O.o You look like you lost weight!

*giggles* It's the bugs and leaves diet! Works wonders! *collapses, laughing*

Sorry, couldn't resist. How's your foot, hon? *huggles*

My foot is much better. I've started putting small amounts of pressure on it to rebuild the muscles. :)

Yay! How's this for an odd coincidence: I walked past my kiln the other day and smacked my foot against the bricks we have keeping it off the floor, and did something to bone along the top of my foot. Ouchie. But I think it's just bruised, as the pain is fading, only slowly. Kani's moved it toward the wall so now I don't have to keep cracking my toes on it.

*huggles* And if I've lost weight, it's only maybe ten pounds, but it's creeping off, which is good.

Fun. Weight creeping off is good, you're more likely to keep it off that way. :D

So I hope! And when I get a job, if it's not too far away, I plan on riding my bike there every workday. That'll help, too. I'm legal, now! I can look for work! Yay!

lol Good luck on that. I've been in Oregon nearly 6 months and haven't found work, yet. :/ Just applied for the over night stock clerk at Toys R Us, though. Hopefully that will pan out. :)

That could be a neat job- I'd love to be able to get the heads-up on the newest toys. Good luck!

luckyyyy lol

*chuckles* They actually tasted pretty good- kind of like BBQ sunflower seeds.

yummy ^^

Heh.

hurf

*giggles* The guy offering the bugs thought it was pretty hilarious that I came back for a second one!

Heh. Nomcrunchcrunch... Surprisingly tasty, actually. Not much to them, though- like things you snack on, rather than make a meal of.

o.o omnomnom! I wanna try one o.o they seem good :P also.... LOVE YER EARS :D Wish I could get my other ear done x.x hate just playin with one gauge in my ear :P lol

Yup- they used a BBQ flavouring on them. Reminded me of sunflower seeds a little bit.

Thanks for liking my ears.. erm. *chuckles* I've been working my way up to a one inch gauge, but I seem to be stuck at just under 3/8" right now. I have some sweet plugs I want to wear, but my holes aren't quite large enough. Actually, those piercings are the one pair I did myself.

Ahh thats cool I've seen some good plugs and such at http://onetribe.nu/index.php they go from like 20 to 3 1/4" :P

*drools while looking over the site* Damn, I'm gonna have to order some stuff from them! I love the Mayan-flavoured things. so simple and elegant.

:P I want some of the weights o.o I'd love to have them hanging off my hears and just be all like "Yea... I went there :D" :P

*chuckles* I bookmarked their site- there's some stuff I'm wanting in a big way. I've never found anyone who made Mayan-themed pieces before, and I've wanted a pair of proper jadeite ear-flares for years.

Hehe cool :) glad I could intro ya to something new :P

Well, body-jewelry isn't new to me, but this particular company certainly is. Thanks!

^-^ no prob :3

Haha. Well, at least you were willing to try it! I don't think I could, unless I was in one of my moods, were I think I'm invincible, ya know? Haha. Nice expression!

Willing and actually interested. And it was a laugh to see the reaction of the other people in line when they realized I went for seconds! *giggles* I've eaten various insects before: most notably, chocolate bees, and these big suckers I have with crickets in them that I bought for a giggle.

Well, I guess I could try them, but where would you find meal-worms? Haha. I guess I'll have to wait. And chocolate bees sounds...Unique? I bet it's just like eating chocolate covered chicken, haha! X3

Oddly enough, you can find mealworms at some pet-stores that specialize in amphibians, snakes and lizards. They're a common food for them. But I don't know if those are sterile and clean or not. Mind you, frying 'em will likely fix that problem. And the bees were pretty tasteless and crunchy- I mostly tasted chocolate.

Fried really isn't my thing, cause I don't like grease, but I'm sure they'd be just as good baked or broiled! =3 Haha, imagine eating them as spaghetti instead of noodles, haha. Oh maybe even Chinese food... Hmm... :D

Well, sauteing is probably best for them if you want to keep their juices, such as they are. They're a pretty dry-seeming food. There's a dish from Vietnam that use big grubs in a stir-fry. You don't have to use oil or grease to fry things, you know. Water works, as does any light sauce like soy or teriyaki, tamari, etc. Or just use one of those sprays like Pam, but I personally don't like them.

