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You are viewing the most recent 14 entries December 27th, 2009melayneseahawk @ 01:09 pm: recipe day #3
 Again, this is a recipe I already posted, but now with 100% more pictures! 
Cream SconesThe above scones were made with roasted chestnuts, cut into 1/4 inch square pieces. They came out really well, but I'm still partial to the original version. I am also in the process of simultaneously cleaning my room and working on ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) allandaros's Friendship Stimulus gift. It's looking like I will have them all ready before the end of the year... Current Mood:  pleased December 26th, 2009melayneseahawk @ 10:00 pm: another recipe post
 I need a BEHOLD THE POWER OF CHEESE icon, I really do. (Oh God, does anyone remember those ads?) Blue Cheese Biscuits3/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 large egg yolk 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 beaten egg (different from the yolk, you'll see) Cream butter, cheese, and egg yolk. Work in flour with hands until relatively uniform dough is created. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400F. Lay cooled dough on floured surface and roll out until 1/4 inch thick. Cut into squares or half moons and place on parchment papered baking sheets; my personal method is a circular cookie cutter or glass, and then cut the rounds in half. Continue to reroll dough until all is used. Brush the tops with the beaten egg and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until crisp around edges and slightly puffed in centers. Remove to wire racks to cool.  Current Mood: pleased December 24th, 2009melayneseahawk @ 04:50 pm: four down, one to go
 This is a mix CD that is velvetcherri's Friendship Stimulus gift. Will be uploading the actual tracks over the next few hours. Done. Absinthe and Whiskey1. "This Girl Is Taking Bets" - Thea GilmoreThis girl is a stencil
Of a brushstroke in the rain.
She's a ghost of the city,
She's a body through the windscreen.2. "Control" - PoeAll those things
That you taught me to fear?
I've got them in my garden now,
And your not welcome here.3. "Not Pretty Enough" - Kasey ChambersDon't I make you laugh?
Should I try it harder?
Why do you see right through me?4. "The Babysitter's Here" - Dar WilliamsShe says, "Do me a favor.
Don't go with a guy
Who would make you choose."5. "Small Blue Thing" - Suzanne VegaI am thrown against the sky.
I am raining down in pieces.
I am scattering like light.6. "Down to Nowhere" - Thea GilmoreYeah, I am going down to nowhere.
Oh, it's child' s play.
We are turning up our collars,
We are hijacking the day.7. "When I Was a Boy" - Dar WilliamsAnd now I'm in this clothing store
And the signs say less is more.
More that's tight means more to see.
More for them, not more for me.8. "The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-Ed" - Dar WilliamsI'm not a leader,
I'm not a left-wing rhetoric mobilizing force of one.
But there was a time way back,
Many years ago, in college (don't laugh).9. "A Kinder Columbus" - Deb TalanDancing down a sidewalk,
Past a honeysuckle moon.
Such tenderness and his head against mine.10. "Closer to Fine" - Indigo GirlsAnd the best thing you've ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously.
It's only life, after all.11. "How Will He Find Me" - Deb TalanI walk the world with a skin so thin.
I can wear no adequate protection,
Everything comes crashing in.12. "Like a River" - Kasey ChambersRain falls, won't wash this away.
I'll build a stone wall to make you stay.13. "Water to Sky" - Thea GilmoreShe lived in the spaces where the lightning fries.
Take her to the frozen earth, God.
Yeah, she lived in the spaces with the dark in her eyes.
Take her from the water to sky.14. "Tangled and Wild" - Oh SusannaWell, I have lived in this city
Nearly all of my life,
But in my heart there's a country
That's tangled and wild.15. "Mouth" - Merril BainbridgeNow, will it be my fault if I
Take your love and throw it wide?
You might restrain me,
But could you really blame me?16. "I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono" - Dar WilliamsSome will give their love for fashion.
Others trade their gold for passion.
I don't have the goods to start with,
Never had the reins to part with.
Still, I hope you take me seriously.17. "Be Like Water" - Sarah FimmIf everything is just the way it should be,
Why am I, why am I still hungry?18. "Holding Out for a Hero" - Frou FrouRacing on the thunder,
Rising with the heat,
It's gonna take a superman
To sweep me off my feet.19. "Coin-Operated Boy" - Dresden Dollsthis bridge was written
To make you feel smittener
With my sad picture
Of girl getting bitterer.20. "Suddenly I See" - KT TunstallAnd everything around her is a silver pool of light,
And the people who surround her feel the benefit of it.
It makes you calm.
She holds you captivated in her palm.21. "Pussy Manifesto" - Bitch & AnimalManifest this (motha fucka) #1:
Every living thing comes from and returns to...
