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[kiya]

I'm suspecting that what I've been parsing as 'some kind of long-term mild depression' is a situational effect resulting from being completely exhausted. The effects are similar to a depressive episode -- tendency to stay up too late followed by hypersomnia, difficulty focusing and getting things done, generalised anhedonia -- but instead of 'I can't wake up' sorts of hypersomnia it's the mild (but identical in effect) 'I could get up, but there is no reason on earth to actually bother with doing so'.

It's a good thing that I have Friedman killfiled, because otherwise I would have just gotten lots of ugly all over rasfc, and that's no good for anyone. He has now moved himself into the same category as Rosemary: "That sort of evil that destroys community in order to implement a profoundly defective utopia which is appealing only to itself", more or less.

I am tremendously amused by the Trader Joe's frozen French onion soup, which I picked up a while back and hadn't tried yet. I opened up the box, and what fell out into my hand but ... a shrink-wrapped cylinder of ice, with cheese cubes arranged at one end. I just find this hysterical. Also, slightly difficult to extract.

I still hate writing conclusions.

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[frozencapybara.livejournal.com]

If you think the French Onion Soup is funny, you should see Trader Joe's frozen oatmeal. Same cylinder, same shrink-wrap, but... oatmeal.

It's kind of disturbing.

[kiya]

I think the oatmeal would weird me less, because it wouldn't hit that funny, "It's SOUP! It should be IN A CONTAINER! ... okay, yes, it's a block of ice, it doesn't need to be in a container to keep it from running everywhere, but it's SOUP!"

[labrys6.livejournal.com]

I relate all to easily to the long-term mild depression. Gods only know what would get me out of bed some days if I didn't have to care for the woozles and walk Jayne the Beast. Sleeping issues and a desire to pull the pillow over my head at dawn....oh yeah. I have to impose super discipline: lists of things to be checked daily, things that keep me going. Some of them perhaps unexpectedly theraputic: change your jewelry, Cyn; put a days music on the CD changer; 1 hour "study" reading, 1 hour "pleasure" reading, 1 hour knitting....things of that nature. Reminding myself to connect to various signposts in my life does help. But, kudos to you, that onion soup pack would have overcome my coping ability, lol! :::::::walks off mumbling about wanting pancakes:::::::::

[davidgoldfarb.livejournal.com]

How was the soup? It's been just a little too expensive for me to get on spec, but I love a good French onion soup.

I did try their chicken chile verde, which had much the same issues. (It wasn't bad, but it didn't thrill me enough to have again.)

[kiya]

Overall, I deem it acceptable -- not "Yay I want to have this all the time!" but "I think I'll keep one around for the occasional, 'Y'know, I'd like some soup and don't feel like cooking it' moment". Good for brainless winter days like today, though not a good 'I want this now' impulse food (it takes 40 minutes cook time in the toaster oven).

Not overly salty (which I was concerned about, given that that's a common failure state of both French onion soup and pre-prepped soups). Pleasant but not spectacular flavor; slight burnt/scorched undertones to it, which might be a fluke of the particular instance, and would have to be confirmed. The cheese was good, though it didn't melt perfectly cleanly (more a visual problem than anything else), and a couple of the little cubes got loose in the soup itself, leading to lttle pleasant lumps of cheesiness at unexpected moments.

[davidgoldfarb.livejournal.com]

40 minutes cook time would be a deal-breaker for me. Is it not microwaveable? (I suppose I could look myself, next time I'm at Trader Joe's.)

[kiya]

7-9 mins in the microwave, that mixes the cheese in more thoroughly. I decided I wanted proper cheese surface on top.

[undauntra.livejournal.com]

Rosemary? There must be a story here.

[kiya]

Not much of one, really. Just a meddling bitch who thinks that the group is far to meeeeeean to people who spam it with things that she thinks really ought to be on topic, despite the charter and the FAQ. Who also thinks that her insults are polite because she doesn't (shock, gasp, horror) swear.

[zeborah]

I'm convinced, after much reflection and weighing of evidence, that she has Good Intentions.

I find it interesting how people can see things so very differently that even striving for the same goals they come up with opposite actions. "Interesting" in the allegedly-Chinese-curse sense, but still, there's got to be a book or three in it.

I do like "profoundly defective utopia".

[kiya]

Oh, I'm quite convinced she has Good Intentions.

The pavingstones will be gorgeously arrayed according to finest standards of superior perspective, I'm sure. It will be a glorious road.