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  • 15:30 Corporations swallow up good chocolate and we finally notice: www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/opinion/22lubow.html #
  • 19:05 All these foods for dinner and all I want to do is eat pretzel chips. #
  • 13:39 I may get a lot of vegetarian tomatoes here but turducken stuffed breast sounds like a fantastic idea #
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Two and a half days more of my job and I drive down to LA with the boy to meet my family for Thanksgiving.

Unfortunately, my grandfather has not been doing so great. My grandmother found him with a large knife hanging around the staircase that leads to their apartment a few nights ago, and he was threatening someone with it or trying to kill someone who was haunting him from his past. She consoled him with my name, claiming that I was comign to meet him and he calmed down for a little. The dementia fueled behavior continued and he ended up becoming a danger to himself and to my grandmother. Things escalated to where she called 911 and an ambulance carted him off to Northridge Hospital where sedation may be keeping him from bludgeoning the nursing staff (I am only half-joking here). What comes next is an incredible hurdle. My grandmother can no longer take care of my grandfather and he can no longer mix alcohol and drugs together. This has been coming for a long time, and we had assumed that my grandfather's ailing would somehow lead to a convalescent home or his gentle passing away. However, this is a crisis of humanity for a person who is a victim of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, dementia, and needing to go with a shred of dignity.

My older sister is going to drive down and help my mother with family matters. My grandmother is slightly hysterical, but is somewhat consoled by my phone calls. I am miles away and unable to give my grandfather a reason to calm down any further, although I don't know how big of a help I would be.

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  • 00:26 Domo arigato Mr. Robata. #
  • 13:17 And then I made crepes for breakfast and I used the truffle salt on that too. #
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  • 16:56 The protest is no longer non-violent. Cops are resorting to bullets and teargas. What a sad day for education. #
  • 18:07 is surprised that no one unfollowed her during the retweetings. Back to reg scheduled mundane tweeting. GO BEARS. Defend your home! #
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  • 14:22 Have you ever wanted to donate money to a guv. cand. that could lose, but will actually challenge the other candidate to meaningful debate #
  • 14:23 @theeatenpath That sounds like a title for Fyvush Finkl's biography #
  • 22:41 @noweverybody Actually, I could use one. Could you FB me a code? #
  • 08:36 I just read a critique of my third revision of an SOP and I think I am going to need some of that stress reducing exercise. #
  • 08:37 That's standard operating procedure, not statement of purpose. #
  • 09:16 BREAKING: UC Berkeley Students are taking over Wheeler Hall. Good luck regents! Your time is up. #
  • 09:20 The revolution has begun. I wonder if they hiked fees on purpose. im.ly/946f4/ #
  • 11:04 Double entendre Buttars? 'I meet with the gays here and there.... But I don’t want ‘em stuffing it down my throat all the time' #
  • 11:10 RT @denmojo: Pics from Wheeler Protest at UC Berkeley 10:30am Fri - bit.ly/5BV9NV #
  • 12:10 P.A. is now the lab director ow.ly/E6ZG . Cool. #
  • 12:16 @capnmariam 1. That lab space looks sad. 2. Mathies was quoted FTW! #
  • 13:46 #FollowFriday @ucbprotest @dailycal and @dailyclog #
  • 13:48 @capnmariam If you look very closely, the guy is standing right next to a radioactive waste disposal drain with no PPE #
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Have you been to a foreign country in the past year or so? Where did you go? Did you like your experience? What was the best part? Where should I spend my limited paid time off next year?
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  • 20:50 Once again, crock pot chili. Oh yeah! #
  • 09:14 @sarabethhayden That actually works if you have money #
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It annoys me for some reason.

Today, I was told to smile twice. I've been sleeping better as a result of some diphenhydramine (benadryl for you non-pharma junkies) and it made me feel better than fine today as I was able to slog through a whole day of work without wanting to nap at my desk. I can't help but feel that my facial expressions do not sync with my moods as well as they should. Maybe I need a neuroscientist to MRI my brain while I have electrodes hooked to my face and I try to smile, but then again MRIs creep me out with their tight spaces.

My last CSA delivery came today. I don't know if I will subscribe next year, but maybe I will have a bigger fridge to fit all of the produce, or some nice veggie loving neighbors. I think I ended up throwing a significant chunk of it away, but I did cook many delicious things with the produce.

