Funkville

Don’t be Lazy! (Grilled Cheese)

When I cook I get down with layering of flavors, so even the most simple of quick lunches can be amazing. Try this recipe and you’ll be laughing at your ass-clown coworkers for spending $15 on lunch. 2 slices of bread (I prefere texas toast style with this even though I’m a whole grain type of girl) 1 tsp of Dijon Mustard or anything that is not plain yellow (gross) 3 Slices of cheese in various cuts of thickness, any type will do but American is the staple 1 medium tomato sliced Olive oil (3-4 Tbs) Seasoning salt Optional - Capers Into a cool pan drizzle olive oil and sprinkle seasoning salt and turn heat on to medium Slice cheeses and tomato On one slice spread dijon onto the interior part of bread and layer like so: cheese, tomato, cheese. Its is important, no matter how many layers you add, to place cheese facing the bread because the tomatoes will slip all over without it. Within these layers add a few capers or maybe a pickle slice for tang. Place sandwich into hot oil and season salt and let sit for a moment before flipping over so flavored oil is sopped up on both sides, then cook each side for about 3-5 minutes or until golden brown. I cook on a medium to hih heat on my gas stove, this way everything melts before the bread get’s burned. Electric ovens aer tricky, I prefere gas. The object of the game is to get the cheese gooey and melted while maintaining a crisp golden flavored crust on the bread. Whn finished serve with remaining tomato slices and a pickle! Nom NOMS

Epic win

Sounds like…

Over the past decade I have heard parents call their kids Reagan, Tatum, Peyton, Ashton (for a girl), Hunter, Gunner, and Tripper. I am sure there are more, but that’s the fat stack of names that probably annoy me the most. Please, parents, explain to me the purpose of Tatum or Reagan. Do you really really like Peyton Manning? Are you an acclaimed gunner, huntr or tricky tripper? Also, people who are named on days of which they were not born on. Or months or seasons that that were not born on. If someone is named April, I would assume their birthday would be in said month. Same goes for Summer, Autumn and Sunday. In five years we will have kids named Master Chief, instead of Luke Sky Walker (my drama teacher in highschool actually named his son this.) We will have Kurts and Mileys and Milk Bottle and little inside internet joke names, maybe even a Tumblr here and there. Moon Unit, Audio Science, Pilot; I like your names, keep up the good work. Tatum, Ashton and Summer born in December, you guys are douchebags.

Music

So, I’m just going to list the music playing on my ipod and will stop when the first guest/customer/phone call interrupts it. Bright Eyes - Lover I don’t have to love Black Kids - Huricane Jane Velvet Underground (Nico) - Femme Fatal At the Drive-in - Sleepwalk Capsule The Queers - Fagtown Ladytron - Playgirl The Sounds - Dying to say this to you The Kills - Last day of magic The Cure - Why can’t I be you? Radiohead - Paranoid Android The Damned - New Rose The Cure - Homesick Deathcab for Cutie - Photobooth Black Keys - Strange Times Massive Attack - Teardrop Misfits - Some kind of hate Crystal Castles - Courtship dating Plastic Bertrand - Major Tom (I’m coming home) Radiohead - No Surprises The Radio Dept. - I don’t like this Ladytron - Beauty Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Mystery Girl …oh, I got a phone call. Finally.

Disillusioned at best

I’m sitting here at one of my jobs watching the Grammys, watching how annoyingly lame the musicians are, how great bands keep losing to “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay and how I am officially over Katy Perry. I even called up my friend to tell him “I am soooo over Katy Perry!”. Not that I was really into her music, per se, but I did like some songs, however after watching her blatantly lip sync “I kissed a girl” tonight I’ve decided, its over.

‘Being over’ should be applied to a few facets of my life. I’m over being broke, working at a shitty underpaying job that utilizes zero skills I have. So damn over it. I understand this “economy” is affecting everything and I should hold on to this job for dear life however I work with people that have worked here for over a year and they still get paid the same as I do. Minimum wage. I work two days a week, I would like two more days however Mondays are for this guy named Scott, who works here once a week “Just because” and he usually calls in someone to cover his shift because of various excuses. They should just fire him and alternate the day with everyone else, but that would make too much sense. I’m so reliable, I’ve never missed a day or called in sick, mostly because I know no one will/would cover for me. I’m over it.

M.I.A is performing right now on the Grammys, she’s due to give birth tonight, that’s amazing. They are also singing “It’s Over”, how poignant.

Anyway, I’m dreaming big and fantasizing over this summer and what I want and will do, however reality is closing in on me saying “nah nah nah honey, you ain’t got the money” and I’m over THAT. I’m over not being in school, I’m over being treated like an idiot at my job, I’m over not having cash and stressing over it. So, I think I’m gonna solve it.

Stand by your man…

Today my mom showed me flyer and asked me where I got it, as I scanned the words I insisted I didn’t know where it came from. She found it in the car, and it wasn’t there yesturday however we did valet the car at the casino last night so it probably came from one of the drivers. The shitty thing is the contents of the flyer, some anti-Obama propaganda, placed in our vehical by a radically rude valet driver. Here is a snippet of the flyer:

“President-Elect Barack Obama intends to break his campaign promise to the American people that he would not raise taxes on anyone earning less that $250,000 a year. Yesturday, January 14th, the House of Representatives voted 239 to 139 to appove the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) by raising federal cigarette & tobacco tax rates”

It goes on to show these projected change increases. First off, this is a totally ignorant blast but it does not surprise me, this is Iowa. Obama’s campaign promise was to not raise INCOME taxes on anyone that makes less than 250k a year. Smoking is not your income, and anyone of any class can and does smoke. It would stupid to raise tobacco taxes on only people that make over 250k, are semi millionairs suppose to carry a card saying “yes I’m kind of rich, please sell me the expensive cigarettes”??

Also, I must point out how the tax increase it to fund a insurance plan for children, mostly children who’s own parents can not afford insurance for them. My solution to those parents is simple: stop wasting money on cigarettes and buy a pack of condoms. Then find a better job/skill or whatever and read Obama’s economic policy.

I hate getting political, but this shit is irritating. I know that about 68% of the people that read this while leaving the casino went “Oh hell no, that negro is trying to stab us in the back! TERRORIST!!!” Stupid. I’m considering contacting the valet manager about this, this is ridiculous.

I would like to point out how Iowa as a state voted democratic both in the caucous and the election, however I am not clear on the voters motivation. The only reason why this idioacy does not surprise me is because most of the people here are stupid, literally.

“Yo Adrian, we did it!”

Everytime I watch one of the Rocky movies it feels like the first time. I guess there’s nothing more exciting than seeing some unruly small Italian punk show the world that he’s a super tough unruly Italian punk. Rocky IV (four) is on AMC right now, what better way to avenge a friend’s death than to take it to the ring? If my boyfriend drove around in a black & gold trans am and bought me fur coats, in the 70’s, I’d follow him everywhere too. Soviet Russia looks pretty badass, but I still have a crush on dirty ass Philly. Watching this movie has allowed me to forget my killer heel pain and mediocre tips for the day, if only for a moment. P.S I’m aware I referenced every movie but I & V, whatever.