Parents vs. Plushies

[cuddlefish]

Last night I was forced to bring my Roy and Ed plushies into the TV room because FMA was on while I was waiting for Samurai Champloo. (Ed and Al were starving to death and being beaten, and I felt such pity for them that I thought suffocation in my boobies would be a much kinder death for plushie Ed.) Later on, dad woke up early, and they were still sitting there on the couch when he sat down to watch TV, so he noticed them.

Dad: You're so great, you collect these ninja babies.

Me: Oh...they're not ninjas. Well, I have ninjas, but they're not here.

Dad: Oh, I get it. *picks up Roy*

Me: See, that one has an eye patch. He's more of a pirate.

Dad: *looking at Roy's uniform, which he has previously proclaimed to be one an airplane pilot would wear* OH! I GET IT! :D So that's what he is, he's a pirate!

Me: We'll, he's not ACTUALLY a pirate, he's just...closer to one than a ninja...

Dad: Oh. *more examination* Yeah...oh, look, you have your nice coat over your shoulders...and an ass flap...

Me: Damn, now I have to write about this in my LJ again.

Later, Dad turns on the TV. Since the last time it was on, I was watching Samurai Champloo, it's already on the Cartoon Network. The show is Cowboy Bebop.

Dad: Oh, look! It's a CORGI!

Me: *looks* Oh, eeee! Hey, that looks like Cowboy Bebop.

Cowboy Bebop: *goes straight to an advertisement*

Dad: *not noticing ad* Oh, really?! [He likes Cowboy Bebop.]

Me: Yeah, their mascot is a corgi... *trails off*

Advertisement: *is for FMA*

Me: Oh, hey, I like this show. *watches the ad*

Dad: *also watches the advertisement* Heh, Fullmetal Alchemist. Where do they come up with this stuff?

Me: *proudly pointing to Ed* That's where this guy comes from!

Dad: Oh...they're in Cowboy Bebop?! Where?

Me: ...

Dad: ...

Me: No, that was an AD! That wasn't Cowboy Bebop!

Dad: Ohhhhh...ohhh, heh, oh, heck, what do I know. :D So then what's the name of the show?

Me: Fullmetal Alchemist.

The point is not that I had the plushies at the same time there was a Fullmetal Alchemist advertisement on TV OMG, it's that I can actually get my PARENTS to understand this. Heaven knows it's not easy.

Everybody come look at my lameass American montblancs! :DDD Eventually I'll cut one in half so I can take a picture of the inside, but it's custard, a chestnut in the middle, whipped cream on top, and then chestnut paste on top of THAT. ...the chestnut paste, I mean, again "it tastes okay but doesn't really look right." I tried to make it out of the chestnuts I already had because I had this recipe I thought would work... :/ It was lumpy. Lessons learned: bake the pastry before anything else goes in, and buy real pate des marrons.

I had to pay $9 a jar to get these chestnuts in syrup. The recipe overall cost $18+ to make. Americans, I mean, you're still stuck on hot dogs, which are famous for being made out of the god-knows-what parts of pigs. You SUCK. Catch up with the rest of the world, please. Start appreciating chestnuts outside of lameass Christmas carols.

EDIT: I have a crush on Jon Stewart.

EDIT: Montblanc guts! The layers of custard and whipped cream show up better than I expected. These things received a rave review from my mother.

Mom: They're better than SEX!

Me: No, that was last week...

Comments

[selphish.livejournal.com]

I love Jon Stewart, too. :X

[jenanoelle.livejournal.com]

*sighs* you aren't the only one to wish that American food was a bit less.. toxic... or full of chemicals or whatever.. I wish people could simply trust their tastebuds to tell them what was yummy instead of Vannalin 120B.. (or SPLENDA, my god, that shit's everywhere.)

anyhow, see why you have to travel? There are lots of places where the food *is* real! (not to mention places where they serve chestnuts in every single way possible ;))

hum.. I'm assuming this means it's hard to find fire-roasted chestnuts on a street corner in Boston then.. *pout*

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

New York City. I had roasted chestnuts in winter there a few years back. But Boston might be worth trying.

I just get so sick of the "death by chocolate" desserts and the really sour fruit-flavored everything. It's just too much of a...muchness. I like desserts from other places because they're much milder and simpler. (And much prettier.)

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

I thought of it when you wrote about it in your LJ recently, but I never got to comment and say something...he's so cool! >

[without-reason.livejournal.com]

That convo with your dad is hilarious. XD

The Montblancs actually look pretty good. :O~ *steals some*

[moumusu.livejournal.com]

My parents are so great with the stuffed animals and plushies. XD

Mwahaha! >:D Next time...next time they'll be PERFECT. RRRR.