Cock Flavored Soup... And Repurposing

 This Morning The Man and I made a run to the Big Asian Supermarket that our Ex-DIL's Aunt owns, Lee Lee's International Supermarket.   We don't grow Rice in America, so I wanted to pick up a 25 Lb. Bag of Jasmine Rice and a 10 Lb. bag of Arabic Rice, so we'd have enuf before Tariffs are tacked on, or the Stores just won't be getting any in anymore.   I picked up other Imported Foods and Spices so I'd be stocked up on what we use a lot and be good for a long haul, which, I think it will be.  This isn't gonna be solved overnight and Trading Partners may not even wanna do business with America now they can't Trust us and this Administration were so punitive and petty.  Since, Breaking Trust is hard Earned Back.   The Man always gets a kick out of some of the Products at the Asian Markets, so he was having Fun with it, we're such Children with our Immature Humor.  Want some Anal Angst? *Bwahahaha*

I ended  up getting a large Antique Fertility Buddha at a Chazza... Online those like him are Listed for Hundreds of Dollars, I got him for $30 on Senior Day.  We did hit a few Chazzas again coz Tuesdays are Senior Day at most of them.   We'd spent the most at the Asian Supermarket tho' stocking up our Pantry with necessities.  I got some Flower Honey from Hungary, since, never had Hungarian Bees Honey before, so, why not?  *LOL*   There were already a LOT of empty Shelves coz it's mostly an Import Supermarket that gets authentic Brands from all over the World for the various Immigrant Populations who Shop there.  Each Aisle has Product from a specific Country, all the Asian Countries, some African, Hungarian, East Indian, Polynesian... they offer over 50,000 authentic International Grocery Items from over 30 Geographical Countries.  

We Love shopping there, Solina's Aunt who Owns these Markets has a Mansion in East Phoenix and Hosts Fabulous Parties there, that The Son and G-Kid Force have been to, so the Stores do very well.   The Cambodians actually Own all the Asian Grocery Stores in the Valley.  Solina's Dad owned one before Retirement, I've Shopped at the Store he used to Own and been to their Fabulous Home.  The Aunt Owns the Three Largest Lee Lee's Chains in Peoria, Chandler and Tucson.   A lot of the other Relatives also Own Specialty Grocers in Southern California.  A lot of her Relatives also live in Little Cambodia in Long Beach, Cali.   The Son Loved going there and said I'd enjoy visiting.  Long Beach has the largest concentration of Cambodians of any City in the U.S., mostly coming in late 1975 to escape the Killing Fields of the Khmer Rouge's reign of terror.   Solina's Parents lost almost half their Family to the brutality, and Survivors spent Four Years in a Refugee Camp waiting for approval for Asylum to other Countries. 

Back to lightening up the Topic of the Post now, we did get this Cock Flavored Soup Mix, coz for just over a Buck, it was just too fucking Funny NOT to, you know?  *Bwahahahaha*   All the Kiddos thought it hilarious and posted pixs of it to their Friends.  *LMAOROTF*  I really do think we got mebbe just over a Week before Shelves start becoming glaringly empty, like during the height of Pandemic shortages, perhaps even worse than that and for longer, and folks start Panic Buying again.  Economists are predicting a grim outcome of this Tariff War on Products and Supply Chains collapsing of everything America Imports... and Exports.  We already pissed the Canadians off so much by acting like America wanted to make them a 51st State and Steal their Land too... that they Elected their Liberal Party, who had been 20 Points down with Conservatives leading until the Orange Menace Targeted our closest Friend, Trading Partner and Ally! 

Canadians don't wanna Buy American Products now or come here to Vacay and that's a substantial Loss to our Markets and Tourism.  Canada has never done anything to deserve him turning on them like he has, so I don't blame them whatsoever.  I have a lot of Canadian Blog Friends and I know they realize at least Half of the American Citizenry didn't Vote for this Criminal Orange Sociopathic Fascist.   Anyway, my Pantry is filled now with what I can think of that I might not be able to get as things worsen further.   I almost feel like a Doomsday Prepper now, yet, nobody I know is teasing me about it, coz they all feel unsettled too.  I just don't have a Peace about how Bad things will unravel, it's not a matter of if they will, it's just a matter of when it goes completely Sideways and Off the Rails now.

