Baking Pie for Jason Segel

The Muppets Playing with Pie

Alright.  So Jason Segel has recently opened a Twitter account and naturallement I follow him.  I am, of course, glad to see that he happens to be Twitting or Tweeting or Twittering (whatevs) every time I go through recent tweets.  I have to admit, of course, that I did send Tweets directed at him: one, about the Muppets (that I will Tweet when I get to see it on February 2012 as the Muppets is indeed going to be out in the theaters here February 2012) and two, I just had to "at" him via a Tweet by The Dark Lord (Lord_Voldemort7) re: I am about to utter something I never thought I'd say... I hope the muppets beat the vampires this weekend.


And I hope so too!

I remember last year, during the time I was contributing articles for this food website and my head was spinning with cranberries and stuffings and Tofurkey, that I did come up with a fantasy Thanksgiving menu for Jason Segel.  Well, I read Jason's Tweet a few hours ago and he did mention about wanting some pies after visiting his parents.  Hmm, parents.  And pies.

Pies, pies, pies.  Now this reminds me of a friend who was so in-love with the TV show Pushing Daisies about this pie maker played by Lee Pace --- and speaking of Lee Pace, I don't think I'll ever forget this scene in Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day where he sings a duet with Amy Adams.  If I Didn't Care. Such a lovely song.

But pie-making is something I'll attribute to this Kerri Russell film called Waitress.  I like how the character invents pies based on her emotions and I do remember a pie called "Bad Baby Pie" which (I think) has a cheesecake base with some... nuts?  Pecans?  It's so yummy for something so bad.

As Jason Segel wants some pie, I think I'll see about a Kerri Russell mode and imagine the perfect pie for him.  I am going to call it "Jason's Saturday Pie" *giggle*

I am not aware of Jason Segel's dietary and culinary preferences other than this photo of him sleeping on some Taco Bell wrappers but let's just say I would like to assume that he likes sweet and he'll probably go creamy.  And of course, there is this thing about him wanting to lose some weight.  So I guess I'll go on a sort of inventive route and come up with a pie topped with fruit with some added crunch and a creamy bite.  And chocolate, of course.

Let's go get some fresh graham crackers and ground them.  If you're up for it, get the chocolate flavored ones.  To make the pie crust, add some chopped cold butter and some cold water.  Form the pie crust (including the sides) with this dough and then chill in the fridge.

Make some cream cheese base and set aside.  Slice fresh strawberries.  Macerate the strawberries in Madeira wine for that peppery punch.  Add some sugar.

Take out the refrigerated pie crust.  Add a thin layer of cream cheese followed by a single layer of sliced strawberries.  Continue the layering.  Top the pie with un-macerated strawberries.  Drizzle with chocolate sauce.  Chill.  Drizzle more chocolate before serving.

Of course, for the drizzle, you can always opt for some heated chocolate hazelnut sauce in the form of melted Nuttella.  Or for something, say, healthier and deeper in taste: melt some premium dark chocolate with a bit of half-and-half and add a splash of espresso.  Seriously.

Yum.  Do you hear that, Jason Segel?  YUM.

I'm hungry.  Coffee with Milo in a few minutes, coming up!

Again --- is Jason Segel Married, Single, Dating, In a Relationship or "It's Six-Ways Complicated"?

Thank you Saturday Night Live! And Paul Rudd (for making out with dear Jason) --- for unbelievably spiking up the traffic of this lovely blog. And of course, the lovely Muppets, who very much deserve all the exposure and promotion and all the love. I promise I will introduce you guys to my nephew and my nieces (ages one month to 3 and 3/4 years), all three of them. I am also thinking of eventually getting a dog, so there you go.

I cannot help but look at the blog entries I wrote several months ago, particularly those from last year. Wow. I have been keeping at this for more than a year and STILL NO JASON SEGEL. I was in LA last June and I met up with someone who knows someone who knows him, and I was just around the block from the Universal Studios where he was probably tossing between shooting HIMYM and the Muppets. And still, NO JASON SEGEL.

We cannot help but be curious about this guy, especially as he revived the Muppets. I stumbled upon this article on him and the Muppets at Wired.com and I rather enjoyed the article as I look at the movie and its new "unlikely hero" from the eyes of someone who loves cinema and creativity and innovation. I haven't seen the movie but the article raised some valid points. Purist or progress? My stance is, I still love 2D animation and it does not take away the point of the cartoon. I'll know when I see the movie.

So! Is Jason Segel married, single, in a relationship or is it just plain six ways complicated?

Give the guy a break. He's busy. Then again --- maybe he'll end up marrying me. Or he'll just marry you. You know. We are but a box of chocolates.

Speaking of chocolates, I read this entry which I posted last year. I thought it was an interesting entry. Maybe I'll meet Jason Segel whilst he's playing some Muppet tune on the piano, say, "Rainbow Connection"... and I wander into the room, he sees me, stares at me, and his music suddenly changes to --- "Mahna Mahna"!!!

