REPETITIVE

i've written an erased five versions of an explanation already.

so, here's the sixth-

i am worn out.

yup.

and i'm so furious about it.

i am tired, sad, spent, used up and beat down, 

and my creativity is pretty low.

i work too much and enjoy it way too little.

but i feel like i'll have plenty of time to be creative and not have as much work,

which means i won't have to work as much in just a few weeks-

uh-huh. 

the end of summer shoulder season, bruh.

it comes quick, and it sucks hard.

umm, that's what she said?

ANYway,

as long as i can endure another three weeks of hard styles and sour feelings 

and phone pics of somebody else's good ideas, i'll have time for something else.

and y'know what really eats sh!t about being all kinds of exhausted?

i'm really just eatin' pizza, neighbors.

most good days are just a baby bit better with pizza,

and the bad days?

well, on the bad ones i NEED those jauns as a form of antidepressant dopeness.

that's the truth.

if it wasn't for pizza, no matter how repetitive it may be for everyone else to see,

i'd be in even bigger even more dire straits.

so, here's the big action:

PEE EYE ZEE ZEE AYY!!

i was thinking of my little buddy cohen

and the way he says 'veggie pizza'.

it's english, but he has a very regionally ambiguous accent when he says it.

i imagine this is what he's talking about.

the dough is from scratch,

the tempeh bacon is homemade,

the toppings are copious,

and those fire-roasted tomato sprankles are expert on the edges.

yup.

daiya mozzarella, minced over crushed tomatoes.

homemade cashew chee' over that.

caramelized onions.

braised broccoli.

green pepper.

rainbow sweet baby bell pepper.

chunky fried garlic spranks.

pan seared baby bella mushrooms.

and that spicy tempeh bacon, too.

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the dough was better than usual:

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PIZZATIME DOUGH'DOE!

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dough-hookin' on your stand-upright mixer will be essential,

but combine:

1 cup king arthur bread flour;

1/4 tsp wheat gluten;

1 cup king arthur flour;

1/2 tsp sugar;

2 tsp sea salt;

1 pkg fast-rise yeast;

2 T olive oil;

3 T unsweetened plain non-dairy yogurt;

2/3 cup warm water.

beat it up until it forms a shiny ball, it may take a minute, but be patient.

oil it and let it rise while the oven heats up to 480℉, convection-style.

i always stretch my dough on a seasoned steel pan, with exxxtra-oil.

this time, i also freaked it off with those tomato bits.

that was nice.

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and what about that tempeh bacon?

you want it.

i know it's veggie pizza, but a little exxxtra flavorfulness is always invited.

that's 11 thin slices of tempeh (think <1 div="">

in a pan with 1/2 cup water;

2 T tamari;

1/4 tsp ea. GPOP;

2 shakes liquid smoke;

1/2 tsp smoked hot paprika;

1 T agave;

1 tsp olive oil-

simmer that until all the liquid absorbs/evaporates.

that's when you flip 'em once, then give 'em another 'nother minute,

and you're freakin' done, dude.

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the recipe for the cashew mozz' is here.

you're welcome.

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there's not much else to say, man.

there's still so much august left to get through.

and i'm gonna.

there's nothin' for it, it can't be helped, it's just What Is.

true life tattman livin' is not to be taken lightly;

never quiet, never soft.....