I Watch Movies to Hide My Pain

Today, I wasted a good day watching two movies back to back.

1. Brave

I don't think I can remember the moral of this story. And I watched it like 6 hours ago. WTF?!  Was it "Don't turn your mom into a bear?" I guess it's important to keep your mom a human, I think? I dunno.  But I don't think that will ever happen... So... I'm guessing ... that ... it might not have been the thrust of the movie? Hmm... SO CONFUSED.  Maybe it was kilts tied together make a good rope? The animation was stellar, as you would expect from a pixar film.  But it wasn't a very good Disney Princess movie.  So, it was MEH.

2. The Dark Knight Rises

I was emotionally moved by it.  Although the whole idea of an entire city being taken hostage seems super contrived and ridiculous.  But I can't quite pinpoint why I felt my heart being tugged in such a way that I got a bit teary eyed.  Maybe it was Alfred confessing to Bruce about burning the letter.  It was really a heartfelt moment.  Then things started blowing up and guns were fired, and I forget about my emotions.  And I got a bit distracted by a few CGIed bridges that spanned out from the Lower West Side of Manhattan, I mean, Gotham, to NJ.  They just looked ... weird.  Oh, and there were two bridges above Roosevelt Island.  By the way, Christian Bale isn't aging well.  Or make-up did a great job of making him not sexy.  But it was a GREAT escape flick.

I Can Haz Steak!

Once in a while, I crave bovine carcass.

So I haz maded steak!

Steak
1 inch thick steak (1/2 lb)
Salt
Pepper
Rosemarry
Garlic

Rub the seasoning on to the steak.
Heat up a pan/skillet super hot.
Place the fat cut out from the steak and render it out on the pan. Or use butter/oil.
When the fat is super hot, place the steak in the pan.
After about a minute, turn it over.  And saute the other side for about a minute.
And then make sure to saute the sides that haven't touched the pan for about 15-20 seconds.
Take the steak out of the pan, and let it rest.
This should give you a medium-rare steak!

Sauce/Topping
6 Quartered Mushrooms
Chopped onion
1/4 cup Vegetable Stock
1/4 cup Ponzu

Pour out the bulk of the fat from the pan/skillet.
Place the chopped onion and mushrooms in to the pan, and saute for about 2 minutes in medium heat.
Then add vegetable stock and ponzu.
And let the liquid reduce.

Daikon radish
Lemon juice

Puree the daikon radish with about 2 table spoons of lemon juice

Plating
Place a large spoonful of the pureed daikon on the plate.
Place the steak on top.
Then top the steak with the mushroom ponzu sauce.

VOILA! 

Yah, Get A Life!

I'm stuck.

I need to get un-stuck.

Simple as that.

So I'm going to use ... this ... as a vehicle to ... get a life.

How?

I don't know.

I'll write. I'll post pictures. Maybe I'll even post videos.

So, this is me:

Extending my hand to the Universe.

And I hope, I pray!

The hand of the Universe will...

(Cue: Neil Diamond)

Reaching out

Touching me

Touching you

Sweet Jake,

Yah!

Get a life!!!