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i took this idea from britt, who took it from someone else, but i love the idea and i completely agree with the following statement regarding it: "so for the past month, i tried to pay special attention to lovable details. whenever I thought, "oh this can go on my love list!" i appreciated the moment even more. so even though [this month] was challenging at times, i still found myself looking for what is good."
october love list:
.regina spektor
.pumpkin muffins
.haunted houses
.pumpkin shampoo
.'son of rambow' [see it!]
.kathy and gary cosgrove
.meaningful prayer
.'pushing daisies'
.zupas
.'the 7 year itch'
loves.
10.27.2008
10.26.2008
10.25.2008
homage to polaroids.
i got a polaroid camera when i was about 7 and took pictures of everything! loved it. i found this same love again last year but was devastated to learn of the discontinuance of the film. why?
here are some of my favs:
as a replacement for polaroids i now want a holga. they're wicked cool.for a preview click here.
loves.
here are some of my favs:
as a replacement for polaroids i now want a holga. they're wicked cool.for a preview click here.
loves.
10.20.2008
10.10.2008
things i love, as of late.
its been a while.
sorry.
i have decided to use a list of things i love, as of late, as a form of catching up:
.ceramics.
i am taking an introduction to studio visual arts (emphasis on ceramics) class and i freaking love it. seriously, i should have been an art major. what is this psychology poppycock? i am actually picking it up quite well. the best is the wheel. so therapeutic.
.body worlds.
saw it last weekend. loved it. i once delighted in looking at the human body. as a kid, i had a computer game that would quiz me on different parts of the body.
anyways.
my favorite part of the exhibit was the babies. i'm not too sure how this was all ethical, but it was the best part. they had a 5 week old embryo. you couldn't really see anything at that point, just a small white ball of fluff, but as early as 8 weeks the little person had already begun taking shape. you could see it's fingers and even eyes! loved it.
.weezer.
i attended a long awaited concert on tuesday night. i first fell in love with weezer in high school. naturally, i was deeply attracted to 'the sweater song', which i just heard! live! with tom delonge! it was great. they played all the classics . . . el scorcho, hash pipe, my name is jonas, say it ain't so, etc. bonus: rivers is HILARIOUS! and now i love him too. and i just found out that he was raised by a yoga master and meditates! which makes him that much cooler.
copious picties and videos were taken, but soon after, were deleted due to the fact that i just don't have one of those smart minds i always hear about. i am actually pretty depressed about so never mention it again. thanks.
.brown hair.
yeah. i dyed my hair brown. about ever 6 months or so, i feel a splash of multiple personalities hit and i HAVE to change my apperance. this most current psychotic break i felt like going from platinum blond to swarthy auburn.
.before.
.after.
like it?
.delish cookies.
basically i have THE best schedule ever. really. another marvelous class i am taking is food preparation. let me tell you just how marvelous this class is. we have lecture on mondays, 50 minutes, and is usually just the teacher baking something for us or watching some movie about the dangers of raw meat or knives. then, the lab is 3 hours long. the first two hours we cook delectable entrees such as doughnuts, or homemade tortillas. the last hour we just eat! yes. i am getting credit hours for partaking of culinary works of art (really good food).
two weeks ago my kitchen made chocolate peanut butter munchies. now i love a good cookie. and out of all the cookies i have had the pleasure of eating in my life, this cookie comes close to the best i've ever had (others include ultimate chocolate chip cookies, sarah's spider cookies, marshmallow surprise cookies, ben's snicker doodles and subway's chocolate chip cookies)! i've generously included the recipe so you may share my adoration.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Munchies
Makes 32 DELECTABLE cookies
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 Tbsp sugar
1.Preheat oven to 350.
2.Stir together flour, cocoa, and baking soda.
3.In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 C. sugar, brown sugar, and butter and 1/4 C. peanut butter. Beat in egg, milk and vanilla.
4.Beat in as much flour as you can with an electric mixer. Stir in remaining flour mixture.
5.Shape dough into thirty-two 1 ¼” balls. Set aside.
6.In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and 1/2 C. peanut butter. Beat until smooth. (If necessary, knead with your hands.) Shape into 32 balls.
7.To form the cookies, flatten one chocolate ball. Place a peanut butter ball on top.
Shape the chocolate dough around the peanut butter center, completely covering the filling. Re-shape into a ball. Repeat with the remaining dough.
8.Place 2 inches apart on an un-greased cookie sheet. Place 2 Tbsp. Sugar in bowl. Dip bottom of drinking glass in sugar and lightly flatten each cookie, re-dipping in sugar between cookies. Bake 8 minutes, or until cookies are set, and slight cracks form on top. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute.
9.Remove from cookie sheet and cool on a rack.
enjoy.
