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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
11:13 am	claire's out there so i will do this Where is your cell phone? charging Your significant other? questionable Your hair? straight Your mother? crazy Your father? saint Your favorite thing? intelligence Your dream last night? subtle Your favorite drink? wine What room are you in? bedroom Your hobby? gardening Your fear? sustainability Where do you want to be in 6 years? graduated Where were you last night? studying Something that you aren't? sane Muffins? cheese Wish list item? altar Last thing you did? boy TV? ER Your pets? weird Friends? significant Your life? college Your mood? confused Missing someone? yes Drinking? air Smoking? snot Your car? green Something you're not wearing? bra Your favorite store? etsy Your favorite color? white When is the last time you cried? halloween (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, December 21st, 2009
2:34 pm	not sure who this will reach but go and see Avatar. I have a few problems with this movie. One is the black and white portrayal of the military. The other is Dance with Wolves story line. But there are some subtle and not so subtle messages in the movie that are important for people to hear. Who knows if this will bring about any change, but any effort at awakening our awareness is worth our support. And if you get bored the visuals will be there to entertain you. It is a movie that has to be seen in a theatre. I would suggest trying to find an Imax Theatre to see it in. I kept looking for the CGI in the movie, but couldn't find it. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, December 7th, 2009
10:25 am	Paid People I am sure you paid people don't have to deal with this, but I don't even write entries any more. All I want to do is to comment on my friend's post and every time I go to do this. I have to sit through an annoying Best Buy commercial with any awful Christmas jingle that makes you run to turn off the volume. My point is that I think this is an ingenious way for live journal to push people towards a paid account. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 9th, 2009
12:22 pm	irish be damn i thought that i had cursed my potato plants with the irish in me. they had come down with a serious case of blight. but just this morning while preparing the ground for more cucumber plants. i dug down, thinking that i had hit some rocks, but low and behold there were potatoes in those hills. i got potatoes! i grew potatoes! it is such an incredible feeling of accomplishment. also i graduated from my third level in my buddhist studies. only about 15 more levels to go. but i am not trying to be attached to any of it. i am just proud of myself to committing to actual study. i am going beyond lip service to a spiritual belief. i will make it to the shore soon and it feels so good. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
1:25 pm	delicious i am enjoying a lunch of straight from the garden peas tossed with fresh mint, thai basil and regular basil. nothing in the world beats this taste. nothing. i am sad that the peas will be gone soon. we could can a few, but it is so much more worth it to eat them fresh off the vine. i have just spent the past couple of hours processing bags and bags of spinach. it is a time consuming process and it didn't yield very much, but we will have a few bags in the freezer which won't last long. it makes me sad that the peas won't be around all summer, but i think that makes them all the more special and adds a certain excitement and specialness to life. to look forward to the first crop of peas and to enjoy them throughly while they are in season. i feel like something is being robbed from us by having produce all year round. Yes, now we have everything available to us all the time but none of it is special any longer as it is always there. Our society has lost a sense of what makes things special and it has permeated all aspects of our lives. As well, most of the fruits and veggies we get all year round actually suck - oh, they look great but mostly they are tasteless, a pale replacement for that very special first peach of summer - fruit truly in season. I feel a sense of loss for kids growing up today in the environment of everything all of the time. Sure you have peaches in December - but is it really what a peach ought to be - picked unripe and shipped thousands of miles? I think not. Possibly going local can contribute more to our culture than we suspect. I would hope we can recapture that in all facets of our lives. There have been some food producers that are speaking out against the Obama's organic garden and that they emphasize eating locally. Here is a quote from a guy about trying to eat locally and seasonally that makes him sound like a complete and total dumbass. "It's a charming idea and everything, but it's not practical," says Xavier Equihua, who represents the Chilean Exporters Association as well as the Chilean Avocado Committee. The main problem, he says, is that local food is seasonal. For example, avocadoes grow in California during the summer months. Same with grapes. "What happens if you want some grapes during the month of December?" says Equihua. "What are you going to do? Not eat grapes?" YES! You choose not to eat grapes because they are out of season. And I would rather look forward to when they are in season and enjoy the delicious taste of grape when it is suppose to be eaten. Because of the amount of gas and waste it cost to get you those grapes that aren't even going to taste good. Oh my god someone might actually have to deny themselves something. HOLY SHIT why that is unheard of. I suppose I can feel high and mighty because I have a yard and I have a garden. But even without it. I would try very hard to shop at the farmer's market and try to eat locally and seasonally. Even if that meant that I couldn't have grapes in December. Perish the thought. Or if I couldn't have an awful, tasteless, forced ripen tomato in the winter. Gross. I would rather just do without. After all we live in wonderland and I should take advantage of everything that I so rightly deserve. And with that I am going to make homemade salad dressing to go on my lettuce. I have been looking forward to that all day. I think that there might even be some carrots ready!! (Comment on this)
Monday, June 8th, 2009
2:49 pm	gardening it rains, it rains, it is all cloudy and cool. i can't plant seeds because it is too wet. i long to garden. it gets sunny. it gets hot as hell. there are tons of weeds because of the rain. i have lots of bean seeds to put in. i don't want to garden. i want it to be cool. and raining. then i want to garden, but i can't. oh the irony of nature. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
5:56 pm	its called practice for what i envision for my future. no worries- what's up eastern shore? but i love gardening. i almost love the weeding which i have spent the day doing. thank the gods that we got rain and all the plants are all lush and green. i love that it is one step closer to becoming less dependent on external forces. i have picked up a book on homesteading from a family that produces over 60,000 pounds of food on 1/4 of an acre of land. and now i have great plans for our backyard. but first i need to get through this growing season. i have taken the first step and that is to have a garden. next i need to turn every sunny place into an area for plants. working at the farmer's market is allowing me to learn a lot of important things about how to grow plants and what to do with your soil. already i have learned a trick to planting tomato plants- you plant them all the way up the stem until just a little bit of the top is showing. and that i need to plant buckwheat in the winter and that it will loosen the soil way down deep. it is great. i can't get enough of it. next year i will be getting a few chickens probably just for their eggs, but maybe to eat? but so far in the garden we have and what is super cool is most of this was grown from our own seeds that we had harvested last year: peas, spinach, carrots, radishes, lettuce (butter crunch, yum, fucking, yum and romaine), mustard greens, leeks, spring onions, potatoes, regular onions, brussel sprouts, swiss chard, basil, thai basil, blue african basil, yellow pepper, green pepper, red pepper, thai pepper, jalapenos, dill, fennel, thyme, cilantro, oregano (italian and greek), chives, heirloom tomatoes (four plants), regular tomatoes for canning (three plants), beets, watermelon, zucchini, green beans, eggplant, cantaloupe (although it is not doing too well), red cabbage, green cabbage, and some errant cucumber plants that just sprang up out of nowhere...i am sad that we don't have broccoli this year. oh yeah and strawberries and asparagus. but we are going to have to renew our strawberry plants next year since ours have gotten old and worn out. and i want to plant more asparagus this fall because we aren't getting enough from the plants we have now. waiting to be put in is: more beets, cucumbers, more beans, lima beans, some more cantaloupe and zucchini and more radishes....but these are going to have to wait until some of the spring veggies come out. and then in the middle of august we get to plant all the spring veggies again! and we are going to try to grow some winter stuff this year too like carrots and turnips. i would like to have to buy as little as possible from the supermarket. i have a hard enough time buying stuff from there as it is. it grosses me out and makes me sad, but i feel blessed that we can go to the supermarket and get what we need. right now i want to take advantage of the land that i have and try to live off of it because you never know when all of that could change. and the baby bird that scott so kindly fed squashed up worms to has flown the coop. i am glad that i got pictures when i could. that thing grew so quickly. in under two weeks he had feathers and was out of the nest. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
3:05 pm	holy shit i'll be right this after that. but holy shit this is a lot of gardening. my hands and feet are brown and still i haven't touched a thing on my gardening to-do list. still more tilling, still more potting, still more digging, more blood meal, more manure... more and more and more and then weeding. next year we are going to try to eat just from our garden, so this year it is all about square foot gardening. i am so far behind on my planting schedule and the weather isn't helping either since we aren't having a spring. we are just getting our spring crops ready to be harvested and it is time for the summer crops, but there isn't enough room. tomorrow i am building a raised flower bed for the watermelon, cantaloupe and the squash. and some containers for the composite, so that the composite pile might actually start working. oh shit i need to find a place for the cilantro, leeks and beets. lucky the beets don't take up much space since i am just growing them for the tops. plus i start working at the farmer's market this week. i can't wait to get more strawberries. have to get them while they are season. i can't eat that shit from the supermarkets. but i am tempted to buy pounds of them and making jam, but jam is a lot of work. got straight A's this semester. but that isn't much to crow about. however, my film papers have gotten me a scholarship. my teacher is going to use them as hand outs for his class next year. and that was the class i was going to drop because i thought that i had no idea what i was doing. writing those papers did not come easy. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, May 1st, 2009
3:21 pm	swine flu what scares me the most about this swine flu thing. is the ability of the media to mobilize people into complete terror. imagine if this power was turned against a certain group of people. i have probably spent too much time watching and reading about the holocaust lately. but people that i consider intelligent and that have a certain media savvy are starting to believe the hype. the media is not our friend and it is run by a very few companies. there is almost a monopoly type control on media outlets and they often tailor the news to fit their agendas. it isn't that much of a stretch of the imagination to figure out the disaster that could come about if the media or those in charged turn their sites on spreading prejudice about a certain group of people. i could see the public turned into a chaotic mob. i am afraid of this world. sometimes i can barely stay in class because of the anxiety it causes me to see what the future holds. to hear these rather overweight, young girls claim they are starving then they head to buy crap out of the vending machine. this isn't a judgement of them, but we are a consumer driven society and we are so divorced from the reality of world, so far removed from our natural world. when most peoples sense of peace comes from buying something or having a brand name label- is it any wonder why so many people are so angry when they can't get what they believe they need to buy. we need to teach people to find their homes and their peace within themselves. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 25th, 2009
6:55 pm	our society i am so afraid that everything is going to be pulled out from us. we deserve what is coming for us. we have all been actors in the world that we have created and we are all going to be the victim to it. i don't know what to do to stop it. i guess it is about being prepared. how do you prepare? what disaster do you prepare for? i guess becoming more tough would be a good start. i am afraid of what is in store. i wonder who is going to rebel first the people or the earth. (Comment on this)
Saturday, February 21st, 2009
4:23 pm	where to eat? where to eat for my birthday? i take this choice very seriously as scott and i only go out to eat like this about three times a year. we could buy plane tickets some place with the amount of money we spend. which now makes me want plane tickets to new orleans to see nikki. but i guess eating is okay. this is probably why i never get jewelry for my birthday. alright here are the choices: Mini Bar @ Cafe Atlantico: http://cafeatlantico.com/miniBar/miniBar.htm A bit about the chef: Chef José Andrés is a force to be reckoned with on the D.C. dining scene; the native Spaniard—a disciple of famed molecular gastronomer Ferrán Adría. A bit about the food: For the six-seat restaurant-within-a-restaurant, Andrés and his chef de cuisine, Katsuya Fukushima, have created a tasting menu of 33 "bites"—gustatory treasures like salmon-pineapple "ravioli," in which bites of rich salmon belly are wrapped in caramelized, paper-thin slices of the fruit; "zucchini in textures" (where the squash is prepared in three parfait-style layers, as a gelée, as "caviar," and as a rich, buttery purée); and, perhaps the most whimsical standout, a square of foie gras coated in crushed CornNuts and presented on a stick surrounded by a golden cloud of cotton candy. What I like about it: interesting to talk about and pulls at the chemistry heart strings- my money is on going to this one because it wouldn't just be about eating, but an experience