I like Turtles
I don't actually like turtles, I just thought I'd attract you all with a meme.
O.K. So maybe turtles aren't that bad.
So here's the deal. I'm 18. I'm from Adelaide. I'm supposed to be studying for a Chemistry Exam.
I go to University. I hate it.
The first Chuck book I read was Haunted on the 3rd of May last year. I was procrastinating whilst doing an assignment and (as I tend to do) went on an amazingly drawn out wikipedia tangent that ended with me on the article for Haunted.
Right then I realised I wanted that book more than I wanted to pass the assignment and drove to my nearest bookstore. To my surprise (I live in a literary shithole) it was the only Chuck book they had in stock. Took it home. Now I'm here.
I like tea and biscuits. And music.
I read and write because it feels good.
Yes.
Oh, and:
Would you be interested in delicious lobster?
Step back. Evaluate. Recognize.
I was hoping for recipes
Love,
Joe Tonigh
... Would you believe me if I told you that you can get delicious fresh lobster meat, delivered right to your door, for less than you're paying at the supermarket?!
I like punk/hardcore, although my friends have been corrupting me with alternativeness of late. You?
Yes.
The Cult has the freshest lobster around.
Also, you should be more specific when it comes to music. What bands do you like? Do you dance around your room while listening to them? Do you use one of those sponge-mic things while you sing in the shower!?
I liked Haunted for the most part, wasn't my favorite thing Chuck wrote, but Guts was amazing. I made one of my friends read it a few years ago in high school. He turned a color I've never witnessed someone turn before. Then left the room puked and passed out in the nurse's office. It was ... entertaining.
Watch out for that cunt, Derek.
"Tuffy, you're a Dalek, but only because you're only being kept alive by metal, science and hatred." - ScubaSteve1729
You totally do that, don't you?
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POIDH!
"Tuffy, you're a Dalek, but only because you're only being kept alive by metal, science and hatred." - ScubaSteve1729
It's funny cause my lastFM just gave me this nice little doflecker:
I'm into rock, emo, post-hardcore, hardcore and indie, including:
My Chemical Romance, Underoath, Fall Out Boy, Behind Crimson Eyes, Escape The Fate, Bring Me the Horizon, Aiden, The Mars Volta, The Getaway Plan, The Used, The Fall of Troy, Enter Shikari, Mindless Self Indulgence, From Autumn to Ashes, Taking Back Sunday, TV on the Radio, 30 Seconds to Mars, Arctic Monkeys, Panic at the Disco, At the Drive-In, Atreyu, The Bled, From First to Last, Alexisonfire, Rise Against, AFI, Mayday Parade, Tegan and Sara, New Found Glory, Modest Mouse, Late of the Pier, City and Colour, Thrice, Queens of the Stone Age, Saosin, Alesana, Foals, Stealing O'neal, Glassjaw, HORSE the band, Klaxons, The Bright Star Alliance, I Am Ghost, Poison the Well, Thursday, Story of the Year, Madina Lake, Leathermouth.
Pasteyourtaste makes my life so much simpler (:
Yes I dance around my room while listening. It's a sign of how unfit I am that it tires me out. I threw out my sponge mic thing years ago :C
Bring on the lobster!
Yes.
Haunted was the first book that actually fucked me up whilst reading. And I don't think Guts had anything to do with it. Nightmare Box, Hot Potting, Obsolete, Cassandra. Amazement!
Yes.
You totally do that, don't you?
MAYBE.
Actually, I don't. Only because I haven't found a place that sells them that isn't online. However, I do use shampoo bottles for the same purpose.
Commander's Palace Turtle Soup au Sherry
* 10 ounces (2-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
* 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 pound turtle meat, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
* 1 cup minced celery (4 stalks)
* 2 medium onions, minced (2 medium)
* 1-1/2 teaspoons garlic, minced
* 3 bay leaves
* 1 teaspoon oregano
* 1/2 teaspoon thyme
* 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
* 1-1/2 cups tomato purée
* 1 quart beef stock
o NOTE: If turtle bones are available, add them to the beef bones when making the stock for this dish
* Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste, as needed
* 1/2 cup lemon juice
* 5 hard-boiled eggs, finely chopped
* 1 tablespoon minced parsley
* 6 teaspoons dry sherry
Melt 8 ounces (2 sticks) butter in a heavy saucepan. Add the flour and cook, stirring frequently, over medium heat until the roux is light brown. Set aside.
In a 5-quart saucepan, melt the remaining butter and add turtle meat. Cook over high heat until the meat is brown. Add celery, onions, garlic and seasonings, and cook until the vegetables are transparent.
Add tomato purée, lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the stock and simmer for 30 minutes. Add the roux and cook over low heat, stirring, until the soup is smooth and thickened. Correct seasoning with salt and pepper to taste. Add lemon juice, eggs and parsley.
Remove from heat and serve. At the table, add 1 teaspoon sherry to each soup plate.
"Tuffy, you're a Dalek, but only because you're only being kept alive by metal, science and hatred." - ScubaSteve1729
My mouth is now uncontrollably watering.
Yes.


What do you listen to?
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