Bryneunit and Fussy recently posted the movies in positions 27-32 on their Netflix queue. Here goes mine:
27. Requiem for a Dream
28. Ghost World
29. Cache
30. Junebug
31. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
32. Murderball
I've seen Hedwig before but the others are new to me. I rarely watch movies so most of the dvds on my list are from tv shows I missed the first time around. I'm working my way through the second season of 24 now.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Summer dress
I usually start feeling crafty when the seasons change and this year is no exception. I picked up some fabric this week and I've finished one dress - several other items in the works. This fabric came pre-ruched so the whole thing was super easy. I tried to find a link to the fabric because I'd never seen anything like it in a fabric store but I'm not having any luck.
Anyway, the print is kind of cheesy and the fit is not particularly flattering, but it will be a great beach dress for the summer.
Anyway, the print is kind of cheesy and the fit is not particularly flattering, but it will be a great beach dress for the summer.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Four steps to food bliss
1. Make pie crust, divide into balls, and roll out. If you use store-bought crust you will have no one to blame but yourself when it turns out kind of gross.
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2. Peel and chop apples. I use Granny Smith but my mom has made these with peaches before. Place apples and small pat of butter in center of dough circles.
3. Crimp dough into dumpling shapes and bake.
4. Pour on sugar sauce and eat hot. Repeat for breakfast.
Note to future self: It's probably not a good idea to eat this after 10, what with the inevitable sugar rush. Reading In Cold Blood as a bedtime story doesn't help much with sleeping either.
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2. Peel and chop apples. I use Granny Smith but my mom has made these with peaches before. Place apples and small pat of butter in center of dough circles.
3. Crimp dough into dumpling shapes and bake.
4. Pour on sugar sauce and eat hot. Repeat for breakfast.
Note to future self: It's probably not a good idea to eat this after 10, what with the inevitable sugar rush. Reading In Cold Blood as a bedtime story doesn't help much with sleeping either.
Monday, March 5, 2007
100 Things - Part Two
6. I listen to the radio on scan. My sister and I started doing this on one of our cross country drives and I still do it when I'm driving by myself. I'll stop it if I come across a song I like, but generally I just let it go. Patricia and I even made up a game - seeing how many songs in a row you can identify. I think my record is five, but anything over two is pretty good.
7. My first car was a bright blue 1996 Dodge Neon named Rascal. I loved this car so much in high school. Two years later, my sister got a red 1998 Neon named Pepe (after Pepe Sanchez). We ended up driving the cars about equally because Pepe turned out to be a better car and had a better stereo. Both cars are long gone now but there was a four year period where our driveway looked like a Dodge dealership.
8. VCR + Music club membership = 8th grader with the best taste in music. During the mid 90s I taped 120 Minutes and Alternative Nation on MTV every week. I would watch these videos and make lists of the bands, noting the ones I thought were good. I was in one of those "12 CDs for a penny" music clubs (are those still around?) so I was always looking for new CDs. During this time I bought CDs from Ben Folds Five, Jeff Buckley, Ash, Cast, Catherine Wheel, Juliana Hatfield, For Squirrels, Silverchair - pretty obscure for a middle schooler in semi-rural Indiana.
7. My first car was a bright blue 1996 Dodge Neon named Rascal. I loved this car so much in high school. Two years later, my sister got a red 1998 Neon named Pepe (after Pepe Sanchez). We ended up driving the cars about equally because Pepe turned out to be a better car and had a better stereo. Both cars are long gone now but there was a four year period where our driveway looked like a Dodge dealership.
8. VCR + Music club membership = 8th grader with the best taste in music. During the mid 90s I taped 120 Minutes and Alternative Nation on MTV every week. I would watch these videos and make lists of the bands, noting the ones I thought were good. I was in one of those "12 CDs for a penny" music clubs (are those still around?) so I was always looking for new CDs. During this time I bought CDs from Ben Folds Five, Jeff Buckley, Ash, Cast, Catherine Wheel, Juliana Hatfield, For Squirrels, Silverchair - pretty obscure for a middle schooler in semi-rural Indiana.
Friday, March 2, 2007
Allan wrote me the nicest welcome to the web so I wanted to return the favor. (See, if you start a blog then I will write super nice things about you!) Like him, I thought of so many stories to tell but I've narrowed it down to a couple.
1. Another Lost story. The night of the season finale for the first season of Lost was the day the movers had come to pack up Allan and G's apartment for their move to Minnesota. Allan decided to have a laid back last night in town so he invited some people over for Lost and grilling out. Thing is, everything from the kitchen had been boxed up and crammed into a bathroom. I will always have this vision of Allan waist deep in boxes searching for hamburger buns and plates.
2. When I first started working with Allan, I noticed that he, Jeff, and Sumeet would occasionally ask each other if they wanted to go watch the sunset. I though it was a little odd but didn't worry too much about it. One Friday they asked if I wanted to come. It was then that I found out that Sunset was a local bar that had $2 Bud Light on Fridays. We started going pretty much every week after work and would sit outside listening to Jeff talking about his plans to buy a boat. Every Friday around 3: "Man, I wish it was time to watch the sunset!"
3. When Allan had just started doing triathlons he entered one out in Clayton. He wanted to check out the course so one day we left work early and drove out to Clayton with Jeff. ("It's only twenty minutes away!" Right.) We drove along the bike and running portion and Allan's eyes got wide when he saw all the hills. The last part of the race went through a residential neighborhood, and we could picture all the kids sitting on their lawns while Allan panted towards the finish line, cursing himself for entering the race. (Of course he had a great race that weekend.) Then we went to drink some beer.
Can't wait to see you later this month!
1. Another Lost story. The night of the season finale for the first season of Lost was the day the movers had come to pack up Allan and G's apartment for their move to Minnesota. Allan decided to have a laid back last night in town so he invited some people over for Lost and grilling out. Thing is, everything from the kitchen had been boxed up and crammed into a bathroom. I will always have this vision of Allan waist deep in boxes searching for hamburger buns and plates.
2. When I first started working with Allan, I noticed that he, Jeff, and Sumeet would occasionally ask each other if they wanted to go watch the sunset. I though it was a little odd but didn't worry too much about it. One Friday they asked if I wanted to come. It was then that I found out that Sunset was a local bar that had $2 Bud Light on Fridays. We started going pretty much every week after work and would sit outside listening to Jeff talking about his plans to buy a boat. Every Friday around 3: "Man, I wish it was time to watch the sunset!"
3. When Allan had just started doing triathlons he entered one out in Clayton. He wanted to check out the course so one day we left work early and drove out to Clayton with Jeff. ("It's only twenty minutes away!" Right.) We drove along the bike and running portion and Allan's eyes got wide when he saw all the hills. The last part of the race went through a residential neighborhood, and we could picture all the kids sitting on their lawns while Allan panted towards the finish line, cursing himself for entering the race. (Of course he had a great race that weekend.) Then we went to drink some beer.
Can't wait to see you later this month!
Blind Kitties!
I volunteer at an animal shelter that focuses on helping stray and abandoned cats. We recently took in two blind kittens who are the cutest things ever. One of the other volunteers adopted them and is taking them home this weekend. I took some pictures of them last night to document their adorableness. I can't even stand it!
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