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Festival of the Body - Feb. 12 Opening Night - The Round Conversation

Festival of the Body’s Opening Night is February 12. Join us for a performance and Round Conversation with exhibiting student artists, faculty and community members on the themes of environmental justice & materiality; responsibility to others; and responsibility to self. Co-moderated by student Maya Skarzenski-Smith (Faculty of Art) and Sustainability Coordinator Victoria Ho (ODESI).

100 McCaul, Great Hall, Floor 2. Performance 5-6pm Round Conversation 6-8pm

Anne Bourne, Guest Speaker

Anne Bourne is a composer, interdisciplinary artist and teacher, based in Canada. Seasoned in international intermedia performance and song recording, Anne creates emergent streams of cello, and voice in contemporary dance, film, electroacoustic and improvised music, with artists such as Eve Egoyan and Mauricio Pauly, Christopher Willes, Silvia Tarozzi, and Felicia Atkinson. Anne imparts the text scores and deep listening® practice of composer Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) offering an experience of collective creativity, symbiotic listening and place; as faculty at Banff Centre for Art and Creativity, Collective Composition Lab; The Acts of Listening Lab, Concordia, Montreal; and recently for Killowatt at Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita, Bologna, Italy; and as MMM_MM / Ensemble Vide artist in residence in Genève, CH 2020, Anne received a Fleck Fellowship in 2017 and a Chalmers Fellowship in 2019 to research cultural and environmental thresholds. Anne will compose and perform ‘her body as words’ a new work exploring indigeneity and female identity, by choreographer Peggy Baker in March 2020. Anne believes creative expression is an opportunity for subtle evolution, through listening.

Jody Chan, Guest Speaker

Jody is a writer, drummer, organizer, and therapist-in-training. They believe deeply in the importance of storytelling, care, and joy in movement-building. They work at The Leap, organize with the Disability Justice Network of Ontario, and drum with the Raging Asian Womxn Taiko Drummers.

Dr. Sanja Dejanovic, Guest Speaker

Dr. Sanja Dejanovic is a thinker in motion and in relation with otherness. She engages multiple media and modes of expression to explore sympoiesis; the together making of space, time, and sense by living beings. She did her SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship work at Senselab and CISSC at Concordia, Montreal and Bard, NY, and a PhD on sense in Gilles Deleuze’s writings at York University. Interested in Western and Eastern somatic praxis, Sanja has training in sensorimotor psychotherapy and mindfulness. She has organized butoh practice labs in Toronto since 2017 and offers workshops through her somatic learning lab Body Ecologies.

Sanja is a published author, an editor, and a curator, most notably of the text (Jean-Luc) Nancy and the Political (Edinburgh University Press, 2015). She has curated Becoming-Elemental at Seneselab, Sonic Fabulations, and most recently Line. Bridge. Body. Sanja has performed and shared her work domestically and internationally, including at EPTC, The School of Making Thinking, Somatic Engagement CATR (Canadian Association for Theatre Research), Arts Unfold--Water Residency, and most recently, with Mika Lior, scores for Listening With/In Nonhuman Publics in connection with the Ecology & Performance Working Group at the 2019 American Society for Theatre Research. She is passionate about collaborating with other artists in her community. Sanja is from Skopje, Macedonia.

Johanna Householder, Guest Speaker

Johanna Householder works at the intersection of popular and unpopular culture in video, performance art, and choreography. Her interest in how ideas move through bodies has led her often collaborative practice and inform her research and writing on the impact that performance and other embodied practices have had in contemporary art and new media.

She has recently performed at the VIVA! Festival in Montréal, Performancear o Morir (Perform or Die in Norogachi, Mexico. In 2017, she reset her 1978 solo improvisation, 8-Legged Dancing, on dancer Bee Palomina in Residuals, a presentation of her performance works at the Art Gallery of Ontario, curated by Wanda Nanibush.

Her video collaborations with B.H. Yael and with Frances Leeming We did everything adults would do, what went wrong? have screened in venues internationally.

With Tanya Mars, she has co-edited two anthologies of performance art by Canadian women: Caught in the Act: (2005), and More Caught in the Act (2016). She is a founder of the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art which will hold its 13th biennial festival in Toronto in October 2020. She is a Professor in the Faculty of Art and Graduate Studies, and currently Chair of Cross-Disciplinary Art Practices.

Marissa Largo, Guest Speaker

Marissa Largo is a researcher, artist, curator, and educator whose work focuses on the intersections of race, gender, settler colonialism, and Asian diasporic cultural production. She earned her PhD in Social Justice Education from OISE, University of Toronto (2018). She is a recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (REAPA) special interest group of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Her book manuscript, Unsettling Imaginaries examines Filipinx artists who adopt decolonial diaspora aesthetics as counternarratives to the dominant stereotypes that persist in Canada. Her art and curatorial projects have been presented in venues and events across Canada, such as the A Space Gallery (2017 & 2012), Open Gallery of OCAD University (2015), Royal Ontario Museum (2015), WorldPride Toronto (2014), and MAI (Montreal, arts interculturels) (2007). Dr. Largo is co-editor of the anthology Diasporic Intimacies: Queer Filipinos and Canadian Imaginaries (Northwestern University Press 2017) and serves as the Canada Area Editor of the Journal of Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas. Marissa is the Department Head of Visual Arts and Technology at a self-directed secondary school in Toronto and a sessional instructor at the Ontario College of Art and Design University.

Julius Poncelet Manapul, Guest Speaker

Julius Poncelet Manapul is a migrant Filipinx artist from the Ilocano tribe, with Spanish heritage and Cherokee ancestry; a descendant of Maria Josefa Gabriela Carino de Silang, known as an anti-colonial fighter during the 18th century Spanish rule over the Philippines—the first female leader of a Filipino movement for independence from Spain. This background informs their research and artistic practice, as they excavate the experience of immigration and assimilation through cultural erasure.

Addressing eternal displacement through themes of colonialism, sexual identity, diasporic bodies, global identity construction, and the Eurocentric Western hegemony, Julius’ artwork focuses on the hybrid nature of Filipinx culture after colonialism and the gaze of queer identities as taxonomy. Their recent research project looks at the narratives for many diasporic queer bodies that create an unattainable imagined space of lost countries and domestic belongings through colonial pedagogy of knowledge and globalized imperial power. Hybrid images question the problematic side of queer communities that uphold homonormativity through whitewashing and internalized racism, and act to challenge forms of oppression.

Julius was born in 1980 Manila, Philippines and immigrated to Toronto in 1990, attained a BFA from the OCAD University in 2009, A Professional Practice Certificate at Toronto School of Art in 2011, and completed a Masters of Visual Studies and a Sexual Diversity Studies Certificate from the University of Toronto in 2013, and an Apparel Tech in the Fashion Exchange Program at George Brown Collage in 2019. Their work had been presented at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Koffler Gallery, University of Waterloo Gallery, A Space Gallery, PM Gallery, Propeller Gallery, Nuit Blanche in Toronto (2010, 2012 & 2014), and WorldPride Toronto (2014), Julius’ work had been featured on CBC Series “Art is My Country” 2018 and “Art Works” 2017, Julius’ research had been published in Academic Journals titles “Diasporic Intimacies: Queer Filipinos and Canadian Imaginaries” and “Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas” Vol 1. They have exhibited works in Canada, UK, France, Germany, and US.

Anna McMullen, Exhibiting Artist

Anna McMullen is constantly painting over old and new works of hers, never fully satisfied, never able to truly make up her mind about the final form of her art. This process is a reflection of her stream of consciousness; the continuous flow of thoughts, opinions, and emotions running through her mind. And in the context of these specific works, we are speaking about her ambivalence toward the desire to be seen as beautiful and to fit into the mould versus not wanting to conform to oppressive narrow standards of beauty. By painting self-portraits and using pentimento, Anna wants to express her indecisiveness; “Do I want to conform to standards of beauty, or do I want nonconformity?” Just like the final form of her work, she will never know.

Ehiko Odeh, Exhibiting Artist

The principle subject matter explored in Ehiko’s artworks are the tradition Nigerian masks, identity, sexual violence and the representation, perception of Black hair in Nigeria and Canada. Her artistic style is characterized through an expressive pallet, and the use of a variety of textiles. Ehiko also emulates the traditional Nigerian practice of craftsmanship through her multi-medium paintings, performances, drawings and installations. Her use of diverse mediums is a result of a belief that “Nigerian art” cannot be interpreted through just one form, but rather through a range of artistic expression.

