10:50pm: the letter b
i got this assignment. I got the letter B and had to write a list of ten things and why i chose them.
i'll give you letters if you want them.



Bennigans-I didn't know it was a chain until last year
Bentley-My namesake car, my dad's fave car when I was born
Barf-what i do if I drink more than three drinks
Baron von Munchausen-can my life just be crazy like his?
Bjork-the only musician I've listened to regularl for more than 10 years
Boglins-those nasty little rubber monsters with buck teeth from 1984. apparently the only thing from the 80's that isn't back in style.
Beads-bascially my life through junior high and high school. making people called "beadie buddies"
Blog-this survey goes on a blog
Bean stitch-I hear this word every two minutes at work. it's a cute stitch used to applique to clothing
Braggs-like soy sauce, but more protein and it's in every vegan recipe.
Babies-does reproduction have to beget babies?

9:05pm: ohio
Hey.
I guess I should fill people in on ohioans. This will be really random.

I went to a gay bar filled with cowboys. At first, I thought they were all bonified, but it turns out they were memeber of the local gay line dancing club. Maybe it's time for my flavour to be slightly older cowboys.
stompers.org

Too many gay men here wear women's jeans. Seriously, that is accpetable in high school, but not when you're 40 something.

Working at abercrombie is like hanging out with unitarians. You know, everyone is really cool and laid back and embodies what people are supposed to be like. The self righteous christians are like the people who buy the clothes and think they're hot shit.

i'm in love with a boy named evan who works at willliams sonoma. We talked for an hour about how to make raviolis. He's cute, flirty, and told me I should talk to him more about getting to know columbus.

My boss is AWESOME. She is teeny tiny, like maybe a legal midget. She's funny, smart, and recycles. I like her.

this is gonna be my apt (furniture not included)
http://web.mac.com/ryen.anderson/iWeb/Site/Library.html
there is a balcony, washer and dryer, dishwasher, a pool, garage parking, etc.
It's right downtown, near a brewery, and the northmarket.com which is the best thing since the merc when it was still affordable.

oh, and I bought a new car. ha ha. you all know I'd rather have an el camino, but i don't want to deal with a car that breaks down every work. Oh, those were the days. Now I can actually drive to the grocery store without being afraid that my ice cream is gonna melt while I wait for my dad to come fix my car when it breaks down in the parking lot at the merc.
this is my car! it's dark grey, if it defaults to white or black.
http://web.mac.com/ryen.anderson/iWeb/Site/Library.html

more later,
dad's calling and we are planning to build some furniture!!!

ryen

9:04pm: megan's right, these questions are bullshit
but they were still fun.

Find your own pose!

12:47pm: gay men in girls jeans
Columubus is so cute and awesome and I love driving.

So far, the only bizarre thing is the 30 year old gay men wearing women's jeans. I used to think it was acceptable and I used to do it out of necessity. It makes their butts look so funny. I am relieved that I finally am wearing men's jeans and my butt doesn't look like it's 3 inches lower than it's supposed to be. thank god for diesel!

2:52pm: rat a tat, rat a tat, rat a tattoo
I'm getting a tattoo!!!!

Now I can never convert to judaism, and if I do, then I can't be buried in a jewish cemetary. oh well, that is my biggest fear.

So, I'm going old school with this. Back in the day of pirates in the south pacific, sailors used to get tattoos of a swallow when they went south of the equator. When they got home, they would get the matching pair to the swallow. Swallows are homing pigeons and they always come home if they are safe. also, I think they are really pretty. I felt stupid getting them out of context, so now that i'm moving back to the midwest, I'm using this as a reminder to leave the midwest before too long. If not as a reminder to come to new york, at least as a reminder to make sure i feel like i'm at home wherever I am.

the spider tattoo is still on hold. It's really nice and really pretty, but again, all the artists say that it's to detailed and the legs will end up disappearing over time. I do NOT want to have tattoo under my scar of a an amputee spider. That is not the story I want to tell. Honestly, I barely notice my scare anymore. Perhaps, I should just go ahead and design a new version that is not quite so decorative.


