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Friday September 29th - Strong Women
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2000 Last night I did something that I haven't done in 10 years. Actually, some of what I did I haven't done ever, but the thing I haven't done in 10 years was have an entire meal consisting entirely of meat.
You heard me.
Ok, ok, so it was salmon, which we already know I have a weakness for in sushi form. The thing I've never done before was prepare fish for myself. It turned out simply wonderful; props to Sarah for giving me the recipe/advice and to Jen for helping me determine when it was done cooking.
The Recipe
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Farenheit (or so). Take a salmon steak. If it's frozen, submerge it in hot water for a few minutes to thaw it out (you can do this in the package probably - mine was shrink-wrapped, so that's what I did). Wash your hands frequently! Take the salmon out of the packaging and place it (skin down) on a piece of aluminum foil that's big enough to wrap around it. Slice thin pieces of butter and cover the entire top of the steak with them. Cut a lemon in half and squeeze each half over the butter and fish. Throw some salt on it; grind your pepper mill over the top of it. I forgot to try fresh dill, but that would probably taste good too.
Once you have the fish properly dressed, wrap the aluminum foil around the fish, making a nice cozy packet for it. Put it on a cookie sheet if you don't want to have to clean your oven. Bake it for about 45 minutes to an hour, until done. You'll know it's done when it flakes easily when you cut it in the middle and poke around. Mine was tender and juicy, with a tasty top layer, and it all melted in my mouth . . .
This fish eating adventure is to help me build muscles. Not to mention my mood (which it seems to have helped; of course, I wasn't buzzing from a workout last night so I slept well last night - finally!). I'm all into strong women these days - I love watching them on the Olympics and I'm even kinda excited about that new movie Girlfight because, though I don't like boxing, the women in that movie are so obviously buff beyond acceptable societal "norms" and I'm hoping it will spur on other women to see that strong is beautiful.
Speaking of strong women, have any of you seen the Nike Chainsaw commercial? If you can't get that link to work, I'll describe it: A young woman is in her house, when a hockey mask wearing murderer comes after her with a chainsaw. She gets outside and stumbles in the brambles at the side of the woods while he cuts through the wall of her house and comes after her. She finally gets up and starts running, followed by the hockey-mask dude. She runs, and runs and soon you realize the distance between them is increasing. Finally, he has to bend over, drop the chainsaw, and catch his breath while she runs like the wind through the woods, away from him.
This commercial rocks. I stood up and cheered when I finally saw it. I had heard about it on the radio last week, and one of the sportscasters had made a strong statement on how this commercial should be pulled immediately because it supports violence towards women.
Violence? She outran him! She was stronger, faster than her attacker and she made him look foolish! Yeah, he had intent, but the message of the commercial is not "go hurt women" but "go, get strong, so you can take care of yourself in any situation". Really. Violence towards women! I have to wonder if he finds such a fleet, strong woman threatening in some way?
I love this commercial. Love it. I hope our society is changing, and that women who are strong and fast will replace our current "ideals" of tall, thin and bony. Only a very small percentage of us can be that thin, but most of us can work our bodies into some sort of strength, no matter how tall, short, thin, fat - we all have that potential. And I think that would be a lovely ideal to aspire to.
Exercise log:
I took yesterday off, but I did move lots of drink flats around at work yesterday for a solid 20 minutes.
Writing log:
May this little void be the source of all Heather's depression?
I'm currently reading:
Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier

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