a second time yesterday and came out with less crispy bara but it still has not been perfected. We'll try again sometime!
I never figured it out until yesterday but I really love Sardine Omlettes and Papa HOchie makes them best!
2 weeks ago H1 made some pernil. I ate lots of that, so much so the pork ended up tasting better going down than coming up. Never before did my favourite meat cause me to burp but I have no regrets.
The Sunday of that week, she made some good time cranberry scones that she swears is the easiest thing ever. I was not present to witness but I was present to eat. As Mom and/or Boobey-Head would say, "MMMM, GOOOOOOD!!!!"
The D. Gray-Man and Soul Eater shelf has been sorted out for now, until more volumes of the D. Gray-Man manga come out and more Soul Eater figures are acquired.
D. Gray-Man
Allens All Around!
Black Star
Death The Kid
Black Star's No. 1! So he and D the K cover up the rivals
Soul Eater Evans!
And uh, Hottie Adult Link, where did you come from?
Oh, the capsule in the background, you say?
Currently listening to: "Space Junk Galaxy" by Koji Kondo and Mahito Yokota, from the Super Mario Galaxy Original Soundtrack. Ooo, gotta remember to put this on my end of year review list as well.
The Black Holes Are Coming! Unless, of course, the Hadron C. stays defunct and is unable to be repaired. You know what I think? I think a mini black hole formed and now they're just waiting for the right time to announce our destruction...
Studying
Natsume Yuujinchou
Well, I'm not so much obsessed with the anime (not that it isn't actually enjoyable, 'cause it is) as much as I am obsessed with H1's obsession with calling me...
Moyashi
Who's a moyashi?!
Allen Desu!
Can someone tell me what the eff is up with ending D. Gray-Man?! It'd figure, as soon as I am all ready to watch it weekly like a lout, it gets canned. Ugh. I hope they bring it back... in the meanwhile, I am crushed.
Sarutobi Asuma-Sensei
I am devastated! Even though I knew this was coming and blogged it months ago, seeing it on screen is just horrible. My Shikamaru's sad! And what's worse...I actually kind of like Hidan, the murderer. ::sniff:: Asuma, you were awesome! Awww.
Currently listening to: "Perfect Blue Buildings" by Counting Crows.
I hope the kids got you everything you wanted. I told Jazzie and Pumpkin to get something with A'Face and B'Cheeks, so I hope all those little bastards came through.
Can anyone guess how old Angelo was this day?
Currently listening to: "Wasteland Run" by Mutato Muzika, from the Jak III Original Soundtrack.
H1 and I have always wondered how in the history of the world, people just looked at something and decided, "hey, that looks like something I should eat".
Wiki provided some nightmares on Friday with the picture of the day:
The article on this here Hydnellum peckii or bleeding tooth fungus says that it's inedible. Really? Did someone actually try this? And if we knew to stay away from this (because honestly, I don't know WHO would WANT to eat that...stomach churning looking monstrosity), how come Asians decided Durian was okay to eat? Or do they eat this fungus as well?
Wiki's not all bad though.
They did have one of the most awesome articles on Friday as article of the day that was all about Komodo Dragons.
The HOchieS are at this moment, feeling even more anxious than yesterday. We're hoping our votes count towards something amazing and that tomorrow when we wake up, we won't be sacrificial moose for Palin to gun down.
She'll regret it one day though, the moose killings.
When she's living out her hell in a Room with a Moose.
The HOchieS will wake at 5 AM or so, to go vote in our first Presidential Election.
I got an e-mail reminder today, as if there was any chance I could forget or perhaps it was an order -
Next Tuesday we will elect the next President of the United States. The result will have great consequences for the nation.
This election offers a choice is between two men with dramatically different visions of the future. We have strong feelings about this choice. But we feel even more strongly that all Americans, regardless of political preference, have a stake in the outcome and should vote in this critical election.
This is likely to be a close election. Your vote matters. Please use it and make a difference.
Sincerely, Trent Reznor
Memorable Conversation of the Day:
Or 2: Did you also get mail from Trent this morning telling you to vote? Gen: Ha. No. He sent out a message? That is funny. ::upon reading the e-mail I forwarded:: Gen: Haha. I wonder if he will make electronic calls too, with a beat in the background, "Hi. This is Trent Reznor"...
Currently listening to: "Rest My Chemistry" by Interpol.
