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Mon, 06 Mar 2006
Original date: February 9, 2006; completion date: March 3, 2006.
My current favourite one is Riesen®. I'm wasting money, and more importantly my health and my teeth on them, to be sure. But they are really tasty. I'm sounding like an ad (no, I haven't gotten anything from them) but it's good stuff.
Now, I know that almonds are much better, but I do love them pistachios. There's this farmers' market on Sundays in Brentwood (on Gretna Green, open 9am to ~2pm) where you get the best ones. if you go there, buy them from the stall close to San Vicente Blvd - the same person who sells raisins and other dried fruits as they have the best ones. They only carry them when they're in season though which is on now. I can never remember when the season ends or starts. I prefer the unsalted ones to get the pure taste from nature. Hey, go ahead and get the salted if that's what you fancy. Salt is naturally occurring too, so you can't go too wrong (check with your doctor, please, before taking my recommendation and messing up your health). Hey, if you still want almonds go to the Saturday market in Santa Monica on Arizona and get them from the guy selling the pre-packaged ones on the south side of the street — his stall is very close to and just west of 3rd Street Promenade.
Enough plugs for things. On to more interesting and more time-wasting activities while still on the topic of food. I'm just going to mix in some TV and now you know we're really getting somewhere.
As I've mentioned before (see My first thoughts...), I'm a big fan of "That 70s Show." Do high school kids really get so much kicks out of messing up their close friends? It certainly seems to be the definition of friendship on this show. And they still stick together, through thick and thin, and double-crosses, girlfriend stealing, "burns" (I really love that term, esp "Uh Burn" and "Buuuurrrrrn"), etc. That's real friendship, I guess. Or just the TV version of it. Probably more the latter.
Anyway, the cake part. This part of it is mostly contrived to fit a pattern. It's my miniiature tribute to Haruki Murakami. You need to figure out the rest. If you're a fan of his, it'll be not too hard. If not, you may not care anyway. I'm sure I'll write more about him before too long. But, please don't ask as you won't get an answer from me.
Back to the cake part. Anyway when the woman (Donna) says "I love you" to her boyfriend (Eric), he comes back with "(long pause) I love cake" and later with "I love you (long pause) man" and eventually with "I love you" at the end of the show. Why is this interesting? I guess it isn't except as an artifice for the show to play out what it needs.
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