James Okore, Exhibiting Artist

Throughout James Okore’s life, he’s been questioning the barriers of misunderstanding and misinterpreting others through language. This is especially true for somebody like himself with an “invisible disability.” He’s been trying to acknowledge his own actions and the ways in which he might come off towards others, and to take ownership in that. It’s a struggle at times to decipher language, and to understand whether or not to continue conversing with people, if he’s not able to pick up on subtle verbal/non-verbal cues. He’s always trying his best to understand the nuances of language, and in many cases, he finds himself confused in the process of understanding others. This piece entitled “Barriers of Language Unspoken,” addresses the essence of the BODY through his efforts in conveying an internal battle with himself trying to understand others, externally, which captures these emotions and feelings through a vessel, represented visually through the BODY.

Ash Randall-Colalillo, Exhibiting Artist

Introducing Ash Randall-Colalillo; pronouns are she/her. She is a queer interdisciplinary artist studying within her fourth year of Drawing and Painting. She creates through many varying mediums such as performance, sculpture/installation, video and drawing/painting. She allows her choice of medium to be driven from conceptual thought. Over a couple of years, her practice has developed to focus on the study of self or self-illusion/reflection, the body and the relationships they have with spaces, objects and moments. The witnessing bodies perceptions of her work within those relations motivates the "experience" to be a large part of her process when creating. She consistently questions what is an experience, and how can an experience be shared or private and what that displays for and in the work. Once understanding what an experience is within this methodology, the work expands larger than the product itself.

The piece that she created titled "FLESH FUNCTIONS” was an early exploration of this process. It is displaying a physical study of bodies and the experiences they have with vessel-like objects. Through having knowledge from the theory “The Thing” by Martin Heidegger that she studied within a class she took, she was able to use this knowledge to reflect on the relationships we make with objects as “things” and deconstructed these items and the functions of them in an abstract lens. This led to challenging the idea of the ‘thingly’ qualities within objects and their relationship dynamic with bodies mentally and physically.

In regards to this challenging, she begs the question - how do ‘ordinary’ objects gain these qualities to become or identify as things? How do they work differently, once the relationship between body and object becomes more complex within identification? This is where she aims to construct a different phenomenon of these objects and exchanges by using her physical form to "embody" the object. She attempts to take away the relationship of functionality of an object as its self and display those functions through the ‘thing’ that those objects are functional for - the body - thus becoming flesh functions.

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globalmediahome · 5 years ago

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Doctor Who Season 12 Trailer Released

The BBC has discharged the new trailer for Doctor Who Season 12. The season wrapped generation not long ago. "We're off once more!" showrunner Chris Chibnall said in the new season declaration. "Well we never really halted - as Jodie Whittaker's Doctor and companions have been winning the hearts of families the country over this pre-winter, we've been occupied with a totally different arrangement of activity stuffed experiences for the Thirteenth Doctor. We revere making this show and have been overwhelmed by the reaction from crowds, so we can hardly wait to bring more alarms, more beasts and more Bradley Walsh, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole to BBC One. Splendid!" In a meeting with Radio Times, Chibnall uncovered he's as of now taking a shot at the show' thirteenth season. he likewise said that there's no legitimacy to bits of gossip that he was thinking about leaving the arrangement. "If it's not too much trouble compose this verbatim – someone made that up, it was a falsehood," he said. "It's 100% evaluation A… will I say rubbish, or will I say bologna? I don't have the foggiest idea how often to state it. I swear on my life." https://youtu.be/vkEB0ysv7sM Source Read the full article

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caitlinrking · 5 years ago

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My Family & Folk Foods - Ethnography

Final Ethnography Assignment for Teresa Milbrodt’s ANTHRO 1150/ENGLSH 1700 Introduction to Folklore Genres Spring 2019.

My Family & Folk Foods

The group I observed is my immediate family. My immediate immediate family consists of my parents, Jayson and Jenny, my sixteen year old brother Corey, and my thirteen year old sister Chelsea. My dad’s side, the King Family, consists of my grandpa Larry and grandma Linda, my aunt Jamie, my seventeen year old cousin Claire, and my fifteen year old cousin Brooke. My mom’s side, the Hagen Family, consists of my grandma Jody and grandpa Bob, my aunt Debbie, my aunt Susan and Uncle Kent, and my fifteen year old cousin Griffin. We are small town folk. All of my grandparents either grew up on farms, waking up early and taking care of livestock and crops, or had extended family with farms. My parents and aunts did not grow up on farms, but their cousins did. My siblings, my cousins, and I grew up even further from the direct rural upbringing than them. However, at my family’s heart, my dad’s side especially, is heavily influenced by country living. This country living is exemplified in the genre I am studying, which is Folk Foods. I hope to illuminate my family’s attitude towards food, and how their relationship with food has impacted their lives. I hope that my family sees how our traditions have affected our family dynamic and how it has shaped our relationship with people outside of the family. In a broader sense, I hope that other people not connected to this folk group are able to read about my family’s traditions and use that knowledge to reflect on how their relationship with food has shaped them. My status in relation to the group is that of the eldest daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, and cousin. I have obviously known the people in the family either my whole life, or in the case of my younger siblings and cousins, their whole lives. At the start of my observations, I gave them a rundown of the assignment. I had to explain what the class was, what folklore even meant, what an ethnography was, and how folk foods can include food that is not necessarily homemade or original to the group. Nearly all of the ideas I used in my ethnography were outlined following the explanation of the assignment by whatever relative(s) I was speaking with or near. I designed my questions for my interviews to be fairly open-ended so I could get the most information from my relatives, while still being focused on the genre I’m studying. Since I am already familiar with my family, I know that some of them, my dad’s side especially, are a bit rambly. So I knew that most of the people I would be speaking with would be very willing to answer my questions. My primary interview with my grandma Linda King took place over Facetime. My other primary interview with my grandma Jody took place over the phone. The secondary interviews I had with some of my other relatives took place over text. My ethnography heavily relies on the interviews I conducted with my grandmas. As a result, I designed my ethnography to act as a pseudo-autoethnography. Each section is headed by the question that spurned the conversation between myself and my grandmas, respectively. I did not split my paper by who I was interviewing, I put the stories they told me together, which further exemplifies my family’s value of togetherness.

- Meet the Grandmas -

My grandma Linda was born on a farm. She is the youngest daughter with four older brothers. She grew up tending to crops, raising chickens, selling eggs, and nurturing livestock. My grandma Jody was born on a farm. She’s the middle child of three, an older sister and a younger brother. She grew up on a dairy farm, milking cows, churning butter, raising chickens, and nurturing livestock.

- First Memory -

Linda

What would you say your first memory of food is in regards to our family or when you growing up?

I was probably four years old, really sick, and my mom sent one of my brothers out to kill a dove.

Oh my god

Well it was like a little chicken, like it was dove hunting, and she cooked that and made rice soup for me because I was so sick

That was not the answer I was expecting *laughs* but on brand. I don't know why I didn’t think an answer like that would come up.

*laughs* is that not a good answer?

No that's a great answer!

It was one of my first memories because I can remember where we lived and I wasn't very old

That's really interesting. Did that happen a lot, like did she make that often?

Yeah like we didn’t run to the grocery store every time- I mean they were farmers they lived off the land basically, we had cows and she probably didn’t have a chicken to- like it was something quick to make.

Like single serving?

Yeah. Not so much that I ate the dove, but it just for the broth like you would a chicken.

Jody

What would you say your first memory of food is in regards to our family?

We lived in the country on a farm, I remember Mom doing fried potatoes and fried bologna- remember when, oh well you probably don’t- Susan (my aunt) said that that was her favorite food because her grandma made it. We made homemade ice cream, turned it in the hand freezer.

Did you guys grow your own potatoes and other food like that?

Yes we always had a garden and we would eat out of that… we also had chickens, so a lot of eggs and we would make fried chicken. I mean, really that’s what everybody did. We canned of course so we had things during the winter, took the glass jars and we would put them in the basement. Your dad said he just bought tomato plants

Yeah I figured. It’s interesting how we really just started doing that in the past five years or so. The conspiracy is that they [my parents] just waited until all three of us could be their garden minions to start the whole production.

Yeah your dad and your grandma [Linda] really take hold of that. She certainly had a lot to say about the tomatos your dad bought.

Haha I’m sure she did. So how often did you guys make homemade ice cream? I know we make it on occasion, how did you guys?

Well, we had our milk and cream and bought the sugar and salt. and we had a hand crank machine.

Did you guys have a cow?

Well we lived on a dairy farm when I was eleven or twelve. A lot of cows, yeah we sold milk to Prairie Farms.

Really? Like Prairie Farms Prairie Farms?

