Showing posts with label fun. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fun. Show all posts
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday, October 30, 2009
Happy Halloween!
I'll be spending the next 8+ hours creating a Halloween experience with no fake blood, peeled grapes, cold spaghetti, candy apples, popcorn balls, or anything remotely scary for kids who pay entirely too much money to walk through a cardboard and duct-taped haunted house and collect their three (count 'em, three) pieces of candy while Maleficent gives them nightmares they won't recover from for months. My only consolation will be Hannah by my side, dressed as Toto.
There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home . . .
There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home . . .
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Halloween Countdown: #2
Michael Jackson: Thriller (sorry, couldn't embed this one!)
One more day! What's everyone being/doing for Halloween?
One more day! What's everyone being/doing for Halloween?
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Janelle's Cake
Some people go on sabbatical from a favored aspect of their life (video games, dating, alcohol, etc) to gain a fresh perspective on life. A Catholic tradition that I've always kind of liked is giving something up during the season of Lent - the 40 days before Easter. Some give up meat (though they are already fasting from meat on Fridays), and some, like my mother, give up eating out or shopping for leisure. I think one year I tried giving up cleaning my room. That didn't fly so well. And some poor souls give up chocolate. A few months ago, I made a resolve to go without chocolate for as long as it took my skin to clear up - not for Lent, but for me. Why I thought giving up this wonderful treat would be GOOD for me when I'm already starving for contentment, I'll never know. Suffice it to say, I gave up. The experiment did nothing for my complexion, so I'm chalking it all up to stress. Pass the M&M's.
NO ONE was happier about my giving up the giving up of chocolate than Janelle. Janelle and I have a friendship that is part chocolate. We're the kind of friends who call each other in the middle of the day breathless with excitement because OMG THERE'S A NEW FLAVOR OF KIT KAT AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE!!! (Which is not unlike my part-coffee friendship with Courtney, who I'll be writing about soon.) I myself have counted 24 different flavors of Kit Kat in Japan, some of which were seasonal and haven't returned. My favorite so far is green Muscat grape of Alexandria. Humanuh! Yellow peach, cookies and cream and mango were also exceptional. I wasn't a fan of the mixed vegetable, but you gotta hand it to the Japanese - chocolate covered vegetables might be a thing of the future.
It was appropriate - nay necessary, then, that we celebrate Janelle's 21st birthday with a chocolate coma (which, in my opinion is waaaaaay more intense than any alcohol buzz. I literally had a hangover the next day). So, using a recipe from the most beautiful book of chocolate I've ever seen (which Janelle had to half-remember because she forgot to bring the book to my house), we spent 5 heavenly hours making this cake, licking our fingers (and knives) along the way.
Piping stripes of milk and white chocolate for the shavings that will go on top
Birthday girl takes a hit for the team.
Yes, that's butter. 180 grams of it.
OMG, yes.
The best part.
We can die happy now.
Happy birthday Janelle!
A sad moment, but necessary.
Death by chocolate. Not a bad way to go.
NO ONE was happier about my giving up the giving up of chocolate than Janelle. Janelle and I have a friendship that is part chocolate. We're the kind of friends who call each other in the middle of the day breathless with excitement because OMG THERE'S A NEW FLAVOR OF KIT KAT AT THE CONVENIENCE STORE!!! (Which is not unlike my part-coffee friendship with Courtney, who I'll be writing about soon.) I myself have counted 24 different flavors of Kit Kat in Japan, some of which were seasonal and haven't returned. My favorite so far is green Muscat grape of Alexandria. Humanuh! Yellow peach, cookies and cream and mango were also exceptional. I wasn't a fan of the mixed vegetable, but you gotta hand it to the Japanese - chocolate covered vegetables might be a thing of the future.
It was appropriate - nay necessary, then, that we celebrate Janelle's 21st birthday with a chocolate coma (which, in my opinion is waaaaaay more intense than any alcohol buzz. I literally had a hangover the next day). So, using a recipe from the most beautiful book of chocolate I've ever seen (which Janelle had to half-remember because she forgot to bring the book to my house), we spent 5 heavenly hours making this cake, licking our fingers (and knives) along the way.
Piping stripes of milk and white chocolate for the shavings that will go on top
Birthday girl takes a hit for the team.
Yes, that's butter. 180 grams of it.
OMG, yes.
The best part.
We can die happy now.
Happy birthday Janelle!
A sad moment, but necessary.
Death by chocolate. Not a bad way to go.Monday, October 26, 2009
Swimming with Dolphins
This is soooo after the fact I've almost forgotten the feeling of this unique little experience. I guess I was waiting until I had something profound to say, but looking back, I don't do profound so well. I like the little things. Like dolphins. I guess dolphins are kind of big though.
So here are some photos from our date with the dolphins.
It was cold.
Hannah was there.
. . . so was her dad. We wore wetsuits.
. . . because it was cold.
I touched a dolphin. It was nice. And soft.
So here are some photos from our date with the dolphins.
It was cold.
Hannah was there.
. . . so was her dad. We wore wetsuits.. . . because it was cold.
I touched a dolphin. It was nice. And soft.Sunday, October 25, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Because you must
Please, do yourself a BIG favor, and listen to this song on Fraggle Rock. It's been stuck in my head ALL WEEK. Now, when you've listened to it once, listen again. This time, when Cantus starts singing, try singing the chorus to "Cat's in the Cradle" at the same time.
I'm such a nerd!
I love it!
I'm such a nerd!
I love it!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
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