さざなみや近江の海の黒松に
雁来たりて実る猫かも
( ・ิω・ิ )
近江の国では、時折松に猫が実る事はよく知られた話です。
(´・ω・`)「猫崎の松」として和歌にも歌われております(´・ω・`)これ豆知識な。
実はそんなに熱狂的に好きじゃないけど、でついでに買ってきてもらいました。
阪急うめだ本店で売っている『リサとガスパール チャリティーピンバッジ』
なんか目の前に置いてたら、愛しくなってきました。
開けるのがもったいないけど、使わなきゃもっともったいないから勇気をだして開けます。
Hey all my wonderful neighbors,
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you are all enjoying the holiday, have much to be thankful for, and are close to family and friends... if not physically, at least in spirit.
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday... I just love the togetherness of sitting around the table, and of course you all know my thing with food. :) This year is extra special for me, because it's my first year hosting my family. I am really enjoying all the cooking, because I've always wanted to do all these recipes my way. And I'm thankful for getting a break from traveling this year. No traffic!
I'm thankful for all of you... I've been on Vox for a couple years now, and it's been a hoot. The interactions have been great and even resulted in a couple of "real life" friendships. And, I'm happy to say, my Vox has been pretty much Internet-weirdo-free. I enjoy hearing what's happening in all y'alls lives, and I hope you're having a terrific weekend.
My present to myself this Thanksgiving - taking today off. It takes all the stress out of the prep. Ah, what a fine day.
- 06:11 Carnival- the cardigans ♫ blip.fm/~gta2u #
- 17:54 今日もSade Aduさんもどきな方をお見かけてしたのですが、麗しきことこのうえない状況に、どうしてこんなところで仕事をしているのかと言いたくなるのでございます。歌のリクエストをしたくなるのでした。スム~ス・オペレタ~♪。。 #
- 18:42 clubasiaなう。客層がわかりません。 #
- 19:17 酒井若菜いいなぁ。 #
- 19:18 マニアのかたがとてもすくない。。。 #
- 19:58 @vlayusuke CutiePaiです。ほかにも、色んなバンドが。。。 #
- 20:42 これは!! RT @KazuakiSeki: 長かったライブ編集終了。良い感じだ~しかし年末はいつもバタバタだぁなあ。 #
- 23:41 帰宅的。本日も一株株主的に物販を購入してしまった。。。 #
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MJことマイケル・ジャクソンThis is itを観た。
一言でいえば、「リハでこのクオリティならショーになったら、いったいどうなってしまうのか?」というぐらいの出来。新しくリクルートされるダンサーのオーディションから始まって、そのうちの一人のコメントの「This is it !」っていうのから暗転してライブが始まる、と。
実際には音づくりのほうがスタジオでしっかり終わった後のゲネプロなので、音の方はもう大丈夫かと思いきや、しっかりマイケルにダメダシされてやり直したりとか、もうね、ホントにイメージが出来てるって感じ。
音の方では、リードギターを弾いてた金髪の女性ギタリスト、オリアンティがイケてる。かわいこちゃんルックスであんなハードなギターをバリバリ弾いててマイケルに負けてない。
映像的には、全体的に画質が甘い感じ。そこだけはしょうがないのかも。でもせっかくThrillerの新しい3Dのビデオ作ったりしたのに、ああいうのは全部お蔵入りなんだろうなぁ。モッタイナイ。
でも圧巻は、Beat it とかThrillerのあの踊りを軽々とやってのけるところ。すごいわぁ。バックダンサーの気合入りまくりの踊りをかるーく流しながらも、まだまだイケるぜ!みたいな感じ。よくよく考えるとプロモーションビデオとかJackson 5のビデオ以外でちゃんと話したり、動いてるマイケルって観たこと無かったのかも。なんでもうちょっと早い時期にこのショーを実現してくれなかったのかと小一時間説教したいよ、マイケル。
とにかく凄かった。もう一回観ようかなぁ。でももう終わっちゃうのね。
During the past couple of years, the honey and I have been trying to shift our priorities a little bit and focus on eating good food. I'm not boycotting any particular kind of food, or non-organic, or anything like that, but in general, we've put a little more of our budget towards buying locally grown vegetables and pastured meat and dairy products from pastured animals when we can.
Now, it's a lot easier to do this in southern California than in most areas. California, I think, is really the land of milk and honey. We have access to a broad diversity of food year-round. So, why not take advantage of this bounty, I figure.
The growing local food/slow food movement has been great, in terms of broadening our access to these foods. It's easier now than ever before to find a farmer's market, get a CSA subscription, find out what's in your food both at the grocery store and in restaurants. I hope that this translates into the passing of a better food safety bill. I also hope that market forces can shape the future of our food system. Already, we are starting to see a rapidly growing market for ranchers that produce pastured meat, and local farmers. I think that's great.
Over the last couple years in particular, I've learned that cooking is an art that one can never master. Even the world's best chefs haven't mastered every type of cuisine - it's just impossible. There's always something to learn in cooking. And yet, simple cooking is always pleasureful. Just taking a few really good ingredients and making a simple dinner is sometimes the most satisfying activity I can think of. In Italy more than anywhere else, they get that.
Cooking and sharing good food, to me, is also a vehicle for friendship and love. Sharing thoughts and experiences over a home cooked meal is a wonderful way to deepen a connection with someone. Cooking for someone is a very tangible, gratifying way to show my friends and family that I care.
I'm thankful for all the good ingredients we have in this state, and for all the people who've helped me learn how to cook, and for those who come over and enjoy my cooking. (or smile and pretend to!) Good food, a simple pleasure.