Writer's Block: Past the expiration date
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Lol if you don't know me, this would be an awesome opportunity to play What Nationality Am I and In What Country Do I Live?
In the fridge:
A bag of five oranges.
A handful of raw snow peas.
A small head of broccoli.
A carrot.
A tub of pre-sliced green onions.
One and one-half sudachi limes I need to figure out something to do with since the package came with four and I only needed two.
Two tupperware boxes with a half onion in them each, since I forgot I already had a half onion in the fridge when I went to cut up another.
Two plastic cartons of eggs, one with one egg and the other with four. (We had to make an emergency egg run last night to get two eggs to make brownies).
A tupperware box with a serving of tofu preserved in water.
A jar of kimchi.
A tub of miso paste.
A tub of margarine.
A liter carton of 1% milk.
A liter carton of umeshuu (plum wine).
An easy-squeeze bottle of ketchup.
A bottle of cheap white wine I use mostly for cooking (but sometimes drink, lol-- it is drinking-grade wine, just not a high quality).
A single-serving glass cup (with lipped plastic lid) of sake I use entirely for cooking. (It takes me a while to get through them and it takes so much less room in my fridge this way!).
A large bottle of mirin (sweetened rice wine vinegar).
A tube of mayonnaise.
A tiny bottle of Alinamin V, a nasty-ass vitamin drink (it tastes like Flintstones vitamins crushed up in water, basically) made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger* that Robert tried once and I haven't bothered to throw out because it doesn't take up much space.
Two cartons of Calpis concentrate in peach and strawberry flavors.
A bottle of chili-garlic pasta sauce.
A tiny bottle of peach wine which looks adorable and sounded good but was not nearly as tasty as I had hoped.
A nearly-full bottle of tea I got while working as a judge for speech contest, but it's the kind of watery green tea I think is disgusting so I will probably never drink it and throw it out once I need the space.
In the freezer:
An almost-finished box of watermelon and honeydew popsicles shaped like melon slices with chocolate (brown for watermelon, white for honeydew) "seeds."
An almost-finished box of Calpis popsicles with penguins on the package(!).
An unopened bag of frozen edamame.
A half-finished bag of frozen green beans.
A package of frozen udon noodles.
Microwavable shrimp shumai (dumplings).
Two ice cube trays, one for ice shaped like penguins (though they seldom come out very well) and one for ice shaped like hearts.
A stick-shaped ice pack for sticking in my water bottle.
*And if you're done guessing my heritage and present country of residence, lol, Robert's and my review of Alinamin V might be entertaining as it reveals the answers, lol.
In other news, I really do think I have carpal tunnel syndrome. This doesn't surprise me since I type ALL THE DAMN TIME (and even now, what am I doing?) but I think I'm going to go ask to see a doctor tomorrow so I can get a brace or something. My hands are on-and-off cold then hot, and numb then in pain . . . and I haven't been sleeping well and my hands feel numb when I wake up, which is apparently one of the most reliable signs. My concentration has been bad and I've had a low level of impatience and irritability from the pain that I don't think it's late enough in the year to credit to SAD.
Edit (9:19 pm): I'm trying to design a language activity around the grammar pattern "have to" vs. "don't have to" and I was thinking about giving it a cultural angle by comparing American vs. Japanese school culture. The trouble is, while I can think of a lot of things Japanese students have to do that Americans typically don't (clean the school themselves, take a test to enter public high school, wear school uniforms, eat school-supplied lunch) I can't think of many things Americans must do that Japanese students don't-- except for sinister things like "participate in lockdown drills" and "submit to random drug tests to participate in sports." (Which are waayyy too hard-- and, well, cynical-- to use). And I don't want to make American schools sound too much like this beacon of liberality.
Any ideas?
(So far I've gotten: wear/carry school ID card, use pencil on schoolwork, eat in the cafeteria, and join many clubs rather than just one).
Lol if you don't know me, this would be an awesome opportunity to play What Nationality Am I and In What Country Do I Live?
In the fridge:
A bag of five oranges.
A handful of raw snow peas.
A small head of broccoli.
A carrot.
A tub of pre-sliced green onions.
One and one-half sudachi limes I need to figure out something to do with since the package came with four and I only needed two.
Two tupperware boxes with a half onion in them each, since I forgot I already had a half onion in the fridge when I went to cut up another.
Two plastic cartons of eggs, one with one egg and the other with four. (We had to make an emergency egg run last night to get two eggs to make brownies).
A tupperware box with a serving of tofu preserved in water.
A jar of kimchi.
A tub of miso paste.
A tub of margarine.
A liter carton of 1% milk.
A liter carton of umeshuu (plum wine).
An easy-squeeze bottle of ketchup.
A bottle of cheap white wine I use mostly for cooking (but sometimes drink, lol-- it is drinking-grade wine, just not a high quality).
A single-serving glass cup (with lipped plastic lid) of sake I use entirely for cooking. (It takes me a while to get through them and it takes so much less room in my fridge this way!).
A large bottle of mirin (sweetened rice wine vinegar).
A tube of mayonnaise.
A tiny bottle of Alinamin V, a nasty-ass vitamin drink (it tastes like Flintstones vitamins crushed up in water, basically) made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger* that Robert tried once and I haven't bothered to throw out because it doesn't take up much space.
Two cartons of Calpis concentrate in peach and strawberry flavors.
A bottle of chili-garlic pasta sauce.
A tiny bottle of peach wine which looks adorable and sounded good but was not nearly as tasty as I had hoped.
A nearly-full bottle of tea I got while working as a judge for speech contest, but it's the kind of watery green tea I think is disgusting so I will probably never drink it and throw it out once I need the space.
In the freezer:
An almost-finished box of watermelon and honeydew popsicles shaped like melon slices with chocolate (brown for watermelon, white for honeydew) "seeds."
An almost-finished box of Calpis popsicles with penguins on the package(!).
An unopened bag of frozen edamame.
A half-finished bag of frozen green beans.
A package of frozen udon noodles.
Microwavable shrimp shumai (dumplings).
Two ice cube trays, one for ice shaped like penguins (though they seldom come out very well) and one for ice shaped like hearts.
A stick-shaped ice pack for sticking in my water bottle.
*And if you're done guessing my heritage and present country of residence, lol, Robert's and my review of Alinamin V might be entertaining as it reveals the answers, lol.
In other news, I really do think I have carpal tunnel syndrome. This doesn't surprise me since I type ALL THE DAMN TIME (and even now, what am I doing?) but I think I'm going to go ask to see a doctor tomorrow so I can get a brace or something. My hands are on-and-off cold then hot, and numb then in pain . . . and I haven't been sleeping well and my hands feel numb when I wake up, which is apparently one of the most reliable signs. My concentration has been bad and I've had a low level of impatience and irritability from the pain that I don't think it's late enough in the year to credit to SAD.
Edit (9:19 pm): I'm trying to design a language activity around the grammar pattern "have to" vs. "don't have to" and I was thinking about giving it a cultural angle by comparing American vs. Japanese school culture. The trouble is, while I can think of a lot of things Japanese students have to do that Americans typically don't (clean the school themselves, take a test to enter public high school, wear school uniforms, eat school-supplied lunch) I can't think of many things Americans must do that Japanese students don't-- except for sinister things like "participate in lockdown drills" and "submit to random drug tests to participate in sports." (Which are waayyy too hard-- and, well, cynical-- to use). And I don't want to make American schools sound too much like this beacon of liberality.
Any ideas?
(So far I've gotten: wear/carry school ID card, use pencil on schoolwork, eat in the cafeteria, and join many clubs rather than just one).
