Man up Kermit!

It's really not that bad being green. I hope to implement these in my latest project, which is being moved to the top of my "I really want to do this" list. Details will be given at a later date. For now I can say, it is moving ahead of my JoAnn's project and my organic garden!!! SERIOUS STUFF, MAN!

Sakura

I have found, the thing I enjoy most about being in a new place is the different types of plants. Right now I am enjoying the ephemeral beauty of the cherry blossoms. I thought I would never see this in person. Hopefully the weather will clear up before the blossoms are gone, so I can take some more photos. It's amazing how something so small can make you feel so fortunate. :)

It's about time I posted about this

First, I still love The Beatles more than any other musicians ever to exist. With that said, I must confess that I have been listening to The Bird and The Bee so much lately I think it qualifies as an obsession. :0/ If you haven't noticed (which you probably haven't because you probably don't listen to them, which is okay.) their lyrics are sprinkled all over my entire blog.

Every time I listen to the following song I think, " If I could write a song, it would be this one. Luckily, I can enjoy it without the awkwardness that goes along with listening to your own song."

Bonding Time

My boyfriend's brother is here for a weekend visit. He brought this DVD with him:



Yesssss!!!

I leave you with this grossly paraphrased quote. (Can you do that??)
Movie voice over: Of course it sounds crazy. Who would believe a man could come back from the dead?
Joel: Only millions of Christians.

Rainy day

Today it sounds like this in my apartment:

(Isn't this video so cool?!!!)

and step into the night...

I have just been informed that 8:30 pm Saturday, March 28 has been named Earth Hour.



What can one do in the dark?
I suggest:

• A candle lit bubble bath
• Watching a scary movie <<< I will be doing this one.
• Snuggling
• Listening to an audio book. ( Even though I think Focus on the Family is crazy, they did put out a pretty awesome audio version of the Chronicles of Narnia, which I heartily recommend.)
• Going outside and having a bonfire with friends. <<<>Playing manhunt (no flashlights though!!)

Decisions, decisions...

Since becoming a house girlfriend, I have been able to do adorable things like host dinner parties, and make cupcakes for the class (read: the philosophy department). I'm not even going to lie and say it's degrading and that I hate it because that couldn't be further from the truth. Actually if I could have my way I would have a cake shop instead of having a normal job...but you know the economy. Bah.

Anyway, today's culinary thoughts have been centered around Easter. I have "class cupcakes" down to a few flavors for Easter, but I haven't picked one yet.

• carrot cake with cream cheese icing
• carrot cake with coconut-pecan cream cheese icing
• lemon cake with strawberry whipped cream
• vanilla cake with strawberry whipped cream

So difficult!!! I wish I could just make them all!

Some people have nothing and want nothing and are free.

Ignore the Grey's Anatomy motif...this is the best one I could find that allowed embedding. Bah!

Make yourself free, let yourself grow...

After I complete all the other tasks on my daunting list of "neat, crafty things I'd like to do", I have decided that this will be my next really big project: http://www.casasugar.com/2953131

I have had gardening on the brain ever since the sun started working overtime again. I think peas, tomatoes, spinach, onions and carrots would be all be good candidates, since that is what we eat the most of and they are reported to be very easy to grow. I would love to grow my own strawberries too. I don't know how many people know this, but I know that strawberries are like sponges. When you wash them, they soak up all the water and the flavor gets diluted. To preserve their flavor, I wipe them individually with a damp cloth...but if I could grow them myself, then I could just eat them and not go through all the trouble. No chemicals or animal excrement (we don't live in a ground level apartment). Just strawberries as nature intended. mmmm....

Need.

I need this home, or one very similar to it.

Things I especially love about this little patch of heaven: The daffodils on the left, are more pale than most and precisely match the cheerful color of the house. The stone wall. The potted roses growing in the window on the far right of the second floor. The front porch. The book shelf ,visible in the far left window of the first floor. The large back yard with plenty of room for an organic vegetable garden...if a person felt so inclined to plant one. :)

Indeed.

Indeed, a full tilt celebration of St. Patrick's day was had on Friday night/ Saturday morning. 31 beers of various varieties ( Particularly PBR, Killian's Irish Red, and Sierra Nevada Pale Ale), half a bottle of Red Banana flavored MD 20/20, and whatever everyone had at the bar ( including a community effort in the consumption of 3 mystery martinis which were abandoned untouched at the table next to us... oh, God.) later it is safe to say life long friendships among our band of six were forged. We enthusiastically accompanied 80's and 90's grunge essentials with our accomplished air guitar stylings, passed a peace pipe, and consumed "healthy" amounts of beef stew, mashed potatoes, and vegetarian shepherd's pie.





In the morning I woke up to this image, which I think accurately describes the consequences of such hedonistic levels of indulgence:

Mismatched socks, jeans (and you can't see it but still wearing his jacket!), my dear friend spent the night unable to make it to his home, which is within walking distance.

To stave off incredibly bad (and admittedly deserved) hangovers, we hosted a small after party (minus one member of our fellowship) by having blueberry banana pancakes for breakfast...at 1:30 pm.

We are staying in tonight with a quiet evening spent viewing Blue Velvet and eating popcorn. NO BOOZE!

**Just so I can feel better, I must say that this type of weekly craziness is unprecedented for me. **

Photographic record of the creation of existential funk. People, please note that philosophers are a grossly untapped dating pool. I'm just saying. ;)

EDIT 3/22/09: I have just seen David Lynch's Blue Velvet, and I have a new caption for this photo 0:35-0:41:

Birds sing- a ding a ding

It's actually a little cool today, but the sun is shining and the daffodils are blooming. I think it's safe to say spring has sprung. I've actually never seen daffodils in real life until about a week ago. It's too hot in my home state. But then again, with the amount of sunshine we get I think the sunny appearance of those blooms would just be overkill. Our new town is small and conducive to walking and biking. I LOVE it.

