madmax's thread about looking at stuff and eating other stuf

Hello. It is 121pm Sun as I start this. I got this week's installment done early this morning, so I decided to start next week's now. I could've started earlier, but I was delayed in my reading because that motherfucker that likes to run his leaf blower around Thanksgiving was today mowing that clearing.

I'll just post my sweet stuff, and leave the rest for next week.

It is 124am Sun as I resume this. It was another shitty week. My dad was at the physical rehab center near the hospital. He had an issue with his pulse or blood pressure, so he was taken back to the hospital. He was in the icu. It seems he got an infection. They've since moved him to a regular room. On Thu, I went to the Dollar Tree where I got the 2 big cans of Vienna sausages to get another. I looked for the tamales. They had 2 cans. Since I use 3 for a meal, I didn't get them. On Fri, I went to another DT. Again, they only had 2 cans. If I had known that, I would've bought the 2 cans on Thu, and 1 on Fri. On Sat, I had a case of the burps. Even though I had to take 4 dumps, the case was relatively mild in terms of gas. It cleared up by evening. Tonight, I had to start using a new spray bottle, as they one I was using was leaking. It seems I didn't use this one for very long.

Sat: I had my sweet stuff, starting with cereal and pb.

I had some of the ALDI peanuts. They were good. I had a pudding cup. It was good. I had a store-brand yogurt. It was Black Cherry. It was good. I had some of the Save A Lot graham crackers. They were good. I had some of the 3 Musketeers bars. They were good. I took them out of the shelf. I had an ALDI cupcake. It was good. I took it off the shelf. I also had some of the Dollar Tree nutella. It was ok. I had some by itself, and with the other items, except the yogurt and pudding. I basically finished the jar. I'll have the little bit left next week.

I had a new item. It was half a package of Bauducco chocolate wafer cookies. I had them off the shelf. They were good plain. I had 1 or 2 with the nutella on them, which was ok.

I do have something else to mention. Since the TMZ weekend edition wasn't on, I took a nap a bit after 3am. Since a rebroadcast of Washington Week wasn't on at 4, I set my alarm to get up for 430 for a show called Cars.TV. It is from Byron Allen's production company, and is obviously about cars, primarily focusing on auto shows. When my alarm went off, I think I hit the snooze bar. Whether or not I did that, I did turn the alarm off. I then dozed off. I woke up after 5. I then got up. I took my pills. I then sat down to watch the morning news. I was groggy, so I dozed off. I woke up after 6. I then got up and got my food. I forget when I got done eating. I think I dozed off again. I think I woke up after 740. I got up and put stuff away.

I did not have a "meal". I just finished the peperoni.

Sun: My meal was a bit of an experiment that was literally years in the making. It was a big sandwich. It was based on a cross between Subway's Italian BMT and Cold Cut Combo. I had bought 16oz packages of Bar-S Turkey Bologna and Oscar Mayer Cotto Salami. My mom had bought me an 8oz pkg of large peperoni slices because it was in the clearance bin. I put all these items in the freezer. I was going to use an 8oz brick of mozzarella, which wasn't too much of a pain to get, since cheese is often on sale. Fortunately, a while back, I bought an 8oz pkg of sliced mozzarella cheese at ALDI when it was on sale. That will save quite a bit of time. The problem was the other 3 components. For the bread, I was planning on using a fat loaf of Italian bread. The one grocery chain would have them on sale for $1. But during and after COVID, they haven't had these on sale for that much. This week, or last, they were on sale for $1.99. A few weeks ago, I was walking through Walmart. On a display table, there were loaves for $1. On Thu, I went into another WM. They were still $1. I got one. They might be smaller than the grocery ones, but I haven't looked at those in a long time. Then there are still the 2 veggies: tomato and lettuce. Even when the bread was on sale, it seemed the t and l were not, and vice-versa. The week before last, my mom said she had a head of lettuce in the fridge. She had picked it up for my dad, but he is still in physical rehab, after being in the hospital. I picked it up on Fri of last week. Then there is the tomatoes. One of the grocery chains had the roma ones on sale the previous week. If my mom had told me about the lettuce earlier, I could've gotten it, and got the tomatoes and bread. Since I didn't want to pay full price for tomatoes, In felt I had 2 options. I had cans of crushed tomatoes and plain tomato sauce at home. I thought maybe they would taste like tomatoes, and not like pasta/pizza sauce or ketchup. Besides the possible different taste, the main negative was that it would make the sandwich messy as fuck. I had one last-ditch idea. On Thu, I went to an ALDI because I needed a cabbage. I looked at the tomatoes. They had roma ones for $0.89/lb. I went to the ALDI I usually go to on Mon on Fri for something else(a story for another time). I also picked up some tomatoes.

When it was time to eat, I first sliced the loaf in half. I then put down the cheese. Next was the bologna, then the salami, and finally the peperoni. There was a problem in that the meat was not laying flat. I had sliced up the tomatoes, then put them on the meat. Some of them were slipping off. I then put on the lettuce, then the top half.

