Ramones vs. The Misfits

Love this... 

Check out more of his stuff at http://grayhood.com/

Oh, hi Internets!

Yeah, been busy and haven't had time to write anything for a while. You know, it's the same shit as everyone... holidays, family, family stress, drinking... No? That's just me? OK, fine! Here's some pics of what I've been up to...

Saw some shows:

 Fu Manchu

 Boots Electric (super fun show!)

Kyuss Lives (with Nick Oliveri!)

 My little boy moved up a rank in the Army and is now a Sargent... Sgt. Sancho!

Went to the Stanford Theatre on Christmas Eve for the annual It's a Wonderful Life showing... so awesome on the big screen! (I love the Standford Theatre; go, if you've never been!!)

 Day after Christmas went to SF for the day with Flip & Trixie

New Year's Eve in Big Sur... FUN NIGHT! This is Morgan and Trixie (and Rick giving the salute in the back), who both just dyed their hair red and cut bangs (it's a trend, I have 5 friends who all have the same cut/color!)

Went to the Road Zombie's Car Club night with my Hoes... so awesome to see the girls and spend a night drinking and catching up. I stole this pic from Elisa, but she posted more on her blog: Like a Tree in the Desert.

Sometimes you just need a laugh...

These texts made me laugh so hard... made me think of the insanely stupid conversations I have with my boss (I think I should start a blog about her and the funny, disturbing things she says).

Read the rest of them here... http://textsfrombennett.tumblr.com/

Rough Day

First our servers at work crash and we lose our entire database of customers! Whoopsie!

Then I get an email from TicketWeb that the High on Fire show I bought tickets for and re-arranged my Thanksgiving trip for, has been cancelled... awesome.

But then, I get this lil nugget from my favorite band ever...



Amazing... I CANNOT WAIT!!

Italians do it better...

And by "it", I mean... well, everything! But mostly I'm talking food. It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything about cooking… and that’s mainly because I’ve been too busy to cook. It makes me sad. I found and fell in love with this recipe earlier in the year and I make it whenever I want dinner to feel special without having to do a lot of work. The key is to use really good Pecorino Romano and FRESH cracked pepper. Don’t use the shit you have in the shaker… it’s not strong enough to stand up to all the cheese. And make sure you finely grate the Pecorino Romano, if the cheese is too large it won’t all melt at the same rate and you’ll end up with chunks of cheese throughout.

Cacio e Pepe alla Roma Sparita (Serves 2 people)

Half pound spaghetti
About 6 cups well-salted boiling water

For the “sauce”:
About 1 1/2 cups (2 large ladles) boiling pasta water
1 tablespoon freshly, coarsely grated pepper, plus more for garnish
2 tablespoons butter
1 3/4 cups grated Pecorino Romano cheese, plus more for garnish

Cook the pasta according to the directions for that brand. When the pasta is not quite cooked, about 3 minutes before you would normally, take it out of the water.
Add the boiling pasta water, the butter and the pepper to a hot sauté pan. Add the drained pasta to the pan and toss through the water mixture until the pasta absorbs almost all of the water. Remove from the heat, and add the grated cheese to the pasta. Quickly stir the cheese into the pasta.
Buon Appetito!

Original recipe (including how to make the Parmesan bowls if you wanna get real fancy) can be found here at Food Lover's Odyssey.