thirsty thursdays!

IT'S FRIDAY


hello all
last nite was a reminder that i really need to get out more
cause i am a people person
and i like drinking beer...with people...cause i like to talk...alot

but most of you know that already!

anyways we met up the band that was playing at this bar Bogarts...
I'm not sure why its named that- but there are alot of Humphrey Bogart pics up...
speaking of which watched Key Largo last weekend...
Lauren Bacall was beautiful when she was young...well she still is.

but on with the story
The band was Justin Trawlyk and opening Lauren Brino...who cd i purchased...it was cheap...she has a good voice.. i was drunk...what can i say!
Wendy knew Justin from myspace and we hung with those guys all nite...
cause i'm cool like that..

dear god this woman on the phone is driving me nuts....she's chewing in my ear
and i know she is telling me the wrong information...
jesus

anyways...hung out with some cool people...a shemale included....


yum...even if it would never work out between us joaquin...i still will post these...
glad you survived the car crash...but please explain...how did your brakes just go out?

this is for melissa...and her neverending love for Jack Bauer...
CLICK!
it is, however after reading it...very stupid...

ok blog break over
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terrorist surveillance program...

when in doubt...just rename it
it really sounds like something a person would put on their resume...
in 2006 I participated in the terrorist surveillance program and all i got was this damn t-shirt!

so things are going well
i am however concerned with my lack of energy in the evenings...
i have been tired alot lately
which impacts my ability to get my butt moving to the gym
which then makes me tired...
however, i am going to kick it into gear
and start taking multi-vitamins...
i am planning on a flow yoga course this evening
so hopefully that will help

i have a ton of meetings over the next few days...
its what happens when one is fabulous

went to the dmv to replace my id
this guy wouldn't leave me alone...kept telling me i was a pretty lady
i'm like dude...go away
they made me take a new pic- which is upsetting cause i had a really good one the first time around
oh well...
but needed the id to go out and drink
this thursday at bogarts- a place i have never been but have heard about
going with wendy and this austin guy...
if anyone is out and about and see's me...stop by and buy me a beer!

Benicio Del Torro...an old flame of mine
is starring as Che Guervo...
also in the film Benjamin Bratt and Ryan Gosling...
It's like a day in my life on film!
(shuddup...Del' torro is hot whenever, however, wherever, whatever....)

Did you know Nicholas Cage had a baby this year...
and that the kid's name is KAL-El?
a batch of brownies if you can tell me what it means (without looking it up...cheaters!)






Otherwise a boring and quiet day...
Return of Veronica Mars tonite! on the UPN soon to be CW station...

check it out dirty whores!
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bloggity blog blog

i know you all missed me...
i missed you

but enuff of the emotional crap....
let's get to business!

So i got my yoga mat this weekend.
I plan on my first class tomorrow...soon i will be extraordinarly flexible and zen-like...
I was going to go the sunday class and got all ready
only to be foiled by my not reading the class schedule ....
it was at 4pm not 12pm like i thought
and that interupts my sunday naptime...duh

also this weekend i didn't eat as healthy as i was
i ate half a chocolate cake to lift my mood
after being "upset" over some things that i have little control over...
it was a good cake
i am not much of a comfort eater...an eater yes...
but i had a feeling that the cake would soothe my aggrieved soul
but as of this morning back to yogurt and fruit and stuff

Death By Chocolat Yield: 12 servings.

Ingredients

8 oz (225 g) dark semisweet chocolate (40-50% cocoa)
2/3 cup (140 g) butter
1 cup (210 g) sugar
4 eggs
4 heaped tablespoons (1 dl) all-purpose flour
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1½ teaspoon baking powder or 1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 tablespoons sour cream

Ingredients for frosting

2/3 cup (1.6 dl) heavy cream or whipping cream
9 oz (260 g) semisweet chocolate (40-50% cocoa)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg F (Gas mark 4 or 180 deg C).
2. Line a circular 10 inch (25 cm) cake tin (3 inches tall) with greaseproof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin. (Please note that the cake will rise to 3 inches and collapse somewhat when cooled. If your cake tin is less than 10 inches wide and 3 inches tall we recommend that you use two cake tins.)
3. Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt it with butter over hot water.
4. Beat the eggs with sugar, mix with flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract.
5. Slowly fold in the melted butter and chocolate and the sour cream.
6. Bake at 350 degrees until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, approximately 50 minutes.
7. Cool the cake. Remove the crusted surface on the top of the cake, and cut in half, horizontally.

Frosting

1. Heat 2/3 cup (1.6 dl) of heavy cream or whipping cream in a sauce pan.
2. Remove from heat, add 9 oz (260 g) of finely chopped dark semisweet chocolate, stir until smooth, and let it cool until in thickens.
3. Use one 1/3 of the frosting between the two layers, 1/3 on top, and the rest around the cake. Put the cake into the fridge for one hour or more to harden the frosting.
4. This cake should have room temperature when served.