Last year, I had temporary tattoos made for my company so I could see if I liked them and figure out where I wanted to ahve them. I put them on my chest to test them out and see what I think. When I was fooling around with my fuckbuddy last night, he said he'd never noticed them before and he was kind of embarassed. ha ha. I supposed that means they looked natural enough right?

tuesday at 4pm, can't wait!

love ryen.

11:46pm: got a real job
I got it!
I'll be starting within a month.
I panicked, and now I'm excited again.
ps, does anyone need me to pay off their student loans?

10:25am: Abercrombie and Fitch
As surprising as this sounds, I might be moving to Columbus Ohio to design for Abercrombie and Fitch's upper-end line, Ruehl 925.

I've been bored with my work and thinking about going back to school. Why go back to school if I can get paid to learn all the clothing design concepts at a company?

My head has been swimming about it for the last few weeks, since my agent contacted me and said she thought that I was qualified for the position(s) that they had open. I met with the head recruiter and the head graphic designer here in New York and then they flew me to Columbus to meet with the nine head designers and to give me a 2 hour tour of the city.

The facilities are INCREDIBLE. It's a campus in the middle of a forest wth bonfires burning everywhere so it's like camping all day. They do all their design, production, embroideries, dying, etc on site. They even have a store there so you can see what your work looks like in a full scale mock up store. All their t-shirts are domestically produced, so the turn around is really fast. The designers are flown in from LA,NY, UK, Paris, Sweden, and I'm sure everywhere else. They have a gym with yoga classes on site.

Then, when I see a sore whore walking down the street, they can glare at me, but I'll have the vindication that she will be wearing a t-shirt that I designed. And no, I'm not trying to "fuck things up from the inside." From a graphic standpoint, Ruehl 925 has really funny and innovative shirts.

Columbus is like Lawrence meets the West Bottoms meets the East Village. The part of town i'd be living in, Short North, is super gay and filled with antique stores and vintage clothing stores. It's fucking adorable. And I could buy a 2 bedroom condo for the same amount that I'm wasting on rent in NY.

I'm crazy, but I'm taking it if I get the offer. Oh, the money is RETARDED.

If I take it, i'm going to get one swallow tattoo on one side of my chest to remind me to get back out of the midwest before too much time lapses.



Ryen

2:01pm: Why I should read People Magazine
KEVIN
I put it on this morning when I woke up and it was Gloria Estefan talking about overcoming hardships
I wanted to die.


RYEN
any famous person talking about hardships needs to shut the F up

KEVIN
ha ha ha'

In all fairness, Gloria Estfan was paralyzed in a bus crash and had to learn to walk again....
But still. Shut up, Gloria.

RYEN
LOL'
I feel like such an asshole now

RYEN
I didn't know that

KEVIN
LOL it's ok!
it's funny... "What does that bitch have to complain about?"

10:12am: how dad describes us!
Rachel is the senior editor of a Nationally known magazine called 'Keepsakes" in Salt Lake City, Utah. Rachels ability to appreciate others talents is amazing...she loves to see families grow and prosper...not only in monetary ways, but Spiritually and 'tight, cohesive bonding that sometimes starts with --- taking pictures of family at home--then keeping them in albums for future generations... She is a brilliant writer and journalist at heart and a super responsible person

Paul Is the President of a leading Music Agency in San Francisco, Ca called PrinceS/F. He is also a recording artist and song writer. He sings with a group in San Fran called 'Hookslide' (see and hear them at www.hookslide.com . His group sang locally for many shows to include...George Bretts retirement at Royals Stadium, Pres Clinton and Hillary when they were in KC for the Health Reform tour, Christmas lighting ceremonies in KC... Truman Library gigs, Chief and Blades gigs etc etc. Paul is a super responsible person

Ryen is an Artist and Design (gifted talent) and lives and works in New York City. He works for a company called SPLASH which is a 'deep rooted' design company that works world wide from Times Square. His company has allowed him to travel to Paris a couple times and into LA while going about his favorite work... designing and art. Ryen is a very responsible person.

