I've been going through a lot of introspection lately. For the last year and a half, I've been in culinary school at American River College. (If you are in the Sacramento area, the program is excellent and at community college prices!) I thought cooking was My Thing, that I'd found the magical career which would make me happy and bring in the ( Read more... )

I've started a Myspace group for Steampunks/Neo-Victorians/etc. in the Sacramento area. If that's your bag, look us up!

Steampunk Sacramento on Myspace

This semester, my training as a cook continues with adventures in baking. One thing I had not anticipated was the amount of math involved in this. As I told Bryan when he returned from his vacation, I believe that baking is edible mathematics. Part of the assigned reading was a table with the formula for figuring out what temperature water to use ( Read more... )

The Bunker has definitely cooled down... although the cooling system may only be run for short periods of time. There's still a leak despite the latest efforts the maintenance guy. Thank goodness the temperature has dropped a bit ( Read more... )

Well, the cooling system in the bunker is officially out of commission for the time being. Bryan's skipped town for a few days, and the hubby and I had anticipated some hot days--just not like this. Yesterday was above 100 degrees, and today promises to be the same. 11:00 am, and already well over 80 degrees ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I've logged an entry in the old livejournal. Where to begin? My cook's training goes well, and I'm presently learning how to perform minor miracles with baked goods. Last year we moved, but the bunker is currently in disarray. We've had some difficulties with the cooling system, resulting in a need to turn our ( Read more... )

After some thought, I've decided to migrate over to Blogger.

Basically, my online life is becoming centered around Google's wide array of features, and it's just more convenient.

Farewell, my friends! I hope you don't think too badly of my abrupt departure!

P.S. I'll still be reading my friends journals... I just won't be posting here.

Okie-dokies! Jesse posted a pic of my new tattoo, so I'm linking to it!

Cedar's ArmbandOkay, not so much an armband, because it doesn't wrap all the way around, but it's easier to say than, "my tatt that goes across my arm sort of like an armband but not all the way around ( Read more... )

New tattoo... morning glory vines all tribal-y, framing an anhk. It's an armband, and some more work needs to be done. Would've done it all tonight, but my body said, "That's all folks!" I started bleeding alot near the end, so the color on the flowers is going to wait about a month ( Read more... )

Okay... good summer for music this year:

As excited as I am about VNV Nation, it pales in comparison to the fact that LACUNA COIL and WITHIN TEMPTATION will be playing. Together. There are even two shows I could catch, one in San Francisco, and one in Sparks, NV.

Be still, mine heart.