(Get it?)Current Mood: pleased , the baffled king composing hallelujah
December 23rd, 2009melayneseahawk @ 10:27 pm: recipe day #1
Kind of cheating, since I've posted this recipe already. However, I did make it with my brand new cookie press (Hanukkah gift from the parentals), so they look cool: 
Chocolate Snickerdoodles(There will be pictures of me fighting with the cookie press at a later point. Current Mood:  amused December 22nd, 2009melayneseahawk @ 11:21 pm: a little late to the party...
But I've been busy. The following is a picture shot from the front door of my house on Sunday morning, after the snow had stopped falling but before the guys descended upon it with shovels. The walkway was carved out midday Saturday (while the snow was still falling), but it still had almost 24 hours accumulation over the top.  Functionally, sitting shivah is basically an opportunity for friends and family to stop by to kibbitz and nosh. Since most of our friends aren't Jewish (and therefore don't know to bring food), I was tasked with making sure there was always food on the table. To demonstrate (this was yesterday):  Whimsy, we has it. Since I did a lot of baking, including new recipes, I will be sharing recipes over the next week or so. Keeps me from running screaming into the snow, at least. Current Mood: ` , i can cook. too
December 20th, 2009melayneseahawk @ 12:02 am: *fail*
 Yeah, so I fail at organizing. I blame Mom, who has been driving me up the wall all day. And the snow, which has prevented me from baking (no butter! oh noes), but I've been promised some from a neighbor if I slog across the street tomorrow. If you are interested in stopping by to make a shivah call, drop me an e-mail. And if you have no idea what I'm talking about, silly goyim drop me an e-mail and I'll try to explain using English words. :P melayneseahawk[at]gmail[dot]com Stay safe, everyone, especially those of you who are also in the blizzard zone. Winter. Bah humbug. Current Mood:  annoyed December 19th, 2009sinistercalling @ 05:18 pm: You know, what I wanna see...
 Despite the fact that I have been bed (err.. couch?)-ridden for the past four days, have missed work all of said days, am still nauseous, and am probably going to get written up tonight (or worse) at work for my excessive missed days, I'm actually feeling pretty damn good. Kara and I went out. Got our nails done (And I'm learning I can't type with them. Box opening is going to be fuuuun.), went to lunch where we've both vowed never to eat, sat and chatted for a few hours, and then went shopping, both for ourselves and for the special guys in our lives. A lot of what has been going down at work and has been said, albeit not to me, but to and with others, is making me seriously consider a career change. There are a few places very near by that are hiring. Some of them have a schedule a bit more to my liking, and for more pay than I'm making now for what I'm pretty sure is considered slave labor. At the same time, a large part of me is unwilling to just give up. I told myself I'd give this job a better shot than I gave KD, regardless of the drama and bull that I (knew that I) would put up with. And really, take out the select few people who make my nights hell, and I love my job. The unfortunate fact of the matter is that those select few have a very large impact on my job. Though, after tonight, it may not matter anymore. I enjoyed my four days of 'vacation', although two of them were spent spewing up the entirety of my insides. I literally did not eat for three days. Today, however, I forced myself to. Regular food, regular drink.. We went to McDonald's, Kara and I, when we went out today. That says much to me. Sadly, Nathan fell victim in all of this. Despite swearing to me he wouldn't get sick, and secretly telling Kara he hoped he wouldn't get sick, he did. The poor boy's feeling as terrible as I did, and I don't want to be mean and tell him how awful it gets on day two. He's been an angel to me, though, and really has taken care of me. I loves him, and desperately hope he feels better soon. Especially with Joe being back, and Christmas being right around the corner. :( I don't have much else to update on at the moment. Maybe over the weekend, I'll get to some of the stuff that was floating around in my head over the past week. As of now, I'm going to go watch TV and attempt to doze off for a couple of hours. I doubt that'll happen though. Current Mood:  okay Current Music: On Top - Twista ft. Akon , health, nathan, self, wal-mart, work
melayneseahawk @ 01:03 am:
 Home safe and sound, though the last bit was in the snow. There will be details about the shivah tomorrow. Current Mood:  tired December 17th, 2009melayneseahawk @ 09:03 am:
 I will be out of communication range until Friday night/Saturday morning. There will be updates re: shivah and whatnot then. Normal activity should resume next week. Thank you for your patience and well-wishes. Current Mood:  awake December 16th, 2009melayneseahawk @ 04:48 pm: I also got to yell at a skateboarder today.
 So, apparently I wasn't as OK as I'd feared, since I totally woke up an hour early today and had a nervous breakdown. Dad managed to talk me through writing an e-mail to my prof begging off of the exam, then I took a Xanax, ate a small breakfast, and went back to sleep for two hours. And when I got back up again, Dad had brought Mom and my grandfather from the airport, and she's been driving me crazy ever since. The one good thing is that I now know what the plans are for the shivah. There will be more details later, for anyone who might be interested in stopping by. Current Mood: tired
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