Rock n Roll Bitches

So far I've fucked up two New Years resolutions.  But the year is still chugging along and that's a good thing.

It's been snowing a lot lately.  The city has turned into one big iced cupcake.  No snowmen have been created and the Mexicans next door don't have any lawns to mow, meaning my neighborhood is unemployed.  But I like the snow, I like its shimmering crystal look and feel that doesn't give me one significant glimpse into the future.

I watched a western a few weeks back, "Two Meals for Sister Sara".  It's about an ugly nun whose intentions are good, but she's shit out of luck, stuck in the desert with her only friend Clint Eastwood.  Not a bad friend to have in the wild junkyards of south Texas.  With two loaded guns and a attitude to match, Clint's one hell of a ladies man.  I should probably study his actions and take course, but instead I sit on my ass with only the visions of a blazing, battling drunk Indians and scantily clad women dancing atop bar tables.

I've been trying to become more productive.  Watched some tutorials on film editing, cleaned my bathtub, and started drinking bourbon straight.  I've also been reading quite a bit.  Just finished a book about two factions in an information security war, one who still and one who protects, set in a futuristic world where a random data shuffler gets mixed up with the wrong people.  The story deals with the subconscious, alternate realities, unicorns, and chubby lady who wears all pink suits.  Below you will find the playlist I listened to during those last, crucial chapters of the book.  It's a composition of classical, jazz, and a touch of bob dylan.  Enjoy.

http://listen.grooveshark.com/playlist/Just+Another+Day/43086520?src=5

Recipe of the day:

So being stuck in your house for four days because of the snow makes you realize how empty your cupboard really is.  That being said, I got creative and made some tasty-ass gravy beef tips.  Recipe is as follows:

1 cups of red beans

1 onion

1 tbs ground caraway seed

1 tsp celery salt

2 cups of chicken stock

2 cups of water

1 pound of beef tips

3 chopped garlic

1 tbs of molasses

1/2 cup of red wine

2 tbs of butter

1/2 package of country gravy mix

First cook your beans!  I did the quick soak method to prep them before cooking, but if time allows, go ahead and soak them over night.  Once a little soft to touch, simmer them in the water and chicken stock for one hour.  When you have 15 minutes left of that hour add the chopped onions, caraway seeds, and celery salt to the mix.  Also begin working on that beef.

Grab yourself a cast-iron skillet (the older the better - steal grandmas, it's her secret weapon) and throw in your beef tips and garlic with a splash of olive oil.  Once you see them start browning, drizzle in the molasses and add the wine (start drinking the rest of the bottle, it makes the meal taste better).  Let that set for about 5 to 10 minutes at a medium low temperature.  Next add the butter and gravy to the batch of goodness, and let that sit at the same temperature for until the beans are done.  Then drain your beans, keep a cup of the liquid and put it to the side.  Add the beans and let the whole thing become bubbly at medium heat for about 10 minutes.  Add water if it become too thick.

Take off stove and put it over white rice.  Yummmy!

Question of the day:

If they made a new paper bill whose face do you want to see on it?

Pic of the day: