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Saturday, March 14, 2009
Easier than last time
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
Finally!
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Happy birthday to me!
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009
week 1: michael jackson
starting the show - lil rounds has a great voice but i couldnt take my eyes off the huge man bulge caused by the unfortunate fit of her pants, as well as her enormous ass. normally i wouldnt say that but it was totally the pants's fault. white highwaisted pleated pants look good on so few people, possibly no one. certainly not someone who is shaped like a normal person with hips and a butt. i couldnt even listen to her i was so distracted. kind of dug her shirt though.
oh scott. you seem like such a nice person and i think it is wonderful that you are visually impaired and can play the piano. you just dont have a voice that is good enough for me to imagine listening to it on the radio. and commercial music is what this show is about after all.
danny: "we got school tomorrow...early" that whole thing was a little bit ridiculous. thank you producers! i love his glasses. i think he has a bunch of different pairs.
michael, you and your family are adorable. i would be surprised if you make it past the top 6. but i like you. i really like you. apparently, you are one of those who sounds better in person because i was bored but the judges were wowed.
i love that jasmines footage was of her family watching her on american idol. in general im not a fan of people as young as her on the show. i am definitely a different person than i was at 16 and i just dont think these kids have a good enough i dea of themselves much less themselves as an artist. just a thought.
kris... kris who? i dont remember even seeing him before. and i definitely takes two people to pull spaghetti out of a box.
forget what i said earlier about 16 years olds. i love allison and all her red headedness. anyone who performs at la curacao is ok with me.
noop doggie dog - i pity the fool who marries you. i like you but you seem a little bit spoiled. the michael jackson jacket was cool i guess but i wasnt impressed. im waiting to remember why i liked you so much all the way from your auditions... but your mom is adorable!
jorge reminds me a little bit of hector. i think it is his eyes. or curly hair. they dont look anything alike for sure. michale jackson with a little latin accent and flavor. im digging it. not digging his jacket as much though. what is with these people - dont they have stylists by now? if the contestants are making these poor wardrobe decisions thats one thing - they have an excuse. if someone was paid to find these jackets or those horrible white pants they should be shot. or at least fired. i think i am going to have nightmares about the white pants.
i cannot stand the way megan dances. i think i am prejudiced against her because she spells her name wrong but the caw! caw! at the end of her song didnt help matters. i do like her voice. hard to watch though. her hair stylist kind of only did the front of her hair. the back was all ratty and frizzy. weird.
i love adam. hes my fave. what a rockstar. very sexy too. the girls are going crazy over him! he kinda has that seventies rockstar androgynous thing going on. worked for them though huh? i dig the blue streak in his hair too (of course). doesnt he have a background in musical theater too? hes just got it all going on. and the judges loved him too. side note: how does ryan know what a herkie is?
is matt's dad dying? thats how his talking head sounded. the judges liked his performance but i was yawning.
could alexis's skirt be any shorter? i have a feeling she will be getting on my nerves for many weeks to come, unfortunately.
oh scott. you seem like such a nice person and i think it is wonderful that you are visually impaired and can play the piano. you just dont have a voice that is good enough for me to imagine listening to it on the radio. and commercial music is what this show is about after all.
danny: "we got school tomorrow...early" that whole thing was a little bit ridiculous. thank you producers! i love his glasses. i think he has a bunch of different pairs.
michael, you and your family are adorable. i would be surprised if you make it past the top 6. but i like you. i really like you. apparently, you are one of those who sounds better in person because i was bored but the judges were wowed.
i love that jasmines footage was of her family watching her on american idol. in general im not a fan of people as young as her on the show. i am definitely a different person than i was at 16 and i just dont think these kids have a good enough i dea of themselves much less themselves as an artist. just a thought.
kris... kris who? i dont remember even seeing him before. and i definitely takes two people to pull spaghetti out of a box.
forget what i said earlier about 16 years olds. i love allison and all her red headedness. anyone who performs at la curacao is ok with me.
noop doggie dog - i pity the fool who marries you. i like you but you seem a little bit spoiled. the michael jackson jacket was cool i guess but i wasnt impressed. im waiting to remember why i liked you so much all the way from your auditions... but your mom is adorable!
