butter chicken for dinner

have i told you how much i love the butter chicken? i have picked and choosed, can you say choosed, it sounds better than chosen, some ingredients from various recipes for the butter chicken dish i will be preparing tonight. i need to find some rice that doesn't come in crazy bulk though. can you get basmati in a 5 lb. bag?

i have now moved in with my mom. it's now official, i AM the early 30something basement dweller in my parent's home. i feel like i should have posters of van halen and weezer up on my walls, but i don't. at least it's not like i never moved out, it's just a temporary relocation, and i guess it means i am now newly single. that thought is just kinda weird. it should be interesting living out here in south central....jo.co. that is. living amongst the beige mcMansions of suburbia, but there is a target on every corner and strip malls galore. i was exploring a new strip mall today and came across a gym, like a fitness gym, for kids. how strange is that? i mean, i think kids should be active, and we all know that the youth of today is getting larger by the minute, but i have a feeling, those aren't even the kids who would utilize this gym. i'm thinking it's the parents who won't let their kids play outside because there might be a convicted sex offender within 20 miles of their house, but they still want their kids to be fit and active types of parents. don't get me wrong, i care about the welfare of my children as much as next person, but do i think they should miss out on playing outside during their childhood because of it, no. i even let them play outside unsupervised. as long as i can hear them arguing with one another, i know things are good. i'm sure there are many parents out there who completely disagree, and rightfully so, but i just can't keep them under my thumb for the rest of their lives. que sera....

people smiling everyday

today was my final in psych class. i'll have to say, i don't think i'm caring about this class at all. i can't help it, i am quite fascinated by people, but psychology just doesn't do it for me. hard to explain. we were supposed to wacth the stanford prison experiment, but instead just went through some slides about it, it seems pretty interesting, only six days... i highly recommend looking into it.

going out tonight to eden alley with some peeps who are leaving us for bigger better things in life, and that's a good thing.

looking forward to moving, but kinda apprehensive too. wondering how it'll effect no. 1 and no. 2. no. 2's heel is recovering quite well, no serious infection prevails after having the foreign body dug out last week.

yesterday was my last day at ghetto town, it was sad, i'm going to miss hearing questions like "do you use crack cocaine.....when was the last time you used crack/cocaine?" as i walk by. i had a rough to weeks and it was somewhat of a bittersweet end to it all, but alas, i now have the bates motel coming up. we'll see.

now that i have no money...

i always feel the desire to go out and spend insane amounts of money on junk i don't need when i am flat BROKE.

such as...
this
these
don't forget these

yeah, that's what dreams are for...

the daily grind

with the wedding and all the festivities surrounding, it seems as if i've been on vacation as of late, but tomorrow, back to routine life i suppose. i have a test tomorrow then i have two weeks of finals, the end of my clnical rotation, and then it's moving time. for those of you who don't know, i'm packin' up and movin' out. it's been 7 years now, and it's lasted about four more than i thought it would. leaving the house is sad, but i think it'll be a good thing when i finally get out of school and buy a new house that'll be all my own. i did get awesome no. 1 and no. 2 out of it though, and that's the best part. wouldn't trade them 2 for the world.

i've been really pissed lately, especially since i read that article in rolling stone about the election. it's pretty flippin' insane. if that's what happened in just one state, it makes you wonder about the other 49 of them. crikey. it's extremely infuriating, not to mention frustrating, and just downright sad. i think after the past two elections, it's going to be hard to get people to trust the electoral system anymore. it already has it's flaws, but then again, the whole bit with the electoral college and all was written how long ago? is it really necessary when we are living in the information age to need such an archaic elections system, not that i'm any expert on the subject, but that's my lowly opinion.

i wish i had a pint, a pint of one drunk monk that is...

confessions of a maniacal pastry chef

well, i'm done with the wedding cakes EARLY. i can't believe it. i have had no more than 9 hours of sleep in the past 3 days, but i'm done early, and i'm not worried about transport. this wedding cake thing just keeps gettting easier and easier. i think making wedding cakes is one of the most stressful endeavors i have taken on in my entire life. i'm glad i don't have cakes every weekend though, even if the money was rolling in. i'd have even more grey hair than i already do have. i even had enough time to have a leisurely breakfast with my mom, do some gardening, and we bought some ferns for the cake garnish. it's really going to look pretty. i can't wait to see their faces. nos. 1 and 2 are watching toy story 2 upstairs, letting me be with a moment of peace. ok, moment's over, movie's over. time to get rolling, and keep their dirty paws away from the buttercream...