http://www.oakmonster.com News. Views. Random thoughts. Occasional rants. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:40:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today, the Universe decided that it hates people in my life. 1. Brandon tore his calf muscle As he changed the oil on his car on Friday, Brandon discovered some coolant leakage. Upon further inspection by the auto shop, there are more than just that. We think the Anniversary accident knocked things ... http://www.oakmonster.com/2010/03/08/cosmic-fckery/ After the Golden Globes, I was really, REALLY afraid Avatar was going to take the Oscars.  Yes, I like the movie. It was an incredible escape, an experience you wish every movie could provide. But the Globes gave Avatar Best Picture?  What were they smoking?  I mean, it's a fantastic technological ... http://www.oakmonster.com/2010/03/07/in-your-face-jimmy/ I fell off the wagon. Just a little bit. Having been up very late on Monday night, I rolled out of bed on Tuesday and made myself an egg on toast. *sigh* Breakfast: A slice of buttered 7-grain toast topped with one sunny side up egg cooked in a pat of butter along with slices ... http://www.oakmonster.com/2010/03/03/meatless-tuesday-week-9/ I'm no literacy scholar. Nor am I someone who'd go through 100 books a year. So when I say I hate a book, you don't have to agree with me.  I don't expect you to. I have a policy when it comes to reading a book.  Once I start, I must finish ... http://www.oakmonster.com/2010/02/26/book-burning/ Holy CRAP! It's all ready been a week?! My god. Am I a bad blogger! But I promise to have something much more entertaining than my weekly food journal in a day or two. For now, on to Meatless Tuesday. * Breakfast: Open faced "grilled cheese" sandwich: one slice of 7-grain bread, buttered, topped with ... http://www.oakmonster.com/2010/02/24/meatless-tuesday-week-8/ I've been pushing through work and juggling my social life through February.  It seems I'm making new friends and reconnecting with old ones all the time.  Weekends and evenings were no longer just the quiet moments but full of activities. There have also been changes at my work.  We have created ... http://www.oakmonster.com/2010/02/20/physical-limit/ Breakfast Half of a giant blueberry peach scone I got from the farmer's market over the weekend. I ate the other half on Monday. A mug of lemongrass-pandan tea. . Lunch An avocado tomato sandwich: 2 slices of 7 grain bread lightly toasted, mayo (yeah..I didn't think about the egg content...), seasoning salt, a few ... http://www.oakmonster.com/2010/02/18/meatless-tuesday-week-7/ Breakfast Ritz crackers with cream cheese A mug of Ecchaenacea Defense tea with honey . Lunch A few bites of brown rice and garlic tofu with vegetables from Pick Up Stix before the fire alarm went off in the building.  I came back and just ate the tofu about half an hour later.  Mother fuckers ... http://www.oakmonster.com/2010/02/10/meatless-tuesday-week/ I'm one of those fortunate enough to have and hang out with diverse groups of friends, both in real life and out here in the blogosphere and twitterverse.  All of them different shapes and sizes in colors of the rainbow with even larger variety of interests and points of view.  ... http://www.oakmonster.com/2010/02/08/equal-opportunity-offender/ My room is 85% cleaned.  10% is paperwork. 4% miscellaneous stuff that needs to be sorted and put away. 1% stuff to be taken to donation. With this, I found LOADS of old photos.  I also found old college papers, my first American high school report card, my Mater Dei transcript ... http://www.oakmonster.com/2010/02/04/crouching-photos-hidden-papers/