Yes my uncle Barney, your aunt Ada’s husband, he worked for Dad and did the milking, at night and in the morning. We even churned… I don't know I could explain that.

I’ve seen it before don’t worry I’ll get it.

Well the churn would take off the milk and the top part would have cream for coffee and ice cream… no wonder we were all fat. I lived on three different farms, and then got married at the last farm.

- Taught from Mom -

Linda

Going to when you were older, like teenage or maybe twenties, what is a dish that you learned from Grandma Omi or your grandparents that was taught to you?

That would probably be our durcheinander.

I have no idea what that is? What is that?

I thought your dad’s made it before.

Can you tell me what it is?

Well it's very German because you know my family is german and when you had leftover boiled potatoes, you would slice them, and fry them, and then she would take eggs flour and milk and mix it together and pour it over the potatoes and stir it up and it would just make the potatoes go farther. Like my grandma always used to say like a spur of the moment, that would be something she would fix because it would feed more people. We always called it durcheinander and I always thought it meant potatoes and eggs but I’m not sure if that's true.

I have no memory of Dad or you making that.

If said it to your dad he would recognize it

*Discusses the possible spelling of durcheinander and looked up the meaning and found that it means “confused or mixed up” which greatly amused her.*

Yeah that was a staple at my mom’s and my grandma’s. Another favorite I was thinking about, one of my fondest memories as a teenager. We’d wake up and go to church on Sundays, my grandma, aunt and uncle all lived near us, you know, the three house, and we’d up go to church at ten in the morning. After my grandma, my aunt, who you know was mentally challenged, they would come for sunday dinner, and my mom would always fry chicken, and it was always fresh chicken, because we had chickens, and mashed potatoes and gravy. And one of the things that was always my job was, and this was before cool whip in a container, before they made that stuff, if you wanted something special with whipped cream, it came in a box and it was powdery, and you had to put it in a cold bowl and very cold milk and use your beater or mixer until it was whipped cream. And that was my job to make whipped cream. I think you can still buy that too.

That’s so interesting about the whipped cream-

This also makes me think of something my mom, me, your Aunt Jamie and I think Brooke [my fifteen year old cousin] will do is that when someone is sick, we make the homemade noodles and have Chicken Noodle Soup.

Glad you brought that up, is that something Grandma Omi taught you?

Yes and then we taught Aunt Jamie but I can remember my grandma making it so I know she taught Mom and since I was older and Mom was older when she had me I remember she taught me.

So a family recipe?

Yes

Yeah because how we, well not we because I don’t make them, how you guys make the noodles like dumplings like they’re kind of thick?

Yeah you take flour and egg and broth, you cook chicken to get your broth, and then you mix those with salt and pepper until you make your dough and roll it with a rolling pin, cut them in strips and then you drop them into the broth. See I was more brought up on dumplings, we called them slickers, instead of the thin noodles.

Jody

Going to when you were older, like teenage or maybe twenties, what is a dish that you learned from your mom?

My mom… used to put a roasting pan… like I kind of do and your mom does too… and she’d cut potatoes, carrots, and onions with a roast and cook it in or on the stove. We do that a lot. My dishpan cookies were passed down from Mom and my lemon bars were her recipe.

Oh I love the lemon bars. Plaza 900, the dining hall I work at has them sometimes and they’re almost… tough compared to yours.

Yeah mine are kind of like gooey butter bars.

Yeah yours are squishy and amazing. Nothing compares.

And for desserts we… you know me I like all of them, my favorite… because we [her mom and her sister Fran] had the chicken and the eggs… we made like an Angel Food Cake? It took about a dozen egg whites and since we had the yolks we had sunshine cake or sponge cake… it was kind of like angel food cake I guess. I’m not sure.

You do make Angel Food a lot.

It’s one of my favorite. My Grandma Ames also made her own bread or buns that were good on Sunday morning which is something I never do… how the time changes

- Signature Dish -

Linda

When your looking at our family… what would you say is our signature food?

Probably your grandpa’s barbecue pork steak. What do you think?

Probably that, and I’m the horrible child that doesn’t like it that much. I’m sorry Grandpa I love you.

Or just steak and potatoes a lot. Ribeyes

When did he start making that? Because I don’t really remember it until I was like twelve or thirteen. Like I’m sure he made it before that but we would have been so little would you have made that for us?

Oh well we cut it in little pieces for you. Cook that first, cut two or three up and feed all you kids first. You used to eat it.

Oh don’t say that like its a horrible thing.

Oh I’m just saying you used to eat it. I don’t know why you don't eat it now. We also... here’s another favorite, I have two pans of mushrooms sitting on the stove.

I know Mom told me that you were saving them, I’m coming home-

No these are the ones Jamie just found. I just cut them

Oh she found them this weekend?

No just tonight at Mike’s dad’s in Carrollton

I’m glad they’re finally coming in.

*She gets up and shows me the mushrooms soaking on the stove.*

They’re actually getting big too! But yeah I’m coming home next weekend so don’t eat them all without me

Oh I’ll save you some. I’m putting them in the freezer.

Yeah that’s what Mom was telling me. Thank you! But yeah kind of back to the Morels, the mushrooms, my first memory of those is at Uncle Bob’s at like… age nine or ten? When do you remember going and getting the mushrooms?

Oh forever. I mean that's something… every year they would go mushroom hunting. Probably the first time I ever went that I can remember… one of the fun times I can remember, we had relatives that lived in Alton, which felt so far away, and they would come for the weekend and stay and camp and we would mushroom hunt all weekend, and they had a son my age that was a cousin that was fun. I was probably ten. I never did find very many.

Same! There’s basically no point in me going out and looking.

Your mom found three the other day, she was so excited.

I know! I told her that that's more than I’d ever found and she said me too! It cracked me up, she said they were auctioning off a pound of them at the district auction last week?

Yes!

The most niche Jerseyville thing.

Oh caitlin they’re selling them forty five dollars a pound!

People just need to go out and look for them

Some people can't or have the resources or they're old. Like grandpa shouldn't be out there either because he gets the poison ivy so bad. Okay! Next question!

Jody

When looking at our family, what would you say in your opinion our signature food is? Like a favorite of yours to make for us?

Well brownies, I take a pan to your house a lot since you’ve been in school... banana bread, any of the rice dishes.

Oh those sound good.

Yes I make the one with tomatoes, hamburger, rice, and cheese or the one with chicken, rice, and mushroom soup.

Amazing food. My favorites.

Oh what’s my favorite thing to make? On holidays I like to make cookies. I love cake. It's so much easier with the mixes now… everything's easier. I don’t know a Texas Cake is really easy and is kind of from scratch and serves quite a few people with the jelly roll pan. And something we do here at the house… well the one thing we have not done in a while is the egg rolls. We do tradition kind of on the holidays, always a turkey on thanksgiving. Of course I like to bake, when we have company.

- Taught Kids -

Linda

What is a food that you remember passing down to either Dad or Aunt Jamie? Or maybe Grandma Omi or Grandma Lela?

Once again the durcheinander… I don’t know I’m not really sure that I really taught them too much how to cook. I mean Mom and Grandma Lela Mae did a lot of the teaching… well maybe… well your dad didn’t help with that.

What?

Making the jelly.

Is that something that Grandma Omi did a lot?

Oh yeah. Grandma Lela Mae and Grandma Omi did that… canning. Like tomato juice.

Because when I think of that I don’t really remember Grandma Omi doing that, probably just because I was too young. More of those memories are of Grandma Lela and you doing that are your house.

And I guess freezing the corn too.

Yeah. Grandma Omi or Grandma Lela?

Both.

When I was writing that question I kind of had Yum Yum in mind… which I know you said you don’t really cook, that’s more of an Aunt Jamie thing.

Yeah I haven’t made Yum Yum in a long time because your grandpa won’t eat it. I haven't made it for years. In fact I’m not sure if I ever made it like Grandma. Jamie makes it because her girls like it. I don’t even remember fixing it that much when your dad and [aunt] Jamie were here.

That’s interesting. I’ll have to ask Aunt Jamie about it.

Jody

What is a food that you remember passing down to Mom and Aunt Susan and Aunt Debbie?

I don’t remember if I ever taught them how!

Grandma [Linda] said the same thing.

Since I babysat, I was always here so I just made meals. Well… when your mom and dad were dating she wanted to make him Texas Taters, which is pretty easy to make. Just potatoes, cheese, and cornflakes.

We have that all of the time.

I also remember going with Susan to the store to figure out what kind of roast to get… all sorts of kinds, like a rump roast… which we probably can't afford. They watched me a lot. They made cookies and kind of went by the recipes.