Man, I sound extra REALLY horrible when I've got a frog in my throat. It's a good thing no one's around to hear me massacre the already awful "Living on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi. Effin' Bon Jovi... Though, I did get five stars, so I'm wondering if this frog is the key to Jovi and will help get five stars on that other ass song, "Wanted Dead or Alive"...
Also, I love Rock Band Zarnyx.
I made him and while he's not exactly how I draw him, he's still pretty cute. For a while there he had a goth personality but then when he did some sort of shimmy that pissed me off so bad (and as a goth, why was he always bopping his head and smiling??!!), I deleted him and remade him with a Metal personality.
Now he's an asshole.
Ha.
Metal Heads.
Currently listening to: "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads. I forgot how damned cool this song is.
I ordered the tickets to see The Last Shadow Puppets back in July and I was super excited at the time to be seeing the boys Miles and Alex, after really loving their album The Age of the Understatement.
Yesterday, however, I was so damned cranky that I almost did not go.
Everything just seemed to be going wrong and if not for the price per ticket, I would have bailed, even if it meant giving up a chance to see my cutie Alex and my cool Miles.
Thank goodness I stayed because they were even more incredible than I thought they'd be.
Having a 16 piece orchestra will do that for you and the sound at small venue of the Grand Ballroom just filled it and was absolutely amazing.
The Lowlamps:
1. Those damned privileged children. They were complaining about 'wanting weekends' when they only work 2 days out of the week. They also had the nerve to say, "My friends lost their jobs but I just got a job. They're jobs out there." I am thankful that X kneed and elbowed a few of them for being stupid assholes.
2. The lighting at that damned place. Just like the Hammerstein downstairs, I still have yet to take a great picture of Alex.
3. My camera. I love Little Latin O. for its years of service, but in a setting like that, it tends to fail me and I get annoyed when people managed to smuggle in their D40s or had better slim point & shoots and just take damned good pictures! GRRRR!
4. H1 not being able to be there too, especially during Arctic Monkey/The Rascals like moments.
5. Miles Kane's dressing up like a Gallagher. I know X was happy but I avoided eye contact with her when I saw Miles come out with his aviators, leather jacket and very British looking face. Oh Miles. Did you HAVE to work against me?!
6. My Mistakes Were Made For You. Alex didn't do a very good job singing this song. It's probably the best song on the album and he was effed it. Thanks A., Thanks.
7. Our initially poor attitudes. X and I were so damned cranky, we almost left. It's not our fault though because those bastards started half an hour later than they were supposed to and the Roadies just stood around pretending to do work.
8. The Roadies. There was this neanderthal that scared the crap out of X and myself. He looked like he would kick our asses.
9. The opening act, Stephen Fretwell. The one thing we hated about him was the lyrics he wrote that actually made sense. He sang two songs that were normal and we were damned bored. He needs to stick to what he knows, which is the bizarre and... chickens?
The Highlights:
1. The opening act, Stephen Fretwell. Okay, he was funny but his chicken in the supermarket lyrics, tree roots and by tree roots he means himself, and other nonsensical lyrics were damned confusing making X and I marvel at being able to witness what just waking up can do to a singer. He had a good voice and a sense of humour but the performance made us laugh the whole way through until the last 2 songs mentioned.
The video's sideways but uh, what's he going on about?
Hilarious.
2. The 16 piece orchestra. Those effers took long to setup and fiddle with their violins but they did a good job.
3. Miles Kane. I was hesitant at first when I first heard that Alex and Miles were going to form a band and write songs with influences of Scott Walker and David Bowie. I was skeptical it took them 2 weeks in a bed bug ridden villa in France to write the album and then I was skeptical when the video for The Age of the Understatement premiered. Then I decided to give it more time to simmer because lyrically it was to be expected from Alex that it'd be awesomely mature and well-written. And then I thought... Miles is 'firm friends' with Alex, so he must be a brilliant boy as well.
So after buying this album, I respected Miles and thought he was cool enough to have a crush on another Brit. Then, I bought The Rascals' album, "Rascalize" and I knew it was really okay to have a crush on Miles. It was rock, 60s, 'hard' and fun and Miles carried it brilliantly.
Last night was no different and I'm glad I got to see him perform and would totally see him for The Rascals if they ever came to NYC. He was awesome, he smiled for photographers and looked at crazy Cherries warily. I didn't enjoy that he didn't look at me but he was distracted by those asshole children who were acting a damned mess, even if I was standing right in front of him. I can't blame him.
