I got tagged for this by Craftybits@PlanetJune.com. It’s fun and harmless, so here goes, six weird things about yours truly.
1. I have an extra lumbar vertebrae. I kid you not! This is part of the reason that my torso is so long.
2. For someone who always has messy hair, I’m insanely picky about haircutting technique. I like the totally strict Vidal Sassoon precision cut technique where the stylist cuts every strand very carefully with scissors. But, alas, all my favorite stylists have died; moved to LA; or just charge too much.
3. Okay, don’t get grossed out: I like buttered toast and strawberry jam with kimchi on the side. For those of you who’ve tasted kimchi (a peppery, lacto-fermented cabbage pickle from Korea), you know how weird this is. But my dad used to like it, and I rather like the way the buttery, sweet, and tart/spicy tastes play off each other.
4. I can’t whistle. I’ve tried. Many times. Is it genetic? Is my mouth clumsy or not shaped right? Who knows, but I just can’t whistle.
5. This totally embarrassing, but I wear bras from the early teen girls section because women’s bras are too big for me. There’s exactly one kind that works that I buy at Target, though I usually have to add longer straps. I used to not bother wearing one, especially in college… until I noticed that, ahem, certain small protrusions can attract unwanted attention.
6. I am a grown woman who likes to play video games–PlayStation, to be exact. Mostly role playing games, like Final Fantasy. My faves are FF10, 9, and 7 in that order. I’m still slogging through FF12, which has a neat new battle system and great characterization, but which moves too slowly. My all-time favorite RPG is Beyond Good and Evil; I would die and go to heaven if they came out with a sequel!
That was fun. Next I’m tagging Ria, Preeety, Patti, and Christi’s Crochet. Two slots left–if anyone wants in, let me know!
whats plantains???
if you want i can send you some recipes…
i’ll gather some, and either send you directly or post on the blog;-)
and we call them bananas… and i never heard of this dish… i have heard of them floured and fried, like nuggets… don’t like them though…
gather a great supply of eggs, butter, sugar, chocolate powder and condensed milk, and prepare to do some runnin’, coz u’ll need it to keep your figure…
i remember now
those are banana prata, e feijoada. we don’t really use that cream here. we eat feijoada with sliced orange and farofa, which is mandioca flour (can’t remember what the trans. is) with seasoning. I’ll try for a recipe there too…