Yeah one I thought of before was how you guys kind of make a day out of making fudge and caramel for holidays.

Yes we do that now. Even my when I was young, Mom and her friends would come over and cook them when we lived at the dairy farm near Medora.

It’s interesting how you said that they [my mom, aunt Debbie, and aunt Susan] just kind of watched you and never formally learned. I’d say that’s probably the same for me. Like if I ask to make something, Mom will just point me in the direction of the book of recipes.

You mean a cookbook?

Haha yes that’s the word. Like for me the one that stands out is the peanut butter chews. Like I first made them myself for a soccer banquet at like fifteen? I asked her to help me and she was like “it’s not that hard, just don’t burn the peanut butter and syrup.”

Yeah that can be tricky, you just have to be quick about it because it can harden before mixing the cornflakes.

I think I still made her stand with me but I basically taught myself.

Yeah they [my mom, aunt Debbie, and aunt Susan] kind of did the same.

After studying my family, I have found that our relationship with food functions primarily to reinforce group identity, educate, and provide psychological comfort. The reinforcement of group identity is exemplified in how we have our own traditions with food that we see as defining characteristics. This isn’t to say that my family has secret recipes that only we partake in, but our upbringing, being rooted in farm life, traditions and signature foods define a facet of our group dynamic. Our upbringing being connected to farm life is a huge facet of our family that is regularly exemplified in our food related traditions and spreads to other traditions within the group, even those not including food. The function of education is fairly straightforward. The people in our family have taught, whether that be through formal teachings of recipes or just through observation, the next generation what and how to cook foods that have been a constant within our family history. My family’s relationship with food provide psychological comfort like it would any other family. We have our foods that we make to bring comfort to people, both within and outside of our family. Which exemplifies my family’s value of togetherness and how we learn from the people around us and the people around us learn from them. In the future, I want to speak with more people in my family. Interviews with my aunts, grandpas, and parents would be just as beneficial as my initial interviews with my grandmas due to the fact that everyone in my family has a level of responsibility when it comes to preparing food. I discovered some dishes that I had never properly heard my family talk about before. I would like to not only learn more about the dishes I discovered in this initial investigation, but to learn about other dishes that my family used to make in the past so that I can continue our traditions.

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todayclassical · 8 years ago

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May 29 in Music History

1697 Death of Italian castrato Giovanni Grossi (Siface).

1730 Birth of composer William Jackson.

1753 FP of Haydn's Singspiel, Der Krumme Teufel in Vienna.

1754 FP of Arne's "Eliza" London.

1790 FP of Dalayrac's "La Soirée orageuse" Paris.

1791 Birth of composer Pietro Romani.

1821 FP of Mercadante's "Maria Stuarda regina di Scozia" in Bologna.

1836 Death of soprano Pauline Anna Milder-Hauptmann.

1837 Birth of composer Luca Fumagalli.

1843 Birth of composer Emile Pessard.

1852 Birth of composer Jindrich Albestu Kaan.

1853 Birth of band music composer Francesco Fanciulli.

1860 Birth of Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz in Camprodón, Spain.

1868 Birth of French-English composer Frederic d'Erlanger. 1873 Birth of Estonian composer Rudolf Tobias.

1873 FP of Franz Liszt's oratorio Christus.

1873 Birth of Estonian composer Rudolf Tobias.

1873 FP in America of Brahms's Serenade No. 1 in D, by the New York Symphony, Theodore Thomas conducting at Steinway Hall in NYC.

1874 Death of American baritone Emilio de Gogorza in Brooklyn.

1876 Birth of German baritone Herman Weil.

1880 Death of Austrian theater director Maximilian Steiner.

1881 Birth of composer Frederik Septimus Kelly.

1883 Birth of composer William Beatton Moonie.

1890 Birth of composer Francis de Bourguignon.

1892 Birth of American tenor Mario Chamlee.

1897 Birth of American-German-Bohemian composer Eric Wolfgang Korngold.

1897 Birth of composer Ignace Lilien.

1898 Birth of French bass Humbert Tomatis in Nice.

1901 FP of Paderewski's only opera Manru in Dresden.

1902 Birth of German mezzo-soprano Johanna Blatter in Ludwigshaven.

1904 Birth of Hungarian baritone Alexander Sved in Budapest.

1905 FP of Scriabin's Devine Poem Third Symphony under Arthur Nikisch, in Paris.

1905 Birth of composer Fela Sowande.

1906 Birth of composer Hans Joachim Schaeuble.

1910 Death of Russian composer Mily Balakirev at age 73 in St. Petersburg.

1912 Birth of Austrian bass Jaroslav Veverka in Vienna.

1912 Birth of German bass Fritz Ollendorff in Darmstedt.

1912 Birth of Dutch baritone Theo Bayle in Holland, Laren Netherlands.

1913 FP of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring at the Ballet Russe under Diaghilev, in Paris.

1914 FP of Alfredo Casella's May Night. Casella conducting, in Paris.

1915 Birth of German conductor Karl Munchinger, in Stuttgart.

1915 Birth of American conductor Igor Buketoff in Hartford, CT.

1919 FP of Savine's "Xenia" Zürich with Lillian Blauvelt.

1922 Birth of Greek-French composer Iannis Xenakis in Braila, Roumania. 1924 FP of Gretchaninov's Third Symphony, composer conducting, in Kiev.

1932 Birth of German bass Karl Ridderbusch in Recklinghausen.

1933 Birth of German organist, conductor Helmut Rilling.

1935 Death of Czech composer Josef Suk at age 61, in Benesov.

1937 Birth of composer Peter Kolman.

1938 Death of Spanish tenor Miguel Fleta.

1947 Birth of Azerbaijani composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh in Baku, Azerbaijan.

1948 Birth of Scottish soprano Linda Esther Gray in Greenock.

1948 Birth of English composer Michael Berkeley in London.

1951 Death of Czech composer Josef Bohuslav Foerster.

1953 Birth of American composer Danny Elfman in Amarillo, TX.

1954 Birth of American composer Robert Beaser in Boston, MA.

1954 FP of Henry Cowell's Symphony No. 11 Seven Rituals. Louisville Symphony conducted by Robert Whitney, in Louisville, KY.

