What I'm Listening To: Dream Within A Dream-Hans Zimmer (Inception Soundtrack)
It's chilly, so I made chili. In a crockpot. I could have made it in a pot or saucepan but I was feeling amazingly lazy today. Luckily, the end result was delicious. I seriously need to utilize my crockpot more and make meals that literally make themselves. I turned it on and left it and came back and it was done. I find myself needing that or needing meals that I can make in thirty minutes or less. Too often I come home exhausted and order something because cooking seems like a quest for the golden fleece. If I didn't have my roommate Claire to cook for, meaning, if I weren't consciously responsible for the life of another human being, I honestly don't know what I would be eating.
And eating is the leading cause for the detriment of my bank account. When I look at it, the money hasn't gone to clothes, things, or even necessities, it is spent on food and groceries. The sad part is that eating is so intrinsic to society that instead of finding different places to meet, people most often turn to restaurants for their outings, meetings, what-have-you. When a friend and I go out, we don't go to the lake, we don't go to the library, or the mall, we go to eat. I remember when I was in junior high and the big thing was to get permission to go hang out at the mall and basically window shop with the girlfriends. Now this is translated into let's go somewhere and eat something so that we can talk over that. In a way, eating minimizes conversation unless you really are concentrating on the other person. Maybe my perspective on this is different because I'm a college student and many of us feel perpetually broke, but I think that most of the time, people are trying the get what they need to live and then the rest, unless their view on what is necessary and what is want is completely skewed.
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Friday, July 16, 2010
Grad School Prep
What I'm Listening To: All I do is Win- DJKhaled ft. Ludacris, T-Pain, Snoop Dog, etc..(everybody)
So I was checking out grad schools this weekend and have decided to go overseas in the UK for various reasons.
0. I love culture, meeting new people and seeing new things. Child of the world ;)
1. most programs you finish in a year
2. while the cost of living may be higher, tuition is CHEAP so coupled with the cost of living that would be like the only the tuition for some of the schools here.
3. You get an awesome degree recognized anywhere in the world
4. I want a semi-authentic British accent
5. I'll be done with school faster and in the work force
6. I'll get to be in EUROPE and do amazing things like learn Spanish and French and TRAVEL.
So I'm loving this. I'm literally amped out of this world. I think that I'm actually going to stay over there for a couple of years, maximum 5, just because you can't explore that amazing continent in only a year. It will be a super big adventure, but I do realize that I need another degree after this, and I need a side job. Mind you, I haven't hammered out the finer details but at least I know where I'm going. I am going to travel my young butt off after grad school and get some work as well. I definitely want to get a job over there and just live for about 5 years. The two schools that I am seriously considering are the London School of Business and Finance and MMU (Manchester Metropolitan University) So here's to the first of much loved research!
On another note, today was my parents' anniversary, so we ate at Yen Ching, and awesome Chinese-Mandarin restaurant that we eat at every New Year's and a few times a year. It was delish as usual and our waitress was amicably talkative. We like her. I think we've been frequenting this restaurant for at least seven years because they know us, expect us every year, and treat us extremely well. My brother and sister have gone off to New Orleans for a slight vacation and bible camp and I'm still working at my internship. Literally, it's been like the night of the living cookie at my house though. We need to stop baking.I'm still doing the internship and loving it and I have passed up the 50,000 word mark for the book. Definitely excited and can't wait to finish it up this summer.
So I was checking out grad schools this weekend and have decided to go overseas in the UK for various reasons.
0. I love culture, meeting new people and seeing new things. Child of the world ;)
1. most programs you finish in a year
2. while the cost of living may be higher, tuition is CHEAP so coupled with the cost of living that would be like the only the tuition for some of the schools here.
3. You get an awesome degree recognized anywhere in the world
4. I want a semi-authentic British accent
5. I'll be done with school faster and in the work force
6. I'll get to be in EUROPE and do amazing things like learn Spanish and French and TRAVEL.
So I'm loving this. I'm literally amped out of this world. I think that I'm actually going to stay over there for a couple of years, maximum 5, just because you can't explore that amazing continent in only a year. It will be a super big adventure, but I do realize that I need another degree after this, and I need a side job. Mind you, I haven't hammered out the finer details but at least I know where I'm going. I am going to travel my young butt off after grad school and get some work as well. I definitely want to get a job over there and just live for about 5 years. The two schools that I am seriously considering are the London School of Business and Finance and MMU (Manchester Metropolitan University) So here's to the first of much loved research!
