New Book I decided to write.

OK, so this book currently has no title. Tell me what you guys think. I will post the second chapter on Monday.


Beginning

The students stared around at the dungeon wide eyed, as they all huddled in a group behind their teacher. Only of the students was listening to the teacher. The only student not huddle with the rest, and the only one looking like she wasn’t going to pee her pants.
Ta-Ren walked ahead of the other students, and fiddled with the long sleeves of her midnight blue robes. As she got closer and closer to the only open cell she could see in the dungeon, both snakes on her forearms began to hiss in warning.
“Ta-Ren, I sense something dangerous up ahead,” Ao the blue snake on her left arm told her.
“It is dark, evil. It wants to do us harm. Let’s kill it,” Aka the red snake on her right arm told her with a little giggle.
Ta-Ren sighed as she walked up beside her teacher, “Mrs. Ju-Ri are we going to be killing the Dark One in that cell up ahead?”
Mrs. Ju-Ri looked at the little girl beside her and wondered  how she always knew when something was near her. The little girl looked so small in the long sleeved robe she always wore. Mrs. Ju-Ri had no idea why she didn’t wear the sleeveless tunic the rest of the students wore.
Ta-Ren was the youngest student to be placed in Ju-Ri’s Dark One hunting class. The directors normally waited until students where 16 and older. This little girl was only 12, so far advanced magically it scared Ju-Ri when she saw how much she could do.
When the little girl had first come in her class, she came with instructions. Ju-Ri was told that the little girl was a Saboteur, Mystic and Warrior. No one had ever been all three in the known history of Dark One extermination.
Ju-Ri was also told to keep her from getting angry as she was uncontrollable when angered, and that the snakes tattooed on her arms were poisonous, so to keep her away from her class mates when she was angered.
Ju-Ri had no problems with the latter. The girl was very nice, and when she was angered she would always teleport out the class room before she hurt someone. Her snakes would always slither down her arms and drop onto the floor to keep everyone away from her. No one wanted to mess with the Red and Blue Maltese serpents. The two most dangerous snakes on Jus-Per their home planet.
“Yes we are. I am going to show you and everyone else in the class the proper way to kill this breed of Dark Ones,” Mrs. Ju-Ri told her as she stopped in front of the cell.
She waited until all the other students had come to a stop beside her, before she turned and stared at the Dark One before her. This Dark One was one of the lesser beings, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t dangerous if handled incorrectly. It stood at around 6ft tall, with muscles along it’s misshapen limbs. It’s red eyes glared out at her from their sunken sockets, in the square head. Because it was huddled in the corner of the cell she couldn't tell if it was either brown or black in color.
Ju-Ri jumped back as the Mooreing jumped out of it’s huddled position to stare at Ta-Ren. She was surprised the little girl didn’t scream. Instead she just stared at the creature. She watched as the girl raised her arms, and the snakes slithered out to stare out at the Mooreing.
The Mooreing let out a ear piercing scream as it immediately dropped to it’s knees and bowed. Ju-Ri and the other students gasped as they saw why she was said to be the strongest Saboteur to ever live. Most Saboteurs could only make Dark Ones weaker by forcing their will on them, but none had been able to make a Dark One bow. It seemed Ta-Ren had basically made the Mooreing her slave.
Ju-Ri jumped back again as the Mooreing started talking, “My Master, I am now yours to command. Do with me as you please,” it said in it’s gravely voice.
“You will kill yourself. Now. I do not feel like having you as a pet,” Ta-Ren said as she turned her back to the Dark One. She tipped her head to the side, and that was when Ju-Ri noticed both snakes had wrapped them selves around her neck, and were whispering to her.
“Well Ao and Aka, have informed me that I do need an informant in your world. You are free to go. Though if you ever betray me, I will summon you and make your death slow and painful. You will spend the next 600 years wishing I would just kill you already,” Ta-Ren said smiling  as she turned back to the creature.
Ju-Ri walked up to Ta-Ren to inform here there was no way they were letting the Mooreing go, when Ta-Ren ripped open a doorway to Rep-Ko the Dark One’s dimension. She watched as Ta-Ren shoved the Mooreing through.
Ju-Ri and the other students started backing away. Only very strong Mystics who had drank Dark One blood could open and close doorways. Most of the doorways that the Dark One’s came through were naturally occurring. They opened quickly and randomly, and closed the same.
The only way Mystics could open  those doorways was to ingest the blood of a powerful Dark One, and giving up any mercy and morals, and most of the time their sanity, to kill and drink an innocent’s blood to gain the power to control those doorways.
Ju-Ri quickly herded the other children out of the dungeon and into the Directors’ offices. She didn’t want to be the one to teach Ta-Ren any longer. She didn’t think she even wanted the little girl to be in the school. The Directors informed her however, that without that little girl, their world would be lost.
Ju-Ri refused to teach Ta-Ren regardless, and so did every other teacher when they found out what she could do.  None of them dared ask her how she came by drinking a Dark One’s and an innocent babies blood. They were too scared.
Only Ta-Ren and her snakes knew that she was half Looning. The most powerful of the Dark One’s. The innocent blood, was from when her twin was torn apart by their mother after she found her children were not full Humans. Poor little Ta-Ren was bathed in her twins blood, as she ran away from her mother.
Eventually Ta-Ren left the school to do things her way against the protests and threats of the Directors. She said it was the best thing for everyone. Everyone but her that is, because poor little Ta-Ren was alone again. The one thing she hated in all the world, other than her father, was to be alone.