jorge reminds me a little bit of hector. i think it is his eyes. or curly hair. they dont look anything alike for sure. michale jackson with a little latin accent and flavor. im digging it. not digging his jacket as much though. what is with these people - dont they have stylists by now? if the contestants are making these poor wardrobe decisions thats one thing - they have an excuse. if someone was paid to find these jackets or those horrible white pants they should be shot. or at least fired. i think i am going to have nightmares about the white pants.
i cannot stand the way megan dances. i think i am prejudiced against her because she spells her name wrong but the caw! caw! at the end of her song didnt help matters. i do like her voice. hard to watch though. her hair stylist kind of only did the front of her hair. the back was all ratty and frizzy. weird.
i love adam. hes my fave. what a rockstar. very sexy too. the girls are going crazy over him! he kinda has that seventies rockstar androgynous thing going on. worked for them though huh? i dig the blue streak in his hair too (of course). doesnt he have a background in musical theater too? hes just got it all going on. and the judges loved him too. side note: how does ryan know what a herkie is?
is matt's dad dying? thats how his talking head sounded. the judges liked his performance but i was yawning.
could alexis's skirt be any shorter? i have a feeling she will be getting on my nerves for many weeks to come, unfortunately.
weekly update
jeremy and i bought soccer cleats on saturday. i think nikki might be very proud and anna will be apalled. but these opinions would quickly change when they found out that we arent playing soccer, rather, we are starting a flag football league on saturday. yes thats right, saturday is not only my triathlon that i am supremely ill-prepared for but also our first football game. and i missed practice last week. so while i may not end the day with any real sense of accomplishment at least i will get good exercise! originally my goal finishing time for the triathlon was an hour. then i found out last year's women's record was 53 minutes so i bumped it up to 1:15. then i pretty much stopped training because of the oscars and a minor injury so now we all decided we will just be happy to actually finish.
did anyone watch the biggest loser last night? this entire season jeremy and i have been saying how much we prefer this seasons losers over last seasons. they seem to get along and like each other and compete without being too sly or nasty or hateful. then last night, two of our favorites, sione and phillipe had temper tantrums like little kids. nothing like seeing a grown man yell and throw things and storm out of the room in a huff almost crying because its just not fair! then black team won the weigh in that they didnt deserve to with all the drinking and eating and smoking and carrying on they did on their luxury day. we were disappointed in them. cant wait to see what next week has in store for us!
in other news, two of my favorite bands from middle school and sort of high school were dc talk and newsboys. it is possible that my dc talk poster is still hanging on the back of the door in my old room at my parents house. anyways, michael tait (the member of dc talk whose picture was folded under so the poster could fit on my door because he wasnt as cute as tobey and kevin) is the new lead singer of the newsboys because that dude quit. my pre-teen worlds are colliding and life as i know it might just be over. the sky is falling the sky is falling!
did anyone watch the biggest loser last night? this entire season jeremy and i have been saying how much we prefer this seasons losers over last seasons. they seem to get along and like each other and compete without being too sly or nasty or hateful. then last night, two of our favorites, sione and phillipe had temper tantrums like little kids. nothing like seeing a grown man yell and throw things and storm out of the room in a huff almost crying because its just not fair! then black team won the weigh in that they didnt deserve to with all the drinking and eating and smoking and carrying on they did on their luxury day. we were disappointed in them. cant wait to see what next week has in store for us!
in other news, two of my favorite bands from middle school and sort of high school were dc talk and newsboys. it is possible that my dc talk poster is still hanging on the back of the door in my old room at my parents house. anyways, michael tait (the member of dc talk whose picture was folded under so the poster could fit on my door because he wasnt as cute as tobey and kevin) is the new lead singer of the newsboys because that dude quit. my pre-teen worlds are colliding and life as i know it might just be over. the sky is falling the sky is falling!