3:41pm: kevin is so funny
WalkinProud: OMG
WalkinProud: my friend just invited me to go to her dad's house in south jersey for the weekend
manganaROCK: HAHHAHAHA
WalkinProud: I KNOW!
WalkinProud: to HIS solar powered house!!!!!!!!
WalkinProud: I'm having palpitations

manganaROCK: This is too good to be America.

WalkinProud: LOL
WalkinProud: can you say that every chance you get?
manganaROCK: Oh, I'll plan to. lol

4:11pm: Fill out's are TOO much fun!
Four Jobs You've Had In Your Life

1. art director for textile studio
2. Waxman Candles-making outdated candles from the '70's
3. Anal Jeans company. I mean canal jeans company
4. lifeguard. I got paid to swim all day.

Four Movies You Could Watch Over And Over

1. Godzilla VS anything
2. Golden Girls, it's basically an epic movie
3. The Dark Crystal
4. The Ring still scares me

god, megan, you and bringing up baby

Four Places You've Lived

1. Brooklyn New York: I live in a vortex between hipsters, thugs, jews, and the eyetalians.
2. Astoira New York: I lived on the last stop on the R train, which was basically like lving next door to a greek mr rogers.
3. Harlem, New York: Where girls really rip out each other's weaves
4. Lawrence KS: Home sweet home. (I'm not going to say the wiz of Oz ref. barf.)

Four TV Shows You Love To Watch

1. Six Feet Under-the guy I'm currently sleeping with got to meet George last week
2. Golden Girls is a TV show in this category
3. Food TV-why the hell isn't there a vegetarian show?
4. aren't those the only three TV shows? no really?

Four Places You've Been on Vacation

1. Salt Lake City: I met the only gay man who lived there at a starbucks. I think he creamed his pants as soon as he saw me.
2. Las Vegas: Not even in Lawrence has somebody tried to sell me XTC at 7 am in a roomful of old ladies gambling.
3. Paris, France: Imagine me and Ashley singing Elvis's "In the Ghetto" at Karaoke at a bar called, "cafe New York" with a picture of bono on the wall.
4. Kawashaway: I always wonder if I'll ever end up in the middle of the woods with a gaggle of overweight naked gay men wearing little girl's make up again.

Four Websites You Visit Daily

1. friendster.com-I know, it's the old myspace.com
2. bubblewrapdesign.com-to remind myself to finish designing it
3. norway.com-it's the default on my computer to remind me to plan my trip. . that I went on over a year ago
4. nytimes.com-so I can partially stay updated on teh world

Four of Your Favorite Foods

1. Indian
2. Japanese
3. Italian
4. Fries

Four Places You'd Rather BeI wish I had a machine from Star Trek so that I wouldn't have to answer stupid questions like these.

1. Belgium making fart jokes with megbomb
2. kansas avoiding tai chi with melody
3. screen printing class because I should
4. at my apt using my kitchen aid for anything

Four Albums You Can't Live Without

1. Le Tigre. Even if it's totally not cool anymore, JD samson was at the PETA fashion even last week.
2. Bjork, Debut: it still makes me feel hopeful about the world when I start getting bitter
3. Buddy Holly's Greatest Hits: Nostalgia for my childhood
4. Ladystein: it makes me laugh EVERY time


Four Vehicles You've Owned

1. my silver beach cruiser. Some asshole stole it. PS never lock up your bike when you're drunk, you'll do it wrong and your bike will get stolen.
2. My Metro Card. I realized yesterday how weird it is to ride teh subway everywhere.
3. a gold sportscar with no windshield wipers or breaks.
4.Humphry the green VW rabbit convertible. RIP. I still love you most.


why aren't there at least 30 more questions?????