When it was time to eat, there were 2 issues. First, the tomatoes and lettuce kept slipping off. The other issue was the main one in that it was too thick. There was way too much meat. I sliced the sandwich into pieces. I had to bite about halfway through the sandwich each time. I also had to hold it tightly to keep it from coming apart.

As for the taste, it was ok. Like I said just a few sec ago, there was too much meat, which was the dominant flavor. If I had known that, I would've only used half of both the bologna and salami, and used the other halves as my meat items for Tue this past week , and the week before. Also, my nose was starting to stuff up near the end of the meal. I'm wondering if that is some kind of internal mechanism to cause me to stop eating. I was able to eat the whole thing. I was stuffed, and maybe in a bit of pain. I was slowing down near the end, and it took me longer to chew each bite.

Because of the logistics, I will prob never try this again. I do have another sandwich planned, and there is another ingredient issue. I also came up with something else to try with the bread.

Mon: I didn't have anything except meal prep related nibbling.

Tue: I had some shredded wheat with canola oil.

I opened a pkg of cocktail sausages from ALDI. I found it in the freezer when I was getting the meat for the sandwich out.

My first snack was a bag of Corn Nuts. They were the plain variety. They were good. My next item was a can of Northern Catch oysters with the mini chili pepper. They were good. My last snack was a bag of Chester's Hot Fries. They were good.

My meal was fried rice and veggies using ~8oz of frozen peas. I cooked it using the healthy method the night before. I did something different this time. I took the rice mix and put it in pieces of lettuce. I had the rice plain and with my 3 items. It was even better with the lettuce.

My meat item was a can of NC sardines in hot sauce. They were good. I had them off the shelf.

Wed: I had the rice mix I set aside. Like the prev day, I had it in lettuce. It was good plain and with my 3 items.

Thu: I had some shredded wheat with canola oil.

I had some cocktail sausages.

My first snack was a bag of Herr's Cheese Curls. They were the Carolina Reaper flavor. They were good. My next snack was a Big Mama pickled sausage. It was good. I got my last snack at the hot case of a grocery store. It was 4 flautas. I warmed them up in the microwave before I ate. They were good.

I got my meal at Arby's using coupons. I warmed the sandwiches up in the microwave before I ate. I first had a Gyro. It was the Greek variety. It was good. I then had 4 French Dip & Swiss sandwiches. They were good. I dipped the first 2, and had enough beef juice to soak the last 2.

Fri: I had some shredded wheat with canola oil.

I had some cocktail sausages.

My first snack was ~half an 8oz bag of Brim's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. It was good. I had it around 1235am. I didn't watch the NBC affiliate's rebroadcast of the 10pm news because I watched it at 10.

I have to talk about my second and third snacks. I went to Arby's. I was planning to get 2 large orders of Potato Cakes. The worker told me they stopped selling them, and ran out last week.

For my second snack, I went to Burger King because of the PC. I got 2 large orders of Onion Rings. I warmed them up in the microwave before I ate. They were ok. I had them at 137am during the CBS affiliate's rebroadcast of the 10pm news.

My third snack was a Reuben I got at Arby's with a coupon. I warmed it up in the microwave before I ate. It was good. I had it at 330am during the rebroadcast of TMZ.

My last snack was a bag of DT croutons. They were the Seasoned variety. They were good. I had them after SNL.

That's it for the food. I'll be having my sweet stuff in a few hrs. I think I know what I'm having for my "Sat" "meal". I know what I'm having for Sun.

Next weekend is the Columbus Day weekend. I'll be having some new stuff then.

It is 249am Sun as I post this. I got done with ND later again. I then called my mom. I finished with her close to 9. I then got stuff ready for later, and Sun. I then went to take a nap after 9. I got up for 1030 for SNL. It was a new episode with Nate Bargatze as the host, and Coldplay as the musical guest. I have to watch it again, as there was glitching throughout the whole episode. I think the Mile High Burger sketch didn't have any glitching, but I'll watch it with the rest. Sarah Sherman was in that sketch, and looked good with a wig. Chloe Fineman looked especially hot during the Sabado Gigante sketch. After SNL, I got up to do some stuff, including getting the new spray bottle. I then sat down and had my croutons. I then resumed typing.

I forgot to mention last weel that Andy Samberg played Kamala's husband, Doug Emhoff.

I also forgot to mention a death last week. It was John Ashton. He played Judge Reinhold's partner in Beverly Hills Cop.

There were 3 deaths this week. First was country singer Kris Kristoferson. He was also an actor. He was in the Barbara Streisand version of A Star Is Born. He also played "Rubber Duck" in Convoy. Pete Rose also died. Since he didn't bet against his team, thus throwing ganes, he should be in the Hall of Fame. It was also announced that John Amos had died, even though he actually did in August. He is best known as James Evans on Good Times. He also played the police captain on Hunter, and one of the bad guys in Die Hard 2.

