Nyet, nyet, nyet.

[extemporally]

Today I tried making this pasta sauce.

1. Chop up an onion.
   
2. Put some oil (enough to cover the base of the saucepan?) in a saucepan and fry the onions until they're soft.
   
3. I'm pretty sure the recipe I saw said five minutes, but mostly I stirred until they were soft enough that a person who abhors any hint of raw onions (ME) would not mind eating them.
   
4. Add some garlic. Luckily it's already in the fridge, chopped, so that should be easy. End up tipping more garlic than you intended into the sauce.
   
5. Chop up a tomato. Add it to the onions, decide it doesn't look tomato-y enough and chop up a second tomato.
   
6. Stir in a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste. Leave to cook for as long as you want.
   
7. Profit!

... then I realised that my tomato paste was MOULDY. How does that even happen? Ugh ugh ugh, fail all around. Then I was late to work, the end. /o\

But on the other hand, yesterday I had the most fannish Friday EVER. The most fannish, you guys. forochel and I sat in a cafe and watched the first four episodes of Be Good Johnny Weir*, after which she said, "I NEED TO WATCH ALL OF THESE" and I pointed out that that was precisely what I'd been telling her, and then she rolled her eyes and transferred all my episodes into her hard drive.

* It is a series that improves upon rewatching, unsurprisingly. Johnny's voice really does darken every time he says, "My archrival, Evan Lysacek"! Which is approximately every ten minutes in the show! I don't know who you're recapping for, Johnny, but I think we all get it. And I'd also missed the Joubert cameo (Johnny: "He was born with a six pack." Joubert: "I don't like people seeing me naked, but I like to be bare before competitions.") the first time. And, of course, the glory of reliving Stephane explaining his zebra costume (THE STORY OF A MAGICAL ZEBRA SEEING THE SNOW FOR THE FIRST TIME) proved too much and we burst out laughing embarrassingly loudly. I don't even know any more.

I also know approximately nothing about Brian Joubert, but that doesn't stop me from wanting (to write) this story. /o\

Comments

[nova33.livejournal.com]

Why have I not yet seen this show? It's kind of silly, now.

Also, you should listen to the Johnny Weir portion of this podcast. It's one part of the March 6th broadcast, and a friend of mine (who I am trying to indoctrinate into this fandom) was listening to the show and heard it and just HAD to tell me about it immediately.

Apparently I am gaining a bit of a reputation.

Also - WRITE THE STORY! Chat with me tomorrow and we'll work it all out, I promise!

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

YOU HAVE TO WATCH IT OKAY. It does not disappoint.

Ooh, thanks for the podcast! And... I think I might actually write it. I don't know anything about Joubert except that he likes to be bare before competitions! This is ridiculous. /o\

[nova33.livejournal.com]

OKAY, I'M WORKING ON IT, I SWEAR.

No problem! Yes, write it! Fics have been written knowing less than that, okay? You can totally do this.

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

I shall email you. :D?

[nova33.livejournal.com]

Good plan!

[preromantics.livejournal.com]

When I re-watched recently, the Stephane-explaining-the-zebra was 10x more funny than I had remembered. I had to stop watching to laugh and then explain to the family what was so funny. /o\

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

I don't understand how these people are real. Sometimes fandom makes things out to be more funny than they actually are, you know? But this was 100% actualfax hilarity! Stephane Lambiel: requires no embellishment.

ALSO THEY'VE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE THEY WERE THIRTEEN, oh my god. <333

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

Oh god you another one. /o\

HE LIKES TO BE NAKED BEFORE COMPETITIONS. *_____________* also yes, ridiculously douchey! Why is my brain schooling me to think that this could possibly be a winning combination? /o\

I torrented them, bb! I think the episodes can be found on ontd_skating though, if you trawl through the tags for media posts you should be able to download.

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

I have shipped douchier folk

Words of wisdom, girl.

You should show me that fic! \o/

[forochel.livejournal.com]

actually I think the Paris+Johnny photowhoring of madness caused the most disruption to the lives of the denizens of Spinelli BUT YES. OH GOD, STEPHANE ♥


i keep on telling you you don't need to know anything about him other than that he lands quads like a mofo and is a hotass and has only one kidney.

[extemporally.livejournal.com]

OH YEAH THAT TOO. Did you know, when I first watched it I was like "ohgodohgod can't watch this" because of second-hand embarrassment. I have no idea why it was that funny the second time round!

AND HE LIKES BEING BARE BUT DOESN'T LIKE OTHERS SEEING HIM SO. One of the odder paradoxes of figure skating fandom.

[forochel.livejournal.com]

I think it's the fact that you were anticipating it and that I was cracking up right next to you. REMOVES ALL MOTTS.