I enlarged a bunch of negatives I bought at a flea market.

Two of them were super creepy portraits of some '50s garmentos. Three of them were of people from the '50s posing in a park. Also creepy.

I rode my bike home for lunch and had a slice of leftover pizza.

It is quite possibly the best pizza I can ever remember having in my life.

Three cheers for Mandroid and her from-scratch crust and sauce, as well as her expert knowledge/ninja like accumen of combining flavors.

Ben Adrian

Oh, and goddammnit, LeNell's is closing.

Where will I get my housewarming bourbons now?

benadrian wrote:I rode my bike home for lunch and had a slice of leftover pizza.

It is quite possibly the best pizza I can ever remember having in my life.

Three cheers for Mandroid and her from-scratch crust and sauce, as well as her expert knowledge/ninja like accumen of combining flavors.

Ben Adrian

The crust is basic flour on cornmeal, but this time I smeared sun-dried tomato oil and garlic paste on it (along with some oregano and parmesan cheese) right before doing the pre-topping baking of the crust in order to give it a nice crisp, flavourful exterior before adding the toppings. It worked well to prevent sogginess from occurring and the inner crust was still moist and delicious.

It's homemade tomato sauce, chopped garlic, artichoke hearts, sopressata salame, red onions, mozzarella cheese, gorgonzola cheese, kalamata olives, fresh basil and pepperoni.

Note the double meat. Note that benadrian, vegetarian since 1992, now eats double meat on his pizza. Mwaaahahaha...

EDIT:

I started teaching a shy 11-year-old with a mohawk how to play the drums. Yay Girls Rock Chicago (aka Rock Camp for Girls)!

noise&light wrote:I started teaching a shy 11-year-old with a mohawk how to play the drums. Yay Girls Rock Chicago (aka Rock Camp for Girls)!

AWESOMENESS.

I wish I could teach shy, mohawked 11-year-olds how to play an instrument.

I want to see her!

noise&light wrote:I started teaching a shy 11-year-old with a mohawk how to play the drums. Yay Girls Rock Chicago (aka Rock Camp for Girls)!

Goddamn your non-profit is so better than mine.

I have non-profit envy.

burun wrote:

noise&light wrote:I started teaching a shy 11-year-old with a mohawk how to play the drums. Yay Girls Rock Chicago (aka Rock Camp for Girls)!

AWESOMENESS.

I wish I could teach shy, mohawked 11-year-olds how to play an instrument.

I want to see her!

I'm making her a mixtape right now and feel completely thrilled at the prospect of influencing this clean slate of a human being with great music.

Hope she like the Young Marble Giants, The Raincoats and The Slits.

while at rehearsal today, I had a first: I cut my finger open while playing.
I was playing keys.


tonight, some guy asked to buy my car while sitting in his car.

"you wanna sell it? you wanna sell your car?"

"no. absolutely not."

"it's a nice car!"

"thanks, man."

and then the light turned green, and we both drove off.

almost got fired over a misunderstanding... my manager and the stock guy who's been there for years talked the owner out of it.

got free french fries.

yep.