Oh, hello. I have returned, very possibly. Are you excited about this? Are you worried it is just a tease? Do you want me to spill my guts? Do you want me to share knowledge? Shall I make you laugh?
4.28.2010
7.13.2009
Ice Cream review: Purely Decadent (coconut milk) Cookie Dough
It doesn't work very well. I love coconut ice cream/sorbet, but I have learned I only like coconut in conjunction with specific other flavors. Coconut as a base for any flavor of ice cream doesn't work well.
The Cookie Dough flavor is a perfect example. I want to taste cookie dough, not coconut! The flavors compete and my tastebuds are not the winner. It doesn't help that the cookie dough pieces are not very big. :(
From now on, I will only eat coconut milk ice cream if it is with a suitable flavor: mango, lime, pineapple, chocolate, etc.
But I do, do, DO love the Purely Decadent Cookie Avalanche! SOooooooooooooooo good. (It's made with soy milk).
5.25.2009
5.12.2009
Osteo
Found out today I have osteopenia in my spine and femur, and I am one tenth t-score away from having osteoporosis in my femur.
Seriously.
THis is a result of my misdiagnosis and subsequent treatment with steroids for 3 1/2 years. At this point, I think I can safely say that my broken foot last summer was caused by the steroids. I have had numerous illnesses and infections that I've never had before, while on steroids, esp. this past fall and spring, and I think it was because of the steroids.
I would not be so upset if the steroids were something I should have been on. I would not be so upset if the doctor who prescribed me the steroids had not told me I didn't need to have a bone density because I was on such a low dose of steroids, it shouldn't be affecting me in that way (his answer for every problem I had - you're on such a low dose, it shouldn't be affecting that). I would not be so upset if when I had called and told him about my extreme fatigue and tremors he had not told me that it was not connected to the steroids.
My next step is to find out what the possibilities are for legal action. I don't know if I will end up taking any at all, but I would like to know what is the norm for this sort of situation. Do you guys have any advice? Thoughts? I am extremely conflicted about this.
4.29.2009
oh hi.
my computer is more or less fixed. the sound doesn't work, but it starts up. that's good.
I would post some pictures, but I have misplaced my camera/usb cable.
what else is new?
I think May will be a no-spending-money month, except for things I've already committed to (concert and camping). I have had bad money juju lately. a warrant for a ticket (expired inspection sticker) I took care of in 2003, but the city didn't process it correctly and I no longer have proof, so I had to pay $261.30. over $300 out-of-pocket medical (bronchitis and infection and prescriptions and co-pays and $100 emergency room visit). spent too much on my friend's wedding (hotel, shoes, gifts) (in retrospect). guy at waterloo said my debit card didn't go through, so I gave him my credit card, only to be charged on both my debit and credit cards. humane society is now having a problem charging my monthly gift, and I thought it was because I moved and the address on my card was different than what they had on record. so I went online to change it, but it won't update. I now have three pending donations which are showing as unavailable funds in my account. oh, yes, and spending too much on food and beverage, per my foodie habits. sheesh. oh, and $60 to apply for readmission to UT so I can take a free class cause I work there. that's pretty cool.
I hope to spend some time this weekend taking pictures, but it might be raining. if I do, I will figure out a way to post them on here and facebook for you all to admire. ha.
3.19.2009
COMING SOON list of things
I am looking forward to:
-temps in the 80s
-running and swimming
-slow at work
-camping
-maybe seeing cousins in summer (esp. Cory & Michelle, Erin & Anna)
-photography class
-paying off my hundreds and hundreds of dollars in med bills
And I would love a real vacation. Like, a two week trip. I just used 30 hours of vacation time for a stinkin' cold because I'm out of sick leave. Balls.
RE: COMING SOON
Pam has the recipe book, maybe she'll post the recipe in the comments? Anyway, here's your story:
http://www.speakaboos.com/story/jack_and_jill (Click WATCH VIDEO).
It is time for me to change my blog look. You know I like doing this. But I'm really wondering if I should even have a blog. Maybe now is not the time to decide - I've been super busy at work and sick, not really in the create-content frame of mind. I will ponder this and any of your thoughts are welcome. Should I just keep doing what I'm doing (empty promises?), should I have theme days (music on Wednesdays, film on Fridays, food on EVERYDAY), should I post a new photo everyday and just leave it at that? so many options.
