Baby, It's Cold Both Inside and Out

I woke up late this afternoon after finally watching Duck, You Sucker! which was so good, I kind of want to watch it again even though the movie is almost three hours long. But I also downloaded The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, so I should probably just watch that instead.

But anyways, I woke up this morning, right, and it was pretty cold outside. My sister told me that it was 0 degrees Fahrenheit here. I wasn't able to verify this, as I was still in bed. So I was lying there cold and unwilling to get out of bed even though it was dark already, and I was lying there, right, just lying there in bed kind of cold, right? And you know when you're lying there in bed, just lying there like everyone does every once in a while, and you start to get hungry, and then you have to pee, but you're lying there, and you just want to keep lying there, so you don't get out. Well let me tell you, among other things, I started thinking about food. So I asked myself: "Kyle, what do you want for dinner?" And I answered myself: "Why, Kyle, a big pot of chili sounds right delicious." So I kept laying there for a little while going over the ingredients that I might need, and then I got my computer and brought it into bed with me, and then I went on facebook and checked my email, gmail, and Reader. And then I thought: Jenny's blog has a delicious looking chili recipe, made even more delicious by the fact that she put some coffee in it. So I called for Dirk to help me out of bed, and he brought me my pants and helped me put them on and told me to dress warm on my way to the grocery store.

So...that's the chili down below. I pretty much used Jenny's recipe except I think I put in a lot more tomato than she did, using a large can of whole tomatoes and a large can of diced tomatoes. I also only used one onion. And I added some cumin and spicy red pepper flakes and sour cream. Oh yeah, and I also threw in some ground beef. Medium lean.

It was pretty delicious, but maybe a little too sweet? I'm also not sure if I'd put in all of that cinnamon again. But delicious. I even tried her suggestion of making some cornbread (from Matt's leftover Trader Joe mix) and that was delicious too. Delicious. Delicious.

In one of these pictures you can see how my burner has a hat.

On Sonneteers

YO SHAKESPEARE SHOULDA WRITTN SOME SONNETZ BOUT SHORTYS, 40'S N BLUNTZ.

Montreal Brick Glass

In response to my roomie of the heart Lee Fiorio's blog, Chicago Brick Glass, I am posting this picture. Since Lee started his blog, I have started to notice brick glass around Montreal. I hope that it isn't more prevalent across the rest of North America or, god forbid, the world.

I think that this is the Chinese Presbyterian Church on St. Viateur and Hutchinson - right on the Outremont side of the Plateau border.

The New Trend in Temperatures

Yesterday was the first time this season where temperatures during the day were consistently below zero, as opposed to just happening at night.

Lord save us.

Duck You Sucker Clip

Oh man, related to the ears of christ posting, this movie looks awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49z2lDvelQQ&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVS6NQr0YP8&NR=1

I wish I knew how to embed.

This reasoning given is thusly: "Irish terrorist James Coburn confuses the hell out of Rod Steiger and the audience for a second time with his insane catchphrase.

Apparently Sergio Leone was utterly convinced that "Duck, you sucker" was a ubiquitous American saying and insisted on its prominent inclusion in this film (Fistful Of Dynamite/Duck, You Sucker) to help it at the US box office. No amount of people telling him that nobody in America actually knew what the hell he was going on about could change his mind. This is the glorious result."

J-STOR

I've had the urge to stock up on any JSTOR article that I might possibly be interested in for when I'm a graduate, but I can't decide whether or not they'll actually come in handy. Geez.

The Last 2 Weeks

I just got Google Wave and it's kind of exciting. If you want to add me, do kylevalade@googlewave.com. And, some fool gave me an invite after I had already been invited, so I have an extra, as well as a couple on the side if anyone wants one.

I added the Lonely Planet Trip Planner app and it's a lot of fun. Megan and I are planning a huge road trip on it that's even more epic than the one that failed this summer. We're sitting right next to each other, though, so it's more for fun. I'm going to see if I can find any other cool "apps".

Looking forward to writing this take-home test for Ulysses and then graduating. Actually, I don't even officially graduate until May, so I don't think that I'll be able to get a real job ever.

And thanks to Lee's Blog I've been noticing Chicago Brick Glass all around Montreal.

Oh yeah, and Pushap was delicious. It's the Indian place right near the Namur Metro. Dirk hated it, though.