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[hakujinjoe]

• After getting home from work yesterday I got right to cooking which was not exactly what I wanted to do because I was tired and wanted to relax a bit.  The problem was that I had band practice later in the evening so I had to hurry up and do something before I left.

• What I cooked was a some pieces of fried chicken with white gravy and cornbread.  The cornbread turned out pretty good considering I guestimated all of the measurements.  I feel like a ate a meal at Cracker Barrel except there were not enough sides of fried okra and macaroni and cheese to make it believable.

• After eating and sitting around for an hour watching the UK version of the Office on DVD, I headed out for band practice.  Practice went OK considering I haven't practiced in more than a month or even picked up my bass for that matter.  It worked out though because all the songs came back after a few minutes and what I didn't remember was easily done via sight.  It was a late night though.

• On the way home the drummer was telling me that there is a place that sells specialty cheeses in Shibuya that just opened recently.  He claimed there were about 80 types of cheese there so I am really excited to go check it out.  He didn't know where it was though so I still have to actually find it.  As I may have mentioned, he lived in Albany for 14 years so he tends to have cravings for all the same types of food that I want.  We both got really excited talking about kielbasa and calzones.

• I've decided to start baking my own bread also.  I don't really eat a ton of bread but making passable bread doesn't seem like a terribly difficult chore and it would almost definitely have a lot less additives.  There is a bakery in the supermaket I usually go to and I want to point out that even their bread is full of additives and emulsifiers.  Bread doesn't need that many ingredients!  Plus I have the sudden want to make a lot of weird stuffed breads so I'm going to get on it.

• So I'm going to start doing my workout again starting from next week.  This time I am going to add in the suggested anaerobic training that goes with it.  I am generally a sedentary guy so my stamina for things like running is appallingly low.  If I can make it through the 20 minutes of running that is involved without puking or dying I will be incredibly proud of myself.  The regular weight training part is pretty much fine though.  I didn't have a terrible time with that.

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[dark-deity.livejournal.com]

The last part made me lol

How is band practice going?? Better than mine I hope! 8D


Oh man... I crave cheese too... Good, REAL cheese.


I want to buy a bread machine... I meant to last year but never did.

[hakujinjoe.livejournal.com]

Band practice is generally good when we have it. We have 5 or 6 songs pretty much set to go but we don't get to practice often because our drummer is really busy with work.

I never buy processed cheese even though it is ubiquitous in Japan. I'm always paying a ton for a small block of natural cheese. I really hope that cheese shop has a lot of good stuff.

Oh yeah, I'm not a fan of bread machines because, although they easily make bread, all the bread has a soft, bland crust. I like a crusty bread.

[dark-deity.livejournal.com]

Oh really? The machine my mom has makes really crusty... crust! Yea I hate how they use shortening.... Who ever needed that for bread?


I'm surprised they aren't dying faster from heart attacks here... seriously.

[hakujinjoe.livejournal.com]

I guess I am old school in my bread tastes? I just want to use one of those baking stones and put it in an oven. A really basic bread has 4 ingredients; water, flour, yeast and salt. If you buy bread at the supermarket, just look at all the ridiculous stuff in it.

[dark-deity.livejournal.com]

I always do!! I try to buy the bread that has the least amount of crap in it >:O I hate it!