12:28pm: The War on Arach
devynosborne: what's a recluse?
WalkinProud: brown recluse spiders.
WalkinProud: the spider that almost killed me
devynosborne: oh
WalkinProud: the only other deadly spider in the US
devynosborne: yeah, i guess you coulf get used to it.
devynosborne: deadly? and they never bothered you guys? like, they left you alone?
WalkinProud: hence, recluse
WalkinProud: except for the altercation I ghad
WalkinProud: ha jihad
devynosborne: jihad. like they were radical islamic recluse spiders?
devynosborne: those are the worst
WalkinProud: let me tell you, seeing a spider in burka is fear incarnate
WalkinProud: you can only see their 300 eyes
devynosborne: hahahaha
devynosborne: what about a spider with a bomb vest? that's fear right there
WalkinProud: they can totally walk under the metal detector at the airport
devynosborne: or, because they've been experimenting with plutonium, they've become GIANT radical islamic spiders.
devynosborne: and the US enlists mothra in the fight
devynosborne: Mothra vs. Arachne-Qaeda
devynosborne: Osama Black Widow is their leader
WalkinProud: LOL
WalkinProud: wasn't that already a movie? but in space?
devynosborne: i sense a new movie series
devynosborne: mothra in space? that's silly, a giant moth couldn't fly in space
WalkinProud: no, only ghidra can fly in space.
devynosborne: exactly
devynosborne: the laws of physics can't be defied
WalkinProud: 1. All objects fall at the same rate
WalkinProud: 2. light travels faster than sound
WalkinProud: 3. ghidra is the ONLY monster that can fly in space
devynosborne: right. newton knew what he was talking about.
devynosborne: einstein that it might be possible for other giant mutant creatures to fly in space, but it was only a theory
WalkinProud: LOL
WalkinProud: you're wrong devyn. .
WalkinProud: einstein theorized that only Giant Jihad Spiders can defy the laws of space by flying
devynosborne: well, the physics community is pretty divided over the theory... very controversial.
WalkinProud: apparently, the only such creature has been in hiding and Bush is looking for a completely unrelated spider
devynosborne: though stephen hawking has written a very accessible book on the subject
devynosborne: bush went after a family of daddy longlegs instead of the giant jihad spiders
devynosborne: the liberals all said the daddy longlegs were harmless, but bush wouldn't listen
WalkinProud: he's trying to teach the daddy longs to drill for oil and herd cows, despite their usual diet of small insects
devynosborne: yeah, he invaded their country, arach, for the oil
devynosborne: (sorry)
WalkinProud: LOL
devynosborne: Arach, though... c'mon... that's gold!
WalkinProud: no, that was AMAZING
WalkinProud: that and the burka comment are the 2 keys jokes from this convo
devynosborne: totally
devynosborne: yay us

10:38pm: Focaccia worked!
Here is the recipe for the focaccia:
(I've been using my kitchen aid and I know there was one at the coop. . .so I'll let you adjust if you want to do it by hand)

3 cups flour, plus more for dusting
1 package yeast
.5 cup EV Olive Oil
1-1.25 cups luke warm water

sundried tomatoes
I medium onion, carmelized with salt
rosemary
sea salt

pizza stone OR
unglazed quarry tiles from the hardware store (they are super cheap. I paid 2.50 for 6"X6" tiles)-they need to heat for 30 minutes before putting bread in oven

1.Carmelize the onions and let them cool. Mix in diced sundried tomatoes.
2. let yeast get bubbly in 1/2 cup water covered in saran wrap(10 minutes)
3. sift flour into mixing bowl. Add olive oil. mix with bread hook on speed 2. Add yeast. add some water. add veggies. Slowly add the water until dough is velvety, but not sticky.
4. oil large bowl lightly. lightly cover ball with a little more oil. let rest for an hour covered with warm damp cloth until it's doubled in size.
5. turn out on floured surface. press out into a10-12 inch disk and make indentations with fingers. place on pizza peel if you have one or use cookie sheet. cover again, let rest another 30 minutes. preheat oven to 475.
6. lightly oil surface, sprinkle with sea salt, press rosemary into dough. place dough directly on tiles if using a pizza peel or place baking sheet on tiles. Bake 15 to 20 minutes and it's AMAZING.

