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Happy late Saturday NorCal.. It's 28° and snowing up here in Washington, much better than 14" of rain. We just had two days of bright sunshine that was nice, I would enjoy a few more days of that.
I don't go anywhere they have a dress code. I accidently went into a bar about 35 years ago and after they served me a cocktail, they asked me to remove my baseball cap. WHAT, in a bar? I downed my drink and left... I never set foot in there again.
The only concert I have ever been to in my life was Toto. And that didn't happen until I moved up here to Fresno. Oops, never mind, I did go see Jackie Evancho in concert down in Indio a few years back.
My SO has been to at least 350 Dead concerts. I've gone along a few times. I don't generally go, because it wouldn't be fair to take a ticket from a devotee.
Good morning Nor Cal. The weather guessers are predicting rain for tomorrow. As long as it doesn't rain between 9:30am and 11:30am I will be able to go to church!
Weather guy said we were only going get a trace of rain today; maybe a couple hundredths of an inch. I'm here to report we are now at almost 1/3", and it's still coming down.
The '9ers lost. I was not needed at work. There would be no out of control celebrations tonight. Nobody is taking to the streets to light fireworks, set dumpsters on fire, break store windows, or commit any other acts of malicious mischief to support the hometown football club.
I got home to find my ex hanging around the house.
"Good. You're back. You haven't been home the last 3 days."
So she's been sitting in my living room the last 3 days? She still has keys. Shows up whenever she wants. Mostly without an invitation. Actually, always without an invitation. I can't recall asking her to come over.
"Your brother in law came by and dropped off a half dozen crabs. So I went to the store and bought some ribs. Amazon delivered some pants. I washed them, and put them in the closet."
Weird. So she's been here for 3 days, waiting for me to cook dinner?
The crabs were still alive. I put them into the steamer. I really like dungeness crab. Well worth the work. The ribs were a full rack. I don't know if she got them defrosted, or if they were frozen, and defrosted the last 3 days that she's been sitting around.
I cut the off the brisket bone, rib tips, and riblets, to make a St. Louis style rack. Those extra pieces go into a stock pot. Pork stock is commonly associated with high priced ramen. I guess Western cultures make chicken stock.
The ribs were roasted Char Siu style. Just like the ribs hanging in the windows of delicatessens in Chinatown. No secret recipe. Slow roast the pork until the meat is melting off the bone. The add Char Siu sauce from a jar. No fancy, high end, handmade noodles. I use the instant stuff that's always on sale at Wal*Mart. Do not use the artificial seasoning packet. It will be fine with some veggies, riblets, and fresh crab meat. Just be extremely generous, and pile on the crab meat.
She hugs my arm, and puts her head on my shoulder. I'm acutely aware that the swell of her bosom is rubbing into my bicep, and that she has pressed my hand into the warmth of the apex at the top of her thighs.
"I just wish things would get back to normal."
Normal? This is not normal. Ex-girlfriends do not keep coming back to your house. That's not how it works. I don't know what normal is. But I've been waiting for it since the 70's. Back when I was hoping that Disco would die, American car makers would stop making little cars with small engines, Jimmy Carter would leave office, and things would go back to normal.
