Scandinavian Specialty:

on an attempt to make caramel

Starbucks whipping cream

18 tablespoons butter

3 cups of sugar

oops, uh-oh burning

so, apples only, sorry

for this christmas bash

back to the kitchen

experimenting further

who will eat this stuff?

says genius Sarah

our marketing lacks finesse

make up a good name

try our new special

its from Scandinavia

"yum coffee toffee"

Loni's lovely haikus....

she makes me laugh.

slick slimy tortoise

slides across the boiling lake

he is almost dead.

 

Reasons Why My Roomates Should Not Be Given Holiday Decorations

So, my roommate (Annsley) was visited by her parents on Friday, and they want to Target. There is a door decorating competition for our dorm, and I had asked her to see if she could pick something up that we could use.

I got a little more than I bargained for.

As you can see from the above, Annsley and Emily, my other roommate, went a little nuts (ok, so I helped a little). Annsley demonstrated very well that she should not be given ribbon, although it was really funny watching Emily's face when she came out of the shower and saw what had happened to the bunk bed. Emily is responsible for the menorah on the door (although I fixed it, since she somehow forgot two branches) as well as the pom-pom garland around the board and name tags. Tinsel features rather largely in the decorating scheme, as does duct-tape.

But no matter how ridiculous it looks, we had a ton of fun.

a watercolor of a photo from prince william sound

Justin and I were exploring a really cool creek area (I took Aimie and Andrea as well)

Fun with Photoshop!

I am extremely excited about my recent acquisition of photoshop on my laptop. I found a tutorial on making photos look like watercolours, so here is one of my first tries. This could be a very addicting program...

Sometimes you just have to write sonnets.

I saw a pretty color here today

Quite early in the morning, as it were

But is it found in nature? Hard to say

It wasn't grass or leaves or branch of fir

But stunning green--it brightened up my day

And had a strange, compelling sort of lure

But like the summer winds, too short a stay--

and I just wish that I could have been sure

What you would call this color, if one day

You saw it in a paint shop--'Foam of Mer'?

'Electric Green', perhaps, or 'Algæ Bay'?

Or weirder--'Marshy Thoughts'? 'Elysian Shore'?

But I suppose you all will think it's rot

When you find out this was an ode to snot.

Haiku for a Rainy day

what is going on?

wetness falling from the sky 

weather befuddles :)

new necklace!

So this summer, one of the many interesting characters I met wore rather a lot of jewelry, and among his clinking collection was a necklace he'd made out of a guitar string. Being the sort of person I am, I immediately asked him which string it was...but his answer was disappointing, it was an E. It was still pretty neat though. 

However, it never really left my mind...so later this year, when I was talking with my many-instrument-playing friend here, I mentioned in passing that I'd always wanted a necklace like that, but not necessarily one from an E. 

Well, anyway, last night I got a text from her-- 'I broke a string! damn! but you can have it if you want.'

That's right. Ladies and gentlemen, I am now the proud owner--and wearer--of a G string necklace.

Common Grounds, Common Vomit

Things I take pleasure in:

• Listening to the marijuana posession citations of my next door neighbor
• Amusing snippets of conversation from passersby on cell phones
• Forking queens in hall chess tournaments
• Taking off my shoes after a long day of classes
• Finding something new to put up on my wall, because it means I get to use the yellow sticky putty
• Watching Battlestar Galactica into the wee hours of the morning with hall mates
  
• Watching really good Eugenian street musicians
• Watching really bad Eugenian street musicians
• 6AM Starbucks runs after a long night of paper-writing

Things that make me unhappy:

• Thinking I slept through my math midterm, only to learn that it's actually next week
• The lingering miasma of vomit in the hallway
• The intersection of 13th and University Street, where I am sure to die by bicycle collision
• Poorly constructed chicken pesto sandwiches from the cafe
• Only being able to register for 18 credits
• The agonizing wait for winter break
• Missing Alaska... just a little
  

On hearing about everyone's lives via pictures, narratives and haikus rather than one-line statuses

I just wanted to

take a moment to say that

this sure beats facebook.