75 Questions to Answer, but Some are Stupid

1. First thing you wash in the shower?
My hair

2. What color is your favorite hoodie?
White with red lettering

3. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?
For SURE! Next time I see her!

4.Do you plan outfits?
If by plan, you mean that I find the first cool thing I can from the pile, then yes.

5. How are you feeling RIGHT now?
Tired, but its worth it to hang with my girl

6. Whats the closest thing to you thats red?
The lettering on my Old Navy Shirt

7. Do you say aim or a-i-m?
AOL Messenger. The other two confused me for a while. No lie.

8. Tell me about the last dream you remember having?
I was burning in a furnace, but I had to save everyone. And I was invincible.

9. Did you meet anybody new today?
Like forty of them. Its my job. "When you're here, you're family!"

10. What are you craving right now?
Caramel Iceberg

11. Do you floss?
Yup I should right now, but I won't

12. What comes to mind when I say cabbage?
My baby's Cabbage Patch Kid

13. When was the last time you talked on aim?
Uh... High School, during parties week, when I was talking to Erin Denney from Kevin Call's house.

14. Are you emotional?
I don't think so? But either do most people who are, so you never know.

15. Would you dance to the taco song?
I don't know it, but I am not against dancing.

16. Have you ever counted to 1,000?
No. Thought about counting down once with the bottles of beer song, but I never made it all the way.

17. Do you bite into your ice cream or just lick it?
Mostly lick, with a couple of bites here and there

18. Do you like your hair?
Yup. Its easy.

19. Do you like yourself?
Yeah.

20. Have you ever met a celebrity?
Not met. LaVelle Edwards count? I met him once.

21. Do you like cottage cheese?
Yes. SO good with my mom's canned peaches!

22. What are you listening to right now?
Star Wars... Wow I am a nerd. But its Return of the Jedi, so it makes me cool.

23. How many countries have you visited?
Just this one.

24. Are your parents strict?
I don't think so, but much more so than my wife's.

25. Would you go sky diving?
Hell Yes! And I say hell in the most excited way. I don't usually swear.

26. Would you go out to eat with George W. Bush?
Haha yeah! He is funny as heck!

27. Would you throw potatoes at him?
No. They taste too good.

28. Is there anything sparkly in the room you’re in?
Kira's Jewels?

29. Have you ever been in a castle?
No.

30. Do you rent movies often?
A couple of times a month.

31. Who sits in behind you in your math class?
No more math class!

32. Have you made a prank phone call?
Yeah, once. It was lame.

33. Do you own a gun?
Not yet.

34. Can you count backwards from 74?
I can.

35. Who are you going to be with tonight?
Jack and Sally.

36. Brown or white eggs?
White

37. Do you own something from Hot Topic?
YES! I got sweet suspenders for Christmas!

38. Ever been on a train?
Once. It was fun. I would like to ride again sometime. I will take my fam on a train vaca sometime.

39. Ever been in love?
Oh yes.

40. Do you have a cell-phone?
Yup. Brand new, by the way. A green Samsung Propel. I love it.

41. Are you too forgiving?
Nope. Forgiveness is a commandment. I am not forgiving enough if anything. God can hold back forgiveness if he wants to, but I will try not to ever.

42. Do you use chap stick?
Only when I am really, really chappy.

43. What is your best friend doing tomorrow?
Hanging out with Trista, maybe? She doesn't really know yet.

44. Can you use chop sticks?
Sort of. I suck, but I can eat with them.

45. Ever have cream puffs?
YES! I had some made by a gourmet chef once. SO amazing! I can't handle store bought anymore.

46. Have you ever seen The Butterfly Effect?
Once, I think. I got bored.

47. What was the last question you asked?
Tired yet?

48. What was the last CD you bought?
Californication, by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Junior year of high school, I think.

49. Boys or girls?
Girls

50. What is your bus number for school?
Uh... Lame Question

51. Is your hair curly?
If I grow it out long enough

52. Last time you cried?
Just after New Years

53. Ever walked into a wall?
Uh... Yep. dont remember when, but its in my yes category.

54. Do looks matter?
Yep. I could only marry a hot one.

55. Have you ever bought anything from Pac Sun?
Plenty.

56. Have you ever slapped someone?
Once in a while, but only for fun.

57. Favorite time of the year?
Summer.

58. Favorite color?
Blue

59. Are you sarcastic?
Sometimes

60. Do you have any tattoos?
Nope.

61. The last person you held hands with?
Kira

62. Do you sleep with the TV on?
Nope. That would bug me.

63. Where was your default picture taken at?
Default Picture? Who wrote the dumb questions?

64. Do you hate or dislike more than 3 people?
Not really.

65. Do you like your life right now?
Yeah, well, it only gets better, but right now I am happy.

66. How often do you talk on the phone?
Oh, like three times a day maybe, if that.

67. What is your favorite animal?
Tigers

68. What was the most recent thing you bought?
TP?

69. Do you have good vision?
Pretty good. No glasses or anything.

70. Can you hula hoop?
Heck yes I can!

71. Could you ever forgive a cheater?
Again, forgiveness.... Yes, I can.

72. Do you have a job?
Yep. And I hated it tonight. But I don't always.

73. Can you handle the truth?
I love the truth.

74. What are you wearing?
Blue cotton PJ shorts that I got in Cali and an Old Navy shirt I got from Kiry for Christmas

75. Have you ever crawled through a window?
Yep. When I lived at Rockland with Sammy, we used the window as our main entry cause it was the only was straight into the parking lot. Otherwise, we would have to walk all the way around.