Random Blog

So I woke up today with every intention of writing the 6th and 7th chapters of Fear,  but I have writer's block. So I am going to spend the next seven (7) days surfing YouTube and get ready to go to Culinary arts school.
Woo-hoo! I can't wait!

Tuna Burgers

So I have tons of canned tuna, so I thought to myself, "how can I get rid of all of these cans of tuna"? I decided to play around and make a burger and this is the best tasting version.

Things you need:
REMEMBER tsp = teaspoon, this recipe makes 4 burgers
2 cans of tuna in water (5 oz. cans)
2/3 cups + 1/4cups of Italian bread crumbs
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp hot sauce
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
4 Burger Buns

Step One:
Spay oil into either a non stick skillet or a griddle (this is the griddle I use Presto 07046 Tilt 'n Drain Big Griddle Cool-Touch Electric Griddle). Place it in medium heat.

Step Two:
Drain the tuna and place in a bowl with 2/3 cups bread crumbs, the soy sauce, hot sauce, black pepper and red pepper flakes. Divide into 4 patties. These will be very delicate so be very careful.

Step Three:
On a plate place the remaining 1/4 cup of  bread crumbs. Cover the 4 patties with a light coating of the bread crumbs. Let the patties rest for 5 minutes so that the bread crumbs can soak up as much liquid as possible.

Step Four:
Cook the patties on the first side for about 4 minutes or until golden brown and crunchy. Cook them on the second time until golden brown and crunchy as well. This time it should take about 2 minutes. Place your patties on the burger bun and top them like you would any other burger.


Note: You don't have to add the red pepper flakes, or hot sauce if you don't like things spicy. Instead use extra parsley flakes about 1/2 a tsp should do the trick.

Home Made Tomato Sauce

I personally don't like using tomato sauce out the jar. I would rather make my own, where I can control what goes in it, and what doesn't. Here is the recipe that I use.
As always remember: tsp = teaspoon

Ingredients:
3 Large tomatoes cubed
1/4 Vidalia onion sliced
1 tsp salt (totally optional)
2 tsp black pepper
4 tsp oil of your choice (anything is good except pressed olive oil)
1/2 tsp oregano
1 tsp of Parsley
1/2 cup water

Step One:
Place a large frying on low heat, adding your oil and onions to the pan
Add the 1/2 the salt to the onions to help them sweat.This should take 3-4 minutes.
Step Two:
Place your tomatoes in the pan with half the black pepper, all of the oregano, and the rest of the salt.
Cook the tomatoes on low heat, covered with a lid for 20-25 minutes. About half way though the cooking add your 1/2 cup of water. This keeps your sauce from turning into a paste. Stir every few minutes so that nothing sticks.
Step Three:
When the tomatoes are completely cooked out, add your parsley and the rest of your black pepper.

Use this sauce with anything that you would use the jar stuff for.


T-Fal Specialty 5-Quart Nonstick Jumbo Cooker with Glass Lid, Black

Smile To My Face - Poem

So, you broke our plans again today,

Kept me waiting around,

Expecting me to stay?

What do I look like?

A fool to you?

Please, I got things to do.

What really made me mad,

Was the reason you had.

How could you think I'd believe,

That bullshit ideal?

I mean, how could you smile to my face,

With that lie on your lips,

Expecting me not know,

That something was amiss?

This gonna be the last time,

And this gonna be the last rhyme,

That I waste on you,

That I waste on "we",

'Cuz the "we" we had,

Died with the last lie you said,

So I guess this's the end,

'Cuz I'm out of words,

And I'm out time,

And I'm out here,

And my bags are packed,

And there's my cab,

And here's the key,

Please forward my mail,

And I'm done talking to you.

