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Suicide Girls with Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re at the Knitting Factory.

College closed due to Columbus Day observance.

Classes follow a Monday schedule.

Tonight’s dinner was provided by yours truly. If I had had any on hand, I would’ve grilled us some salmon. However, I didn’t have any fish lying around (my family is not really a fish family — hell, we only recently strated stocking red meat because, up until a few weeks ago, I was the only one who ate mammal in my family… but now my sister eats it, too) and was in no mood to go the grocery store to buy salmon… So I decided to try making rice instead. You see, rice is very difficult to make. At least for me, it is. So I scoured the web for a how-to on cooking rice… and came upon this. The guy who wrote the tutorial is a chef, so he must know what he’s talking about, I told myself. And I was right! Too bad he also knew what he was talking about when he wrote that one must use a heavy-gauge pan in which to cook the rice. “If your pan is made out of some thin flimsy metal, your rice will get nicely burnt at the bottom while the grains at the top may not cook properly,” wrote Madhu Menon.

Boy, was he right!

However, I had enough cooked rice at the top to fill both plates… so it all worked out. (Despite following Menon’s instructions, my rice still came out sticky. This is probably due to the crappy pan I used, so I won’t blame the chef for my mistakes. This time.) I also stir-fried some frozen vegetables and made some chicken (seasoned with lemon pepper, yum!) to go with the rice. All in all, it took me about 35 minutes (of actual work) to make a meal for two. Alex and I scarfed it down in about 15 minutes, though… But, hey, that means it was good!

No classes scheduled for this Monday in honor of Yom Kippur.