Adventures in Cooking

So I was hungry for stuffed peppers, actually I was wanting to try them I had never had one before so I went on line to find some recipes. I was really disappointed I really couldn't find any that appealed to me so I said fuck it I can make my own. So I did. They were so good. I thought I would share my findings.

Ok for two large peppers I would say that it serves two cause I had to put the other in the fridge cause I was full.


Two Large Peppers of your choice (I am partial to Yellow or Orange).
One large chicken breast.
One Roma Tomato
One green Onion
One red potato
Garlic
Fresh Basil Leaves2-3
Fresh oregano
Olive Oil
White wine
Feta
Mozzarella
Salt and Pepper

Ok First I made an aluminium foil bowl like container in it I put the potato diced, Olive Oil, chopped garlic and S&P. I closed the aluminium foil to create a sealed bag and threw that on the grill for about 25 min. I then chopped up the green onion, more garlic, basil, tomato and oregano and put that all into a sauce pan with olive oil and the wine on a medium heat and let cook into a sauce. Stir it every once in a while. Then seed the Peppers and put the chicken on the grill.
about 5 minutes later put the peppers on the grill. When the potatoes and chicken are done take everything off the grill. Preheat the oven to 350. tear the chicken apart. in two bowls add equal amounts of the chicken, potatoes, feta and the sauce, then mix. Then stuff it all into the peppers. Stand them up in a baking dish and add Mozzarella on top. Let bake in oven for 5-8 minutes and then eat.

This was all very rough I didn't measure anything so these are guesses. I thought it was really good and will add this to my cooking rotation. Let me know if anyone else tries this.

And anyone else with fun summer dishes let me know.

Screw Flanders... or Bon Appetit

Here's to low expectations

So we went up to Kokomo last night. I know why Kokomo? I had been up there once a long time ago to the one gay bar up there and it was pretty tragic. If any of you have been to Illusions, it made that place look klassy. Anyway Hurricane Summers was up there performing so we decided to take a road trip up. It was actually fun and the place looked MUCH better than it had before. The owner has put a lot of money into the place.

So I don't really know how many jack and cokes I had but let's just say it was quite a bit. It got so bad I was drinking beer from a pitcher that didn't belong to me. So there you go low expectations and good results.

Excited

I am excited my friends J and S are moving back to the Midwest. They had been living in Texas and I must say it was doing terrible things to their mental status. So this move is great. Though I would like them closer 4 hrs is better than the 20+ they were before. J is up in Iowa now and S will be joining him in a few weeks. I just got a call tonight from J asking if he could come over this weekend to visit. Of course I said yes. He will be in Friday night after I get back from my show and we will hang out on Saturday. I haven't seen him since Christmas. I am already trying to plan a trip over there asap. Probably the first of June. Any way I am always happy when people get closer geographically speaking.

Bizarre dreams

I don't usually remember my dreams if I dream at all but I remembered these from last night. I won't go into details but lets just say the was a car chase and an ex so it was full evening of strange subconscious try to communicate with me. I have absolutely know idea what it meant.

So on another topic, I have really gotten into handing out detentions. I hadn't before but with this class I have found it almost necessary. I am not handing out a lot mind you I believe just 4 this entire year. Some teachers that is just one period. The three I gave to on Tuesday was more because I was tired of asking them to sit down and stop being disruptive. If they just would have gone I would not have been upset but come on. The funniest thing is that one of the students had been expelled earlier in the semester and somehow weaseled his way back into school. So when I handed him his detention he in all seriousness said he would be expelled if he got one more detention. I thought about it for a moment, I really wouldn't have lost sleep over it either way but I did tell him that this will be his only warning and that if I need to give him one again that I would not hesitate. All I wanted him to do was to just be good. And to my surprise he has been, knock on wood. So we will see it would suck to be 1 month from graduating and to be kick out of school. I really think the faculty would throw me a parade if I had given him one.

Musicals, Musicals, Musicals

Actually only the two musicals but saying it three times has a better effect. So Musical time has once again crept up on me. It's so funny the fact that I don't really care for musicals that I 1. know a great deal about them and 2. love playing in the pits. Really it's the only time that I really feel challenged by playing. The big gay band is fine but even on a secondary instrument I don't feel challenged, so this is nice.

This year for our schools selection we have Fiddler on the Roof. Yes a catholic school doing a musical about Jews. I love it personally and watching some of these high school boys trying to grow beards(instead of dating them) is quite humorous. I just got moved today from Trombone to 2nd Trumpet. One of my best friends will be out of the country getting his adopted son so he won't be playing trumpet but he usually does. I am excited I don't think I have ever played trumpet for anything other than pep band games.

