summa

mom bought bullfrog tadpoles today, they're so cool.
l




I found myself missing my house at college, so, since today was so nice, I went outside and took pictures to look at later... And now.

I love mom.

Mortal Combat

epic battles nightly

Domination

"careful not to spill in the car"

Last night: I picked up 3 people who were walking along the street, clearly needing a ride. One was identified by his ginger hair (glorious), prompting the pick-up.

I don't know how I feel being the ride from the busted party to the house...

But that was the good deed of the week (maybe month).

Furday

Weekend Celebration Song!

am I buff yet?

I wonder if standing on two feet for 5 hours straight counts as a workout. It hurts now as much as post-workout legs and back would hurt, and it took 3 times as long.

My mom said "no".

I wonder if she's abbreviating "no fun", because that would be a very true statement that I would like someone else to acknowledge. Doing that was "no fun".

I suspect it also means I toned "no" muscle. But don't tell me that, please. I'll just look at my calves tomorrow, and if they aren't looking like Olivia Wilde's legs (hawt), I'll be hurt enough.


in other news:
I also realized I shouldn't have the tag "sad". Because it's on most (if not all) of the posts anyway. But I'll keep it to remind myself of what my life is really made up of (repetitive tags).

Self-diagnosis

mom: I need a back rub
bangbang: Mom, you've been in bed for two days. I keep giving you back rubs, they aren't helping.
m: something's wrong with me.
b: no there isn't, want me to web MD you?
m: already did. Leukemia.
b: seriously?
m: yes. Apparently a flu without a sore throat or puking means cancer.
b: web MD sucks.
m: Yes. Come give me a backrub. I'm going to die.

tricked you, mom!

I just overheard my mom talking about me on the phone:
"all she does is instant message in front of the TV all day, thank god she got a job".

Luckily she doesn't know I blog. This is so much sadder.

booyah

i am JOBIFIED


Update: I have been JOBIFIED yet again, but for the school year. Monayy

I'm begging

I hate seeing random people try to contact me on Skype. That's annoying.

But, what's creepy and unacceptable is when they say things like "do U kno how special U r 2 me?". The obvious complaint is that I don't know them, and it's weird. My secondary complaint is that no one should expect to be friends with any stranger after saying anything like that, and spelling it like a 12-year-old on crack.

please please stop.

Super-nerd

I have embarked on a journey:
team blogging with Biracial.
It's new, so there isn't much, but we like to think the video makes it worth it.

check it out

Two in One

A friend and a potential french fry.
Cool and creepy.
Simple yet impossible to replicate (especially if you're me).



This artist lady, Ginou Choueiri paints on potatoes, and then they look like people.
It's pretty sweet.
She does other shit, too. Her website.

gimme gimme mo gimme mo

one of my favorite childhood movies Flight of the Navigator is being remade.

plot:

kid is abducted by aliens after wandering in the woods with his brother
and he disappears for a while
....comes back
and hes confused because everyone has aged but him, and life has moved on
so he needs to go back in time
and the aliens want to help him
so they go on a fabulous adventure.
its sooooooo goooood

.... I may have watched it more recently than is acceptable.
I cannot wait to see it again.

Sally's Free Library

My mom went through her bookshelf with me, and recommended books for me to read, which I promptly stole.
suckaaaaaaa

Volunteers?

Sleep

Pretty weird thing. I see it as a necessary step towards strengthening my immune system, giving my cat a venue to irritate me, and making sure I'm not a huge, non-functional bitch the next day.

I had heard before that you can adopt different sleep patterns and still make sure the afore mentioned takes place. I have found a semi-legit source that details how you can adopt a new sleep system, the healthiest ones, put on a scale from most naps to least naps, the most drastic being 6 20 minute naps a day (that's it, nothing else), and one big 8 hour sleepy-time. I will not test this, but I want to know if anyone else will or has. And if you're a huge bitch the rest of the time or not. I feel like you can't hit REM in incriments that small, and, from what my limited knowledge base is informing me, REM sleep is essential to non-bitchiness.

I also didn't read the whole article. But you can.

ALERT

(mostly for Biracial):
ADRIANA LIMA IS PREGNANT

I know you're jealous you aren't the baby daddy (he's her 'husband' for now. I predict the former title will take over shortly)

I looked for accompanying pictures on google image. They're all kind of skanky. So, just imagine.

intense.

These are Wickles:

They are the best pickles you will ever have. I hate pickles. And these are: magical.
buy them online here. Seriously. If you have any questions come over to my house and eat some.

work it

My cat, Mouse.
She is fat, overly friendly (especially towards people with allergies), hunts sometimes (when I forget to feed her), and wakes me up in unpleasant ways at unpleasant hours.



