urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat dan. dan. 2006-07-05T11:53:36Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:38604 2006-07-05T11:53:36Z 2006-07-05T11:53:36Z must stop over eating. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:38346 2006-06-30T08:44:23Z 2006-06-30T08:49:32Z i've totally forgotten about the manic street preachers, holy bible is a great album.<br /><br />there's not enough blacks in the union jacks, there's too much white in the stars and stripes. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:37975 2006-05-05T16:59:29Z 2006-05-05T16:59:29Z playing a show with ponyloaf on may 2oth. anyone still care about us??? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:37822 2006-05-02T22:38:29Z 2006-05-02T22:38:29Z sorry for being a terrible friend and a terrible person in general, i don't know how else to be.<br />work is killing me and i feel old, i have no time to myself, i don't even care about music anymore. i wish i could grow a proper beard. overstating my case? out. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:37597 2006-02-18T04:08:07Z 2006-02-18T04:08:07Z kerry packer is sucking satan's cock right now while i'm paying for his memorial service. we hope that you choke.<br /><br />random abuse at montrachet, part one in a serie:<br />(all abuse with a heavy french accent)<br /><br />1. ah! you filthy motherfuckers of god, i should ban you guys from cooking!<br />2. don't call the docket if you're not ready to go, you fuckhead, what is wrong with you fucking useless morons!<br />3. i'm gonna go and throw those idiots out of the restaurant if they don't shut the fuck up!<br /><br />ah, yes, good times. i am having a good time there even though i do at least 12 hours a day with half an hour break. my plan to become the best chef ever is well underway.<br /><br />creme brulee':<br /><br />3 ltr heavy cream<br />4 vanilla pods<br />600 grams sugar<br />36 egg yolks<br /><br />1. preheat the oven to 240 c<br />2. whisk egg yolks and sugar in a stainless steel bowl until just combined.<br />3. cut the vanilla pods in halve. scrape out the seed with the blade of your paring knife, combine vanilla seed with the egg and sugar mix.<br />4. throw the vanilla pods in a heavy based sauce pan with the cream, bring that shit to the boil.<br />5. pour cream in a slow, steady stream into the egg mix, whisking constantly to make sure the hot cream don't cook the eggs.<br />6. poor mix in to ramekins. cook brulee in a deep tray half fill with water at 240 degrees for 5 minutes, turn the oven down to 150 and let it cook out for 35-45 minutes. let brulee come to room temparature, refrigerate to set. sprinkle with sugar and cramelise it with a blowtorch or under a hotgrill.<br />7. heck yes.<br /><br />this recipe' makes about 32 brulee'. unless you're catering for a hungry mass, i suggest you half the ingredients. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:37229 2006-02-16T13:15:46Z 2006-02-16T13:15:46Z youse are all cunts.<br />except imogen. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:36961 2005-12-16T01:08:48Z 2005-12-16T01:08:48Z oh, and it's hard to be all punk rock and shit when you work that much, so, yeah, i hope noone miss the night crash. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:36770 2005-12-16T01:06:16Z 2005-12-16T01:06:16Z 7 am to 11 pm, half hour break. hello, christmas.<br />work, it's what chefs do.<br /><br />i'm gettin' the crazies. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:36602 2005-12-10T11:44:33Z 2005-12-10T11:44:33Z sydney smells like a salt-cured, sun-dried goat rectum. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:36285 2005-12-05T06:11:48Z 2005-12-05T06:13:02Z got the job. eaaasy.<br /><br />viva la difference! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:35943 2005-12-03T01:23:28Z 2005-12-03T01:23:28Z yes, i feel a strange sense of proudness to have made it to 24. 24. 2-4. i feel it, yeah.<br /><br />last year was the best year of my live, the first year of my life, the first year i have actually lived. <br /><br />birthday presents in order of appearance :<br /><br />a friday night off<br />a knife roll<br />a haircut<br />a $100 gift voucher for executive chef<br />a bottle of wine<br />an ass-reaming lunch service<br />dinner at isis<br />beer<br />a smog record<br /><br />that is a decent list, you guys made me cry.<br /><br />i am terribly nervous about this trial at montrachet on monday but i am sure i will do well. wish me luck.<br /><br />suck cock, fuck, it's all so empty... urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:35592 2005-12-02T08:57:53Z 2005-12-02T08:57:53Z it's my 24th birthday today. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:35547 2005-11-29T01:59:13Z 2005-11-29T01:59:13Z trial at montrachet next monday, the job is "yours if you like it, start on the first of feb". boo yah.<br /><br />is anyone going to belladonna on saturday? need a lift from brisbane. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:35227 2005-11-18T00:30:46Z 2005-11-18T00:30:46Z next year...<br />leaving mondo organics to start my second year elsewhere, i think i'm gonna stick it out in brisbane for another year. these are the restautrants i could go to :<br /><br />1. montrachet : best french restaurant in brisbane, they do straight up french food, exactly the cuisine i want to learn. close saturdays and sundays. the only thing is i probably have to peel shallots for a year before the crazy french chef let me anywhere near the service kitchen.<br /><br />2. isis : best restaurant in brisbane. probably have to cough up 75 hours + a week. but interesting. jason peppler has been in the media a lot lately.<br /><br />3. e'cco : nice food, great head chef, probably not my kind of thing.