Rage List

I think it's a well-known fact that I often get very angry at people and need an outlet (I call this stage being "rageous" or "rageousness."  Side note--why can you be "outrageous" but not "inrageous"? ).  This blog is often my outlet because, as I've said before, furiously typing is way more satisfying than exercise.  But since my sister pretty much has the rant blog market cornered, I'm going to not step on her toes and tone the rage down a bit.  Also, this is an effort to be a more stable human being and not spend 45% of my week fighting the urge to stab a random stranger in the neck with a clicky pen.

Thus, in my current stage of post-rageousness (in which the rage still exists but I am way to exhausted to do anything about it, but still kind of want to do something about it) I have decided to do what I do second-best and make a list.  But not a list of rants.  Instead, I am going to make a list about something that makes me happy in an effort to go to bed in a calm, rational, and possibly even content state of being.  And so, here is my Food List, because I think all of you know by now, food makes me very happy, which is why I often have some on my person, in my purse or tucked away in the pouch of my hoodie.  So here are some foods which are really making me happy this week:

1. Caramel corn--I talked about this in my last list.  My mom's caramel corn is the best I've ever had.  It is extremely difficult for me to stop eating and made me inordinately happy when she surprised me with it last weekend.  Thanks mom!
2. Crab soup--Maryland crab soup, but especially cream of crab.  I'd never eaten cream of crab soup before my sister's wedding rehearsal dinner.  Something about taking the cream from another thing kind of freaked me out.  And when you put it that way, it doesn't even seem irrational.  But at the dinner, I tried cream of crab and it was the best freaking thing.  I ate a huge bowl of if later that week at Philips, even though it was like 100 degrees outside.  And the other day I went to City Lobster with my bosses and ever since then, I've had a major jones for crab soup.  Going to attempt to make it this weekend.
3. Chinese food--my roommates and I found a Chinese take-out place around the corner.  Its a bit more expensive than my old Bronx take-out, but you can tell they use real chicken, and the good parts of the chicken too.  And even though it was a little over-fried, there was no niggling fear in my mind that this might actually be cat meat or pigeon.  So that's always good.
4. Mexican food--NOT!  I don't like Mexican food but my whole apartment smells like it (thanks roomie) which is making me decidedly unhappy, so I really shouldn't include it on this list, but I'm going to have horrible dreams of getting stuck in a south of the border jail or something, because I am going to sleep smelling guac and tacos.  Ack.
5. Caramel lattes--pretty much always make me happy.  I might have to get one tomorrow, because I have been craving one for a week, but have abstained due to my lack of fundage, convincing myself that the free Lipton tea in the pantry at work was an adequate substitute.  News flash people: IT'S NOT.  But I feel like I perhaps deserve one after my day today, and I always buy from DD now, not Starbucks, so I'm practically saving money, and helping to support a former employer.  Good times.
6. Pizza bread--this one just came to me.  It's been awhile since I made pizza bread, which is weird, because since I moved to NYC, I'd been making it about once a week because it is awesome and easy and good to pack in my lunch and every time I make it, Andrew is very complimentary and tells me how awesome it is and how good I am at making it, and even though I know how easy it is, that is still nice to hear.  So I'll probably make that this weekend, because I don't really know how to cook real food and will probably have to bail on the crab soup after I ruin the first batch and will need to have a Plan B in place.

So that's my list of happy foods!  Now I am very hungry but it is 11:30, so I will just have to go to bed and start over in the morning.  If anyone has any ideas for really easy dinners (preferably with five or fewer ingredients, bonus points if it only requires one pot!) please let me know!  Merci, mes amis!