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grammar November 17, 2007
i am a good proof-reader. i like to pay attention to grammar rules. which is why i am in the facebook group “i judge you when you use poor grammar.”
tonight was sort of slow, so i was browsing the photos and i had to share two unbelievable ones.
1. check before you tattoo yourself. ask a friend. ask your tattoo artist. please.
added challenge: name that buffalo-originated musical artist!
2. the back story on this photo: this was ordered for a going-away party at an office. the office worker called the cake place (wal-mart) and told them they wanted the following message: “Best Wishes Suzanne, and underneath that, we will miss you“.
weird things seen while driving November 16, 2007
this is my response to dooey and rachel’s entries about weird things they saw on the road. while its definitely not as cool as giant tires or whole houses, it is two mattresses (or perhaps one mattress and a box spring) atop a SUV*, held on only by the gentlemen’s arms who were inside.
look again:
notice the arm. there was one on the other side and they were driving about 25 mph. which still seemed a bit ridiculous as buffalo can get pretty windy. what would happen if a gust of wind got under the front of the mattresses? hence why i was driving along side.
* grammar check: “a SUV” sounds funny – should it be “an SUV”? i should ask grammar girl.
banana bread mmm November 10, 2007
i made banana bread the other day. and then took pictures. so that i could write about it. in my blog.
banana bread
3 over-ripe bananas* (mostly brown)
1/3 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
3/4 cup white flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
pinch of salt
3/4 cup pecans, chopped (optional)
*most recipes i saw called for 3 or 4 ripe bananas, but i only had 2, so i added 1/2 cup of applesauce, which made the bread really moist and still tasted alot of bananas.
mash bananas to lumpy consistency. add butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. stir until mostly mixed. add dry ingredients (sift if you wish) and blend. do not overmix so much that there are no banana lumps. [nut note: if you want nuts in your bread, add them now. i just sprinkled them on top because i was indecisive about whether i would like them or not]
spoon into greased loaf pan and bake for 55-60 minutes at 350 F. enjoy! i like mine toasted in the morning w/butter.
and then it snowed. and not nice fluffy snow. ugly cold sleet snow.
flickr endorsement November 10, 2007
flickr has a cool new way of tagging photos (well its probably not new) – geotagging! so now if you want to see all my photos from school, you just click on the map!
pretty exciting, huh? and slightly creepy? right now i have it set so that my photos don’t show up in general browsing, just if i link to them. but if you didn’t set the privacy levels, i think this would be a really creepy way for stalkers / burglers / etc. to invade your privacy. but for now, its cool.
save the world liiinks November 9, 2007
once again, a short post.. i promise i will be more sane after next tuesday.
END HUNGER BY CLICKING
1. free rice
2. click to give site
NON-WORLD-SAVING
1. ub secrets – like post secret, but for UB
2. coffee spoon’n’ clip. (see picture to the right) why didn’t i think of that??
SHAMELESS PROMOTIONS
if you’re in the buffalo area, come see buffalo contemporary dance tomorrow @ 8pm, sunday @ 2pm or next weekend, same times. if you prefer theater, come see city of angels @ UB (nov. 14-18) – i am responsible for the thunder noises in the 2nd act. so it will sort of be like i’m there. and if you want even more dance – come see me dance in zodiaque studio ensemble nov. 29-dec. 2. <>
and now a cat picture. 
cripples. October 31, 2007
THIS is what i woke up to the other day:
no not the car. crutches. on the sidewalk. with no owner.
really, people of huntington? is this really how you want our fine road portrayed? and why are they outside of my house? as if i litter the street with large metal objects. was some poor kid with a broken leg abducted outside my house? was a miracle of sorts performed and the crutch-using owner was suddenly able to walk and cast down his crutches in triumph?
well they are gone now, but for a fleeting moment, my life made no sense.
a huntington halloween October 31, 2007
halloween represented in pictoral fashion (plus a few short sentences).
oh – and we had trick or treater’s!! my very first halloween being on the other side of the door (although for like the past 6 or 7 i think i have not been ringing doorbells…). i actually got to pass out candy! which was weird. and caused alot of ridiculous pre-candy handing out stress. what do you say when they come to the door? is it lame if i’m wearing a costume? do you hand out the candy, or do they pick? will i have enough? what if i only get 2 kids? what if we get 90?
should i put the pumpkin on the porch (where it could catch some unsuspecting kid’s cape on fire)? should they come to the front or side door (we live on the corner)? the front door is easily accessible, but has rickety stairs (lawsuit?) but the side door is harder to see if people are coming.
but i survived. here are some pictures.
the FIRST costume (this one didn’t work out)
the second costume
bewitching (notice my solution to the pumpkin issue.. put it on a chair! no one was harmed during the evening – success!)
horrible things and awesome things October 28, 2007
HORRIBLE THINGS
- randomfatkids.com – at least it doesn’t seem to be working anymore
- the fact that i can’t get the words “haterade” and “asstastic” out of my vocabulary
- stella’s new habit of drinking out of the toilet.
AWESOME THINGS
- giant ball! i want one for xmas!
- pumpkin pie!
pictures: halloween edition! October 28, 2007
in case you didn’t know, halloween / october / fall is my favorite holiday / month / season, so i’ve been in the autumn mood around the house! i think its time for a list.
HALLOWEENIE (i said weenie) THINGS I HAVE BEEN UP TO
1. decorating the apartment in a halloweenish setting.
2. making things with pumpkin in it – pumpkin cake, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin pie. mmm.
3. finding my way out of a corn maize maze*.
4. making jack’o'lanterns (inspiration).
5. making delicious ding dong spiders (inspiration).
6. hallowine mystery wine tasting tour.
7. living with a black cat.
PICTURES OF THESE THINGS (because pictures are more fun)
1-3 – no pictures. sorrry
4. nate’s masterpiece (pun intended) – how am i supposed to display this??
MY PG-13 pumpkin
5. DING DONG SPIDERS
number one is an alien. he is here to eat your brains.
number two is just evil.
7. obligatory halloween cat
*yes i know that corn maize maze is redundant. i also know that when going to places where puns are so easily made (CORNy puns, i might add), you should leave nate. but i didn’t follow either, so why start now?
