Soy Sauce Packets & Epiphanies: M.C. On The B-List...

it's been a few weeks since janet jackson had to cancel her appearance as musical guest on saturday night live due to illness. thank god mariah carey had nothing better to do, and was able to make a musical appearance at the last minute. talk about b-list. i've never been a big fan of mariah carey's music, unless it was a collaboration with another musician or group. you know the good ones: 'one sweet day' with boyz II men, the 'fantasy' remix with old dirty bastard, the 'high quality' m.c. tunes.

these days, i think mariah is going through a mid-life crisis; only she's not getting a boob-job, plastic surgery or a sweet new sports car. she's trying to be 'young again,' singing ebonics, dressing like a hooker in the east village, and begging for people to 'touch her body.' no thanks. i'll pass.

don't get me wrong, she's only pushing 40, which by no means is old; maybe just a little old when you're begging for people to 'give you a taste' and for the record, i don't think anything could 'fit [her] tighter than her favorite jeans' either...'

Touch my body-Put me on the floor-Wrestle me around-Play with me some more-Touch my body-Throw me on the bed-I just wanna make you feel-Like you never did.

Touch my body-Let me wrap my thighs-All around your waist-Just a little taste-Touch my body-Know you love my curves-Come on and give me what I deserve-And touch my body.

Boy you can put me on you-Like a brand new white tee-I'll hug your body tighter-Than my favorite jeans.

like i said, no thanks mariah.

the story behind ssp&e:

so i'm not sure if you're anything like me, but being the 'off the cuff cuisine' chef that i am, i try not to let anything go to waste. you know, when you bring home some bk or mickey d's, and after consuming your poor excuse for food, have ketchup packets or sauce shots left over that you throw in the door and forget about. same goes for chinese food, and you know they always give you enough sauce to put out a fire at the pentagon with your order. you throw them in your refrigerator door and forget about them. then one day you're trying to impress some last minute guests that have decided to stay at your place for dinner and all you have in your 'gourmet' kitchen are some ramen noodles, frozen veggies and some leftover grilled chicken from last weekend's cookout. the makings of a superb, on-the-fly stirfry. but wait, OH SHIT!, how are you going to make a sauce for your stirfry with no sauce? you look in the fridge and all you see is a bottle of ketchup, french's mustard (i use the term mustard loosely when describing french's), and a jar of pickle juice. oh no, what to do, what to do. then you bust open the butter holder, that invariably has never seen a stick of butter in it's life, and VOILA! soy sauce, duck sauce, hot mustard! packets, but instant chinkychow sauce nonetheless! each one of those packets, collected over time, came from a meal, inevitably eaten over conversation, an argument or during a lone lunch of self-reflection, came from a time and place in the past. as are our lessons learned. we learn through the years how to cope, how to inspire, how to teach, and how to live. we don't always remember those lessons, as we throw condiment packets in the fridge we throw life-lessons into the back of our heads, until one day we find ourself in a situation where it becomes relevant and we pull them from the back of our minds as to not waste the advice and lessons of the past. the moral of this story, and the linking of it to my blog- our life experiences are our 'soy sauce packets,' our hidden links to our experiences of our past...

e·piph·a·ny - noun - a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. [www.dictionary.com]

the epiphanies that we experience in life, questions or situations that we find ourselves in, and don't know how to resolve, can most often be solved my raking our brains in search of a 'soy sauce packet.' an answer to a question. a solution to a problem. and so this, this blog, is simply an ever-expanding culmination of soy sauce packets in my butter box, and the epiphanies that have helped to make room for more butter in my fridge...

Soy Sauce Packets & Epiphanies

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