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• 12:24 @glaelia That sounds delicious! #
• 17:30 Back from Fred Meyer. I got a pizza for Bill and Soph. Don't know what I'll have other than a Becks Light. Hmmm. #
• 18:13 Chicken breast + Franks Red Hot Sauce + Kraft 2% Colby-Jack Cheese melted on top = teh yummay! #
• 19:08 @glaelia I don't know if Ewan is playing a priest who gets murdered; haven't seen the movie - just the commercial. :) #
• 20:00 Sophia's Barbies are all naked "because they want to swim". #
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Today I had to take a client to the airport so I had some time to kill before picking up Sophia. I hit the Goodwill in Ballard which is usually a great place. It paid off. Not only did I pick up a few pairs of cute jeans and shirts for Sophia, but I scored three purses. And not just any purses. Designer purses.

Behold!

A motherfucking Burberry, y'all!



How much did this cost me? $40? No. $20? Not a chance. Okay, okay. $10? Not even! $3.99. That's right. Four bucks for a Burberry! And it looks like it's authentic, too. Not like that jacked up stupid ass fake Kate Spade I bought once.


I thought about putting the Burberry last but I'm too excited about it!

Next up is a sweet purse from Kenneth Cole Reaction that will look much better once my crap goes inside of it to fill it out. This one was also $3.99!!




Finally, I got this cute purse by Guess for $3.00 (half off $5.99). First of all, the Burberry and Kenneth Cole purses had regular prices of $3.99 which blows my mind that a purse by Guess would cost more had it not been a blue tag day. I mean, WTF? I'm thanking my lucky stars, though. Anyway, here's the last one:




I initially got a tip from my friend, Tobie, who found a designer purse there as well. I can't remember what brand she found but she told me to look in this store particularly. Since then, I always examine the purses there carefully.

When I next sport these cute purses you know I'm going to be chuckling to myself because instead of spending hundreds of dollars for them, I got them on the cheap!

Much love for hulu.com - it enabled us to watch the episode of Dollhouse we missed on Friday!

I thought I still had chicken breasts out to make for dinner but forgot that I had put them in the freezer last night. So, I made a bell pepper and potato frittata instead. Hakuna frittata! It's setting right now so we'll see how good it is. It should be pretty good.

Dammit, cerabellum! You know that cake is sitting on the stove begging to be eaten before dinner!

Nuh uh. It's gonna have to wait.

I tasted both the cake batter and the frosting and OMG it's gonna be orgasmic.

I didn't have pecans and didn't feel like buying any so I used almonds instead.

When you see this, post your favorite poem.


The Dead Woman
by Pablo Neruda

If suddenly you do not exist,
if suddenly you no longer live,
I shall live on.

I do not dare,
I do not dare to write it,
if you die.

I shall live on.

For where a man has no voice,
there, my voice.

Where blacks are beaten,
I cannot be dead.
When my brothers go to prison
I shall go with them.

When victory,
not my victory,
but the great victory comes,
even though I am mute I must speak;
I shall see it come even
though I am blind.

No, forgive me.
If you no longer live,
if you, beloved, my love,
if you have died,
all the leaves will fall in my breast,
it will rain on my soul night and day,
the snow will burn my heart,
I shall walk with frost and fire and death and snow,
my feet will want to walk to where you are sleeping, but
I shall stay alive,
because above all things
you wanted me indomitable,
and, my love, because you know that I am not only a man
but all mankind.


Here it is in Spanish, where it is infinitely more beautiful:


La Muerta

Si de pronto no existes,
si de pronto no vives,
yo seguiré viviendo.


No me atrevo,
no me atrevo a escribirlo,
si te mueres.


Yo seguiré viviendo.


Porque donde no tiene voz un hombre
allí, mi voz.


Donde los negros sean apaleados,
yo no puedo estar muerto.

Cuando entren en la cárcel mis hermanos
entraré yo con ellos.


Cuando la victoria,
no mi victoria,
sino la gran Victoria llegue,

aunque esté mudo debo hablar:
yo la veré llegar aunque esté ciego.


No, perdóname.
Si tú no vives,
si tú, querida, amor mío, si tú
te has muerto,
todas las hojas caerán en mi pecho,
lloverá sobre mi alma noche y día,
la nieve quemará mi corazón,
andaré con frío y fuego
y muerte y nieve,
mis pies querrán marchar hacia donde tú duermes, pero seguiré vivo,
porque tú me quisiste sobre
todas las cosas indomable,
y, amor, porque tú sabes que soy no sólo un hombre
sino todos los hombres.





I first heard this poem from the movie (my all-time favorite movie), Truly, Madly, Deeply which I recommend with all of my heart. Here is the clip from the movie with part of the poem in it.

I made my first risotto tonight!

Funny thing: I think Chef Ramsay would have yelled at me. I forgot the salt & pepper so we passed white pepper and sea salt at the table. It was all right. I should have made chicken to go with it instead of using it as a main dish.

Note to self: drinking wine whilst making risotto is probably not a good idea. It takes a while and the wine goes down easily and too quickly whilst stirring and stirring and stirring.

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Confession: I have never made risotto. It seems too mystical; too fussy. It seems like you do one wrong step and you will fuck it up and then Chef Ramsay will be yelling at you and throwing it in the garbage can while you try to keep your tears inside.

However, I was reading Mark Bittman's blog post about risotto with great interest. He demystifies it. I'm going to try it. I'm really going to do it! It's funny, though, because the comments are very much in trying to keep it sacred. Excuse me, people, but it's FOOD! I can pretty much guarantee I am not going to save a life with risotto. I do hope to enhance a few, though.

I am going to try it this week! I can do it!

stemware has inspired me with his menus which are far more elaborate than mine. Well, he claims they're simple but...eh...

In that vein, I have reserved several books from the library. They include a few books by Mark Bittman, Thomas Keller (French Laundry cookbook and restaurant), and Anthony Bourdain (Les Halles cookbook and restaurant). I really want to learn how to make good sauces. I want to try my hand at a soufflé. I'd love to bake more (cakes, pies, pastries, macarons!). Etc. etc.

I am freezing. I need to go to bed.