Ideas???

I *impulsivly* bought some tempeh while I was at the food store after...umm..church today :/ (it's this thing)I have to do some research as to what to do with it now. But I was thinking since I bought some asparagus AND organic egg roll shells to go with it, maybe I'd make tempeh and asparagus egg rolls. Well...maybe not. we'll see. Umm any good *beginner* ideas would be welcome. :)

Back to you

In celebration of several things, Ramworship, Mel, Jarred, Matic and awsimo-Jason, all met up at Tattooed Mom's for a drink. Sitting at the bar, shouting over the blaring punk rock we started the evening of dollar PBR's with a few shots. We weren't there for long, when behind we hear suddenly, "Holy SHIT look who it is!" And an old friend greeted awsimo-Jason, and Ramworship. (we'd all gone to school together) He, and the friends he'd come with, went into the back room to smoke, and Jason joined them, as Matic, Ramworship and I stayed at the bar.

About an hour, and 1 bathroom trip later Jason and the old friend, Kessler, came back up to us. I was stunned when Kessler put his hand on my shoulder, and leaned into my ear saying "Hey, listen about that fight we had, I had some bad shit going on then and I have to apologize" Surprisingly instead of being too shocked to speak, I found myself replying "It's in the past, don't even worry about it." We caught up on the 10 months we didn't speak to each other. Traded numbers, and screen names, and it was almost like that 10 months didn't even happen. Interesting how if you don't worry about things, life will work them out for you.

Volunteer

About 2 years ago my Dad asked my sisters and I to spend a day working with Habitat for Humanity (Bucks) on one of their corporate volunteer days. 3 corporate volunteer days, 3 months of no time, 9 months of no car, and I emailed Laura to start volunteering again.




I'm really excited. I have a penchant for power tools, and this is a lot of fun, run by some really awesome people. :) YAY

A Tuesday with the Lost Prophets

I'm an emo nerd. I know this. I've been listening to Lost Prophets** all day. It's funny when students walk into my office and look all surprised cause I've got "Shinobi vs Dragon Ninja" playing...hehe. Oh..I'm sorry...yea..I totally got a new job! *blush* Kinda forgot to mention that.

I am now the Educational Programs Assistant for the some place. (ask me and I'll tell ya) And what all that really means is that I do the administrative work (read paper work and phone calls) that the head of the department, and the Academic TA's don't have time for. I grade quizzes, keep up with student files, right now I'm organizing Clerkships for the students over the Summer. It's not boring, but it really is just busy work for now. I have no idea where it'll lead, or what I'll end up with, but for now it's steady pay, and health insurance, which is a step up from where I was. I'm watching the Flyers give up a two goal lead..and quite frankly...I feel a little happier with life. Thinking about getting some new tattoo's...my mom finally met AhabFriday night at Michelle's birthday...she wasn't pleased. I think her exact words were "Are you done now? is that enough?" Man will she be ticked if I go through with my sleeve idea of Don Hertzfeldt tattoo's.


This:



And:

to start with. I feel bad that she doesn't like them, but where's the middle ground? And I am SO not thinking about all that now. :)


*I find it HILARIOUS that they do a "Mod" video!!

Or maybe not

While I've been working on the whole "comic blog" idea, meaning I've got lots of random unfinished stories, clogging up my computer with a constant running of 15/20 photoshop files.......

Yea, it's not coming together like I wanted. I'll probably add a few...but I think it works better as an idea, not an execution. I started feeling badly last night, and woke up this morning feeling worse. The brain is working overtime with familiar self criticism...et all. Feeling distressed,like I can't catch my breath. Old thoughts are creeping in, and it's hard not to want the easy way out.

I'm excited to go to work Monday. But my attitude feels negative, which ok result of the crappy mood. But it's hard when no one else respects how you feel about things. I've held the philosophy for a long time, that if you speak something, you'd better mean it. (Because you can't unsay it) And hearing things like "when you fuck this up" and "I'm 50 I don't have to be respectful" (yea...I STILL don't believe I actually heard that one) *sigh* I'm just complaining at you blog. Sorry.

In other news I've apparently pinched a nerve (?) in my arm, and it's sort of funny because half my ring finger and my last finger on my left hand are numb, as is half my palm...and the bottom of the heel of my hand. (It's actually quite a distinctive line between feeling, and not) 4 days so far, funny thing is, I can feel when I screw it up again as it's healing. While straightening my arm, it's a funny "sliding" feeling, and then an "oh...that just got more numb" *shrug*

Anywho blog, sort of a boring post...but..hey that's life.

Soon to be new and improved

I hate to say it, but it was cute/fun helping my Grandfather to figure out how to use his Excel for his book keeping. Writing out formulas for him, and helping him get rid of "that damn annoying thing on the bottom" (the help desk animation) :)


Blogs will be slow from now on, because they will be coming...IN COMIC FORM! Which means first brain storming, then drawing, then photoshoping before upload...but it'll be worth it. My inspiration for said endeavor, greatness like PA and Hijinks. What can I say, web comics have gotten me through class, slow work days and inane family functions ;)

Squishy-Squash!!!

This evenings plans with Ramworship, fell through rather early this morning. These things happen. What better a reason to be productive! Instead of planning more and more and more (while never really getting to it) I decided today was THE DAY! My first attempt at soup from scratch! WOW! I picked a simple one to start with, which just happens to be one of my favorites (wink) butternut squash soup yipeeeeeeee!


with a little help from http://vegweb.com/

I've been (by choice) without a car for almost a year. And while sometimes it is a pain in the ass, it makes me do things like walk the few extra miles a week to the store. Today, I met this little guy!

I have no clue what his name is, or who his owners are, but he came running up to the fence ready to play!

When I got back, I chopped, diced, and sauteed the lot of it. After the squash..well...squashed... into the blender it went!


The first taste test was a HUGE surprise, which I'm not sure is a good thing. I actually made this face...


DUDE!!!! It was really good!!

Tally:
Two batches made (when the first one came out well, I immediately made a second)
One whole Butternut Squash
3 cans of veggie stock
1 large onion
8 garlic cloves
4 table spoons EVOO [I used extra virgin olive oil(hahaha I love that)
3 sliced fingers (whoops!)
1 Nose bleed (not really my fault)
2 containers of REALLY YUMMY SOUP! (I gave one to my mom)