We have another cat, which exclusively drinks running water, sleeps in the granite sink in the kitchen, and sleeps like so:

Don't tell me I'm turning into a cat lady. I know this already, and it makes me a little sad, but not that much. Because these cats are the shit.

delivery muy especial!

I looked at the package that was delivered this morning. And it looked as if it had been previously opened. Big time.
And, what had been delivered was three pairs of underwear. I was a little creeped out.
Luckily, the underwear was individually packaged and sealed. Made me feel much better.
woo new underwear!

memorial day weekend news

Best news of the week:
I am done house/dogsitting. It was a scary job, but nothing went wrong, I'm getting paid too much, and I may or may not have left behind some poops for someone else to clean up. I'm not sure, but I may have.

Worst news of the week:
Tomorrow I start work for people who haven't officially hired me, because they're slow and retarded, so by the end of the week, I may have worked 4 days and find out that it's not going to be my job for the rest of the summer.

In other news:

1. My mom is sick, and will stay home from work tomorrow. Normally I would be ecstatic for this exciting change to my day, except that I'm working. Lame.
2. I had a sweet sleep-over with some friends. It made house-sitting much more enjoyable.
3. I'm about to watch the Jon and Kate Plus 8 season premiere. Very excited and nervous. And pathetic.
4. I wish my camera wasn't so slow. It makes for many awkward pictures featuring blurry, half-smiling and most-definitely blinking people.
5. The best Ben and Jerry's ice cream flavor: imagine whirled peace.
6. I don't understand the purpose of the harlem globetrotters.
   

Mullets are Not OK

I'm watching a documentary called Jesus Camp. It's depressing. I'm all for religion, but not for fanaticism and parents not giving their kids options in life. Boo.

If abortion and Gay Marriage rights are made federally illegal, peace out America. I'll be writing in my blog from Australia. But probably not, because I'll be busy hugging koalas and platapussies.

Also, I'm dogsitting this weekend. It is an unfortunate job, but I'm getting seriously overpaid for it, so I won't whine about it as much as I usually would.
Here is a picture i just found on my camera that I did not take. Sneaky biracial

hey erica.

I miss:
not having to have a job
not worrying about my hair
having a fast metabolism
having the motivation to work out
the chipped away nail polish, whose absence makes my fingers look diseased
the spring. Summer is too hot and boring
House, 30 Rock and The Office
my lit class
the lock on my dorm room door

the miracle of birth

While at opa, the food festival at the Elkins Park greek orthodox church, we found this ride. It's a long inflatable tube, and children come out at the end through a tight opening.
Obvious parallels were made.

secretly I wish I was young enough to experience this joy.

WOW

Lemon, Lime and Peppermint Sorbet.

(from JamieOliver.com)


this looks innnncredible, does it not?
someday I will put my own recipes on here, I feel a little pathetic putting other people's up. But, this was too good to pass on.
How to make it (I'm giving it a try tomorrow):

INGREDIENTS:
• 200g sugar
• 275ml water
• zest and juice of 5 limes
• zest and juice of 5 lemons
• a small bunch of fresh peppermint

DIRECTIONS:
Place the sugar and water in a pan, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for a while. Zest and squeeze your limes and lemons and chop your peppermint. Mix everything together in a plastic or earthenware container and place in the freezer.

Generally a sorbet takes 2 hours to set. Try to stir it around every 30 minutes if you remember

Fightin' Words

Quaker statement on gay marriage
By DAVE CHAKOIAN | Viroqua, Wis.

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"On November’s ballot, Wisconsin will vote on a constitutional ban on same-gender marriages. We of Religious Society of Friends believe the movement to isolate and scapegoat homosexuals, to promote hatred against them, and to impose in law one group’s religious beliefs on us all, is blatantly immoral and contrary to Jesus’ teachings.

With half of marriages ending in divorce, unquestionably the right thing to do is to strengthen marriages. But diverting the question to whether two people of the same sex can have legal rights together completely loses track of the problem of frail marriages.
The proposed constitutional amendment really has nothing to do with marriage; it is a thinly veiled attack on gays and lesbians, part of a pattern of discrimination and institutionalized hatred. It is a strategy of power practiced by would-be tyrants throughout history.

Some have portrayed persecution and hatred of gays as a Christian thing to do. We can find nowhere that Jesus said anything about homosexuality. Nor did Jesus ever suggest encoding Christian teachings into a Sharia-like law to force religious beliefs on society.

