Day: March 2, 2012

Caveat: 55

Banalities & Journaling / The Wonders of Work

I had a group of 7th-graders who didn't know my age (either they were relatively new students who hadn't been through an "introduction" class with me, or else they'd completely forgotten).

I had them attempt to estimate my age. I do this when they ask how old I am, unless I make a joke and say something outlandish, like "I'm 647." Kids are notoriously unreliable in estimating my age, but I nevertheless feel discouraged that the average age estimate was almost 10 years too old: 55. Normally the average, at least, comes out not that far off, despite some outlying individual estimates.

Am I looking old, lately? Acting old? Is my ennui showing?

Sigh. Again.

Caveat: Frontier Psychiatrist (with Curry)

Background Noise / Banalities & Journaling / Food & Drink

What I'm listening to right now.

The Avalanches, "Frontier Psychiatrist." This song was on the radio in 2001, I think. I associate it with living in Burbank, California, and driving on the 134 toward Pasadena to visit my dad. I imagined going to visit a frontier psychiatrist, who would help me in some difficult-to-define but appropriately frontiery way. The video is pretty entertaining, in and of itself – I can honestly say I never saw it before right this moment.

[broken link! FIXME] Ck 002I made a Tomato & Yogurt Curry from a pre-mix ("seasonings only") package, earlier. This is quite adventurous, since the directions on the package are entirely and solely in Korean (see right).

So it was a cross between a Korean Language lesson and a cooking class. I wonder if this has potential as a means of motivating me to study Korean better. I kept confirming my understanding of instructions and vocabulary with a dictionary and/or googletranslate, worrying I wasn't making it right. But the basics: veggies and potatoes (I left out the meat called for in the recipe), boil in the first packet of mix, add the second packet, then the third, serve over rice. Here it is.

[broken link! FIXME] Ck 003

Dot dot dot. Life, it turns out, goes on.

 

Back to Top