Three day weekend!

[clevermanka]

I'm so excited! I love three day weekends, and I get to start this one a little early, even. Today is a half day at work for me. I'm off at noon to get my hair cut. It's getting pretty straggly and even though I like the wild rat-nest look, I want a healthy rat nest, you know? Right after that, I'm off to Warrensburg, MO, to pick up my entire hog that I bought this year (previously I've only bought a half). So. Much. Pork. It's kind of a long drive (about an hour and a half), but this pork is special. And their sausage blend has nothing in it I can't eat. AMAZING. And DELICIOUS.

I had a follow-up session with Star on Wednesday and my hips are already so much better. I had a few hours where I was just freezing that evening, and yes, we're having colder than normal weather right now, but I was inside and under blankets for godssake. I remember the same weird chill happened last time, too, only a day later. Things seem to be on an accelerated schedule this time around. Neat!

Although I've been diligent in my physical therapy exercises, my yoga practice has fallen by the wayside lately. I've been trying to stock up on time with mckitterick before he takes off for his annual Month of Unavailability. He's at the local SF convention this weekend, though, and starting May 31 he'll be gone most evenings and weekends. I'll be using that time to re-incorporate my yoga practice. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm also looking forward to a month of not cooking dinners on a regular basis. I enjoy making dinner for us most nights, but it'll be good to have a few weeks of eating pre-prepped Bowl of Food in the evening instead of using that time to cook and then clean. It'll also be a chance for me to clean up my act eating-wise. I'm just gonna put all the nuts in a cabinet and consider it off limits. I might re-arrange the kitchen a bit so those items aren't right at eye-level, too. Just put all the snack stuff for mckitterick in one cabinet and then let it become invisible to me. Oh, the weird little tricks I have to play on myself sometimes when it comes to food. Goes to show you never really get over an eating disorder, I guess.

The collection of Mad Max articles is going up on Tuesday, the day after Memorial Day, along with a Tumblr collection of Mad Max articles, gifs, and commentary. If you've got anything you think would make a good contribution, please leave a link in the comments!

Comments

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

OMG you bought a whole hog!! We have a guy who sells them locally and their sausage is so flipping good! And pork tenderloin!! OM NOM NOM!

I hope you have a marvelous 3-day weekend!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I realize it's a privilege to have the money to buy ethically-raised, pastured animals. The quality of the meat is just so much better than store-bought. Wish I could send you a pound of this sausage. You'd love it!

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

It's a privilege, yes, and one I highly recommend to anyone who has the opportunity! I need to track down our local fella this year!

OMG I wish you could too! The taste is so much better than anything you get at the grocery store!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it's a cooler day for transporting meats!

Speaking of that, thank you again for the meatball page, I'm doing a venison/pork combo for next week's lunches!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yum! I'm looking forward to using some of this ground pork, too. If for nothing else than to get to a place where the freezer isn't so terrifyingly full. Holy cow, a whole hog is a lot of pig.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is.. I just found a packet of ground pork from ours.. what? three years ago? Still going to use it, ngl.

Ooh, article for your tumblr! This was one of the reasons I loved the flick as well..
The new Mad Max film is the most asskicking action movie of the year, no doubt, but one amputee fan found Charlize Theron's performance so moving that it left her in tears. For her, it was powerful to see her "own struggle brought to life" on the big screen.

I left the link free for easy copying:

http://laist.com/2015/05/21/furiosa_rules.php

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yay! I already have the original author's Tumblr post queued up for Tuesday!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Very cool, and there's a link in that article to the The Guardian bit on Charlize Theron, too, that I liked. I think I already mentioned it previously.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Yep! Pretty sure I've got that one in my big LJ post collection. God damn, I've got a lot of stuff collected about this movie.

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

Haha! I did a lot of poking around about it as well.
So much to love! This will happily replace the Fast&Furious franchise as my favorite series ever.

[write-out.livejournal.com]

That sausage sounds soooo good. I LOVE SAUSAGE.

I love three day weekends too! I hope you have a fantastic one.

Tomorrow I am planning to take myself out to see Mad Max. YAY. I read this article about the cars and it was awesome.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-12/every-killer-car-in-mad-max-fury-road-explained

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

That's the sausage I had at 221B Con, so you've actually had it! =D

Awesome article, thanks!

[kazoogrrl.livejournal.com]

Mmm, porky goodness.

I'm looking forward to your collections, I liked this article which you may have seen already.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/05/20/mad-max-how-mras-killed-the-world.html