We believe that God loves us all equally, and that we are called to treat each other with the same love in which God created us. We have no need to hate, or to discriminate against, any group for any reason. It is simply not Christian to do so."

Agreed.

(I found this at: http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2006/10/20/opinion/letters/04letter20.txt)

holy shit

This is the ugliest thing I've ever seen. It was recommended by Elle magazine. HA.

Irritating

Rude: Teen angst. Your parents are not at fault for the stupid shit you get yourself into, you are. Calm down and stop yelling.

I'm not a stalker

...but:
I found out that Olivia Wilde is married to

Tao Ruspoli

so, I looked him up on google, and found out he has a blog. Better yet: a photo blog. He's a good photographer ( I think, I don't really know anything about photography), and there are some pictures of Olivia snuck in there. Cool shit.
I'm now a "follower".

SO BORED

book suggestions?

I will not read anything:
religiously oriented
historical-turned-fantasy
about the economy
mystery/murder genre
about dragons or vampires
that costs more than 25 dollars
written by comedians (or people who think they're comedians)

scanwiches

The Best website I've seen in a long while.
Why: pictures of food
also: you know a piece of machinery is now very messy

in case you were wondering:

these are some cakes I would be happy to accept.

they can be purchased at the superfresh in center square...

muffinfilms.

remember this?

Winner:

Olivia Wilde.

We know you're probably mot a gymnast.
But you're forgiven, because these pictures are INCREDIBLE.

(These are from GQ. Unfortunately, I didn't take them)

Money

On friday my mother and I went to whole foods, and bought enough food for 3 days. Today, we went to Super Fresh and bought enough food for a week with $50 less. I love organic delicious things from whole foods a lot, I really do, and until today it was my preferred place to buy things for my belly. But, this was a wake-up call.

Bonus: Super Fresh does things like "big red give-a-ways", which make you think that you might win a red mustang by buying your ketchup and tampons. And, even if you don't, it's cool to think that you might.

You'd think that since the food hasn't been enhanced in any way, it wouldn't cost as much. I would, in fact, be willing to pay more for high-fructose corn syrup, food coloring and trans-fats. It makes so much more sense to pay extra for the extra shit.

BangBang Bonus: I bought things this morning online that I don't need, but they were on sale and cute. I have decided that shopping at superfresh and saving around $150 dollars for the week has granted me that freedom.

May

To start the summer: some music, music, music.

(click 'em)

revelation:

I will never like gossip girl, the city, the hills, the OC, greys anatomy, etc. I just cannot do it, and I almost wish I could, because this week has apparently been "insane" (which for me means overdramatic and irritating) for many of these shows. I tried gossip girl tonight, and the rich people with no schoolwork and bodies no real highschooler has are too much for me to handle. And, from friend's descriptions of the Grey's finale, I have determined that the aforementioned is far too ridiculous for me to handle.

no, thank you.

Cookies

If you want to make kick-ass cookies, follow me:

fun facts: I leave out hazelnuts, because my mom hates them. They are not necessary.
I also don't "finely chop" the oats. Also an unnecessary step.

UPDATE: I made these today and they are, as I remembered, delicious. Make them.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup (packed) light brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 4 ounces English toffee candy (recommended: Heath or Skor bar), finely chopped
• 1 cup hazelnuts, toasted, husked, and chopped
• 1 (12-ounce) bag semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Line 2 heavy large baking sheets with parchment paper. Finely chop the oats in a food processor. Transfer the oats to a medium bowl. Mix in the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars in a large bowl until fluffy. Beat in the eggs and vanilla. Add the flour mixture and stir just until blended. Stir in the toffee, hazelnuts, and chocolate chips.

For each cookie, drop 1 rounded tablespoonful of dough onto sheet, spacing 1-inch apart (do not flatten dough). Bake until the cookies are golden (cookies will flatten slightly), about 15 minutes. Cool the cookies on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and cool completely.

courtesy of the incredibly stupid, but food-knowledgable Giada De Laurentiis, of the Food Network.

Funday

Great things that have made up my Monday:

Anthony Bourdain. He's such a sensitive asshole.
Oatmeal at 3:30 pm
Sandra Bullock
Stacy's pita chips and Bobbi's jalepeno Hummus
Planning on baking cookies that my dad loves (haven't gotten to it, yet)
Fleece blanket + green couch

Anthony Bourdain's show is a re-run, and takes place in Beirut in 2006. During the filming the conflict began with Israel, which means that the show was not its usual food-focused self. But, Anthony maintains his cool and awesomeness. He is so mean and smart. And his show is unapologetic and interesting. He's a guy that would be cool to meet.


