yay?

Even with Claritin these allergies are kicking my ass. Nose itches and throat hurts all the time. I would think I had a killer cold, except that I don't feel sick at all except the itchy nose and hurty throat. A friend at work told me this was the first year he'd ever needed allergy medication too. Maybe next year it won't be so bad.

Tonight I made risotto for the first time. It turned out pretty well for a first time effort. Meaning, it was perfect when we took it off the heat. Then we dithered around with grating the cheese and stirring in the vegetables, meanwhile it cooled and thickened and got not so perfect. Kind of gummy and clumped up. At least it tasted good. Next time I'll know to stop cooking just before it seems done. It was kind of amazing how it visibly turned done. All of a sudden the rice grains got bigger and changed color. Well, they turned less opaque. Just enough to make the color seem to change.

Georg went to a concert, and I stayed home and read the torture memos. Which are staggeringly awful. Worse than my worst, most paranoid fears. And I can get fairly paranoid when I put my mind to it.

I needed to take my mind off things, you know, things like my own government coming up with cynical excuses to cover their own asses while they committed war crimes. Things like that. So I turned on a movie ... A Scanner Darkly. Um, yay? Good choice, now I'm all cheered up! Next maybe I'll listen to some Billie Holiday.