Life out of balance

[morsla]

KOYAANISQATSI:
ko.yaa.nis.katsi (from the Hopi language), n. 1. crazy life. 2. life in turmoil. 3. life disintegrating. 4. life out of balance. 5. a state of life that calls for another way of living.

Life is strange. Earlier this year, I finally discovered the difference between "working hours" and "evenings" - if you aren't working and studying, then you have less work to do in the evening. Bizarre. How do people survive, without work seeping into every element of life?

Over the last few days, I discovered a similar distinction between "week" and "weekend." I did all the things that there's no time for during the week, avoided all the things I would normally fill a week with, and felt as though I really was in a different place and time. Life is out of balance... but in that good way.

aeliel and I discovered Fräus on Saturday - pushers of fine chocolat and crepes. We're hooked... :-) hespa, sols_light, Amanda and Mikee should all be taken there at some stage. They list chocolate fondue at the start of their "tapas" menu... not that you'd bother, with the quality of their signature dishes. They seem to think that "hot chocolate" is just that - a mug of chocolate, with heat applied. There may have been some double-cream in there to stop it setting in the mug. You have to eat the stuff with a spoon...

The rest of the weekend was equally stuffed full of food - Vegie Bar on Saturday night, the mother-of-all Vic Market shopping adventures on Sunday, and dinner with miss_rynn and bishi_wannabe on Sunday night - we needed to call in reinforcements to help eat the food we bought. I went a little nostalgia-crazy in the chinese grocery store (childhood memories of tastes and smells...) and filled all our cupboards with supplies. And the fridge, the freezer, and some of the bench space. As a child I was told that I'd "blow away when the wind blows" if I didn't put on more weight. I now swear my solemn duty to eat my body weight in vegetables over the next fortnight...

Comments

[bishi-wannabe.livejournal.com]

Those noodles last night were delicious - but when I had chilli beef for lunch today, I found its spice was comparitively so weak that I could not taste it, even when chewing on the chillis themselves!

Truly, your spice is mighty.

[morsla.livejournal.com]

:) I'll use less chilli next time. In fact, there will be no chilli left - I'm coming down with aeliel's cold, so I intend to burn the bastard out of my sinuses.

Double extra helping of garlic, chilli and ginger in tonight's dinner. If I get sick, I'm taking the cold down with me!

[vass]

I now swear my solemn duty to eat my body weight in vegetables over the next fortnight...

Attaboy.

Reminds me: I need to make vegetable soup again.

[fetnas.livejournal.com]

You probably already know this, but Koyaanisqatsi doubled up with Powaqqatsi will be on at the Astor on the 9th of July. I's been a long time since I last saw Koya and I havn'e seen Powa. Might be time to have my perception distorted a bit ;-)

[davidcook.livejournal.com]

Heh, that's just what I've been doing for the last few days - who cares if I can breathe fire after dinner, as long as the cold gets zapped !

[kashiichan.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds like you had a delicious weekend. Pun only slightly intended.

[morsla.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Could be tempted... it's been years since I saw either.

I still prefer Koya to the second one, but they're both worth watching.