What Did You Have For Dinner Tonight?

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Dodfather

Wow - quite a plan! Go for it. What's happening with me is that I finished the phD last last year and was completely broke and so just needed some full time work after years of part time work to start paying the bills and looking for lectureships.. I got a School Administrators job that I'm really enjoying but have given myself two years there. Year 1 (which is almost finished - eek!) was to just enjoy having money and relax for a while while trying to get some stuff published and year 2... the job hunt is ON! Highly likely I'll be moving internationally since academia in the UK is worse than anywhere else. The US is a very strong possibility. If I haven't found anything in 18 months time I'm just moving - so I don't get stuck in the job I'm doing now since it's not what I trained and spent years working for.

Ok.. I've rambled on a little more than is normal for the "dinner" thread!

So what would you most like to do? Not school administration? What was your PhD in?

Hey, this IS the Ledge. Threadjackers unite!!!

Okay, on topic, my date got postponed late last night, so in a depressed frenzy, I made a batch of tuna salad, and ate almost all of it. I've been craving tuna salad lately... and I'm not the biggest celery eater in the world, but I added half a stalk of minced celery to it, and the crunch was phenomenal!

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

So what would you most like to do? Not school administration? What was your PhD in?

Hey, this IS the Ledge. Threadjackers unite!!!

Okay, on topic, my date got postponed late last night, so in a depressed frenzy, I made a batch of tuna salad, and ate almost all of it. I've been craving tuna salad lately... and I'm not the biggest celery eater in the world, but I added half a stalk of minced celery to it, and the crunch was phenomenal!

Ughhh... celery is evil. !!

My phD is in Film Studies, focusing on older models of classic Hollywood stardom and how these have become outmoded in light of contemporary fame culture (celebrity etc). Older film theory and stardom classifications no longer work.. why not? There's a bit of sociology in there too. 74500 words and tt's high culture stuff... chapter include case studies of Nicole Kidman, Britney Spears, Meryl Streep, the Beckhams, Bette Davis... haha. So I'm looking for academic lecturing positions at any university anywehere. It will be in some kind of cultural studies, film studies, media and communications dept. I made it as versatlie as possible. I cn also always just teach classic film studies though - wehatever is on offer really. rambled again.

I'm off for a free dinner later, courtesy of winning the pub quiz last week and the team getting some vouchers! I may have steak.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Dodfather

Ughhh... celery is evil. !!

My phD is in Film Studies, focusing on older models of classic Hollywood stardom and how these have become outmoded in light of contemporary fame culture (celebrity etc). Older film theory and stardom classifications no longer work.. why not? There's a bit of sociology in there too. 74500 words and tt's high culture stuff... chapter include case studies of Nicole Kidman, Britney Spears, Meryl Streep, the Beckhams, Bette Davis... haha. So I'm looking for academic lecturing positions at any university anywehere. It will be in some kind of cultural studies, film studies, media and communications dept. I made it as versatlie as possible. I cn also always just teach classic film studies though - wehatever is on offer really. rambled again.

I'm off for a free dinner later, courtesy of winning the pub quiz last week and the team getting some vouchers! I may have steak.

We are so much alike. You know, I always HATED celery, but I love hot wings. So it is true, that after a few beers, you will eat almost anything, so I finally started eating celery. I NEVER eat just a stalk of it, though....or how in school, they'd always have stalks of it filled with peanut butter....BLECK!!! So I'll eat it with hot wings, and put it in a stew, but that's pretty much it....so there IS a correlation between getting sh*tfaced, and trying new foods!

Film studies sounds like fun! Come to IU and get a job!

I'm planning on a spinach salad, eggplant parmesan(yes, I know I eat that every day, it takes me a while to go through a big eggplant-and I don't like wasting food), and what tuna salad is left from last night. I trying to get rid of anything that will go bad, since I leave for Nashvegas in the morning.

I'm so excited....I've lined up a couple new restaurants to try, that were featured on Diner's, Drive-ins, and Dives....I'm half packed, and stocked up for hotel liquor! Working a sold out show tonight, then hit the road in the morning. I've been there 100 times, yet I'm literally GIDDY today, with excitement!

[beccamorrisfift]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

We are so much alike. You know, I always HATED celery, but I love hot wings. So it is true, that after a few beers, you will eat almost anything, so I finally started eating celery. I NEVER eat just a stalk of it, though....or how in school, they'd always have stalks of it filled with peanut butter....BLECK!!! So I'll eat it with hot wings, and put it in a stew, but that's pretty much it....so there IS a correlation between getting sh*tfaced, and trying new foods!

