I Want To Be Underwhelmed: May The Spring of 2025 Continue To Underwhelm You

Pretty much everything I ate today came from Trader's Joes.

Except the baked Ritz crackers. They're so damn good.

I am annoyed by the overuse of the word "super".

That's super awesome. I'm super excited to try that new restaurant. Our trip was super relaxing.

Ugh.

Why are the squirrels looking particularly ratty this Spring?

I have two 30-minute workout sessions at Planet Fitness starting at 1 pm ET today. I'm looking forward to them.

R3, maybe the tariffs are taking their toll on them, too.

I bought a cheap roll of aluminum foil that doesn't come in a box. You can't tear off a piece neatly - it's all messed up. Lesson learned, don't skimp when it comes to buying foil.

Da doo ron-ron-ron, Da doo ron-ron

From a distance, I thought a tourist was wearing a heavy backpack in front as well as in back.

The front was all gut.

Here we are!

Thanks, OP.

80 degrees and breezy, a perfect day to hang sheets on the line to dry.

I just finished watching a season 1 episode of Inspector Linley on Britbox. Henry Cavill is a school boy and he is heartbreakingly young and beautiful.

I just finished watching Ludwig, the comedic mystery series from the BBC with David Mitchell and loved it. I highly recommend it. So, I was far from underwhelmed by it which means my post really doesn't belong here but I'm OP so I can do what I want.

I finally started watching the John Wick movies. They are crazy! I’ve seen the first 2.

I do like the society that they have: the hotels, the professional courtesy, the apparently endless sources of money, how everybody seemingly knows everybody else.

It’s very cool. 😎

I just made my first trip to the local food pantry. It was virtually empty. I got a frozen packet of ham. Now I need to bake some bread for it. Then I remembered I probably qualify for the senior food program.

Temps hit 80 today, with a breeze. Beautiful. But, we're having frost advisories tonight.

Crazy.

R15 Where do you live with those extremes?

You don't have to be hyper specific...just, what state?

[quote]Why are the squirrels looking particularly ratty this Spring?

You're not looking so hot yourself, bitch.

I bought a new duvet cover at Jysk. It's a print. I've had solid colors for so long it's freaking me out a bit in the space. The cats are unbothered, so I guess it's just me.

Going food shopping tomorrow and I will still buy what I like no matter the price. I don't eat a lot so there's that. When is the last time you saw a fat old person? Rarely.

I ate a quarter of a Raisin Bran muffin today.

Friend said I've been grumpy lately.

I said I can't be standing on my head spitting nickels all the time.

Friend said he never heard that expression before.

I said oh well.

R11, is the series good? I've read every one of Elizabeth George's Inspector Linley novels, except the newest one. The last time I looked on Amazon, the latest book was available for pre-order only but that was in October. I need to get the newest one.

I'm replacing the faucet in my hallway bathroom. The one it has came with the house, so it's pretty cheap looking.

I made a tasty Korean coleslaw and now I must walk around the apartment building as I crop dust. My apartment is too tiny for this kind of air violence.

I made bread yesterday for the ham I got at the food pantry. I used a quick rise bread recipe and it came out pretty well. It was supposed to be 2 loaves but when I tried to divide it after rising it looked so puny I put it in one big bread pan. It was heavy. A really really heavy loaf of bread. I’ll keep practicing.

I mowed the lawn.

I'm enjoying it Cosmo. I haven't read the books, but my mother was a fan. The series has gotten me interested in giving them a go.

I’m feeling a little whelmed. I’m thinking of having a nice quiet date night with one of my dildos to break the ennui.

I’m hungry but it’s almost bedtime.

Going into my 29th hour without power. It’s not been entirely underwhelming.

Just saw Eddie Izzard's one person Hamlet.

I was very, very, very underwhelmed.

20°C and sunny yesterday. Today: 12°C and cloudy. This is depressing.

I had Eggs in a Hole for breakfast.

Eddie Izzard doing a one-woman Hamlet is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to see it done at all.

It's May, Black Fly Month. Don't get me started.

I bought the ice cream maker attachment for my Kitchenaid stand mixer. I'm looking forward to trying it out.

Try making the Cherry Garcia version of ice cream. Or pistachio, that’s another good one.

Butter pecan is really good as well.

I just placed an Amazon order and chose the delivery option where they can take their time and deliver in a couple of days to save on boxes and save the environment, blah blah blah. They usually award a digital credit for choosing that option but they didn't this time. What's up with that?

I should have demanded they have my order here tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn as is my Prime right if they aren't going to thank me with a digital credit.

