Cranky, no not me

I think that everyone around me is due for a refresher course in oh, just about anything. Let's recap some things that come right to mind:

• A plea for the immediate end to unnecessary drama. If anyone acts up around me without due cause, I am so shutting them down. People, there are real problems in life- I know. Feel free to come to me with them, however, I'm a little tired about hearing people whine about stuff like vegetables. Enough.
• Wet wool sweater + cycle in hot drier = shrunken clothes. Yesterday, I pulled out over ten shrunken sweaters that someone in our building dried. My first thought is this person is too stupid to be wearing clothing. I was almost tempted to stick around to see who did it. To paraphrase Morrissey, "I dried, and then I cried and then I just died. Lalalalalalala"
• Which leads to the next point- labels exist for a reason. You'd be surprised on how much one can learn from reading the label. Ingredients, proper care, directions for use of said product. Fascinating!
• And note to self- don't leave your allergy medication at work during the summer. Makes for one runny and sore nose in the morning.

All right, I feel a bit better. I just got an email from Henry Rollins- I have to quote him-

"Not another tour? Absolutely. I had to get one more lap in before the big guy goes out to pasture at the Crawford Ranch. Even though the ex-president will no doubt bail on his fake prop no-hope cowpoke habitat as soon as he gets the chance, I am sure he will at least stop in to pick up his crayons and watch the servants sift the puke out of the pool and roll up the carpets... "

Awww- I think he'll really miss him, I do. As much as I will.

He's coming to Ames in September, and I am very excited to see him again. Check out his website for the dates. His spoken work performances are just the best. This year, his tour is titled Provoked: An Evening of Quintessentially American Opinionated Editorializing and Storytelling. Which reminds me- I gotta get that Kafka book read.

I was a little busy this weekend and prepping for the State Fair did not make it on my agenda. But, I did make that stirfry, which was delish. And I tried a new recipe with beets, thanks to the New Vegetarian Grill. I had a bunch of baby yellow beets, which I peeled (yeah kids, you don't want to do that to red beets because you'll stain your hands) and wrapped in a foil packed with a nice drizzle of olive oil, salt, pepper and balsamic vinegar. I roasted them at about 400 for an hour- and ate them all.

Happy Bastille Day!! Today marks the storming the prison, the Bastille, which was the start of the French Revolution. Feel free to hum La Marseillaise while sipping on a Perrier.