an elated man

have you ever stopped to think about who lived in your home before you did? whether you live in a house or an apartment, odds are someone was there before you. they slept in the bedroom, cooked in the kitchen and showered in the bathroom.

only in rare instances, like the production of an HGTV reality show, do people really interact with the old or new inhabitants of their living quarters. well, i was lucky enough to make the acquaintance of the former resident of an apartment i had down south.

it was a nice apartment, lots of space for the $416 i paid in rent that first year. i enjoyed amenities that i haven’t had the privilege of enjoying since that time – a dishwasher, bathroom counter and rather spacious balcony. but the walls were very very thin. this was bad for two reasons, and before your mind goes there, neither involves me doing anything i can’t share with grandma.

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parmesan crusted tilapia

time for another recipe!

this evening when i got home i wanted something to eat. fast! i had some tilapia and salmon from whole foods in the refrigerator. i went with the tilapia because it takes less time to season and it cooks pretty fast. i ended up seasoning all the pieces of fish individually then freezing 3 in sandwich bags and putting a piece of salmon in the fridge for tomorrow.

i didn’t want to cook the tilapia in a pan because it leaves too much to clean up. i know baked is always more healthy, but it takes too long, so i went with the broiler.

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chicken marsala

greetings krisirisi readers! welcome to my first recipe post. these will be rather unconventional in style. i don’t really like to measure things and i combine different recipes i find online to fit my needs. so no 2 cups of this and tablespoon of that.

in my attempt to expand my horizons and try new things, i decided to cook a new dish this evening. chicken marsala. i’ve had it at restaurants but never attempted to make it myself. not a big mushroom person, i tend to think of them as a fungus. but i realized that when i have had them they taste alright and i haven’t gotten sick, so why not?

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one shining moment

the ball is tipped…

the 2010 ncaa championship game was something else! of course, not as good as the 2009 win by the tarheels, but the bulldogs put forth a great effort. and my overall (ridiculously biased) assessment is that dook didn’t win, they just didn’t lose. big difference.

i couldn’t bear to watch the blue devils receive their trophy, so i turned to blogging. i may or may not turn back in time for the tournament montage, which will be sung by jennifer hudson this year… yeah… i’m not too happy about that either. stab me with the knife and then turn it, right?

i thought i’d share with you all the previous versions of one shining moment. although i remember the teddy p. version, i’m partial to luther. and while it was nice of them to do a remake with j-hud, just in the 30 second snippet below i think she’s over doing it. here are the 4 versions of the song in order. starting with the composer, david barrett.

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the district

rakim – it’s been a long time, i shouldn’t have left you….

but i had to! things have been crazy. i mean c-r-a-z-y. a lot has happened, but unfortunately a lot of is too personal to post on my blog at this time. it will be posted one day, but not quite yet.

i made a trip down to our nation’s capital. fun town. clean town. i saw the white house, the capital, the cannon building, the floor of the lower house (we sat in the gallery and listened to them argue), a slew of congressmen/women and president obama!. that was a loooong day. but absolutely worth it. after all these years of visiting D.C. i hadn’t taken the time to do the serious tourist thing.

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