Sunday, March 8, 2009
my birthday party!!!!
kim threw me the best 25th birthday party ever last night. we started at her house for delicious tapas and cocktails and spent some time catching up. it was great to spend some time with some of my girls (especially the ones i dont get to see very often!) i got a birthday crown and birthday martini glass and lots of other great stuff. i have the best friends ever.
we left kim's and went out to universal citywalk. we started this portion of the eve
ning at howl at the moon, a dueling piano bar. they performers are hilarious (and slightly risque). i got a birthday serenade from the entire place. they had me sit on the piano while they sang a couple songs... it was awesome! i was lucky - some people had to share their birthday glory with others. im just not that kind of girl... ;) then i got a birthday bumper sticket... follow me to the moon!!!we left there and went to the rumba room for a little dancing. the music selection was great at first but wound up poor at best so we left for...
my birthday bul
l ride!!! i rode it like a pro! i made it waaay more than 8 seconds. jeremy was very proud when i told him later. we hung out for a little while at saddle ranch chop house for the last drinks of the night while waiting for jeremy to come pick us up. the music there was way better (songs in english! yay!) kim was taking pictures of me riding the bull like a mom at a soccer match. it was great.
l ride!!! i rode it like a pro! i made it waaay more than 8 seconds. jeremy was very proud when i told him later. we hung out for a little while at saddle ranch chop house for the last drinks of the night while waiting for jeremy to come pick us up. the music there was way better (songs in english! yay!) kim was taking pictures of me riding the bull like a mom at a soccer match. it was great. so the first time i celebrated 25 was amazing. heres hoping next year is just as good!
cake class #4
at class this week we made a purdy cake. i actually remembered all my fgear, which made class way less stressful. last week having to borrow tips and bags from everyone else made me feel stupid for forgetting everything. last week i was the one about the cry the whole time, this week it was caras turn. like manny told gaby, "this class is supposed to be relaxing not stressful!" being prepared definitely made all the difference for me. that and a full night of sleep. :D
we learned a special kind of lace that is often used on wedding cakes. i kep
t calling it chantilly lace but thats not the right name. i cant remember it. i still had trouble with the crumb coating business. i think it is going to take some practice (and maybe some better baking skills) to get that under control. after we did the lace on the sides and the top, we learned a new kind of flower that i hate. they were supposed to be chyrsanthemums but mine did not turn out looking anything like that. no one in the group really liked these - i think we all preferred the roses we learned last week. next week we are skipping but the week after is royal icing and only making flowers - no cake. im excited.
t calling it chantilly lace but thats not the right name. i cant remember it. i still had trouble with the crumb coating business. i think it is going to take some practice (and maybe some better baking skills) to get that under control. after we did the lace on the sides and the top, we learned a new kind of flower that i hate. they were supposed to be chyrsanthemums but mine did not turn out looking anything like that. no one in the group really liked these - i think we all preferred the roses we learned last week. next week we are skipping but the week after is royal icing and only making flowers - no cake. im excited.
the final product - including all my mums, and one of the teacher's. hers is in the middle. it wasnt until my final one that mine looked anything like hers, including the ones i threw out and didnt put on the cake. i really like making leaves though! we also used filling in this cake so that was fun. you make a moat of frosting so the filling doesnt escape down the sides. kim had a blackberry leak on hers... it was kinda funny.
Friday, March 6, 2009
the top 13
after wednesdays episode of american idol was thinking "well this top 9 is ok. kinda boring. but besides tatiana, alot of the contestants seem kinda boring. and i know lil rounds is a good singer, but something about her rubs me the wrong way. oh well." then they announced who was contesding for the other "3" spots in the top "12." most of them i was ambivalent about but i love anoop and was deathly afraid of seeing more of tatiana. last night we watched the show and were happy with the first two girls they picked (although this megan chicks dancing/shaking/seizing thing she does while dancing is really weird to watch i do like her voice) then right before they said who was the final spot in the top 12 our dvr recording stopped. so i had to go online to see who they picked only to find out that they picked 13 instead of 12. and that my boy anoop was #13. woohoo! some of the people in the top 13 i dont really remember at all. so i guess next week they better do a good job of catching up airtime to the crazies that they spent so much time on earlier in the season. overall thoguh, i am just uninspired by this years crop. notice they havent been saying "oh this is the best most talented group of people ever" like they did every five seconds last year (which i disagreed with but whatever).
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
76. the one other food i just cannot stomach is olives. the flavor - ick. i had a really bad experience during a lock-in in 5th grade involving a food eating relay.
77. i used to carry a pager.
78. words i hate hearing or saying (which i only say when forced to for some strange reason): panty, blouse, feminine. i know. random.
79. bryce reminded me about a good one. around about 1995 i knew what my parents bought him for christmas. he kept trying to convince me to tell him so i made up this spaceship/submarine/car thing called a johnny quest 300 (anyone else use to watch that show?) and he was firnly convinced that was what he was getting. apparently to this day he still wants one. maybe i should make up children's toys?
