Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
Yes, I disappeared. Should probably tell what happened.
I needed to get out for a while...so I did. I wasn't impressed with my photography, my food, or my outlook...so I got a new one. I'm going to get an education in both photography and cooking, I'll be moving out of this town to do it as soon as I get my debt paid off (and I'm getting there), and there's a good chance that I won't be around much. So yeah, I'm okay. I'll post on all my blogs more than anything else because it's just easier. I'll have a new one soon that has to do with food and my journey finding myself and my personal style of cooking (which seems to incorporate more than a bit of flying by the seat of my pants, surprisingly) and my identity as both a chef and a person. Think Anthony Bourdain but in Iowa. Lots and lots of pork and most likely plenty of corn.
I just went through a few things. I'm alive and well and still kicking. Trying to be on the internet more again, though it's getting hard to find time for everything...I'm preparing a menu at the moment for my birthday (yes, I'm cooking for my own celebration...I don't trust anyone else to do it and I want some damn food for the love of heck. Four course meal, with pork as the main dish and cooked right, which to me means not charred beyond recognition and cooked to a very respectable 140 degrees. You can't beat Iowa corn-fed pork that's properly cooked and seasoned. Lots of people come down from Minnesota just to buy the pork...it's one good thing about living here. But yeah. I'm taking my work more seriously (both my real job and my photography), my cooking has become a priority over almost everything else (I haven't bought anything photography related for at least two months, not even film, and my gaming purchases have gone way down), and I'm getting ready to go buy two more nice pans: a 12" skillet and a 3 quart sauce pan. Life makes sense.
So don't worry about me. I'll be around...just not as much. 🙂
I needed to get out for a while...so I did. I wasn't impressed with my photography, my food, or my outlook...so I got a new one. I'm going to get an education in both photography and cooking, I'll be moving out of this town to do it as soon as I get my debt paid off (and I'm getting there), and there's a good chance that I won't be around much. So yeah, I'm okay. I'll post on all my blogs more than anything else because it's just easier. I'll have a new one soon that has to do with food and my journey finding myself and my personal style of cooking (which seems to incorporate more than a bit of flying by the seat of my pants, surprisingly) and my identity as both a chef and a person. Think Anthony Bourdain but in Iowa. Lots and lots of pork and most likely plenty of corn.
I just went through a few things. I'm alive and well and still kicking. Trying to be on the internet more again, though it's getting hard to find time for everything...I'm preparing a menu at the moment for my birthday (yes, I'm cooking for my own celebration...I don't trust anyone else to do it and I want some damn food for the love of heck. Four course meal, with pork as the main dish and cooked right, which to me means not charred beyond recognition and cooked to a very respectable 140 degrees. You can't beat Iowa corn-fed pork that's properly cooked and seasoned. Lots of people come down from Minnesota just to buy the pork...it's one good thing about living here. But yeah. I'm taking my work more seriously (both my real job and my photography), my cooking has become a priority over almost everything else (I haven't bought anything photography related for at least two months, not even film, and my gaming purchases have gone way down), and I'm getting ready to go buy two more nice pans: a 12" skillet and a 3 quart sauce pan. Life makes sense.
So don't worry about me. I'll be around...just not as much. 🙂
