Minor Confession Thread

I'm just going to say it

Movie CGI peaked with Pirates of the Caribbean.

I just watched my girlfriend, whom I love dearly, make us breakfast. 

She made egg and cheese breakfast burritos.

First, she dropped a bunch of eggshells in the bowl and had to fish them out. When she poured the mixture into the pan, it immediately started to scorch so she turned the heat down and used a metal butter knife to stir the mixture.

A metal butter knife. On a hard coated, non-stick skillet.

Next she added the cheese. It was little individual packages of cheese not grated cheese. The cheese chunks kinda melted and then she used a metal spatula to flip the mixture over and break it up.

Lastly, she filled the flour tortillas like a soft shell taco. The mixture looked like something from the Toxic Avenger. It smelled good but when I went to pick mine up, a glop of undercooked egg whites fell out and hit my plate like a snotty booger. I just sat there and stared at it and she asked if I was alright. "Yeah", I muttered. I didn't want to make her feel bad so I took a bite and some more undercooked egg erupted through the side of the tortilla like a giant zit.

I tapped out. I told her I wasn't very hungry because my stomach hurts. Which wasn't untrue because I'm still recovering from pneumonia, which messed me up really bad. I was juuuust starting to get my appetite back. Looks like more canned soup for me.

I love her to death but she isn't a very good cook. But she tries so hard which is why I never say anything. But damn.

In reply to stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) :

Sigh, this was supposed to go in the minor rant thread.

The city has cited me twice for overgrown weeds recently; once while I was across the country on business and again for the same offense last week.

I couldn't do anything when I was away and then I didn't have time due to my work schedule when I got back.

The next week I contracted pneumonia and was in the hospital. I'm still struggling and anything more laborious than walking makes me start hacking.

So I hired a guy to mow and trim the lawn, and take care of the weed issue on the side of the house. He charged me $50.

I look outside and he's on his hands and knees, pulling weeds from the flowerbed; something that I didn't need or expect him to do. He went above and beyond on everything so I slipped him $100.

I felt like even at $100, it was worth it not dealing with the city.

SWMBO's birthday is this weekend. 

She really likes to go out to eat. I hate restaurants. They're loud, expensive, the chairs suck, people bug me, I get in trouble for saying swears, I have to wear pants, it's a bad time. We're going out to eat. 

My LEAST favorite flavor profile, if I had to pick one- is likely Mediterranean. I don't like Olives, capers, heavy onion and garlic. The onion and garlic in particular will actually make me have....digestive complications..... if eaten in excess. She's chosen and booked reservations for Amare, a....you guessed it....Mediterranean restaurant on Disney property. It's Magical Dining in Florida right now and they're doing a Prix Fixe menu where you pay one price and get a special whatever the hell they're cooking. I've looked at the menu and none of it looks good to me. I'd rather have Taco Bell, TBH. 

BUT- I am going to shut the berkeley up and go along with all of this and "enjoy" myself because that's what she wants to do. I've purposely kept my opinion out of it because she will completely change her mind if I say anything. It's gonna suck, and I'm gonna hate it. 

Little Monohue starts kindergarten tomorrow. He's an amazing kid and I'm immensely proud of him. He's also an only child who is very accustomed to having the undivided attention of at least one parent at any given time, and kindergarten is a long, six-hour shift. Considering how big his feelings have been lately, I really do not know whether we're going to get a little gentleman or a gigantic catastrophe.

I need to ban myself from buying meat for at least a week, if not longer. I don't care how good of a sale it is, all three freezers are completely full.  There's simply no room for anything else.  I had to put a heavy object on the lid of the chest freezer so that it would seal!

In reply to DarkMonohue :

That will be good for him.

I know plenty of people in our generation that said "No stranger is gonna raise my kid," but I firmly believe that daycare and kindergarten are excellent opportunities to socialize little kids.