80. salute your shorts and hey dude were my favorite shows in elementary and middle school. we didnt have tv so if i got to watch them randomly at my grandparents house it was the best!
81. if you drew a horizontal line acrossthe center of america, i have visited all of the states the line runs through or below it and only about 2 above it. (hawaii doesnt count)
82. i had never had thai or ethiopian or salvadorian food before we moved to la. thai becuase i didnt know that i liked semi-spicy food and ethiopian becuase wichita and manhattan dont have ethiopian places. tampa maybe does but i was too young to decide for myself where to eat when i lived there. most of the salvi places are little holes in the wall i would be too scared to try for myself but girls at work have recommended.
83. every week day at lunch i drink green tea and eat an apple along with whatever else i brought for lunch. i dont ever drink green tea or eat apples at home though.
84. i drink prolly 100 oz or more of water everyday. i do live in the desert though. im a thirsty girl.
77. i used to carry a pager.
78. words i hate hearing or saying (which i only say when forced to for some strange reason): panty, blouse, feminine. i know. random.
79. bryce reminded me about a good one. around about 1995 i knew what my parents bought him for christmas. he kept trying to convince me to tell him so i made up this spaceship/submarine/car thing called a johnny quest 300 (anyone else use to watch that show?) and he was firnly convinced that was what he was getting. apparently to this day he still wants one. maybe i should make up children's toys?
80. salute your shorts and hey dude were my favorite shows in elementary and middle school. we didnt have tv so if i got to watch them randomly at my grandparents house it was the best!
81. if you drew a horizontal line acrossthe center of america, i have visited all of the states the line runs through or below it and only about 2 above it. (hawaii doesnt count)
82. i had never had thai or ethiopian or salvadorian food before we moved to la. thai becuase i didnt know that i liked semi-spicy food and ethiopian becuase wichita and manhattan dont have ethiopian places. tampa maybe does but i was too young to decide for myself where to eat when i lived there. most of the salvi places are little holes in the wall i would be too scared to try for myself but girls at work have recommended.
83. every week day at lunch i drink green tea and eat an apple along with whatever else i brought for lunch. i dont ever drink green tea or eat apples at home though.
84. i drink prolly 100 oz or more of water everyday. i do live in the desert though. im a thirsty girl.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
banned book challenge
The Pelham Public Library is issuing the third annual "Banned Book Challenge." Set a challenge for yourself to read x number of challenged or banned books between February 22 (Freedom to Read Week in Canada) and June 30. If you are not sure what to read, check our lists of suggested books on the right. These are books that have faced challenges that are available in the Pelham Public Library. Check LibraryThing for other titles or check any of the links on the sidebar to find even more books.
1. inkheart - cornelia funke
2. the curious incident of the dog in the night-time - mark haddon
3. flowers in the attic - v.c. andrews
4. love in the time of cholera - gabriel garcia marquez
5. what my mother doesnt know - sonya sones
6. sophie's choice - william styron
7. gathering blue - lois lowry
8. coraline - neil gaiman
9. wintergirls - laurie halse anderson
10. fahrenheit 451 - ray bradbury
11. the graveyard book - neil gaiman
12. the witches - roald dahl
13. speak - laurie halse anderson
14. summer of my german soldier - bette greene
15. the boy book - e. ockhart
1. inkheart - cornelia funke
2. the curious incident of the dog in the night-time - mark haddon
3. flowers in the attic - v.c. andrews
4. love in the time of cholera - gabriel garcia marquez
5. what my mother doesnt know - sonya sones
6. sophie's choice - william styron
7. gathering blue - lois lowry
8. coraline - neil gaiman
9. wintergirls - laurie halse anderson
10. fahrenheit 451 - ray bradbury
11. the graveyard book - neil gaiman
12. the witches - roald dahl
13. speak - laurie halse anderson
14. summer of my german soldier - bette greene
15. the boy book - e. ockhart
orbis terrarum challenge
Main Challenge Rules:
*The Orbis Terrarum Challenge begins March 1 2009(you are welcome to join later) Through the end of 2009.
*For the challenge each reader is to choose 10 books (for the 10 months).
