Sometimes the best thing to do in life is wipe the slate clean. Maybe even go as far as to grind away some of the surface and have an entirely new patina. This is where I am a these days.

Cooking for a Stormtrooper

Being a Stormtrooper is serious business.  That means a serious appetite. 

I figure with all of the repairs and high turnover rates that the Empire has, 

a chef would need to make something that would fit a budget as well as 

keep these guys full and energetic.

  Ramen.... I hate the shit. It is pure evil and I felt that it would be a proper 

base food for anyone that follows the Dark Side. However, most people 

never even "try" to embellish Ramen. They just take it as it is in most cases.

 I'm going to show you how I spice up my Ramen and make it consumable 

for me. At the very least, it will help to relieve some guilt if anything for 

eating this shit.

So let's get to this...

First thing you will need is well - Ramen? So I got tons of this stuff in my 

cabinet. Usually, I open these things up just for the seasoning packets and 

use them in rice or something. 

And Veggies...This will depend on you. I use...

Tomato!

Green Pepper!

and Onion!

 And meat! I prefer chicken over Bantha.

Now - I don't know about you people... But I save my bacon greese/drippings

in a container. Some people use oil, some use butter. I use bacon grease because

I'm on a fast track to dying of a heart attack. Sometimes I get hardcore and use 

butter AND bacon drippings. If you save your bacon grease keep it in the fridge.

It will last for months! Stormtroopers love anything that is bacon related btw.

We are going to start off with using some bread. I like to bread my chicken. 

So... I'm using a German Brotchen. I cut it in half and lightly butter it. Place 

it butter side down on a baking tray and bake the bread until it is dry. We are 

going to put this dried bread into a ziplock bag and crush it up into buttery 

bread crumbs.

Next we will slice our chicken breast!

Next chop up them veggies.

You are also going to want to add some spices or other seasonings to 

cover up that Ramen taste of death. I use garlic shavings, salt, pepper,

and some chilli powder. Stormtroopers approve of this. The packet that 

comes with the Ramen is used for the noodles later. This is to season

your veggies or meat that you are prepping.

So, remember that bacon grease I had? I cook my chicken in that bacon grease.

I also add a little bit of garlic and black pepper and let that meat fry itself up all

toasty and golden-like. The Stormtrooper likes to watch meat cooking. It's

kind of creepy if you ask me.

 Next we do the veggies. Let your meat sit in a bowl and rest for about ten

minutes while you are cooking down your veggies. When they are done just

dump it all in a bowl and set it to the side to rest.  Don't forget about your bread 

drying out in the oven! If it's crusty and dry take it out of the oven.

Next, I dice up my chicken and dump it in a large Ziplock bag with the 

crushed bread crumbs. Shake that shit up! The bacon grease on the chicken

gets the crumbs to stick to it. Look at him.... He's a jerk.

After this process, I put some butter in the pan and fry the chicken until the

 bread is all golden. Then add the veggies back in with it to warm everything

up again.

 Next... Boil your Ramen for 10 mins. in a microwave. Then strain it and

add that packet of mystery powder that comes with Ramen. I also add

a tablespoon of butter and some chilli powder for some heat. Mix

it up!

Finally, just put your meat and veggie stuff on those noodles and you

will have enough energy to fight of Jedi's and shit. Just because people

sell us some crap doesn't mean we have to just eat it. The irony is that

Ramen noodles are far better when you customize them to not taste

like generic crap.

 Look at him... he loves this shit!

Enjoy!

and...

May the Force be with you.

I have been learning 3d Studio Max and Mudbox. This is my first cg model. I have to finish the eyes.
The hardest part is getting around the menus.

Zero Fux Given

    I have been making some music. Which is a much 

needed relief from art. I just don't enjoy art anymore.

 Can't get myself to do it. It's old and boring and the 

market is flooded. I want no part of it. At least, for now.

 Sooner or later I will start up again. But for now, it's 

time for a change.

    I have recording as best as I can with my shitty 

Audigy 2 ZS Platinum card from like 2005. It's still alive! 

I don't have a preamp so I am basically plugging into my 

sound card via the mic jack. It's almost sacrilege to

 the audiophiles out there. But, it's all I have. It reminds

 me of recording through a Tascam 4 track tape player.

 It has a real lo-fi sound that I actually enjoy. I am 

 basically, playing through Guitar Rig and using Ableton 

to record. I am unable (for some reason) to record multiple 

tracks separately. I have ASIO drivers, but for some odd 

reason it is recording tracks into each other. So, to get 

around this I just record a track, save it as a wav file, then 

play it through Media Player while I record on top of it

 through Ableton. I do this about 4 times with whatever

I am adding into the song. Finally, I load the finished 

wav file into the NN-XT in Reason 5.0. I don't have a 

midi so I just use my computer keyboard as a midi 

trigger and play drums through the Kong or Redrum. 

I find it easier to mix in Reason as well. 

So here are some examples of what I am doing. Please make 

sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel if you like them. I 

plan on doing much more in the  future.

 

   Science - Reason 5.0, Ableton, Guitar Rig 

    Siren - Reason 5.0, Ableton, Guitar Rig 

    Bibbo - Reason 5.0, Ableton, Guitar Rig