I am also playing for the another private schools Musical this year "Guys and Dolls". Again not one of my favorite musicals. Much like operas the plots are pretty thin or just plain bad. Sometimes though you can have really good music. Example, "Anything Goes" awful plot and dialogue but the music is fantastic. Or you can have oh I don't know let's say "Suesical the (craptastic) Musical" terrible music and plot. The one really great thing about my schools pit is that it is under the stage and no one sees you so you can pretty much do whatever between songs. Like snort a line of coke. But for the other schoolwe will be out there for all the world to see.

Overall I really hate musicals but every once in awhile I really like one but that is so rare. I would much rather pick and choose music that I like and never really see the productions.

Bad gay man, bad!

Yet another fun holiday with the family

So I witnessed the stupidest man alive today. I am getting gas on my way up to my mom's today and this man starts pumping gas and then lights up a cigarette right at the pump. I yelled across asking him to put it out because that was dangerous. He yelled back for me to mind my own business. I was finishing up so I just got in my car and drove past and said "it's your funeral idiot". I mean really how stupid can you be.

Anyway the day went fine except my brother, the Idiot and his wife, rolling my eyes just at the thought. They came in, mind you they live 50 ft away and the first thing out of her mouth was "I thought we were eating at 1?" And then plopped themselves down on the couch and started reading a magazine. I on the other hand continued helping my mother get lunch ready. Fine sit and read I don't begrudge anyone that. I remember doing that almost every holiday in high school however I don't think I bitched about the timing of meals. I probably would have been fine without meals with family. But I was a brooding teenager that is to be expected. But from a woman in her late 20's and with 2 kids, come on.

When the meal was done I cleared the tabled and decided that I would be nice and do the dishes for my mom. This doesn't happen often so I ran with the impulse. Of course they just got up from the table and went back to the living room to ignore the rest of us. I know for a fact my mother interacted with the kids more than they did, but whatever. So I was in doing the dishes my mom came in and helped. She started in on my sister-in-law and my brother and the way they act. I said it just made me look like the better child. I know I don't go out of my way but it's hard to want to make that first step when you are met with such indifference if not hostility. On many occasions she has been openly rude to me. Especially when I was voicing a concern for my brother after the death of our father. I was told by her that I needn't worry and to mind my own business. Fine whatever.

I don't seem to have this problem with any of my other brothers or their wives just this one.

I never understood people who have deep friendships with their siblings. And knowing my siblings the way I do I don't want that relationship. I think I am fine with the distance we have. I have interest in their lives and I ask at appropriate times but I never feel the need to call them all the time to chit chat about my day. Ah well This is my life and it is what it is.

Should I stay or should I go

So faced with whether I am an idiot on many fronts. Am I just a general idiot and I know the answer to that on many days... yes. But as to specific problems I am unsure. Foolish, probably; unrealistically optimistic, yeah and an idiot, who knows.

So faced with two choices. Work; it has been a thorn in my side for quite some time. I have been planning on leaving for the past 10 months however new developments. I have been asked to build an orchestra program. Which excites me, I would love to stay at this job. So many pros in it's corner, great students, great administration, great faculty, I enjoy teaching, lots of vacation time. The cons early mornings, weekends, and the biggest one of all Special K. The last one sucks my will to live. My soul dies a little each time I think about having to spend another waking moment with her. It's such a problem that it almost negates all the pros. Am I being an idiot for staying. Do I really think building a program separate from her will keep me happy and out of the range of her bullshit. I don't know, I would like to think that it would. We will see I have yet to get my contract for next year and we will see what it has on it. If they fuck me over again, screw them I won't be back anyway. I would rather go work for Starbucks.

As for the other reason I am an idiot. So I like a guy and I thought he liked me, god this is so junior high. I actually broke out of my shell and talked to him in a public setting two nights in a row, which I never do. The few times I have done this in the past it has always blown up in my face. I fear this will be no exception. It's been about 3 weeks since that and I have not seen him out. I emailed him once during this 3 weeks and have yet to hear back. Should I just give up and not worry about it or pursue it. I don't want to be a nuisance. And this brings me to my problem do I let my fear of being a bothersome pest get in my way of talking to people. I just really don't want to be "that guy". You know the one who can't take a hint. I myself have encountered far too many of those. Just recently I have been hit on by a 22 year old, a 46 year old and a 54 year old. Nothing against people of those ages I just really don't want to date any one that far from my demographic. What I hate is when I make that clear and they still are trying to convince me that I should or they are different. I am like dude leave me alone. I just don't want to be that guy. So in being not that guy I become single? There has to be a better way. I am just unsure of it. Alas I ask the question am I just an idiot.