Hot day today… Again… I can't stand how sweltering Toronto is in the summer. It doesn't help that I'm walking around on a broken leg I guess. I was wondering whether my leg hurts or not — on one hand, I don't really think it does, because lots of people get minor tib/fib breaks and leave them untreated. But who knows.
In more pleasant news, this dish was pretty good and ultra-quick to make. It's okra and red onions and garlic in an easy sweet and sour sauce (some wildflower honey, some lemon, and a little chipotle chili powder), with some green onion as well (half tossed in at the last minute and half as a garnish). It's on brown rice with a bit of chili sauce.
That reminds me — Phil's posted the
BMEfest martini list. It took me a minute to get the joke, but the “
Piercer's Arm” martini is pretty funny… That said, I think I'll stick to the Christina, the Gelding, and the Sub-Tini…
Other than that, I think Saira and Michael are headed over for a drink. Who knows, they may be here before I finish this post even. Oh — and I want to re-paint my truck. Not really re-paint, but “accent” it, maybe with a stencil or something… I saw Smoking Aces the other day and liked the vibe of the car that the Tremors drive (not the look, just the vibe) so I kind of think I want to explore that realm.
If anyone has any ideas, feel free to doodle on it and send me the idea. Keep in mind that I'm all about Satan. I may just get trashed and spray paint '666' on the doors if I don't think of anything else, hahaha. Maybe do another
skull mounting or something.
Edit: Sorry IAM is having trouble. It's overheating.
I have eight solid brass BME skulls (they're deadly weapons!) that are being given away to top contributors from 2006. These are ultra-limited edition, from a set of ten (two are being made into canes). If you are near the top of that top contributor list and you want one, please contact me about it so I know because I really want these to go to people who want them.
Yesterday we cut up about a hundred of my old BME shirts to make pieces for the quilt (if you don't recall, I'm taking all my old BME shirts that don't fit any more and turning them into a big quilt). There are 10″ and 6″ wide panels of varying lengths that'll be stitched into strips and then sewed into a complete blanket. A lot better than them rotting in my closet!
The mind of a four year old…
Shannon: “You should be sure to check your mail.”
Nefarious: “Why? Did you mail me something?”
Shannon: “Maybe!”
Nefarious: “What did you send me? Is it candy?“
Shannon: “No, it's a surprise.”
I hope it's not too disappointing. These cards are not edible. They're part of a much larger set (these are my favorites from the first ones I drew — the fronts are Toronto tourist pictures). I think I'll do a couple dozen of these and then get started on the first book in earnest. I have two books written, I just have to sit down and ink them all…
I have this intense paranoia about them getting lost or stolen in the mail… I hope that does not come true!
So I went to get my leg x-rayed and the first clinic I went to was full for the day so I went to see if I could just get the x-ray but they wanted a referral. So then I went to another clinic for the referral (and discovered that my car had been towed and impounded, but that's another story). Roo came along, and the initial conversation with the doctor was kind of strange.
“Where did you meet your partner? On the internet?”
“Um… No… we work together…”
“Oh, like at a tattoo place? Are you here for your Hep-C test?”
“Um… No…”
That went on for a while and then he checked out my leg, which seems to have a hairline fracture on the fibula that I've been walking around on (not really a problem, and because of the nerve damage it's not too painful) and a bony growth from it that seems to be bonded to the bone. That got x-rayed mostly to take a snapshot of it in case it turns into a tumor as well I guess. I went to get it x-rayed at the place down the street but they had closed (they close at 1 in the afternoon) so I drove to the next closest one (all of this took about five hours). You can't really see anything in these pictures…
After I got the leg stuff done we had another funny talk…
“I have something else I need to ask you for help with but I'm not sure if you can… it's OK if you say no.”
“What, do you need a prescription for narcotics?”
“Yeah, pretty much.”
“Sure, what do you need?”
I was really quite surprised because the walk-in clinics are not really supposed to give you prescriptions for narcotics (my painkillers), and I didn't even show any ID or anything. But it sure is nice to get that bird killed as well. While waiting for the prescription (which also took a while because there was a power blackout from the storm that took out the first pharmacy I went to) I took my blood pressure.
That's after two giant energy drinks and a massive coffee so it's a lot higher than usual (my pulse is normally about 55). Anyway… The day's done! No more wandering around! Time to eat something yummy and watch a movie and relax.
