I cannot follow directions. CAN'T
My desire for disregard is the reason why i have no knack for cooking and must eat out all the time.
Over cooked pasta, under cooked poultry, over garlicked arborio, and caramelizing gone horribly horribly wrong. These do not make for a good meal.
So I bake. You can't get away with cheating when you bake. Well, not a lot.
I've been fidgeting with the perfect chocolate chip cookie for months (more likely- years). It started with the back of a Nestle tollhouse bag of semi-sweet chips when I was 12. It was the middle of summer and I was bored. we had everything in our cupboard except for the brown sugar. i didn't think anything of it and subbed the brown for the white. rookie mistake
it has evolved to dozens upon dozens of tic-incremental fudging of recipes. I know a few people who have achieved the "perfect chocolate chip cookie". I eat their cookies with envious pleasure and side-eyed glanced. what do they know that I have yet discovered? They have willingly offered their recipe to me, but i cannot accept. For me, it has become personal. I must venture deep into the forest of measuring cups, baking powder, sugars, and emerge with a gilded platter of chocolate chip cookies that will define my achievement in suburban housewifely womanhood.
you think i am being sarcastic.
i am not.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Things happen
Haven't been writing.
Been uninspired.
My only brief moments of clarity come when I am taking the last spoonfuls of my required weekly intake of hangover pho. or at 3 AM wasted, and watching TLC in search of life's truths. Have you heard of the show 17 kids and Counting? It is about a family of a million kids by some fundamentalist Baptists. They are the Duggars, and I love them. especially when I am drunk. Please, read the madness:
The Goose Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 3:40 AM
To: jimbob@afo.net
it just the last name I was born with.
I just wanted to email you to tell you that, although i have a different belief system, i absolutely and sincerely ADORE your family. the purity and the genuine nature of the love that your first born bestowed to his future wife made my heart feel warm. regardless of our beliefs and our backgrounds, your show has never made me point and judge, nor have i felt that your family has pointed and judged me. it just wants me to say awwwwww. and i love michelle, absolutely. she is your strong half, please give her more flowers. your family is gorgeous and they all have those beautiful duggar eyes, and i am sure that you and michelle are proud of the children you have raised. congratulations, not for one instance or another, but for your ability to continue a noble existence among our American pop culture.
your progressive, liberal and buddhist feminist from portland
(who does not know her capitals from her commas)
The (i wish i hadn't kissed a boy yet) Goose
Jim bob, michelle is way hotter than you. you are a lucky dog
His Reply:
Jim Bob Duggar Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 6:22 AM
To: The Goose
Hello Goose,
Thank you for your email. Michelle did not grow up going to church or have a relationship with God until she was 15. It is never to late. Michelle had already experienced a lot of negative things that had ‘messed up’ her life. The good news is becoming a Christian is not about being perfect, but about being forgiven. Ask God to forgive you for the things you have done wrong and vow to give Him the control of your future decisions for the rest of your life. God will take you on an exciting adventure way beyond what you can ever imagine. Most people in the world are so bogged down with past life failures they live in depression and defeat. Once you ask Jesus to forgive you for your past, you are forgiven based upon His Word. You still will be ashamed of your past choices, but you are free from the guilt. Then it is important to go back to others and ask them to also forgive you for ways that you have wronged them (if you have lied, gotten angry, stole things, been disrespectful, etc...). Step by step you make things right with God and man. It is a great feeling. Then you get to share with others that they can also be set free.
We encourage you to listen to ‘Hell’s best kept secret’ by Ray Comfort at www.wayofthemaster.com . Also find a ‘Baptist’ Bible teaching church. You need that encouragement from others that are also seeking a relationship with God. Don’t expect your friends or family members to understand or be excited about it as you are.
Let us know how you are doing, We would love to hear about your spiritual journey. -Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar Proverbs 3:5,6,7 www.duggarfamily.com
Oh and it does not end. My rebuttal:
The goose Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 4:11 AM
To: Jim Bob Duggar
Jim bob-
i understand. i understand that i need to give my life to God and Jesus and ask him to accept the mistakes i have made in my life. that is a run on sentence, I'm sorry. but how do i know that this is the right path that i shall(should) lead. my life (i am a cocktailer, a person that sells alcoholic drinks to people) cannot maintain the stringent and disciplined life that you and your family lead. everybody needs to live, i can only support myself in this way(right now). i want to give my life to god but there are so many different ways to interpret god's ultimate will. do i confess, as a catholic? do i go on a mission as a Mormon? do i become a nun, a priest a monk..? what do i do? i know that my current lifestyle is not the way to become one with god, but i KNOW that is is the only way i can support myself within this modern society. these are two extreme opposites. i do not know how to find a happy medium between the two. how can i exist in god's world and this world harmoniously and respectfully?
your still very progressive, liberal, and independent fan from Portland
The (still wishing she had never kissed a boy) Goose
ps. is there a specific reason why your daughters wears skirts all the time, or is just a preference? i like pants....i don't know if i can understand not wearing jean pants. they are comfy and roomy!
