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another busy afternoon
lerner Deutsch
die Stuhl draußen:
-kaffee! <-- die Zutat Zahlen eins
-vegetarian 'chicken' nuggets with Barbecue Sauce
-Erdäpfelpüree (afterall, i am learning Deutsch, potatoes are indispensable too!)
-die Bücher
-das Heft
-der Kugelschreiber
-die Bleistifte
-das Radiergummi

and after a couple of hours
i went for a little walk
escaped to a book store
and got me this kleine Buch
José Saramago's
"El Cuento de la Isla Desconocida"

the tale of the unknown island...
in Spanish, ah!
a spanish treat after all this Deutsch and English in my life

Saramago will provide some of my 1st language
when i have a little time! don't know when that
happen again...

egg sandwich

the problem with having access to the internet
is that one end up surrendering to the temptation
of posting almost anything
no matter how silly it is
not sure why
maybe a bit of a late altered state
but i cannot resist to post
my today's breakfast

-. a vegetarian breakfast pattie
(not as tasty as a real sausage one, but oh well, health comes first, the 'real' ones are reserved for special days...)
-. 1 cage-free egg (even if a little pricer, i make sure to buy "cage-free" eggs at the store, nothing like a hen/chicken 'free to run and scratch...' as one brand slogans...)
-. 1 whole grain english muffin (toasted or soft is your choice)
-. a-ha! for a little spice & punch, add some Jack Daniel's Horseradish mustard, yes! Jack Daniel's as in the Jack Daniels...

a great little breakfast full of protein, low fat and vegetarian

it was nicely accompanied by 1 (or was it 2? heh heh) cups of great home-brewed coffee, an Ethiopian medium roast, very nice... ah! a good start for a day

die Küche, still & again

because feels like the core of it all
the nest of most quirkinesses
of mine
for sure
i guess

the place where you can control
the miniature things that unveil your
real character
what you drink or what you don't
how many bites? and of what?
the closest to basic human behaviors
food and the time for it
and drinks
and just as basic as walks
and each other's eyes to stare...
you can measure
and add up
sugar spoons, liquors
café and/or té
no matter if you cook
or just ingest
little samples of own reflection
on a table
or a stove

when peace came into a dark drink with lots of sugar and bubbles

one of the most famous Coca-Cola commercials
just because
i have nothing more interesting to post
and a retro ghost came around last night...
heh heh

across the universe

i wonder if this film
will be as good as the music they perform in it
it always a dubious matter
this film business
we'll have to wait and see



falling, yes i am falling
and she keeps on calling me
back again



there are givers and the are takers in this life
i think, i am a giver
rather to give than to take
and you?
are you a giver?
or a taker?

the YOUTUBE people are takers!
i gave them all my silly little videos
and they took them all away
for a couple of violations
mostly my Simpsons chunks and some
Wallace & Gromit ones
my YOUTUBE account has been
permanently disabled!

ALL the silly videos i had there
gone with the wind too...

agua caliente para té

die Küche

heiß Wasser Tee

Deutsch macht Spaß

Eins zwei drei,
du bist frei.
Vier fünf sechs,
du bist weg.
Sieben acht neun,
du musst's sein.
Ich heiße Peter, du heißt Paul.
Ich bin fleißig, du bist faul...

Du bist faul!!!

if not...
then why are you reading this stupid blog?
heh heh
just a little joke
danke für den Klick!

and here a song
of mister Morrissey
who apparently is playing in Tijuana soon?
faraway so close! you are mister Morrissey
don't think i have time to cross the border...




his album Ringleader of the Tormentors
[from where this track is taken]
was one of my most listened albums of 2006

he's not The Smiths
but he was from The Smiths
and i think he still has it!

my favorite part of this song
guess 'cause it sounds sort of personal

If your god bestows protection upon you
And if the USA doesn't bomb you
I believe I will see you somewhere safe
Looking to the camera, messing around
and pulling faces.

Nobody knows what human life is.
Why we come, why we go.
So why then do I know
I will see you,
I will see you in far off places?

kiyo

kiyo
my half-moon betta fish
has this looong lovely
red tail
& ends in a very subtle tint
of lilac at some of the ends of it
very pretty!

i hope i can schedule a photo shot soon with him
i need to find a proper background and the proper light
and for sure
experiment with the
"subject in movement" setting of my camera
since this feisty red subject of mine
is anything but still...

he is probably the most quick-tempered
and moody but happy betta fish i've ever seen
he has so much energy
i think it helps that the plant in his bowl
is a living plant, there's a lot of algae to clean
every week in the rocks and the plant
he lives in Arrowhead or Evian water
depending on which one is on sale...
anyway, that's
kiyo's velvety red tail

The strange case of the fish dish that came out so tasty without having a proper recipe for it, a culinary mystery…

I didn’t plan this meal
I was just hungry and looked what I had in the refrigerator

I had some
- frozen fish
- a bag of sweet mini bell peppers (red, orange, and yellow)
- some small on-the-vine tomatoes

so, I thought, baked fish with vegetables, right?

I taw the fish, added about 3 cloves of garlic (yes! When it comes to garlic, the motto is the more, the better)
And 1 teaspoon of olive oil
And… right before putting in the oven
I remembered my fresh basil plant that I have outside…


I carefully cut about 10 little leaves and placed them on top of the uncooked dish
Ah& of course some fresh grounded pepper

About 12 minutes in the oven at 350 degrees, or was it 15?


The drink on the side
Geinmacha Japan green tea


Not a recipe, not a plan
But indeed the basil, was the hint that gave the dish that little spice…
what made it special
and wll the in-trance-shopped garlic, hmm, ja!

I realized how I enjoy sometimes to prepare my own meals
While chopping 3 cloves of garlic I abandoned myself
Like in a mild meditation, no music, no thoughts,
Just chopping garlic, for a meal
What a timeless & basic activity
The one of cooking

I do like melting into my little kitchen routines…
Times softens, thus the smells, so my eyes
In colors, and wonderful organic shapes…
And at the end
They all taste…

heute...

ist ein guter Tag!



. ah! very nice masculine voice
by midday...

.. run

... on TV now
The Picture of Dorian Gray
the original from 1945!
ah! oscar wilde...

kukicha tea, m&m's
for
Guten Abend, gute Nacht

"I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex."
-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891