life is art

I saw that I had 200 posts for this blog today. This is my 201st. Wow, I can't believe I've made it this far. Thanks for sticking with me from the start and if you're just joining me, please stay.

Went out in the rain today to save my friend. She's volunteering at the art gallery on campus and text-messaged me that she was bored out of her mind. I was planning to stay in on account of the cold and wetness outside, but I wore my Holden hat, and I was very toasty. Besides, it's on campus.

They're showing "Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Scandinavian art". Pretty neat, not at all racy or anything. I watched this sad film short. This pub is filled with a bunch of guys ranging in ages from 20 to 80. This young guy stands up and starts singing "Crying" by Roy Orbison. Just his voice, no other musical accompaniment. One by one the guys join him. It was very touching.

I was glad I came, and I realized how much art I'm missing out on. I pretty much fill my days with school stuff, writing and reading, endless Googling and internet surfing. But I do see art in every day life, does that count? Even though it's not "by" someone? Rather, it's "by" God, I guess. God's my favorite artist.

I am a wizard in the kitchen. I was cooking some chicken breast in a pan, and I added some of my favorite salad dressing to it, just to experiment, and it was amazing! I had no idea what it would taste like, but it was heaven. I love salad dressings. They're not just for salad. I also transformed this pita pocket with tuna into heaven when I added some salad dressing. Yum. It's hard to cook on a student budget, but I found that I can buy a few things and mix and match them so that I don't get bored.

Balsamic Vinegarette Chicken

Need:
1 chicken breast
garlic powder
Mrs. Dash (I use this in almost everything--even popcorn)
olive oil
Wishbone Balsamic Vinegarette salad dressing: I've only tried it with this dressing and it works.

1. Pour a teaspoon of olive oil in a pan and put on high.
2. Lightly coat both sides of chicken with garlic powder and Dash. When hot enough, put it in the pan.
3. Brown both sides evenly.
4. Squirt a teaspoon of the salad dressing on the chicken and a little on the pan. Then cover it with a large lid--this is very important. It'll make the chicken moist. Keep it on for a minute or so. Turn the chicken over in the dressing as the dressing starts to evaporate.

Note: I really don't time things, so you just have to keep an eye on it! This goes good with some salad.

Tuna Pita Pocket

1 can of tuna
1 whole wheat pita pocket
2 cups of romaine lettuce
your favorite cheese (I used pepper jack)
Makoto Ginger Dressing: so good--it's in the refigerated section of the produce section
and if you're wealthy add your other favorite vegetables, as for me it's just romaine lettuce: cucumbers, celery (to be mixed with tuna), bell peppers, tomatoes, etc.
salt and pepper to taste
Mrs. Dash!

1. Drain the tuna and empty it into a tupperware for storage of the leftovers--I just used half the can.
2. Toast your pita, if you like it like that, and then put the cheese inside so it melts a little.
3. I put pepper into the tuna because I'm avoiding salt just for a bit. Also this is a no-mayo recipe because I'm trying to avoid that stuff and I can't afford it anyway. And then Dash the tuna. Mix it up a bit.
4. Stuff the pockets with lettuce and then some tuna. Then drizzle some of the ginger dressing into the pockets. Yum.