Ugh! I'm pissed. Traffic getting home from work was alot worse than usual; it took over an hour to drive about 20 miles. I had to cancel my workouts at Planet Fitness at the last minute. Odd thing is, I was actually looking forward to them. There are no trainer-led classes Friday through Sunday so I'll have to go it alone.

There are two Commorants out on the lake. Cool.

What can I do with a pound of 80/20 ground beef? Thats a higher % of fat than I usually deal with….

r41, use it in something like bolognese sauce but drain it really well after browning (into a container you can then throw away, not into your drain!)

R42 No need to throw away the container. Put the drained fat in the fridge and it hardens and you can toss it in the garbage or feed it to wildlife.

R41 Enjoy the extra flavor your dish will have for a change! #FatIsFlavor

Not spaghetti sauce. Still have some in the freezer. Is this fatty meat good broiled to drain fat while it cooks? I would do meatloaf but I think that keeps all the fat in.

Next week I’m going to make that King 👑 Arthur flour recipe for Strawberry Lemonade Bars that I started a thread on last week. I have all of the ingredients now except for the whole milk.

It's time to clean my windows, I hate that job.

r45, let us know how they turned out.

R47- I will

Just sign your fucking name, Greg.

r41, tacos and just drain the fat before seasoning.

I finally canceled my cable TV. I really don't miss it, but I hate having to wait until the next day to watch The View and Survivor. I thought I would miss MSNBC, but I don't. I also deleted Twitter, Grindr and Scruff. I did keep Facebook.

I keep Facebook to keep tabs on family and old friends I don’t see regularly. DL is my only digital contact with the world at large.

I would like to cut the cable cord but it’s priced with internet and phone and offers no cost savings if I do.

My power was restored yesterday evening. It was estimated to be Sunday, so it was nice to get it back well ahead of schedule.

I just realized my partner could be getting his (currently expensive) prescriptions from Mark Cuban's website.

R44, you can use the 80/20 for mealoaf, just don't put it in a loaf pan. I use a mx of veal, pork, and beef to make my meatloaf. I shape it like a football and bake it in a wide-sided pan. The fat cooks out and I'm left with a wonderfully moist meatloaf with lots of flavor.

Just because a malignant cunt is walking with ski poles doesn't mean we have to beat him with them.

Loud ass hate speech at 8am

R56- This is the underwhelmed thread not the OVERwhelmed thread.

The music in the doctor's office waiting room is inevitably terrible.

Since the show The Last of Us began on tv, I haven't eaten one mushroom.

Since I like made-for-tv movies and true crime I decided to watch A Cry For Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, on YouTube.

They had it broken down into parts so I watched parts 1-3 but no one posted the last part. So I missed the last 30 minutes of the movie and I can't find it anywhere.

I sure as hell don't want to buy it from Ebay so I decided to watch Small Sacrifices, the true story of Diane Downs, starring Farrah Fawcett.

At least I got to watch the whole movie.

I met r7 on a Monday, and my heart stood still.

You know when it’s time to clean my windows?

Never is when.

Never.

How can it be 28 degrees in London and 12 degrees here in Norway?! Wtf?! It's not fair! Went for a walk today and I was so cold. Had to wear wool ffs. London isn't far away, just a small ocean between us. The temps shouldn't be that different!

I have a cramp in my big roe. Hope it's not arthritis or some kind of gout.

If you had gout, r64, you’d know it.

I prefer my caviar on the smallish side, r64.

R16, I think R15 is my post, and we have weather extreems like that in Michigan. Especially during the Spring.

I don't like seeing it on TV and in real life when some people hug that they rub their hand back and forth on the person they're hugging's back.

It whelms me with cringe.

I'm watching Fred Astaire and Cyd Charise dancing in The Bandwagon on TCM. She's wearing ballet flats which makes more sense than other dancers in movies who wear heels. It could be because she's tall but so enjoyable to watch.

I binged on Jacque Torres Milk Chocolate Almond Bark today . I spent $41 on a pound of the Jacque Torres Milk Chocolate Almond Bark and he no longer puts in Cocoa Paste and because of this the quality has declined and it tasted so average today yet he STILL charges the same price per pound.

I got two big things accomplished today:

1) I thoroughly cleaned the Keurig which was disgusting. And, very hard to clean...not smart design.

2) I flushed out my waxy ears. Also quite disgusting.

Six pins, r10! Not five!

Bought some pita chips yesterday to eat with some hummus I had in the fridge. Or at least I thought I had some hummus, and was disappointed that I didn't have any. Ate the chips anyway..

Without meaning to I've got a lot of jacquard in my house.

R70, good for you for supporting ethical chocolate sourcing!