1960 Birth of American composer Jody Nagel in Franlin, PA.

1961 Death of Finnish composer Uuno Klami in Helsinki.

1962 FP of Tippett's "King Priam"

1963 The first New York Philharmonic Promenade concerts.

1966 FP of Reutter's "Der Tod des Empedokles"

1969 Birth of Ukranian composer and guitarist Alexander Vynograd.

1970 FP of Einojuhani Rautavaara's Piano Concerto.

1972 Death of American composer Margaret Ruthven Lang in Boston.

1972 Death of Algerian mezzo-soprano Emma Vecla.

2005 Death of American composer George Rochberg.

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This or That

Fish or steak? - Fish

Eggs or oatmeal? - Eggs

Coffee or tea? - Coffee

Coke or Pepsi? - Pepsi

Beer or mixed drinks? - Mixed drinks

Juice or water? - Water

White or wheat bread? - White

Cake or donuts? - Donuts

Vanilla or chocolate? - Chocolate

Ice cream or sherbet? - Ice cream

Pork or chicken? - Chicken

Bacon or sausage? - Bacon

Scrambled eggs or over easy? - Over easy

Over easy or poached eggs? - Over easy

Cream and sugar or black coffee? - Black coffee

Well done or rare? - Well done

Corn or peas? - Corn

Salad or squash? - Salad

Green beans or broccoli? - Green beans

Black beans or kidney beans? - Black beans

Pinto or Lima beans? - Pinto beans

Frozen veggies or canned? - Canned

Pancakes or waffles? - Pancakes

Pastries or confectionaries? - Pastries

Burgers or seafood? - Seafood

Food truck or diner? - Diner

Ginger ale or Sprite? - Sprite

Orange soda or Grape?- Grape

Trail mix or candy bar? - Candy bar

Payday or 5th avenue? - Payday

Reese’s peanut butter cup or Hershey’s bar? - Reese’s

Almond Joy or Snickers? - Snickers

Three Musketeers or Peppermint Patty? - Three Musketeers

O’Henry or Baby Ruth? - Baby Ruth

Apples or bananas? - Bananas

Oranges or peaches? - Peaches

Watermelon or plums? - Watermelon

Cantaloupe or grapefruit? - Cantaloupe

Cake or pie? - Cake

Pastries or cookies? - Pastries

Hash browns or home fries? - Home fries

Jello or pudding? - Pudding

Cherry or raspberry? - Raspberry

Grape or orange? - Grape

Lime or blueberry? - Blueberry

Slim Jim or Jerky? - Slim Jim

Cupcake or Dingdong? - Cupcake

Swiss cake or Hoho? - Hoho

Gum or Lifesavers? - Gum

Tic-tac or Altoids? - Tic-tac

Tootsie rolls or Skittles? - Skittles

Licorice or fruit roll ups? - Fruit roll ups

Popcorn or peanuts? - Popcorn

Hot pretzels or nachos? - Hot pretzels

Grilled or pan fried? - Pan fried

Deep fried or baked? - Baked

Apple or cherry pie? - Neither

Sugar or chocolate chip cookies? - Chocolate chips

Pumpkin or blueberry? - Blueberry

Pie or cobbler? - Pie

Breaded or plain? - Breaded

Iced or hot coffee? - Hot coffee

Hot or iced tea? - Iced tea

Sweetened tea or unsweetened? - Sweetened

Chinese or Italian? - Chinese

Indian or Thai? - Thai

American or Mexican? - Mexican

Sweet or sour? - Sour

Eat in or dine out? - Dine out

Cook at home or take out? - Cook at home

Cheeseburger or calamari? - Cheeseburger

Hot dog or taco? - Hot dog

Stew or chili? - Stew

Sweet potato or French fries? - French fries

Baked potato or onion rings? - Onion rings

Ketchup or mustard? - Ketchup

Mayo or salad dressing? - Salad dressing

Sandwich or soup? - Soup

Ribs or wings? - Wings

Family run or chain restaurant? - Family run

Cook out in backyard or catered? - Cook out

Wine or beer? - Wine

Jack Daniels or Jim Beam? - Jack Daniels (In food only)

Irish coffee or plain coffee? - Plain coffee

Orange juice or grapefruit juice? - Neither

Re-fried beans or rice? - Rice

Tacos or chicken parmigiana? - chicken parmigiana

Pizza or subs? - Pizza

Peanuts or almonds? - Peanuts

Cashews or hazelnut? - Hazelnut

Walnuts or sunflower seeds? - Walnuts

Garlic or onion? - Onion

Bagels or English muffins? - Bagels

Poppy seed or onion rolls? - Onion roll

Cinnamon or blueberry bagels? - neither

Everything or sesame seed bagels? - Sesame seeds

Thousand Island or Ranch? - Ranch

Catalina or vinaigrette? - vinaigrette

Onion dip or bacon horseradish dip? - Onion dip

Cheese fries or chili fries? - Cheese fries

French fries or onion rings? - French fries

Cheese and crackers or pretzels? - Pretzels

Chips with dip or vegetables and dip? - Chips with dip

Fruit or vegetables? - Fruit

Dinner rolls or croissant rolls? - Croissant rolls

Biscuits or bread? - Bread

Whole wheat or rye? - Whole wheat

Whole grain or white? - White

Corn muffin or blueberry? - Corn muffin

Pastrami or bologna? - Bologna

Italian sub or ham and cheese? - Italian sub

Turkey and cheese or roast beef sub? - Turkey and cheese

Sub roll or ciabatta roll? - Sub roll

Sour cream and onion chips or barbecue? - Barbecue

Cheddar and sour cream or salt and vinegar? - Cheddar and sour cream

Corn chips or Doritos? - Doritos

Rice crispies or Corn flakes? - Rice crispies

Raisin bran or granola? - Granola

Cheerios or corn puffs? - Corn puffs

Apple jacks or fruit loops? - Fruit loops

Cold cereal or oatmeal? - Cold cereal

Drip coffee or instant? - Drip coffee

Perked coffee or tea? - Perked coffee

Carnation instant breakfast or protein smoothie? - Protein smoothie

Breakfast bar or Slimfast? - Breakfast bar

Breakfast pizza or breakfast sandwich? - Breakfast sandwich

Pancakes or muffins? - Pancakes

Ihop or Wafflehouse? - Ihop

Denny’s or Crackerbarrel? - Denny’s

Outback or Texas Roadhouse? - Outback

Boston Market or Bob Evans? - Bob evans

PLEASURE

Action movies or dramas? - Action

Comedy or thrillers? - Comedy

Romantic or documentaries? - Romantic

Reality or fiction? - Fiction

Family or adult movies? - Family

Netflix or Hulu? - Netflix

Cable or satellite? - Cable

Watch live or recorded so you don’t have to watch commercials? - Watch recorded

Television or book? - TV

Detective novels or super heroes? - Super heroes

ADVENTURE BEGINS HERE

Romance novels or spy novels? - Romance

Horror stories or mysteries? - Mysteries

John Wayne or Clint Eastwood? - Clint Eastwood

Bruce Willis or Harrison Ford? - Bruce Willis

Mark Harmon or Tom Selleck? - Mark Harmon

Don Johnson or Eric Estrada? - Don Johnson

Mark Wahlberg or Shemar Moore? - Mark

Erin Gray or Catherine Bell? - Catherine

Sybil Sheppard or Michelle Pfeiffer? - Michelle

Jodie Foster or Markie Post? Jodie

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio or Sela Ward? Sela Ward

Reese Witherspoon or Kirsten Dunst? Reese

Rock or country? - Rock

Pop or reggae? - Pop

Choose classical or rap? - Rap

Smooth jazz or techno? - Smooth Jazz

Standards or classic country like Johnny Cash? - Classic

Nickelback or Rush? - Nickelback

Miranda Lambert or Madonna? - Madonna

Kenny G or Bob Marley? - Bob Marley

Reo Speedwagon or New Kids on the Block? - New kids on the block

Regular radio or satellite? - Regular radio

Stephen King or John Grisham? - Stephen King

Nora Roberts or Heather Graham? - Heather

Spy or supernatural book or movie/TV? - Supernatural movie

Vince Flynn or Tom Clancy? - Vince

Bound book or Ebook? - Bound book

Newspaper or online news blog? - Online news blog

Play or musical? - Play

Dancing or cooking classes? - Cooking classes

Concert or play? - Concert

Massage or facial? - Massage

Pretty Little Liars or Real Housewives? - PLL

IZombie or Lucifer? - Never watched it

Ncis or Criminal Minds? - NCSI

2 and Half Men or 2 Broke Girls? - Never watched it

Friends or How I met your mother? - HIMYM

Law and Order or LA Law? - Never watched it

Agents of Shield or Arrow? - Arrow

Arrow or Legends of Tomorrow? - Arrow

Scandal or the Family? - Scandal

Batman or Superman? - Superman

Spiderman or the Hulk? - Spiderman

ABC or CBS? - ABC

Fox or NBC? - Fox

CW or PBS?- CW

Bowling or theater? - Theater

Paint ball or arcade? - Arcade

Crocheting or knitting? - Crocheting

Cards or board games? - Board games

Carnival or circus? - Circus

Roller coasters or ferris wheel? - Roller coaster

Woodworking or leather working? - Woodworking

Darts or pool? - Darts

Gardening or walking? - Gardening

FASHION AND STYLE

Jeans and tee or a suit? - Jeans and tee

Dress or pants? - Pants

Formal or casual? - Casual

Sneakers or dress shoes? - Sneakers

Sandals or high heels? - Sandals

Make up or none? - Makeup

Black or white décor? - White

Formal dining room or family dining room? - Family

Elegant or casual interior? - Elegant

Eclectic or organized interior? - Organized

Open floor for living, dining, kitchen area or separated by walls and doors? - Separated by walls