I'm usually an Optimist, but even Guarded Optimism right now seems like Wishful Thinking.   But, we still go out and have a good time, coz, if we don't deserve it, who does?!  *Winks*   Eat, Drink and be Merry, coz Tomorrow we may all Die... and all that...   So, it was a very good day and we got everything accomplished before we had to pick Princess T up from Work, she goes in an Hour earlier on Tuesdays and thus gets out an Hour earlier.   She was in a good Mood, so Work must have gone Okay this day... or, her Boss is back?  *LOL*   Mando had worked on re-doing our Closet Rods and making them stronger, using Old Porcelain Light Fixtures to attach the Closet Rods.  Before they had flimsy Plastic which kept breaking and collapsing, all your Wardrobe would end up on the damned Floor!   I didn't wanna pay for a Closet Remodel, since all the Modern shit is inferior quality now and doesn't last, so, we improvised.

That shit ain't comin' down now!!!   *Winks and Bwahahaha*   I'd looked for Modern Sturdy Fixtures to put Rods on that wouldn't break, they just didn't have them.  So, while out doing Environmental Cleanup one day, there was an Old Abandoned Farmhouse they're gonna be razing coz a Developer bought the Land and will put up another Modern high density Subdivision Hell where the Old Adobe Farmhouse used to be.  So, Bulldozers had already made piles of Debris from the Old House and we gleaned some Architectural Salvage from it, since the Old place was probably from around the 1930's Era and had all these Porcelain Light Fixtures in the Dump area.  They seemed perfect for this long delayed Project I'd been trying to find the right Fixtures to hold up our Closet Rods and I liked the Funky Look of them once installed, one still having the Pull Chain on it.  *LOL*   Mando and The Daughter are both handy with Fabricating and Improvising shit, so they went to work with the Vision I had for using/repurposing them.  *Smiles*

They spent Two Days working on them and we still need about Four more of these Old Porcelain Fixtures so I'll be keeping an Eye out for them, I may even have some stashed in my RV Garage Mahal from my Architectural Salvage Hoarding Days of Yesteryear?   I been Rescuing various Architectural Salvage since the early 1970's when everyone thought me Crazy for doing it.  *Winks*   I just Love repurposing things and Salvaging good quality Historic things that otherwise would be Lost to a Landfill, which just seems an incredible shame and waste.  They just don't make things like they used to, that lasted and never wore out, we're a disposable, cheaply mass produced Society now.   I almost always replace Modern POS crap with Older replacements that will Last and hold up better.  I tire of Modern shit breaking or needing constant repairs or replacement, it's costly.

The Daughter is still working on the Back Patio, it's looking so good!  She even cleaned the Kitchen Window so good that it looks like it's Open and doesn't have Glass!  *Smiles*   She moved the Giant Clam Shell with all it's other Shell Contents all by herself, she's a Beast like that when she's Manic!   Only Allen and our Big Stud Muffin at the Antique Mall, Anthony, had been able to pick it up {empty}!!!  *Smiles*  She's moved large Appliances like Refrigerators all by herself and when she didn't weigh any more than Princess T {About 93 Lbs.}, when she was a Teenager too, so, I'm not Surprised.   She's much Stronger than she looks, and so am I, so I guess it's a Hereditary factor, or the Crazy Factor, I dunno?  *Smiles*  She and I have had to be restrained by a multitude of Big Stud Muffin Young Male Police Officers when we've gone Mental, so, the Crazy Factor is a possibility that explains our unnatural Strength???  *Ha ha ha*