Make a Bad Steak OK

Ok, Kira tells me that I should share some of my cooking talent with everyone, so I think that I will just try to bring out the best of what I have once in a while so everyone might try, so this is not everything this time. I will post recipes once in a while, just like many other people do. Firstly, just know that I love to cook and mostly I just like to know how to cook things... like random things. So, sometimes these food blogs will be about something new that I learned to cook and little tricks here and there and sometimes they will be actual recipes that I like and sometimes mixtures of the two. Finally, I DO know all those wonderful OG recipes, but I cannot share them. I am sorry. But maybe some of the tricks I learned there will be included sometimes.

So, first off, Kira warned everyone about my steak cooking skills. Well, mostly, I just love cooking on the grill, but Kira and I do not have one, so when I am trying to cook steak, I have to resort to lesser means. So, mostly this is for anyone who doesn't have a grill. Also, I will give tips on the London Broil.
When I am coming up with recipes, by the way, I have no qualms with looking things up on the internet on how other people do them, but I rarely follow their recipes, probably because I have my own little talents, so you might think about that, cause everyone knows something that they like and might be good at that they can work into other recipes.

A couple of weeks ago, Kira was out of town and I went shopping and I found a sweet deal where I could get steak buy one get one free, so I did, knowing that it was of the cheaper variety of steak (but Albertsons cheap, not Wal*Mart. I won't buy their meat.) So, I had to use my little tactices for how to cook a poor steak on the stovetop.
First off, make a rub. Mix together spices that you like, and don't be afraid to try new ones because this is cheap steak you are working with and it helps to find a rub you like so that when you make not cheap steak later, it will be just that much better. I tend to like onion salt and cumin on my steak, along with a good amount of ground pepper. I add a few other things here and there too. It never hurts to marinate your steak, but I won't include that here. So, first get your steak marinated and rubbed (both optional).
To actually start cooking your steak, heat your pan (empty) on medium heat and then when it is hot zig-zag some olive oil onto it. Wait a half minute. Then add your steak. (Careful, cause the oil is hot!) Usually when cooking with oil on the stove you want to heat the pan and then the oil before adding your food. It works SO much better that way. You can always know if your oil is hot by dipping one finger in water and flicking it at your pan. If hot, you will know, but stand back when you do it. The biggest problem with cooking steak on the stovetop is that it is hard to get the steak to cook through. If you like it rare, then this is not a problem, but my wife likes hers well done and burned is not an option, so I have to cover the steak for a minute or so to let it cook through. After adding the steak to the pan, zig zag a little more oil across the top of the steak and let it sit until you flip it. When you flip it depends on how you like it, but it is crucial that you not pok or jab your steak, especially with cheap steak. Poking steak is a good way to make it tough. Once flipped, cook the steak to however you like it. If you like temps, then here:
Well done, >145; med 130-140; and rare <120. Or pretty close to that. Depends on how thick your steak and such.
Hope this works for people. Feel free to comment on advice and things or whether you try it out. This helps get started on my London Broil recipe, which is really good and improving all the time. I will master it soon, hopefully. I will put that in another post. Thanks!

First Kiss!

So, I was talking to Kira earlier, and we agreed that I should share my experience of our first kiss. She thinks that I should blog more, so she is always trying to come up with good ideas for me to write about and I always deny her, cause I get sick of writing all the time for school. However, I really did like this idea and sometimes, I just get in the mood, so this will actually be my second blog today.

So, first off, it took me a lot of diligence and time to get Kira to go on a date with me, which is understandable, considering the circumstances. You don't often see a girl with gorgeous eyes and a perfect body with a guy that has spent the last couple years getting fat and wierd looking. But eventually, I convinced her with old pictures and stuff that I had some potential at least so we met up and had this sweet date, and things went from there. So, then a couple of weeks later, we went to her cousin's wedding reception and had a fun night and I wanted to kiss her really bad, but I was nervous because she had told me how she was not afraid to deny guys kisses, and this was how we talked about kissing. So, my future of kissing her did not look so bright. Not to mention that she had never kissed anyone before. Anyway, by the end of the date, I was as nervous as i had ever been to kiss a girl, and I was walking her to her door, not sure that I could build up the courage, and I gave her a hug and she turned and walked away. BUT... after she had taken a couple of steps, I was like "Wait..." and I pulled her back and I kissed her. And LET ME TELL YOU... she was good. Its still hard for me to believe that she had never kissed a guy before because she is a natural. I love kissing this girl, and it has always been amazing! In fact, on my way home, I called my best boy Sammy and told him all the good news, and who would have known it... 50 weeks later, Kira and I were married. Sweet story.

I got this book from my sister for Christmas, and figured it would be a fun, easy read before the school year starts, and I was totally right. It was fun. It was easy. In fact, altogether I read the whole thing in probably about four hours of reading time. Not really sure. It could have been a little longer than that, but I am not a fast reader in the first place; I try to take my time. The book was funa nd easy and very entertaining. A great read for a summer day in a hammock or for a rainy day inside. The tale Brandon Mull has spun could continue on and it does... three more books in the series! And I will be reading the second book soon.