Leather or fabric? - Leather

Sneakers or sandals? - Sneakers

Flip flops or water shoes? - Flip Flops

Paintings or photos? - Paintings

Black and white or color? - Color

Drapes or blinds? - Blinds

Plants or collectibles? - Plants

Chandelier or lamps? - Chandelier

Paper or paneling? - Paper

Paint or paper? - paint

Rugs or hardwood floors? - Hardwood floors

Modern or rustic? - Modern

Retro or antique? - Retro

Ranch style or two-story home? - Two-story home

Farmhouse kitchen or galley style? - Galley style

Car or truck? - Car

SUV or minivan? - SUV

GMC or Chevy? - GMC

Ford or Dodge? - Ford

Cadillac or Chrysler? - Cadillac

Kia or Saturn? - Kia

A-frame or bungalow house plan? - Bungalow

Hunyadi or Nissan? - Nissan

Audi or BMW? - BMW

Ferrari or Jaguar? - Ferrari

Ducati or Harley? - Ducati

European or lake front style home? - Lake front

Riding mower or push? - Riding mower

Apartment or home? - Home

Work boots or cowboy boots? - Work boots

Country or city? - Both

Rural or suburban? - Suburban

Farm or just an acre or two? - Farm

Neutral colors or bold? - Neutral colors

Stoneware or China? - China

Colonial or cottage style home? - Colonial

Candles or wax melts? - Candles

Fireplace or furnace? - Fireplace

Wicker or wood? - Wood

Metal or wood? Wood

Wood or gas for a cook stove? - Gas

Tudor or Victorian style home? - Victorian style

Stainless steel or colors such as white or black appliances? - Stainless steel

Butcher block or granite counter-tops? - Granite

Stainless steel or Teflon cookware? - Stainless steel

Skylights or mirrored wall? - Skylights

Spiral or straight stairs? - Straight stairs

Shag or tight pile? - Tight pile

Leather or fabric? - Fabric

Wood or metal and glasses? - Metal

Hardwood chairs or padded? - Padded

Houseboat or yacht? - Yacht

Landscaped yard or just lawn? - Landscaped

Game room or sewing room? - Game room

Farmhouse or shingle style home? - Shingle style

Stainless steel or porcelain sink? - Porcelain sink

Wood cabinets or metal in kitchen? - Wood

Log cabin or contemporary style home? - Contemporary style

Sun porch or deck? - Sun porch

Gas or charcoal grill? - Charcoal

Manicure or make over? - Manicure

SPORTS & FITNESS

Football or baseball? - Baseball

Soccer or hockey? - Soccer

Golf or basketball? - Basketball

Racing or polo? - Polo

Soccer or football? - Soccer

Field hockey or ice hockey? - Ice hockey

Polo or horse racing? - Horse racing

Nascar or drag racing? - Nascar racing

College or pro? - Pro

Touch or tackle football when you play? - Touch

Short stop or third base? - Short stop

First base or outfielder? - First base

Catcher or pitcher? - Catcher

Winger or defenseman? - Defenseman

Goalie or defenseman? - Goalie

Hunting or fishing? - Fishing

Deer or bear? - Bear

Elk or moose? - Moose

Bass or tuna? - Bass

Ocean or lake? - Lake

Lake or river? - River

Skiing or surfing? - Never done it

Xbox or PS? - PS

Multiplayer or single player? - Single Player

Sports or shooter? - Sports

Strategy or puzzle? - Strategy

Pacman or Tetris? - Pacman

Foosball or Ping-Pong? - ping-Pong

Computer or game consoles? - game consoles

Fantasy leagues or playing with your buds? - Playing with buds

Live action role playing or online gaming? - Online gaming

Wrestling or mix martial arts? - Mix martial arts

Bowling or tennis? - Bowling

Poker or chess? - poker

Volley ball or skateboarding? - Volley ball

Cardio or weightlifting? - Weightlifting

Go to gym or home exercise? - Gym

Boats or 4 wheelers? - 4 Wheelers

Walking or jogging? - Walking

Weightlifting or pilates? - Weightlifting

Off road or race track? - Race track

Skiing or snowboarding? - Snowboarding

Sweating to the oldies or playing handball? - Handball

Working out three times a week or every day? - 3 X week

Eating whatever you want or eating healthy to stay in shape? - Whatever I want

Workout alone or with a partner? - With partner

Swimming or reading? - Swimming

Paintball or motocross? - Paintball

BMX racing or hang-gliding? - BMX

Skateboarding or swimming? - Swimming

Triathlon or marathon running? - Marathon running

Personal trainer or work out alone? - Personal trainer

Nutritionist or make your own meal plan? - Male my own

Skeet shoot or archery? - Archery

TRAVEL

Domestic or international? - International

Drive or fly? - Drive

Plane or boat? - Plane

Amusement park or historical sites? - Amusement park

Train or bus? - Train

Hunting trip or ski resort? - Hunting trip

Tropical or artic? - Tropical

Hot tub or hot springs? - Hot springs

Spring or fall? - Spring

Winter or summer? - Summer

Auctions or closeout sales? - Closeout sales

Performing arts or science? - Performing arts

Grand Canyon or Jelly Stone? - Grand canyon

Marlin fishing or wild boar hunting? - Wild boar hunting

Ghost tour or historical tour? - Historical tour

Art festival or music festival? - Music festival

Renaissance fair or craft fair? - Renaissance fair

Flea market or mall? - Mall

Carnival or theme park? - Theme park

Zoo or aquarium? - Zoo

Thunderstorm or snow storm? - Snow Storm

State parks or off the beaten path? - State park

Interstates or back roads? - Back roads

Truck or motorcycle? - Motorcyle

Beach or mountain climbing? - Mountain climbing

Architectural sites or shopping? - Architectural sites

Hiking or monster truck rally? - Hiking

Spa or gym? - Spa

Nature or indoors? - Nature

Tent or RV? - Tent

Ghost hunting or artifact hunting? - Artifact hunting

A cruise or romantic retreat package? - Romantic retreat

Ireland or Hong Kong? - Hong Kong

Anthropology dig or safari? - Safari

Jamaica or Rio? - Jamaica

Africa or Asia? - Africa

Mexico or Monte Carlo? - Monte Carlo

New York City or Vegas? - Vegas

LA or Atlanta? - LA

Phoenix or St. Louis? - Phoenix

Portland or Seattle? - Seattle

Boston or Miami? Miami

Time share or motel? - Time share

Rental home or bed and breakfast? - Rental home

Antiquing or Flea markets? - Flea market

Museums or observatory? - Museum

Group travel or alone? - Group travel

WORK

Fireman or policeman? - Fireman

Doctor or nurse? - Doctor

Military or civilian? - Civilian

Boss or worker? - Boss

Lawyer or carpenter? - Lawyer

Plumber or stock market? - Stock market

Taxi driver or bus driver? - Taxi driver

Railroad engineer or mechanical Engineer? - Mechanical

Wood working or automotive mechanic? - Automotive

Supervisor or hourly employee? - Supervisor

Self-employed or a company man? - Company man

Office work or outside work? - Office work

Work from home or commute to work? - Commute to work

Pilot or ship captain? - Pilot

Electrician or engineer? - Engineer

Author or editor? - Editor

A job you love or one that pays you more money? - A job I love

Fisherman or lumberjack? - Fisherman

Farmer or factory worker? - Farmer

Gas station attendant or sales clerk? - Sales clerk

Government work or private sector? - Private sector

Work on a team or to work alone? - Work on a team

Landscaper or welder? - Landscaper

Fashion designer or interior designer? - Fashion designer

Cosmetologist or CEO of large company? - CEO

Work in production or work for a company that invents great things to help the world population? - Company that invests

Invent something that would make you rich or save the world population from hunger? - Save world population