In reply to Duke :

Oh, no question it will be good for him. He's had two years of preschool and a pre-K class this summer and absolutely flourished in all three. My concern is mostly that he may lose his cool. If we don't have to go pick him up early it'll be a win.

In reply to DarkMonohue :

How did it go?

RevRico said:

I'm just going to say it

 

Movie CGI peaked with Pirates of the Caribbean.

 

This isn't a minor confession so much as it is a hard truth.

stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) said:

I just watched my girlfriend, whom I love dearly, make us breakfast. 

She made egg and cheese breakfast burritos.

First, she dropped a bunch of eggshells in the bowl and had to fish them out. When she poured the mixture into the pan, it immediately started to scorch so she turned the heat down and used a metal butter knife to stir the mixture.

A metal butter knife. On a hard coated, non-stick skillet.

Next she added the cheese. It was little individual packages of cheese not grated cheese. The cheese chunks kinda melted and then she used a metal spatula to flip the mixture over and break it up.

Lastly, she filled the flour tortillas like a soft shell taco. The mixture looked like something from the Toxic Avenger. It smelled good but when I went to pick mine up, a glop of undercooked egg whites fell out and hit my plate like a snotty booger. I just sat there and stared at it and she asked if I was alright. "Yeah", I muttered. I didn't want to make her feel bad so I took a bite and some more undercooked egg erupted through the side of the tortilla like a giant zit.

I tapped out. I told her I wasn't very hungry because my stomach hurts. Which wasn't untrue because I'm still recovering from pneumonia, which messed me up really bad. I was juuuust starting to get my appetite back. Looks like more canned soup for me.

I love her to death but she isn't a very good cook. But she tries so hard which is why I never say anything. But damn.

I disparage my cooking skills but I think I'll stop doing that.

Two nights ago, for dinner, I made Ramen noodles.  That is to say, I boiled the noodles, then set them off to the side.  Then, in a pan, I heated some oil and added some garlic and soy sauce and a little brown sugar and the flavor packet, stirred that around on heat until it turned into a nice sauce, then put the noodles in and stirred/folded them around in the oily flavorfulness.

When that was about half done, I pushed them off to the side and scrambled an egg in the other side, and then worked that in to the noodles.

But I criticized myself for not using enough oil so it was a little dry.  Maybe needed some more brown sugar.

Duke said:

In reply to DarkMonohue :

How did it go?

Thank you for asking.  I am not entirely sure, TBF.

Dropoff was weird.  No fear, no joy.  He just walked on in when it was time and didn't even say goodbye to either of us.  At pickup, he sulked out with his head down and bluntly announced that today was the worst day ever.  Didn't want to talk about anything, didn't want anybody to look at him. 

Apparently the teachers kept asking him to do things he was already doing.

We gave him some time to unwind at home and then talked about some of the good and bad things that happened throughout the day.  There were actually a lot of things he liked.  He's enthusiastic about going back on Monday.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

That sounds really good, I'll have to try it.  Might use butter instead of oil.

Our doggo we are fostering did not get adopted at the adoption event today. The GF talked to another foster about dog swapping with their foster pup but it didn't happen. The other foster has chickens which our foster pup would definitely try to get.

As much as it's a PITA to foster the doggo we have, I'm kinda relieved that she didn't get adopted out. I got kinda sad today thinking about I might not ever see her again. I was out of town when the GF decided to foster her so I've only known the doggo for about 3 weeks.

I didn't think I'd get so attached after 3 weeks.

Confession: I'll never watch a video if I can read a well-written article instead. Or even a poorly-written article, so long as it's written by a human. 

If reading is not an option, I will postpone watching the video until I get to a desktop PC with adequate adblocker(s). I will likely forget to watch it at all, assuming I don't just lose interest. 

If I ever make it to the video, any amount of talking head content will probably drive me to mute it, set speed to x1.5, and read subtitles.

If the intro is longer than ten seconds, I may shut it down and move on. You are not Mr. Belvedere. 

