qousqous's New Writeups

September 27, 2006 (idea)

2006-09-28T03:58:33Z

celerity and celery are diff eren t

among other things...

On the last day of 2004, we will do something in Portland. That thing is called a party. You can come. (idea)

2004-12-04T09:46:02Z

Hello.

I am having a New Year's Party.
I will host it.
It will happen at my house.
My house is in Portland.

This party is for the tradition of celebrating the coming of the New Year.
It happens on New Year's Eve.
This year. Well, more specifically, the end of this year.

It will be not unlike the election party I hosted in November, except there won't be any e lections.

Bring some thing to share if you can.
Bring your favorite boyfriend or girlfriend to share. My mom told me to say that.

Oh yeah. You're invited.

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October 19, 2003 (thing)

2003-10-19T07:03:03Z

so today i blow-dried a 45.

TRUE STORY

Peggy's Curried Lentil Soup-Stew (thing)

2003-10-16T21:08:20Z

Yes yes, you think, yet another lentil soup recipe. And like most lentil soups, of course it's brown gack. And it's vegetarian. Ho hum, could it get any more boring?

No! I mean yes, it could! I mean, er...

What I'm trying to say here is that this is not your average lentil soup recipe. To start with, it's not exactly soup. Unlike your average lentil soup which involves lentils floating about in a nicely spiced broth, Peggy's has a much more stew-like consistency, where small amounts of broth act as a lubricant which allow lentils to pass potatoes to pass carrots. When I served this to my Austrian housemates a couple years ago², they insisted that it was "Nicht Linsensuppe, sondern Linseneintopf¹," not lentil soup but lentil stew. Yet, ever since we adapted the recipe from my friend Orion's mother Peggy's back when I was in fifth grade, we in my family have called it soup, and there is no other lentil soup that would be made, for there is no need.…

October 15, 2003 (place)

2003-10-15T10:04:06Z

As I walk by, I run my fingers alound the brick wall, smooooth BUMP smooooth BUMP smooooth BUMP and the boy on the corner dances to the music on my headphones. Does the world dance to the music on my headphones? The sun glows ever fainter and fainter orange earlier and earlier in the afternoon and the rose bushes droop under the weight of so many flowers and the clouds roll by overhead tumbling over themselves as I wait for the bus and the world says, "Yes."

Something has happened. Things are falling. Barriers are coming down. Filters are not filtering. The leaves are turning and the skies are grey and mist and everything is so beautiful. I just want to walk and laugh and play, but I have things to do, bills to pay, plants to water, houses to clean, homework to do, langu ages to learn. I want to meander in the streets and think about big tree roots buckling sidewalks and swing on swings and smell the…

Stuffed squash (thing)

2003-04-25T03:51:12Z

Stuffed squash, oh yeah! While squash usually conjures up images of fall, the harvest, and Thanksgiving (at least for those of us in lands lucky enough to celebrate it), can be used to provide a base for a very tasty and very filling meal all the way through the spring, as it did for me and my family on this fine, grey Portland April eve. Walnuts, green peppers, and celery add a delightful crunch to the mush of the rice and the squash. Sage forms the heart of the spicing, with parsley, rosemary, and thyme filling out the flavor. It's an overall hearty and robust meal, with a rich flavor but mild and unthreatening demeanor.

This recipe is entirely vegetarian, and could easily be made vegan by the omission of the cheese, perhaps to be replaced by soy cheese or the like. For those with nut allergies, tempeh would make a reasonable replacement for the walnuts. For those who just need their meat, I suspect that…