Those are the two that I picked, there is still ripe one on the plant. I ate the creepy curly one there, and it shocked me. The heat level is supposed to be somewhere between 5000-30,000 SHU. I can tell you that based on my experience, it was much hotter than that, and maybe closer to 100,000. It had a nice sweet citrusy flavor to it, and a very thick wall. There has been some debate on the heat level of this pepper, with people agreeing with me, that it is hotter than it's said to be. I'll see if that was just an anomaly when I eat the other one. There is always the potential that it was a freak pepper, and had a higher heat, but I don't think so.
I have several other plants that are producing right now, with more peppers to taste, and I have two good sized pods on the Bonnet, which I will always be excited about. It has such good flavor. I think the next one that will be ready to taste is either the Rainforest, which have a few full sized pods, or the El Rito, which was a plant that was on deaths door, and is now covered in peppers. The fact that I brought it back from the brink makes me super excited about that one.
I got the pepper can stands done, and I'm taking my buddy his today. I used a semi gloss polyurethane on them, so they don't have that clear coat shine like the book cases. I figured a semi gloss would be better considering they are going to be used to hold soda cans and spend most of their time outside. These are still rush jobs, but I think they came out pretty well. If I ever make more, I'm going to be real precise with them, and get them exact.
I have to show you last night dinner. It was pretty amazing, and I'm rather proud of myself of coming up with the whole presentation. This is a top sirloin steak with a garlic butter glaze, and topped with my own type of caprese salad. It was habaneros, grape tomatoes, kalamata olives, olive oil, and italian seasoning. I put the extra on the side with the bacon wrapped asparagus. Enjoy the food porn.
I do have a shot of the caprese on it's own, which tastes really good by itself. I had thoughts of just putting it on some leafy greens as a salad, but the steak was calling for it a little more.
Before I forget, which I've had a habit of lately. Here is my short review of Birds of Prey and The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. Yes, that is the full title of the film. In as few words as possible, I loved every moment of it. I think Margot Robbie does a fantastic job as Harley, the psychopathic villainess with a heart of gold. The soundtrack also build on the female empowerment of the movie. It was full of female artists with heavy hitting songs that weren't the typical ballads. If you get a chance go out and see it. It's unapologetic in it's attack on the norm.
I got some new numbers for you based on the way I've been eating lately. These aren't official because the 30 days is not up for another few days, but basically I've maintained my weight. Even after those bad days of bloat based on the eating that lemon pie, I've leveled off at 149.2 lbs. My waist measurement fell back to where it was and even dropped another quarter inch, that puts me at a solid .485 for my waist to height ratio. The most surprising number was my body fat measurement, This was really unexpected, and it is with calipers, so there is a plus or minus to it. I began with a measurement of 16.9% body fat. I marked in on Friday at 14.9%. With the inaccuracy of calipers, I'm thinking it is more like 15.5%, which puts me on track for hitting my 15% mark in due time. I will take photos on Tuesday morning which will officially be day 30. This 30 days has been a big change for me, not just physically but mentally as well. I seriously recommend doing something like this for yourself. You don't have to do 30 days, I understand that an be considered extreme, but give yourself a day at the very least to take care of yourself. Eat really clean that day, take a moment to invest in your mental health, and do something you love doing. You may end up surprising yourself and realizing that you really like doing that, and might just do more than a day.
Now for the reveal of this photo. I got one guess in the comments of that post. It was about the nose ring. That was a wrong guess. The nose ring has been around for a few years. I have no idea if anyone tried leaving comments on the Facebook post, since I haven't been on there and don't plan on going back on until Wednesday at the earliest. Anyway, lets get to it. I told you that it was a subtle change based on something I used to do in my goth days. Then though I over did it to scare people away. I've begun wearing a very subtle amount of eyeliner. I don't want the gothic rock star smudge anymore, so I'm keeping it real clean and neat. It's just enough to make a very small difference in my appearance, but it's a change that I really like a lot. I've never tried to be normal, despite looking that way for most of my life, and I really don't plan on trying to now, especially since I'm getting closer and closer to the body I've always wanted. Hard work and perseverance to pay off, and anything is possible if you want it enough. If you can't see that by looking at that picture, then you haven't seen the changes that I've made to go to that from this.
I'll have the official numbers on Tuesday night with a few photos. I have to get ready now, cause I'm going to visit the moms early today so I can get to that little backyard grilling later. Peace in and goodnight.
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