August 15th 2008
1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Optional extra: Post a comment here at www.verygoodtaste.co.uk linking to your results.
The VGT Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison (I like reindeer better)
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich (I haated them as a kid, but like them well enough now.)
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart (in NYC)
16. Époisses (a very strong French cheese reportedly banned from French public transport)
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes (we even grow them!)
22. Fresh wild berries (if there are wild berries and no visible owners around…they’re mine!)
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese Not likely now, either
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper (hell no)
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters (top ten fav food)
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas (love!)
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl (surprisingly enough the best version I’ve had was at Quizno’s)
33. Salted lassi (but I like Mango Lassi better)
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar (not a fav; would rather have a martini and a cigarello)
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects (do chocolate covered ants count?)
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk (used to have to drink nothing but as a kid)
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone (I would love to try this!)
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal (Last, and probably only, time I had one was when I was a kid)
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8%
59. Poutine (oh but I want to try some of these!)
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin (why would one eat a clay-like anti-caking agent?)
64. Currywurst (Do I have to go to Germany to get it? Where do I find it in the states?)
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake (all of them!)
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu [A Chinese liquor which sounds like a good accompaniment to roadkill: “There are a number of accounts in English which comment unfavorably on the taste of baijiu, comparing it with rubbing alcohol or diesel fuel.”]
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong (was my fav tea when I was a tea-nager)
80. Bellini (I love, love, love peach bellinis)
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse (I will admit I might try it once, but the idea of eating horse doesn’t in the slightest appeal to me)
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox (from Grand Central Station in NYC even!)
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
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July 16th 2008
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May 18th 2008
So we were all packed up and ready to leave today. But Theda’s little liver had other ideas.She didn’t pass her third
bilirubin test. She gets to spend some nekkidish time (undefined until further tests result in lower levels of bilirubin), in a UV light bed.
And it’s all James’ fault! He had jaundice when he was born, and the pediatric attending said this condition has a high genetic link. I can’t think of a single person in my family born jaundiced.
We’re holding out hope that she will respond well to the phototherapy and they will release her tomorrow. She has company coming in from Tennessee and needs to be home on Tuesday to meet them!
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May 17th 2008
My mother-in-law will be called Lola, as that is the name most grandmas in the Philippines are called. My mother will be grandma, since that is the traditional moniker for such familial relationships in our family. My grandmother, Helen, gets a very special name. She partially chose it herself, it partially chose her.
Great-grandma Helen will be called -
Super Nana!
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May 17th 2008
Theda Marie Borja Lothrop
May 16, 2008
5:17 pm
7lbs. 4oz.
21 inches
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May 13th 2008
Ten years ago, I was . . .
Working as a third shift valet in a Chattanooga hotel, drinking my nights away, and dating the reason I eventually moved back home.
5 Things on Today’s “To Do” List
- 1. Birth kid? FAIL
- 2. Get some sleep. FAIL
- 3. Stay home from work. FAIL
- 4. Deposit James’ paycheck. FAIL
- 5. Buy more milk. SUCCESS (because James did it)
3 Bad Habits:
- 1. Asking James to do what I can do for myself.
- 2. Procrastinating.
- 3. Picking at scabs.
5 Places I’ve Lived (in no particular order):
- * Clearwater, FL
- * Chattanooga, TN
- * Sedelia, MO
- * Auburn, ME
- * Oklahoma City, OK
5 Jobs I’ve Held:
- 1. Summer camp water skiing instructor and lifeguard
- 2. Car valet
- 3. Cashier supervisor and customer service manager at a health food store
- 4. Head baker for a franchise sandwich shop
- 5. Doer of everything at a fast food franchise
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April 30th 2008
December 25, 1919 - April 30, 2008
We Love You Grandma
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April 9th 2008
I think the weekend of March 29th & 30th was the best I’ve had since January. It was a long winter of not much social interaction. At least for me it seemed that way.
Friday was an exhausting day at work. A ten hour day, four of which involved running errands, is not so feasible at this stage of things. I had to just sit in one spot on the couch for two hours afterward just to feel human enough to even contemplate going out to eat any dinner. But eventually we got out and had some sushi and stuff at Tokyo Sushi. It really hit the spot. 
Afterwards we hit up Zha-Zha for awhile. There was many a discussion of adult things. We all have either made a major shift in our lives, or we are very very boring. We talked of houses and foundations and repairs thereof, cars and purchasing cars, general gossip about people who can’t seem to get their shit together, and how to invest in precious metals and commodities. Yeh, we iz grown-ups nao.
Saturday we got up when we got up and made ourselves some breakfast. We had plans to hit up a dealership to buy our new car, but we were so tired we nixed it for later. About 3pm we headed on out to Tulsa, only to run into a horrible traffic jam due to construction. Traffic jams on a Saturday. Go figure. Luckily it didn’t set us back too much timewise and we arrived just in time for dinner at Red Robin with Brandi, Matt, Amy and Dan.
After dinner we headed on over to Brandi & Matt’s place to be models. Matt does amazing photography and he agreed to take some pregnancy portraits of me and James. No need to talk him up, the proof is in the picture:
On Sunday we got up and went to church. I’ve finally got James to go with me to the Unitarian church and it’s really nice. I love going there, I just don’t like going alone.
The First UU church here in Oklahoma City is the first church I’ve felt like I could call home. I’ve tried out various religious and spiritual groups and churches since I left home for college, but none have fit me and the values I hold dear like this place. And so far, James is really liking it too. I think he has a harder road to liking the church life structure again. He got burned out on all things religious because of his childhood experiences.
And one of the best parts of going to this church is that we have friends that are members there already. Being there is even better when we get to do it with David and Brianna. 
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February 26th 2008
A Traditional Taoist Tale
Once upon a time a wise old farmer who lived on the steppes awoke to find that his prize mare had broken out of the corral and run off. The neighbors cried, “Oh, what bad luck your best horse ran away!” The farmer, however, replied, “Who knows?” A few days later the mare returned and brought back with it a magnificent mustang stallion. The neighbors cried, “Oh, what good luck!” Again the farmer replied, “Who knows?” Then the farmer’s son tried to ride the wild horse and was thrown and broke his leg. The neighbors shouted, “Oh, what bad luck!” and the farmer said, as always, “Who knows?” Then the local warlord raced into the village conscripting all the able-bodied young men into battle. When he came upon the farmer’s son and his broken leg he let him stay. His neighbors cheered, “Oh, what good luck that your son was spared!” The farmer could only answer what he had before. “Who knows?”
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