madame zenobia's

west virginia won! final score: 65-60. the moutaineers heading to the elite eight. i'm so happy.

i came home this evening, worn out from the day. i decided that i was going to cook me some dinner and watch some basketball. and what a great decision.

for dinner:
jasmine rice
stir-fry vegetables
corned beef

not corned beef and cabbage. this is corned beef, filippino style. interested? here's the recipe...

dice some garlic and onion
heat approx. 1 tablespoon of oil
sautee garlic and onion for a few minutes, but not too long. don't cook the onions all the way down
add the canned corned beef (generally located with other canned meats and sardines)
cook on medium heat until the onions become translucent

to serve:
place over a bed of steaming rice. yummy...

a good meal and good basketball was just what the doctor ordered just what i needed. i'm going to give myself a break from trying to solve the world's problems. i think i deserve a day off.

poem for the day

"a song in the front yard"
Gwendolyn Brooks

I've stayed in the front yard all my life.
I want to peek at the back
Where it's rough and untended and hungry weed grows.
A girl gets sick of a rose.

I want to go in the back yard now
And maybe down the alley,
To where the charity children play.
I want a good time today.

They do some wonderful things.
They have some wonderful fun.
My mother sneers, but I say it's fine
How they don't have to go in at a quarter to nine.
My mother, she tells me that Johnnie Mae
Will grow up to be a bad woman.
That George'll be taken to Jail soon or late
(On account of last winter he sold our back gate.)

But I say it's fine. Honest, I do
And I'd like to be a bad woman, too,
And wear the brave stockings of night-black lace
And strut down the streets with paint on my face.