Voluntelling

Soooo remember last year when J. swore up and down he wouldn't be volunteering at I-Con again?

*dun dun DUN*

Yeah.

Well, at least it's not transportation this time. This year he's doing AV. He's already said that if anyone screams at him the way Ronald D. Moore did at yugari then he's going to tell them to fucough. Except if its Voltaire, because we like Voltaire, and if he has reason to yell at J. then J. obviously made a big boo boo.

Due to weev's Unfortunate Incarceration [/Designing Women] I will not be attempting to organize a Lulz Track. While I had other Exciting Guest Speakers in mind, it all hinged on weev, who through no fault of his own is unable to provide his scintillating presence and inflammatory rhetoric to the slack-jawed furries and EGLs. Damn The Man, because I had such plans for mayhem. MAYHEM. PRANS FOR MAYHEM.



PRANS!

iiiiiiit's SOUP DAY

Vegetarian Cock-A-Leekie

4 large leeks
5 cups water
1 vegetarian chicken bouillon cube -- I like Knorr's
1 tablespoon dried dill weed
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3 garlic cloves
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
3 celery stalks
3 large white "stuffing" mushrooms
2 cups vegetarian chicken pieces -- I like Trader Joe's chickenless strips
1 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup instant brown rice
Prunes!

Chop leeks and wash well in a colander because they always have mud and crud between the leaves.
Slice celery into butterflies, chop mushrooms, mince garlic, and combine with leeks, water, broth cube, and spices in a stock pot. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 10-15 min or until leeks and celery are soft. in the mean time dice up the "chicken". Add "chicken" and rice, simmer until rice is cooked, about 5-10 min. Mix corn starch with cream and add to soup, stirring well. Return to simmer and then serve with diced prunes for garnish. YOU MUST HAVE PRUNES FOR YOUR COCK-A-LEEKIE.

Eat and talk with a brogue.

(no subject)

*ring ring*

J.: Whats up?
Me: I need your permission to do something.
J.: What, you wanna buy something big?
Me: No...
J.: What?
Me: [all in one breath] Those goddamned binary linux mittens are driving me crazy and every time I try to fix the pattern the counting just gets even more fucked up and I am so frustrated and I wanted to have at least one finished for your birthday Sunday and I feel really bad about this but I--
J.: You wanna rip it out and throw it away?
Me: Yes! No! I mean, I will finish them at some point, but I am about to tear my hair out and WAHHHHHHH
J.: Do whatever you want, hon.
Me: WAHHHHHH!!!!!!
J.: You silly. Use the yarn for something else.
Me: WAHHHHH!!!!!!!! You so nice to me!


Seriously, it's such a friggin' wonky pattern. So many long floats in the back and at this point I am ready to just knit them plain black and then duplicate-stitch the motifs on with the spring green he chose (so it looks like an old monitor, lol). In the meantime I am gonna detox by doing a Noro Striped scarf for him. Not gonna use Noro though, because even though the colors are gleaming-gorgeous, he finds it scratchy. He picked out two balls of KP Chroma instead. Which is cheaper as well as being softer, but I don't know how it will wear. Seems like it'll get pilly.