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~T'eao

For some reason, at the lovely hour of 4am, this had me giggling madly. It could be many years of frustration with copiers, it could be I'm up too late... I'm not sure.

I opened my window... its now filled with kitties. Who are very confused that there are no birdies to chirp at and covet.

So, I walked over 5 miles, AROUND the whole national mall. Weee. Here are pictures. www.flickr.com/photos/34144400@N06/sets/72157612811170586/  Just a few highlights to share. :)

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Anyone I know here at LJ speak Spanish? I'm took one year back in college, I've got some tapes to learn more, I'm looking for someone I could practice speaking or writing to, just for learning purposes. Anyone? (Ted, do you retain enough knowledge from college to count?) Ditto on french, I could relearn that one first if it was prudent. 

		I will marry Hot guy #3.
		After a wild honeymoon, We will settle down in France in our fabulous Apartment.
		We will have 5 kid(s) together.
		Our family will zoom around in a red truck.
		I will spend my days as a lawyer, and live happily ever after.

http://www.foxstore.com/detail.php?item=4787

It has whole bunches of stuff the version that I have does not... including several episodes that never worked on my disks, and the whole of season 10 which I have not bought yet, and directors cut of certain episodes that were not released when I bought mine. *Grabby hands*  Want.

I'd forgotten how much fun listening to Ella Fitzgerald is. Not that I've done it much, but when I worked for Kim, she'd put on old recordings while we were sewing. Something about the slinky slow sound was always great to zone and sew to. I think perhaps I need some Jazz in my music collection. The reason for this discovery being a random internet association that led me to look up Summertime, and find it on itunes sung by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong. Lyrics under the cut for anyone who wishes to check em out.


 

This woman was comic gold in EVERYTHING... I have no idea how she did it, but I love her forever for it. My other favs include her parts in History of the World part 1 and Blazing Saddles (both also easy to find on youtube). I hadn't seen this bit before, thank you youtube for allowing me to see this.

I have discovered I can perform magic. Its half white magic, and half black magic. This is how you do the trick. Stand in a bedroom, empty of all other life forms except yourself. Take a white bed sheet and unfold it (this is the white part). Shake it out once, very quickly. POOF~! Under your white bedsheet, will now be a small black kitten who sometimes answers to the name of Zaboo (this is the black part). How'd he get there? No one knows~! It should be noted, that once summoned, the black magic part of this trick is very hard to separate from the white. Ever again. And don't even think about finishing making the bed, its just not gonna happen. 

But Stargate Sg-1 is on. I'm a sucker. Oh hello there pretty sci fi crack, nice to see you. And THIS, this is why I don't ever get cable in my own house.

I have new tires! And new windshield whipers. My tires now grip, and my whipers now whipe. Its a great thing. I got up the hill just fine with the new tires.

Tires make a HUGE difference in the safety of your car. If you haven't checked your tires recently, go do so now. And remember, you're supposed to rotate your tires every other oil change, or about every 7,000 miles (at least that's what my tire place tells me). And if your tires have any bulges, bumps, or bits of metal sticking out of them, get new ones. Yeah, seems obvious, but I've known people who didn't know this in the past. And for my third tire tip, remember to keep your tires properly inflated. Failure to do so can significantly decrease the life of your tire. If you don't know what pressure your tire should be inflated to, call your local tire place with the make and model of your car, and the type of tire and ask 'em. Hope everyone is driving safely!

And as my brother texted me right before midnight last night... "May this one kick the ass of last one~!"

A cute image for to perhaps cheer you up... Just keep holding on everyone~!

So day before yesterday when I went to the store, the very first FRESH apples of the year were there, in nice little paper tote bags. So I bought one thinking "Ah, for I shall make pie~!" I brought said bag home and put it in my fruit bowl for the night. I came back down and found kitty teeth marks on the top 4 apples. I'm pretty darn sure Edward was the culprit. He was licking the apples when I first took them out of the shopping bag. So, I decided thus I would need to cut the teeth marks from the apples. Set up a bowl with sugar and cinnamin for apple slices to go in. Set up another bowl for apple skins and cores. Put down cutting board, got knife. Began cutting apples. Found knife HIGHLY inadequate. HIGHLY. Put down knife, stirred cut apple bits into sugar so they'd stay good, covered bowl and put in fridge. Thought about whether I actually still wanted to make a pie. Had very little energy for the making of pie crust, which I'd bought special butter for and everything.

