Weeeeell

it's quarter til 2 and i've been stuck outside or in the lobby since like 12:15 thanks to a fire on the fourth floor of the building.  we had - 5 firetrucks?  and they apparently had to break several windows so I have no idea how bad it is.

All I know is that I didn't hear anything in my apartment until Marion woke me up.  then I threw her into her carry bag, found my pants and purse and booked it down 14 flights of stairs.

back now, about to pass out because, of course, I took my pill about 20 minutes before this happened and I probably wasn't that coherent on the phone with Frito.   had trouble walking down the hall to my apartment afterwards so i'm well and truely drugged at this point.  hopefully enough to make me ignore the stench of fire and soot and god only knows what else.

Whoops

I ... shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a closing Blockbuster store.  *shifty*  The loot was:

Gangs of New York
Star Trek
The A-Team
Copying Beethoven
Cloverfield
Pandorum
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Daybreakers
28 Weeks Later

They were roughly $5.99 each and I've only ever seen 3 of those.  Movie day!

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The combination of cooking for Marissa's party and the coming down with what I think was food poisoning, I think it's safe to say that I have not been cooking a lot this week.  Or, for that matter, eating a lot; a combination of no groceries and spending Wednesday and Thursday sick.  I think dinner was a couple of spoonfuls of peanut butter one night.  As far as I can remember, anyway.

I rectified the main situation today by going grocery shopping and having a fully stocked pantry once more!  Huzzah!

I made the Roast Chicken  with Spring Vegetables from the Food Network magazine - I enjoy making meals that will reap me plenty of leftovers and I've got enough for another 2 - 3 meals.

Roasted veggies are probably one of my favorite ways of eating them.  It's the perfect blend of soft but not so soft you can't pick it up and eat it (yes.  I once traveled home from Toronto with a bag of roasted veggies.  It was AWESOME.) and there's a million things you can put on them.  I have to say that I was too thrilled with the seasoning for this when it came out.  The dill came off rather flat and what lemon juice was on there seemed to cook right off.

Different herbs next time or a combination of them.  And maybe mixing it in with the olive oil or something - nothing seeped in, really.

However, the chicken turned out beautifully.  I had to cook everything for an additional 10 minutes because of the vegetables not being soft enough but that didn't harm the meat any.  The skin was very crisp and the entire thing was very tender.

I love the idea of the roasted vegetables in this dish but it needs something else to really pull it together.