Some of the more affordable ethical chocolate manufacturers have gotten better at making products that are actually tasty. Tony's Chocolonely bars were two for one at my local CVS yesterday so I stocked up. Between tariffs and cacao crop issues it's only going to get pricier.

I let a Metro Bus driver use my bathroom today. His odor was bad, but my optocy stinks much more..

Fuck you, blister packaging. Fuck you.

Why do you waste your money on lottery tickets?

I did a detailed analysis on every lottery winner and found they had only one thing in common.

What?

They all bought a ticket.

There are two cigarette beggars outside my building and I usually share an extra smoke.

Neither was there and I had to leave a loose cigarette on the porch.

So I saw that Thundercats or Thunderbolts movie today. It was good enough.

Bucky never fails to entertain me.

That Superman wanna-be was disturbing. It makes you realize that real Superman’s upbringing helped him be the sane, responsible, reasonable person he is.

I thought the Fantastic Four were earthlings?

It's raining and going to rain again tomorrow with showers the rest of the week. It makes me feel better to sing the song Rain by The Beatles in my head.

R81- I live just north of NYC- they're predicting heavy rain on Monday and Monday night.

It is now 12:33 am. It's time for me to go upstairs floss then brush my teeth put on my nasal breathing strip and go to bed.

I made Salisbury Steaks with the fatty hamburger and broiled them. A lot of fat dripped off and they were fine. I did without the brown gravy. Today I made white plum duff because the picture in the old Betty Crocker cookbook always fascinated me. I’m not happy and seem to be cooking all the time.

I made country green beans with ham and onion and they were deliciously whelming.

Seattle had a lilac sky at dawn.

What are sailors supposed to do with that?

Matt Damon vs. otter

I can't decide if I want to watch Babylon, Burn After Reading, or Being Maria. If anyone has seen these movies, please make a recommendation.

UPS says they delivered my package. They lied. The “proof of delivery “ photo is all black.

Chatting with a Home Depot robot which is a total waste of time.

Argh!

Home Depot says I have to dispute the payment through my credit card.

UPS says Home Depot does not allow me to file a claim for non-delivery.

That’s like a license to their drivers to steal anything from Home Depot and claim it was delivered, submitting a blank photo as “proof of delivery.”

What idiocy.

I was in the mood to bake banana bread, but my bananas aren't ripe enough. Maybe I will do coffee cake instead.

After five years of refusing to eat any canned food except Fancy Feast whitefish and tuna pate, my cat stopped eating that. So I went to the pet store and picked out a selection of other brands and flavors to see if her tastes have changed, and she's thrilled. She wants to try everything.

Big toe update. Still sore as hell. Looks perfectly normal from the outside. Last night I took a Tylenol but should have taken Advil. Just trying Advil now. Must be joint inflammation but looks same as other one. What the hell did I do to it?

I’m officially old.

I was convinced I had misplaced my slippers and searched all over in growing frustration. They were in the usual spot, but I somehow didn’t see them.

Ingrown toenail?

You probably bumped it somewhere but don’t remember.

For a moment I thought I had sepsis as the big toes and pinkie toes on both feet were blackened.

I had worn cheap black leather sneakers without socks. The dye washed off easily..

You need to tape your big toe. I remember when I stubbed my pinkie toe it stuck out at a 90° angle. It hurt like fuck and wouldn't move back so I went to a podiatrist who took X-rays and even though it wasn't broken, there's not much you can do except tape it to the other toes.

I did that for a couple of weeks and it was good as new.

Have you tried foursome?

Melanoma often starts in the nail bed and spreads before you know it.

It has been cold and wet the past two days, temps only in the 50s. I had to turn the heat on.

The Trump/Doge Rape of the Post Office has now affected me. I ordered something off Ebay and it left Florida, then got to Seattle and moved around the local Distribution System for 4 days then yesterday they decided it best to send my package to Anchorage Alaska...despite the fact I live in Seattle.

R93, going through the same thing with Cosmo. He loved Fancy Feast Savory Centers for the longest time. There are 4 flavors in the 12-pack; chicken, beef, salmon, and tuna. He started not eating the salmon and then didn't like the chicken so I stopped buying it. I bought a few FF Gems and he seems to really like them. He also started eating the Perfect Portions beef in gravy with carrots. I now order the Gems and PP from Chewy with a subscription. He still seems to like the FFSC tuna so I buy that, too. However, he used to like the ocean whitefish and tuna but apparently, he's not as crazy about it as he once was.

It's so funny to watch do owners buy a 25 lb bag of kibble for their dog. They'll eat anything. We cat lovers spend about 5 minutes in the cat food section, mumbling to ourselves, "He won't like that. Maybe he'll like this?"

I bought a wok.

I made Mongolian Beef.