BTW

BTW, i chose my own, prescribed drugs to treat my ills.

Good for me, right?

yay.

RGS

Which Pills Should I take Tonight?

Just need something to put me down
Take the edge off the Bourbon high
Lull me to sleep but not too far
Tomorrow I want to fix my car.

HAHAHAHAH,
Got my own Klonopin
Or the Dog's Xanax
Or just some Nyquil which works the best
Fuck me. I'm such a mess!

rgs

Gluten Free Dinner Tonight

I generally don't do the recipe thing, however, as my wonderful partner is a real and true victim of Celiac disease I figured maybe my constant cooking can help a few others out there who have a bad day at the grocery store looking for G-F meal ideas. You know who you are. I've been doing this for 4 years and I still occasionally find myself in tears in the pasta aisle at the local grocery store. Yes, it's embarrassing, but I love him so I persevere.

So here goes -- my first fast and easy Gluten Free dinner option, which happens to be one, if not the, favorite that comes out of the kitchen.

Pan Fried Tilapia seasoned with Garlic, Rosemary, Salt and Pepper.

So here goes...

Ingredients:

4 fresh Tilapia Fillets (often at sale in the larger upermarkets)
1 Clove Garlic -- sliced thin
3 tablespoons Oilve Oil
Salt
Pepper (I like fresh ground mixed peppercorns)
Dried Rosemary
Celery Salt
4 oz jar of Roasted Red peppers, sliced thin
4 oz jar of small Non Paril Capers
Juice of one Lemon
Freshly grated Parmesean Cheese

Heat the Olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat (nonstick, cast iron, whatever)
While oil heats, rinse Fillets and do a quick drip dry
Season Fillets with salt, pepper and a spinkle of Rosemary and Celery Salt on both sides
Gently press seasonings into fish with fingers on both sides
Drop garlic slices into heated oil
Quickly add fish fillets

Allow fish to pan fry for approximately 8 minutes. Fish should be 3/4 of the way cooked through
Carefully flip Fish Fillets so as not to break or flake them and lower heat to Medium Low
Add Capers, Lemon Juice, Roasted Red Peppers, and then a sprinkle of Parmesean Cheese to the to frying pan after flipping fish
Allow fish to fry for 4 more minutes on other side
Remove from heat

Serve fillets with Saffron Rice or Baked Potato and a freshly mixed Ceasar Salad.

Enjoy the hell out of this!!

Please let me know how this works out for you. I just live for comments!

RGS

Ode to Donnie and Me

Art
Defines life
Money
Bills
Paid or not

Uncertainty.
Daddy comes through,
Sly like the fox,
Clumsy like the elephant

Sly like the fox,
Clumsy like the elephant

Oh, how the past
Should have taught me

Sly and Clumsy,
Cinderblocks and Windshields

I should have paid attention.

.

RGS

Uppity Do Da

Try to help me realize
teach me, touch me, torch me
up.

Tell me something secret
trust me, reach me, burn me
up.

Take to new adventures
Trip me, take me, rip me
up.

Tell me new worlds beckon
trick me, try me, tie me
up.

Think what could be proven
turn me, tape me, trust me
up.

RGS

Dimwits Unite (SoCal Edition)

"Stoopid, Stoopid, Stoopid!"
Bang hands on head
Wonder, why, how, when?
Relevance is optional.

Do you understand now?

RGS

This is commentary, not poetry.

Hours thriving on the despair
of people whom exist, to me, solely on TV.

Their homes are burning.
Their homes are under water.
Their homes slid down the bluff.
Their homes blew away in the wind.

How do I watch this
with morbid fascination?

When do we get ours?
When do I get to practice my skills.
I have been studying and paying attention.

Of course,
I know I need all of the recommended resources:

Cash
Water
Blankets
Canned Goods
Generator
Spare Fuel
Flashlights
Batteries

Unfortunately, I don't seem to have them.

Nor do I have a gun, to protect
all of the things I do not have.

Maybe I should get one of those.
Then it will make sense to get the rest.

rgs

Hard to miss...

Consumed by needs, filled by voids,
reaching for longitudes that make sense.
Overwhelmed by consumption.
Whipped, far too gently, by deadlines.

Timing.

Do some needs go unmet,
empty dreams, likely forgotten,
donating their time to the more fortunate?

Luck.

Dealing the river,
realizing the chance.
Everything bends
around choices
made by me.

Game.

Such are the games of chance.



RGS

Two days to finish
what can I do to put it off?
Wash the dog?
No, too much effort.

I like to procrastinate
in a lazy fashion.
CNN has breaking news
but it's just senate reaction to Bush.

Uninterested i stroll outside for a smoke.
Damn! It's cold in Mass on January 11.
Smoke faster, maybe a plane has blown up.
Nope. Still just the senate. Damn!

Procrastination has taken on a new meaning in my house.

Tempt me with chores so i can put off work. And likely the chores too. Lazy fucker.

RGS

I Found a New Drug

Heuy Lewis was looking for it, but I have found it.
Doesn't make me too mad, doesn't make me too sad,
Doesn't keep me up all night, doesn't make me want to fight.
Klonopin is my new wonder drug.

It's not right for everybody looking for a wonder drug,
so don't go out and get a scrip just cuz it's working for me,
but let me tell you... I've started eating again for the first time in months.
Almost three meals a day. I'm not throwing up in the morning (every morning)
due to anxiety and a general over-reaction to life.
And Brandon thinks i'm sane again... which is really the most important thing.

I'm taking the lowest dose possible (.5mg 2x a day) and it's done wonders for me. Yay! I'm a real human being again!

Poetry to follow....

RGS

Family is good!

Wait for me to come to you
Be still and hold your tongue
You wait because you aren't quite sure
What consequences may occur.

As I teach you to trust me
You teach me to understand
Life is more than come and sit
As I struggle not to reprimand.

Our lives our so simplistic
When you and I are together
But as I continue to add the distractions
You need to learn to squash your reactions.

Mostly gone to pay the bills
I need my man to be so strong
I sleep to his music every night
And long for my week to be less long.

Flying home I cry on the plane
Fellow passengers guess why at random
But I am coming home to my family
To Xander, the dog, and my lover Brandon

RGS

Budgets suck!

Amazing the shit that slips through the cracks
while i wait to hear from the director of a show
that opens in three weeks. He's got great ambitions
according to e-mails forwarded to me, but have i heard from him personally?
It will be the same story, lights will set the mood and save the show
because there won't be any scenery or set dressing.

Ha... story of my life. Always the savior with a budget
that couldn't save one African child for a year.

It really cracks me up, what people expect from the LD.

"You'll create the atmosphere in every scene because we have no scenery."

"You'll fix it with Lighting."

"No one has any money so lights will take us from place to place."

If this is going to be the status quo for the rest of my career. give me more money in the lighting budget and pay me more to make your show wonderful.

Feel free to send contributions to me via PayPal to JBart74.

RGS

Working Again....

At least i am working
creating my craft
laughing at life,
those who are daft.

Light the shows and
make them pretty.
Impress the people
pretend to be witty.

Just do what i do
and hope for more
as begging for work
is such a chore.

My art is pure
my breadth, not small
but i sell it short
or not at all.

The time has come
for me to shine
to show the world
this art is mine!

RGS