Filed under: dogs, food | Tags: cheesecake, children of god, dogs, food, hollywood, joaquin pheonix, letterman, NPR, puerto rico, tomato soup, werner herzog, wikipedia, youtube
It started with talk of grilled cheese sandwiches, but we did not have any tomato soup. We figured tomato soup must be pretty easy to make. I had my laptop on the coffee table, right in front of us. It was there because we had just finished watching a Youtube video of Joaquin Phoenix’s recent Letterman appearance. It is sad on many levels and hysterical only on one.
I googled “tomato soup recipe” and clicked on the link at the top of the list.
Chopped tomatoes
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Celery
Carrot
Cebollas (this week I am saying cebollas instead of onions.)
Garlic
Chicken broth
Bay leaf
Butter
Basil leaves.
Shit, our basil is dead.
Heavy cream.
I have evaporated milk. I bought it accidentally and opened it accidentally a few days ago. The can says I have to use it soon. My boyfriend says evaporated milk is disgusting, so we will not use any sort of milk or cream in this soup.
On the left side of the window there are tabs… one has a striking picture of a brown, dense-looking pie with no crust. It says it is a chocolate cheesecake. I am very, very interested.
Smoke detector went off.
I’m back now.
Anyway, chocolate cheesecake. Click on the picture, and you get the recipe for that. The links on the side of this page read: “Paula’s NY Cheesecake, Deep-Fried Cheesecake, Ultimate Fantasy Deep-Fried Cheesecake, Jake’s Explosive Turtle Cheesecake.”
I email Jake’s Explosive Turtle Cheesecake recipe to myself and print out the Deep-Fried Cheesecake recipe. I’ve got everything for it except white chocolate, but fuck white chocolate. I hate that shit anyway.
I made the cheesecake without the white chocolate while listening to a black history month special on NPR about the N word. Don’t use it, it’s back out of style. Fashion isn’t the only thing that runs in 20 year cycles.
As the cake cools in the backyard in preparation for its dive into a pool of hot oil, I meander onto Joaquin Pheonix’s wikipedia page. He’s Puerto-Rican! His parents were hippies who met through hitchhiking and belonged to the Children of God, a cult I look forward to googling. Under the “Personal Life” section it says: “On January 26, 2006, Phoenix was in a car accident in Hollywood on a winding canyon road that flipped his car over. The crash reportedly was caused by brake failure. Shaken and confused, Phoenix heard a tapping on his window and a voice say, “Just relax”. Unable to see the man, Phoenix replied, “I’m fine. I am relaxed”. The man replied, ‘No, you’re not’. At this point, Phoenix managed to see that the man was famed, eccentric German auteur Werner Herzog. After helping Phoenix out of the wreckage, Herzog phoned in an ambulance and vanished.”
My dog has just walked into the room with his head down. His face is covered with tomato soup. Suddenly, my life feels hopeless. Hopefully it’s just a phase.
Filed under: dogs, television | Tags: birds, chicago, dogs, hole in the wall, hollywood, julia roberts, mandatory theater, plane crash, TMZ, uggs
A burnt bird smell
This was a critical situation
It was almost a complete loss of forward momentum
email, bill, IGO car sharing, January bill, mandatory theatre, strange closets- Logan square castle, blog- fine diving in Chicago, Facebook- Eric Oij, John Rafman, Thorne Brandt, Eric Oij, Thorne Brandt, Esteban Schimpf, Google- pretty woman, Google- Julia Robert’s dog, Julia Roberts and husband Quarrel over dog, TMZ- pictures of Julia Roberts picking up her dogs’ shit, comments- The husband stealing whore probably took the poop home to eat it. She is a disgusting big mouthed tramp!, Now the only thing the 41-year-old mother of three needs to curb are those 2003 Ugg boots!
What was the sensation inside the cabin after the birds hit the engines? Then I heard the old “brace for impact.” Terror, sheer terror. We began yelling “brace, brace, heads down, stay down!” Let’s talk about the moment of impact.
Stop saic. Can you please tell teach my train is m.i.a. But I’m on my way. Fuck the CTA. I forgot you’re not in my class sorry. 1229 Sullivan. Hi This is just a reminder… I’m not planning on coming in tonight cause it’s been so slow lately but call if you need me. Cheers. What’s that documentary class called? I want to take it. Oh I found it it’s on Monday morning right? Don’t ever stop sending me love texts. Well shoot have fun. I’ll check myspace bulletins to see if anything is going on. I miss ya’ll too. My friend wrote a play and that’s my only chance to see it. I am thinking I’d like to interview you next week about hospitality and small business. I’ll be in touch. Oh ps I forgot to get paid on Saturday and I keep on forgetting my sweaters there. I keep on getting the urge to shout out ‘that’s what she said’ in my feminism class. Probably wouldn’t be appreciated. I feel like an imposter in this class. I like penises. Google Julia Roberts dog. Love.
The captain is in position. George, are you ready for the wall? Are you ready baby? It’s time to face the hole. Face the ho? Isn’t she the announcer? That was an easy one! Not fair! The bozos are saying there was no arm. Judges are ruling not clear. The wall was not cleared. Make it work. Phu was voted class clown in high school and is now a wedding photographer. Leroy said when he gets hurt he doesn’t go to the hospital; he lets his wounds heal on their own. Leroy looks like he’s giving Phu the heimleck maneuver and it makes sense cause hey are choking tonight.
