Sunday, February 7, 2016
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bearshortyI tried hard to have a nice relaxing weekend to gather energy for the upcoming grading week. I think it went well.
I read a lot (about a third of the 3rd Galbraith book and 2 cantos of Paradise), cooked, and Bear and I watched The Martian over the last two days. I also caught up on Grimm and Supergirl.
On Friday evening I made potato dumplings for dinner and chicken. It was the first time I made dumplings of any kind, other than buy them frozen in the store and just boiling. So it was an experiment. Not entirely perfect yet but not bad for the first try. I did buy wonton wrappers in the Asian supermarket, so it wasn't exactly from scratch, but I made potato and onion filling and pinched all the wrappers properly and boiled that. It is a bit tedious to do but very tasty. Even Tanya ate one, which is a win. I still need to figure out how to get them to dry and not be too sticky before they go in the water and how to keep them from sticking overnight in the fridge. Probably some oil.
This morning I made myself a mushroom, onion and cheese omelette with two eggs. Nyum nyum. So tasty. I don't make it often so it was a treat to myself.
And tonight I made butternut squash soup. I really hate pealing it; there must be an easier way. Other than that, came out well. And I made zucchini for tomorrow. I got all ingredients for baked ziti too but I will make it tomorrow since I wanted us to finish all the leftovers first.
I really enjoyed the movie. It was very faithful to the book, except the book obviously had many more details. I do prefer the book because of those details. But it was great to have a visual of the Hub or the Hermes. And the acting was very good. Hearing 70s disco music actually made it work, unlike just reading about it. I knew what would happen but it was still nerve-wracking at the end.
And it is such an optimistic story, I love it. People do their best, they figure it out. There is faith in humanity and science. It made me wish I was a scientist and worked for NASA, even though science never excited me. I was good at it. I like physics, for example. I got As in the subjects but I don't have a passion for it unlike for history or literature. But this movie (and book) is inspirational and I hope it inspires many to go into science and space.
I read a lot (about a third of the 3rd Galbraith book and 2 cantos of Paradise), cooked, and Bear and I watched The Martian over the last two days. I also caught up on Grimm and Supergirl.
On Friday evening I made potato dumplings for dinner and chicken. It was the first time I made dumplings of any kind, other than buy them frozen in the store and just boiling. So it was an experiment. Not entirely perfect yet but not bad for the first try. I did buy wonton wrappers in the Asian supermarket, so it wasn't exactly from scratch, but I made potato and onion filling and pinched all the wrappers properly and boiled that. It is a bit tedious to do but very tasty. Even Tanya ate one, which is a win. I still need to figure out how to get them to dry and not be too sticky before they go in the water and how to keep them from sticking overnight in the fridge. Probably some oil.
This morning I made myself a mushroom, onion and cheese omelette with two eggs. Nyum nyum. So tasty. I don't make it often so it was a treat to myself.
And tonight I made butternut squash soup. I really hate pealing it; there must be an easier way. Other than that, came out well. And I made zucchini for tomorrow. I got all ingredients for baked ziti too but I will make it tomorrow since I wanted us to finish all the leftovers first.
I really enjoyed the movie. It was very faithful to the book, except the book obviously had many more details. I do prefer the book because of those details. But it was great to have a visual of the Hub or the Hermes. And the acting was very good. Hearing 70s disco music actually made it work, unlike just reading about it. I knew what would happen but it was still nerve-wracking at the end.
And it is such an optimistic story, I love it. People do their best, they figure it out. There is faith in humanity and science. It made me wish I was a scientist and worked for NASA, even though science never excited me. I was good at it. I like physics, for example. I got As in the subjects but I don't have a passion for it unlike for history or literature. But this movie (and book) is inspirational and I hope it inspires many to go into science and space.