 People are always very Surprised at how much Strength The Daughter and I have... becoz we don't LOOK particularly Strong.  I once picked up a Friend who weighed over 350 Lbs., I don't actually know her exact Weight, but she suffered from morbid obesity, even as a Young Woman when our Kiddos were little, and I held her up, when she fell and was dangling from some Wooden Stairs, her Foot stuck between them!  Had I not lifted her she would have broken her Neck in front of her Kiddos and mine, coz she was less than 1/2 Inch from hitting the Ground on her Head!  I saw her fall as I was washing Dishes and looking out my Window, they lived next door.  All the Kids were screaming.  I Weighed in at 120 at the time and it took Five Male Paramedics/Fire Rescue Guys to Lift her onto the Stretcher!    Below is my Dear Friend and Neighbor Marie, may she R.I.P., since, she's sadly no longer with us.  She was a Lifelong Friend and I still keep in touch with her Youngest, a Daughter, who has Two Beautiful Teenaged Kiddos herself now.

 The Rescue Team couldn't believe I'd held her up by myself for several Minutes until they could get there after the 911 Call!!!  I remember she didn't even Feel heavy to me, which was very Odd and Weird, and she kept saying how was I doing it, since I was a tiny Sprite back then and logically I shouldn't have had the Strength to.  And I kept saying don't worry, I got you and I Promise I won't drop you and will hold you up until whenever Help arrives!  In Da Hood that Story is Legendary to this day for those Neighbors and Kids who Witnessed it, including my own Kids.  The day I picked up and Saved Marie when she fell out the Back Door!  Yeah, the next Day I was sore, but I was Fine and the Paramedics insisted on checking me out coz they thought I surely shouldn't be!  It was like those Stories you hear of a Mother picking a Car up off her Child!   Pure Adrenalin is a helluva Natural and Powerful Drug. *Ha ha ha*  And when I feel Alarmed, in Crisis or Angry, I just get very unnaturally Strong.   I miss my Friend Marie, gone too soon.

 The Son, never being PC and with an Autistic's complete lack of a Filter, inappropriately calls our kind of Strength 'Retard Strength'.  *LOL... and No, I'm not Offended by him saying that and neither is his Sister, we're not Delicate Flowers Emotionally either and choose NOT to take Offenses, it's an Option NOT to, you know?!  Winks*  He didn't mean it in a Bad Way, and when he was a Kid I actually had a Doctor tell me they thought that The Son was 'Retarded' and used that very Word in the Eighties, and mebbe that even my Child might be Deaf, since you used to have to touch him and look him in the Eye to make "Contact" with him, before he was Diagnosed on the Autistic Spectrum and with extreme ADHD and Bipolar I Condition.   So, The Son often now jokes about his own Developmental Disabilities being Years to properly Diagnose and self-evident at times.  I know that Word is Taboo now... please, no pontificating about it, and clutching of Pearls, we know!  

Listen, if you have real delicate Sensibilities, you're probably visiting the Wrong Blog anyway and will get The Vapors.   If you're easily Offended, nobody can Help that BUT YOU.  More Self-Help Suggestions will be forthcoming in Future Posts... *Bwahahaha*   Anyway, so, The Daughter had schlepped the big Giant Clamshell with no problem and she's Fine.  She just has been Manic for a few Days, so she's getting a lot done like the Tasmanian Devil Cartoon Character in a Tornado of Dust whirling by.  *Smiles*  She'll often be up at like 3:00 in the Morning making Homemade Refried Beans or something from Scratch when she's like this and won't Sleep... then finally, when her Mania subsides, she'll conk out for half a Day.   I'm like that myself, so I understand how it is... but, unlike her, I'm Thankfully not afflicted with Borderline Personality Disorder or Paranoid Schizophrenia.

We never did go back and get the Hat, someone else bought it.  Ah well... I'll have to do my Yardwork in something else.  *Bwahahaha*  Every time I pick this Kid up from Work tho' it costs me Money coz she always wants something... and I have to Buy it coz she can't for Three Days after it hits the Sales Floor.  I don't know why I'm paying for it tho', she has more Money than me now?!  *Bwahahahaha*   It is so hard NOT to Spoil Grandkids tho', especially if you've Raised them too... dammit!  *Smiles*   She's still Saving Madly for a Vehicle and hopes the whole Tariff thing won't screw that up too badly, she wants to pay Cash and not have Car Debt, which is Wise.   Vehicle Debt and Credit Card Debt are Bad Debt and I've drilled that into her.  So she never wants either.  Luckily her Boyfriend also believes in paying Cash, especially for his Vehicles, so, they're on the same Page financially, he's a Saver and very frugal too. 

