Surreal movie and the Whip / RED LOBSTER CLAM CHOWDER

Told Jon to bring the cooler out, which he did... however, he neglected to bring any dry ice to protect my strawberry cream cake! Oh well. He talked to Harmony about the "I LOVE COUGARS" shirt he saw recently, the Korean word "harmony" meaning "grandmother" (thanks, Korey), physical touch being important in relationships, falling asleep as he was driving (I'd scratch him for that), and beer with Jeremy later. We met Jeremy at the Whip and had some cask ale while talking about various things such as Hon's wedding / hops / IPA / plans for shopping. Found spinach and lettuce selling for very cheap at a small grocery store. (two bunches for a buck?!) They were impressed by Jeremy's Eco-Diversity bag (whereas Safeway people will just stare at you blankly), and told us that some avocados weren't very ripe. Eh, we were planning to use them right away anyhow - and then two of the three dropped on Nathan's kitchen floor later, go figure! I told Jon what Eric had thought of my Wrigley's purple gum this morning: "It smells like grape Dimetapp, but isn't quite as nauseating as Purell!" Haha, very funny! :P

Nathan's dad was actually home, which was unusual: he'd just gotten back from Victoria doing stuff for the Special Olympics, where the Saturday rain did a number on the planned events. Found out that Eric and Korey wouldn't be able to make it out due to timing issues: oh well, I'm just glad I got his email address on Friday then! Nathan decided to go really random for dinner: old wine used for cooking, fish, random marinade, mustard, mushrooms, cashews on salad, etc. Plenty for tomorrow's worship meeting, for sure! Jon, Jeremy, and I were all ready to take the credit for the things in the dishwasher... but we were too honest and said that his dad had done that. Everyone laughed when I read the back of both movie DVDs: yay for bizarre events! The nectarines in the fridge looked like they had nipples on the ends, which reminded Jeremy of a classic slip: "this woman has pretty nipples" is NOT "this woman has pretty dimples"! (not in FRONT of her too!) I had a banana and Jeremy had a nectarine while we helped make stuff (I washed the spinach): we ate at 9-ish, but at least it didn't take three hours to make like last week's production! Peanut butter on a knife would not be too good for Jeremy - yay for the back of his fork! Talked about farts, partially-dressed salad (ideal woman?), sneezing, guys eating salad, pizza, prayer, etc. So funny!

Afterwards, we decided to get started on watching Songs From The Second Floor: MovieMartyr's analysis and Roger Ebert's interpretation helped us to better understand the Swedish / Scandinavian film afterwards. (such different humor!) An immigrant getting attacked and no one across the street does anything, major traffic jams, demonstrations, a magician sawing someone open, someone getting fired after 30 years, and this man who set fire to his own shop hoping for insurance money: very weird and surreal, especially if you forgot to read the subtitles like Jeremy did a few times! ("Why can't I understand anything? Am I that tired? Turn it up!")

Jeremy wrapped himself in Nathan's pink workout sheet, and thought he must look like a giant pastry - perhaps a cupcake. Haha, it would have been really funny if Isabel had come through the door and seen it! (not sure she's staying now since her room looks cleaned up) Nathan didn't notice until I said something about it, haha. We also had cake: Nathan thought it was deceivingly light. I told him he could have the rest of it: believe me, I do NOT need even more temptation! Jeremy left soon afterwards, and I decided to use the downstairs bathroom since he brought it up. Early mornings, oh my! Briefly checked my email: "hon," indeed. Might as well respond in kind while NOT FLIRTING, haha. Watched some of SAMURAI FICTION and then looked at Nathan's amazing collection of burned DVDs. Then Nathan decided to change his settings in some NHL video game, so Jon decided we would leave. Fair enough! Interesting day, haha. Now I sleep!


RED LOBSTER CLAM CHOWDER

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Serving Size: 6 Preparation Time: 0:00
Categories: Chicken, Sandwiches, Salsa

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

1 quart Clam juice
1 cup Non-fat dry milk powder
2/3 cups Flour
1 can Chicken broth -- (14 ounces)
2 Ribs celery -- chop fine
1 tablespoon Dry minced onion
1 can Clams -- (10 ounces, minced well)
1 pinch Dry parsley flakes
2 Baked potatoes -- cooked, peeled, crumbled

Put clam juice, milk powder, and flour in blender... blending smooth. Pour into 2.5-quart saucepan and stir in chicken broth, stirring constantly on medium-high heat until thick and smooth. Turn heat to low. Stir in celery, onions, clams, parsley, and potatoes. Keep on low heat up to an hour and season with salt and pepper. Freezes well.