2005-06-11
Today's topic: Ambigious fish pancakes
Yes, you read right. I went out for sushi with Jen yesterday, just the two of us spending some time together before I left for Europe. We felt like trying new stuff yesterday, like seaweed salad (I don't remember the exact termes for this stuff), various different types of sushi (tuna salad roll, bbq eel roll, etc). There was also this other thing we tried. The description was a pancake (not normal pancake) topped with our choice of seafood (we got shrimp and scallop) and either beef or pork.
There's only one way to descripe the way it looked when the waitress brought it out. Scary. There were paper-thin shavings of something (I later found out it was the beef toppin) waving about like an anemone under the water. Seriously. Jen and I just sat there, looking at it dubiously, wondering whether to dig in or just stab the thing with our forks to make sure it was dead. We did eat it eventually, after the waitress reassured us it wasn't alive (and trust me, we really did need that reassuring).
Jen cut it into several wedges as if it were some muated pizza. My main thought as she did this was "Well, at least now we know it's dead. Or... I'm pretty sure it is." Then we ate it. We didn't decide if we liked it or not. It had a really odd aftertaste. Or maybe that WAS the taste. I don't know. My tounge was scared and confused. It's still wimpering in terror. And the pancake part, by the way, turned out to be a type of fish pancake. If only that was the scariest part about this dish.
At first I thought this thing was evil. But, since I'm alive to tell the tale, I guess we can say it's not totally evil. But it sure as hell isn't on the side of good. It kinda reminded me of something said about Sesshoumaru (don't ask, really, don't ask). She said he's not so much evil as ambigious. Though he is very capable of killing great masses of people very easily, he just doesn't all the time. This isn't because of any morality on his part, it's just because he can't be bothered to do it. Most people (hell, who am I kidding, EVERYONE) are below him (according to him), and he just refuses to acknowledge them by killing them. But if an angry army happens to annoy him, they are so dead.
The fish pancake thing kinda reminded me of this. I kinda figured that the only reason I survived this encounter of the fishy-kind was because the fish pancake had merely decided not to kill me... yet. I'm quite sure that, if it was in a pissy mood or if I had insulted its mother, I'd be so very dead. Ph34r the phish p4nc4k3!!
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Yes, you read right. I went out for sushi with Jen yesterday, just the two of us spending some time together before I left for Europe. We felt like trying new stuff yesterday, like seaweed salad (I don't remember the exact termes for this stuff), various different types of sushi (tuna salad roll, bbq eel roll, etc). There was also this other thing we tried. The description was a pancake (not normal pancake) topped with our choice of seafood (we got shrimp and scallop) and either beef or pork.
There's only one way to descripe the way it looked when the waitress brought it out. Scary. There were paper-thin shavings of something (I later found out it was the beef toppin) waving about like an anemone under the water. Seriously. Jen and I just sat there, looking at it dubiously, wondering whether to dig in or just stab the thing with our forks to make sure it was dead. We did eat it eventually, after the waitress reassured us it wasn't alive (and trust me, we really did need that reassuring).
Jen cut it into several wedges as if it were some muated pizza. My main thought as she did this was "Well, at least now we know it's dead. Or... I'm pretty sure it is." Then we ate it. We didn't decide if we liked it or not. It had a really odd aftertaste. Or maybe that WAS the taste. I don't know. My tounge was scared and confused. It's still wimpering in terror. And the pancake part, by the way, turned out to be a type of fish pancake. If only that was the scariest part about this dish.
At first I thought this thing was evil. But, since I'm alive to tell the tale, I guess we can say it's not totally evil. But it sure as hell isn't on the side of good. It kinda reminded me of something said about Sesshoumaru (don't ask, really, don't ask). She said he's not so much evil as ambigious. Though he is very capable of killing great masses of people very easily, he just doesn't all the time. This isn't because of any morality on his part, it's just because he can't be bothered to do it. Most people (hell, who am I kidding, EVERYONE) are below him (according to him), and he just refuses to acknowledge them by killing them. But if an angry army happens to annoy him, they are so dead.
The fish pancake thing kinda reminded me of this. I kinda figured that the only reason I survived this encounter of the fishy-kind was because the fish pancake had merely decided not to kill me... yet. I'm quite sure that, if it was in a pissy mood or if I had insulted its mother, I'd be so very dead. Ph34r the phish p4nc4k3!!
2005-06-06
Today's topic: Sorry, I haven't posted in a while
Actually, I'm not really sorry. The voices in my head make me say I'm sorry. And they're not really sorry either.
I digress. The real reason I'm posting is about my trip... which happened long ago on May long weekend.
Once upon a time, we went to Minneapolis. The end.
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Actually, I'm not really sorry. The voices in my head make me say I'm sorry. And they're not really sorry either.
I digress. The real reason I'm posting is about my trip... which happened long ago on May long weekend.
Once upon a time, we went to Minneapolis. The end.