Patrick Wolf - Vulture
I like it! when I read he was doing bondage, etc., I was kind of annoyed. Seen it! Like a million times. But I enjoyed this, and I am looking forward to his new album.
2.10.2009
2.03.2009
FOR P: borscht recipe or I hope you like chopping vegetables for like, 30 minutes or trash vegetables are cheap, let's make a soup with them
3 tbsps olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, however
1/2 head red cabbage, chopped
1/2 head green cabbage, chopped
2 potatoes (about 2 lbs.), peeled and chopped
6 beets, 2" diameter, peeled and chopped
salt and pepper to taste
one small lemon (or 1/2 large) and extra
FRESH dill (do not, DO NOT use dried)
Rustic bread
Heat olive oil on medium heat. THROW in onion and garlic, cook for about 4 minutes.
*DON"T LET ANYTHING BURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
add cabbage, stir around, heat until soft. may want to turn heat up to medium-high at this point.
add potatoes. stir around, heat about three minutes.
add beets. add water to cover vegetables. bring to a boil.
*this is when it gets real pretty!!!! i <3 pink
cook it for a while. add salt and peppa 2 taste. add juice of one lemon. just cook it until the beets are as soft as you like 'em (for me this was about an hour).
put it in a bowl. sprinkle fresh dill on top, serve with a lemon wedge and Rustic bread that you made yourself.
while you're eating, you may want to think about the tsar and his family and how really unfair it is that you work your ass off all day long, you're 28 and look and FEEL like you're 52, you have arthritis and pockmarks and rotten teeth, and you get to eat bread and soup almost every day of your life. that's the heart and soul of borscht. 'sup, serf. 
1.20.2009
My J Crew-whoreness is validated by the first wife and daughters
I feel better now.
(look for pics on the internet - they are everywhere and I'm too lazy to put them up).
Obama shouts out to the godless
"We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus — and non-believers."
Non-believers! Holla! That's me! I was so excited I almost jumped up and down in our conference room and said, "That's me!" I can't believe he (and his speech writer) acknowledged us. Amazing. LOVE IT.
non-believer is kinda funny, though. doesn't sound a little archaic? like how "heretic" sounds funny (to me). and I do believe - I believe in my ability to make better the lives of my family and people in my community and my earth and stuff like that. but hey, I'll take it.
1.10.2009
Thoughts?
THese are things I am thinking about doing (or commencing) in the near future:
1. Americorps in Atlanta or New Orleans
2. Teach English in Japan or China
3. Get my PhD in Comparative Literature from (first choice) Emory University (languages: French, Arabic, and Russian; studying science fiction and science/self identity)
4. MBA/MFA at NYU Stern/Tisch in their new dual-degree program for film producers.
These would all be after movie in Palestine. Not that I would do them all. But who knows?
Could I survive the robobt revolution?
I've been thinking about teaching English in Japan, but I foresee a problem:
COuld I survive the robot revolution? Like, in the initial days as it is starting?
(from the journal IEEE Spectrum via the io9 blog.)
12.29.2008
12.01.2008
Happy holidays :)
I am depressed about the holidays. The last seven holiday seasons I have spent with someone. Making plans to visit family reminds me that there is “family” I’m not going to see this year for the first time in many, many years. I used to think that people who got depressed during the holidays about not being in a relationship were just pussies. But now I get it.
To cope I’ve been listening to a lot of country music. And jazz. I made a turkey pot pie with leftovers!
Videos!
Here's Al Green doing one of Willie's songs:
Did I post this already? God, I love this song. This song absolutely kills me. Listen again:
And finally:
11.06.2008
yes it is true
I am up this early. have been up for a while now, since about 5 am. couldn't sleep. worked until 8 each night so far this week, will continue till the report is done. clocking 10.5 - 12 hours days. exhausting. you know when you do something all day long, or at least before you go to bed, very intensely, kinda worked up about it, and you stay in a half-sleep state doing that same thing. so in my head all night, I've been editing my 2,000 page report. printing it out. compiling it. staring at it on the computer, making changes. blech.
but it will be over soon. it will be overnighted on the 13th. sayonara.
10.30.2008
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