Film studies sounds like fun! Come to IU and get a job!

I'm planning on a spinach salad, eggplant parmesan(yes, I know I eat that every day, it takes me a while to go through a big eggplant-and I don't like wasting food), and what tuna salad is left from last night. I trying to get rid of anything that will go bad, since I leave for Nashvegas in the morning.

I'm so excited....I've lined up a couple new restaurants to try, that were featured on Diner's, Drive-ins, and Dives....I'm half packed, and stocked up for hotel liquor! Working a sold out show tonight, then hit the road in the morning. I've been there 100 times, yet I'm literally GIDDY today, with excitement!

That show is the bomb!!

On a related note, I had sausage and mash for dinner, classic.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by beccamorrisfift

That show is the bomb!!

On a related note, I had sausage and mash for dinner, classic.

It really is. My second favorite FN show is Restaurant Impossible.
But I always track down DDD's locations, along with a site called Urbanspoon.

It's amazing how sometimes they're not as good as Guy makes them seem. There's a Jamaican restaurant in Nashville that he featured. I just didn't think it was that good, to be honest(and I even made a 2nd trip there, to see if maybe I just hit them on a bad day). Nope.

Know what pisses me off? It seems like more down South, but HOW MANY places close for dinner! Half of the places he's featured in Nashville, close at 3PM! WTFF?
What kind of restaurant isn't open for dinner? I don't want to have some big gourmet f*cking dinner, at 2PM! And the only reason I'm going to try one of the new DDD places, is that they DO stay open on Friday evening(close at 3, every other day). So that's my Friday place!

[caroline79]

I am trying to be healthy....but I had Burger King

[HomerMcvie]

First night in paradise. I was looking for an italian restaurant I found online, but couldn't find it, and it was getting late, so I gave up, and went with mexican....
Beef burrito/Chili Relleno/Taco platter.

[vivfox]

My mom made for me homemade sesame chicken, chopped cauliflower, asparagus, a dinner salad with iceburg lettuce and other salad fares and homemade applesauce. It was all to die for delicious.

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by vivfox

My mom made for me homemade sesame chicken, chopped cauliflower, asparagus, a dinner salad with iceburg lettuce and other salad fares and homemade applesauce. It was all to die for delicious.

Sounds scrumdelumptious - and probably all the better because it was made by Mom!

I had Lemon Chicken and Sticky Rice.

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

First night in paradise. I was looking for an italian restaurant I found online, but couldn't find it, and it was getting late, so I gave up, and went with mexican....
Beef burrito/Chili Relleno/Taco platter.

Sounds like you're having a great time!

Never mind about not finding the Italian - the Mexican was a great alternative!!!

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by McTrouble

Sounds like you're having a great time!

Never mind about not finding the Italian - the Mexican was a great alternative!!!

So far, so good. I got here late this evening, so I was in no mood to keep searching for some place, who's online description, didn't match the lay of the land. I'm gonna call them tomorrow, and ask, "where exactly the HELL are you?".

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

So far, so good. I got here late this evening, so I was in no mood to keep searching for some place, who's online description, didn't match the lay of the land. I'm gonna call them tomorrow, and ask, "where exactly the HELL are you?".

Hope you locate it and that it's real good - if you do dine there be sure to report back what you had!

[HomerMcvie]

Deep fried chicken livers and gizzards, with onion rings, rolls, and a salad!
Nummy!!!

[Silver Springs]

I couldn't be bothered cooking, so I had my patented "Leftover Noms Casserole". Which basically consisted of a cut up Veggie Sausage Roll, a small tin of Baked Beans and a few cut up New Potatoes mixed together in a bowl and microwave before applying liberal amounts of Balsamic Vinegar. That's about as refined as I get, lol. I'll never be a Michelin Star Chef because I eat the most random **** or nothing at all, haha.

[HomerMcvie]

My dinner today, was a breakfast buffet at Shoney's, with Sara1998(Maria), trying to soothe our hangovers. Two plates of scrambled eggs(I'll bet I ate 8-10 eggs), about 15 pieces of bacon, 8 sausage links, a bowl of grits, and a bowl of clam chowder.

Still hungover, but at least my stomach is happy!