and i'm gonna tell you about the dream... but first

i want to catch you up on stuff

i was sick
full-on
actually
sick
and i still am
a little
i pretty nearly lost my voice
and i have
residual
fluids
yuck
but
i never really felt as
oh-my-god-just-let-me-die
i used to get with the flu

that's one thing

also
for new years i tried a new wine
and i do believe it is my new house white
(my house red being the 14 hands red blend)
it is called evolution: lucky edition
and i have to admit
i was tempted to buy it just for the name
but i don't usually drink white wines
because they are too peach-y
or too acid
or too something
and i just like red wine
but
steve the wine vendor guy said:
it's a blend of 9 wines
it's not too anything
so i chanced it
you should try it, it's great
and i know champagne is traditional for new years
but
whatever

i discovered a new food
i hadn't ordered any of that stuff
(can't get it at the store)
so i got some raw tahini
(well it's got some cashew too)
some umeboshi paste
some black sesame seeds
and i mixed all that together with
trusty old brown rice vinegar
and
it's delish
but i don't know what to tell you that it tastes like
cheese
i'm going with cheese
but
i could totally thin it and use it as like
a thousand island-esque sandwich spread
or
if i stretch my imagination a little
it's kinda like a very relish-y mayo-y tuna salad
also
i had this pot-luck thing to go to
so
i made mac and cheese
and i forgot how much i love mac and cheese
which i actually made with cheese
i wanted to use smoked gouda
but the cheap grocery
doesn't carry it
so
i went with (a little) velveeta and (mostly) chipotle jack
and truffle oil
and margarine
coulda used more cheese
but it went over well

so i'm not completely out of touch
with "normal" food
if you call truffle mac and cheese normal

and
i've been buying pre-made hummus
because it's way easier than skinning chickpeas
and besides
the few times i tried
the texture was all wrong
and blah blah blah
but today
i made some pretty decent hummus
with
believe it or not
kombu
and umeboshi paste mixed in
the taste wasn't perfect
but the texture was spot on

and maybe
this isn't super interesting
but it is the stuff
that's getting me excited
so
i felt the need to jabber on