But you know you're somewhere else instead
You want to be the song
The song that you hear in your head

U2, "Discoteque"
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I do like, however, how dense my blog has gotten. Before, when I would post haphazardly every week or so, it was interesting, but I never felt that it was a clear enough snapshot. It just happened to be something I wrote.

Plus, it gives me a soapbox. Who doesn't want a soapbox? I can talk about things like civil liberties and technology.

"Ultimately we're right and they're simply wrong." Um, maybe you just happened to have more voters in your favor in a highly conservative state. Majority does not necessarily mean correctness. I've actually mailed my Congressman voicing my opinion on the gay marriage issue, stating that I actually don't care what the state or country defines as marriage. You can define a club sandwich as turkey bacon and tomato for all I care. As long as club sandwiches get equal treatment (in both bonus and penalty) with the pastrami and roast beef sandwiches of the world. There. Have your damn club sandwich.

Okay, so I didn't use that analogy exactly, but I think it's appropriate.

Day Seven
Reheated leftovers

Say what you will about the ills of the microwave on American cuisine, you really can't beat the convenience. I think it's bad when you use it as a method of cooking a new meal, but in reheating an old one, there's nothing wrong with that. In an ideal world, you'd just make the food and then leave it out and there wouldn't be any fears of spoilage or anything. I think Spider-Man said it best when he said, "With great refrigerators come great microwaves." Or something to that effect.

I reheated a sockeye salmon that I picked up from Whole Foods the other day. A little lemon pepper, roasted garlic, and since I'm Filipino, I tossed in some rice as well. A coworker of mine was lamenting on the fact that he was sick of potatoes everywhere, to which I noted that if we were in a different part of the world, it would be rice everywhere instead.

That launched us into a discussion about how rice was a better vehicle of other flavors and textures since it wasn't overpowering at all. Even in a signature dish where rice is king, such as a paella or risotto, the rice is merely a delivery mechanism for other meats or cheeses.