We roasted zucchini, eggplant, asparagus, onions, garlic, and fire roasted red peppers with rosemary. then we ate sammiches with the veggies, goat cheese, and mesclun. it was totally worth 2 hours of work for a sandwich. YUM!

7:45pm: Vegetable Lasagne
I cooked like a mofo today!

I made veggie lasagne from scratch with foccaccia on the side! Sadly, no one can actually come over to eat it with me tonight. It's me with a dish of incredible lasagne all to myself!

you need:
Lasagne Noodles-see below
Marinara Sauce-See below
15 oz ricotta cheese
veggies like spinach and olives
mozzerella to taste.

layer like this:
red sauce, nooodles, ricotta, veggies, red sauce, nooodles, ricotta, veggies, red sauce, nooodles, ricotta, veggies until it's all done.
finish with sauce.

bake covered with alum foil for 30 minutes. Remove cover. sprinkle with mozz and bake until bubbling and golden.

YUM!



SAUCE
one large onion
4 cloves garlic
1.4 cup EVOO
red pepper flakes
2 pinches salt
2 28 oz cans of crushed tomatoes

Heat oil. Add onion and salt and cook until carmelized and golden translucscent. Add garlic and pepper flakes, cook for one minute. Add crushed tomatoes and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce to light simmer and cover loosely for about an hour, stirring occassionally.


PASTA
I tried making egg noodles instead of semolina, since I've never done that. It's much easier than making semolina pasta!

4 eggs
1/2 water approx
3 cups all purpose flour

Mix everything in the kitchen aid. Attach pasta roller and roll out flat noodles.



FOCCACIA
I'm not posting this recipe yet, i'm not happy with the results yet. . .

10:43am: Kitchen Aid is dirty
manganaROCK: Because, as your friend, I support your gourmet ambitions.
manganaROCK: also, I'm sure there's wine involved, so...
WalkinProud: my, "I'm happily married to my kitchen aid, where is my dildo attachment" ambition?
manganaROCK: HAHAHHAHA
manganaROCK: That sounds like a porn... A salesman comes the the door... "I'm gonna show you ALL the attachments...."
WalkinProud: LOL
manganaROCK: I feel feisty today
WalkinProud: wait, you do? or the salesman does?
manganaROCK: Both.

10:32am: Dad's Review of Brokeback Mountain
:) no incubating needed. On the human side, "Getting the pipes cleaned out? An ongoing need". How people decide and find the best way to do this is VERY individual, VERY personnal, VERY private and for the life of me I cant understand why millions and millions of people spend so much time trying to figure out 'why the person next to them does it the way they do'. If a cookie did it, cookies could not be produced quick enough and in enough volume for the world. If soda pop did it, there is not enough glass left, or aluminum cans to make it possible. People need to wake up and look at reality. The 'sex drive' is the strongest human drive there is. Period. The hunger drive is huge but not in comparison. Folks usually go to a hamburger joint or junk food store to satisfy the hunger drive and need. NOW if folks spent more time wondering why those next to them wanted to be so fat....would make more sense. AND, making it their business makes more logic. If people were not so obese, so many sweat shops in other countries could kick back and rest a bit. Clothing would not require so much material and time to sew it together... (takes more thread too). What I am trying to say is this.... That "HIGH" cannot be purchased at the local grocery store. Cant be ordered from a mail order catalog. Cant be purchased on EBay. Microsoft has not come up with software, and intel has not come up with a chip yet that can do it. If people would sit back, think about ways to find the "Human High" needed with a product...it would keep them from putting their hands over their mouths saying "OH I cant believe what they are doing!!!" In Brokeback mountain... if the little sweet wife could have made special cookies to keep her man at home...she would have made them by the truck loads. She would have done ANYTHING to get this done. If the guys could have said some magic words to change their lives, man they would have spoken them. EVERYONE, I MEAN EVERYONE protrayed in that film and EVERYONE who paid a few buck to go see...had and HAVE the same needs as those in the movie did. Its called "The Human Side or Human Factor".

