Finals Week!

stress.
yikes!
newly discovered cures for finals related stress: mcdonalds iced vanilla coffee, aromatherapy lotion, peanut butter cap'n crunch cereal, dark chocolate, fuzzy blankets, mint tea with honey, mtv's true life, and snuggly pandas/koalas.

Above: a practice piece of graphic design I did on the new CS4. What do you think? I'm going to try and learn the program using lynda.com or the like.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Quiet Evening

I haven't blogged in FOREVER (sorry about that) but I recently came across something so entertaining that I just had to share it.

Most Shocking

Watch this TV show- it's so ridiculous and hilarious!

fun

my face in anime!

Late-night College Dinner!

In the tradition of my awesome aunt, I wanted to post a recipe I just created for myself:
Not fancy, but super yummy, and smells great!
This is what i did:
For a total prep time of about 20 minutes, I started boiling some water in a saucepan on the stove, and then added about 2 cups of dry pasta. I used penne because that's what i had on hand, but next time i would consider using a different kind. In any case, a good sized box of pasta can be found for less than a dollar. I put the lid on the pasta to cook, and meanwhile, took out 4 pieces of TJ's wheat bread from the freezer (lasts longer that way for just one person) and lightly defrosted it in the toaster. Next, I whipped up some garlic spread, using about 1/2 stick of butter, 1 tsp of minced garlic, and 2 tbsp. of parmesan cheese. i first melted the butter for a few seconds in the mocrowave, to make it easier to spread, and then added the other ingredients and mixed them together in a small bowl. When the pasta was cooked (al dente) , I strained it, and added 1 cup of canned pasta sauce (heated) and some cheese to taste. Then I spread the garlic mixture on the toast and cooked them in the toaster oven at 350 for about 4 minutes.
It made the whole apartment smell wonderful, and everyone had to come down to see what was cooking. I saved about half of it for leftovers. Super easy meal in less than 20 minutes! : )

Muir Talent Show

Wednesday night was fun-filled, thanks to the awesome performances at my friend Linda's theater troupe talent show. Here were some of the highlights:

A singer named Jewel who performed and played guitar to a sweet country melody she wrote herself

Linda (in the orange) dancing with others to the Time Warp, part of the Rocky Horror Picture Show



The Muir Juggling Club, who were also accompanied by a stand-up bass player and a gutiarist who improvised to the juggling acts. highly entertaining!

A group of three girls who sang and played "Let it Be" by the Beatles.

A amplified ukelele performance of "As my guitar gently weeps"

eww

Note to self:
NEVER put off laundry for this long again!!

5 loads = (.75 + .50) x 5 = $6.25

YUCK

Acacia Trees do not grow Walnuts

Apparently. this is what I found out last night, after an acute allergic reaction to nuts that landed me in the hospital. fun times! I'm on antihistamines for 5 days to quell the reactions. I almost couldn't breathe!


But on the bright side, I got this fabbolous jeweled peacock bag today from Anthropologie at the La Jolla mall. I met up with my roommates there today after a Rotaract (my community service club on campus) international "potlunch" for which I made a super yummy romaine salad with candied pecans, toasted almonds, rasberries, and rasberry dressing. Everyone brought super delicious food, the menu was:
Drinks- vanilla soy milk or horchata or sparkling blood orange juice
Appetizers- foccacia with marinar sauce, rolled fried eggs, greek stuffed grape leaves, rasberry nut salad, mozzarella basil tomatoes
Main dishes- tuna pasta salad, chicken wings, soy sauce eggs, teriyaki pasta, beef potato stew
And for dessert we went to Forbidden Yogurt at Governor and Genessee.
Awesome event!