Meetings all day or producing goods? - Producing goods

Working with your hands or with a computer? - With my hands

Working in a store with the public or working in research? - Research

A long commute or a short commute to work? - Short commute

Party planner or printer? - Party planner

Anthropologist or astronomer? - Anthropologist

Suit and tie or jeans? - Jeans

Coveralls or scrubs? - scrubs

Chef or Maître Di? - Chef

Drug representative or researcher? - Researcher

Cook or waitress? - Cook

Janitor or IT tech? - IT Tech

Banker or stock trader? - Banker

Insurance actuary or detective? - Detective

Street sweeper or sanitation supervisor? - Sanitation supervisor

Telemarketer or appointment setter? - Telemarketer

Secretary or office manager? - Office manager

Physical therapist or psychologist? - Psychologist

Rock star or race car driver? - Rock star

Country singer or professional athlete? - Pro atlhete

Wrestler or football player? - Wrestler

Professional bowler or poker player? - Pro Bowler

Professional league coach or college coach? - Pro League coach

Professional cheerleader or model? - Model

Actor or model? - Actor

Actress or talk show host? - Actress

News anchor or meteorologist? - Meteorologist

Jeweler or seamstress? - Jeweler

Computer programmer or criminologist (CSI)? - CSI

Construction worker or artist? - Artist

Newspaper editor or reporter? - Newspaper editor

Journalist or photographer? - Photographer

Dentist or podiatrist? - Dentist

Medical examiner or emergency doctor? - Medical examiner

Teacher or administrator? - Teacher

Auctioneer or sports caster? - Sports caster

Stock broker or day trader? - Day trader

Author or advertising agent? - Author

Truck mechanic or long haul driver? - Truck mechanic

Salesman or lawyer? - Lawyer

Artist or curator? - Artist

FBI agent or local police? - FBI

Secret Service or private body guard? - Secret service

Police officer or security guard? - Police officer

PERSONAL CHOICES

Shower or bath? - shower

Clean shaven or facial hair? - It depends

Dog or cat? - dog

Tattoo or piercings? - tattoo

Smoke or chew? - none

Sleep in PJs or nude? - Pjs

Silk or flannel sheets? - idk

Egyptian cotton or silk? - egyptian

Regular bed or waterbed? - Regular bed

Savings or shopping? - both

Night owl or early riser? - night owl

A slacker or an overachiever? - in the middle

3 meals a day or 5 small meals? - 3 meals a day

Silver or gold? - gold

Pen or pencil? - pen

Blonde or Redhead? - blonde

Green or blue eyes? - green

Contacts or glasses? - glasses

Adventurous or cautious? - adventurous

Call or text? - text

Email or snail mail? - email

Long or short hair? - long

Freckles or dimples? - dimples

Shy or outgoing? - outgoing

Automated answering service or speak to a live person? - Live person

Frozen pizza or Dominoes? - Dominos

Pizza hut or Little Caesars? - Pizza hut

Sweater or hoodie? - Hoodie

When hanging toilet paper, over or under? - Under

Blue or red? - Blue

Green or white? - White

Pants or shorts? - Pants

Brains or beauty? - Brains

Date someone older or younger than yourself? - Older

Beads or pearls? - Beads

Mac or PC? - Mac

Take time to style your hair or wear a cap? - Cap

Dye your hair or have natural color? - Natural color

Natural or breast implants? - Breast implants

Give roses or daisies? - roses

Receive roses or daisies? - roses

For a snack something salty or sweet? - salty

Wear leather or lace? - leather

One night stands or an exclusive relationship? - exclusive relationship

Facebook or twitter? - facebook

Charmin or Angel Soft? - charmin

Scrubbing bubbles or Lysol? - lysol

Flower or vegetable garden? - vegetable garden

High tech or low tech? - high tech

Security system or a dog? - security system

A large crowd or a small party? - small party

Telepathy or teleporting? - teleporting

Hero or villain? - hero

Dominate or subservient? - dominate

Money or fame? - money

Encounter ghost or demons? - ghost

Vampires or angels? - angels

A witch or sorcerer? - sorcerer

Pirates or a motorcycle gang? - pirates

Quick temper or to have control? - have control

Kisses or hugs? - kisses

Sugar or spice? - sugar

After shave or cologne? - cologne

Perfume or body spray? - perfume

Healthy or comfort food? - comfort food

Necklace or Bracelet? - bracelet

Structured routine or go with the flow? - go with the flow

Go to the bar or drink at home? - drink at home

Cubed or crushed ice? - cubed

Swimming or sunbathing? - swimming

Sofa or recliner? - recliner

Candle light or lamp light? - candle light

Online or in store shopping? - online shipping

Good Will or Macy’s? - macy’s

Pudding or custard? - pudding

Google or Bing? - google

Roommate a neat freak or a messy person? - roomate a neat freak

Movies at home or in theaters? - theaters

Your nails, long or short? - medium

Home garden or go to farmers market? - go to farmers market

Your day – crazy or sane? - sane

Live in the past or present? - present

Paper or plastic bags? - plastic bags

Open spaces or small closed in areas? - open spaces

For dinning, paper plates or china? - china

Watch sports or play? - play

Wax or shave? - shave

Kids or pets? - kids

Spend time in living room or bedroom? - bedroom

Cremation or burial? - burial

Life support to keep you alive for years or not? - not

A maid or a cook? - maid

Live in a cold or hot area? - hot area

For home pets, hamster or rabbit? - hamster

Pet fish or a lizard? - fish

Christmas or Halloween? - Christmas

Thanksgiving or Easter? - thanksgiving

Memorial Day or St. Patrick’s Day? - memorial day

4th of July or Memorial Day? - 4th July

New Year’s or Valentines? - new years

American made or imports? - imports

Slippers or barefoot? - slippers

Public library or bookstore? - bookstore

Dunkin Donuts or Tim Horton? - dunkin conuts

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? - dunkin donyts

Whole bean or ground? - ground

Loose leaf or teabag? - loose leaf

Glazed donut or jelly? - glazed

Cinnamon bun or danish? - danish

Pictionary or charades? - charades

A rainy Sunday in bed or the mall? - in bed

Prepaid or contract cell plan? - prepaid

Girl scouts or boy scouts? - girl scouts

Girl Scout cookies or Keebler’s? - girl scout cookies

Chips Ahoy or Nabisco? - chips ahoy

Wise or lays? - wise

Arby’s or Hardee’s? - hardee’s

College or trade school? - college

Public education or home school? - public education

Straw hat or baseball cap? - baseball cap

Cowboy hat or knit cap? - knit cap

Sunglasses or sun visor? - sunglasses

Elegant or casual dinner? - causal dinner

E-harmony or Match? - neither

Plenty of Fish or Zoosk? - neither

Many causal friends or just a few close friends? - few close friends

Surprise party or theme party? - theme party

Costume party or pool party? - costume party

Luau or pig roast? - luau

Cell phone or landline? - cell phone

Home owner or renter? - home owner

Bubble bath or just a hot soak? - bubble bath

Eye sight or hearing? - hearing

Taste or smell? - taste

Be creative or genius? - creative

Lounge wear or jeans? - jeans

Bikini or one piece? - bikini

Swimming pool or lake? - lake

Strategy games or Bingo? - strategy games

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British motocross champion Billy MacKenzie builds an incredible CBX750. Royal Enfield reveals a +100 hp Continental GT dragster. And Rua Machines turn the Moto Guzzi Nevada into a thing of beauty. It’s been a week of surprises.

Royal Enfield LockStock We were all pretty excited when Royal Enfield pulled the wraps off their new line of parallel twin motorcycles. Not only did it mean there’d be another couple of classically styled bikes on our roads, but also two new bases from which builders could choose.

This custom is LockStock, a bottle-fed dragster based on the Continental GT. Outside of the new engine and some bits of the Conti’s cradle frame, little remains of the stock bike. The subframe has been re-engineered in-house for quarter-mile attack, and the lengthened swingarm no longer swings—it just keeps the bike planted.

A steering damper has been installed to reduce straightline chatter at speed and the ergonomics dictated by those U-shaped bars should keep the rider from attempting any drastic changes in direction.

In stock form, the 648cc twin musters up 47 hp of puff, but LockStock can take a hit from a little blue bottle for extra oomph. S&S Cycle helped bump power to over 100 hp with bored-out barrels, a competition camshaft and high-comp pistons, taking capacity to 865 cc. Make this available as a kit please, Enfield. [More]

Honda CBX750 by X-Axis We should have known when we sussed out X-Axis’ CX500 that the New South Wales shop has a knack for transforming quirky Hondas into rolling works of art. This time around, a 1984 CBX750 found its way onto their bench—and the results hit that mix of neo and retro in all the right places.

I’m probably showing my age, but a set of twin rectangular sealed beams will pique my interest every time. And despite my hatred of the 80s when I lived through them, the nostalgia is all so very real nowadays. According to shop leader (and former British MX-1 champ) Billy Mackenzie, the styling was influenced by the iconic Ferrari GTO of that era, hence the swooping lines on the tank, the Rosso Corsa colorway, and the aforementioned front end.

Nothing came easy on this build. To create a retro ride that would outperform today’s showroom sitters, Mackenzie and his crew fabricated quite a few special bits. To fit the new CBR600 front end, the CBX’s original wheel needed some serious work to mount up with the twin discs. And a new stem needed machining to have everything come together.

There are plenty more details that are worth your time and effort, so it’s a good idea to click on over to Return of the Cafe Racers for the full report.

BMW K100 by Les Ateliers du Dr Joë When Pyrenees-based tattoo artist Joël Alba found himself looking for a new mechanical project, his mind wandered to the BMW K-series. More specifically, Dr. Joë wanted to turn a flying brick into something that would resemble a race-bred, factory machine.

The K100 he sourced was promptly disassembled, and the transverse mounted engine was treated to a full teardown and rebuild. While the internals were being buttoned up, the Beemer’s frame had all of the tabs ground down, smoothed out and the whole kit was given a fresh coat of black lacquer.

But it’s the bodywork that steals the show here. Dr. Joë fabricated the new front fairing, windshield, tank, tank housing, seat and cowl in house. And, in our eyes, he’s done some splendid work. The way that front fairing finishes where the roundel would normally appear on the tank makes me smile. The fact that those roundels were swiped from a BMW Z4 and function as side markers is a crowning stroke.

