Boldly Go
I’m sad. Rest in peace, Leonard Nimoy.
Brrrrrrrrrrrr!
Nothing to write about except for the weather.
And I don’t like writing about the weather, because it is the cheapest form of small talk.
But the weather is something right now. Here on the East Coast, it has been cold for the last two weeks.
I look forward to 32F. That’s downright balmy.
I look forward to 26F and no wind. It almost feels like 32F. Let the wind blow and it makes it rather chilling.
At the moment, it is 10F according to the weather widget on my laptop. And outside is cold, too. I kid. I kid. But at 10F, my house is going to get cold making the heat run making it hot. It’s too hot upstairs, too cold downstairs. I’m sleeping on the stairs.
I wore four layers today. I wish I could layer up my house. Put a scarf on it and a knit cap. Wear some thermals. Something to make it warmer;
I just need some warmer days.
I’m looking forward to 35F.
Jupiter Ascending
Jupiter Ascending is a movie that would’ve been better released in the heady days after the first Star Wars film. It wouldn’t have been considered a disaster and a bomb as it is nowadays, but a better of a cash grab of a movie riding on the coat tails of the epic Sci-Fi films in the wake of the seminal genre defining space epic. We would’ve all went gladly hoping for another Star Wars, but would’ve been disappointed with the lackluster film. It is two films removed from what it could’ve been.
Jupiter Ascending is basically a princess film in the Disney vein. It has Mila Kunis’s Jupiter finding out she is actually space faring royalty. She is out of her leagues caught in the middle of galactic intrigue. She needs to be the Queen of Earth for Earth’s sake. Except the film kept making her the princess needing to be rescued. And that is what is wrong with it. She should’ve been kicking ass and taking names, like a shojou heroine. Unfortunately, she became the princess to be saved like a Disney Princess. Come on, she should’ve been a better character.
I would rather watch Speed Racer than this…
2 of 5 stars.
Rice On The Stove
I don’t have a rice cooker. Mine was broken.
What? An asian without a rice cooker?
Psshaw! You don’t need one. There’s plenty of ways to cook rice.
Currently, I cook it on the stove. Here’s how.
One cup of rice. Not the big normal measuring cup, but the cup that came with your broken rice cooker. Turns out that’s half a normal measuring cup.
Rice is usually cooked in a one-to-one water ratio. I add slightly more.
Before you cook it, rinse it in cold water. I rinse twice, then let sit for a couple of more minutes.
Cook on medium heat for about 10 to 12 minutes or until all water is gone.
Serve!
Cafeteria Music
Mai Waifu is in this one!
Tater Tot Nachos!
Here’s some cooking I did for the Big Game: Tater Tot Nachos!
It’s tater tots covered with chili, cheese, and corn-black bean salsa. It’s a Big Game fiesta all its own.
New Year, New Chili Powder Recipe
Same ingredients as the last batch. Different chiles.
This time dried 2 habanero, 4 dried japanese, and 3 guajillo.
And don’t get any of the powder on your face. It burns.
UPDATED: Added link to the last batch.
Fortune Cookie
There’s joy in this video. The dude playing the guitar. The two backing singers. They’re all having fun.
Now the song is pretty joyous itself even though I don’t understand a word of it. The hoots and hollers make it even more fun to sing along. Sing along! Just follow the backing singers. If you play guitar, play along! Stomp your feet! And if you got mariachis? Shake them as well. This song could also use some cow bell, too.
Lately, blogging has been difficult…
I doubt my writing has been any good. The last year of movie reviews? I was just doing it on duty to you my reader. I’m sorry that it has been sucky. I don’t know what to do…
I’ll just sing along. Play a guitar. Stomp my feet and sing!
The Wedding Ringer
The Wedding Ringer is terrible. I was hoping for a romantic comedy. What I got was a bromantic comedy!
The love achieved was between two men. Not love, in the homosexual way, but in the bro way, bro.
Josh Gad and Kevin Hart found love between themselves. Bromantic love!
I didn’t like the third act twist that turned the film into a bromantic comedy. I thought it was really condescending.
2 of 5 stars.
Selma
I went to the theatre twice over the recent Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday in hopes to catch Selma. I went the Sunday morning before, I went on Monday evening, but I only saw it once, the Tuesday after the holiday. Both showings I tried that weekend were sold out. I settled for the day after the holiday.
Selma tells the tale of the Civil Rights marches for minority voting rights in Selma, Alabama. It was centered around Martin Luther King’s machinations to get the White House to push for the voting rights act. It showed lots of background to get things in motion. It also showed how the Civil Rights movement worked.
It was a good movie about an important time with really important people. I was the wrong person to watch it. I already believe many of the things that was espoused in the movie. That what was history is still relevant today. That our voting rights are still under assault. That minorities are mistreated by the establishment even thought of as second rate citizens. That police assaults are real.
I should’ve not been the one to have watched this, but I am satisfied that I did.
4 of 5 stars.