7. My Moment with Alex Turner. I had another one with him - my third in a year and half. X and I were standing on Miles' side, but from where I stood I got a clear shot of Alex and he of me. During "Calm Like You" (one of my favourite songs), he sang the first half to me. Yep. He stared straight at me and sang. I sang it back to him and smiled. Now, there are probably various reasons why he did this.
a. He was probably thinking, "oh, there's Suga'Face". b. He was probably thinking, "oh, there's Suga'Face but where's her Sister Suga'Face?" c. He was probably thinking, "oh, there's that...girl, who...I think I see everytime I'm in NYC...is she stalking me?" d. He was probably thinking, "oh, that girl reminds me of my gf (BITCH! - okay, that's my own insert and probably not his)..."
It was actually a really sweet moment and I could do nothing but sing and smile at him because he was extra cute last night, which leads me to believe it was choice "D", which makes me cranky but I botched it anyway when I messed up a lyric and he caught it. He turned away after that. Ha. He did look at me again during "Standing Next to Me" but that was brief. He probably remembered I messed up the first time... Curses! And so that was 'fuckin' up the lyrics with TLSP' Part I.
8. Alex Turner. It's good to see he's getting cuter as years go by because I was a little worried for him for a while there. However, he's looking a lot less hooliganish and well, that's just not right.
9. Miles and Alex. Their banter was cute. Alex smiled a lot with his BFF and they were quite happy with each other. It's the kind of happy you'd probably see if you were to hang out with them while they talked about bullshit, which they did a lot of last night. Poor Miles, unlike Alex's fun day in NYC, Miles was feeling under the weather.
10. Separate and Ever Deadly - 'fuckin' up the lyrics' with TLSP Part II. Yeah, when Miles had to sing his verse, I totally heard him stumble and begin late. As I was about to point this out to him and well, to X, really. Miles stopped the orchestra so he could do it over. "Wait! I fucked it up! I started late! Fucked it up!!!! I want to do it again because it's good!" And so he did and it was good.
Ah, funny effs.
The Last Shadow Puppets Set List 10/30/2008 @ the Grand Ballroom NYC:
In My Room The Age of the Understatement Calm Like You Black Plant Gas Dance Only the Truth Separate and Ever Deadly My Little Red Book Standing Next To Me Hang the Cyst I Want You (She's So Heavy) (The Beatles cover) In The Heat of the Morning (David Bowie cover) I Don't Like You Anymore My Mistakes Were Made For You The Chamber The Time Has Come Again Meeting Place
Best performances of the evening: "Calm Like You", "Only the Truth", "Separate and Ever Deadly", "Hang the Cyst", "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
Welcome to The HOchieS' 666th blog post on this fine 2008 October 31st Night.
Spooky soul filled pumpkins and scarier than jeeper creeper scarecrows (thanks for wasting some of my life, H1) play tricks, screech and make merry this Halloween.
It's cold, the wind has been gusting for most of the week and the leaves have been doing some sort of insane dancing as they fly away from the trees and twirl around trick or treaters' feet.
So as to not break with HOchie tradition, let us begin the all-awesome, Grading of Kids' Costumes!
As per usual, we start with the house. We actually decorated this year and even carved a pumpkin, with Or 2's own pure skill and design. Heh. Never you mind you may have seen that Goblin in your own Master Pumpkin Carvers' Kit!
Ignore the mould. I carved it too soon before Halloween and it eventually caved in by the time today came around, so I didn't get to take a good picture of it either. Lame.
As for our costumes, we get A - s.
I was my cutie boy Allen Walker-desu. It was okay but I didn't have time to make a Crown Clown arm.
H1 was a bar maid but I don't recall her trying to give me any beer so maybe she should get an F!
Luuuuiiisss was the Operation Guy, which is damned hilarious.
And Boobey Head was a sensei. A bitchy ass, bandera wearing Yakuza or H1's Sensei.
So far, I've been pretty impressed by some of the kids that have come through.
There are lots of B+s, a few Ds and a handful of F--s but mostly, they've really put some good work into their costumes this year.
Devil Fairies abound which made me very pleased to see. There were a few princesses who were anything but, a scary life-sized tubby Chucky, Leonardo the Ninja Turtle, and an A+ to the kid who came around in her self-made Ipod costume complete with robot-synth voice over.
