AAAAAAAH!

Blogging: I fail at it.

Just realized, less than two minutes before work, thatg I hadn't blogged. I will make up for it tomorrow, as I have a day full of STUFF planned!

I guess I'm the only person in the world who hasn't seen "Se7en"

I've seen/heard a few references to the movie lately, and in catching up with old TANcast episodes, found out the actor who plays John Doe during a TANfight. I don't know if that will affect my enjoyment of the movie when I do get a chance to see it, but I'm finally making it a point to watch it soon. Three days off, two of which I don't have plans for, so that sounds like a good time to do it.

By the way, speaking of awesome things, check out Jorah's blog for today... she made a soap of +10 awesome, and has plans to make another awesome (maybe MORE awesome?) one soon. I plan on buying both of them and getting a new shelf to add them to the Wall of Geek with, which reminds me of something else I wanted to mention...

I'm finally putting some holes in these walls, and it makes me happy to feel like you can walk in that room and recognize it as ME by some of the things I like. Right now, I have two Doctor Who posters, one autographed Heroes cast member picture, and on another wall, pictures from my New Jersey trip, and some mementos from the last decade or so of my life so far.

So far, I've only got one shelf that I bought and put up, but I'm planning on more. One thought is tearing apart my dresser -- that I've had since I was ten and is slowly falling apart -- and turning the salvageable pieces into shelves in my closet. It would free up a little extra space in my very small room, but we'll see.

Now, time to end this random "write whatever comes to mind, regardless of how shitty my segues are" post and clock in at work. Tomorrow's day 7 of 7, and it's the first time I'll be working graveyard at one of the other stores. Only good thing about it is that it's so close to home that I can clock on and just walk home, rather than waiting for a bus. :D

I missed it!

Yesterday was this blog's 100th post! And, in another blog-milestone, this blog turns two years old later this month! Nothing special planned, because hey... it's a blog.

I've been seeing a lot of people lately! Kelly drove by me on my way to the bus the other night, I saw her daughter Phoenix in the store with her grandmother the last night, and Trace stopped in doing his job as an employee of one of the companies that supplies us with stuff the other morning.

It's been pretty neat, and almost resembling a half-ass social life where most of my interactions take place in/around my workplace. Speaking of work... time to clock on! Going to try and be MUCH better tomorrow. Today, I suck.

Another reason to hate graveyard shift...

I sleep during the day, and when I wake up, shit has HAPPENED. Sometimes it's good, other times it's very bad. Today was one of the latter, as a local deputy was shot and a judge was attacked, in a nearby city's courthouse. The suspect is still at large, and anyone who is curious should follow the news, and the compiled story over at Grays Harbor Down, where Sarah has done a good job updating regularly.

My best hopes go to those injured, and I really hope this guy is caught. I haven't had time enough to read up and see if we have any idea why he did this, but I want to see him caught before he can hurt anyone else.

Aside from that, I just can't stand all the rude attitudes on graveyard shift, but that's a minor bitch. The whole "being eight hours behind on news that happened shortly after I slept" thing is much worse. Really, I'm just not a fan of graveyard shift. At all.

Sorry to be a serious topic, and kind of a downer, but I'm being too rushed to say much more. See y'all tomorrow!

Good thing I caught this!

I almost didn't remember to blog today! That would have suuuuuucked.

It's been one of those "bleh" days. Payday should be fun, but most of it went to paying to keep my garbage pickup going, and the rest is going to my cell phone bill. Being a grown-up is fuuuuuun.

So, now it's time to clock in, for day 3 of 7 in my work week. Off at 6am, then I can go home and make up for the sleep I didn't get today. #graveyardshitsucks

DELICIOUS! Spicy beef & bean burritos!

They're beefy! They're spicy! They've got beans in them!

I'm going to go ahead and inform you that this recipe didn't all come from my head, and that picture isn't mine. Both came from here, although I adjusted the recipe a bit, and plan to do so next time I cook it, too.

I would have loved to take a picture myself, but the kitchen was a bit of a mess, and I'd been drinking Fireball both before I started cooking these on Sunday evening, and while I was cooking them. My camera hands aren't steady when I'm sober, so I highly doubt that whiskey makes them any better.

Also, unless your Safeway is better than mine, don't go there for the ingredients. The only size can of enchilada sauce that they had was almost three times what the recipe calls for, so I bought enough to make three batches of these burritos, and still have about a dozen in the freezer at home. If you want to have enough burritos to have every meal for a week or two be burritos, then by all means, do your shopping at Safeway.

Spicy Beef & Bean Burritos!

1 pound ground beef

1/2 cup chopped onion (I didn't use onion, as I don't like the texture of them)

1 clove garlic, minced

2 tsps chili powder

1 tsp dried oregano

1/2 tsp ground cumin (I didn't have cumin, but mine turned out great without!)

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

1 can (16 oz.) refried beans

1 can (10 oz.) enchilada sauce

1 package of (8-inch) flour tortillas (or any soft tortillas, for those who can't do flour tortillas)

In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the beef and garlic until the meat's browned, stirring often to break up the meat. Drain it, and add all of the "dry seasonings", then let it simmer for about 10 minutes. Add the refried beans and the enchilada sauce, and heat thoroughly -- it should get pretty thick once the beans get heated through and mixed well with the rest of it.

The original recipe, linked above, says to wrap the tortillas in foil and place them in a 350° oven for 10 minutes, but if you're freezing them to reheat later like I did, all you have to do is get them soft enough to wrap up without breaking. You can do that in the microwave, in about 10 seconds. Spoon your beefy/beany mixture into each tortilla and roll up tightly. I start with folding the "top" in, then the "bottom", and then folding the sides to have a shape resembling the store-bought burritos, but with a lot more awesome inside.

The recipe yield should be about 6 burritos, but it was a little different for mine. I think between what was eaten by me and my houseguests on Sunday, and what I froze and have been reheating since then, tripling the ingredients made closer to 20 burritos. I'll edit this post soon with a delicious picture of one of mine after reheating, when I can.

I used low-fat refried beans, lean ground beef, and in the second and third batches, freshly-diced peppers. The 1st batch mostly stuck to the recipe, the 2nd saw some diced jalapenos added in at the beginning, and the 3rd saw diced jalapenos and diced habaneros added in. All of them have been spicy, and overall great. I plan on having a lot more fun tinkering with this recipe, but for now, it's one worth going for if you like spicy foods.