Sententiae Draconis

1. It's been a while since I've posted. Sorry. I'm stuck in that strange place where there's not much to do but simultaneously loads of shit to do.

2. The Stanley Cup Finals continue and the Canucks continue to play in them. We're up 3-2 on the series - which is a very good thing. On the other hand we've played like crap when we're in Boston. The long and short of it though is that we're up 3-2 and we've only got to win once more in order to get the cup. Boston needs to win twice. So we've still got the advantage. Even if we play like crap in Boston on Monday we've still got another game at home which we are likely to win. (Dear Canucks, please don't play like crap in Boston. While my head will understand I'm not sure that my heart could take it. I'm too young to have a heart attack!)

3. Speaking of the Finals, we've been going out and drinking for just about every game. It's kinda tiring. But necessary. (And fun). How often does your team get into the finals when you're living in that city? (If you're me - this is unlikely to happen again.)

4. Overheard at the bar last night: It should just be one game instead of seven to decide the cup. The Superbowl is one game. And so is the World Series.
- Just a hint: if it's called a series it's unlikely to be only one game. And for the record, football is the odd sport out in North America - Basketball, Baseball and Hockey are all decided by seven game series'.

5. I'm making Salsa Chicken Thighs for dinner tonight. It's a recipe that my Dad (I think) got out of a Looney Spoons cookbook ages ago. I don't have the receipe, but I've made it before so I decided to give it a try.
Things I put in there (for my own record)
- onions
- garlic
- medium chunky salsa
- soy sauce
- dijon mustard
- honey
- powdered ginger
I hope it turns out. Smells pretty good.

6. My sister-in-law is having her birthday party tonight. I was invited, but sadly being on the other side of the continent does get in the way of attending parties. I'm hoping for a drunken phone call from my brother fairly soon. He's pretty good at that.

7. We went to see X-men: First Class and I really liked it. It definitely had some major flaws, but there was some awesome character development and just characters in general.

8. I am in love with James McAvoy. I've known this since I saw him in Children of Dune, but it's always nice to have it reaffirmed. I YouTubed a bunch of interviews with him - and he's even more awesome in person. I think my favourite is this interview with Craig Ferguson because it is hilarious! "Scottish Vacuum of Charm" Indeed!

9. I have therefore downloaded a bunch of his movies. Today I watched "Starter for 10" which was hilarious in a kinda awkward first year university kind of way. Also his mother was played by Catherine Tate and Benedict Cumberbatch was the dink who was captain of the University Challenge team. I laughed really loudly at times. Very enjoyable. Next up, either Atonement or the Last King of Scotland (in which I hope he actually uses his own accent, because it is lovely).

9. I think I might go and get bookshelves from Canadian Tire tomorrow. I know, my life is super exciting.

So I've felt like doing some real cooking for a while and I decided about a week ago that it would be a great idea to make Deeper 'n Ever Poi again. Because then I could have a family dinner with all my roommates and not have to worry about the vegitarians (blasted vegitarians).

For those of you who didn't read Redwall as a child (or adult, 'cause hey that's cool too) Deeper 'n Ever Poi* is one of the dishes that the moles make and it's made with root vegitables and is really hearty and delicious. Redwall is full of all sorts of tantilizing descriptions of food and when I was obsessed with Redwall my Dad (Or was it one of my Mums? Hell, was it me?) went on the Internets and found a bunch of recipes for the food they described. This is the only one that I ever made myself and I think that it's the best in any case.

So today I'm making it and tonight I'm going to feed it to my roommates and friends (I think there'll be eight people, The White Hart, Fort Awesome and L who is here to work on Physics with A).

( Here's the Recipe for my own reference and for anyone else's interest )

ETA: Success!!! It all went really well, everyone enjoyed it. I left it in the oven for about forty minutes or there about and perhaps longer would've been better for temperature's sake but it was still delish.

*Poi, of course, because de Molers have very thick accents. I used to be very good at it, but alas I'm more than a bit rusty.