pattern recognition

risotto balls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H33DnFKor3Q

"breakfast of champions", eh? I do like a good arse in the morn, oh aye. No one can withstand that much Cormac/Lovecraft/Dick. No one. as much as I hate to admit it, there is such a thing as too much Dick. i feel like this deserved at least one lol.

he was a hilariously terrible shoe salesman at that. that show was so great

lol

pull it together, lads. it's summer and life is beautiful. there's good music, food and drink to be had, and to be made. read a book, have a nice run or walk or bike ride, or sit in a field and play guitar.

mini doughnuts

i should have taken a picture of it all. i cut some grape tomatoes in half, tossed them and some freshly chopped garlic in olive oil, then roasted the lot for about 12 minutes. when they were good and roasted, i put them on fettuccine with some rough-chopped fresh basil and grated romano cheese. while the tomatoes were roasting, i grilled a t-bone that had been marinating all day in a mixture of cabernet, balsamic vinegar, fresh oregano, mustard powder, s&p, garlic & olive oil. +garlic bread i may never eat again.

i bet that burger was gooooooooooooooood.

how many whiskeys in are you?

they're tasty, and they give you about half a lunch sack full. the first time my wife and i went there we each ordered "regular fries". we could have split one order and still had some left. it's a great place.

also 5 guys: it was greasy and horrible and wonderful all at the same time.

i hate posting on message boards, that's my first world problem. last post.

Maybe you could get someone to help you 1 on 1 for a month or so to ween yourself off instead of having to go to a hospital and get the dt's or whatever? I have the dts that's the scary part.... I have seizures, fever, and i'm tachyrdiatic if I don't have alcohol...... I've been struggling for years. I don't know what to do.... =( I've been fighting it with on/off success for years....... help.. this is what i think, take it or leave it. do some research on treatment facilities, outpatient has been proven to be just as effective as inpatient, so you don't necessarily need to go away for a while. don't get railroaded into a treatment center or plan that's not right for you, find the one that you think is going to work for you, that fits your belief system. don't listen to anyone that says that a certain type of treatment (12 step, etc.) is the ONLY way you're going to get and stay sober because it's simply not true. i've been to inpatient treatment twice, and outpatient several times (all 12-step, all for opium and/or opiates), and treatment can be a mixed bag. i wish i hadn't rushed into it, wish i had done some research first, but me and my wife were desperate, i was in rough shape. most of the people i was in with had been in inpatient rehab 4, 5, 6+ times. 12-step was not the way for me, and i don't believe in it, and don't practice it. but some people are alive because of it. the most important thing i think , is to BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF. if you're not, you're only hurting you. that for me has been the key this time, i had enough of my own bullshit and was sick of feeling and living a shitty life. i've been sober for almost 4 years now, no alcohol or drugs of any kind, and my i love my life. actually i lied, i had gall bladder surgery, and took 1 vicodin later that day. but i'm in control of my life now. in my opinion, stephen, you've been full of shit about this in the past. you're in one thread talking about how you're no longer an alcoholic and haven't drank for a while, and meanwhile you're in the "what are you consuming" (or drinking? whatever.) talking up your latest expensive alcohol purchase, or in another talking about what psychedelics you've taken to listen to an album. if you really want out, do it. even if you have to sacrifice your job, so be it. a job is pointless if your dead. i really didn't want to post all this, but i hate to see someone throw their life away, especially someone so young. btw, alocoholism/drug addiction isn't a first world problem, it's an all world problem. this is a rambling mess i know, but hopefully you can take something from it. btw, that's my attitude with respect to treatment as well, take whatever you can from it that you can use or that helps you, and fuck the rest. this book takes a good, fair look at the state of addiction treatment, at least in the u.s., i don't know what canada is like. she gives some good suggestions: http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Rehab-Surprising-Addiction-Treatment/dp/0670025224 someone else might come along and say that everything i've written here is bullshit, and i think that would demonstrate how personal addiction is, how everyone reacts to it and treatment differently.

admittedly i have never understand any of kanye's appeal, but after just hearing "black skinhead" on the radio, i have to say it's more terrible than i thought. there are certain artists whose music is so great i can overlook bad lyrics or a grating vocal, but this guy is the complete bad package. bad, un-creative music, bad lyrics, bad rapping, it's just bad. plus he acts like a jackass.

read this:

i was planning on listening to that tonight--i wanted to see what qualifies as a 9.5 on pitchfork these days, but i think i'll pass.

i'm guessing this has been mentioned already, but 'skyliner' would fit nicely with these tracks.

hell yes. now playing:

it's also wonderful sober.