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Mission: Basil Pork Chop

Basic Ingredients:  Pork Chops, brown sugar, chili powder, and salt.

Source: Allrecipes.com

Outcome: Aside from burning them slightly (I purposely put the slightly charred side on the plate side in the picture:)), it turned out really well.  I usually make pork chops with just a simple cracked black pepper and salt rub and then either stick it on a pan or on the grill.  But this was simple and still delicious. I’m a big fan of making dishes with ingredients generally in my cupboard.

Jim Croce

Song #7: Jim Croce’s Time In A Bottle

Why I Picked It: This song came to mind a few weeks ago and I was reminiscing about high school choir – we sang a choral arrangement of it and I didn’t know how it actually sounded until years later when I in college.  My H.S. biology teacher Mr. Clark was quick to jab on facebook that I wasn’t old enough to reminisce about the song!

John Butler Trio - Grand National Album Cover

Song #6 John Butler Trio’s Funky Tonight

Why I Picked It: I had no idea what to pick today, so I randomly played my music until I found something – John Butler Trio and their Funky Tonight song from their Grand National album.  John Butler Trio is an Australian-based band that I learned about from my friend Cela.  Cela had spent sometime studying abroad in Austrailia and when she came back they were playing at – of all places – the Borders bookstore on Hollywood/Vine.  They proceeded to absolutely floor me with their musicality, especially John Butler’s guitar playing.

Pictured is Pancit Palabok. It was on Wikipedia.

This conversation relates in part to my blog post Obama and the Peace Prize with reactions from its feed on my facebook.  I will try to integrate some of that feedback within the context of the conversation, since it’s obviously not on my blog itself.  This conversation also involves other aspects such as the closing of Gitmo, the war in Afghanistan, economic crisis and the Olympic bid.

I haven’t written a uke song in awhile, but my guitar is currently out of commission.  It’s autographed so I need a new one – lest I want to make the guitar un-autographed!

So I picked up my ukulele and started writing a song on a work break.  A couple of sessions I got a nice little demo song up.  Check it out on my ukechick myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ukechick (I was too lazy to upload and put it up here, not to mention uber-busy!).