For news stuff, the only thing I can think of was the Vice Presidential debate. A lot of people said Vance won, but he's still a fuckhead.

I can't think of anything else, so I'll go now. See you next week.

Hello. It is 1004pm Sun as I start this. I got done with this week's installment early, so I'm starting next week's tonight. I guess I have a few things to discuss. Last week, I said I had a case of the burps. When I got up to turn the oven on, I did take a dump. It was basically liquid shooting out, which happens when I have the burps. When I was almost done cooking everything, I went back in and did a little more. That gave me the excuse to eat a piece of food that had fallen on the floor. Since I was washing my hands, and other stuff, I also washed out my mouth after eating the piece. I think I might have a minor case of the burps again tonight. I took a Walmart gas-x pill just in case. After my Sat meal, I dozed off for a while. I then went into bed to sleep. I woke up in the 10am hr. I wanted to try to sleep a bit more, so I closed my eyes and fell back asleep. When I woke up, it was 1240pm. Since I did my daily reading before and after I ate, I didn't have to worry about it. I just watched Meet The Press, Washington Week, and the local show online.

I'll just notate my Sat meal tonight. I might notate tonight's meal tomorrow, but I'm not sure about that.

It is 244pm Wed as In resume. I'm making a special appearance, as this week has already been very shitty. So much so, it has affected my meal schedule. On Mon, I had a case of the burps. I was burping and farting a lot. While the burps weren't that bad, I ended up taking a few dumps. Since I wasn't feeling too good, and I wanted to give my digestive system a rest, I had decided to postpone my meal until Tue. But NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had an ok day at work. I drove to ALDI and got some stuff. I then went to my parents house to turn on the furnace, and take home some food I had put in their freezer, and get another food item my mom bought me. I then went to QuikTrip to get some gas. After I got the gas, I went to start the car, and it wouldn't start. There was just a ticking sound. I tried a couple more times. The battery was fucked. But I thought everything would be ok, as I had the battery charger in my trunk. I hooked it up, but it didn't work. I went inside and asked the workers if they could help. They wouldn't One said she would let me borrow her jumper cables if I could fi8nd someone to help. I asked a ton of people, but everyone said no. I then asked a guy who was getting gas in front of me. He said he would help if I had cables. I went in to ask the worker. I didn't see her. A lady heard me, and said she would jump my car. She went out and did.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I then was able to drive home. Needless to say, I was not hungry. I called Walmart, and they said they had batteries. This morning, I got up. I went to start the car. It took a few sec, but did start. I then went to WM and got the new battery put in. I didn't feel like doing any shopping there. After it was done, I just went straight home. I didn't go shopping anywhere else, get anything to eat, or go see my mom.

It is 1252am Sun as I resume this. The rest of the week was pretty much ok. On Thu or Fri, my abdomen felt a bit solid. I was paranoid about having an intestinal blockage. Today(Sat), I did take a decent dump. I'm kind of wondering if the firmness is normal, and just don't pay attention. If it is not normal, I am thinking I may have had it before, but it went away. The other piece of news was that when I was talking to my mom earlier, she said my dad is not doing good. She is afraid that he has given up. Hopefully, I won't have to soon report some other news.

I'll start the food now.

Sat: There was no main item. This was an ALDI meal, where I got everything at ALDI. I think I'll make paragraphs for each item, or type of item.

I had a Duetsche Kuche Mushroom & Cheese Strudel. It was good. This might have been the best thing I had.

I had 2 things called Padias. They were like an Italian quesadilla. The first was Roasted Vegetable. The second was Caprese. They were ok. My main issue with these that there was not a lot of filling, so the flatbread was dominant.

I had a pkg of what was called Cream Cheese Wontons. They were good. I had most plain. I tried 1 or 2 with soy sauce, which was ok. These were like crab rangoons, but without the crab. When these were on sale, they also had cr, but when I went to buy them, the cr were all gone.

I had a pkg of Steamed Pork Dumplings, and one of Steamed Chicken Dumplings. They were both good. I had most of them plain. I tried 2 of each kind with soy sauce, which was ok. There was a positive and negative. The positive was these were easy to cook. You would take the pkg out of the box, poke some holes in the film covering the pkg, then pop in the microwave. The negative was that you had to eat these in one bite. There was juice inside of them. If you bite into one, the juice squirts out.

I also did a do-over. I had a pkg of Four Cheese Gnocchi. It was good. You can look at my post from 10/30/2023 to see why I was doing a do-over. It was one of the pieces of this that fell on the floor that I mentioned above.

I also had an 8oz wheel of brie. It was ok. I don't think I really tasted it. I took it out of the fridge when I got up to cook the other stuff.

Sun: The main part of my meal was a pkg of DK Beef Schnitzel. I guess it's like chicken fried steak. I can't compare it, since I've never had cfs before. I dipped most of the pieces in the gravy, which was good. I had some of the pieces plain. They were decent. There seemed to be some kind of spices, maybe black pepper, that I could taste. I maybe would've rated it higher, but the beef and breading was a new combo for me, so that was a distraction. I don't know if I'll try it again. ALDI also had pork and chicken schnitzel. I would like to try the chicken.

