posts from 2005.06

Finally, I get to start working things back into my diet. Today: eggs.

I’ve had four eggs already today, and plan to have another two tonight. No abnormal reactions to the eggs, AFAICT, though I think one of my chicken fingers at lunch today had some non-bleached wheat breadcrumbs on it, as I got a bunp on my lip after eating them. I suppose I’ll know for sure later on…

Anyway, assuming this continues to go well, the plan is to go back to the normal boring diet tomorrow (presumably to give everything a chance to leave my system), and work in milk (and cheese, and butter, and ice cream) on Friday. Saturday will be boring, and Sunday I will reintroduce various wheat products. Monday will be boring, and Tuesday I will reintroduce the solanaceae (tomatoes, peppers, aubergine, potato) (this means I will finally get to eat pizza again!). On Thursday I will start cheating (more than I already am) by starting to introduce one item a day (here’s where it gets difficult: chick peas, green peas, pinto beans, kidney beans, lima beans, common beans, string beans, navy beans, etc [not necessarily in that order, and ony one new item at a time]) up until the night before Beth’s wedding.

I’m cheating (I’m not supposed to mix items I’ve already tested with new items, and I’m always supposed to give one day of boring food between eating new items) because there actually aren’t enough days before my next allergist appointment to follow the reintroduction procedure to the letter. Also, I want to be able to eat at the wedding without making life difficult for the kitchen staff. Mostly, I’m too sick of the rice and chicken diet to keep that up for much longer.

I’ve decided to avoid the War of the Worlds movie entirely for two reasons:

1. IMHO, Spielberg hasn’t made a good movie in 12 years.
2. I don’t want to support actors who associate with harmful newage profit hungry cults.

Instead, I’m going to get my WotW goodness via a different medium. I recommend that thrifty, socially conscious individuals save their monies and do the same.

In related news, Jason Lee is dead to me. At least I’ll still have my memories…

~RIP~

I saw Batman Begins today.

It was kinda fun to watch, but really not that good, IMHO.

I just got back from seeing Land of the Dead with Marty (opening night, n00bz!), and I must say – Romero hasn’t lost his touch. Despite it being 20 years since the last movie in the series, he’s managed to create a movie in the same vein as the previous ones while resisting catering to Hollywood’s demand for (IMHO) badnes. If only Lucas could have done as much…

In short: I liked it. I really liked it. This may just be the best movie in the series, at the very least (IMHO) it’s better than Day of the Dead. The symbolism in this one was especially poignant, particularly regarding the way Dubya Dennis Hopper’s character meets his end (come on, it’s a Romero flick – that’s no spoiler). I even managed to get past an association I have resulting from the fact that the last time I saw Dennis Hopper playing a man of power ruling from the top of a tower vs. John Leguizamo was in the Super Mario Bros movie (it wasn’t hard – I liked SMB).

Some other bits worth mentioning are the retarded character Charlie’s name, which I like to brain was a nod to Flowers for Algernon (one of my favorite books), and the zombie couple holding hands (kawaii!). I know that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) made cameos, but I missed them, even though I was looking :(

I suppose I’ll just have to look harder next time (which will hopefully be soon… happicow hasn’t seen it yet, afterall…) :)

Mostly unrelated quote of the day (from Marty, while sitting through boring previews) which made me laugh harder than I have in quite some time:

Michael Jackson is the new Lich King of Pop

If you get this && you find it hilarious, then you are cool people.

Last night I found a really cool module for NWN, which I spent a few hours playing (though I haven’t beat it yet). So far, I’m liking it more than the two official expansions, and it’s way better than any other module I’ve played.

Anyway, after that I decided I needed some new NWN wallpaper, and found this. Waitaminute… that looks kinda like an in-game shot… NWN has penguins?! After a bit of googling, I fount this:

The common penguin, or Vile Sea Panther, is forged by the merciless cold of the extreme north. These soulless birds are consumed with a frosty rage about looking pretty silly when they waddle around making that squeaky sound. The other birds laughed at them when they were younger, and often the penguin would stand on the corner watching all the other birds with working wings peel off in a stylish car with all the cutest she-birds and a bucket of fresh cod. Well the penguin is back… and the dead don’t laugh baby.

<giggle> Too bad the model-viewer is windows only. Ironic, that- you only get penguins in windows :(

Well, the penguins appear to be evil masterminds, so I’m sure theey’ll get revenge, somehow >:)

On Friday I got a clip-on rear light for my bike. The first time I used it was yesterday. Yesterday, I lost it.

Bah. It was only like, $4, but it took two weeks to arrive. I suppose when I go to the bike shop to get a tune-up I should buy an overpriced one there…

Maybe I’ll do that today, and walk from/to work tonight and tomorrow morning…

I’ve been negligent bout posting. Sorry about that :)

Anyway, (as I said previously) this past weekend I went back to NJ for AnimeNext.