From starchy sticks of bitterness to 300-proof rotting slime in ten seconds flat. IT HAPPENS.

[amanuensis1]

Me: I hate that I've become so picky about bananas. They've got to be at the exact stage of ripeness and not beyond or I won't eat them.
S.O.: I know what you mean, I'm the same way.
Me: You watch them like a hawk: too green, too green, too green, not quite yet, a little more-- and then you take ONE bathroom break and suddenly, oh, f**k, I missed the window!
S.O.: Took yer eyes off 'em just long enough to inhale. And it's all over.
Me: Yeah, sometimes you hit them in that twelve-hour time span when they're edible. And just one day beyond that...
S.O.: ...it's time to call in John Constantine.

In other news, I watched the first episode of Ouran High School Host Club twice tonight, once in Japanese with subtitles and one with English, and, damn, I have to say, that's a great English dub. Think I'm gonna go with it.

Comments

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

This is EXACTLY how bananas work for me. Because if they're too green I actually get a little nauseous, and if they're too far gone... well, banana bread takes time, and I usually don't have it. %^<

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Man, I would have made ninety tons of banana bread if I made it every time I had blackened bananas. Who's got the time, I ask you.

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

"Too green, too green, too green, not quite yet, a little more-- and then you take ONE bathroom break and suddenly, oh, f**k, I missed the window!"

Yep. Yep. *nods sagely* That's why I never eat bananas anymore, I never manage to jump on them at just the right time.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I used to eat bananas all the time when I was a kid! I'm theorizing this is because you used to be able to buy yellow bananas at the store, so I'd eat three of them the day we bought them. Now all you can buy are bananas so green they're mistaken for elongated limes.

[neocloud9.livejournal.com]

IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE IT'S TRUE.

Yeah, I though Host Club's dub was hilarious. <3

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

It's GREAT. I really think I'm going to watch it in English for the first run!

[yamapea.livejournal.com]

sdkfj I love green bananas so I always enjoy a day or so window of deliciousness before they run the risk of over-ripening. :D

And oh, Ouran! ♥ So great!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I should just acquire the taste for green banana!

I actually was shown the first ep of Ouran ages ago, and wanted to go on watching but managed to forget about it in the middle of other shows! Finally I remembered I wanted to get back to it. ^_^

[crescent-moony.livejournal.com]

FUNimation does incredibly good dubs. (They also have incredibly good actors, though I do have a few qualms as to how often they recycle the same voices...) SO MUCH WIN ON THE USE OF THE WORD "TWINCEST" IN THE OHSHC DUB. XD

And mmm... bananaphone. <3

[neocloud9.livejournal.com]

...Did they use the word "twincest" in the English dub? I didn't remember that! XD

[masakochan.livejournal.com]

OURAN! I really need to go back and rewatch that series. Definitely one of the more hilarious anime series I've ever watched.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

It's so cute, just from the first episode!

[kaiz.livejournal.com]

Me: You watch them like a hawk: too green, too green, too green, not quite yet, a little more-- and then you take ONE bathroom break and suddenly, oh, f**k, I missed the window!

LOL so very true! I really am fortunate in that I don't much like whole bananas anyway, so no matter how ripe/unripe, I mash them up and add them to something else...like rum and coconut milk. ;-)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Mmm, coconut milk, all by itself!

[naltariel.livejournal.com]

Heh, I got tons of recipes for unripe or too ripe bananas. But I hate eating raw banana, so there's that.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Banana, baked, is a thing of glory!

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

Ouran Host Club rocks, both the dub and the sub. I wish I'd been able to get into the manga but it was just too... pointy.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

How many episodes of Ouran are there, by the way?

[winterthunder.livejournal.com]

*is the lone voice proclaiming a love for bananas ranging from green to speckled*

Now raspberries, on the other hand, those things will go from underwhelming to fantastic to moldy in about 10 seconds flat.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Man, raspberries have a short half-life too, you're right!

[geoviki.livejournal.com]

OMG, I'm so with you on the bananas thing. I think that bananas are my favorite fruit, but Mr Geoviki notes, correctly, that I rarely eat them when they're in the house. Now I can tell him why!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Point him to this post and educate him, yes! :D

[incapricious.livejournal.com]

There needs to be a kind of banana where they ripen sequentially in the bunch. So there is 1 that is ripe and then the next day another one, etc. XD

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

PATENT THAT.

[lunarennui.livejournal.com]

that is...SO TRUE.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Eat them while you can, because the pleasure is fleeting!

[dbassassin.livejournal.com]

I'm entirely in accordance with your bananananana issues. I have a freezer full of ones that got away, waiting to be recycled into chocolate chip banana muffins.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Ooh, those sound good!

[stinaleigh.livejournal.com]

I am exactly like that with bananas. And once they go over for eating fresh, I throw them in the freezer for making banana bread at some future time. I have to be careful though, that I don't end up with a freezer full of just bananas.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

They'll take over! They'd take over my freezer, if I did that. ^_^

[slashpervert.livejournal.com]

I had to read that one aloud to my family. Everyone enjoyed it. (And I don't even like bananas...)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh, good! Glad to amuse!

[amand-r.livejournal.com]

S.O.: ...it's time to call in John Constantine.

It's shocking how many things can be solved with this line.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Our discussion of how he'd show up and what sexual favors he'd demand kind of degenerated from there. :D

[angiepen.livejournal.com]

Banana muffins! With chocolate chips! Heck, most of the time we let our bananas turn completely brown deliberately just for that. :D

Angie

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Every so often I crave and make banana bread, but I can't make banana bread constantly!

Hmm, maybe that's why I need John Constantine. "Make muffins! Magically!"

[oneminutemovies.livejournal.com]

Did you notice that the Japanese voice actor in Ouran who plays Tamaki is the same as Raito in Death Note? Not trying to sway you one way or another, I just always found that interesting.

[masakochan.livejournal.com]

The guy who plays Kyouya is the same for Mikami, and (if I remember correctly) the voice of Haruhi is the same for Takada. Also, the music director for Ouran did the score Death Note. :D

[christwise.livejournal.com]

Start watching around 3:00 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8exP2VC-WbM&feature=player_embedded#t=172) Guy I knew in college. Almost the exact same sentiment.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Ah ha ha! I love stand-up like mad. Thank you for sharing this!

[goseaward.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh5a0ucs8kQ - Eddie Izzard! Start at 5:15. (Or just watch the whole thing :D :D :D)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

It's impossible to zip past ANY of Eddie Izzard! I'm watching the whole thing!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_hannelore/]

I don't mind when the bananas get overripe because that means pauraque can make banana bread! :D (and his banana bread is awesome)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

But there's only so much banana bread one can make! And eat! (But it sounds great alla same!)