*Each book must from a different country, I have decided to go by the country of origin of the author, or the country he/she lives in is fine as well.
*You don't have to have a list, that means you can change your mind at any time. As long as there are 10 from 10 different countries, written by 10 different authors: Anything goes.
The bottom line: choose 10 different books, written by 10 different authors, from 10 different countries.
1. the reader - bernhard schlink (germany)
2. whose wedding is it anyway? - melissa senate (usa)
3. revelations - melissa de la cruz (phillipines)
4. does my head look big in this? - randa abdel-fattah (australia)
5. pygmalion - george bernard shaw (ireland)
6. city of bones - cassandra clare (iran)
7. mossflower - brian jacques (england)
8. price of passion - susan napier (new zealand)
9. love in the time of cholera - gabriel garcia marquez (columbia)
10. inkheart - cornelia funke (germany)
*The Orbis Terrarum Challenge begins March 1 2009(you are welcome to join later) Through the end of 2009.
*For the challenge each reader is to choose 10 books (for the 10 months).
*Each book must from a different country, I have decided to go by the country of origin of the author, or the country he/she lives in is fine as well.
*You don't have to have a list, that means you can change your mind at any time. As long as there are 10 from 10 different countries, written by 10 different authors: Anything goes.
The bottom line: choose 10 different books, written by 10 different authors, from 10 different countries.
1. the reader - bernhard schlink (germany)
2. whose wedding is it anyway? - melissa senate (usa)
3. revelations - melissa de la cruz (phillipines)
4. does my head look big in this? - randa abdel-fattah (australia)
5. pygmalion - george bernard shaw (ireland)
6. city of bones - cassandra clare (iran)
7. mossflower - brian jacques (england)
8. price of passion - susan napier (new zealand)
9. love in the time of cholera - gabriel garcia marquez (columbia)
10. inkheart - cornelia funke (germany)
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
whats been happening lately...
friday night we went out to the blue room with several friends for some drinks and darts. dan got a new set of darts for christmas and he was anxious to show them off. yesterday i went and got a massage at an organic spa in burbank. jeremy bought me the gift certificate for my birthday and it was wonderful. i spent some time in the quiet room drinking spa water and eating strawberries, then got a swedish massage (including hot stones which i have never had before) for an hour before spending some time in the sauna and then coming home. while i was gone jeremy did all the dishes, took the stove apart to kill the roaches living in it (disgurting? yes! but i cant help that i have dirty neighbors...), and cleaned the shower. he is amazing. so we did some laundry and spent time at home. today we stage managed at church then headed straight out to pasadena for owen's first birthday party. we played and watched him open a few presents then headed to the park. he sat in the swing for a while but his favorite thing was the parachute!
cake class #3: the book
we started by taking a regular 9x13 cake and cutting pieces off to make the pages of the book. my cake was completely falling apart and i was insanely frustrated trying to crumb coat it. next week i am baking the hell out of that thing. who cares if it is a brick - it will be easy to frost! you can see the corner of my cake - it had fallen off friday night when i was getting it out of the pan but i did NOT feel like baking a whole other cake (1 and 1/2 boxes of mix!). i really need to find a good recipe for real cake not from a box that is easy to frost.
we started frosting and then added a shell border around the bottom and along the edges of the top. i loaded so much frosting on mine to avoid any crumbs poking through. then we learned how to make roses to put on one page of the book. we made the roses on the flower nail then used the special scissors to transfer them to the cake. i only had to start over three times before getting a usable flower off the nail. not too shabby.
we also learned writing... not really. more like we were told to write something on one side of our ook. since we had the roses on one side i made my book about gardening. the words arent spaced very well and go crooked but next time will be better! making the bookmark was my favorite part. looks really complicated but it wasnt!
cake class #2: the car
although the way to cake class resulted in a small emotional breakdown (i was running on about 2 hours sleep and really late and there was traffic on the freeway and it was my birthday and kind of sucking so i was sobbing but jeremy was amazing and calmed me down on the phone)
the front...
and the back...
and the back...my car had a little bit of a gangsta lean... i didnt cut the circle cake exactly in half. took a lot of stars to cover it so i was really glad my cake was smaller than everyone else's. i loved how different everyone made their cars. natasha got bored waiting for the rest of us to finish so she decorated hers with people and all sorts of other things.
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