Went upstairs to read for a while. Midway through this, it pops into my head that what I'd really like is some ice cream. Some CHOCOLATE ice cream. (Yes, I'm pmsing-shush) Had sudden epiphany- They sell ice cream AND knives at the grocery store~! Dropped book, picked up purse, ran out to car, drove into town, went to grocery store. First thing I see as I walk down the first asle... pre-made pie crust~! Weeee- *snatch and put in basket*. Life is officially that much easier, if a little less tasty. Wandered around the store looking for a knife. Found ice cream... no knife. Eventually found knife section. Hidden in last asle I went down. :-P ALSO found apple corer and sectioner tool. Woot~! Bought things, went home. It is now midnight.

Pull out all my pie workings again and put on counter. Began to use new tools to skin, core and cut apples. New tools ROCKED. SOOOOO much faster. Process went something like this: Skin apple, core apple, slice apple. Pause to remove kittens from kitchen counter. BOTH kittens. Wash hands. Lift cutting board and sweep apple slices into bowl. Stir contents of bowl. Skin apple... etc. Once I had a decent amount of apples in the bowl, I added a bit of flour. Gotta have flour so your apple juice doesn't stay all runny on the inside of the pie. Go to look for my 9 inch pie pan. Realise that I gave it away about a month ago. Oops. I did always hate that pie pan. Realise that I do have a 10 inch pie pan... dirty... and in another room. (I used it as a plate when I didn't have any plates clean... then I did dishes but forgot it was there...oops) Realised that I really really don't want to make a lattuswork woven crust anyway. (And I HATE just cut crusts... they really annoy me). Contemplate giving up on pie, covering apple slices with tinfoil and going to sleep. Eat several apple slices to aid thought process.

*thinking thinking thinking thinking thinking thinking*

Does it HAVE to be a PIE? Nooo..... Apple purse~! Unrolled pie crust onto tin foil covered baking sheet. Spoon a generous amount of apples, piled HIGH, into the center of crust. Carefully fold crust around the edges of apples. This made something about 8 inches in diameter, with apples showing in the center and some crust around the edges. Decide this isn't spiffy enough. Got out the cinnamon, sugar, brown sugar, butter and flour. Combined these in the correct ratios to get yummy coffee cake crumbles. I then placed the result on the open part of the apple purse. (I've decided this makes it "Pickpockets' delight apple purse"... 'cause, ya know, its open and topped with goodness.) Still had apples left. Put them in a tupperware, then realised I could make a small apple crisp with my soufle cup and the rest of the coffee cake crumbles. Did so. Put all resulting apple yumminess in the oven at 425 degrees, on a tinfoil covered bake sheet because GAH the clean up otherwise. Stood around the kitchen cleaning and tidying. Removed kittens from kitchen counter... again.

Decided that tidying really required a new trash bag. Got one out, tied a knot in one side of the openning because its a contractors bag (meaning BIG). Tied said knot to a kitchen drawer handle. I know, you're asking yourself why I didn't put said bag in my trash can. Weeeeeellll, this would be because my mom didn't take the trash to the dump while I was gone this past Saturday. And the dump is only open on Saturday from 9-1. So I couldn't do it when I got back. So I have a trash bag outside in my outside trash bucket, inside in my kitchen trash, and now, hanging off my drawer handle. It was all working just fine, I was cleaning up. *Pause* I hear funny trash bag noises... Stop to remove kitten from trash bag. Bad Zaboo. No dumpster diving for you~!

My mini apple crisp was delish, I ate it last night. The apple purse must be shared, and thus awaits being presented to the family gathering tonight. *Pause to remove kitten from keyboard* And that, was my journey in apple pie making.

Been listening to Jonathan Coulton recently because two friends tossed it my way. He's got a unique way of looking at subjects. Some of his stuff I can take or leave, and others have my laughing or at the very least smiling with amusement. There's one song in particular that had me laughing and going goggle eyed at the same time. Its called Re Your Brains. ( Lyrics for your amusement )