Progress

I got a thing done! The hypothetical IRB (Internal Review Board form for research with human participants) write-up done for my hypothetical interviewing project. Go me! It probably ought to have been done on Wednesday, but it's something. On to the next thing.

I may bike out to Wegman's and/or Aldi for groceries today too. I don't need much. I might buy a few more pizzas. But I *do* need to get back to prioritizing some activity each day.

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The next assignment on my list states, in part, "Write a short, insightful essay..." Something about the assignment specifically calling for insightfulness strikes me as funny.

Disappointing Hot Sauce

I kept seeing this stuff at the Asian grocery stores I went to with Lisa​ in Chicago, but never got around to trying any. I stopped in at the one near my place today for a bean bun (they were out, but I got a taro bun which is about as good), and got some of this too since I'm out of sriracha sauce.

It has a consistency like jelly or jam. I just ate a piece of pizza while spreading the paste thickly onto it, and I'm disappointed. It's as sweet as it is spicy, and in fact is a little calorie dense at 40 calories per teaspoon. I could (and did) put tablespoons of this stuff on something and not really get the heat I want.

That said, I think this will make for a pretty good spread to replace jelly in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich! I'll have to try something else for heat though.

---Edited to add:

It's not bad on a turkey sandwich in place of mustard either. And after weighing a serving, it looks like the label is incorrect; it's 40 calories per tablespoon, which is more reasonable.

Schedule Oops

Ok, I don't know if it's just me, or the new med, or what. But I was supposed to go to a departmental reception on Saturday at a theater here in town. I was a little anxious about going because I've been feeling anxious about being social in general. But I was going to go and enjoy seeing the building, trying to talk with people, and eating some free food.

I just realized that today is, in fact, Saturday, not Friday, and I have missed the reception.

Well, nothing for it now I suppose.

More Confederate Flag Bullshit

My brain is not together enough tonight to engage in a coherent discussion with the person elsewhere who is implying that maybe a convention should be ok with someone marching in a parade wearing a Confederate-flag themed fursuit, accompanied by someone carrying said flag.

But in general, I'm getting pretty tired of this crap. Total permissiveness is not ok. I wouldn't be ok with someone in a blackface-esque fursuit modeled on a minstrel show character either. Not everyone will agree on where to draw the line, but there must be a line somewhere, and I'm ok with where they drew it. I haven't heard confirmation that MFF actually prohibited this person from marching in the fursuit parade, but if they did, then thank you Midwest FurFest! Thank you for this decision!