Also, I was accused of being a food addict today. I've decided that it's not a bad thing.

while at supermarket:

Told my mom I have a blog today:
She laughed.

That mild humiliation will not keep me from boredom-prevention, however. When she isn't home, I have nothing to do. Maybe she should just quit her job or something. Until then, I will blog (ugly, ugly verb).

Hotness in 1962

(real name is sue lyon)
I might be a creep.
I'm watching Lolita on WHYY (I'm that bored), which I know is about a guy, Humbert Humbert, who has an unhealthy obsession with a young girl (who looks to be... 16, 17?). First scene = confusing. Second scene, however, is when he, and the audience, first sees her. And we both had the same reaction: Holy shit, she is unbelievable. The actress, Sue Lyon is a little older than my mom now, but I bet she's a milf.
Fortunately, he turns out to be a total creep-o, and my empathy withers away, and I feel like less of a pedophile. But, you have to admit:
She's hot.

correction: She is 14 in real life, but she is supposed to be 12 in the story. What 12/14 year old's body looks like that? Sheesh.

nerd

i love x-men
Gimme gimme mo gimme mo.

just kidding

... Obviously that's not all I was going to say about lacrosse. Because I'm freakishly devoted (it's a little embarrassing).

Saturday

Lacrosse is the shit.

That's pretty much all that can be said about that.
Also:

• Starbucks doesn't acknowledge the phrase "cafe au lait". There it's called a "misto". What?
• I don't know why I've been driving 6 minutes to go to wawa when I'm hungry. I just had Lee's hoagies delivered, and it's just as good, with 100% less driving.
• Bobby Flay never wins Throwdown. This is cool if you only see a few episodes, but they should avoid marathons.
• Cheese Fries are fattening, yes, but totally worth breaking any diet ever (not that I would ever go on one).
• Mao the fish has passed away. He was given a proper burial, make sure you work him into your nightly prayers.
  

We Bowl

Tonight we went.... Bowling. Sad, I know. But incredible.

I got 9 pins... the only... frame (?) where I got more than 4. Also, I missed the spare right after. I lost both games.

Moira was the clear champion. Look at that form.

Laura: The surprise jock (does that term apply to bowling?).

Our Friday Nights:

want want want

better day already

Watching an alzheimer's documentary on HBO, woke up to alarm, not cat, and plan to eat delicious food with friends in 2.5 hours. Mmm.
Food is the key to all happiness. I realized I was really cranky yesterday because I had 2 slices of cheese, a potato hot-dog-roll (which would have been good with a hot dog inside, but bland without), half a crappy blueberry yogurt (the worst) and cheetos for lunch. That is not a lunch. It ruined the rest of my day. I also decided not to shower. I'm sure that played into it somehow.

I have a few random but pertinent things to say:

• 30 rock is officially funnier than the office (sad).
• Two-faced judgemental people are the worst (I promise that's the last time I'll say it, no more whining from me)
• Lost is NOT good anymore. It's goodness dropped off mid-season 3. Sorry (I know this is attacking a lot of peoples ideologies), it's true.
• I love orange juice so thick with pulp that it feels like you've eaten an orange after you drink a glass, but without the rind under your fingernails or reasons to be anal about pulling the strings off of the outside of your slices (how far do you go? Once you pull off one thin one, you have to pull off the rest, of course)
• I still don't have a job, which is starting to scare me
• John and Kate plus Eight is on. Kate and John are both really annoying, and I won't miss them pissing each other off, but I will miss their children, who are the cutest (alexis and aiden are my favorites. I know picking favorites is mean, but they are the best, so deal with it).

OK. Time to eat a cupcake. They're pretty much the same as donuts.

A List

Shit I think is Lame:
1. A hoagie with not enough stuff in it (often an issue with subway)
2. Episodes of the office where nothing good or funny happens, until the end where pam is pregnant, and you feel awesome afterwards, and remember the episode as a good one, even though you know they're just playing with your girlie emotions
3. When my cat wakes me up as soon as the sun rises by trying to bite the earrings off my ears
4. When the phillies lose
5. A plethera of MTV shows
..... And, most important and anger-inducing:
6. People wearing sunglasses at night.

This last one came to my attention recently in a friend's facebook album. I'm tempted (really, actually tempted) to let them know it is, in fact, worse than wearing shearling-lined boots (uggs) in weather upwards of 60 degrees. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is enough to make me spit at a random person on the street and tell them how stupid they are. Imagine sunglasses at night. NOT OK.

you got it.

this guy.

