This Is My Tiger

He is nameless. I have Georgia O'Brien's talents to thank for this, something childish that I've always wanted. What should I call him? I can't think of a good enough name that would not be a rip off.

Please help.

Blaise

Sun in London

I have said it many times, and so again...

I find few things more uplifting or more beautiful than the sun when it comes down strong on London. Today I am a happy man in a happy city.

xoxoxoxoxo

Taste of London

So we went, and before the rain came down at about 9 got through most of the stands. Le Gavroche was indeed there, as were several other Roux brothers restaurants. There were also live bands, drinks stands, cookery 'development' schools, cookbook libraries, and Chef demonstrations (when I walked by it was Tom Kerridge).

I thought after the ticket price of £26, it would all be free samples - but no. Perhaps because the event was staged in a Royal Park, or any other number of reasons, my brother and I bought booklets of "Crowns" (two to a pound - so essentially a dollar) which we would hand over in exchange for whatever we wanted.

There were average dishes, overdone dishes, unpleasant ones and some that were far too ambitious (the drinks were basically fine though.

A few great discoveries though: the bone marrow hamburger from Riuchard Corrigan's Bentley's was the best thing we ate (although Heston's salted caramel ice cream gets a mention), and something called Modern Milk. Google it, it's delicious.

Tasting London

My brother and I will tomorrow be going to Regent's Park to eat egregious amounts of food as restaurants from around this greatest of cities (I say that without bias but with true feeling) show off their wares.
We have our tickets booked, and obviously (cliche coming) cannot wait.
Apparently Le Gavroche has a stand. Right now that is my favorite restaurant. Granted, Ihave not been to Alinea in Chicago, but I will. However, I have been to The Gage - a great place opposite the Art Institute on South Michigan (in Chicago, IL) and it is fantastic, as is/was the wine list/sommelier. I went several times.

However, what The Gage was trying to do was haute cuisine pub food (incidentally, pubs are English, not Irish, unless you are in a country that is neither of those two).
So tomorrow I am going to be looking for the best of that English (not Irish) food - savory tastes that only the most unadulterated of palates can truly enjoy. I'll leave the sweets to the pathetic whose parents fed them sherbet and Coca-cola.

I'm a big lad, and I can force a lot of food down me. My brother, to some, looks scrawny (he's built), looks weak (he's strong), or looks meek (he is vicious and tough). I can put it away, but there is a limit.

For him, there is simply none. I can't wait.

My Constitution

An individual's right to communicate, enact within reason, or express opinions, and acquire information on the government's nactivities, should be honored, excepting when the informatiojn is classified and exposure threatens national security. The need for stability to help recover the nation's strength to help recover the nation's strength while its neighbors are weak and distracted is inestimable, and those violating it by infringing on another's right to speech, pursuing classified information or having an agenda to do so either commit treason, lest they bring war to us.
Speech or opinion inciting racial hatred, or hatred towards a particular social group and its individual members, is totally banned

*To clarify, this would be a constitution for a country with recent ethnic genocide and ethnic tensions bubbling, and very much alive, just under the surface. It was done as a university assignment

Incidentally...

I got 50 % of the vote. Ludicrous.

http://www.northwesternsexweek.com/1/post/2011/2/northwesterns-sexiest-candidate-1-blaise-hope.html

Starting again

This summer I'll be trying to get this gong again, although with a perhaps more reflective tone. Let me know if there's a style/thing/piece you'd like to see.

Blaise