Haha, thanks for the cooking advice. Though, when you say they're like grubs, that kinda makes me lose my appetite, haha!

*chuckles* Well, they certainly wouldn't be my first choice, but if I were very hungry, I might try them. And if I had to opportunity to eat them as part of chef-prepared meal, I'd likely try them out of simple curiosity.

Ah, darn curiosity, haha. That's mainly the reason I tried Sushi, and I dislike fish! But I can't stand Wasabi, cause my friend told me it was mild, and it made me throw up! But that's probably cause I used a lot. Ginger is good though. I've always like ginger. And yeah, I guess I could eat them, but... I would be hesitant. Curiosity makes us do stupid stuff sometimes, but we never regret it, huh? Haha.

I love sushi, actually, and wasabi, but you are only supposed to use a very tiny amount. it's super strong, as you found out. It's to contrast the other flavours, and you only need the tiniest of dabs, like say a blob the size of a big pin-head smeared on your rice. I'd cringe if the bugs were still alive and squirming- I like my food decently DEAD, thank you. Deceased and cooked- no problem.

Haha, you don't like your steaks raw and mooing? Haha. And yeah, I know that now. But it's just that tasting it makes me wanna gag. Kinda like I can't eat those chocolate oranges. Gah, even thinking about them makes me feel nauseous.

Oh, I prefer my meat to be as raw as possible, but that's only for beef, venison, and various kinds of fish or shell-fish. Any other meat raw just doesn't taste right. *shudders* I get the churn-gurglies when I try to eat cottage-cheese. Just can't keep the stuff down. I love Ricotta, though, which is a similar kind of cheese, so I dunno what's with that.

Haha, first meat then cheese. I'm actually one of those people that loves cottage cheese, haha. And I like my stuff done. No matter what it is, its gotta be cooked.

Well, the sad and ironic thing is, I like the taste of cottage cheese, but I had an experience with it one time where I'd eaten far too much of it at once, and ended up hurling it all over the steps outside. Ugh. Haven't been able to touch the stuff since, unless it's a very small amount, sweetened with a lot of fruit. I'm certainly willing to try it again, of course! I can't understand it when people overcook beef- it gets so dry and tasteless. Bleagh. I do prefer my chicken to be well-done, though. Pork, a hint of pink, so I know it's not dried out, and fish, if I cook it, gets broiled in a sealed container so it steams itself nicely. Unless it's a fatty fish like salmon, then it's broil/steam then broil it open so the skin crisps a little. Delicious!

Dammit, now I'm craving fire-roasted salmon steaks.


Damn you.






*chuckle*

Haha, sorry? We have been talking about food, so I was wondering when it would happen, haha.

*giggles* Well, it was my own fault, talking about one of my favourite foods.

Haha, very true.

Oh, c'mon, they weren't that bad. Not even close to gross.

Wow, Murrah like we`ve never seen before! Interesting that you went that far.

*giggle* It's all food for something- it's just a cultural bias North Americans have against eating insects and grubs. We've been conditioned to believe bugs are dirty and disgusting, when most of the planet sees many species as nutritious and tasty additions of much-needed protein to their diets.

mmmm, protein. How did the meal worm taste though? I realise grubs have nutritional value, but I think the thought of the taste is a little weird among other things.

Well, since these had been fried, they actually didn't have a lot of flavour. Most of what taste there was came from the BBQ spice on it. I imagine they would have more substance if they'd been cooked in a different way, such as stir-frying them, or steaming, the way most cultures do it, so they didn't lose so much of their juices and "body". Also, the grubs used in various dishes around the world are actually much larger than meal-worms- think of something that's about four inches long and at least an inch or more round. About the size of a large shrimp.

Hehe, and Me and ex-roomies often called shrimp, crabs, and lobsters as the big bugs of the sea, or vermin of the sea, lol *hugs*

*chortles* Yup, and they're one my favourite "bugs" to eat.

Very awesome! *Giggles*

People think I'm actually brave for eating a meal-worm! Naw, I tell 'em. Facing a jerk with a gun is brave, eating a bug is nuthin'.

NICE!

*giggles*