Breaking Bad Bitch

BREAKING BAD

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG. New Season of Breaking Bad tonight! I just watched all four seasons in the span of about two weeks. My TiVo is so backed up with all my other neglected shows it's not even funny. Well, it is kinda funny - and weird. I love being able to watch the episodes back to back. As soon as one episode ends and there's an exciting cliffhanger, I know that I can go right to  the next one immediately. I started out watching Breaking Bad when the series began but then alot of the stations started pulling that crap with oh, we'll put the show on for two weeks and then go on hiatus for three weeks. Keep up, yo. I saw the first season and then there was the writer's strike. At some point I just got annoyed with the constant interruptions in programming and stopped watching. That and the show just gave me a creepy, uneasy feeling. I don't  know why. I just read that Bryan Cranston's wife doesn't like to watch the show because it creeps her out too. But through the magic of TiVo (and generosity and wisdom of AMC) I was able to record all four seasons. I gave the show another shot and I'm glad I did. The show is just genius. I can't wait to see what happens in season 5. I just don't know how I'm going to bear having to wait a whole week to see the subsequent episodes. 

You Say Tomato I say Tomahto aka The first tomato sandwich of the summer

I just made a Vegan tomato sandwich and the results were scrummy! My favorite part of summer is fresh, delicious tomatoes and if they're from my garden so much the better. They don't even compare to regular store bought tomatoes in my book. For a righteous tomato sandwich you gotta start with fresh white bread. If I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna do it right. I reach down in the bread bag and pull out the fourth and fifth slices down so that they're extra fresh. Save that first couple of slices for toast. I usually slather the bread with mayo that's gotta be Duke's or Hellman's (light!), add several thinly sliced tomatoes and then the piece de resistance, freshly ground white salt. Slap on the top slice of bread and it's heaven on a plate. This year, because I'm following a vegan diet, I tried it with Vegenaise. Wasn't sure how it would taste and I really didn't want to ruin the experience but I figured if it was awful I could just start over. I have 2 five gallon buckets filled with tomatoes after all. I always thought it was the flavor of the mayonnaise that set it off but the Vegnaise was very good. I couldn't really tell the difference. 


The eating of the tomato sandwich can be tricky. The tomato sandwich should be eaten ASAP for best results otherwise the juicy tomatoes will soak the bread and your sandwich will be all wet and gross. I don't think it's the kind of sandwich that you want to to pack for lunch but then I've never tried it. Tomato sandwiches can be a little messy. If you don't bite through the tomato skin completely, the rest of the tomato may follow your bite out of the sandwich. Some advice: Don't wear white. I learned that the hard way.  But Yummmm.

Tight Pants / Body Rolls

This  definitely deserves a WTF???     yeah.

Avett Brothers - Go to Sleep/Man in Me - Pittsburgh, May 2012

JOE KWON!!!

The Avett Brothers: Laundry Room

The Avett Brothers- "Signs" Pittsburgh, PA

M.I.A. PAPER PLANES official video

No one on the corner has swagger like us

Tongue Tied - GROUPLOVE [official video]

Everyday I'm shuffling

I  usually listen to my iPod on shuffle and the Avett brothers come up quite alot. Which is cool because I love the Avett Brothers.  Today for the first time ever,  "Signs" came up back-to-back. First was a bonus track, acoustic version and then the studio version played right after. So cool, as I was having a rather shitty day. Being all trapped inside my head with all the bad and depressing thoughts. What are the chances? So, that made me smile.  

Wilfred and Louie are back and I figured that I would give the Russell Brand show "Brand X" a shot. I like Russell Brand. I've seen him on The View, various awards shows and he was pretty funny in Get Him to the Greek but his new show is just painfully bad. I watched about 15 minutes of it and just couldn't take any more. It wasn't edgy. It wasn't provocative or even insightful. It was just kinda dull. And what's with the suit in the corner? Sorry Russell. Pass.

wut?

I love a rainy night....

After a hellacious heatwave, the sun finally took a break. I was beginning to think that I was gonna go broke watering my garden. So, it's been raining on and off the past few days and today it finally righteously poured. Yay! Sometimes, late at night, I like to go and sit out on my porch with a glass of wine and listen to the crickets and the tree frogs. How can such tiny creatures be so loud? It's 12:30am and I opened my front door to see if was raining at all but it's not. It is so foggy out there that my yard looks like an episode of True Blood. Think I'll stay inside tonight. Too creepy even for me. 

Shiva Kamini Soma Kandarkram!

The League. I love this show. It's so funny. When I first heard about The League, I thought - guys, sports. eh... Not for me.  But then a few months ago, I was channel surfing and happened to catch the Kegel The Elf episode and the Sacko Bowl episode. They were hilarious. I'm thinking, what the hell did I just see? I set TiVo to record all episodes of The League. I watched all of season three. Bobbum Man, Yobogoya and Carmenjello are some of my faves. How do they think of this stuff? It's like if Always Sunny and Curb Your Enthusiasm had a baby, the result would be The League.