Backlog Oddities – The Backlog Odyssey

Be There or Be Square

By Charleen DiPersio / February 15, 2019

Not All Triangles Are Equilateral Well the cold weather came and went like a bat out of hell not too long ago and that meant that my little family of three was on house arrest for almost a full week. Believe you me, we are as tight of a gang as they come, but that many days trapped inside the...

Backlog Oddities

- Ain’t no Thang…
  February 6, 2019Into the Thick of it So, Monster Hunter…are you tired of hearing about that yet? Me neither! Both the Hubs and I are still totally hooked on playing it! I will admit that I’m getting ready to leave the grinding bit behind and get on with some story progression though. Not that you ever really get to stop foraging for materials and hunting down disgruntled dinosaurs… at its core that’s kind of what Monster Hunter is really. But anyway, when it comes to taking on new missions, be it in MonHun or real life, what’s the one thing you should always do before you go? That’s right kids..EAT! Now in the Monster Hunter universe it seems like people have evolved to have black holes instead of stomachs. Those portion sizes the Meowscular Chef doles look more like what my entire family might eat at any given holiday. Then again, I have to imagine that repeatedly being electrocuted by a dragon/unicorn or lizard/squirrel until you sizzle burns a lot of calories? I guess we’ll just have to suspend our logical thinking in this instance and let fantasy do its thing. But it Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken Where was I going with this again? Oh yes, that’s right – food. Here in the Backlog Odyssey household we tend to consume our media in every sense of the word. And while I realize that weird phrasing makes it sound like we eat our video games and books, I can assure you …we don’t I swear. What I do mean is that when a game/tv series/anime/manga really piques our interest we always seem to become these giddy fan people that usually end up buying merch or making themed meals or snacks. We’re weird ok? Haven’t we already established this? Keep up man…Jeeze. Anyway, while I could just whip up a five-course meal comprised of mostly meat on skewers and giant tankards of some beverage for a Monster Hunter themed food sensation. I instead decided to take the less complex and time consuming route and make something sweet. Plus, we’re like 90% vegetarian and eating all that meat would have the husband and I laying on the floor in agony for a few days. There’s nothing like a week of gastrointestinal distress to set a person straight amiright? So in lieu of a giant hunk of bone in meat fresh off the BBQ pit I made these cute little fellas: Awesome right? And super easy to make! It’s basically a Rice Krispy treat with the added step of sticking a couple of mini marshmallows to a pretzel rod and then dipping that in a bit of white chocolate. To give a nice “well done” meat look to them I used the Cocoa flavored cereal and I think it turned out pretty sweet, pun intended. I’ve made Rice Krispy treats about 6,485 times in my lifetime, so I didn’t really use a recipe for that part. I just kind of mixed it until it looked right then let it cool just enough so it wouldn’t burn my hands off while shaping it around the pretzel rod. Mmmm, so Tasty! The Deviljhos’ In the Details Well there ya have it folks! Easy as hunting the Great Jagras! Grab your wingdrake, head off to the kitchen and give it a try for yourself!...
- That’s What She Said…
  February 4, 2019I Need a Mana Potion STAT! So, my husband has been harassing me (lovingly, I swear) to add my name to the website and possibly write some posts of my own for it. Being the strong, confident woman that I am, I in return lovingly waved my finger at him and said “Baby, I love you…but no”. Mostly because I lied a little bit about the confident part of my personality, but also, I wasn’t quite sure how consistent I could be with my posts. Hey, I’m no “DaILy BaCKloGGer” after all (feel free to read that in a SpongeBob voice if you like…I did). Also, what would I write about? Patrick and I usually play video games together. Not ALL the time of course, we aren’t weirdos…. well maybe we are, but not in that sense. Plus, I’m more of a “one game at a time” girl where Patrick could very well have four or more games going at once. So, I figured that it would be best to leave the gaming shenanigans for him to write about; that is his Nom to Geurre after all. So, what the Giuseppe Crabapple would I have to write about? I’m a nerdy, stay-at-home mom who spends her days mostly cooking, cleaning, reading, and gaming. Gaming is life!! (I just had to put that in there…it’s so true! <3). Oh yeah and of course, I also take care of our 6-year-old son while ole Pixel Bites is busy bringing home the bacon. But he’s in school now so that leaves me with a savvy 6 ½ hours of unadulterated free time to……cook and clean…Yaaaaaaaaay…Meh the cooking part ain’t so bad. The cleaning is futile, but so is resistance apparently. With four fluffy cats, a 6 year old and a complete and utter lack of desire, resistance is totally futile. But I mean I gotta earn my keep somehow. Can’t always have the man and boy knee deep in baked goods amiright? And here we are back to that age-old question again: What the Alabama Crab-dangle should I write about? Well, the best answer I can give you (and myself) is whatever relevant extra stuff we have going on at the moment. Sure, I might throw in some game talk here and there, but mostly I’ll throw down about the other stuff we obsess about. Like anime, manga, nerdy collectibles, our unhealthy obsession with The Great British Baking Show, whatever fits the moment you know? Did I mention that I like to cook? I sure did! I’ll post pics and recipes for anyone interested in the things we (probably shouldn’t) stuff in our faces. Since I’m no Mary Berry get ready for some failures! Excited yet? Me too! Yaaaay!!! Alright, I’m off to gloriously fail at a batch of iced buns! See you later!! P.S. Later in the week I plan at trying my hand at a vegetarian version of the Otaku-licious classic dish known as Curry! Sore o tanoshimini shite kudasai! (Please look forward to it!)–...

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