Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Back in Ought Seven

Meh...

Things have been slow lately. I think I will have to make sure New Year's Eve is extra crazy, just to make sure I'll have lots to write about in '08! I want to be able to look back in a few years and say"


"Ah, the oughts. Those were crazy times. Crazy. At least the parts I was sober
enough to remember..."

Heh, I just love the word "ought.' It makes feel all old-timey.

Heh, old-timey.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

When You Can Take this Grasshopper from my Taco, You Will Be Ready...

Think of the most disgusting thing you can imagine eating, fiends.

Now imagine putting it on a taco.


This evening, myself, Mr. Fiend, and another couple, met for dinner at a lovely restaurant specializing in "modern Mexican cuisine."


Yum, you might say, and for the most part, yes. I like me some tamales, ceviche and fresh guacamole. Who doesn't? In fact, we were having a swimmingly good time, pleasant conversation, tasty margaritas. And then.

And then Mr. Fiend and another member of our party, perusing the menu, decided that they would partake in grasshopper tacos, a local specialty. Yes, a taco filled with grasshoppers. Lot of legs, thoraxes, wings, you get the picture. On a tortilla.


One might assume that eating a taco filled with grasshoppers would qualify as a fiendish activity, but one would be WRONG!

You probably aren't aware of this, but "Do not eat tacos filled with grasshoppers" is Fiend Rule #1. Until this evening, it was Fiend Rule #27, but it jumped WAY up the queue, displacing the old Fiend Rule #1, "There is something mildly menacing about horses."

After politely expressing my distaste ("ew", "nastiest thing ever", "this reflects poorly on your upbringing", etc), I shared the following opinion:

If Mr. Fiend and I were stranded on an island together with nothing to eat except for grasshoppers, I would become a cannibal and eat him instead. It seemed like a logical view, but imagine my surprise when Mr. Fiend and our table mates expressed disgust.

Seriously?! You're about to eat a taco full of grasshoppers and you find it disturbing that I would rather eat human flesh? From what I hear, it tastes like chicken. I like chicken. I don't like grasshoppers.

Am I crazy? Let's take a poll.

I would rather eat:

a) a disgusting
grasshopper taco.
b) a delicious human taco.
c) meat is murder! Give me a tasty veal taco instead.

Friday, July 06, 2007

Hi Fiends, I'm Back


Howdy Fiends, one and all. I'm back from a veeeeeeeeeeery long absence. A lot has happened in the nearly two years I've been gone and we've got a lot of catching up to do.

More to come later.

Promise.

Here's a preview of the next installment... new job, new home, new husband (Mr. Fiend?), same weird life...

Intrigued?

See you soon!