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I got this email from Netflix yesterday: Honestly, this is the only distinguishing feature that sets Netflix apart from Blockbuster, etc. The Mr. and I can keep our respective horror movies and romantic period dramas apart, yet both get them at the same time in our package deal. And what about all of the movies separated in queues as of now? Their advice: print out all your other queues and enter each movie one at a time. FUCK YOU. Is this what they're calling "improving the user experience"? Really? Bye bye, Netflix. A brilliantly stupid move on your part.

While jealously reading about the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, I stumbled across the 1 Bite 7 Days site. 1 Bite 7 Days is a "documentary and tasting experience based on a Japanese proverb that says for every new food we eat, we gain seven days of life." I simply love this idea. I really don't understand people who don't try new foods. I can totally understand people not liking certain food (like raw tomatoes - blech), but to not even venture to TRY something? Closed minded people, I tell you. I can't believe people would miss out on so much good food out there. Guess they won't be making my next dish (a favorite, very addicting snack!).

Step one: decide you don't want to make your own crust and buy a whole wheat, pre-made thin crust at the farmer's market. Step two: sauce. Do the same thing as step one. Step three: add fresh basil from the garden, then cover with a skim mozz/parm/asiago/ romano cheese mix. Step four: toppings! We chose button mushrooms and onion. Step five: bake. Wait impatiently. Keep looking at the oven. Step six: sprinkle with some red pepper flakes, then devour.

Last night I was invited by the lovely Tessa to a "Girlfriend's Guide to Gaming" event sponsored by Nintendo. It was in a pretty gallery in Castleberry Hill, and upon entering I was greeted by the prettiest gamer girls and quickly got over having to deal with traffic downtown. Let me go ahead and preface this by saying the last time I actually played a video game for more than an hour was when I was in sixth grade and it involved some really sleepy chick named Zelda. After a glass of champagne, I plunked myself down at one of the cute little couches and got to play with the DS Lite, which is apparently smaller than the DS not-lite (I got smarts, I tell 'ya). At each little "themed" station, they had a different type of game. I had the unfortunate opportunity to start at the Brain Age table, which quickly revealed that I have the math skills of a banana slug. I squealed with delight, though, at the word games table. We also had an opportunity to play Mario Kart and the new Guitar Hero for DS, the latter of which is still not available in stores. I'm gonna lay it out right now - I don't understand the Guitar Hero craze. It's not *that* much fun to play what is basically a lab-rat simulation game set to music, but apparently the entire world disagrees with me on this. The one for DS is also pretty difficult - the hand-held controls seem a bit awkward, but that may be due to my giant man-hands more than anything. I quickly eased the pain with few more glasses of champagne, though, so everything was dandy. All in all, I'd say the evening made me a fan of the DS. It's small, lightweight, and I love the fact that it's multi-user via wi-fi. I'm such a crossword puzzle/ trivia geek, and it's perfect for me to throw in my purse for flights and long train rides. What made me an even bigger fan? THEY GAVE EACH OF US ONE FOR FREE. I shit you not, y'all, Nintendo rocks. As soon as I brought it home, the Mr. checked online to see if there was a Star Wars game for DS (there is) and it's like a new member of the family: