Frame of Reference 2011

Open publication - Free publishing - More 2011

While I Was Gone: Catalina Island, CA

SPRING BREAK 2011.

in honor of Wounded Rhymes

Lykke Li - I'm Good, I'm Gone from Lykke Li on Vimeo.

smatterings

I CLICKED 'NEW POST' BECAUSE I FELT NEGLECTFUL. BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT I REALLY HAVE ANYTHING NOTEWORTHY TO...NOTE. WILL RANDOM THOUGHTS SUFFICE?

I THINK JOHN DONNE WAS WRONG, EVERY MAN IS AN ISLAND. SIMON & GARFUNKEL WERE RIGHT - I AM A ROCK, I AM AN ISLAND. I DO NOT LIKE WHEN GROWN ADULTS (18+) SPEAK LIKE CHILDREN. I WISH I WAS NOT READING ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT FINANCE AND AT SXSW INSTEAD. YOUNG, WILD, AND FREE BYWIZ KHALIFA AND SNOOP DOG IS REALLY GOOD. FRESH GINGER IS A NEW FAVORITE. IT IS ALSO OFFICIAL, I AM ADDICTED TO CAYENNE PEPPER, AND ONLY A YEAR AGO SPICE TERRIFIED ME - BRING IT ON. TECHNOLOGY IS/CAN BE OBNOXIOUS. I HATE COMMUNICATING AND DECIPHERING TEXT MESSAGES/TWEETS/POKES/LIKES/ ETC. CAN WE NOT COMMUNICATE LIKE NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS? [NO] WE ARE ALL MEDIOCRE, AND NOW MY FRIEND WILL TEACH YOU ALL ABOUT HER PERSONAL MEDIOCRITY HERE. THIS WAS A LAME POST, BUT AT LEAST I DON'T FEEL GUILTY ABOUT NOT POSTING FOR MY 5 FOLLOWERS WHO NEED A DISTRACTION DURING MIDTERMS. HERE, LOOK AT A PRETTY PICTURE:

Japan

MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO EVERYONE IN JAPAN AND THOSE AFFECTED BY THE TSUNAMI.

Come Together Right Now Over Me

This is what WALRUS GUMBOOT is about.

Incase you were wondering,

or didn't know.

From Scratch: Makeshift Tapenade

Recently I've been extremely experimental in the kitchen. I'll look up a recipe, figure out (loosely) what ingredients I need then take it from there on my own. Usually I have good results, but not always. But that's experimentation, right? After a day trip to Georgetown, DC, I was set on recreating the delicious tapenade that Paolo's Ristorante served us when we sat down. Our waitress had told me it was a tapenade of chickpeas, olives, garlic, roasted eggplant and red pepper, olive oil, and lemon. So naturally I thought, "I can do that!"

What I made was definitely not the same as Paolo's. Maybe because I didn't have roasted eggplant or because I really didn't have much idea of how to make tapenade. I put roasted red pepper, kalamata olives, canned chickpeas, garlic, lemon, and olive oil together in a food processor and hoped for the best. When the consistency wasn't completely right I added a bit of chickpea juice (from the can) that I had reserved and some salt & pepper. I don't know if I made tapenade, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The consistency wasn't quite smooth enough to really eat with carrot sticks (above), but would be great on small pieces of rye bread.

Might have been a wee bit bootleg, but I'm still all about experimenting.

Fitzsimmons Treats

MARCH

© Carey Kirkella

February is always deceiving because it's so short. But also means many good things will be happening sooner.

GRADUATION IN THREE MONTHS.

SPRING FAIR IN TWO MONTHS.

SPRING WEATHER IN ONE MONTH.

SPRING BREAK APPROX. TWO WEEKS.

Hurry up March, I just want SPRING!