On another note, today was my parents' anniversary, so we ate at Yen Ching, and awesome Chinese-Mandarin restaurant that we eat at every New Year's and a few times a year. It was delish as usual and our waitress was amicably talkative. We like her. I think we've been frequenting this restaurant for at least seven years because they know us, expect us every year, and treat us extremely well. My brother and sister have gone off to New Orleans for a slight vacation and bible camp and I'm still working at my internship. Literally, it's been like the night of the living cookie at my house though. We need to stop baking.I'm still doing the internship and loving it and I have passed up the 50,000 word mark for the book. Definitely excited and can't wait to finish it up this summer.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Cooking Spree
What I'm Listening To: Fotografia-Nelly Furtado ft. Juanes
My second favorite movie is Man on Fire with Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning. It's got everything--Spanish, bomb soundtrack, drama, torture, the Bible, revenge and awesome camera movement. It's literally a movie masterpiece. And no one can forget the acting, it's amazing. Unbelievably my dad had never watched it, so he was intrigued when he was supposed to be doing work. If you don't know what my favorite movie is, it's the Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Haviland--that movie has everything a top-notch movie should (classics rule, Gone With the Wind with Scarlett and Rhett are CRAZY).
Anyway, today is about my baking skills. I've discovered that baking has been a latent talent for me and I seriously want to start cooking awesome things for myself. I literally made 12 dozen cookies yesterday for my co-workers at ICM. It was semi-brutal, but they loved it. I made two pans of double chocolate chip cookies from scratch and there were only six left for me to bring home. The gluten free sugar cookies were huge and everyone seemed to like them. Although I went half off of the recipe and half by what one woman said in the comments, the cookies came out exceptionally well. They really weren't bad, and were a nice alternative/change. But that Bob's Red Mill flour was super expensive, like $10. I feel sorry for people who are allergic to gluten not because they can't eat regularly, but because they're probably going broke trying to eat normally. One of my co-workers can't have gluten, so I decided to make them. The sugar cookies on the other hand, were a different story. They were still good, just super thick so next time I'll put milk in them. One of my co-workers called them naughty...
I'll have to make the double chocolate cookies again when I leave, but so far I'm focusing on doing my homework for my journalism internship class and finishing up the book. I wasn't even aware how close I was to being done so I am definitely excited. Even though I'm not going to finish in the time that I wanted to, I am still going to finish in the next 2-3 months, maybe even before then!
My second favorite movie is Man on Fire with Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning. It's got everything--Spanish, bomb soundtrack, drama, torture, the Bible, revenge and awesome camera movement. It's literally a movie masterpiece. And no one can forget the acting, it's amazing. Unbelievably my dad had never watched it, so he was intrigued when he was supposed to be doing work. If you don't know what my favorite movie is, it's the Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Haviland--that movie has everything a top-notch movie should (classics rule, Gone With the Wind with Scarlett and Rhett are CRAZY).
Anyway, today is about my baking skills. I've discovered that baking has been a latent talent for me and I seriously want to start cooking awesome things for myself. I literally made 12 dozen cookies yesterday for my co-workers at ICM. It was semi-brutal, but they loved it. I made two pans of double chocolate chip cookies from scratch and there were only six left for me to bring home. The gluten free sugar cookies were huge and everyone seemed to like them. Although I went half off of the recipe and half by what one woman said in the comments, the cookies came out exceptionally well. They really weren't bad, and were a nice alternative/change. But that Bob's Red Mill flour was super expensive, like $10. I feel sorry for people who are allergic to gluten not because they can't eat regularly, but because they're probably going broke trying to eat normally. One of my co-workers can't have gluten, so I decided to make them. The sugar cookies on the other hand, were a different story. They were still good, just super thick so next time I'll put milk in them. One of my co-workers called them naughty...
I'll have to make the double chocolate cookies again when I leave, but so far I'm focusing on doing my homework for my journalism internship class and finishing up the book. I wasn't even aware how close I was to being done so I am definitely excited. Even though I'm not going to finish in the time that I wanted to, I am still going to finish in the next 2-3 months, maybe even before then!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Life and Lebron
What I'm Listening To: Follow Me Down by 30H!3 ft. Neon Hitch
It's been a LONG hiatus, so my apologies, but this summer has been jam packed with things to do. As such, I am going to keep this post short, sweet and hopefully to the point and earn your forgiveness back by posting frequently.
