i do this all the time - i actually can't remember a time when i was heating something up in the microwave and let it go the entire time without prematurely ending the nuking of the food. does everyone do this? does anyone wait for the beep beep beep to tell them their food is ready, or do they duck in a few seconds early and nab it? i'd be interested in taking a poll. a friend of mine posted on his facebook a while back something about this, and that maybe he does it because he feels like he's disarming some bomb and rescuing the food from an untimely death. perhaps - that's a fun 007 way of looking at it.
i noticed that i do this with music as well. i loathe listening to the last ten to thirty seconds of a song when all the singer is doing is singing the chorus over and over again while some background music slowly fades to silence. i do it every time - it's almost painful for me to wait for a damn song to be over. when i'm in the car listening to the radio, i switch the station the second i start smelling that fade out. when i'm listening to my ipod, my clicker button thingy on my headphones is my best friend - nearing the end of a song, double click shuffle to the next, movin' on. i don't know why it's so gut-wrenching to listen to those last several seconds of a song - seems like a waste of time. those songs that end with just a loud guitar rip or pounding of the drums and then it's over in a second? love it. get to the point. we know the song is ending, is thirty seconds of repetitive chorus and fading instrumental torture really that necessary?
here's another one, come to think of it. toward the end of a conference call at work, the leader asks if there are any questions, anything to add, blah blah etc - your typical closing remarks. you notice on the digital clock on the bottom right of your monitor that there are two minutes remaining on the call, the host thanks everyone, it's obviously winding down and coming to a close - click! i guarantee i'm the first one to hang up - promise. i wonder who the last person is to hang up? do they sit on the call listening to all the clicks and only then can they hang up? i have a couple few calls left this week - i'm challenging myself to be that last person lingering - i shall be the final hang up.
and did you know there are people that actually enjoy staying after the end of a movie to watch the credits? there are people that even, dare i say, look forward to them? and do you know how long those damn things are? i've gone to the movie with some of these people who like to watch the credits (love you, momma!!) - credits at the end of the movie can, i shit you not, be upwards of fifteen to twenty minutes. i mean, those credits go into major detail - it'll start with the actors, producers, writers, directors, and all the usual. but then it goes into thanking the most random assortment of people who really didn't have anything to do with the production of the movie at all - like, the dude that changed the lightbulbs in the bar of the scene that the actor did something, but then they didn't end up using that scene. like, who are these people?
have y'all stayed til the very end of the credits? there is a shockingly large amount of people that do this on the reg - like, sometimes a few are left when the theater employees are coming to clean out the cupholders and pick up the trash. when you're still sitting in there as the staff starts to clean and turns up the lights, it's time to go move along.
and this i kinda do automatically - i think i have an impatient internal clock or something. so, let's say i'm waking up the next morning at six to run. a large majority of the time, i wake myself up - not my alarm. i'll wake up a few minutes before my alarm is set to go off - without fail - alarm is set to go off at six, i wake up, look at the clock, 5:58. what's up with that?? granted, sometimes my alarm will still go off and that's what will wake me - but i wake myself up like that rather often. i wonder what my body is going through? like, 'what's the point of those last couple minutes of slumber - let's just wake up, full body stretch, and get in the shower already??' maybe my asleep self even knows how much i hate the sound of an alarm so my awesome ninja skills wake me up.
what brought on this random word vomit? lately, i've been trying to practice patience. i find myself waiting for something kinda big right now, and all i can do is put out good energy into the universe, meditate and pray, and just simply wait. i can't skip ahead. good things come to those who wait, right? patience is a virtue, right? well, let's just call a spade a spade - waiting fucking sucks! and i'll end on that note.
oh, wait!! that awesome light and healthy fettuccine! here's the zoe version :-)
boil and cook whole wheat fettuccine. while that's a-cookin', bring about a tablespoon of butter to a simmer or low-medium heat - keep it moving, don't let it burn (as butter tends to do). stir in about a spoonful of flour - keep stirring, get out all of the clumps, don't let it burn (as especially butter with flour tends to do). add about a 1 1/2 c. low fat milk. throw in some garlic, salt, and pepper to taste. whisk constantly while liquid thickens - may want to add a bit more flour, may not. once thickened a bit, add a cup of parmesan cheese and maybe some lowfat cream cheese if you're in the mood (you can go without this, but why would you?? add a couple tablespoons). this will melt and thicken up into yummy gooey goodness. mix this in with your cooked and drained fettuccine and voila!! a comfort food dish made healthy! i threw in some cooked sauteed spinach and shallots, boiled chicken, and browned pieces of turkey bacon. swoon. this shit is legit, y'all.
Love this. And, yes, I watch the credits.
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