To end this, come and see more about Jason Segel and the prospect of marrying him.  Read this old blog entry --- it will blow your socks off:

How to Marry Jason Segel: How to Fall In-Love: I admit, the past few days have kinda veered me off my mission to marry Jason Segel (ehem) due to, say, sentimental tendencies. I am not su...

It's Sunday Night Live (!!!) with Jason Segel and the Muppets! YAY

YEAH BABY YEAH.

And that's why it's called w(h)inn(y)ing.

UPDATE: Apparently the Jason Segel SNL stint has been generally raved about.  And I saw a review via a link at The Huffington Post (yes, I read it for the Lifestyle section --- kidding, not) which ends up... here, the AOL TV website

I just want to say congratulations and mucho mucho mucho kisses to you Jason Segel!  I can't wait to watch your episode... when SNL gets a rerun here next year,

Is Jason Segel Married?

Sometimes I pop in here just to re-read the incredibly silly things I've written and --- yes --- as this blog is Google-powered, I actually have the power to see the traffic stats.  So yes, I know that YOU are reading this, most likely for the obvious reason: you want to know if Jason Segel is married or if there is a surefire way to marry him.

As of press time (haha) he is not (married, that is).  As of his recent press release, he does not even have a personal life, which can be deliriously translated as, "I do not have a girlfriend".  As per his recent interviews, he works seven days a week and should he have time not to work, he might spend it on the essentials of being alive which include eating and sleeping (or paying a visit to this particular "station" in his man-cave).

Apparently, he does not have time to see anyone nor maybe even "like" a girl in a high school-crush kind of way in which he ends up shuffling his feet behind this lucky woman, scratching his head, and eventually asking, "So, what are you doing Friday night?"

But as we are not in his life, what do we know.  Showbiz has tons of conspiracy.  Look at Kim Kardashian.  She managed to pull off a legal wedding with legit pay-offs.  What's with telling people "I'm single" and still live a double life?  I mean, last night there was this entertainment show (Insider?  I can't remember) which "exploded" the "headline" that Robert Pattinson and Kirsten Stewart-or-Stuart-whatever might have "secretly" married, which, of course, gave way to a (stupid) Twilight promo that merely features the Bella-Edward wedding scene.  I mean, come on.  If Shakespeare managed to secretly keep a wife (from Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love, haha!), Jason Segel can do that as well!

Kinda strange I am writing this in a blog dedicated to the "how-to" of marrying a celebrity, huh.  Obviously I am pissed at something not Jason Segel-related and I am just being my insane self.

See, conspiracies.

Maybe this has something to do with my seeing The Invention of Lying last night on HBO.  The concept was terrific, it just felt dry overall but I generally liked it.  Lying is a necessity, you need to understand.  So if we adore Jason Segel, we just like the idea that he is not married.  It's for the good of his celebrity.   We are buying into the illusion that we can have that.

So.  The question remains.  Is Jason Segel dating someone?  Does he have a girlfriend?  Did he shag someone last night, last Friday night, that moment when Berlusconi resigned from power?

The answer is --- to quote Shakespeare in Love --- "I don't know, it's a mystery."

You want a peanut?

The thing with living in the Philippines is that you are not so sure if the American show you're watching is current or a replay.  But anyway, I just happened on Jason Segel on Jay Leno and I wasn't so sure at first if it's a recent interview despite the fact that the local cable channel has that "via satellite" mark at the upper left corner (which they sometimes "accidentally" include in reruns).  I like to assume that the interview is pretty recent as Jason Segel talked about the Muppets movie and this thing Judd Apatow recently tweeted about him needing some personal stories.  Oh, and of course he did this surprisingly good Andre the Giant impression --- You want a peanut?, Jason Segel growled.

I have been personally going through a challenging period, in addition to the fact that I had gotten really busy, hence I kinda had to put my "quest to marry" Jason Segel in the backseat.  But as I currently have some substantial time in my hands, the flame was, uh, re-flamed and I thought that he was hilarious and lovely and if I had a peanut I would shell it for him.

I found out the other day that the Muppets movie will be shown here in Manila in fucking February 2012.  That's insane.  To be honest I wasn't really into the Muppets growing up --- although of course I knew them --- but I am seriously looking forward to see this movie.  I do not really have any memory of being in-love with the Muppets which is why I think, as Jason mentioned in the interview, it would be great to have them back.  In this Hollywood era of reruns and rehash, I must say the Muppets does deserve a slot in this current wave... which I hope will end soon (oh Hollywood, are you aware that the global film community is laughing at you now?)

Anyway.  I have of course mentioned the obvious and that is the email address Jason Segel mentioned in the show.  I can't remember what the email address is but if he's looking for personal stories to recite to people who interview him, he can just say he's been searching for that girl from the other side of the world who has been blogging about marrying him --- which is, surprisingly, in a non-stalking manner.

And by the way, I just read somewhere that Jason Segel smokes.  Well.  I smoked a lot in college and I still smoke occasionally, but I wish he'll minimize the lung poison.  He will never be on the cover of Men's Health if he keeps at it.  Oh, and if the Jay Leno interview is recent, I must say he's looking pretty pretty good.  Can't wait to see the abs.