The basics are that I am an intern for the ICM Corporation this summer and I love it. I started June 1st and its simply been an amazing experience. That has taken up a large chunk of my time as I work from 10:00am-4:00pm every day. I am a copywriter so typing for six hours takes a little toil on my hands but it definitely pushes me to be creative and find more innovative ways to do my job. Yesterday, we got name plates to set on our desks, so it's official: we're a part of the team. My co-workers are really awesome people and the environment is great. I would definitely come back to work there for another summer or something if they would have me back.
I recently discovered that I have a baking talent. I have made a devil's food cake, dulce de leche cake, double chocolate chip cookies, a jello cake, lava cakes, and a caramel cake and pound cake is next on the list. I actually enjoy baking a lot, but I probably won't have the time later on. But along with baking comes great responsibility--working out. I had to really make a commitment to staying in shape so I've been focusing on developing my body with solely body weight exercises. The amount of push up and squat variations that one can do is amazing so I'll do those until I start hitting the gym later.
Basically, this summer has been a lot of watching Angel, writing the book (I think I'm almost halfway there), trying to catch up with friends, cooking, the internship, devotional time with God and working on my relationship with Him, and focusing on getting back into shape. Usually, I'm so exhausted that there is no time to really post things, but now that things have more or less settled down, I am a little more free.
Oh, there was one other thing that has recently happened in the news and I only want to devote minimal time to it because it's really not life-changing in my opinion. Everyone is up in arms because of the way Lebron James left Cleveland and went to the Miami Heat. My opinion is that he gave them 7 years and it was his choice to leave. People do get traded or moved around all the time. However, I do believe that he could have done it another way, even if he did give the money he earned from all of those tv telecasts and special programs to charity, that was still dragged out far too long and probably the reason why people are upset. Ok, sports time over ;)
It's been a LONG hiatus, so my apologies, but this summer has been jam packed with things to do. As such, I am going to keep this post short, sweet and hopefully to the point and earn your forgiveness back by posting frequently.
The basics are that I am an intern for the ICM Corporation this summer and I love it. I started June 1st and its simply been an amazing experience. That has taken up a large chunk of my time as I work from 10:00am-4:00pm every day. I am a copywriter so typing for six hours takes a little toil on my hands but it definitely pushes me to be creative and find more innovative ways to do my job. Yesterday, we got name plates to set on our desks, so it's official: we're a part of the team. My co-workers are really awesome people and the environment is great. I would definitely come back to work there for another summer or something if they would have me back.
I recently discovered that I have a baking talent. I have made a devil's food cake, dulce de leche cake, double chocolate chip cookies, a jello cake, lava cakes, and a caramel cake and pound cake is next on the list. I actually enjoy baking a lot, but I probably won't have the time later on. But along with baking comes great responsibility--working out. I had to really make a commitment to staying in shape so I've been focusing on developing my body with solely body weight exercises. The amount of push up and squat variations that one can do is amazing so I'll do those until I start hitting the gym later.
Basically, this summer has been a lot of watching Angel, writing the book (I think I'm almost halfway there), trying to catch up with friends, cooking, the internship, devotional time with God and working on my relationship with Him, and focusing on getting back into shape. Usually, I'm so exhausted that there is no time to really post things, but now that things have more or less settled down, I am a little more free.
Oh, there was one other thing that has recently happened in the news and I only want to devote minimal time to it because it's really not life-changing in my opinion. Everyone is up in arms because of the way Lebron James left Cleveland and went to the Miami Heat. My opinion is that he gave them 7 years and it was his choice to leave. People do get traded or moved around all the time. However, I do believe that he could have done it another way, even if he did give the money he earned from all of those tv telecasts and special programs to charity, that was still dragged out far too long and probably the reason why people are upset. Ok, sports time over ;)
Friday, June 4, 2010
Year of 20/20 Vision
What I'm Listening To: I'm the World's Greatest-R. Kelly
It was my birthday today. Usually I write in my diary about my reflections upon the past year and how I thought it was. It's funny because usually people think that each year is going to be a good year, which I guess is good because it keeps down pessimism. I learned a lot of things this year, and I keep asking myself if it will ever get any easier. In lieu of the diary entry, I thought I'd just write this post. Everything has suddenly drastically shifted in my life and I am left having to wonder where I'm supposed to go from now. Eventually it will all sort itself out, as it usually does, but when you're going through something, you usually don't think about such things. You usually think it's the end of the world, well kind of...