Because I was having a beef item, I had 2 10.5oz cans of WM beef gravy. They call it Brown Gravy. When I was done dipping the stuff in the gravy, there was some left. I just ate it. It was good.

Since I was having beef gravy, I also had a bag of Chester's Hot Fries. I had some plain, but dipped most in the gravy.

My main side was a bag of DK Lemony Greens Knopfli. It reminds me of the gnocchi, even though they prob have different ingredients. It was good. I think there was a little bit of lemon taste. I mostly tasted the pasta and cheese sauce. The "Greens" was kale. I don't know how that tastes, so I don't know if I tasted it.

I also had a 10oz wheel of ALDI queso fresco. I took it out of the fridge a few hrs before I ate. It wasn't that great, because I couldn't taste it. I did take it out of the fridge a few hrs before I ate.

Like I said above, I had the burps on Mon. There was something interesting related to that. A few times when I farted, it smelled like the gravy.

Mon: Due to the burps, I didn't have anything.

Tue: Due to the battery issue, I didn't have anything.

Wed: I did have some shredded wheat with canola oil, even though my meal was big.

This was the last meal of the Columbus Day weekend, even though it was long over. I just wanted something simple.

My meat item was shrimp. I had 2 12oz pkgs. One was already cooked, and the other was raw. I warmed up the cooked shrimp on the stove with my double boiler pan. They were good. For the raw shrimp, I cooked them in my pan with some canola oil. I also added a little bit of all my spices: turmeric, cumin, black pepper, red pepper flakes, garlic powder. This shrimp was also good.

I had a Party Size(13oz) bag of store-brand potato chips. They were the Ripple variety. I also had a 2lb container of Gallbani ricotta cheese. I took it out of the fridge a few hrs before I ate. I put most of it on the chips, which was pretty good. I had some of the chips plain, which were good. Even so, the chips had 2 negatives. First, the chips seemed very salty. I think that might be due to the shape. Second, there were just too many chips. I need to remind myself not to get those big bags. Maybe the sour cream and onion variety would be fine. Anyway, there was some ricotta left. I ate it. It was good.

I also had a new item. It was a jar of Specially Selected Stuffed Honey Peppers. They were good. This was a new item at ALDI.

Thu: Since my meal was big, I didn't feel hungry on Thu. I didn't have my usual takeout meal.

I had some shredded wheat with oil from the pepper jar.

I also opened up a package of ALDI cocktail sausages.

I had these things before I went to bed, as I was hungry by then.

Fri: I had some shredded wheat with oil from the pepper jar.

I also had some of the cocktail sausages.

My first snack was ~half an 8oz bag of Brim's Movie Theater Butter Popcorn. I had some plain, but most with canola oil. It was good. I had it at 1240am.

My second snack was 3 things. One was a bag of DT wonton strips. They were good. Another item was a bag of DT funyuns. They were good. The third item was a jar of Bay View Pickled Eggs. They were The Original Salt 'N Vinegar variety. They were good. For the most part, they tasted like regular hard boiled eggs. It was a small jar, so I finished them. I had these at 137am during the CBS affiliate's rebroadcast of the 10pm news.

My third snack was also 3 things. One was a can of DT black olives. I took them out of the fridge. They weren't that good, but that was ok, since I haven't had them for quite a while. I drank the liquid, which was good. Another item was a box of Crav'n Flavor chicken crackers. They were good. They looked like the Chicken in a Biskit originals, and I recall tasted like them also. The main item was one of the big cans of Vienna sausages from DT. This time I heated them up. I used the double boiler pan. I rubbed a bit of canola oil in it. I just cooked them until they were very warm. They weren't too bad. I looked on the can, and it said there was smoke flavoring. I'm thinking that's why they tasted different. I had this stuff after 4 because I heated the sausages, and didn't want to do it during TMZ.

My last snack was a bag of Cheez-It Puff'd snacks. They were the Pizza variety. They were good. I had them after SNL. I usually have croutons, but this was another deviation from normal. I'll explain it next week.

That's it for the food. I'll be having my sweet stuff in a while. I know what I'm having for "Sat" and Sun.

It is 321am Sun as I post this. SNL was new. Michael Keaton was the host, and Billie Eilish was the musical guest. It was a good episode. There was no glitching, but the station fucked up, and they missed the start of BE's 2nd song. Chloe Fineman was only in the last 2 sketches. Again, Sarah Sherman looked good in wigs. New member Ashley Padilla was wearing a wig in the last sketch. She reminded me of Amy Pohler in a wig. After SNL, I got up and got some stuff ready for later. I then sat down and had the Cheez-Its. I then resumed typing while watching Bones, Hunter, The Commish, and now Sanford & Son.

There was something I forgot to mention last week. It was regarding NXT. There is a wrestler named Tony D'Angelo. He was in a match. He was wearing regular pants, and it looked like his zipper was open.

