Bad Mood

What are we but a series of successes and failures?

I hate everyone. I wish I could be a rich shut in.

I wish my dog would live forever.

I hope I don't punch anyone in the face today. Or punch out one of my monitors at work.

Did you think that I would make a blog and then abandon it three posts later? I did.

Getting a cavity filled today, my first ever. I don't want to talk about it.

Cleaning the house later, perhaps the Walker, too. I am collecting every card for the card catalog.

Facebook makes me jealous of other people's lives.

Food of the Gods

I have become quite taken with Greek yogurt. Unlike its domestic (to us) counterparts, Greek yogurt is thicker and heavier in texture. It hits all points on my food likability list: foreign, indulgent, out of the ordinary.

Here are my reviews based on the four brands that I've tried thus far:

Yoplait Greek
Flavor Tested: Strawberry
Price per single serving size: around $1.50
Selling Points: 2x Protein, 0% Fat
My Take: gritty texture, bland flavor
Note: Kosher gelatin is used to thicken and give that "Greek" consistancy
Grade: D

Dannon Greek
Flavor Tested: Vanilla
Price per single serving size: around $1
Selling Points: 0% Fat
My Take: slightly gritty, good flavor
Note: cornstarch appears to be the thickening agent
Grade: B

Fage Greek (pronounced fah-yeh)
Flavor Tested: Plain with Honey
Price per single serving container: around $2
Selling Points: actually Greek
Note: Only milk, cultures, and honey are the ingredients; honey is in a separate chamber so you add it yourself and to taste.
My Take: Excellent texture, amount of sweetness can be controlled (which I like)
Grade: A

Greek Gods
Flavor Tested: Honey
Price per single serving container: around $1.79
Selling Points: Clever graphics for the packaging (each flavor has a different god), perfect snack size
Note: contains sweeteners honey and sugar, flavor is blended (i.e. not on the bottom/separate)
My Take: very creamy texture, the flavor is right on.
Grade: A

There you have it. If there are other brands I should sample, let me know. I am as liberal with my explorations in yogurt as the Greeks were in mythological accounts of incest.

Pushing a Rock Up a Hill . . . Repeatedly

Nothing makes me feel more like Sisyphus than cleaning. I can scrub as hard as I can, but I know I will be doing it again soon.

Case in point, I mopped the bathroom and kitchen floors on Thursday and yesterday when I got home they were already dirty. My roommate wears her shoes in the house and I am sure this is a contributing factor. FACT: floors will stay cleaner longer if you do not wear your shoes in the house.

I will be bringing you all sort of cleaning and domestic philosophy in the posts to come. Stay tuned.

I Gotta Start Somewhere

Look at that, slang in the title of my first blog entry. Let's roll.

I have the hardest time starting a new journal. It doesn't feel like a real journal when it's empty--and yes, the point is to write in a journal or it's just a blank book. I always feel like the first page must be awesome, must set the tone for amazing paragraphs. I psych myself up as if it's a first date with someone I really, really like and I'm practicing conversations in my head and perfecting a laugh that is not too girlie and not too loud, and for all of that preparation I still end up spilling my drink and grinning like a fool.

A blog is a public journal after all. I'm taking a step, a shot in the dark, a blind date with an audience I may never meet in person. This vast, blank piece of paper that is the internet may be rigid and cold now, but there will soon be more dates and more roughing up of pages with the ballpoint pen--with which I press too firmly--that is my thought process and style of writing.

Holding my hand throughout this process will be my trusty Compaq Presario 1505 laptop (manufactured in 2001 and still kicking) and my Firefox with automatic spell check, redlining my misspells but not my grammatical missteps. And probably shows on Hulu, which I will play in the background until I can get my laptop to play DVDs again.

Let's give it a try.