Way to go, Time Magazine:
M.I.A. (really?)
Peter Gabriel
Zac (no 'k' or 'h'? god.) Efron
John McCain (who... lost.... yes, lost.)
Brangelina (haha, they were under the "heroes and pioneers" section.)
Mariah Carey (my personal favorite)
Tyler Perry
and... someone named "kaka"
are absolutely the most influential people in the world. Also, I love how their peers write it. Meg Ryan writing for Tom Hanks was my favorite. Or... Maybe Oprah and Michelle Obama doing it for each other. Cute.

Mood Music

What to listen to in a day of crickets, rachel ray, and sad john-and-kate break-ups:

fiona apple

rawr rawr rawr, upset upset upset, angry angry angry
(her music, my mood)

Also, look at the picture of julie.

NO!

This could turn out to be the worst day ever.

John and Kate (from plus eight)
are
broken up.

I cannot handle this kind of tragedy. Because I love their children. And my creepy opportunity to watch them play and be adorable through the show is at stake.

Making it better (again):

Thank you, Jules.

... actually the worst

trying to find something to watch, going to your constant source of entertainment (the food network) , and realizing that Rachel Ray is on, and she is, yet again, making broccolini, because she thinks its cool that it's not straight up broccoli, when it really isn't cool, because it's pretty much straight up broccoli. And she makes it every show.

Also: her voice is the worst. So is when she squeaks. And when she calls the audience (the people she thinks are watching the show, who actually aren't) "kids".

The worst

I had to buy crickets today to feed Frank the gecko. Crickets are possibly the grossest things ever. When you're holding the plastic bag filled with them, you can feel the little vibrations of them jumping around, trying to get out of their clear holding cell. Which they probably don't know is a holding cell, because they are really, really dumb. Because they're bugs. They crawl all over each other, and it kinda looks like what you would imagine a bug orgy would be. And, when you finally put them in Frank's cage to end their miserable lives, they just limp (because 1/3 of their legs have been eaten or crushed off by their peers) towards frank, in a sporadic suicide march. Stupid, horrible bugs.

last night

was a lot of fun

yes, please

Olivia Wilde, of House (a show I clearly have an unhealthy obsession with), has topped Maxim's Hot 100. I know people disagree with the decision, but really... How could this not win?

hot hot hot... And on House.

duh

"'We just couldn't believe it,' said the homeowner who does not want to be identified for security reasons.Their video cameras not only captured the young bandits in the act, but how they got into the home."It's just amazing, its amazing how when you watched the video," said the frustrated homeowner.From the backyard, the video shows the two burglars walk along the side of the home into the backyard, then the two suspects get on their hands and knees and enter the home through the small doggy door."- CNN
the family was wondering why they had been robbed three times.

Tuesday

sally and lonnie: together again.

hello allison

incredible.

PHILLIES

noted

a lot of the blogs are written in spanish
so... here is a tribute post in my spanish:

Mi hermano esta viendo Saving Private Ryan con mi primo y mi padre. Ahora, en la pelicula, estan debatando. Vamos a matar el hombre que mato a nuestro amigo, o no? Y, yo se que el hombre va a matar el muchacho mas agredable en la pelicula. Muy triste.

I know, I know, that was practically demonstrating fluency, and deep intellectual thought on a great movie.

damn

me

"chemistry between the actors Hugh Laurie (House) and Lisa Edelstein (Cuddy) that inspires otherwise reasonable women to bizarre, time-consuming digressions of fantasy."
... written by the new york times' Ginia Bellafante. It's like she sees into my soul.

names

three men I really love:
hugh laurie
hugh grant
hugh jackman

idiots.

Why the death penalty shouldn't exist:
"House had been scheduled to be executed next month for the 1985 murder of Carolyn Muncey. He had been on death row for 22 years but was released on bail last year. He has multiple sclerosis and must use a wheelchair.

The high court ruled in June 2006 that House was entitled to a new hearing.

'Although the issue is closed, we conclude that this is the rare case where -- had the jury heard all the conflicting testimony -- it is more likely than not that no reasonable juror viewing the record as a whole would lack reasonable doubt'".
from CNN.com

my obsession:

good things I ate today:
1. a wawa hoagie
2. sourpatch watermelons
3. sushi (alaska, spicy tuna, and dragon rolls)
4. beef dumplings
5. rita's water ice

bad things I ate today:
1. piece of cartilage, discovered via biting into a dumpling.

not eating dumplings again.

unfortunate

sucky thing that has come to my attention- homophobe beauty queen, Carrie Prejean, after a lot of rule-breaking and general douchebag behavior (semi-nude photos, replacement of real duties with the fervent opposition of same sex marriage), is going to keep her title as miss california.

making it better:

This picture. Thank you, jules