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    Just sent Snookums off on a 13K run without me. Stupid ankle. I really, really wanted to go with him. 🙁

    @drkknits You’re gonna look overdressed next to me and the Snook! (In fact, you’re lucky we showered. 😛 )

    @mrs_sockvictim Just SMSed @kunaal84…

    @mrs_sockvictim Sounds like @kunaal84 might want to go! (He’d rather see a play than go for a run, evidently.)

    @drkknits @mrs_sockvictim @kunaal84 Sweet. We’re in the Playhouse. Meet you there at 4:45! (And dinner after for those who are hungry!)

    @drkknits OI! I RESEMBLE THAT REMARK. (Shit. We really need to get moving.)

    Jamie’s 30 Min Meals #22: Thai Red Prawn Curry, Jasmine Rice, Cucumber Salad, & Papaya Platter. http://bit.ly/pDoSU4 CORIANDER-LICIOUS!

    @drkknits @arwenamin Actually it’s a quote from something I’ve long forgotten that I say fairly regularly. 🙂

    Off to the Opera House for some High Cultcha with Snookums, @mrs_sockvictim, @drkknits, and @kunaal84. Faustus, here we come!

    @mrs_sockvictim @drkknits @kunaal84 In a cab. There in 5.

    Faustus! (@ Sydney Opera House w/ 2 others) http://4sq.com/qz1lCl

    Oh, crap. That plugin that allowed you to add FB to Google+? Is malware. You should remove it. http://bit.ly/qFOtln

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    Just sent Snookums off on a 13K run without me. Stupid ankle. I really, really wanted to go with him. 🙁

    Off to the Opera House for some High Cultcha with Snookums, @mrs_sockvictim, @drkknits, and @kunaal84. Faustus, here we come!

  • Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals #22: Thai Red Prawn Curry

    This is our 22nd cooking/blogging experiment from Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals. For this one we chose “Thai Red Prawn Curry, Jasmine Rice, Cucumber Salad, Papaya Platter.” We picked it because we felt like doing a seafood recipe; we had the episode recorded; and we thought we had a good chance of the required produce being in season. The Snook was on duty for this one, and he managed it in 35:17. It was pretty darn good!

    Thai Red Prawn Curry

    Substitutions: Our small prawns were frozen, but Jamie said on the show they were okay to use. We used coconut cream instead of coconut milk (since we already had some in the pantry). We didn’t bother with the prawn crackers. Other than that, everything was as written in the recipe!

    Quick verdict: Well, the first thing you notice is… It wasn’t red! We think the Snook may have gone a bit overboard with the coriander when making the curry paste. It’s not really a problem though, because I’m addicted to coriander. This was one of those meals that ticks all my favorite flavour boxes: garlic, chilli, coriander, sesame oil, lime. It was very fresh and very yummy! The Snook thought the curry wasn’t very “curry,” but he still liked it. The cucumber salad was a revelation, and we ate the whole bowl between us. Unfortunately we weren’t able to use our oven for the crispy prawns (on account of it EXPLODING earlier in the day) but cooking them on the cooktop worked well enough. The fruit platter was simple but tasty. The Snook rated it 8.5, while I gave it a 9 out of 10. The preparation was slightly unusual, in that each dish was pretty much completed before moving on to the next (instead of interweaving the steps, as he does on the other recipes). Still, I think you could shave a few more minutes off this one with practice.

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    SONOFA. Halfway thru 1st oven cleaning cycle, inner glass door EXPLODED. WTF. Ariston Service not open wknds. FML. http://twitpic.com/5n8yft

    @knitness Yes! Very good thing. (I pulled photo in case they get shirty about warranty.)

    So I had a minor ankle sprain Friday (which is still pretty swollen) and an exploding oven on Saturday. I wonder what Sunday will bring…

    @SallyPompom Ahhh, did you figure out why? Was it from heat stress? That’s what we think.

    @Diepdin I tagged you on a Facebook comment. Have you run the cleaning cycle yet? I hope it’s just a random defect with ours!

