Good Days Are Nice to Have, Yes

Today is a triumph. ...So far.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN CHEAP INGREDIENTS AND COOKING: holy fucking shit I made Mexican food. No, real Mexican food. (If anyone ever suggests Taco Bell is Mexican food, I will just punch them in the back of the head without warning. And of course they won't remember that I hit them, so I'll have to hit them again.) This all came about because stars aligned, rather impressive discounts were snapped up, and the only things in that picture that weren't on sale were beans and chicken. I cooked beans (which will need a little more salt, for future reference), and (easy-ass) Spanish rice, and chicken with onions, red, green and yellow pepper strips, and... I clearly lost any skill I had rolling a tortilla, but fuck that it was orgasm-in-my-mouth quality. And nearly a whole jar of "hot" (salsa is pussified out here; I can now drink Pace picante sauce) salsa. But the left-overs will last days and I feel triumphant. And full. (And yes, the chicken on the side is Cassie's portion. Shush. She got some cheese, too.)

Last night (you know, technically "early this morning") I finally got to see all of Raiding the Lost Ark, and if you are at all a fan of Indiana Jones then you should watch it. He's also got fucking incredible Star Wars "filmumentaries", as well. (Granted, pretty much 99.9% of old George Lucas sound bites now come off as heart-wrenching... but you know, try to ignore that.)

I'm sort of forced to take the weekend off, but even with all of the cooking that went on yesterday, I've gotten pretty far into the latest project. ...We'll see if I can't at least attempt to keep it simple...