I think that was the breaking point:
Jim Bob Duggar Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 8:47 PM
To: The Goose
Hello Goose,
We encourage you to start reading the book of John. Read the words of Jesus and let them sink in. Ask God to reveal Himself to you and give you understanding. Also sign up for the free daily success emails off the link on our website. Let us know what God does in your life. -The Duggars
awesome.
Been uninspired.
My only brief moments of clarity come when I am taking the last spoonfuls of my required weekly intake of hangover pho. or at 3 AM wasted, and watching TLC in search of life's truths. Have you heard of the show 17 kids and Counting? It is about a family of a million kids by some fundamentalist Baptists. They are the Duggars, and I love them. especially when I am drunk. Please, read the madness:
The Goose
To: jimbob@afo.net
it just the last name I was born with.
I just wanted to email you to tell you that, although i have a different belief system, i absolutely and sincerely ADORE your family. the purity and the genuine nature of the love that your first born bestowed to his future wife made my heart feel warm. regardless of our beliefs and our backgrounds, your show has never made me point and judge, nor have i felt that your family has pointed and judged me. it just wants me to say awwwwww. and i love michelle, absolutely. she is your strong half, please give her more flowers. your family is gorgeous and they all have those beautiful duggar eyes, and i am sure that you and michelle are proud of the children you have raised. congratulations, not for one instance or another, but for your ability to continue a noble existence among our American pop culture.
your progressive, liberal and buddhist feminist from portland
(who does not know her capitals from her commas)
The (i wish i hadn't kissed a boy yet) Goose
Jim bob, michelle is way hotter than you. you are a lucky dog
His Reply:
Jim Bob Duggar
To: The Goose
Hello Goose,
Thank you for your email. Michelle did not grow up going to church or have a relationship with God until she was 15. It is never to late. Michelle had already experienced a lot of negative things that had ‘messed up’ her life. The good news is becoming a Christian is not about being perfect, but about being forgiven. Ask God to forgive you for the things you have done wrong and vow to give Him the control of your future decisions for the rest of your life. God will take you on an exciting adventure way beyond what you can ever imagine. Most people in the world are so bogged down with past life failures they live in depression and defeat. Once you ask Jesus to forgive you for your past, you are forgiven based upon His Word. You still will be ashamed of your past choices, but you are free from the guilt. Then it is important to go back to others and ask them to also forgive you for ways that you have wronged them (if you have lied, gotten angry, stole things, been disrespectful, etc...). Step by step you make things right with God and man. It is a great feeling. Then you get to share with others that they can also be set free.
We encourage you to listen to ‘Hell’s best kept secret’ by Ray Comfort at www.wayofthemaster.com . Also find a ‘Baptist’ Bible teaching church. You need that encouragement from others that are also seeking a relationship with God. Don’t expect your friends or family members to understand or be excited about it as you are.
Let us know how you are doing, We would love to hear about your spiritual journey. -Jim Bob & Michelle Duggar Proverbs 3:5,6,7 www.duggarfamily.com
Oh and it does not end. My rebuttal:
The goose
To: Jim Bob Duggar
Jim bob-
i understand. i understand that i need to give my life to God and Jesus and ask him to accept the mistakes i have made in my life. that is a run on sentence, I'm sorry. but how do i know that this is the right path that i shall(should) lead. my life (i am a cocktailer, a person that sells alcoholic drinks to people) cannot maintain the stringent and disciplined life that you and your family lead. everybody needs to live, i can only support myself in this way(right now). i want to give my life to god but there are so many different ways to interpret god's ultimate will. do i confess, as a catholic? do i go on a mission as a Mormon? do i become a nun, a priest a monk..? what do i do? i know that my current lifestyle is not the way to become one with god, but i KNOW that is is the only way i can support myself within this modern society. these are two extreme opposites. i do not know how to find a happy medium between the two. how can i exist in god's world and this world harmoniously and respectfully?
your still very progressive, liberal, and independent fan from Portland
The (still wishing she had never kissed a boy) Goose
ps. is there a specific reason why your daughters wears skirts all the time, or is just a preference? i like pants....i don't know if i can understand not wearing jean pants. they are comfy and roomy!
I think that was the breaking point:
Jim Bob Duggar
To: The Goose
Hello Goose,
We encourage you to start reading the book of John. Read the words of Jesus and let them sink in. Ask God to reveal Himself to you and give you understanding. Also sign up for the free daily success emails off the link on our website. Let us know what God does in your life. -The Duggars
awesome.
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