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By spicy food... you mean like Indian Cuisine?
Because a lot of Mexican food isn't so much spicy than hot.

There's only a few flavors that's repeats itself in the cuisine, whereas Indian food has the curry, and the corrindar, and the other flavors.

Mexican food is basically variations of corn, beans, and tomatoes. And sometimes chili peppers.
Not all Mexican people like spicy food... it's a regional thing. Border towns, and the people in the middle region of Mexico like chili peppers. Whereas people who live in more damp areas like near lakes... they eat less of it, and don't have as many recipes including chili.

For me,
I eat chili because it's delicious. I personally enjoy mild stuff, although I can do the hotter stuff.
But here's the thing... the hotter stuff usually tastes like crap. And people usually prefer the hotter stuff to show off their tolerance/masculinity/dick size... which makes no sense for me.

Eating is an enjoyable act, so why make it painful?

At 3/10/09 06:53 PM, stafffighter wrote: There's also Aladin and the Lion King, but those came a bit after we were in the demographic.

I liked Aladdin, I was 11 years old when that came out... so not that old to enjoy it.

Dude, just remembering it from your meantion has me feeling tramatized all over again.

Oh, come on... you don't find that scene where Lampwick's hand turning into a hoof not any bit curious? I remember rewinding back and forward and watching that in slow motion...

I ended up getting into a lot of Disney and other kids' movies that I was "too old" for because I have three younger sisters, and even if I wouldn't have gone to see them on my own, we went as a family.

I know it's not disney but we cannot talk about this subject without Land before time.
That movie was startilingly dark and violent in places.
And if you really want dark ta da!
We watched some screwed up things as kids.

Secret of Nimh was pretty hardcore for a kids movies, All Dogs Go To Heaven was a bit more mature in subject matter at least (the hero of the piece is actually a scheming scumbag for like 90% of it).

That's better then now with shit like Pokemon which I think is just teaching kids to be good little consumers and buy all the crap related to it.

Also I fixed my board so there should be no more spambots. You all join now?

At 3/10/09 07:59 PM, aviewaskewed wrote: Secret of Nimh was pretty hardcore for a kids movies, All Dogs Go To Heaven was a bit more mature in subject matter at least (the hero of the piece is actually a scheming scumbag for like 90% of it).

I never saw that. Just the whole deal with the guy being a ghost kind of freaked me out.
I just thought of something else that was really heady for kids
An american tail.

Note there's one actor that appears in both this and Nimh. Dom Deliuse apparently liked disturbing the hell out of children.

Also I fixed my board so there should be no more spambots. You all join now?

I'll join. I want to talk about that Watchmen movie!!!!!!!!!!!

At 3/10/09 08:18 PM, stafffighter wrote: Dom Deliuse apparently liked disturbing the hell out of children.

I thought he just scared the hell out of everybody

Somebody made a blog post a while back talking about how violent childrens movies used to be just 15-20 years ago and how sickly comforting and protective they are today. I remember he had a pic at the end of a bloody faced rabbit next to shrek or something.

At 3/10/09 09:01 PM, Malachy wrote: Somebody made a blog post a while back talking about how violent childrens movies used to be just 15-20 years ago and how sickly comforting and protective they are today. I remember he had a pic at the end of a bloody faced rabbit next to shrek or something.

I think that it was NegativeONE's news post.....I think....

At 3/10/09 09:04 PM, BrianEtrius wrote:

At 3/10/09 09:01 PM, Malachy wrote: Somebody made a blog post a while back talking about how violent childrens movies used to be just 15-20 years ago and how sickly comforting and protective they are today. I remember he had a pic at the end of a bloody faced rabbit next to shrek or something.

I think that it was NegativeONE's news post.....I think....

you're right!

At 3/10/09 09:12 PM, Malachy wrote: you're right!

*dances*

SWEETNESS! WHAT HAVE I WON?

Tell him what he's won, Johnny!

At 3/10/09 06:06 PM, Scarab wrote: I actually learnt that the North American stereotype of disliking spicy food is wrong the hard way. The spiciest thing I've possibly ever eaten was in an (Asian) Indian place in Calgary.

I've never had Indian food, unfortunately, I've heard tales though about their version of the spicy green chili sauce. My foray into spicey food is mainly limited to the local Mexican and Chinese restaurants. But if you're interested, I've got a rather interesting tale on the subject on my myspace blog.