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  • 16:15 @capnmariam Depends, does gratitude taste like chicken? Mail me some deets. if not me, some poor grad student I know in Berkeley #
  • 12:32 One of my hands is colder than the other and I need to know why! Also, my pupils are as big as saucers. Not by accident. #
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  • 12:35 Dear 1980's ICONS: please stop dying for me. K THX. #
  • 13:31 @capnmariam Does it pay? #
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  • 23:45 In berkeley, thinking bout the good ole days #
  • 10:44 Two beer festivals in a weekend is highly un-recommended but I am doing it anyways #
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  • 14:43 New pair of glasses with springy hinges. Its like my world has been upgraded to HD. #
  • 10:00 Nigella Lawson needs to replace Toby Young and Gail Simmons on Top Chef. Her descriptions are priceless. #
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It occurs to me that in order to get into these newfangled grad school things I need to write a statement of purpose. I have been in labs for the past...oh uh five or six years or so having all of this experience, but I don't think I can describe it without getting sued for violating a non-disclosure agreement. I wonder if a list of all of the instruments I operated would suffice?

It is rather unfortunate that I will be spending the bulk of the weekend drinking. I probably need to drag my laptop around in the oft chance that I might have time to craft this awesome piece of prose.

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  • 18:05 About to go to San Jose Art Museum for Close, Calder, and Ansel Adams. Arttastic! #
  • 08:36 Wow, this is wrong titter.com/ #
  • 11:16 I never figured out what this song meant ♫ blip.fm/~gaqtq #
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  • 15:52 @BeTheBoy How very strange that your dad as a kid looked like you as an adult #
  • 18:08 @aboynamedart And moving to fox news. Or not.. #
  • 11:38 Add to the list of things I geek out about: The Pacific Film Archive At Berkeley. #
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Last night, I borrowed a recipe from the website known as The Kitchn but I modded it heavily to downplay the fishiness of the fish.

I preheated the oven to 400.

I took a defrosted halibut that had been lying in the freezer for decades (well..maybe a year), rinsed it, felt over for the bones and cut the fillet in half across the middle. Then I sliced some leeks into reeds, tomatoes into wedges, parsley into sprigs, and rosemary into smaller sprigs. I smothered the halibut in Lemonnaise (which happened to be on sale at Whole Foods..thanks Kiriko Moth!) and I placed it on the foil (cut to the size of a 14 inch sheet of paper and greased a little with canola) over a butter pat. I added another pat to the top and then I layered with the leeks first, tomato second and parsley and thyme third. This is where I forgot to salt and pepper so I added that as I was about to close the foil. When I wrapped the fish by folding two ends together and twisting the remaining sides, then creasing the folds to make a perfect seal. I put it in the oven for 20 minutes, and when it finished, I opened the packets and just ate it directly out of the foil. The fish was neither fishy nor bland. The lemonnaise did the work of lemon and gave the fillet some moisture. The herbs were nice and aromatic and the tomatoes tasted fine out of the packet. Perfect for a steamy fall meal.

My co-worker has this Vietnamese recipe for Salmon with basil and herbs and lemon grass wrapped in a banana leaf that I would like to try. I'm thinking of doing it soon, but I have a couple small pumpkins from the CSA I want to stuff first.

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  • 15:20 Should I attempt foie gras ice cream? Maybe the question is why should i not attempt it. #
  • 20:52 Made this w/lemony mayo. bit.ly/NTIlq #
  • 07:40 Thomas Keller on NPR this morning cooking normal food bit.ly/3lysvQ #
  • 08:51 There's a part of me in chaos that's quiet
    And there's a part of you that wants me to riot #worstlyricsever #
  • 08:55 Happy Veterans and Happy Armistice day. Armistice is a great word. #
  • 09:07 @aboynamedart An aptly horrible song title known as "Ill Go Crazy(If I don't go crazy tonight)" #
  • 09:57 About this Stupak guy, he is made of fail: bit.ly/2zdCQ3 #
  • 10:36 RT @bookclubgirl: Share your favorite recipe and you could win THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS bit.ly/ibj9j #
  • 11:02 Two things that I previously assumed were bad are actually good. Salon and CNBC. DM Me for justifications. #
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  • 15:09 @CBC_psi The general score I have from three years ago is v.g. but the subject may be a wash this time #
  • 17:18 @RepMikeHonda thanks for working on health care and sticking to your guns. Ignore the haters, they are made of fail. #
  • 23:43 Dear BofA, If you can't even keep my account secure from internet break-ins, why should I bother being your customer? #
  • 23:43 @mykindidea Its been A Hard Day's Night #
  • 08:04 @cianaluna Are you vying to be the assistant? #
  • 08:51 If you are flying, this may concern you, OR NOT: bit.ly/1FpmPr #
  • 13:16 Read yet another piece in [mainstream circular] about rich ppl blowing their hefty severance and having to live like the rest of us. Boohoo. #
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