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    So I had a minor ankle sprain Friday (which is still pretty swollen) and an exploding oven on Saturday. I wonder what Sunday will bring…

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    @bellsknits Have you ever seen the Chicken Pincushions I sewed a few years back? Perfect for you! 🙂 http://bit.ly/q4mmqx

    I love it with Past Kris actually saved something that Future Kris ended up needing. Organisation skillz FTW!

    @drkknits Well, it was only Past Kris from One Month Ago. That one I can usually trust. 🙂

    Google+ vs. Facebook has been decided. Snook has actually shared something on Google+, something he has avoided on FB for years. GOOG FTW.

    Walk to the bus was more painful than I expected. I hurt my ankle worse than I first thought. Heading home for ice, bandaging, red wine.

    @witty_knitter Rolled it on a run today. A bit swollen and bruised now.

    @misswired The Douglas Coupland novel? Did they make a film out of it?

    @misswired Interesting. I LOVED Microserfs, but JPod didn’t engage me. (Other than the hugging machine. I want one.) Tell me if it’s good!

    @misswired Not that I know of. Possibly. But I just read the book.

    Ack! @runkeeper won’t let me see my activites on the website. Keeps giving me a big “OH NOES!” error. 🙁

    @eileenDCoE Ooh, good? @kunaal84 were looking at those in a bookstore recently. Maybe after I finish Game of Thrones…

    We are firing up our high-tech oven’s “self-cleaning” feature for 1st time. Snook says to be on alert in case it sets the cabinets on fire!

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    2:1 intervals with Raj, Kunaal, and Geoff. Great run!

    I love it with Past Kris actually saved something that Future Kris ended up needing. Organisation skillz FTW!

  • RunningBlog: Week 27

    This was a cutback week on our half-marathon training plan. Sunday the Snook and I were meant to run 5km with a “Magic Mile” time trial in the middle. To my astonishment, we ran the mile in 9:17! That’s 30 seconds faster than the last one we did 11 weeks ago. Monday I had a Spudds class after work. Tuesday I was busy most of the day, but I managed to squeeze in a short hill climbing workout with my friend Raj. We did repeats up and down Cathedral Street. (Killer.) Wednesday I had a rest day, then Thursday I went back to Spudds again. (I got 155m in 30s on the rower! Best of all the women.) Today I went for a run with Raj, Kunaal, and Geoff doing 2:1 intervals around the Domain. All was going well until I rolled my ankle at the 4km mark. I managed to finish the run, but it started getting painful and swollen at work. I tried to keep it elevated and I iced it a couple times. Now it’s wrapped up in a compression bandage. I hope I can still do our long run Sunday!

    July 3: 5.12km (with 9:17 Magic Mile!)
    July 5: 3.37km (inc 5 x 200m hill repeats)
    July 8: 5.87km
    Total this week: 14.36km (9 mi)
    Total in 2011: 680.72km (425.5mi)

    To meet my goal of running 1200km in 2011, I should be at 623km. So I’ve still got a nice cushion, even if this ankle does give me grief. (How lucky that it happened now and not a month ago before the marathon! I had been so paranoid.)

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    I feel like punching stuff. I suppose the gym is the best outlet, however unsatisfactory.

    @jobonekenobi Are you on dailymile? Best running social site on the internets! I’m “geekgirlrunner” over there. 🙂

    @jobonekenobi Best part is just the encouragement and comments from other runners. A seriously great and welcoming community! 🙂

    @toastman @Illdrinn Interesting. Again I discover that Toastman knows someone I know. He is the lynchpin of the universe.

    @toastman @Illdrinn Who enjoy Korean food. We need a gang sign for GOCHUJANG.

    @codepo8 Did I ever tell you I met Kim & Kelley Deal 5 yrs ago when I was working in the yarn shop? The Deals are wicked crafty.

    RT @steven_noble: User experience testing with a user who has never used a computer before: http://t.co/0KdPLNI

    If anyone is curious, I worked out that this is the hipster bar Bourdain took them to on Masterchef last night: http://bit.ly/cYdIlx

    OH DEAR LORD. That bar? Is trying to import PBR. Sydney, the apocalypse is upon you.

    @redambition @gilmae One of the shittiest. Reclaimed by hipsters to be ironic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pabst_Blue_Ribbon

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