economically challenged

On the news today, they were talking about how house fires tend to increase around this time of year. When asked why, a Baltimore City firefighter explained, “Those who are, uh, Economcially Challenged tend to use their stoves to heat their residences…”

I was just like… say what?? Economically challenged???. Now we can’t even call poor people poor anymore? Trust me, honey, poor people know they’re poor, and they have better things to worry about than whether or not someone calling them “poor” on television is considered politically correct. Jesus H. Christ.

And another thing. On the note of these political ads… some of these attacks are getting ridiculous. Since when is it considered a bad thing to have similar stance on certain issues as other people in your political party? And why is it bad if said political party funds your campaign? The Steele-Cardin senate race is one of the biggest ones here, and that’s the one I’m referring to. Cardin, a Democrat, is “attacking” Steele for holding similar ideals to President Bush, and having his campaign paid for by the National Republican Party. Now I dislike Bush just as much as the next person, but I don’t see the validity in an attack on a person solely for the reason that they support Bush. If anything, it makes me want to vote for Steele even more (despite the fact that I disagree with him/Bush). How’s that for irony?

Now on to more fun subjects. Food. 🙂 I finally got to cook the dinner today that I had wanted to cook yesterday. The recipe I had was for a cheese-stuffed chicken, using feta cheese. I tossed the leftover feta into a cucumber/tomato salad to start with:

It also includes onions, green and red peppers, black olives, pepper, oregano, and a dressing of olive oil and vinegar.

and then for dinner:

Feta-stuffed chicken, and pasta with a (quasi-homemade) tomato sauce.

Funny thing about the chicken in that pic though–it’s not even fully cooked. I’d forgotten to take the (porcelin) casserole dish out of the fridge for a bit before tossing it in the oven, so the entire dish was attempting to cook from about 35 degrees farenheit. It should only have taken about 40 minutes to cook, but an hour and 20 minutes later, it Still wasn’t done. I gave up and tossed the chicken in the microwave for a couple minutes to finish cooking it. Everything was good once it was actually cooked, but I know better for next time now.

I took one of those funny LiveJournal memes earlier today. I tried posting it here, but the code for those things never shows right, so I’ll just post my results in text format.

how you really say “I love You”
Name: Jen
believe in true love? most definitely.

Your hands say: We fit together.
Your eyes say: I can”t dream anyone more beautiful.
Your hugs say: This is where you are meant to be.
Your kisses say: You mean the world to me.
Your body says: Just curl up next to me.
Your heart says: Te amo.

Someone I know I think will be particularly intrigued by that last one. At least, I know I was, especially after what You said to me the other night.

Anywho, time to nap a bit before getting ready for my halloween party tonight!