time for a post

who watches top chef?
i know you do, kat. everybody, kat told me she gets pretty horny after watching top chef. she even put that on her gchat status, right kat?

if you aren't watching the current season (4) of top chef then this prolly won't make sense to you. and i'm sorry that this post will mean nothing to you, especially after i haven't posted in awhile. surf the channel, son (thanks mark).

first off, THERE'S A FILIPINO on the show! and from what i've read on any blogs i'm subscribed to, NOBODY else CARES about him being filipino but me (and you, kat). his name is dale (like the oxygen engineer) and from the vibes (aka BRAVOTV editing) of the first episodes, he was supposed to be the asshole of the show. but he isn't. he isn't particularly optimistic and positive all the time, either. he's just real. but more importantly, he has some real SKILLZ. he even made halo halo for one of his quickfires, biatch!!

second of all, contestant lisa is the actual a$$hole of the competition. with antonia coming in a close second. both are stingy stubborn human beings, and antonia is from beverly hills, but lisa comes in over the top because she is a pretty negative person, likes to complain about everything, and uses the f-word way too much, and never in cool ways.

third, every reality show needs a contestant from down under.

maybe it's cuz they don't get bravo in daly city, or pacifica, but it really sucks how everybody gets behind the filipino or filipina contestants on american idol (even if they're airheads, so i've been told, or don't even really like being filipina cough*jasminetrias*cough) or on best dance crew (even if nobody on kaba modern could claim to be filipino) and not much hype for the super talented dale.

i wonder if i would have turned out to be different if, when i was little and more impressionable, there was even a slightly famous filipino cook that i could have looked up to, like dale. maybe i would have been more inspired to pursue food, maybe my life would be exactly the same, who knows? but i mean, the only filipino i could really look up to was rufio, who was killed by the white man. and i didn't really get into karate so ernie reyes, jr. was not an option for me.

risotto with mushrooms and asparagus is what i hope to be cooking today.

ps. i just remembered bambu also posted about dale on his blog.