Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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:
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
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.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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!
Monday, February 28, 2011
I Swear I'm Not Cheating
But...I do have a new page...on Tumblr...meep!
I needed a new layout to showcase my photos.
It's still getting up and running, but take a look!
But please don't steal without giving credit where credit is due!
Sunday, February 27, 2011
On Repeat - All Weekend
WEEKEND OF REPEATS.
SUCH AS:
lykke li - lust out of love
((her new album is so goddamn good))
lunch at suzie's soba
((on the avenue in hampden, baltimore. get the banh pho!!!))
angus & julia stone - big jet plane
arguments over how to pronounce "cannes"
high school alumni events
Saturday, February 26, 2011
You're the One that I Want
My father used to be (and may still be) dumbfounded by how many times I could watch Grease. I was completely obsessed with the film, the music, the clothes, everything. Well, the Grease love continues. I just found an incredibly haunting, soulful cover of the song "You're the One that I Want" that changes the meaning of the song into something very sad, embue with a lot of longing.
I may be quite behind, but the band that covers the song is an Australian sibling duo, Angus & Julia Stone, who are completely awesome. Listen here.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Only NY
Ages ago (years ago!) I posted about a rad clothing company called Only NY. I was introduced to it by one of my slick New Yorker friends, and at the time was nervous about being a poser if I bought their apparel. New Yorkers are very particular about their city pride and do NOT want anyone feigning the New York mentality if they a) were not born and raised there or b) do not plan to immediately leave whatever subordinate city they are currently residing in and live in New York the rest of their lives.
Since I already have three months of Brooklyn living behind me, am asked (nay, told) regularly that "you're from the city, right?," and the impending doom of moving back to New York quickly approaches, I think I am well on my way to deserving a sweatshirt/teeshirt/tank/hat by Only NY.
Here are my current top three picks:
Life's Funny
((spoiler alert: do not watch if you have not watched the full season of Boardwalk Empire, or intend to do so))
THOUGH BOARDWALK EMPIRE'S SEASON HAS BEEN OVER FOR A WHILE NOW, THIS SONG HAS CONTINUED TO HAUNT ME. I'M POSTING IT BECAUSE, WELL, LIFE'S A VERY FUNNY PROPOSITION AFTER ALL - AND BECAUSE THE SHOW IS UNBELIEVABLY GOOD.
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