In celebrity deaths, the only one I know of is the guy from One Direction. I don't care about him or OD. The only reason I'm bringing it up is because people were spazzing out over some pics TJMZ showed of his body. All they were, were a part of his arm and torso. There was no blood. People are becoming even bigger pussies.

In piece of crap deaths, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was taken out by the IDF. Good. I saw a pic of his body. He had a big hole in his head.

In celebrity non-deaths, guitarist Jake E. Lee was shot. He will apparently be ok. He was the guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne after the death of Randy Rhoades.

In political news, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was on Meet The Press. He was making an ass of himself defending Trump. When it came to the FEMA lie, he said the illegal alien funds were allocated under Biden....in 2020!!!! The problem is that his cult leader was still Pres then!! He was also on Face The Nation. He pretty much behaved himself, but did get one dig in at Biden/Harris. Remember, "Johnson" is a synonym for dick. Trump said/did stupid shit again. Nothing new about that. A little over 2 weeks until the election. Hopefully after, all this bullshit will be over.

I guess that it all for this week. See you next week.

Hello. It is 1028pm Sun as I start this. I'm just starting early due to me finishing this week's early this morning. I thought something happened today, but either I was wrong, or it wasn't important enough for me to remember. The only thing I can think of is that either FOX itself, or the affiliate, cut off the beginning of The Simpsons. That means I have to watch that part next week. I'm now thinking that is what I was actually going to bring up.

I'll just report the Sat stuff.

It is 1215am Sun as I resume this. This week was different. I said last week that I was going to the dr, and do something else(dun dun dun). I also took Wed off. I drove my mom to a bank in Lee's Summit to get the contents of her and my dad's safety deposit box. I also sorted her mail. On Thu. I went with my mom to the vet for her cat to get looked at and get her rabies shot. She was over 24lbs.

On Sun, I think I had a case of the burps. And having my meal made it worse. I think I took 3 dumps on Mon.

Sat: I had sweet stuff, starting with cereal and pb.

I had a pudding cup. It was good. I had some of the ALDI peanuts. They were good. I had some coconut. It was good. I had an ALDI Cupcake. It was good. I took it out of the fridge. I had some of the mini Twix bars. They were good. I took them out of the fridge. I had some of the cookies. They were good. I took them out of the fridge.

I opened up a new box of graham crackers. They were the Crav'n Flavor brand. They were the chocolate variety. They were good. I've had these before.

I had a totally new item. It was because I have no yogurt. I looked at 4 different Dollar Tree stores, and couldn't find the dates. Instead, I got a can of Libby's pineapple slices. I took them out of the fridge. They weren't that good. That's because they didn't really have much taste. The liquid had more taste. It was ok. I ate all the pineapple, and drank all the liquid. I'm wondering if the lack of taste was due to taking them out of the fridge, and they would be better if I had taken them off the shelf. I don't know if I'll do a do-over.

I had some cocktail sausages.

My "meal" was a bag of ALDI Big Dipper Tortilla Chips. They were good. It was a 10oz bag. I didn't finish all of them so I could have some for my Sun meal.

Sun: I finished the cocktail sausages.

My meal was a variation of an experiment I prev did. I dumped 2 cans of Hormel Chili in my pot. It was the HOT with Beans variety.I then added 2 12oz pkgs of Bar-S Classic hot dogs. I mixed everything together while it was cooking. I waited until it was hot, then took it off the burner.

I had most of it plain. It was good. I also tried it with some hot sauce, a packet of Taco Bell Diablo sauce, and both. All were good.

I also had the rest of the chips. I had those with the hs, Diablo, and both. They were good. I also tried them with the chili/hd mix, plain, hs , Diabo, both. All were good. I maybe had 2 or 3 chips plain.

Mon: I didn't have anything.

Tue: I didn't have anything.

Wed: At my mom's house, there is a lot of food that only my dad ate. One thing was 2 8oz bags of pepperjack cheese from a store's deli. I ate 1 when I was driving. It was good. When we got back home, I ate most of the second bag. There was an opened bag of Ritz Toasted Chips. They were the Sour Cream & Onion(shown as all lowercase on the bag). I ate most of them. They were good. I don't know how long they have been opened for. It wasn't sealed shut with neither a twist tie nor rubber band.

At home, I had a snack. It was a bag of Duetsche Kuche Potato Sticks. They were the Herbs Of The Alps Style. They were good.

My meal was a large ALDI pizza. It was a pepperoni one. It was from the refrigerated section. Because I don't have room in the fridge, I put it in the freezer. I had to move stuff around to be able to get the door to shut. When it was time to cook it, there was an issue. The instructions said to place it directly on the oven rack. Because the pizza seemed soft, I didn't know how to safely do it. What I did was take the rack out of the oven before I turned it on. I put the pizza on the rack. When the oven was ready, I put the rack in the oven. When it was done, I was able to get it on the cookie sheet. When I was moving the pizza, something felt odd. I looked under the pizza. I left the cardboard bottom underneath when I cooked it! Thankfully, the oven was only at 375F, so the cardboard didn't burn. The pizza was good. The only thing the cardboard did was keep the crust from browning and getting firm. I had to hold each slice with both hands.