<br /><br />4. urbane : modern australian with asian influence, probably too contemporary for my liking.<br /><br />5. park road east : the head chef has worked with david thompson in london, he also did a stint with christine mansfield. exciting menu but not established, i think i will like it there.<br /><br />i think i'm gonna end up at montrachet, it's all very, very exciting. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:34888 2005-11-09T09:28:16Z 2005-11-09T09:28:16Z i couldn't get the dead turtle out of my head. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:34766 2005-10-23T09:49:26Z 2005-10-23T09:49:26Z somebody please telephone me. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:34465 2005-10-05T23:30:35Z 2005-10-05T23:30:35Z the night crash are playing at the orient tonight, the line up's something like :<br /><br />i heart hiroshima<br />etcetera<br />the night crash<br />vialka<br /><br />we're probably gonna play those 2 new songs featuring kirk on the bass and then haul out a bunch of old shit. we really have no time to write new songs. leigh pointed out the other day that he only had 25 days before he has to hand in his thesis, fucking, hardcore. hopefully we can write some new songs after that's all over and done with, we will see where my current obsession with mclusky and nirvana(in utero, to be exact) take us. heh.<br /><br />anyway, i want a new tattoo, yes, i do. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:34113 2005-09-27T01:18:44Z 2005-09-27T01:18:44Z hi imogen,<br />i would really like to call you but i spent all my money on beer so you should call me.<br />bye,<br />dan urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:34035 2005-09-20T01:05:33Z 2005-09-20T01:05:33Z "Nicotine stained on account of her crutch <br />And I'm aching from fucking too much<br />I know what I do but it all comes to you <br />Did you sell me to wanderlust?<br />I'm fearful I'm fearful I'm fearful of flying <br />And flying is fearful of me<br />I covered my eyes when she told me the news <br />Turning me on with my lightsabre cocksucking blues"<br /><br />yes sir, i have rediscovered mclusky. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:33539 2005-09-14T00:28:37Z 2005-09-14T00:28:37Z "Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole <br /> Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound.<br /> But while you debate half empty or half full <br /> It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown "<br /><br />i like ben gibbard. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:33408 2005-09-12T00:15:55Z 2005-09-12T00:15:55Z in the kitchen for life.<br /><br />i picked up a copy of kind of like spitting's old moon in the arms of the new on yellow vinyl a couple of days ago, eat that, nick smethurst.<br /><br />getting a week off late december, gonna go on tour. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:33039 2005-09-08T01:06:47Z 2005-09-08T01:06:47Z imogen looks funny in that photo. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:32816 2005-09-07T01:54:09Z 2005-09-07T01:54:09Z Frankly, Mr. fucking Shankly. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:32516 2005-09-07T01:47:45Z 2005-09-07T01:49:50Z alright, motherfuckers,<br /><br />got a phone call from anika yesterday regarding our 12", apparently we're gonna need to put in some money to get it printed; problem is, we have no money at the moment. but that news is good, at least something is being done about it, we recorded the fucking thing almost 12 months ago. <br /><br />i am getting seriously sick of working, the job ain't bad, but the hours are depressing (2pm - 11pm, tues-sat). i don't think i'd ever want to be a headchef, i would be happy to just be a cook, really. i don't know. why am i so interested in classical french cuisine lately? why am i obsessed with finding out the perfect way to cook offals and vegetable? why do i want to make ultra clear stock and consomme'? i work in an italian restaurant, that's probably why.<br /><br />the days are going slower, but the weeks are passing by faster, what is up with that? <br /><br />things will get better next year, at least that's what i keep telling myself.<br /><br />and this makes me want to vomit:<br /><br />"While 610 Ann St no longer exists as everybody’s favourite dingy DIY venue, the space isn’t about to go to waste. Michael Fox from Fox Galleries has taken over the building and plans to breathe fresh life into it. He says he wants to develop a “multi-faceted art space” with the potential to showcase visual art, theatre, music and contemporary dance. His plans also include opening art galleries upstairs."<br /><br />that guy can shove his "multi-faceted art space" up his arse. <br /><br />so after i've figured out the obvious (birth is not the begining, death is not the end, if you look up from a vantage view point everthing has already happened) i still don't understand why, then, is it still hard to do something that i think isn't important? i wanna go on a roadtrip. i wanna get out of town for a little while. but i can't. but it doesn't feel right. i know why but it seems ridiculous. fucking with fate always feel wrong. everything is as they should be. fuck. and as long as i have this body i gotta play by the rules.<br /><br />i was never a responsible person. i was always, and always an arsehole. i remember being an arsehole to my dad when i was 2. <br /><br />and i don't even like anyone or fall in love anymore.<br /><br />bah.<br /><br />the night crash has been jamming with kirk, it has been good. we sound like shellac. yes.<br /><br />would you run your kitchen like that?<br /><br />love,<br />dan urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:clogged_throat:32323 2005-09-06T01:01:58Z 2005-09-06T01:01:58Z i'm a grumpy motherfucker.