.modern art.
really this needs no verbal explanation, just a visual one:
.cassatt, maternal caress.
.hiroshige, kinryusan temple.
.kupka, the first step.
.picasso, girl before mirror.
the end.
sorry.
i have decided to use a list of things i love, as of late, as a form of catching up:
.ceramics.
i am taking an introduction to studio visual arts (emphasis on ceramics) class and i freaking love it. seriously, i should have been an art major. what is this psychology poppycock? i am actually picking it up quite well. the best is the wheel. so therapeutic.
.body worlds.
saw it last weekend. loved it. i once delighted in looking at the human body. as a kid, i had a computer game that would quiz me on different parts of the body.
anyways.
my favorite part of the exhibit was the babies. i'm not too sure how this was all ethical, but it was the best part. they had a 5 week old embryo. you couldn't really see anything at that point, just a small white ball of fluff, but as early as 8 weeks the little person had already begun taking shape. you could see it's fingers and even eyes! loved it.
.weezer.
i attended a long awaited concert on tuesday night. i first fell in love with weezer in high school. naturally, i was deeply attracted to 'the sweater song', which i just heard! live! with tom delonge! it was great. they played all the classics . . . el scorcho, hash pipe, my name is jonas, say it ain't so, etc. bonus: rivers is HILARIOUS! and now i love him too. and i just found out that he was raised by a yoga master and meditates! which makes him that much cooler.
copious picties and videos were taken, but soon after, were deleted due to the fact that i just don't have one of those smart minds i always hear about. i am actually pretty depressed about so never mention it again. thanks.
.brown hair.
yeah. i dyed my hair brown. about ever 6 months or so, i feel a splash of multiple personalities hit and i HAVE to change my apperance. this most current psychotic break i felt like going from platinum blond to swarthy auburn.
.before.
.after.
like it?
.delish cookies.
basically i have THE best schedule ever. really. another marvelous class i am taking is food preparation. let me tell you just how marvelous this class is. we have lecture on mondays, 50 minutes, and is usually just the teacher baking something for us or watching some movie about the dangers of raw meat or knives. then, the lab is 3 hours long. the first two hours we cook delectable entrees such as doughnuts, or homemade tortillas. the last hour we just eat! yes. i am getting credit hours for partaking of culinary works of art (really good food).
two weeks ago my kitchen made chocolate peanut butter munchies. now i love a good cookie. and out of all the cookies i have had the pleasure of eating in my life, this cookie comes close to the best i've ever had (others include ultimate chocolate chip cookies, sarah's spider cookies, marshmallow surprise cookies, ben's snicker doodles and subway's chocolate chip cookies)! i've generously included the recipe so you may share my adoration.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Munchies
Makes 32 DELECTABLE cookies
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 Tbsp sugar
1.Preheat oven to 350.
2.Stir together flour, cocoa, and baking soda.
3.In a large bowl, cream together 1/2 C. sugar, brown sugar, and butter and 1/4 C. peanut butter. Beat in egg, milk and vanilla.
4.Beat in as much flour as you can with an electric mixer. Stir in remaining flour mixture.
5.Shape dough into thirty-two 1 ¼” balls. Set aside.
6.In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and 1/2 C. peanut butter. Beat until smooth. (If necessary, knead with your hands.) Shape into 32 balls.
7.To form the cookies, flatten one chocolate ball. Place a peanut butter ball on top.
Shape the chocolate dough around the peanut butter center, completely covering the filling. Re-shape into a ball. Repeat with the remaining dough.
8.Place 2 inches apart on an un-greased cookie sheet. Place 2 Tbsp. Sugar in bowl. Dip bottom of drinking glass in sugar and lightly flatten each cookie, re-dipping in sugar between cookies. Bake 8 minutes, or until cookies are set, and slight cracks form on top. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute.
9.Remove from cookie sheet and cool on a rack.
enjoy.
.modern art.
really this needs no verbal explanation, just a visual one:
.cassatt, maternal caress.
.hiroshige, kinryusan temple.
.kupka, the first step.
.picasso, girl before mirror.
the end.
9.07.2008
me and my quirky self.
you can never escape tagging can you? no matter the situation, someone will find a way to send chain letters out and have everyone participating. i am no exception and thus, am posting this per sarah's request:
the RULES
1. link the person who tagged you.
2. post these rules.
3. tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
4. tag 3 fellow bloggers by linking them.
1. i respond to crisis by yelling 'bahhhhh'.
2. i am completely different when in water than on land.
3. i can't sleep with things under my bed. it's bad luck.
4. i cannot drink twice from the same spot on a cup.
5. i can't go to sleep in a messy room. even the closet door has to be shut.
6. i have to clean out my nose twice a day. i love a clean nose.
extra. i can only drink milk with pancakes.
now its your turn. sorry. there is no escape.
