Rambly McRambleson

[castalie]

I was in such a funk last night, you wouldn't believe it! I don't even know where it came from or why it hit like that; only that it did, and quite suddenly too. Then around 9.30 PM I just thought 'fuck you, funk!' and decided to go to bed, snuggle under the duvet, and watch Kaamelott - for Kaamelott never fails to make me smile and laugh - only to remember that the DVD player in my bedroom was dead. Funk 1 Mouse 0

Life is made of small pleasures most of the times, and sometimes of very small sucky things. My DVD player being dead was definitely one of them.

But all was forgotten this morning - well, aforementioned player is still dead but that's merely a detail now - and everything was back to normal. And it felt good :-)

Speaking of good things. Anyone going to Asylum 09 around here? Cause, yami_tai and me? We might be going too. In a 'we sorta bought the tickets today' kinda way so, yeah ;-)

It's not the only thing that made me happy today. I bought my very first Christmas cards! So okay it's just two of them and I still have a long way to go, but it's a start! \o/ And I got home tonight and saw that gmail had decided it was my turn to get the new theme feature so now my gmail is shiny and pretty!

And! Today is Thursday meaning that, contrary to what Cookie and I thought, the week hasn't been frozen in time and we are going to reach the weekend! Plus, SPN tomorrow. Even if I won't have time to watch it. Still, SPN Day is always a Happy Day, indeed.

Also, I'm having a fannish dinner, namely soup + grilled sandwich. I say 'fannish' because in fanfics, the characters always seem to be having soup with grilled sandwich and I never, ever do that myself. I mean, I do put bread in my soup, like my grandparents always did, but no sandwiches on the side. So is that how Americans (since the characters are always Americans, obviously) eat their soups? With grilled sandwiches? Or is it some kind of comfort food other people do and that I've never heard of before? I'm trying to think of those fics, see wether it was something offered to the injured/sick partner...

Comments

[babycakesin.livejournal.com]

Soooo... why gmail theme did you choose?

As for soup + grilled sandwiches... never heard of it.

Glad your funk did not last long *smootches*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

The 'planets' one!

Nice to see I'm not the only one. Maybe it's just a fic thing.

Thanks! I'm glad too :-)

[spikedluv]

Hee, fannish dinner. *g* Soup and sandwich is a thing here, even served in restaurants as a lunch combo. But the most famous, I'd say, is tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwich. It's the only soup I eat grilled cheese with.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

It's always so funny seeing the differences from one country to another! And it's just a little thing, I mean, just soup/sandwich combo, but it really made me go o_0 for some reason...

And so it is an American thing. Thanks for the info, this was bugging me. Now I know ;-)

[spikedluv]

I can't say that it's solely an American thing, but it's definitely done here. *g*

[strippedhalo.livejournal.com]

Yes, what spikedluv said. Soup & sandwich is a pretty popular lunch combination (not necessarily a grilled sandwich, though), but they don't have to be eaten together. And yes again about tomato soup & grilled cheese. :)

Yay for happy days!

[castalie.livejournal.com]

We don't have that combo at all around here, so it kinsa was a food-related mystery to me. Thanks for satisfying my curiosity :-)

[nicelyobsessed.livejournal.com]

Justement là je vais regarder Kaamelott dans mon lit lol

Je suis bien contente que la semaine se termine et demain Spn ou comment commencer un week end en beauté.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

C'est pas gentil de narguer les copines ! M'enfin au moins y en a une de nous deux qui peut profiter d'Arthur, Perceval & Co, donc c'est toujours ça de pris :-)

[sockich.livejournal.com]

Boo, funk. I'm glad it was gone by the morning. *squishes you*

(SPN TOMORROW ZOMG YAYS!!! :D)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I was glad too, believe you me. Thanks *g*

(IT WAS THE MOST AWESOME THING! SEASON 4 ROCKS SO MUCH IT ALMOST SCARES ME!)

[maaaaa.livejournal.com]

mmmmmmmmmmmm....cream of tomato soup with grilled cheese sammiches...and you dunk the sammich in the soup. comfort food, oh yes. *nods*

[castalie.livejournal.com]

The thing you learn every day! See, I taught you what pegging was and now you teach me all about the soup with grilled sandwich combo! I love the internets lol

Thanks :-)

[spikedluv]

See, I taught you what pegging was and now you teach me all about the soup with grilled sandwich combo!

Hahaha! Somehow, if I had to choose, I'd think that learning about pegging was the most interesting choice. *g*

[ninjetti75.livejournal.com]

Heee, your curiosity is so fun!

Yes, "soup & sandwich" is a common American lunch (and lots of people probably have it for supper, too), but it could be any kind of sandwich, not just grilled cheese or even grilled. The grilled cheese part is more like what you were suggesting about the comfort food aspect of it...it's one of the quickest and easiest sandwiches to make, almost as simple as just heating up a can of soup, so they easily go together.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Happy to be of service lol

And thanks for the detailed explanation! We don't have that kind of combo around our parts so I kept wondering about it :-)

[yami-tai.livejournal.com]

:-( Do you think your DVD player is fixable?

In a 'we sorta bought the tickets today' kinda way so, yeah ;-)

We are officially con buddies now *bounces*!

Also, I'm having a fannish dinner, namely soup + grilled sandwich

Bit of an odd combination, but it sounds nice! It's not something that we do over here, I must admit.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid it's not but I'll definitely try my best to bring it back to life!

We totally are officially con buddies \o/

From the comments above, it'd seem it is an American thing. Americans and their sandwiches :-)

[turps33.livejournal.com]

We don't do the soup and sandwich thing either, though I agree with Tai, it sounds nice.

[castalie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it'd seem it's a pretty popular American thing. Just love all those little differences from one country to another. Hail to internet!

[turlough]

In Sweden soup & sandwich has always been a moderately common thing, both for lunch and supper, but the sandwiches are always cold and prepared during the meal, i.e. you put out bread and butter and cheese or cold cuts and everyone make their own sandwich(es)

[castalie.livejournal.com]

In Sweden, too? See? You do learn news things everyday \o/ Thanks :-)