Variations

1. You may add 3 tablespoons of rum to the chocolate and butter mixture.
2. You may use your preferred chocolate frosting, or the frostings described for Chocolate Tart or Devil's Food Cake.
3. You can add chopped walnuts and decorate with whole walnuts for a marvelous nutty treat!

[ Click here to print the recipe ]

(This recipe was developed by H. Gjerde for CacaoWeb. Copying or mirroring prohibited, see copyright notice.)

Have you got comments or suggested improvements for this recipe? Please let us know!

i watched the coolest show on PBS last night
no...not Masterpiece theatre's Bleak House with Gillian Anderson
who may I say looks lovely
and it makes me want to buy the book...the little that I saw
I liked Dickens Tale of Two Cities...not so much David Copperfield.

anyways the show was "tracking the Great White"
or something like that
The Monteray Bay Aquarium houses a great white shark in its tanks for i believe a little under a year...which is a remarkable feat because no other aquarium had been able to keep a Great White alive in captivity...most die from stress...

it was fascinating watching the progress the young shark, who I name Sheila the Shark,
grow in captivity and the issues facing the aquarium and how the had to deal with her natural insitct...
for the longest time they were able to feed her using a pole...
and may i say that Sheila is no cheap date...talking about wild restaurant quality fresh salmon people...
but as she got older she started taking chomps off of the smaller sharks, becoming more aggresive...
the coolest scene was showing the aquarist cleaning the windows of the exhibit, even behind the masks you could tell the divers were scared of the shark...
one cleaned the windows while the other stood guard watching Sheila, ready to bop her on the nose should she attack...
so cool

Eventually they had to release her back into the wild...
Oh i love aquariums...i think i foound this years big trip!

My dream job is to be an AQUARIST!...

one who maintains an aquarium.
www.wef.org/publicinfo/newsroom/wastewater_glossary.jhtml

.i want to be the person swimming with the fishies
hell i will even do windows!
but no penguins..their poop is gross...

other items-
Saw Midnight Cowboy this weekend... it was a'right...
Did you know it was rated X in 1969...later to be changed to an R rating...
it was the first X movie to win an oscar...
Jon Voight was good in it...hard to believe that he played the Pope....

I need a haircut, my bangs are too long
oh...and i am wearing blue socks today...that totally don't match my outfit...

I want to see Match Point....

How very interesting...PARADE magazine sucks....

BFF for LIFE Melissa had the worst weekend...her car was stolen from her parking spot in her apartment complex...luckily the the thieves realized that the car is more trouble than its worth and dumped it at a gas station around the corner...

that's all folks!
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lunch...

the weekend was nice...fairly quite...
like most weekends

i did have a new online friend kinda tell me that i am boring...or something like that...
he has the impression i have an aversion to changing my situation
at this time i am content to be stable and yes..boring
but mainly due the major uproars in my life for the past few years...
but he was right that i need to make more of an effort to meet people

but then i come back to the fact that everyone i meet is crazy...and often times not in a good way
even so i have taken some steps...
i have emailed with a chickie looking for people to hang
i went to the gym more and looked at the various options there
i am planning to workout regularly with Marty...
and am looking into volunteering

I walked around the Fan this weekend and took some photos
must be careful because i really really like taking pictures of squirrels
it would be all like...hello people...this richmond...only squirrels live here
squirrels in top hats and squirrels eating nuts
squirrels looking spooky and squirrels doing aerobics..
i just like them

Still on my healthy foods kick
its weird ....for the longest time i couldn't eat yogurt
now its all i eat
which is good cause its cheap
comes in its own container
and is good for my vagina
yes...know you are thinking about my vagina
which brings me to
the Season premier of the L Word on Showtime
I don't get showtime... but there are excellent recaps here------->Click


i am also eating Kashi cereal...its tasty
and despite what m says...i don't use that much sugar
in fact i don't use any....

BERRY HEARTY PARFAIT

These beautiful parfaits are a tasty, nutritious, easy and fun way to start the day.

Makes 1 Servings
Preparation Time:
Cook Time:

Ingredients:
1/4 cup fresh strawberries, sliced (about 5)
1/4 cup fresh blueberries
1/4 cup fresh raspberries
6 ounces plain, nonfat yogurt (or soy yogurt)
3/4 cup Kashi Heart to Heart® cereal
2 sprigs fresh mint (optional)

Directions:
In a 12-ounce parfait or sundae style glass, alternately layer the fruit, yogurt and Heart to Heart cereal. Repeat until you have used all the ingredients and garnish with fresh sprigs of mint.

If you’re having company, just increase the recipe size enough to have one parfait per person.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size 1 parfait, Calories 260, Calories from Fat 20, Total Fat 2.5g, Saturated Fat 0g, Cholesterol 5mg, Sodium 220mg, Total Carbohydrate 50g, Dietary Fiber 9g, Sugars 26g, Protein 15g, Vitamin A 25%, Vitamin C 110%, Calcium 35%, Iron 10%

(http://www.kashi.com)
I love divorce court...
need i say more
too bad its only on when i am in work

am reading Jasper Ffordes new book
it takes alot but this guy cracks me up...
he is the most inventive writer I have read lately
Am going to start The Last Temptation of Christ soon...really...