Fear

This is the first Chapter of a book I am writing right now. Tell me what you think.


Fear

Chapter One

Her footsteps echoed in the dank, empty hallway of the basement in the Charger City Asylum. They sounded loud to her ears.  It was disconcerting only being able to hear her footsteps and her breath. From the man beside her though, nothing. She couldn’t hear his breath, or his footsteps. It was like he wasn’t there.
“How long has she been here? In the Asylum I mean,” she asked.
“She’s been here since she was six. About fourteen years now.” He told her without looking at her, or slowing down.
“That’s a long time for a person to be underground.”
“She wasn’t here for all fourteen years. She was moved down here five years ago when she became very violent towards the other patients.”
“What set Cy Anna off?”
“Honestly Mrs. Gorment, we don’t know.”
She looked at the man walking beside her. She couldn’t believe this man was running the Asylum.  He looked like he spent his days on some beach, surfing or something. He honestly didn’t look a day over 25.  She wondered what he was doing in this place that stank of desperation, hatred and sadness. She shook her head. It wasn’t her place to question. Her job was to get the girl to agree to help her government.
When they rounded a corner she began to hear loud pounding music. She looked at the man beside her with a question on the tip of her tongue.
“We give her music to keep her calm. She is fine with technology, she just doesn’t like people, or having any kind of human contact,” he told her as he kept walking like that was something they normally did for insane people.
Marrissa didn’t think that Cy Anna was insane though, just traumatized. Who wouldn’t be after witnessing their entire family get slaughtered in front of them by the bastards who had invaded earth 20 years ago. Marrissa shuddered with rage just thinking about it.
The Maaran Guta had invaded Earth 50 years ago and had brought the world to its knees. At first they came “ in peace”, but that façade didn’t last long. They wanted control of Earth and all her natural recourses, something their home planet of Maara Guta lacked.
When Earth didn’t bow to their demands, they started calling in their troops to destroy everything. They didn’t count on Humans being as cunning as they were. The Humans fought back.
They fought long and hard. In the end the Earth had suffered major casualties, but Maara Guta had suffered more. Their armies were wiped out, and what little resources they had left on their planet were depleted supporting their invasion.
They called a cease fire and eventually worked out a peace treaty of sorts with Earth.
If they ever attacked Earth again, their planet and it’s inhabitants would be destroyed.  In return, because Humans are not monsters, many were allowed to come and go from Earth under strict conditions.
Thought Earth had suffered severe casualties the Maara Guta did have it worse. Samples of many of the vegetation on Earth were sent to Maara Guta so that they could cultivate produce to support its people.
Humans were being too nice in Marrissa’s opinion, and she wasn’t alone in her thoughts.
“We are here,” Dr. Aaron Dumar told her as he stopped in front of a door paint completely black. Marrissa’s teeth were chattering because of the sound waves coming out the door of Cy Anna’s room.
Instead of knocking on Cy Anna’s door Dr. Dumar pressed his hand to a panel beside the door, that Marrissa had not noticed. The second his hand hit the door, the music stopped. They waited a moment, then the door was opened by something very unexpected.

My first post OMG! It's a recipe.

Easiest Salt Fish Dish to make in your life.

Ingredients:
teaspoon = tsp
2 packages of boneless salted cod
1 large Vidalia Onion
2 large tomatoes
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp paprika
1/3 a packet of Sason seasoning ( can be found in your Spanish section of your local food store)
1/4 tsp oregano
1 tsp parsley
1/4 cup of vegetable oil

Step One:
 In a large pan place both packages of salted cod in 5-6 cups of water. Place on high heat until the water starts to boil. Repeat this step 4 times, or until you can just taste the salt in the salted cod. Once the salt is mostly gone, remove the fish the from water and stove and set aside.
Step Two:
 In a large frying pan add all the vegetable oil and place on medium heat.
Step Three:
 Cut Onion into long strips and place into heated frying pan for 4 minutes. Add salt and constantly stir. You are sweating the onions.
Step Four:
 Cut up both tomatoes into cubes, place the cubed tomatoes in the frying pan with the onions and cook for 7-8 minutes or until the skin of the tomatoes fall away, and meat becomes mostly mush.
Step Five:
 Break apart the fish into bite sized pieces and place in the frying pan. Add your black pepper, Sason, paprika, oregano, and parsley and let cook on medium heat for 4-5 minutes or until the tomatoes are completely mush.

You can serve this as Breakfast with fried dumplings, for lunch with yam, green banana, and cooked dumplings (recipe to be given at a later date), or for dinner with white rice.