The strangest thing has been happening to me lately, and it's happening more and more frequently. I keep having the image of Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka riding the "bike-mixer" and singing "Spring time, the only pretty ring time. Birds sing- a ding a ding sweet lovers love...the spring!" I am really grouchy there are no clips of just this moment on the internet! The best I can do is to recommend you click on this: 9:30 and then click the time on ChrstnPwr's comment. Must... resist... pithy thoughts... regarding this person's username!!!

Happy Alcoholic Consumption to the Point of Belligerence Day!

We are not celebrating the holiday full tilt until Friday since most of our friends have crazy amounts of homework this week. However, I did provide some festivity today by making these cupcakes which I have bestowed the sobriquet of "creamy beige cakes". And now for the food porn:

Dark chocolate cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream-cream cheese icing, in Transformer cupcake liners which were on sale and had mostly green graphics. I got the flavor idea from Sprinkles Cupcakes , and I decided to try my hand at ridiculously expensive treats. Between you and me, I think I have a future in that business.

I think everyone has their own preference for chocolate cake recipes, but this icing is the bomb diggity and it's so easy!!

Bailey's Irish Cream- Cream Cheese Icing

You need:

• 1- 8oz package of cream cheese softened
• 1 stick of unsalted butter softened
• 2 cups of powdered sugar
• 4 Tbsp Bailey's Irish Cream ** okay this is the part where I'm a jerk and fudge the recipe because I didn't actually measure this, but I think this is about what I used.

1. Using an electric mixer combine the cream cheese and butter.

2. Add the sugar in three installments by mixing on LOW!!!

3. Finally (yes, it's really as easy as 1-2-3) drizzle in Bailey's until desired flavor/consistency is achieved.

It helps to listen to this while you bake on St. Patrick's Day:




Cheers!

The Reader

**Warning: Comments will be limited to shallow nonsense to avoid spoilers**

Did you like it?
YES!

Anything you didn't like?
The beginning was slow. I never thought I would find gratuitous sex boring...but I did. (Was it gratuitous? Perhaps I'm just a Puritanical American...which I usually think is the case. I'm working on it, I promise.)

Anything you particularly liked?
WARDROBE, WARDROBE, WARDROBE!!! Also, there were scene's in Michael's law school seminar I found poignant as social commentary on Post-Holocaust West Germany, which is usually not mentioned in American history classes. I actually wished there were more "law school" scenes.

Would you recommend it to friends?
Yes. It's a solid view. All of the acting was fantastic, and the story was thought/discussion provoking (evidenced by discussions with my date/lover) while being palatable. You know how some movies are moving and thought provoking, but too much to be enjoyable to watch...yeah, that didn't happen here. The story of the characters is almost to simple...but if you watch it with some historical background it's good.

p.s. I'm really sad there are no photos of my favorite clothing in the movie. There is one female law student, and her clothes are FANTASTIC! If anyone finds some please share!!

Let's go see the stars!

I'm finally going to see The Reader tonight!!! I have been waiting since NOVEMBER!!!

Reaction post later!! (I am so excited, the only way to spell how I feel is: !!!!!!!!)

To Do Today

• Bathe (You're welcome.)
• Purchase Newspaper
• Visit JoAnn's for some project supplies ( I can't wait to see the results of this little idea!!)
• Cafe >E-mail regarding Tuesday; Make grocery list for tomorrow; Clip coupons from said news paper.

On days like this:

My lover and I like to eat this:

And watch this:

Back in the day, when my boyfriend lived in a dorm, we would set our bowls on this giant tupperware that held all of his groceries and watch the movie on a laptop. Now we have a t.v. , a dvd player, and a real table! Ooh la la! Life is treating us well. :)

blah.

It's rainy and cold. How can I make the most of this day?

New Aural Obsession

Need.

I just saw the Louis Vuitton Fall 2009 collection from Paris Fashion week, the whole thing is incredible! These however are my absolute favorites:

From head to toe- The Bardot hair, nude lip/liquid eyeliner, earings, handbag, the dresses (!!!!), the EVER LOVING SHOES!!!!!, I love it all. The whole feeling is just pure glamour. Not like what you would see where I'm living now. I swear, if I see one more Northface pullover...

see the entire collection here:
http://content.coutorture.com/2919822

Yesterday and Today

Clever title, I know. Hopefully I will grow from this experience and this will get better as I go. Anywho.

This would be a literal narration of my evening last night-



Today was definitely a day of recovery. A quiet evening at Bollo's should do the trick.
It's all about balance I suppose. Nights of forgotten debauchery followed by responsible evenings spent getting ahead on homework during spring break. Ah, to be young and intellectual.

Well, hello.

Here we go! I have decided to have a blog of my own since I spend entirely too much time looking at other people's blogs wishing I was that interesting/witty/cool. Now I am! (I think...hope?) I suppose this will be mostly musings, music, photos...stuff. Uhh...maybe I should have decided on more of a purpose for this entry. I suppose an introduction will do nicely.

I love to make cake. My blog title is the open motto of my sorority, it is Latin for "life is short, art is long" and it is a quote of Hippocrates...which is weird because he's Greek. I just became an adult, like a month ago. Blah, my boyfriend is giving me the "we really need to stop being hungover bums and start our day" face. More later today. :)