We didn't get as many kids as in previous years with just 64 and one 65th straggler who got no candy from us for being out so damned late but times are tough! They're lucky they even got candy from me. Actually, they have Beetchie to thank for getting candy.
It's the last day of October, the last day of Birthday Month for Or 2, and we're nervous for next week's Presidential Election but we'll just have to wait and see and hope to not cry on Wednesday.
Here are some October highlights we may have missed:
Happy Divali (on the 29th)!
Clownie bought us Indian treats, and we ate them at Alex's desk while playing "Bole Chudiyan" and "Say Shava Shava". At work. Yes.
I didn't actually forget to blog about this but since I was putting off blogging, Frass' Birthday got priority over Divali. I don't know why I'd do that to my Indian brethren either but really, since they aren't trying to give me sweets and there's a chance Frass might bring me some from London, I'm being nice. Of course, it could be that he totally didn't see how awesome The HochieS were to him and has not been guilted into getting us candy.
Domo-Kun at Target?! Umm, Beetchie's brother Z., is that what you were marketing our cubey friend for?! What kind of shart is that??!!!!! He is awfully cute though... but I'm not sure Americans understand him but in fairness, there's not much to understand to begin with. Gotta love the Japanese and Domo-Kun. I'm just thankful I got a domo cube of my own before this shart came this way.
Halloween themed candied apples:
Awesome white pumpkins at the Halloween Blaze:
Apple and Pumpkin Picking Photos:
Including Smoked Turkey legs and the hardcore kid who made them.
Bitchy ass ducks that didn't show me their asses? That's certainly surprising.
That time we went also brings back horrid memories of being jipped by a bunch of people who stole Paul Deen's recipe for pumpkin squares and stuck it on a graham cracker crust and called it cheesecake. And to think, I was wondering why the filling taste was so familiar and only after I spent 12 dollars on an effin' small cheesecake did I realise that H1 makes these for me all the time except as squares.
Wrong Story of the Day:
The Halloween 2008 Blog Lay Out:
Currently listening to: "The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden; "Halloween" by Shinobu Tanaka, from the Animal Crossing Original Soundtrack; "Spooks of Halloween Town" by Yoko Shimomura, from the Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack; and of course "This is Halloween" by Danny Elfman, from The Nightmare Before Christmas Original Soundtrack.
The HOchieS hope you're having fun times in London and you had some tea for your birthday with lots of little cakes, crumpets and cucumber sandwiches.
It's still the 29th in NYC, so we're not late with our wishes but just so you know, your birthday "month" starts now, so enjoy your 3...now 2 days left in October.
Heh.
Currently listening to: "Krieg" by Taku Iwasaki, from the Soul Eater Original Soundtrack.
There's lots of smuggery in this world. The definition according to South Park is a person who likes the smell of their own farts. That is a very good observation.
Smug people do lots of smug things, use smug things and are so smug they don't even know the meaning of the word.
H1 and I have compiled a list of all things smug, at least things we could remember, so we'll be adding to this as time goes on but for now, hopefully this list will clarify what is 'smug', and you'll see that the correlation of people to things is that they all feel they're better than everyone else.
01. CLee 02. Steve Jobs 03. Mac Users 04. "Going Green", including people who carry canvas bags to the supermarket 05. Vegans 06. Vegetarians 07. Fruitarians 08. Californians and the State of California 09. People who buy only 'organic' foods. 10. Hipsters 11. Xbox Owners 12. Experienced to know-it-all SLR camera users/owners 13. Oasis, their 'fans' and most bands. But especially Oasis! 14. The Beatles 'hardcore' fans (contributed by Bughie J.) 15. Londoners, who are smug assholes. Deadly combination, that. 16. NY Borough Rivalry and its participants - really though, only Brooklyn and the Bronx count but ask either and they'll tell you it's not the other. 17. Bobby Flay 18. Alton Brown 19. Bill O'Reilly 20. Nancy Grace (deserving of mention because the bitch is just an evil devil spawn) 21. Hybrid owners 22. Fanatic pet owners 23. People who watch and swear by HBO dramas 24. Most if not all Republicans I've met 25. Hippies 26. "World Travellers" 27. People who are in shape/fit 28. Political bloggers 29. American "Otaku". H1, I'm not Otaku the way you think it, trust me.
That's the list for now but there's always more that can be added! We will take another look and think a bit more.