Thu: I first finished the cheese and chips at my mom's house.

I went out and got some stuff at the hot case of a grocery store, and came back to her house to eat them. One thing was some chopped up spaghetti with marinara sauce and some veggies. I recall there being beans and corn. It was good. The other item was steak strips with onions and peppers. It was good.

I have a story about the stuff I had at home. I was going to bring my Arby's coupon with me, but I fucking forgot. Thu was the last day, so I couldn't use it the next day while I was out(dun dun dun) as a driving snack. Instead, I got a Chicken Big Mac at McDonald's. It was ok. It was room temp when I ate it, since I did a lot of shit after I got home. I also did get something at Arby's. It was one of their Deep Fried Turkey sandwiches. It was The Gobbler. It was good, even though it was also room temp.

Fri: I had a snack. It was a bag of Herr's Cheese Curls. They were the Carolina Reaper variety. They were good. There was some heat.

This was the first of my special meals.

I got 2 things from a grocery store's hot case, and 2 from the cold case. I warmed the hot case items up in the microwave before I ate. I took the cold case items out of the fridge. I had 3 pieces of breaded swai. It was good. I had some breaded shrimp. It was good. I had some tuna salad. It was good. I had some egg salad. It was good. The worker that got my stuff was new there. He didn't fill up the es container all the way. That's why I got the ts.

There was something else of note. When I was almost done eating, I got big ass pressure. I went in and took a big dump. It took longer to clean up, as there was splashback.

Another thing of note, that I just remembered, was that I had originally planned to have some of the big meatballs, like at the other store in the chain. I just remembered that I forgot to look. Then I thought that if they were there, I would've seen them.

That's it for the food. I'll be having my Sat meal in a couple of hrs. It is something I've made before. My last special meal, on Sun, is just a bunch of stuff I often have, just not together.

Next weekend is the Veteran's Day weekend, so I will be having some more special meals. I have one experiment already planned.

It is 228am Sun as I post this. SNL was new, with John Mulaney(6th time) as the host, and Chappell Roan as the musical guest. There was glitching through the whole thing, except the monologue. I'll have to watch the whole thing again; even the monologue, because it was good. There was a Broadway style musical sketch. Chloe, Heidi, and Sarah didn't show up very much. Sarah played the author of Handmaid's Tale, and old woman. I can't recall if she looked good in another sketch. Speaking of better with wigs, new cast member Jane Wickline looked better with a wig playing a nerdy girl in a Weekend Update segment. After SNL, i resumed typing. I first watched Benny Hill. Then I watched Family Ties, because according to zap2it, Hunter was going to be on at 2 due to the time change, for some reason. At 2, I tuned on the station, and The Commish is on. It was "supposed to" come on at 3. I should have double checked, as maybe Hunter was on at its regular tie, so I missed it.

There was a famous, and not as famous, death this week. Actor David Harris died. He played Cochise in the gang movie The Warriors. Actress Teri Garr died. She was in a bunch of stuff. Look it up yourself.

On Meet The Press and Face The Nation, vp candidate JD Vance was on. On both shows, he was blaming Kamala for shit. Is he that dumb that he doesn't realize she's still the vp, and Biden is still the pres. He kept on saying "Kamala Harris's leadership". No. She's the vp. If he wants to be correct, he needs to say Biden instead.

In other political news, I did early voting on Thu after my dr appt. I wasn't in line very long. I voted for Harris. I also voted the other state/US legislative branch Democratic candidates. I voted yes for the 2 gambling issues, as well as the item to allow abortion again in MO.

I think that's all, so I'll go.

Hello. It is 1223pm Sun as I start this. Again, I got last week's done early. A bit too early, as I will mention later. Mostly, I didn't want to have to add my Sat meal there. I have been having a crappy day already. I knocked stuff on the floor, including my pot holders. Thankfully, I didn't need them, and maybe not until Thu. I'll clean them on Mon. When I was making my meal, I had to take 2 dumps. At least I didn't have to go during my meal. After I ate, I fell asleep. I woke up ~719am. I went into my bed to sleep. I set my alarm to get up at 9 for Meet The Press. When I woke up, It was 1028am. I know I turned the alarm on. I don't recall waking up. I was sleeping with the pillows propping me up, so I was sitting. In that position, it's not easy to turn off the alarm. Instead of getting up and watching Washington Week, I set the alarm to get up at 11 for the local show. I don't recall falling asleep again, prob due to me feeling like I need to pee.

I resumed typing a little bit at 1117pm Sun. I apparently have another case of the burps. I had to go in to take a dump after I talked to my mom on the phone. I went again after I shaved a bit ago. I'm having pressure again. Also, my mouse is fucked up. Thankfully, I have an extra one I brought home from work.