At 3/10/09 06:57 PM, fli wrote: By spicy food... you mean like Indian Cuisine?
Because a lot of Mexican food isn't so much spicy than hot.

I'm not sure if this is the same everywhere, but in this area, "spicy" and "hot" are interchangeable terms. Judging by Seven's reaction, I think this term may extend to her part of the country as well.

These days I like stuff like Tiger Sauce (easy to find in most chain food stores) and Tobasco Brand Green Pepper Sauce. The Tiger Sauce is a mild sauce with a really sweet flavor, and the Green Pepper Sauce is fairly mild with a good peppery flavor.

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I took the machete I've been working on (the $10 deal from Wal-Mart) out in the yard a while ago and chopped on some downed tree limbs to test it's edge retention. Two or three minutes of good solid chopping did dull it significantly, but there's no major dents or dings in the edge. I'm going to increase the angle of the bevel so the edge will be a bit stronger.

But.... I did succesfully manage to scare a neighbor kid while doing this. While I was out in the yard chopping away, this kid on the property next to us was zipping around on a motor bike and saw me working. I didn't see his reaction, but my mother did as she was pulling in the driveway from work. She said it was priceless, that the look on the kid's face conveyed one of fear.

And for a change, I take pride being the resident machete wielding maniac. Let the news get out, I don't care. We've had issues here lately with attempted break-ins on this road, so this works out nicely.

At 3/10/09 07:46 PM, stafffighter wrote: Land before Time, Secret of NIMH...

At 3/10/09 07:59 PM, aviewaskewed wrote: All Dogs Go To Heaven

At 3/10/09 08:18 PM, stafffighter wrote: An American Tail.

OMG--
childhood... revisited.
oh yeah, the Satan Dog in All Dogs... scared the living crap out of me, but i LOVED it at the same time...

An American Tail... when the mouse became a rat...

and the others.
But, may I add to the list, some of the more fucked up children's cartoons?
Plague Dogs... the Last Unicorn...

and then there's the live action stuff.
Return to Oz, and the Never Ending Story (jesus, that wolf.....)

I can't believe how this story has gone on without mentioning one of the best children's movies of all time.

I can't believe how all of you guys forgot about it.

The Brave Little Toaster.

Anyman that watches the scene with the toaster and the flower and doesn't cry has no heart.

Speaking of Disney...
...being more "adult" not so long ago...

Nudity, Racism and freaky demon shit. All in one of the most amazing pieces of cinema ever created.

I look back at some of the stuff I watched as a small kid, and I wonder why in the world my parents let me watch it so much. Mary Poppins I can understand, the Little Mermaid, sure... but... All Dogs go to Heaven, Secret of Nihm and Pee Wee's Playhouse?

No wonder people think I'm insane.

Er.......

I think my favorite animation was a claymation, the California Raisins.

It was awesome because it had music in it. Sweet.

At 3/10/09 09:22 PM, SevenSeize wrote: People from up north have no clue what spicy is.

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I've been to your area & the food was hot & spicy...but it was FLAVORFUL !
THat's what I like. Hot food ,that has nice flavors.
You go to Hooters as I did once & order their hot wings & all it has for sauce is dried cheyenne peppers in a runny tomato sauce , gives you 1 flavor "dried cheyenne pepper' yuck.

I can't eat curry.
I went into anaphylactic shock in Montreal when I had curry for the first time as a teenager.
I came to ,in a Montreal Hospital, strapped down to a bed, with tubes 'flushing' my stomach. While people spoke in a language I couldn't understand :)

When I was tested in N.S. my skin scratch test showed violent reaction to curry, but no such violent reaction to the different types of main ingredients !?!

So I just stay away from the stuff.
My favorite bar food is nacho's or potato skins & I like the fresh jalapeno's because of the slight burn, but it doesn't overpower the other veggies & cheese.

At 3/11/09 10:33 AM, morefngdbs wrote: You go to Hooters as I did once & order their hot wings & all it has for sauce is dried cheyenne peppers in a runny tomato sauce , gives you 1 flavor "dried cheyenne pepper' yuck.