Now... After spending time in the military, training young men to fight a war that took place in unfamilar jungles in Viet Nam... training them to kill with no weapons...a mere double eye drive with the fingers going straight to the brain, and a slam to the nose bone, driving it into the brain...Me knowing that some would never come home...me feeling so responsible to train them well so I did all I could be bring them home alive.....I learned quickly that I had better not question who or what they were, other than the fact that they were all Gods Creation. I could go on and and but its not needed. To get my point across all I can say is this... EVERYONE one is born with lots of 'raw silver'. Raw silver is weak, its unstable and unreliable, and quiet worthless in that state of being. (we are born with some good stuff too, dont mis-understand me :) . But you know, in natural life, raw silver is quiet worthless. The ONLY way raw silver can be refined is by fire. Once enough fire is applied to the raw silver, the DROSS finally burns away and...yep, the silver come out totally PURE. Comparing that to our lives, as we walk and live through this world below....WE are touched by many fires!! Stress's, problems, hardships, sickness, lonelyness, confusion etc etc etc etc...but ALL these 'items' are likened to the FIRE upon raw silver. They Refine. What I saw in Brokeback mountain was just this.... people were walking, living, smiling (at times) and doing the BEST they knew how, the best they could for with what they had to work with in ther indivinual lives...and they lived their lifes 'one day at the time'. ...I sing an old song often ..(I sang in Grand Central after the towers went down)..it goes like this.

When the storms of life are raging, stand by me, when the storms of life are raging stand by me, the the world is tossing me like a ship out on the sea..thou who rules wind and water, stand by me.

When I am growing old and feelbe stand by me, when I'm growing old and feeble stand by me WHEN I DO THE BEST I CAN AND MY FRIENDS MIS-UNDERSTAND--THOU WHO NEVER LOST A BATTLE STAND BY ME....stand by me. You see, our Creator did not loose any battles in any lifes in Brokeback mountain. He won every single one!! In every single life ! :) love you dad
ps have a great day

11:07pm: Very Sad News
I think you can't use the kitchen aid for biscuits. no matter how much I want to, I think they turn out better by hand.

10:48pm: Being Single and Ousting Patrick
In the last few days I've really made some big steps about Patrick, which has been really relieving. I'm not forcing myself into these decisions, so I know that it's relatively true to how I feel.

I'm finally getting to a point where I'm not even sure that I would take him back if he asked. I set up those parameters of things he would have to do if I were to take him back several months ago. Those things are still totally valid, BUT there is a new added feature where I might just tell him that we're not compatible. Seriously, I'm never moving to connecticut to live in a community of snobs even if I know some nice snobs. He's never going to move to Lawrence and live with a bunch of dirty hippies. There is no resolution there. Also, I'm not sure if I could ever be number one in his life no matter how much therapy he is in. I've accepted these facts. I don't feel like I need him to be creative or act like myself. I'm much more free without him impairing me. I spent a lot of time subconscioulsy monitering my actions to make sure i didn't offend any of the CT people.

Being single is sad occassionally, but I've had the most chaotic social schedule in the last month or so. I go out with friends almost every night, have literally cooked my life away. I can make indian food all the time, use soy milk, and make up recipes every day if I feel like it. If I want to make comfort food, then I don't have to feel like I don't know what I'm doing since I didn't grow up with that. I'm pretty much over the part where i make out with all the boys I can. That was fun and totally positive for me because it made me feel really hot, powerful, and totally boosted my self esteem.