that would be a rare treat and chance- HELLO foie gras cotton candy! Con: it takes a month to get a reservation and you have to call at exactly 10 am in the morning at the off chance that not all the seats have been taken. Although if we could get in before May. I could still call it a birthday dinner Komi: http://komirestaurant.com/ Komi Johnny Monis (an F&W Best New Chef 2007) continues transforming his tiny 17th Street restaurant. First, he cut the number of seats by about a third—from 64 to 38—to focus even more attention on customers. Next, he added a menu degustazione of 20 or so small courses, with exquisite combinations like grilled baby octopus with avocado, pig knuckles and lentils. Monis also brought on DC's well-regarded sommelier Derek Brown, formerly of Citronelle, to oversee Komi's expanding wine program. Not too many cons if at all. So this is in the running if getting into Mini Bar is just awash. City Zen: Chef: Eric Ziebold was named ‘Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic’ at the James Beard Foundation Awards 2008. Chef Ziebold was one of ten chefs who received the prestigious James Beard ‘Best Chefs in America’ title in 2008, displaying outstanding achievement in their region. Came from French Laundry- which is a huge plus. The food. Merlu Confit And Brandade Canneloni with Celery Root Cream and Périgord Truffles or Cityzen Shortstack Yukon Gold Potato Blinis with Sunchoke Coulis, and Ossetra Caviar Carpaccio Of Kagoshima Kuroge Beef Pickled Baby Leeks, Marinated Mountain Potato, Shiitake Mushroom and Japanese Pepper Herb Roasted Maine Lobster Parsnip Purée, Matignon, Applewood Smoked Bacon and Red Wine Béarnaise Pan Roasted Rib-Eye Of Elysian Fields Farm Lamb Toasted Pine Nuts, Cauliflower Florettes, Crystallized Orange and Zakia’s Harissa Oil A Selection Of Artisinal Cheeses From Our Trolley Black Bottom Banana Pie: Tanariva Chocolate Crust and Banana Cream with Crystallized Banana and Bourbon-Caramel Sauce SEE WHY THIS IS SO HARD when i asked scott where we should go. he said. "it all sounds good." (Comment on this)
Friday, February 20th, 2009
10:07 am	the curve because of me there was a need for a curve or i screwed up the curve. see how smart i am. but because of me the class needed a curve on the chemistry test and the math test. like the big nerd that i am. i got a 110 on my chemistry test and 105 on my math test. lets say the rest of the class didn't do so good. but i feel so smart, i feel so smart- smrt! now i just need to get this research paper written without breaking down in tears, fears or anxiety over not being smart enough to write it. i just need to actually focus my well focus on something that is solid in a crystalline shape and not an amorphous in shape. i need to focus on what is important. right now i am just looking forward to spring break up in the burgh. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
2:42 pm	what a fucktard! today in class. we watched a film that featured a naked woman who was not shaved. every time that she came on screen a guy would shout out. gross, disgusting, shave or anything to that effect. when we talked about the film. he said. it would have better if the girl had been shaved. again the teacher said nothing. what the fuck? why do i have to have a class like this every semester? i want to gouge out my eyes. i am a paying student and i deserve a teacher who is willing to actually teach. not one who shows up and has a laissez-faire approach to the class. i am spending my money with the expectation that in class i will be given a place to learn and it is the teacher's responsibility to create an atmosphere that is conducive to learning. i mean this is is not high school and certain levels of behavior should be expected and anything less should not be tolerated. (7 Comments |Comment on this)
11:45 am	wish i was riding that that would be an icey. thank you, etain. i took a look at your pictures again and i so want a horse between my legs. she what you do to people? other than that. i am forming a bond with chemistry like the bond that oxygen forms with itself. and it is all my teacher's fault. why can't she teach all my classes? if i thought that i had it in me i would become a chemist. can't wait until my next class. who knew that that oxygen and water could be so interesting. hell the world has become more interesting to me- thanks to chemistry. who knew? speaking of which: elissa can you re-send me the information on the back to school blog since now that i am back to school. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
12:33 pm	a one, two punch i feel like i am back in elementary school. i just checked on my school's website and school is cancelled because of snow!! whoo-hooo. i didn't think that i would get to have that giddy, jumping jacks in your stomach, snow day feeling ever again. but school is out. now i have some extra time to learn about three chapters of math. and since i have time to lean, i have time to clean. although both my pilates classes were cancelled which sucks because the roads are clear. but oh well. at least i have a SNOW DAY! oh and i heart chemistry. i can't believe it. but my teacher is one of those rare birds: a teacher that is skillful, passionate, dynamic, and interesting. she makes me look forward to going to class each week. i just wish there were more like her and less of the drone teachers. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