It's Wednesday now and Princess T is calling in Sick, she's got a Stomach Virus and needs to be close to a Bathroom.  I Hope it's not contagious coz I've had about Three of those just this Spring myself and they're dreadful.  Seems they're going around and around, she probably got it at Work coz she's exposed to more people than we are.   All of us here at Home have had it, The Son said it's been going around where he Works too.  Whether the same Virus you're catching over and over again or a different one, I dunno, I just know I wanna avoid getting it yet again.  We're all eating different things, so I doubt it's Food bourn, so it's probably more Surface bourn or contact with an Infected Person, I suspect?   I'm staying away from her for a couple days.  *LOL*

She has her own Fridge full of Beverages to stay hydrated and while you have it you can't really eat, so, she'll be Fine.  *Bwahahaha*  I'll duck in to feed and water Eli the Cat, his Feeding Station is across the Room from her Bed, so I'll be Fine.  *Smiles*   So, we got a Sick Kid at Home, Splendid!   BTW: I don't think I'll get more Wild Baby Fish coz I think my Mature ones ate them all!!!   This is probably why I thought mine weren't Breeding either, they probably were and cannibalizing their Young?   I have lots of Decor in the Tank for Baby Fish to hide in and successfully Raised Tropical Fish Babies galore over the Years in there.  So, thought the River Fish Babies would be Fine.  Plus most of them seemed a size they couldn't be eaten now, I might have been wrong about that?  Either that or they're hiding so good I can't even see them anymore, which, is doubtful coz initially they Schooled near the top of the Tank.

Now, in the Wild I know most of them likely get eaten too, and there's much bigger Game Fish in the River too than the Gila River Topminnow Guppy Sized Adult Fish I have in that Aquarium.  Which is why the Indigenous Fish are Threatened actually.  Plus, the Adult Males are small and definitely can't eat anything like a Baby Fish, it's a wonder the Females, who are much larger, don't consume them too then!!!  I think my Female Gila River Topminnow are super Cannibalistic tho' coz those Baby Fish disappeared in Two Days!!!   I felt so bad, coz that wasn't my intention, and the first batch I got last Spring were all Babies with no Adults.  I re-introduced the larger Species back to the River once they got big enuf I felt they were a threat to the smaller Species in the Tank, so, it had gone well.   Now I know... no Babies while Adult Females occupy that Tank, too risky!   Some larger Babies made it and seem Safe Sized to Survive and mingle.

The Son wants me to get rid of them all since they're in his Room and said, well, now you know you can't Breed 'em Mom and help the Species, put 'em all back in the River.  He wants to buy and put a small Fridge where the Aquarium now is you see.  *Eye Roll*   He has to limit the amount of Cold Beer he can put in our Fridge, which, since he's an Alcoholic, is just the way I want and I Planned it.  *Winks*  With his own Fridge I'd risk him having enuf to get drunk and get into trouble with me and his Dad... so... that's why I've insisted on keeping the Fish... my House... my Fish.  *Double Winks*   I don't do Well around anyone whose drinking, it's a Trigger for me and I get vicious with them immediately.  Anyone drunk around me is in peril coz I'll fucking Snap and go Mental.  He sometimes walks that Fine Line, he likes to Live dangerously I guess?  *LOL*

The Daughter is an Alcoholic too, but she won't get drunk or Go There with me coz she still remembers confrontations with me in her Teens and Twenties.  *Bwahahahahaha*  She said I'm the only person who ever knocked her out Cold or just picked her up with one Hand by the Throat and held her up off the Ground until the Fight went out of her.   Yes, I did that, not hyperbole on her part, but if she gets Mental and Violent she knows I'll take her down in a Heartbeat.  If it's me or the other person in a confrontation, it's gonna be them, that's just how I react and it's instant, I don't even have to Think about it.  I don't like Violence and I've never started a Fight in my whole Life.  But, I've ended some with a flourish and sent folks to the ER if they threatened me and initiated a Fight.  I never had to Fight the same Person twice ever.