It shows some serious dedication to getting proportions just right, adding depth to the visuals and a flair for the original. Which shouldn’t surprise, since Dr. Joë is also pretty handy with the hot needle too. [More]

Yamaha Virago by Jody Milhouse Whenever we run across a custom Virago, Greg Hageman’s name is typically on the build sheet. But the Yamaha V-Twin machine is starting to find favor amongst others as well. This one comes from 22-year old Jody Milhouse of Thornton Hundred Motorcycles, who some of you may remember from the CR500 we featured last year. And he’s done another cracking job.

If you were at this year’s Bike Shed show, you undoubtedly drooled over the Speed block liveried, monocoque tank and tail that Jody created for this tracker build. The lines are spot on and give this ‘83 Virago a muscular appearance it never had in stock form. More impressively, the sheet metal work is Jody’s first attempt to shape the stuff on a professional build.

Of course there’s more than just fancy bodywork going on here. The frame has been treated to a full bout of detabbing and a new subframe was put together too. The front end from a Monster 821 was fitted up front, and a conversion was made to a Magura hydraulic clutch. The 750 V-twin now inhales through a single Mikuni TM40 carb and exhales via a trick, custom exhaust setup that Jody capped with a handmade silencer. [More]

Moto Guzzi Nevada by Rua Machines When it was introduced, the Nevada 750 was applauded for its light, agile and quick handling. However, the cruiser stance didn’t advertise that fact—and it wasn’t exactly what we’d call a looker, either. On the other hand, this honey of a cafe’d version by Portugal’s Rua Machines looks ready to connect the dirty dozen apexes at Estoril and drop jaws along the pit lane.

Much of Mandello del Lario’s original handiwork has been cast aside. The bodywork is long gone, and the frame has been tweaked to give a flattened, racer stance. Armando Fontes and Victor Rocha looked to Guzzi’s Le Mans for inspiration and did an absolute stellar job on the new subframe, seat and tail section.

The tank is actually from Bologna, once laying atop a Ducati 350 GT, and the roots of the Verde Boreale paint can be traced back to Milan and Alfa Romeo. Set against the deep mahogany of the seat and grips, it’s a knockout combination.

Longer travel Bitubo shocks were hitched up to the rear, and the front forks have been rebuilt and renewed for a more sporting ride. This is helped with the more aggressive ergos delivered by the clip-ons and rearsets. Performance has been addressed by that gorgeous under-mount exhaust and a free breathing K&N air filter. [More]

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AK Monthly Recap: July 2017

There’s nothing like summer in the city, feeling droplets fall on you and wondering if it’s pee.

I kid, I kid. At least 10% of the time I’m certain someone’s spitting out their window.

I spent almost all of the month sleeping in my own bed in New York, only leaving to visit the Keys for five days. Here are the best and worst happenings of July 2017!

Destinations Visited

New York, Amagansett, Montauk, East Hampton, Sagaponack, and Bridgehampton, New York

Key Largo, Grassy Key, Marathon, Big Pine Key, Stock Island, and Key West, Florida

Favorite Destination

KEY WEST. Man, do I love that place. So much fun, so chilled out, so beautiful, and as wacky as ever with all the Hemingways.

Highlights

A fabulous trip to the Florida Keys. I just wrote about the trip in depth, so I won’t repeat myself here, but the biggest highlight was hanging out with all the Hemingways at the lookalike contest!

My first real Fourth of July barbecue in years. I’ve been traveling so often on the Fourth of July, and when I’m at home, I usually hang out in Boston or go to a Red Sox game, so this was unusual! But my friend and her husband bought a house with a yard in Brooklyn this year, so yeah, they were kind of contractually obligated to invite all their friends over.

At that barbecue I was introduced to Secret Hitler. Have you ever played that game? It’s an insanely fun party game made by the Cards Against Humanity people. Think Clue plus politics. There’s nothing like celebrating your country’s birthday by accusing everyone of being fascists!

Hanging with blogger friends — and Miss Marcella. I keep joking that New York is the new Chiang Mai because so many travel bloggers pass through! This month, Steph from Why Wait to See The World (formerly Twenty-Something Travel) and Mike from Art of Adventuring visited for a few days with their 11-month-old baby Marcella. We met up with Jodi of Legal Nomads and former blogger Joel. Fun fact: I have partied with all of them in Thailand.

Steph and Mike are two of the blogger friends I’ve known the longest, so it was amazing to meet their baby. She’s definitely a kid of the 2010s — she smiles big as soon as you aim a phone at her! I hope to hang with the three of them (but let’s be honest, mostly Marcella) once they move to Bologna this fall. Like I need an excuse to drop by my favorite Italian city…

Celebrating a special bachelorette. A travel blogger friend celebrated her bachelorette party in New York this month and I got to plan a lot of it! While she was open about it being her bachelorette on social media, I’ll let her tell the story on her blog when the time is right.

Drinking on the Staten Island Ferry. This is my new favorite thing to do in New York. Did you know that it’s totally fine to drink on the Staten Island Ferry? They sell beer in both terminals and you don’t even need to brown-bag them. My friend Matt loves to do this and he invited all his friends to join him on his birthday.

The result? Around 25 of us rode the ferry four times in total, drank a variety of beers and ciders, ate cookies, visited the Flagship Brewery in Staten Island, and had a grand time! Matt even made us cozies that read “I don’t start partying — I keep partying.” SO MUCH FUN.

A fun day trip to Montauk and the Hamptons. My friends Beth and Colleen and I drove all the way out to Montauk, which is a bit ambitious for a day trip from New York (you should really stay overnight), but we had a blast anyway! I’ve wanted to visit Montauk since I got into The Affair, and we visited several sites from the show, including the Lobster Roll, the restaurant where many key scenes take place.

I really liked Montauk, even though we didn’t have the best weather. It’s very casual and down-to-earth, albeit quite expensive. Also expensive but much fancier were East Hampton and Bridgehampton, which feel like New York transplanted to the beach — LOVED it. Also, there was a guy with four border collie puppies and I got to play with them.

Later the weather cleared up and we stopped at the gorgeous Wolffer Estate Vineyards for a tasting. The single best dish I ate this month was the lobster spaghetti at Almond in Bridgehampton — perfectly cooked pasta with lobster claw meat, red scallions, grilled cabbage, lemon, crushed red pepper, and parmesan. There’s one in Manhattan, too!

Visiting the Museum of Broken Relationships display in New York. I visited the actual museum in Zagreb years ago and loved it, so I was delighted to hear the exhibit was coming to Flatiron for two days. It featured artifacts from New Yorkers’ past relationships and the stories behind them.

Challenges

I went through the biggest tech headache of my 7.5-year blogging career this month. My site was attacked twice by a Russia-based operation that disguised their traffic to make it look like it was coming from all over the world.

Not only did this shut down and block a lot of you from the site, I also took a financial hit. My display ads stopped running due to the influx of poor quality traffic and I had to pay a lot out of pocket to get the issues fixed.

And not only that — it took several teams of tech professionals weeks to figure out how to block the attack. Finally, the team at Sucuri figured it out and shut it down. If you run a website for business, I highly recommend you get protection with Sucuri so you’re prepared in case an attack happens to you. Their basic plan is just $9.99 per month.

Anyway, I went through hell and back this July. I’m glad to now have my site in the hands of the team at Performance Foundry, who are making my life infinitely easier by handling the site, protecting it, as well as managing myriad tech issues I never dreamed existed.

We had a weird encounter in the Hamptons. While at dinner at Almond, we sat down next to a table of slightly intoxicated men around our age. One made a comment along the lines of, “Sorry our friends are drunk,” and Beth said something innocuous like, “Oh, that’s fine with us.”

Well. We think that they might have misheard her, because that’s the only explanation for what happened next! They started glaring at us, making snide comments to each other about us. Then one leaned over and said, “You’re in town for the weekend? Oh, that’s CUUUUUTE. I live here.”

What the fuck?! Seriously?

Colleen and Beth and I looked at each other with giant fake smiles on our faces, unsure of what to say to each other. The men were sitting so close to us that they would hear everything we said. Eventually I started telling stories about Scrooge McDuck and we started talking about…that. Every time we laughed, their table would swivel their heads toward us and glare. One even banged his head on our table and pretended it was an accident.

The men left when our entrees came and as soon as they were gone, we exploded. What was their problem? Why would you treat strangers like that? What did they think she had said? We had been afraid to move or say anything because we didn’t know what they would do next and it looked like they were friends with our waiter. Just such a bizarre experience.

The “summer of hell” on New York transit. A lot of construction is taking place this summer, especially at Penn Station, and the trains are running slow and less often. 1 trains aren’t running to my stop on the weekend this summer, and on two different weeknights it took me two hours to get home from Brooklyn. This reminded me of how grateful I am not to have to commute to work, though.