ring around the rosy...

wombat vs. porcupine

eye-lash curlers, hardwood floors, and impulsiveness

Today I got thinking about what I would like to do over reading week. You know, those 7 glorious days university students get off that reminds us that there is still hope shimmering at the end of this dark, damp, and otherwise depressing tunnel known as the post-secondary institution? Ya, it used to be called suicide prevention week...I wonder why.

Anyway, in a fabulous world my week of freedom would consist of the following events and other such displays of awesome:

• sign on as a ninja-pirate and stealthily sail around the Galapagos Islands
• crawl into a hole at the end of the rainbow and morph into a unicorn
• lead a legion of evil flying monkeys in conquering the Earth's inhabitants
• grow wings to lead said assault
• throw an un-birthday tea party complete with grandly upholstered chairs, sparkling red wine, and the ultimate meat loaf on toast
• eat deluxe popcorn three meals a day
• crash Prince Charming's birthday ball wearing that wonderfully non-ball-appropriate, polka-dot 80s Nine West dress, blatantly ignoring the now deeply offended, aforementioned prince
• organise and execute a free hugs campaign
• host 'Christmas in July' in February
• document my adventures so as to later sell them, thus making my fortune and allowing me to accomplish my final task:
• comfortably retire by March 1, 2011 at the ripe old age of 19

Phew! I've really got my work cut out for me, so if you'll excuse me, 

I have to go milk a cow.

Nunavut matters

MBF

ya, could my Saturday have been much better?

Oh Frabjous Day! Calooh! Callay!

My very own, super-spectacular, home-made Oreo recipe:

For the chocolate wafers:
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter
1 large egg

For the filling:
1/4 cup room-temperature, unsalted butter
1/4 cup vegetable shortening
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
2. To make the wafers: With an electric mixer, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and sugar. On low speed, add butter and egg. Continue mixing until dough comes together in a mass.
3. To bake the wafers: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, place balls of dough roughly 2 inches apart, and lightly flatten before placing in oven. Bake for 9 minutes, then set aside on a rack to cool thoroughly.
4. To make the cream: Mix together butter and shortening with electric mixer, gradually beating in sugar and vanilla. On high setting, beat for 2-3 minutes, or until the filling is light and fluffy.
5. To assemble the cookies: I don't care how you do it, just make it look like an Oreo. 

note: Makes 25 to 30 sandwich cookies.

Enjoy!

which one is that again?

"It's Oscar season once again. Do the Oscars mean anything to [me]?" 


Evidently the Emmys, the Grammys, the Academy Awards, the Teen and People's Choice Awards, the Golden Globes, MVAs, and some other 'thinger-ma-jigger' called the SAG Awards have all come and gone sometime in the past 365 days and not one of these "momentous" events has made so much as a blip on my radar.

Whoops.

Believe me, I would love to be on top of 'pop' culture and be 'on the in' with all the latest styles, gossip and trending topics...if it weren't so gosh darn uninteresting. Apologies to Elvis (wait, he is dead...) Ellen (she hosted one of these things, right?)... but I just really don't care who wore what, and who's dating who, and which famous face is up for what prestigious award.

Sure, I love clothes and fashion and it is true I spend the better part of most days people watching and absorbing new ideas for my own personal style, but I am also perpetually 6-9 months behind any goings-on concerning my fellow- admittedly more acclaimed- Homo sapiens.

The clothes I wear, the music I listen to, the movies I go see, and the people I admire are influenced by the people around me. I respect that the world we live in is a global village, but my life is most impacted by the people directly in it, not by the day-to-day behaviours and inclinations of celebrities.

So in answer to the question stated above:

Um, no.

it's days like this that make me wonder...huh

 "People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character."

 -Emerson