I brought cookies for people at my new job and they loved them. I'm glad I'm getting to know more people and I can't wait until my first pay check next week. I started on Tuesday and I think I'm getting the hang of things. I don't like to make a huge fuss about my birthday. I hate drawing attention to it so most of the time I don't even mention it when it's the day. Jeff, Britt (the two besties) and I went to eat at Maharajah, the Indian restaurant on the east side of Milwaukee. You know how Chinese food never fills you up? Indian food does the opposite. They brought out these little bowls and I almost was like come on, we paid $15 and you think THAT'S going to fill us up? Britt and I didn't even finish half we were so full. Tomorrow we're taking the party up to Madison to have lunch at Takara and see Sex and the City 2 with people. I'm excited because I can't wait to eat sushi again. Now I have to be good and reply to all of the people on Facebook that wished me happy birthday. Here goes another stab at another year....
It was my birthday today. Usually I write in my diary about my reflections upon the past year and how I thought it was. It's funny because usually people think that each year is going to be a good year, which I guess is good because it keeps down pessimism. I learned a lot of things this year, and I keep asking myself if it will ever get any easier. In lieu of the diary entry, I thought I'd just write this post. Everything has suddenly drastically shifted in my life and I am left having to wonder where I'm supposed to go from now. Eventually it will all sort itself out, as it usually does, but when you're going through something, you usually don't think about such things. You usually think it's the end of the world, well kind of...
I brought cookies for people at my new job and they loved them. I'm glad I'm getting to know more people and I can't wait until my first pay check next week. I started on Tuesday and I think I'm getting the hang of things. I don't like to make a huge fuss about my birthday. I hate drawing attention to it so most of the time I don't even mention it when it's the day. Jeff, Britt (the two besties) and I went to eat at Maharajah, the Indian restaurant on the east side of Milwaukee. You know how Chinese food never fills you up? Indian food does the opposite. They brought out these little bowls and I almost was like come on, we paid $15 and you think THAT'S going to fill us up? Britt and I didn't even finish half we were so full. Tomorrow we're taking the party up to Madison to have lunch at Takara and see Sex and the City 2 with people. I'm excited because I can't wait to eat sushi again. Now I have to be good and reply to all of the people on Facebook that wished me happy birthday. Here goes another stab at another year....
Monday, May 31, 2010
Immortality Paradox
What I'm Listening To: Forever Young- Jay-Z
Made tamales this weekend for my aunt and they were HUGE. The unfortunate part is that I only made 24 and they were gone super quickly, so I'm going to make more next weekend because this weekend is my birthday weekend. Today is Memorial Day and tomorrow is my first day at my internship. I'm excited to be in bizcas (business/casual) for the rest of the summer and learn some awesome stuff. I started writing again (YES) and didn't realize how much of the new book that I actually wrote during the school year. Today I'm going to try and write the whole sixth chapter as well as continue my Buffy/Angel marathon (two words: David Boreanaz). I'm beyond happy that David Boreanaz got Angel as his show after he left Buffy and that it's really interesting to watch the shows as I'm doing now, alternating episodes of both, because sometimes they intersect and characters from one show go onto the other show. It's fascinating.
I had a post about paranormal romances and since my new book is going to be a paranormal romance between a faerie and an elf, I decided to divulge my thoughts on immortality (I'm practically on the fifth season of Buffy and something that the almost indestructible demanoid said struck me as profound). Why are people infatuated with the concept of immortality? Do you really want to live forever and what would be the consequences of that choice?
Immortality is a paradox. When a being knows that they can live forever, it makes them that much more frightened of the possibility of death, even more so than mortals. Instead of being unstoppable or beyond death, their enemy has no shape or form; it is fear. Immortality is a fragile thing once achieved because its permanence is unknown. The possibility of death becomes a nightmare as well as a dream; for those who cling to life too much and wish to be forever young or those who seek escape into the black abyss of death. Immortal creatures become afraid of life because in essence, they do not live. to live is to eventually die, and in that sense dying is a part of living. We are born knowing the limit of our mortality and that eventually we will be no more. It's almost our purpose to die so that new life can come and the circle of life can go on. It's like an actor who stays on stage too long because they want more of the limelight. Immortals are afraid of mortality because in essence, they do not live, cannot live because they do not experience life with the freshness that mortals do and it becomes stale and monotonous.
