I would just like to take this moment to express some gratitude for those responsible for the state our economy. Due to the tanking economy and mass budget cuts at UW, they've decided to make the foreign language department pretty much strictly for majors only. So high school level foreign language counts for UW-general-education now...and not ( Read more... )

a very merry equinox to you all!! horraaayyy!

I randomly got offered $100/show to spin fire with the Cabiri today by the guy who owns them and coincidentally is one of the grad-students I'm working with in the lab. And a few weeks ago, I got an email asking for my address because a theater company in Palo Alto wants to use a play I wrote in high school and they're sending me $50 for that. ( Read more... )

It's that time of the year again when Verizon gives me a free phone for being such a loyal customer. In contrast to past years there's like 20 different free phones to choose from...several of which are really fancy! The two year commitment is hard enough, but to take care of a fancy phone too! It's so stressful! (no wonder I don't ever want kids ( Read more... )

This is IT, I will do whatever I can to make the rest of my summer be this ( Read more... )

omg there's some amazing movies coming out in the next year or so. Tim Burton is doing Alice in Wonderland and Johnny Depp is the Mad Hatter...there's some pictures online that look fuckin incredible. Also, the director that did Pan's Labyrinth is directing The Hobbit! ...I haven't been this excited about new movies in a long time. Perhaps it's ( Read more... )

dude, omg. Alex and I just split a bottle of Allagash Confluence Ale and I'm in absolute heaven, I feel like my soul has been healed! Even though it wasn't exactly in bad shape to begin with...gah, everyone must try this beer! And if you actually take my advice and go to your local specailty beer store, don't worry about the $25 price tag, it's ( Read more... )

Jeez, who knew it would be so exhausting to saunter up and down capitol hill, while slowly accumulating things, and then share 2 pitchers of mimosas in the sun. I need a nap. I made out pretty good though, for $17 I got a new pasta machine, a spring-form pan, a corningware baking dish with cute mushrooms painted on it, two pairs of tights, a pair ( Read more... )

Sign the petition to stop junk mail! Bought to you by the people that created the Do Not Call Registry, here is the Do Not Mail Registry!

http://www.donotmail.org/

so livejournal is great and all for keeping in touch with a few people and a great space to kill time when I'm bored and brain dead, but I think it may be time to move on. I just created a blogger blog, for the sole purpose of cataloging my culinary adventures. I'm still keeping this journal, if nothing more than for nostalgia sake, hah. anyhoo, ( Read more... )