QPM Day 2 - Taco Bell
Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by Jeff Smith
So today was a nightmare at work and I didn’t want to deal with a frozen dinner. I went to Taco Bell instead. Grilled Stuffed Buritto, mmmm.
So today was a nightmare at work and I didn’t want to deal with a frozen dinner. I went to Taco Bell instead. Grilled Stuffed Buritto, mmmm.
Today is day 1 of the Quest for more PAX monies. In my endeavor to save more money for PAX souvenirs I have take on the brave mission of eating budget frozen dinner as opposed to my normal diet of take-out/restaurants.
Today lunch was Hungry-Man Southwest Style Chicken. Grilled Chicken Patties in a Southwest Style Sauce with Baja Rice and Corn. It contains “1lb. of food”, which is good because I was pretty hungry.
I was expecting a microwave meal to be quick but it took a good 10 minutes to prepare. So it wasn’t any faster than a take out joint. But at an even 3 dollars it was significantly cheaper then even a cheap value meal.
So how does it stack up flavor wise. It was plenty of flavor. Unfortunately most of the flavor was nasty. The “chicken meat” patties tasted ok, or at least on par with what I was expecting. The baja rice was just nasty I couldn’t even finsihed it. The suprise winner was the corn. The corn was suprisingly good. I probably won’t buy this particular meal again.
Nutrition time, I looks like this meal has 660 calories. Honestly I don’t kow if that is a lot or not. I think the average peson should consume 2200 calories a day so that sounds about right. 22grams of fat, 7 of which are saturated. 65mg of cholesterol, not too bad. 1460mg of sodium!! that is 65% of the recommended daily allowance.
To wash it all done I had an Albertson’s Diet Cherry Max Cola. I bought a 12 pack for a dollar. So for 8 cents I (looks at nutritional label)… nothing. I will report in tomorrow if this meal was filling or not. I am not hungry right now but that might be in part because the rice was so nasty.
I will be heading to Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) on August 27. I am going up a few days early to help with setup and to hang out with some of the other volunteers (aka Enforcers) face to face (Yay!!). August is approaching way to fast and I realized I am horribly out of shape and lack the funds I would like to have.
One of the numerous reasons I am in such terrible shape is my diet. It is a strict take out diet. It has been months since something was cooked in my kitchen. Nothing but Burger King, McDonalds, and other fast food joints lead to excess weight. The other reason I am in terrible shape is my lack of exercise. But alas I am lazy and that will need to be addressed later.
Although this may not be any better than take out I am going to try eating frozen entrees. If nothing else they are cheaper then fast food. So each day I will consume a frozen dinner and report back on cost, taste, and nutritional value. May God have mercy on my stomach.
The winners of the 2008 Prix Ars Electronica - International Competition of Cyberarts have been announced. Two of the winners really stuck out to me.
Julius von Bismarck’s Fulgurator that can project an image into a photograph with out the photographer’s knowledge. It is almost an anti-persistence of vision device. Instead it displays an image so fast the eye does not pick it up but it times the display to coincide with the camera’s flash.
Nuage Vert came up with a project that can turn a cloud into a canvas that can be painted on with lasers.
I was stubling around neogaf and came across this gem of a forum thread “Limbo of the Lost stole from Oblivion, Morrowind, UT2K4, Diablo, Silent Hill, more?“. It looks like Limbo of the Lost borrowed (aka stole) art asset from a laundry list of games ranging for Unreal to Oblivion to Diablo. I have linked to two if the images and you make the call. Are they similar? Is that the same picture of a vampiric mayor in the back ground?
I would say it is common pratice to look at your sector of the video game industry for inspiration but this is down right theft (coincidentally one of the games they stole from is named Thief).