My brother is here from Maine!

I went to the happiest place on Earth yesterday. It was lovely in a surreal kind of way. Graham and Johnny and I had all kinds of fun and ate McDonalds and all the rides were cool except Space Mountain, because Johnny kept talking about roller coaster decapitations and then Space Mountain was pitch black and way to fast so we couldn't see the ( Read more... )

I hung out with the cutest bunnies today at Petco. (Explanation: I'm a volunteer rabbit socializer. It's not depressing like being a clinic escort.) So last bi-week I hung out with Tempest and Spree, but they got moved, one to a different Petco and one to a foster house. I was sad to see Tempest go because she was such a cute girl. And this ( Read more... )

I've finished reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles. It was compelling enough to finish reading, but I have a hard time putting down books I don't like. Tess dies, but not without even more shame, humiliation and obnoxious descriptions of the English countryside. Let me spoil this book for you, in case you are ever tempted to read it (if I make it ( Read more... )

And I made Dan pancakes this morning. It was very exciting.

In other news, I am reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Thomas Hardy is a condescending toolbox. It has very much the same flavor as Lady Chatterly's Lover or The World According to Garp: a "tolerant" depiction of current sexual mores from a completely male perspective with a condescension and inauthentic voice for the female character and he ( Read more... )

I am credited in a film! I have eternal celluloid fame like all Americans. Is very exciting. I feel quite unworty of it, but it was very nice of them to list me as Assistant Set Design (I forget the exact wording). Basically, the guy who made American Movie made a second movie last summer that was partially filmed in my condo (you can see ( Read more... )

I made pancakes!

My egg braid worked! I totally made a soft, moist, slightly crust, sourdough-based, braided loaf. I am so cool. Unfortunately, I didn't save back any of my sourdough starter (propogate my bacterial colony) because it seemed wrong. But it hasn't killed me (yet) and I can make a new cultivar on the radiator in three days. Baking!

I've created liiiiiiiife!

I cultivated flour and water bacteria on my radiator. I have Sourdough Starter. I combined it with a cup of warm water, a package of yeast and a cup of flour. In twelve hours, I will have SPONGE!

Then I make dough, rise dough, braid dough, brush dough with egg. Egg braid!