Made tamales this weekend for my aunt and they were HUGE. The unfortunate part is that I only made 24 and they were gone super quickly, so I'm going to make more next weekend because this weekend is my birthday weekend. Today is Memorial Day and tomorrow is my first day at my internship. I'm excited to be in bizcas (business/casual) for the rest of the summer and learn some awesome stuff. I started writing again (YES) and didn't realize how much of the new book that I actually wrote during the school year. Today I'm going to try and write the whole sixth chapter as well as continue my Buffy/Angel marathon (two words: David Boreanaz). I'm beyond happy that David Boreanaz got Angel as his show after he left Buffy and that it's really interesting to watch the shows as I'm doing now, alternating episodes of both, because sometimes they intersect and characters from one show go onto the other show. It's fascinating.
I had a post about paranormal romances and since my new book is going to be a paranormal romance between a faerie and an elf, I decided to divulge my thoughts on immortality (I'm practically on the fifth season of Buffy and something that the almost indestructible demanoid said struck me as profound). Why are people infatuated with the concept of immortality? Do you really want to live forever and what would be the consequences of that choice?
Immortality is a paradox. When a being knows that they can live forever, it makes them that much more frightened of the possibility of death, even more so than mortals. Instead of being unstoppable or beyond death, their enemy has no shape or form; it is fear. Immortality is a fragile thing once achieved because its permanence is unknown. The possibility of death becomes a nightmare as well as a dream; for those who cling to life too much and wish to be forever young or those who seek escape into the black abyss of death. Immortal creatures become afraid of life because in essence, they do not live. to live is to eventually die, and in that sense dying is a part of living. We are born knowing the limit of our mortality and that eventually we will be no more. It's almost our purpose to die so that new life can come and the circle of life can go on. It's like an actor who stays on stage too long because they want more of the limelight. Immortals are afraid of mortality because in essence, they do not live, cannot live because they do not experience life with the freshness that mortals do and it becomes stale and monotonous.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Chicken Salad (Sandwich) & ASM Meeting
What I'm Listening To: Try Again-Aaliyah
Dear Blog,
Sorry I've been unfaithful. Now that my apologies are over...
So I'm basically trying to make chicken salad sandwich and there are literally fifty ways to do it. My mom bought me chicken breast in a can (which is apparently pretty good, I haven't tried it yet) and I've decided the best way to eat it would be to make chicken salad sandwich. So hopefully one of you out there can tell me the best way to make it and I can make one of the best chicken salads ever. In the meantime,I will try and whip something up with my canned chicken breast!
On another note, I am in another crazy ASM meeting. We're talking about unions, the budget, everything. I have a play tomorrow and tons of stuff to do. This meeting was an emergency meeting from last week. I honestly can't wait until Thanksgiving. I am going to stuff myself, sleep the whole time, and finish up my J-School and study abroad applications. Nothing much to tell about, I've just been overworked and writing papers. Random point: I beasted my journalism speech in class this morning. Now I only hope that I can go to sleep before 3:00 tomorrow.
Dear Blog,
Sorry I've been unfaithful. Now that my apologies are over...
So I'm basically trying to make chicken salad sandwich and there are literally fifty ways to do it. My mom bought me chicken breast in a can (which is apparently pretty good, I haven't tried it yet) and I've decided the best way to eat it would be to make chicken salad sandwich. So hopefully one of you out there can tell me the best way to make it and I can make one of the best chicken salads ever. In the meantime,I will try and whip something up with my canned chicken breast!
On another note, I am in another crazy ASM meeting. We're talking about unions, the budget, everything. I have a play tomorrow and tons of stuff to do. This meeting was an emergency meeting from last week. I honestly can't wait until Thanksgiving. I am going to stuff myself, sleep the whole time, and finish up my J-School and study abroad applications. Nothing much to tell about, I've just been overworked and writing papers. Random point: I beasted my journalism speech in class this morning. Now I only hope that I can go to sleep before 3:00 tomorrow.
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