Ashely and I went out on Sunday and had a great talk about him. Basically, it boiled down to her and Evan thinking that he just took me for granted and didn't know what he had. If that was how we was, then he was basically 15 years old and he was missing out. I can see that he did ignore me too much in retrospect and I deserve to have someone be as invested in me as I was in him. It will happen at some point.

At this point, I'm content with my new random friends, especially Kevin and Karol. they are both taps into new social circles and fill parts of my life that I was missing. Also, I feel like they might be good people to meet some men through. (on a side note, I think I must be getting older since I can actually say that I'm looking for men. . . )

Soon enough, I'll have to really spend some time alone and work out what i want to do with my life, as I've been mulling that over for a couple years now and it's time to make some final decisions about what my next step will be.

10:44pm: Natty Gann's Warm Place in My Heart
I love Natty Gann.

I can't belive it came out the same year as The Little Mermaid. I mean, it seems so much older even if the Little Mermaid is set in some fantasy time when there were still kings and queens and princes.

If it were snowing, I'd totally get dressed up as a vagabond and go play Natty Gann with my mexican neighbors.

4:37pm: Naming Tapeworms with Devyn
This is better when the little smiles show up:

devynosborne: sorry
WalkinProud: no worries
WalkinProud: what If gave you a tapeworm through the computer as revenge?
devynosborne: hm i don't know. i don't think that's possible
devynosborne: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\__:-(
WalkinProud: LOL
WalkinProud: you spent a LOOONG time on that
devynosborne: yeah... that took some thought....
WalkinProud: but it's amazing
devynosborne: i forgot it would make the frown face an actual face though
devynosborne: haha
WalkinProud: well, it is a tapeworm
devynosborne: wait wait
devynosborne: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\__:-*
devynosborne: that's ashley the tapeworm
WalkinProud: LOL
WalkinProud: Can you make a ryen the tapeworm?
devynosborne: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\__:-!
WalkinProud: LOL
WalkinProud: now that I'm a drunkard?
devynosborne: that's ryen the tapeworm after downing ashley the tapeworm's last beer
devynosborne: or rather, your host's last beer

12:52pm: The Buttafuocos are BaaAAaack!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060123/ap_en_tv/people_fisher_buttafuoco_reunion



WalkinProud: can you imagine me and kevin interviewing amy and mary jo?
seanalogue: the thought of it brings tears to my eyes... joy, pain, astonishment...
WalkinProud: no get ready,
WalkinProud: so, Amy, did Joey Fuoco you in the butta?
seanalogue: oh my god...
seanalogue: yet again more tears...

manganaROCK: and be sure to note that when I was little, I HATED Mary Jo so frickin' much
manganaROCK: (still do)
WalkinProud: LOL
WalkinProud: why?
WalkinProud: I mean
WalkinProud: really, she was nothing until she was a housewife shot in the face
manganaROCK: she's just not a likeable person
manganaROCK: no one I know really sympathizes with her
manganaROCK: (which I think is SUCH a long island thing)
manganaROCK: like, I sent that news story to one of my friends, and he said, "Good, now's her chance to shoot her again."
WalkinProud: ROFLMAO

2:19pm: This is my shit, this is my shit
I like to cook and i want to start a site called foodster where people can share recipes, but I don't know enough about web design to do that.

I like music, but mostly I have to listen to the crap my neighbor downstairs plays. He's teen angst and mexican, so that means he's at least 6 times louder than the average person.

I watch the same movies over and over. Like I have OCD about Godzilla and Sponge Bob. People usually assume I have sophisticated taste in movies, but my favorite ones are always bad.

i'm good at decorating for cheap. Like give me a semi decent apt and $200 and I can make it amazing with some paint and by altering what's already there. i have a business somewhere with this skill.

