Given the chance, I would make a little statue of a pot-bellied man grinning like a thief and surrounded by potstickers and fondly entitle it "Today." The symbolism is very profound here, so try not to get lost as I expound: the pot belly signifies the fact that I ate more than is healthy, the smile that I was very pleased about it, and the potstickers symbolize the brutal oppression of the Iraqi people at the hands of the American imperialists.
Some friends had said that we would make something tasty today, or maybe just eat it, I was really quite unclear on the whole thing, but the actual event ended up being a day-long potsticker extravaganza. We spent a few hours making them, then another good two and a half hours eating them to our hearts' content. I was a little surprised to find out that there is room in my heart for what must have been some 30-odd potstickers, but I've always considered myself the sort of person who won't leave a good food product out in the cold. As it turns out, potstickers are ridiculously cheap and delicious, and the fact that they take a fair amount of time to make is just perfect for filling a lazy Saturday. The only bad thing about them, in fact, is that the English name is ridiculous and was probably created when some babbling madman gurled it out in the midst of his ravings, and a devoted member of his seraglio took it to be a priceless word of holy prophecy, and to assure that the world would never forget it, attached it to a particularly delicious type of Chinese food. I'm quite certain this is how it was created, and if you don't believe me, well then you must be in league with The Shaman and God hates you.
Incidentally, when looking for potsticker on m-w.com to see how right I am about its etymology (the word is not in the dictionary, incidentally), get a load of the way they attack the English language to explain the new look to the page. Not only is "extreme makeover" (there, I've spoiled it) bowing to a ridiculous and meaningless linguistic fad, which is basically the exact thing dictionaries were made to resist, but it actually worsens the problem by further seperating the word "extreme" from any meaning it may once have had. After all, if a dictionary site changing its frontpage to look more bubbly and user-friendly is "extreme," then something like wearing warm socks on a cold winter's day must be frothingly unhinged.
- Gyaa! I'm give up
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