Soy Sauce Packets & Epiphanies: ...And I'll Say It Again...

i've said it before when i posted THIS, i'm not one to shove my political views down anyone's throat. i'll voice my opinion, and you can take it or leave it, but i saw this today for the first time and thought it would be appropriate as a precursor to the soon to be posted "EXPERIENCE+CHANGE=2008" blog. will.i.am has done it once again, and i encourage you to check out his site, www.dipdive.com. for he consistently takes the approach of information over endorsement, even when it comes to the response of the dirty mudslinging and mistruths...

ELECTION 2008 is NOT about republican or democrat. it's NOT about black or white. it's NOT about man or woman. it IS about our country regaining it's status. it IS about regaining our freedom. it IS about bringing our soldiers back home to their families, and honoring the ones that can never return because they lost their lives in the search of so called "weapons of mass destruction" and lies...

we hear about our borders NOT being secure, but even in our government's state of disarray, our country is still better than the land's of our foreign brothers and sisters. we were proud. we were powerful. we were free. we've taken it all for granted for too long. let US show our strength, our pride and our freedom to the world... let US not be divided any longer, let US show the world that YES, WE CAN!

NOW, MORE THAN EVER,

EXPERIENCE+CHANGE=2008

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...

2 comments:

Crazy Momma, 5:04 PM: That was beautiful! I hadn't seen it yet and I thank you so much for sharing it!

I am so proud to have been a part of this campaign here in NH and so proud that my children have been active (as active as a 5 and 7 year old can be). I am so proud that in MY lifetime we have such an inspiring person about to lead our country. WE are a part of history, WE are a part of something amazing, WE have made a difference and will continue to make a difference. WE are a part of inspiration...WE ARE ONE!
tony a.k.a. isweatbutter, 11:42 PM: hallelujah sister!

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