got a whole chicken boiling.  it was a roaster, and i am of the mind that one should roast a chicken and have dinner, and then use the leftovers for soup.  but the truth is, i dont like roast chicken dinner.  i like stuffing and mashed potatoes and rolls and creamed corn and gravy. but not the roast chicken.  so i cut this thing up, which is absolutely one of the grossest things i have ever done, and anyone who loved me would never ever want to put me through it again, cause i was almost barfing.  you got the slippery stretchy skin, and then UNDER that you got that snot layer like you have in a raw egg, covering the whole thing!  oh i am gagging just thinking about it.

so i cut it up and took off a lot of the skin and threw it in water and added some poultry seasoning (cause it would have that flavor if i roasted it first, right?) and some salt and pepper.  then i cut up two big onions and halved them.  then i threw in ten baby carrots - need big ones, but dont have them, and so i figure ten i can just pick out when they start to get too soft.

then it still didnt smell yummy, so i threw in some adobo and a boullion cube. 

and its boiling.  needs to boil a long time because i accidentally left it in the sink overnight, so i gotta boil boil boil to get rid of the sam'n'ella.

and i have a nice box of manischewitz matzo ball mix.  probably need another one.  but one will suffice for today.  i will let it all boil up and down and add the matzo balls and separately make tiny pasta shells to add to the bowls when it is all done.  now, if we just had some cilantro, which i know doesnt go, but, its so good.

i am trying to copy a soup i had 25 years ago, many times, at a restaurant called oliver's in ithaca.  nobody remembers it, though i wish they did, because i would love to talk about this soup with someone!

and after the soup, we will go to the movies, even though supposedly the time of High Swine is upon us.  i want to see capitalism, and the toy story double feature, and whip it, and even, kindof, zombieland, bc woody harrelson looks so damn funny in it.  i know its too gory for me, so its not really in the running much. and we cant see the double feature tonight bc i will never last through it.  so.

at the movies i will tell keith to PLEASE NEVER EVER let me come back again because i loathe myself so much when i pay the prices at the mainstream theaters (we have a couple cheaper ones around here, and they dont incite me at all).  and he will agree.  but then, inevitably, we will return, and i will be reminded of all that is wrong in this country.

and then we will come home, and i will fall asleep on the couch, till keith goes to bed, when he will rouse me, and i will follow him in.  tonight i will surely brush before falling asleep, bc the popcorn is such a challenge for those of us with tight contacts. speaking of which, did anyone see that madonna still has lead fillings?  what explanation can there be for that?

she was on the adulterer's the other night, and she looked a million times better than she has looked in recent years.  i know it's a facelift, but whoever did it deserves a bonus, because it doesnt look all tight and over-cheeked and madame-y.

OR we might skip the movies tonight and go see the double feature in the morning.   plus that way, it will be less crowded and fewer residual germs - speaking of which - what IS the answer to how long the flu germs last outside the body?

anyone?

bueller?