The Son is bigger and stronger than me by far, but he doesn't like to see me lose my shit, coz Emotionally it upsets him to see me go Mental, and it goes badly for him every time too.  Usually I'm flinging his shit out into the Front Yard and getting the Matches!  *LOL*  And usually someone will have to call the Cops... so... it's just best we have an Understanding that there shall be no drunkenness at Forever Boheme'.  I will tell him when he's had enuf in my opinion and that's when all drinking must then immediately cease.  To tell an Alcoholic not to drink is just Wishful Thinking, they'll sneak it or drink Vodka, so I'd rather he drink a few Beers after Work and not get the DT's.  The Daughter has her 1-2 Mike's Hard Lemonades and she's Golden and not Drunk.   Since both of them have been Clean from Dangerous Drugs for Years now, I'm Grateful the last Vice they have is the Alcoholism.   They're both so Mental and can't take Psychotropics anymore, so, in lieu of not being able to take prescribed Psyche Meds now, a few Drinks takes the Edge Off their Crazy.  And that's always better any way ya cut it.

I Wish they could still take the Psyche Meds, but, it was taking a dangerous toll on their Physical Health.  Their Doctors had to take them off them.  What a lot of people don't realize is that Psyche Meds have dangerous side effects if you have to be on them long term.  They can start shutting down major Organs. Which is why you have Labs every Six Months while on them.  And, since there is no Cure for Serious Mental Illness, it becomes a double edged Sword becoz if you don't take them you go Mental and might harm yourself or others... and if you do take them they might harm or kill you anyway.   Like my Grandson The Young Prince lamented, Thank God for Legalized Medicinal Marijuana in Arizona, coz without the Psyche Meds I wanna Kill myself, and with the Psyche Meds they were Killing my Liver, Kidneys and me anyway, but more slowly and painfully.  He had a Point, MJ was infinitely better in every way.  Both the Adult Kiddos do Vape Medicinal MJ now and it keeps them pretty well stabilized and better Quality of Life.

Lifetime Serious Mental Illness is a tough Row to Hoe and Manage effectively.  The Experts don't even know how to do it.  I tried Edibles to take the Edge Off my Mental, but it just puts me to Sleep and nobody noticed a difference in my Behaviors while Awake either, so we couldn't be sure it was doing anything for me?    I don't like the taste of them and have never Smoked anything and don't wanna start either.   Shrinks did try to put me on Psyche Meds a few times, but every one they tried made me exceedingly Violent, so they had to immediately take me off them. Why?  Becoz I was fucking People up and couldn't even recall doing so, it was scary.  And I don't wanna Be that Person whose Violent, I don't like Violence, without Drugs in my System I'm Peaceful and seek Harmony with everyone and anyone.  The World would be a better place if we all could ascribe to that.

 I embrace the Old Hippie's Vibe and way of Living completely, in compatibility with all of Humanity and Nature, being Kind is not hard for me.  Being compassionate is easy.  And not taking Psyche Drugs I never hurt anyone or even want to, so it was just better letting me be Crazy and Harmless.  *Bwahaha*  And Yes, I AM Harmless my Friends... that has been established, it's not my Nature to be Violent.  Unless and until someone foolishly intentionally provokes me and/or threatens to harm me or someone I Love.  Even then, I ALWAYS give fair Warning that's not a good idea on their part, so they can reconsider.  And to me, self defense is a Right, not an Option.  And there's a lot of Angry and Violence prone other folks out there my Friends, who would do you Harm and think nothing of it or even enjoy the Cruelty towards another Human Being.   They Live among us... and one is now in the Top Leadership of America!

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Be at Peace with the World around you as much as you are able my Friends and don't let Evil prevail or Win... Dawn... The Bohemian