If only it weren't 190 degrees outside...

I'd want to live in a YURT. I had this grand plan of making a yurt until I saw the instructions...and then I saw what a professional yurt looks like. Would be like driving a Yugo after staring at a picture of a Jaguar for an hour. That kinda reminds me of this assignment I had in a poetry class in college. We were given a list of words and we had to give an example of imagery that described the word. I guess that word would be "unsatisfied". I don't remember all the words, but one of them was "velocity". I think I responded with some image of spaghetti being slurped up too fast. Nothing worse than getting sauce in your hair from a run-away noodle. Actually...getting it in your nose is worse. Now that would be some first date converstion to be sure.

Note to self: no Italian on first dates.

What is the perfect "first date" food anyway? Face it...there is no food that can be considered a "normal" meal that manages to convey a positive message about oneself. I mean, sure, Redi-Whip and strawberries have some interesting uses (grapes are fun too, but they are too acidic for prolonged use...not to mention their skin has natural yeasts on it...ok...TMI), but you can't open up with "Hey let's have dinner" and grab a can of Redi-whip and a bowl of squishy fruits. I guess you could, but I wouldn't classify what usually happens next as a date :P

I guess my perfect first date food would have to be sushi. It conveys to me a sense of daring and adventure. Plus I like saying "wasabi" like those dumb-ass Budweiser commercials...just kidding.