Sorry to take so long. I just started a new job. Plus, BSG has been kind of sparse lately. We should change that.
Well, I don't really have weird snack foods I like, but I have plenty of food I like people might consider weird. For instance, I love kimchi. Well, maybe love is not the right word. Every time I eat it, I'm like "Wow, this is so gross. But I can't stop eating it!" Which is probably the best reaction for a food that is buried in a jar before one eats it.
Also, I love eating pho, a Vietnamese noodle dish. Which isn't weird in itself, but whenever I go to a few of the good pho places around town, I always get the one that has tripe and tendon in it. In my youth I would have said totally gross. But I guess in my youth I also would have said Sepultura is one of the best bands ever. So young Glenn was dumb for a lot of reasons.
There's a Mexican restaurant here called La Tapatia that has great and cheap burritos. Usually I get the lengua (tongue) burrito or the birria (goat) burrito. Some of my friends are grossed out by that, but I say I like to pretend like I'm french kissing my burrito. Is there anything really wrong with that? The answer is no. No there's not.
None of these foods are snack foods, I guess, and none are especially weird. So I guess I failed on this week's topic. As for global warming, of course politicians talk about it for their own benefit. However, most scientists talk about it for the benefit of science, and the majority of them are in agreement that human activity on earth is changing the climate. Who knows if it's for the better or worse? But there's no harm in trying to be more conservative with energy and resources. Because most of you would hate it if the Earth got so hot that all that unpopulated area in Canada became prime real estate, and then everybody would emigrate there and it would get all its NHL teams back. Actually, now that I think about it, fuck the earth. I'm leaving the a/c on when I go out today. Go Winnipeg Jets! Stanley Cup 2015!
Who are we? Well....
...and now with Guest Bloggers!
2 comments:
Kim chi is pretty tasty, even if, as Michael Breen points out in his book The Koreans, it really does look quite a bit like used bandages. I like the big thick pieces a lot better than the limp, mushy ones. I'm not sure I believe that it prevents the avian flu or anything, like the Koreans keep telling me, but then I don't really believe in "fan death" either.
Interestingly (which is the single worst adverb in the entire English language), while I was double-checking the spelling of Michael Breen's name, I came across a Wikipedia entry on a band called The Koreans:
The Koreans are a 4-piece band from South London. They're similar to The Rapture and Radio 4 but they use more electronic elements and make more danceable music.
Isn't that sort of like saying, "They're like Sepultura, but you can headbang a lot harder to them?," or "They sound like Mozart, but more classical?" Also, they're not even Koreans, they're white guys.
It's funny how we only see the small picture when it comes to global warming. The planet is billions of years old (yes, religious zealots, billions, not 10,000), and at one time the area that you are living in (Houston) was under water, and this Gulf of pre-Mexico extended out past pre-Austin way. During that time it is was really, really hot. Also, a relatively short time ago was a period known as the last ice age (not the movies).
It's funny because during that last ice age we, as people, didn't know about the world being round, that we breath a gas known as oxygen, and that gods of various civilizations would come and go [remember Zoroaster, Zeus, Nike (wait, that one has only gotten larger and more important)]--it's just too bad that they all haven't gone the way of the dodo, and the way each of us will eventually go.
Who knows what the future holds? In the 1960's and 1970's people worried about food shortages and global cooling. Yes, it is hot, but it hasn't helped that most of us have embraced technology and air conditioning, and now we can't stomach 80 degree weather without thinking we are going to die. Try being a farmer or day laborer for a few days, they are dealing with the heat every single day the way they always have. They do it to feed themselves and their families.
While it is getting warmer, we are living longer and better than ever than in any time in the history of mankind as we become more and more educated, but sadly, we only focus on the negatives. The "life sucks and then you die" crowd.
Life can get you down at times, but there is also so many great things out there as well. So, don't dread hearing about the latest heat index (weather morons trying to make their jobs seem more important), do something fun and cheerful, like spending time with friends and family, watching Star Trek, BSG, Coupling, or lesbian porn. And, if all else fails, spend some time with little kids, because you will see that sometimes ignorance is bliss even as they swim and frolic in the sewage laced rivers here in Daejeon, but they sure look happy.
And, next week I'll be happy indulging in some of my favorite snack foods back home in Texas: Big Red soda, Count Chocula cereal, real dill pickles (Best Maid), and trips to Whataburger, Sonic, and the local snow cone stands.
Post a Comment