It is 1212am Sun as I resume this. This week was a bit ok, though there was stuff. On Tue, I didn't go into work, but worked from home. When I opened Outlook, I saw I had a phone msg ~8am. I called my mom a few times, but she never picked up. Later, I found a way to access my work voicemail from home. My mom was in the hospital. Like me, she gets anxiety attack symptoms that resemble a heart attack. She had an ambulance take her there. She needed me to pick her up to take her home. She was waiting to get an ECG, then the results. I ended up being able to finish my shift before she called to come get her. When I was driving there, the traffic was stopped on the interstate. I was able exit and take some side roads. I saw there was an accident or something. I then got back on the interstate, and got to the hospital. I got my mom and took her back to her house. I then went home. I then cleaned the passenger seat.

Something else happened related to that. When I got home, the garage door was wide open. I pulled in right away. I then went in the house, and did a sweep. There was nothing disturbed, nor missing. I have been having issues with the opener, so I make a point to see if the door closes. I don't recall if I waited until it fully closed. Later, I saw in the garage that a political ad was on the floor. The mail slot was cut into the garage wall. I have a little table thing below it to catch the mail to try to keep it off the floor. My theory is that the ad slipped of the table and went in front of the sensor, causing the door to go back up. Hopefully, that's the case, and not some burglars trying to see if they can get in. I spent Wed and Thu working from home. I took Fri off. I was hoping to do some house cleaning by throwing stuff out or recycling it. I wasn't feeling to good, and my reading took too long, so I didn't.

There was some good news in that my mouse is working, although it seems to still act up a bit when using Nextdoor.

Let me do my Sat meal, and add some other stuff.

Before I get to my meals, I need to address something from last week. The ALDI pizza was Take & Bake Pepperoni Traditional Crust Pizza.

Sat: My meal was eggplant sandwiches. I first cut the stem piece off, then the bottom. I cut 5 nice big slices. I then cut a thick piece where it narrows, then cut that piece diagonally on the horizontal plane. I cut the rest of the narrow part into a few slices. I used my biggest pot, as I didn't want to use my pan. See my post from basically a yr ago(10/30) to see why. I kind of saw how I could get slices in. I took those out. I put some canola oil in the pot, and rubbed it around the bottom and a bit on the side. I then opened a 24oz jar of store-brand pasta sauce. It was the Mushroom variety. I spooned some of the sauce in, and spread it on the bottom. I then added 4 of the sandwich slices. I put the smallest extra slice in the middle. I then spooned sauce onto all of these. I then put down the last sandwich slice, the diagonal halves, and one or 2 extra slices in. I think I was able to stand the rest of the extra slices around the side. I then spooned the rest of the sauce onto everything. I then put water in the jar to rinse the rest of the sauce out, and dumped it in the pot. I then squirted in some canola oil. I turned the burner to 3 or 4. After a while, I turned it up to 6. Once the liquid was bubbling in the middle, I turned the burner to low, and put the lid on. I set the timer for 30 min, and also took my first dump. After the time elapsed, I took the lid off. None of the slices were done. I flipped the slices on the bottom over, and rotated them if they were soft on one end. I put the lid back on. I did eventually turn the burner up to 4, but don't recall if I did so yet. After a while, I took the lid off again. I forget if any were ready yet. I put the lid back on. I just repeated taking the lid off and looking, and flipping/rotating. I took my second dump during this time. I know I took one of the sandwich slices out first, then one of the diagonal halves. When I took the whole slice out, I moved the 5th whole slice to the bottom. As I took the big slices out, I moved the extras along the side to the bottom. Eventually, I was able to get all the sandwiches slices out, and a few extras, so all the extras were on the bottom. Somewhere along the way, I added some water that I had put in the sauce jar, that I had set aside to use to cook my fried rice.... meals. When all the pieces were done, I also took the pot in to eat because of all the sauce in there.

For the bread, I used a bag of 6 ciabatta rolls from ALDI. They were only partially cut, so I had to finish cutting them.

When it was time to eat, I took a roll, and squirted canola oil on the inside of each half. When I remembered, I would also add some sauce from the pot. For the first sandwich, I used the 2 diagonal pieces, and had them a bit offset, For the other 5, I would just add the whole slice. I finished by putting the top half on. The sandwiches were good. Between eating those, I would eat the extra slices, which were good.

When the sandwiches and extra slices were gone, there was some sauce on the plate. I squirted some canola on it, then ate it with the rubber bowl scraper I use for that. It was good. I did the same with the sauce in the pot, and it was also good.

The negative about this meal was that the eggplant took a long time to cook. I was originally going to start at 2am, but it was ~36 min later, as I wanted to finish and post last week's entry. I was finally able to sit down to eat between 430 and 5.

