06.23.09
Hurry Up and Wait
It’s the oddest feeling around the Capitol these days, as everyone is stubbornly clinging on to their final bills while pushing and rushing to finish up. I’m not going to break the LA rule about blogging about work, though, so that’s all from me on that subject.
The same feeling is very present in my preparations for Korea, though. I’m compiling documentation for my visa, but I can’t get the last few bits without returning to Spokane. I’m thinking about teaching and debate, but I won’t know what it’s about until I do it. And I’m fretting about my ability to learn Korean and communicate, but I can’t bring myself to start learning just yet.
All and all, I wish that everything would hurry up and move on already.
06.22.09
My Triumphant Return
I’m itching to start several blogs at the moment: a food blog for my culinary passion, a worldwide travel blog for my worldwide travel, and a blog to chronicle my upcoming yearlong adventure in Korea.
Instead of taking up user names where I’ll never follow through with posting, I figure I’d be better off beginning here, again.
12.03.07
Mine is Nicer
Topicality: Partner
A. Definition
A partner is someone who sticks with you when you let them down. They hurt you and betray you, but the cycle of loyalty is too deep and too strong to let you leave them, either. No matter what, you can’t get away, and even if you could, you would be worthless without them.
12.02.07
Handmade
I love Christmas. The decorations at the mall, picking out a Christmas tree, buying and wrapping perfect presents, baking cookies and bread and candy… I love all of it! Now that it’s December, I’m starting to think seriously about Christmas.
When we were little, my parents encouraged creativity by having a gift-making policy: we had to make a present for each member of the immediate family, in addition to the store-bought normal ones, and send a group-made gift to our cousins. I always loved this the most, thinking up elaborate projects and begging my mom to let me use glue guns by myself so I could make her gift. I’m not sure when this tradition died in my family, probably when my siblings and I started getting too busy with school and activities, but I’ve kept it as my own little tradition for myself. Last year, I had decided not to do it, but three days before Christmas I was itching to craft, so I went for it anyway. There’s nothing better than staying up all night of Christmas Eve, painting, knitting, gluing, and decopaging in my room!
Even though I have quite a while, I’m getting antsy about starting my Christmas projects. As soon as I get home to my huge tubs of craft supplies, I know I won’t be able to control myself- nor, truly, would I want to!
11.20.07
Productive waste of time
Free Rice is a cool new procrastination trick, where you get to feel smart and do a bit to stop world hunger. The premise is this: a vocabulary game, with ten grains of rice donated to the UN World Food Program for every word you get right. My highest level is Vocabulary 40… can you beat that?
11.15.07
I Feel Pretty
On of my secret favorite things about both debate and politics is that I get to look pretty to participate. I suppose, technically, I have to look pretty, but dressing up has never really been an issue for me. Truth be told, I feel stronger, smarter, and more special when I’m dressed the part.
I love prancing down the hall at the Capitol or swaggering up to check postings in by sexy-cheerleader-intern skirt and a tight blue button-up. My perfect black kitten heels (having accompanied me across the country several times and now to South America) click in rhythm with my swinging pleats, and people look at me like they’re practicing synchronized swimming with my fluid outfit. I slide on my charcoal peacoat to return to campus or scamper to a round, feeling like a professional princess. Add a crown, and I’m confident I could rule the world.
07.16.07
In the Kitchen
I have recently re-discovered how much I enjoy cooking. Past summers, I’d bake a pie roughly once a week, with cookies, merengues, brownies, and rice crispy treats in between. Fortunately, my taste and confidence have grown up a little, and I’ve moved on to better foods. A few recently:
1) Sushi: Began as a summer project, but ended up too easily conquered. Still enjoyable as a superbly healthy lunch every so often, and a fun entry on the cultured resume.
2) Rachel Ray’s Lasagna Casserole: You know you’re an adult when you take pride in making casseroles, and you know you’re on the way to homemaker-hood when you’re watching Rachel Ray. Oh well… it was tasty enough to ignore those warning signals.
3) Raspberry Sherbet: Currently in my freezer, made with sun-soaked raspberries my family picked on Saturday. Amazingly simple recipe, though I’m not yet sure how it will work out. So far, it looks like a raspberry smoothie, but I’m staying optomistic!
