lunch-break posting

Personal/Health: I am sleeping long and far too late -- to bed by 11:30pm. Awake at 7am. This is an interesting trend and one I'm not entirely displeased by. I'm sure it won't last -- at some point the Universe will right itself and I'll be back on the midnight to 5:30 feline feed-me train...

I tend to be very productive when I wake up early, and not so much when I sleep in. It's like my body announces its intent from the git-go. Unfortunately, I also get my second wind at 10pm most days, so it's not like I can train myself to go to sleep earlier.
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Food, and Feline: My parents, just recently in Belgium, brought me back a box of Galler chocolates. And a tin of cats tongues!

o nom nom nom....

[no, I didn't have them for breakfast. I had leftover sweet and sour fish and brown rice for breakfast. Doesn't everyone?]

Meanwhile, Boomer has decided that turkey-and-apricot is nummiest EVAH and has his head stuck in the tupperware container. There's nothing in there (we used the last for lunch) but he's Hopeful in a way one usually associates with dogs...
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Tech: In geek amusements, I was showing off my new jump drive (4 GB for $9.50, I am mighty tech shopper!), and my dad the former tech manager (back in the 70's and early 80's) got this very funny look on his face. "Tell mom what a 4-gig computer looked like, back in the day," I encouraged him. "And how much it cost..." Ah, memories.

Also, I have officially made the move from Windoze to Firefox. Yes, it really took me this long.
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Work: Meanwhile, HARD MAGIC is in the hands of my betas, I am done with all freelance, and there's only one side project that needs revising this week. The only thing on the main platter is Research. I feel practically...slothful (now watch something land in my in-box with an overnight response time. I just know it...)

So, should I:

A) go to the gym
B) curl up with a non-researchy book
C) watch a movie

EtA: I did my home workout instead of the full gym-thing, cleaned the kitchen, and spent an hour or so working on website updates. Woo. Now back to the Research.

what color was your dinner?

a well-made meal should have four elements:

taste, of course.
aroma, because the smell of something is a major component of taste
texture, because your mouth gets bored, otherwise.
color, because you really do eat with your eyes.

The advantage of texture and color is that it also reminds you to bring in elements you might not remember, otherwise -- elements that are essential to a well-balanced diet.

Tonight's dinner is a prime example. I had some leftover spicy beef from last night -- not enough for a full meal, but a decent handful. I got out the wok (all hail the wok!) and sliced up some garlic and set it to brown. Then I added two ribs of celery, and a quarter-head of shredded red cabbage. White, green, and red (okay, purple). I added in the beef (brown), and sprinkled it with some sesame oil and soy sauce. Then I threw in some leftover pasta (white) from the fridge, stirred until everything was mixed, and had a fabulous, spicy, crunchy, healthy, filling meal entirely made out of leftovers.

Yum. And it's pretty, too!

How many colors were in your meal?