I've eaten there once, but it was a LOOOOONG time ago, so I can't comment on the quality of the sauce you get in the restaurant. But I've gotten the retail sauce they make (usually kept with all the BBQ and Hot Sauces) and it's pretty good, if a bit greasy.

When I was tested in N.S. my skin scratch test showed violent reaction to curry, but no such violent reaction to the different types of main ingredients !?!

.... huh?

That doesn't make any fucking sense, dude. Get a second opinion.

At 3/11/09 10:54 AM, Proteas wrote:

At 3/11/09 10:33 AM, morefngdbs wrote: When I was tested in N.S. my skin scratch test showed violent reaction to curry, but no such violent reaction to the different types of main ingredients !?!

.... huh?

That doesn't make any fucking sense, dude. Get a second opinion.

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F^(# that !
I was tested, they then sent me to a specialist & was tested 3 times & I can't stand to be itchy inside my own skin.
They figure its got something to do with the way 2 or more ingredients combine. I show a slight reaction to tumerick, a bit more to curry leaves & cummin. but nothing like when they scratch me with just a bit of what is called 'curry'.
My skin blisters as the needle scratches it. You can see it redden almost instantly.
I grabbed a chicken wrap off a tray of them at work about 2 years ago, there was a little curry in the mayo for flavor. When I bit into it I realised it might be curry so I immediately spit it out. I also almost at the same moment hives broke out on my face , then my neck & arms & I started to have problems breathing.
There are so many different ways to make curry, I may not be allergic to them all, but I really am not that interested in it. there's lot's of other food i can eat.
Like I said earlier, I just stay away from it as best I can.

I'm also one of those people who find that lemon grass in anything tastes like it has SOAP in it, but I'm not allergic to it.

At 3/11/09 11:31 AM, morefngdbs wrote: Like I said earlier, I just stay away from it as best I can.

.... nevermind.

My cell phone just beeped & reminded me I have a rigging call at the Metro Centre for 2:30 today.
I like some of these 'memory' features in my phone.
Makes it hard to forget an appointment :)

Ever notice when a thread gets locked, number of views jumped up a bit

Maybe the people were interested to see what it was locked for?

At 3/11/09 02:03 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: Well, as if that wasn't bad enough...

One of the people who was going to be my most important reference said no. She couldn't do it because she didn't have me in her class. I was only her grad assistant. It says in my application that she'd be the one sending me a recommendation. Fuck.

Laaaaaaame!

Seriously, that sucks. Sorry to hear it... hope everything works out.

Rydia... pull through-- just don't give up.
That was a punk move when that person said no to you for that reference, especially when you're good for it.

Don't worry too much... the worse that could happen is that you'll need to do it again for the next semester. So, don't lose hope...

At 3/10/09 09:22 PM, SevenSeize wrote: OMFG SCARAB!!!!!!!!

Good to have ya!

Hello there madam!

I GOT A FISH FOR MY CLASSROOM!!!!!!

Has he/she been named yet? I don't know why, but I think that's always the most important thing with animals in the classroom.

At 3/10/09 10:13 PM, Proteas wrote: I've never had Indian food, unfortunately, I've heard tales though about their version of the spicy green chili sauce. My foray into spicey food is mainly limited to the local Mexican and Chinese restaurants. But if you're interested, I've got a rather interesting tale on the subject on my myspace blog.

I recommend Indian food for sometime, just so you can taste the difference. They do have a few dishes that have a bit of a bite, but are fairly easily "treatable". I almost covered my mouth and felt my tongue while reading that blog entry. I know similar foods I've had with a delayed effect, but my overall unpleasant experience with a Mexican dish last time makes the thought worse. I salute you for trying that stuff though. I probably woludn't have.

At 3/11/09 01:40 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: Ever notice when a thread gets locked, number of views jumped up a bit

Maybe the people were interested to see what it was locked for?

Yeah, I was going to investigate that once. Then I thought to myself, why would I want to investigate something like that? But yeah, I'd go for your theory.

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I'm not sure if I ever watched any truly freaky stuff when I was little. My Mum and Dad keep recalling a time I was frightened by a film/TV adaptation of The Witches by classic children's literature author Roald Dahl. I never saw Watership Down, though clips of it I've seen since would probably have been enough to scare me.

Good luck on your reference crisis RydiaLockheart. I'm not sure how to help what with minimal knowledge of how the stuff works, but I'll be reading your updates.