So what news is going on...


Hilary and Chad say buhbye....kinda sad....I like Chad Lowe...

Alito hearings are going on? Are you paying attention....yeah...me neither

Well... it's a life choice for some...but all that cholesterol

ANd I thought NETFLIX was the bomb!

ok people ...i need to eat some fruit!
chow!
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darn it..

just spilled coffee on my "supergirl forever"pajama pants that i got for christmas


so today is Saturday and I have the normal planned
my apt needs cleaning...it smells like onions from the sandwich i had last nite...
and i am out of kitty litter.
i have frozen tuna steaks defrosted and will have one of those for dinner
not really sure how to cook them...but i have a lime...so i guess that will go along with it
still on the eating healthier kick

gonna take a walk around the fan and maybe head to the gym for some weights...
my new couch cover is in...the pillows have been her for a week...
it's more of a dark red...darker than i thought
which is cool...cause it should hide the coffee stains when i spill













Watched the last disk of the 1st season of Scrubs....
that is a funny show...but no AD
Zach Braff is kinda hot...but I get this vibe he is kind of an asshole...I am not sure why...I just do








Speaking of AD one of the writers penned last weeks My Name is Earl...
"I am only afraid of snakes and rape!"
I so gotta use that line...maybe substituting spiders,,, or giant squids...



May hook up with Wendy later...she has Wedding Crashers and wine...and we know how I love Wine...and Vince Vaughn...
plus I am sure she has some new stories to share...between her and melissa I live vicariously the whole single and dating thing...saves me the trouble...:)
News about other people:

Kevin Federline is on myspace! Check out his new song PoppaZao...
I tried to add it for your hearing pleasure..but no dice...

Lindsey Lohan has been released from the hospital...so much going on with that girl
asthma attacks, vanity fair covers, bulimia, home pregnancy tests, lil sis with corn rows...
i'm suffering exhaustion just reading about it...

Who Knew....Nick Lachey has a lil Hedwig in him....

Oh... if one nite your up late and bored and you start checking random people's im away messages (people who don't know you but you know them) and click on a link....be careful...cause its probably a program that records who is looking at their away messages...:)


Finally:\
I know everyone is gearing up for this weekends release of
HOSTEL

2005-2006

Yes people, I know i haven't updated in a while...
I'v been busy
or bored
whatever

So Vegas was fun...I hope it was fun for M...
We spent quality time at the buffets and drinking at Margaritaville
where i got a free glass with my margarita.

We saw showgirls which M liked
and hookers walking the strip of shame early on a Vegas morning
Milkshakes at 3am means love
the room was nice
the hotel had penguins and flamingos
and i spent hours watching the ducks fly around the lil oasis
i yelled at them when they went flying off...
"ducks, its a desert out there....come back!"





We say a horrible obese elvis impersonator...
highlight of the trip.
He was so fat that he sat in a chair the whole time
while granny played the keyboard
he got up to shake his hips and ran out of breath...awesome

M enjoyed the .01 slots way to much
but i was the lucky one
I won $14
whohoo....
the breakfast buffett at the excaliber was huge...and not to bad
the gameworks arcade...i had more fun than mark...i shot dinosaurs
he was disapointed that he couldn't get to any of the shooting games he wanted to play
i was somehat disturbed by all the lil boys lined up intently shooting things...
I was not happy they did not have "whack a mole"
thats an awesome game!

So sad to see M leave...poor him had to deal with my crying...
:(
but i soothed myself to a trip to the spa
which sucked
they had just re-opened...it was cold!
dammit im walking around naked and wet...and shivering.
so i went upstairs and ate alot of room service
i love room service

Watched Wallace and Grommit and the Wererabbits on the flight back
On the flight to Vegas they had an awfully long Russell Crowe boxing movie...
What is with me flying to Vegas and my only entertainment is Russell Crowe...and why do his movies last eight hours?


Work is good... I am easing myself more and more into the administrators duties...
it is often times complex and frustrating
and being the only one in the front office doesn't help
hopefully there will be relief soon

I am on a health kick...all eating good and such
It started with my pulling the wok down
and saying to myself
"self we must stirfry more"
plus i'v joined the y
and once i purchase a yoga mat i am dwelving into that more deeply
i also feel the urge to do the Ukrops 10K...the walking phase
Marty says 10K is like 8 miles...i said
"uhuh"....its 10K
conversion smersion...as long as i have cool songs on the mp3 player and many bathrooms available

The cats are good...still sweet as pie...

Am looking to taking a trip in feb to orlando...depends on the status of my credit card...
we shall see
it would be fun tho!

anyways
there is your freaking update...
i will go back to my celebrity and newsworthy blogging once i get around to it.

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