After a short respite from the blogging world due to a conference call in the northeast, we are back with a cooking vengeance. Since our travels prohibited a trip to Trader Joes this week, we made due with the contents of our freezer where we discovered with delight a hunk of curried chicken waiting to be devoured. Bought during a previous shopping frenzy at Trader Joes for a little over $6, it cooked quickly after thawing. We accompanied the chicken with brown rice, also previously purchased in a TJs in the northeast. The rice took just as long to engorge itself in its pan as the chicken took to come...to fruition, about half an hour (wink), don't be jealous. We further added to the flavor of the meal with some avocado slices, bought on sale at TJs. The creamy texture of the avocados contributed to how smoothly the food went down.
Overall, the chicken was not as delicious as the previous blogged about mojito salmon but it gets points for being easy to make and for its intense flavor. We would definitely repurchase it and recommend it for a quick and healthy meal after class. The entire meal took no more than 30 minutes to complete. Thaw the chicken in advance for faster preparation, but we don't mind taking our time, nice and slow.
What's on Tap?
This week's beer selection was a big disappointment. Again found in the interstices of our fridge: Oktoberfest by Josephs Brau Brewing Co. was very bland. Good for light beer drinkers, perhaps, but overall not very satisfying. ** stars (not disgusting but certainly not worth repurchasing)
Food for thought:
On one of our numerous drives, we discovered a song on the radio, Mr. Saxo Beat, by Alexandra Stan. The lyrics perfectly resonate with our current academic lifestyle that requires taking dance breaks to restore energy. As Gramsci says, studying is a job and a very tiring one.
You make me this,
Bring me up,
Bring me down,
Playing sweet,
Make me move like a freak,
Mr. Saxo Beat.
What can we make of this? We are not quite sure besides its literal connotation but we are subjecting it to intent analysis as we type, rigorous analysis, like children studying a dead thing, again from the wisdom of Nino, aka Gramsci.
Who >is< Mr Saxo Beat, I wonder? Otherwise, yes, a completely transparent text. "You make me this," for instance, requires absolutely no antecedent for its interpretability. (lol)
ReplyDeleteDo you know Karl Abraham? He is more critical of the academic life than Nino. It's not so much that our life is arduous, he says, but rather, neurotically obsessive. We have "regress[ed] to the position of infantile narcissism" in our pursuit of knowledge.
Meanwhile, I feel sense sexual tension in these posts...just sayin' :)
ReplyDeleteIn defense of Nino, I don't think he was being sarcastic in his line. He was trying to encourage the emergence of an organic intellectual cohort the agents of a counterhegemonic force. Thanks for your comment though Colin. We will look into this Karl Abraham fellow...
ReplyDeleteTo Marina: Again, referencing our friend Gramsci (aka Nino), we don't engage in the "sport," which diverts our attention from academic pursuits. Rather, we spend our time fastidiously emerged in our studies and, of course, always keeping in mind what we will wear for the revolution. We already bought our foundation and eye shadow palette in preparation... any day now... In the meantime, we will work on designing the military apparel of the next vanguard, as we cannot afford to go shopping on our meager student stipends. We are not, as they say, "ballers" although we do aspire to be two balls in a nut sack, cozy here in the interstices of the library we call our home.
ReplyDeleteHa! Well ...I suppose everyone has to find their place in the world, I personally, do enjoy 'the sport'
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