Your Love Life is Like The Princess Bride |
 "Since the invention of the kiss, there have only been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one left them all behind." For you, love is like a fairy tale - albeit a fairly twisted one. You believe romance is all about loyalty, fate, and a good big of goofy fun. Your love style: Idealistic yet quirky Your Hollywood Ending Will Be: Perfectly romantic |
25 August 2008
My favourite movie!
23 August 2008
A completed knitting project
According to my ravelry entry, I began this shawl on February 22. I completed it, including weaving in ends and blocking, on August 22. Yes, it took me six months to complete this fairly simple project. But, for the record, I generally only worked on it on Wednesday nights at my knitting group.
Close-up of stitch pattern (a knit row alternating with a k1 p1 row)
Close-up of stitch pattern (a knit row alternating with a k1 p1 row)
22 August 2008
Just finished reading...
No One You Know by Michelle Richmond.
When Ellie Enderlin's sister Lila, a student at Stanford, was murdered, Ellie poured out her heart to a friend who turned the story into a true crime bestseller. She never forgives the man for using her, and shuts him out of her life.
Twenty years later, Ellie encounters the man who was accused (but not convicted) of her sister's murder, and he gives her Lila's journal. As Ellie reads it, she becomes more and more intrigued, and decides she's going to find out what really happened.
This book is written from Ellie's point of view, as she talks to people, and tries to piece together what happened all those years ago.
Ellie is a strong, likeable protagonist, who is able to look at her younger self quite objectively, and the reader is drawn into her quest.
Richmond has crafted a riveting tale, populated by believable characters, and I plan to find some of her previous novels. This book is one of the best I've read this year.
When Ellie Enderlin's sister Lila, a student at Stanford, was murdered, Ellie poured out her heart to a friend who turned the story into a true crime bestseller. She never forgives the man for using her, and shuts him out of her life.
Twenty years later, Ellie encounters the man who was accused (but not convicted) of her sister's murder, and he gives her Lila's journal. As Ellie reads it, she becomes more and more intrigued, and decides she's going to find out what really happened.
This book is written from Ellie's point of view, as she talks to people, and tries to piece together what happened all those years ago.
Ellie is a strong, likeable protagonist, who is able to look at her younger self quite objectively, and the reader is drawn into her quest.
Richmond has crafted a riveting tale, populated by believable characters, and I plan to find some of her previous novels. This book is one of the best I've read this year.
20 August 2008
The Omnivore's Hundred
This has been on a lot of food blogs, but I found it on Kat's.
Rules:
1)Get Andrew Wheeler's Omnivore's Hundred.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
The Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
Rules:
1)Get Andrew Wheeler's Omnivore's Hundred.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
The Omnivore’s Hundred:
1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&J sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn, or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam chowder in a sourdough bowl
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted cream tea
38. Vodka jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth £60/$120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. Kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings, or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost, or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. Tasting menu at a three-Michelin-star restaurant.
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake
12 August 2008
Just finished reading...
Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews.
The 8th Meg Lanslow mystery is classic Andrews. Her old friend Karen leaves her toddler with Meg for "a few hours", and disappears for several days. Meg, who is conflicted about the idea of having children, is not prepared for this, and enlists the help of her many family members.
It turns out that Karen is in some sort of trouble, and needed a safe place to leave Timmy while she worked out what to do. Of course, Meg is happy to help investigate, and solve the problem, which (of course) turns out to be extremely complex.
I really enjoy Andrews' writing her characters. We don't see as much of the extended family as usual; this is more of a Meg and Michael story, not a bad thing at all.
The 8th Meg Lanslow mystery is classic Andrews. Her old friend Karen leaves her toddler with Meg for "a few hours", and disappears for several days. Meg, who is conflicted about the idea of having children, is not prepared for this, and enlists the help of her many family members.
It turns out that Karen is in some sort of trouble, and needed a safe place to leave Timmy while she worked out what to do. Of course, Meg is happy to help investigate, and solve the problem, which (of course) turns out to be extremely complex.
I really enjoy Andrews' writing her characters. We don't see as much of the extended family as usual; this is more of a Meg and Michael story, not a bad thing at all.
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