Sun: This was the last of my special meals. It was a "bunch" meal. It was basically a bunch of different meat items. Let me just make a list:
Deutsche Kuche Herring Fillets in Tomato Sauce
DK Herring Fillets in Curry Pineapple Sauce
DK Herring Fillets in Mango Pepper Sauce
Big Mama pickled sausage
Tijuana Mama pickled sausage
Vigo Mussels In Marinade Sauce
Vigo Squid In Sunflower And Olive Oil
Northern Catch Smoked Oysters with mini chili pepper
Northern Catch Smoked Oysters in oil
Armor Vienna Sausages
Celebrity Vienna Sausages
store-brand tuna in water
StarKist tuna in oil
I took everything off the shelf, except the tuna and Armour...., which I took out of the fridge. I did heat up the Celebrity.... in the double boiler pot with some canola oil. I did let them brown a bit.

Everything was good. That being so, I felt a little burnt out on meat, and didn't get a package of the cocktail sausages to snack on. That could also have been due to me being stuffed.

Mon: I didn't have anything.

Tue: I had some shredded wheat with canola oil.

My first snack was a bag of the Dollar Tree guacamole chips. They were good. My second snack was a box of the Crav'n Flavor chicken crackers. They were good.

My meal was my fajitas. I used ~8oz of chopped broccoli. I cooked it using the healthy method. When I added the spices...., I also used the rest of the liquid from the jar of pickled eggs. I used the rest of the store-brand black beans. Becuse they were in the fridge for 2 weeks, I think they were starting to go bad. There was some white stuff on topof the liquid, and they smelled/tasted funny. For the tortillas, I used 4 store-brand ones. There are only 8 in a pkg. I did not have a "raw" one. I cooked them, and used them, in the order I have outlined in a post(or more) earlier.

When I ate, I used hot sauce and black pepper. I used them in opposite order: both, hs, pepper, none. They didn't taste very good due to the bad beans.

The next day, I remembered that I had lettuce I was going to use, and FUCKING FORGOT! I think it would have made them taste better.

My meat item was a can of Northern Catch sardines in oil. They were good. I took them off the shelf.

I recall having some poo issues the next day. That was prob due the bad beans.

Wed: I didn't have anything.

Thu: I had some shredded wheat with canola oil.

My first snack was a bag of jalapeno strips from Dollar Tree. They are either fried like onions, or dried. They were good. They were like fried onions with heat. I think they are meant to be put on salads.

My second snack was a Chicken Big Mac from McDonald's. I warmed it up in the microwave. While it was good, I didn't really seem to taste the chicken.

I got my meal at Subway. I got 3 Footlongs with a coupon. I had all 3 on Italian(white) bread. I used provolone, and put parmesan on them. I didn't have them toasted. The ones I got were:
All-American Club
Ultimate BMT
Steak, Egg & Cheese
I had the first 2 "stock", except for the stuff I listed at the top. I had lettuce and tomato on the Steak.... I warmed them up in the microwave before I ate. They were good.

The next day, I woke up with stomach cramps. I had to go take a dump. Then and/or the second time I had to take an unscheduled dump, it came out hot. I think it was due to the jalapenos. I'm debating whether or not to get some more.

Fri: This was the first of my Veterans Day weekend meals. I decided to make it simple. I got something in the seafood case, and the cold case of the edge of the hood grocery store. I got a big container of seafood salad. It was good. I got 8 of the big meatballs I got there 2 weeks ago(along with some of the ss). I heated them up in the microwave. They were good.

That's it for the food. I'll be having my Sat meal in a while. It is an experiment. The Sat and Sun meals are a mix of stuff I have and haven't had before.

It is 201am Sun as I post this. SNL was new. Bill Burr was the host, and Mk.gee was the musical guest. The episode was good. I have to watch the last half hour again due to glitching. Sarah Sherman looked good in a wig in the last sketch. Chloe Fineman was not on. As for the musical guest, his songs were decent. It seems again, that the vocals were mixed a bit low. After SNL, I got some stuff ready for later. I then sat down to resume typing while watching Benny Hill, and now Hunter.

Last time, because I was tired, and wanted to get my meal started, I didn't review Chappell Roan on SNL. She is a very good singer. She is also very attractive, but I've heard she is a lesbian. During her first song, it looked like she had really big hips and ass. That made me wonder if black lesbians are into that, as straight black guys seem to be. During her second song, she was wearing some tight jean shorts. Her hips/ass were normal and nice. The dress she wore during the first song had some kind of padding to make her look chunky.

In celebrity deaths, the only one I can think of was Quincy Jones. He was a musician, songwriter, producer, and prob other stuff. He is also the father of actress Rashida Jones.

For political stuff, I left out a major news item last week. During a Trump rally, a comedian called Puerto Rico a garbage island. That was blatantly racist toward Latino people. The GOP then were crying about Biden calling Trump supporters garbage. He's just being nice. It's similar to when Hillary called them deplorables. Instead of proving her wrong, they became even more deplorable.

For this week, the main item can be summed up by WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know what happened. All I feel like saying now is that sexism and racism played a part. I'll maybe post some more for next week's, especially as I'll prob start it later.

That's all for now. See you next week.