Headphones!

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I ordered these headphones today.
Yay headphones. Let’s hope they’re worth the price.

Went to see Watchmen with the Sites team today. I don’t think I really liked it… the ending was really good (and unexpected) and they developed the characters well, but the beginning of the movie stretched on too long for my tastes. Also, the movie had a lot of graphic violence that, in my opinion, was unnecessary. I dunno. I don’t recommend seeing it in theaters because movies there are way too overpriced, but you should see it on video if you don’t mind a lot of blood and gore (like cleavers to the head, exploding people, chopping off of arms, etc).

Justin and Harry were over for games tonight, which was fun. I was close to winning the game of Settlers, but Harry took away longest road the turn before I could win. Oh well.

Yay life.

Photo Firsts (Ben, Matt)

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Life has gotten another month of updates. This month includes when my camera went kabloot and I got my D50.

Here’s my first photo of Ben:

July 20, 2006 at the ITG machine.

My first photo of Matt:

September 2, 2004 in 15-200 recitation.

And stats for both:

    Ben: 1448 total

  • August 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004: 0
  • January 1, 2005 to May 31, 2005: 0
  • June 1, 2005 to July 31, 2005: 0
  • August 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005: 0
  • January 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006: 0
  • June 1, 2006 to July 31, 2006: 48
  • August 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006: 640
  • January 1, 2007 to May 31, 2007: 528
  • June 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007: 0
  • August 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007: 74
  • January 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008: 158
  • June 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008: 0
  • August 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008: 0
  • January 1, 2009 to present: 0
    Matt: 2264 total

  • August 1, 2004 to December 31, 2004: 472
  • January 1, 2005 to May 31, 2005: 170
  • June 1, 2005 to July 31, 2005: 0
  • August 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005: 183
  • January 1, 2006 to May 31, 2006: 133
  • June 1, 2006 to July 31, 2006: 0
  • August 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006: 254
  • January 1, 2007 to May 31, 2007: 5
  • June 1, 2007 to July 31, 2007: 0
  • August 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007: 128
  • January 1, 2008 to May 31, 2008: 36
  • June 1, 2008 to July 31, 2008: 0
  • August 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008: 357
  • January 1, 2009 to present: 526

Whee!

Smoothies!

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Ally and I made smoothies!

Strawberries + ice cream + milk = tasty
Apple + grape + carrot = too chewy
Carrot + ice cream + milk = tasty
Carrot + ice cream + milk + rum = too much rum

Also we made another carrot cake using gluten-free flour so she and Matt can eat it. Nom nom.

Edit: s/Smoothies/Shakes/
Happy, Chris?

Oh god today’s wanderings were so awesome. Matt and Ally and I went to see the windmill in Golden Gate Park and then went walking on the beach for a while. Then was wandering around the area (including a European grocery, where European == Russian) and dinner at an awesome awesome seafood place (Pacific Cafe) that was a little pricey but totally totally worth it. Om nom nom nom!

Foodings

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This past week was really nice. I should post some photos at some point.

I’ve made lots tasty food today. First was tasty french onion soup:

5 medium yellow onions, cut into slivers
olive oil
pinch of sugar
5 cups chicken broth

Cook onions over medium heat with oil in a large pot, stirring continuously for about 30-35 minutes until caramelized. Add sugar about halfway through to help caramelization. Add chicken broth and simmer for 15 minutes.

Then was carrot cake:

1.5 cups minced carrots
1 cup flour
1.5 tsp baking soda
0.5 tsp cinnamon
0.5 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
0.5 cup oil
3 tsp rum

Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Mix oil, sugar, and eggs in another bowl. Slowly mix dry ingredients into wet mixture. Stir in carrots and rum. Bake at 325 for 50 minutes.

Frost with mixture of cream cheese and rum (om nom nom nom) with a dash of sugar. (I mixed in a bit of honey-almond cream cheese as well to make it extra tasty.)

Recipes adapted from stuff found online, and they seem to work decently well. The most annoying parts of both were the veggie preparations… for the carrot cake, since I didn’t have a grater, I ended up mincing about 5 carrots to get what I needed. The soup required constant stirring of the onions for 35 minutes lest they burn and overcook. Meh.

I wish I had some nuts or raisins to put in the cake. It would have been much tastier.

I think “Don’t Let Me Stop You” is my favorite new (but not my new favorite) Kelly Clarkson song (although “The Day We Fell Apart” and “Cry” are very close seconds, with “Sober” still remaining my all-time favorite).

Edit: OMG this cake is so good ahhh I want more but I shouldn’t have more since it’s 1:30 AM and I should sleep soon. I recommend adding a bit more carrot than above though. Also, use less rum that I did in the cream cheese frosting.

I should go get some nuts and a zucchini and make zucchini bread.

Also, if you read my journal through the actual page, I’ve gone and recategorized some entries. There are now “Photography” and “Photoshop” categories, and the “Trips” category replaces the previous location-specific categories (such as “Toronto”) and adds a couple extra trip-related entries.