If the video includes swoosh-PING-zip-CLANG! sound effects, or rent-a-rock music with a clap-trap, foot stomping, or "whoo-ohhaoh!" vocalizing, or if it shows the same person from multiple angles talking to someone off-camera, that's a substitute for actual content. You lost me. I'm out.

If the video begins with, "Hey, WHAT'S up guys, it's ya boy _____ ", I'm nailing the thumbs down and reading a book, and possibly terminating the screen with a revolver. Note to self: buy a revolver.

Life is short.

In reply to DarkMonohue :

So it's not just me then. 
 

If it starts with what's up YouTube... it ends with what's up YouTube 

I tolerate all that bad/annoying Intro stuff if the meat of the video provides me with the answer I need. A video showing me the thing can actually superceded words (sometimes.)

Imagine having to read about the F-117. Sure, the article could describe the faceted design, but I promise you, the picture created in your brain won't match what a picture could tell you in 3 seconds. But I digress.

Mostly, its because that one guy has the answer to an annoying auto project that I'm working on, and I don't feel like sifting through 842 posts in 5 forums, for solutions and half truths that don't help me with my problem. 

My petty YouTubes criteria stems from the narrator's voice. I won't watch a video if I find the voice disagreeable, evening the content is gold.

If I need an answer to a Google search, I skip ALL video search returns.

Give me words and maybe a picture or two if the query warrants it.  I can't be arsed to sit through someone um-ing and ah-ing though an explanation that could be handled in two sentences of text.

The one time I did hit a video link, while trying to find the alternator fuse on an Escape (ALLDATA said it existed, and it was in the wiring diagram, but there was no location) the hit was for a mini fuse for something unrelated.  That isn't the alternator fuse, the alternator fuse is a big mammajamma in the lead from the alternator to the battery.

(In case this comes up as a search hit for someone looking for a Ford Escape alternator fuse, it's under the battery box near where the cabling is secured to the transmission.  Good luck.  The cable assembly is fairly cheap from Ford, too)

Appleseed said:

I tolerate all that bad/annoying Intro stuff if the meat of the video provides me with the answer I need. A video showing me the thing can actually superceded words (sometimes.)

Imagine having to read about the F-117...

That's fair. I'm not railing against video in and of itself - lord knows I watch enough of it - but as a substitute for a decent written, and typically also illustrated, article or forum post, where those would convey the information more clearly and often more quickly.

In a nutshell, video has its place, but it is not a substitute for written media that can be consumed and examined at the reader's own pace.

In reply to DarkMonohue :

Honestly, you can almost tell by a thumbnail if you are getting high production value, homemade but helpful, or "Wassap, bro-dude." In fairness, I, too avoid Bro-Dude.

In reply to Appleseed :

The more text and the bigger the fonts in the video thumbnail, the less likely I am to watch it.

I bought a flame thrower.

Ok, it's just a propane torch but I can pretend, right?

I was talking with a couple of my coworkers about how the city has been on a rampage lately citing people for overgrown weeds.

One of my coworkers stated that his lot is about a half acre in size and he uses a propane torch for weed control. I am using Roundup, although they changed the formula and it's not as effective as before. Plus with our foster doggo, I don't want to have her get into the weeds that I sprayed and get that crap on her. 

I gotta be extremely ​​​​​​careful with the torch as we live in a desert climate so everything is extremely dry and we frequently have high winds. I'll have the water hose ready to go in case something happens.

But fire! 

Appleseed said:

In reply to DarkMonohue :

Honestly, you can almost tell by a thumbnail if you are getting high production value, homemade but helpful, or "Wassap, bro-dude." In fairness, I, too avoid Bro-Dude.

Thumbnails are why I have never watched any video from Donut media. They just seem like they would be annoying. 

EvanB said:

Thumbnails are why I have never watched any video from Donut media. They just seem like they would be annoying. 

Quite. I tried it once to see what I was missing. It took only seconds to realize that I was not their target demographic.