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Today was: "Let's eat in.. now, what the eff do I have to make?"
So what we had was pasta in what I call pasta schmutz. Because it was too thick to be a sauce.
Made like so, all out of stuff I had around the house:
1 vidalia onion
2 medium tomatoes
3 cloves of garlic
bunch of basil from CSA
a few leaves of basil from my own plant
a handful of sundried tomato sausage I'd chopped up and frozen many a week ago
Pepper
2 T olive oil
a glug or two of balsamic vinegar
Toss the olive oil in a skillet, heat to medium. Thinly slice the onion and garlic, and put those on, stirring them to coat them lightly in the oil. Let them saute while cutting the tomato into small pieces (discarding gross seeds and jelly like innards) and basil (fine, but don't worry too much). Toss those in as well. Sprikle pepper on top. Put a cover on and let things sweat for a little while, then take top off, stir, toss in the sausage and pour on the balsamic. Let it cook down and reduce a bit, then serve hot over pasta, preferably something with short noodles like rotini, spirals, or bow tie.
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Here are two pictures of our new kitty. He is 9 weeks old, a siamese mix (obviously), a rescue, and so damn adorable it's almost physically painful. We know he is meant for us, because as soon as he saw Perrin he started climbing all over him and scratched him on the forehead, which means he'll fit right in. You can't see it in the picture, but he has very blue eyes, dark paws with white tips on the front and white socks on the back legs.   Oh, and we don't have a name for him yet. The list of possibilities includes: Rosto Eris Singe Cinder Tempest Legba Numair Taksim what do y'all think?
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Perhaps having someone wearing a full body costume including face-concealing and voice-muffling helmet should not be a wandering host. For hours. On Saturday night. Because they were very, very difficult to communicate with when I was dealing with a ghost. And they could not see very well at all.
For people who think we go overboard on badging: I think the fact that people were making and selling fake badges, as well as the number of ghosters that I had to deal with while badging bears out that we really can't be lax and forgiving on this front.
The upcoming arms race: Thursday night Perrin pointed out the new House of Toast sign to me and we both agreed that it would start a sign creating arms race over the next couple of years. By Saturday night, the Ghostbusters room had a hanging sign up as well. We moved our timeline forward to "Neon by 2011". While discussing this, a host of another party overheard us, looked at the two signs, and informed that they were going to get a better look at how they had been done and it was feasible that they could get a sign up by 2010. With neon.
I realize that it makes me petty, evil and mean, but I truly do adore watching diva fits. Especially when it's someone I'm sort of predisposed to think less of.
On the warmhearted side (for balance) there was nothing quite as wonderful as getting to watch Chris see his creation in 3D, life size for the first time. The marble Connie is just fabulous, and I do very much hope it returns year after year.
I really do need to get a softer bed for our home.
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Fairly short, fairly scattered, fairly tired. Moved into the hotel on Wednesday and spent the evening at the Guest Reception, saying hi to people as they came in, etc. There was also some sleeping involved, but I just couldn't sleep very well, so I was already tired when I got up Thursday morning, for my Finance on duty shift. I actually rather liked this morning shift, though it's not my usual time of day. I was able to be much more relaxed throughout the rest of the day, and it certainly made it for a relaxing evening party run. I had a panel in the evening though all I can remember about it was that it went well. Spent time with friends, including wandering the parties both with my friend Jeff and with my husband. Went to bed and then woke up on Friday, a little later than I really wanted to. There were more panels, and there was badging and uhm. Yeah, blur. Saturday is a blur for other reasons, vis a vis the fact that I woke up at 9 a.m. after 4 hours sleep with a migraine, took pain killers, skipped my morning panel on copyright, then woke up at noon. Drove out to take care of the cats and bird, then got back to the hotel and ate lunch. Took a nap at 3, woke up at 7. Watched Masquerade on TV while I changed and got ready to start my finance shift. I am tolerably good at getting into a corset by myself. Stayed up late, had an amazingly good time badging and partying. Went to bed and then suddenly it was Sunday, which was spent bopping about the con getting a last minute look at things and then being on finance and hanging out in Ops and hearing stories. And now it is Monday, and I'm home after The Big Count, and pondering going out for a bit to say i to friends at their house, and then home again. Things I did not get around to doing during con, sadly: Cinema Rex (lots of movies I wanted to see, none at good times fo me) Dance (never got to go dancing) Wow food (totally missed it) Flash mobs (missed all of them) Romulan Consulate dancer (the one time I managed to get into the room... the dancer had just walked off stage) Totally cool things I did get to see: Cajones seeing the Connie statue for the first time. The Connie statue in general. Holy shit. Gir cake at Deadly Delights Divafit in Ops Cone of Shame! Favorite logic fail of all time: From someone trying to get past me without a badge at my badging station "But I just want to get by to get some food!"Favorite planning fail of all time: Guy without badge trying to intimidate two badgers.. who happened to be me and ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ethel. Bad planning on his part.
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Pro tips, even! Well, not all of them. Some are pretty basic, but the "drink water, get a decent night sleep" ones are pretty obvious to most people who read my LJ. Also, some of these have been culled at least in part from other blogs/lj's. So here's a few that might not be so obvious. Know your restaurants! Sure, you know that you need to eat a real meal at least once a day, but a lot of people aren't as aware of where there's places to eat nearby, or deals you can get. So here's a few ( Under this handy cut )Bring a checkbook, because you will want one to pay for your pre-reg for next year at the special at-con prices (cash is often all spent by the end of con). Also because you never know when one of the dealers will have an amazing collectable that you didn't bring enough money for (or a corset in your size). Bring singles and fives, both to tip your bellman and the room staff, and to have available for parties. If you get a drink at a party, tip for it. Yes, the drink is 'free' but those parties put out an awful lot of money to entertain you and a tip is really not ethically optional. Get a bluetooth headset, especially if you are going to want to keep in touch with other people at the convention. Especially if you are on concomm. Being able to walk and talk is a huge plus, and it is likely that you will find yourself carrying things. However, if you need to keep in touch with people while you are in a panel or movie, please use text. Take a nap if you find yourself with an hour or two where there's no panels you want to go to and parties haven't started yet. Taking a nap (or even getting away to a quiet place to unwind) will make you feel much less harried by Sunday, and less likely to miss something good by getting a headache or being wrung out later. Bring Pillows because the number one reason why hotel beds aren't comfortable isn't the bead, it's the pillows. Bring your own from home and you are almost guaranteed to sleep better when you do sleep. Bring Painkillers headaches, back aches, and the like happen frequently because you are likely to wear yourself out. Looking around for painkillers makes it no better. Make sure that you have some in your room, or maybe even on you. Taking advil/excedrin at the first sign of pain can mean cutting pain off at the pass. Bathrooms! 22nd floor has some damn fine bathrooms. If you were planning on hoofing it to your own bathroom in the tall tower, might as well go all the way up there. However, not on Friday or Saturday night, for sure. Stairs! If you're going to parties on the 4th floor, take the stairs. Just do it. It's not that far, it'll be healthier, and you'll get there way faster than if you take the elevator on top of making it much easier and faster for other people taking the elevator to places they need to go. (this is of course not directed at people with disabilities, duh). In fact, if you can take the stairs anywhere, do. Stop by the bar, even late at night, maybe especially late at night. Even if you don't drink. Guests can be frequently found here holding court, they have good food there, and very late at night there's a lot of slumping in the seats and chattering. That's all I can think of for now.. will think of more and add later.
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