Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide, derived from the bacterial coat of Xanthomonas campestris, used as a food additive and rheology modifier,commonly used as a food thickening agent (in salad dressings, for example) and a stabilizer (in cosmetic products, for example, to prevent ingredients from separating). It is produced by the fermentation of glucose, sucrose, or lactose by the Xanthomonas campestris bacterium. After a fermentation period, the polysaccharide is precipitated from a growth medium with isopropyl alcohol, dried, and ground into a fine powder. Later, it is added to a liquid medium to form the gum.
who knows what that stuff means?! not me! anyway, xantham gum is this stuff you put in smoothies to make them nice and glorpy. it's pretty expensive, or at least seems that way to me, but as far as weird food additives go i guess it could be worse. i got a tub of like, idk, a cup and a half of the stuff for 8 bucks. i took it for a test spin in this morning's smoothie and i have to say, this smoothie seems extra professional.
that's my banana berry spinach smoothie with a troll and some mocha mint dunkin donuts coffee. it doesn't really taste that much like mocha or mint but it's not terrible. i think i will be hunting down some mintier coffee for the winter season.
last night for dinner i made cabbage and onions and cauliflower, or what i like to call, a big bowl of fart-inducing-agents.
it was pretty ok.
and now for a series of things on jeremy's head that don't belong on jeremy's head:
this is jeremy's head with underwear on it.
now we have jeremy's head with a kitty cat on it.
and the most recent addition to this collection (which started in 2009, by the way) includes jeremy's head with a lovely bow on it. he lets me do these things to him because he is kind and gentle to me. except when he's sleep-elbowing me in the eye. but that is neither here nor there. an interesting note about jeremy's head: it is so abnormally heavy that when he gets home at night, the strenuousness of having held his head up all day causes unparalleled fatigue in his neck. he has often stated "i can't sit up on the couch because my head is too heavy for my neck". this statement almost always sends me into a fit of hysterics from which i recover only after almost having wet myself.
speaking of hysterics, i was watching this press conference on the gym tv (i wore my glasses today and managed to not sweat them off my face) with president obama and the prime minister of thailand. that lady's english was really good. so anyway they both give these beautiful butt-kissing speeches about shared values like free markets and how human trafficking is definitely not ok, and democracy democracy democracy. so then it's time for questions and the thai media gets the first question and this guy stands up and he's like, so you know we have a king right? and obama is all like wellll you know, democracy is tricky, the US is the oldest one in the world and we still haven't perfected it yet. baby steps! and that same reporter guy (the one who was all like, we have a king, and he like kills people for crossing him and stuff) also asked 'so mr. president, what is your favorite thai food?' and that was when i LOL'd in the middle of planet fitness. fortunately nobody seemed to notice.
in other unrelated to anything news, i spent 80 bucks last night on a low-quality heated blanket that i could have gotten a better deal on had i purchased it online! but i just couldn't wait anymore. i just couldn't handle one more night of laying in bed under so many layers of blankets that it's difficult to roll over, and yet still freezing my cheeks off. it may be a low-quality blanket, but low quality is better than no quality, lemme tell ya. that thing is amazing! it's all soft and fleecy! and i turned it on before getting into bed, so when i actually got into the bed, IT WAS WARM!!!!!! oh technology! thank you! thank you for heated blankets.
anyway i have to go to work now, bai guyz!
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