1:11 pm	inauguration!!! thought i was going to hate every minute of it. the crowds, the cold, the pointlessness of it all...i mean it was going to be on tv after all. but i loved every minute of it. i am so happy to have been down there in all that energy, the happiness and deep joy that was on everyone's face...i felt alive and blessed and actually proud to be an american. i got up there on sunday and attend every event that my feet would carry me to. and it was so much fun getting trapped in the city on tuesday.. i had a bird's eye view of 395 and it was awesome to watch it completely shut down with just people walking on it. it was great! (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 15th, 2009
10:42 am	coming soon? i sure do hope so. the national safety council that brought to you such amazingly smart legislation such as not drinking and driving and the seat belt law. are now trying to get all 50 states to ban cell phone use of any kind while driving. and before all those civil liberty types jump and start protesting. i say that is all bullshit. this isn't about taking away civil liberties it is about saving lives and studies have found talking on a cell phone wether it is hands free or not causes just as many accidents as drinking and driving. if not more. and don't even get me started on texting while driving. a head up her ass teenage girl drove me off the road yesterday. why because she was texting. drive behind someone who speed widely varies and often times drifts from lane to lane. why you think they were drunk. no. drive next to them. they are talking on their cell phones. so i say ban it. i think the reason that conversations on a cell phone are more dangerous because the person on the phone can't see when the person in the car needs to pay attention. so they don't stop talking and the person on the phone doesn't say, hey shut up for a second i need to pay attention and people then drive like assholes. as opposed to if someone is in the car with you talking. so i am going to do what i can for the cause. that and fighting this alarming s to z trend and all this fucking retarded lol, imo, rotl, bullshit. just type the words out. it isn't that hard. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
1:22 pm	my greatest fear is that the letter s is going to be replaced with the letter z when i get older. where did this come from? damn emo cutters. don't let it happen. if you stupidly use the letter z instead of s. such as in spelling out hugs or skills, don't fucking spell it like this: hugz, skillz. you just make yourself look like a dumb ass and you are complicit in the dumbing down of america. do you want that blood on your soul? avoid the contraband. bring down the man! (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
3:00 am	who wants contraband? i finished a long dance with my partner, The Road by Cormac McCarthy. get it read it and then read anything else that has his name on it. he is a slow burn kind of author, but the magic is in the waiting and in the unfolding of the story. you can feel the atmosphere, the climate, the air, the weather, the place and surroundings when you read his books. when you read his books you feel as if you are walking in the reality written on the pages, so if pleases the court a few words about my partner. i could not say it any better. i found this on wiki, wiki but of course. "A few weeks ago I read what I believe is the most important environmental book ever written. It is not Silent Spring, Small Is Beautiful or even Walden. It contains no graphs, no tables, no facts, figures, warnings, predictions or even arguments. Nor does it carry a single dreary sentence, which, sadly, distinguishes it from most environmental literature. It is a novel, first published a year ago, and it will change the way you see the world." time to best the beast of sleep. i will not play another round of who has the button. i am quite tired and i want to sleep. beware of the celery stalks at midnight. you never know who is watching and counting all your fingers and your toes. some say i am crazy. but i will be in DC next week. bunkered down in scorch's apartment. not going anywhere until wednesday. good times. good times a head. good times, temporary layoffs, good times, easy pay and rip offs.....ain't we lucky , we got'em, good times. (Comment on this)
Sunday, January 4th, 2009
3:37 pm	sorry for missing it but i am truly a ditz at heart. but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! (belated) it has been such a blessing to be able to get to know you. i always learn something so interesting from you. you have helped me to see many things with a different perspective. i am so glad that you have come to the earth. (2 Comments |Comment on this)