1. lynsey joyce.
2. alaska.
3. rebecca.
loves.
8.24.2008
new love, greece.
it all started when i saw mamma mia, which was great by the way, then ended upon seeing the sisterhood of the traveling pants, also good.
i love greece.
and have decided to add it to my list of destinations before death, along with only paris. what i'm saying is that a vacation spot has to sound pretty good before i blot it's name on my 'before death' list. i've fallen head over heels and have started planning where to go and what i'll do.
1. i'll eat.
i have always loved greek food. few things are better in life than dining at basilla's in st. george. i quite enjoy a grilled chiken kabob atop lemon basmati rice, followed by greek wedding cookie. but i hear that while acctually in greece you have to eat fish, of which i am opposed to usually but will make an exception while in greece as to fully partake of the culture.
2.i'll sleep.
at the splanzia hotel, a cute little "boutique hotel" in crete. i find myself waking up to a breath taking view of the blue waters each morning, then eating greek yogurt while planning my day. the splanzia is said to be peaceful, as it is not overrun with tourists.
3.i'll island hop.
i have to do this if i want to see all there is to see. both the minoan and greek societies had a lasting effect on art and i'll need to see as much of the art and architechture as i can. the island i find most appealing is rhodes. some beaches on this island are lined with umberella tables, while others are empty. a nice combination of tourist appeal and actual culture.
4.i'll sit lazyly on th beach.
this is the most important part of the vacation, the part i'm looking forward to the most.
now i just need the money. thats all, just few thousand.
i love greece.
and have decided to add it to my list of destinations before death, along with only paris. what i'm saying is that a vacation spot has to sound pretty good before i blot it's name on my 'before death' list. i've fallen head over heels and have started planning where to go and what i'll do.
1. i'll eat.i have always loved greek food. few things are better in life than dining at basilla's in st. george. i quite enjoy a grilled chiken kabob atop lemon basmati rice, followed by greek wedding cookie. but i hear that while acctually in greece you have to eat fish, of which i am opposed to usually but will make an exception while in greece as to fully partake of the culture.
2.i'll sleep.at the splanzia hotel, a cute little "boutique hotel" in crete. i find myself waking up to a breath taking view of the blue waters each morning, then eating greek yogurt while planning my day. the splanzia is said to be peaceful, as it is not overrun with tourists.
3.i'll island hop.
i have to do this if i want to see all there is to see. both the minoan and greek societies had a lasting effect on art and i'll need to see as much of the art and architechture as i can. the island i find most appealing is rhodes. some beaches on this island are lined with umberella tables, while others are empty. a nice combination of tourist appeal and actual culture.
4.i'll sit lazyly on th beach.this is the most important part of the vacation, the part i'm looking forward to the most.
now i just need the money. thats all, just few thousand.
8.17.2008
i hate spiders.
as a kid i quite enjoyed the terror overwhelmingly received by watching arachnophobia. 'eight legs, two fangs and an attitude'. so great. and seriously creepy with just the right amount of cheese to dub it one of those 80's movies we'll never forget. i'm pretty sure i still think of that shower scene more than not when i take a shower.
creep.
so . . . yesterday while relaxing after a swim in shannen's pool, i reached to grab my pink lemonade but instead grabbed a big, hairy spider! bahhhh!
scary as that was, i come to find out today that just 20 miles south of me lies a city being overrun with spiders. just like on arachnophobia! residents of saratoga springs have noticed an infestation of the 'really big house spider'(the actual scientific name). some counted 40 or 50 in their front yard around sunset (which is, obviously, when they come out). what the residents of this town fear most is where the 'really big house spider' will go when the cold weather sets in. residents have already noticed them piling up onto the house.
freak!
but really, i love it. all the 'real life' arachnophobias. i just hope they don't move north.
loves.
8.03.2008
a lovely song.
I roll the window down
And then begin to breathe in
The darkest country road
And the strong scent of evergreen
From the passenger seat as you are driving me home.
Then looking upwards
I strain my eyes and try
To tell the difference between shooting stars and satellites
From the passenger seat as you are driving me home.
"do they collide?"
I ask and you smile.
With my feet on the dash
The world doesn't matter.
When you feel embarrassed then i'll be your pride
When you need directions then i'll be the guide
For all time.
For all time.
passenger seat. death cab for cutie.
And then begin to breathe in
The darkest country road
And the strong scent of evergreen
From the passenger seat as you are driving me home.
Then looking upwards
I strain my eyes and try
To tell the difference between shooting stars and satellites
From the passenger seat as you are driving me home.
"do they collide?"
I ask and you smile.
With my feet on the dash
The world doesn't matter.
When you feel embarrassed then i'll be your pride
When you need directions then i'll be the guide
For all time.
For all time.
passenger seat. death cab for cutie.
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