Today didn’t go as smoothly as it could have. Breakfast went in late, because we took Kimberly’s parents to the airport. So, I spent most of the afternoon sleeping it off. I did manage to get in two more meals later in the day, though it took until 11pm. I also had some of the chicken broth (via tube) I made a few days ago, which was pretty good. Between the sleeping and the feeding, I didn’t do much.

I did, however, catch the premiere of ‘Iron Chef America’, a new show on the Food Network, which is, obviously, an American version of Iron Chef. Thankfully, it doesn’t take after the absurdist one-off pseudo-pilot that featured William Shatner as the Chairman. I actually found it quite enjoyable, though the ‘Making of’ episode before was part of the fun.

They’ve done a good job of acknowledging their heritage from the Japanese show. The first few episodes feature Morimoto and Sakai as the “challengers” in a “Battle of the Masters”, and the Chairman claims to be the nephew of Chairman Kaga. The American Iron Chefs are Wolfgang Puck, Mario Batali and Bobby Flay. Alton Brown, from Good Eats, fills the roles of both play-by-play announcer and Doctor Hatori. Tonight’s ingredient was trout. There are more Battle of the Masters episodes tomorrow and Sunday. (Now I know why there haven’t been any new Good Eats episodes in a while. Obviously A.B. has been working hard on this show.)

In other news, the gross, transparent spot over the tendon on my arm graft has scabbed over, and I’ve started leaving it open to the air without a bandage. It still isn’t the most attractive thing to look at, but at least I’m free of the sense that my insides are poking out.

Let’s see, eating, sleeping, watching TV, healing. Guess that covers my complete schedule.

later,