I design textiles. People in fashion are so dumb that my brain is frying out of boredom with trends in culture. In art school, things were cool for a reason. In fashion, things are cool because everyone else think so.

I barely know who Lindsey Lohan is. I didn't see that show Friends until about a year ago. I couldn't identify an AC/DC song if my life depended on it. i'm pretty much out of the loop. Me and my dad, we make our own loop.

I really like tools a lot. Like my kitchen aid mixer. and my leather man. and my level. and my sewing machine. and my pasta roller. and my rotary cutter. Tools are so good.

My family is retarded creative. My mom artistically is pure form and my dad is pure function. I'm a visual artist, my sister is a writer, and my brother is a musician.

Oh, as a hipster in denial, I like to knit, crochet, sew, draw, quilt, cook, and do all those homey things. It's kind of ironic that I live like I'm on the Little House on the Prairie, but i'm actually in Brooklyn. No, I don't take a bath in metal tub outside.

My alcohol tolerance in college was one drink. Then, it went to three. In the last three months, my tolerance went up to like 8. When my friends need a beer to be finished, they give it to me because I'm really good at chugging nowadays. Sure I barf.

Also, my humour is really dry. I laugh way too loud, but my humour is very dry. I hope you get it.

1:46pm: Leftovers Quiche
This is one of favorite things to do with leftovers nowadays. I roasted veggies on friday and I just diced them up and threw them into a quiche. Since I have the kitchen aid now, I obviously used it as much as possible:

CRUST
(you can just buy one premade as well. . .)
1 cup flour
1/2 stick of crisco shortening, frozen and diced
1 tsp salt
3-4 tbsp ice water.

Mix flour and salt at a high speed so it's light and fluffy. Add shortening and mix until the mixture looks like little pieces of gravel. Add cold water 1 tbsp at a time until it's a soft dough that holds together. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

wrap with saran wrap(getting this off the roll is the hardest part!) and place in fridge for half an hour. Then, take it out, remove wrap and place on floured piece of freezer paper and roll out to be thin so it's about 2" bigger than your pie pan. Delicately roll crust and paper onto rolling pin and roll it on in reverse into the oiled pie pan. Lightly press into pan. crimp crust. Use a fork to poke holes at bottom of crust. Bake in oven for 12-15 minutes to prebake it.

EGGS
one cup of diced roasted veggies, garlic shrimp, stir fry, whatever you have leftover that would be good. i mean seriously, I bet anthing would be amazing.
2 oz shredded cheddar cheese.
6-8 eggs
quarter cup milk or cream. You can use more milk or heavier cream if you want it to be redic fluffy, thanks paula dean.
s+p

Whisk eggs together. Add milk. whisk some more so there is plenty of air beaten into them. Stir in leftovers and add salt and pepper to taste.
Pour mixture into prebaked pie crust. drizzle a tiny amount of cold water on edge of crust to prevent burning.

Bake until fluffy and slightly browned at 375. Should take about 20-30 minutes. Put a sprig of rosemary on top if you want to be extra gay.

10:42am: Lawrence Homeless and damn ichat for not copying the names!
My boss gave me an article last week that was about these college kids who killed a homeless guy here in NY
jesus
like leopold and loeb?
and they had a list of the cities that were most dangerous for homeless people to live in
LAWRENCE
was one of them
huh?
????
wtf?
right?
it must be a per capita thing?
why cause all college kids are like leopold and loeb?
I mean, we let Jerry sleep at our place more than once!
who's jerry?
oh, well, point proved exactly
oh, that homelss guy who hung out at enry's
oh the guy who saved us from the Drunken Indian?
or did he save us from the Psychopath?
or both?
oh, drunken indian
ohhhh yeah
i forgot his name was jerry
bearded guy
yeah he was cool
anyway, what the hell?
I think L is a haven for the homelss
i remeber hearing about a homeless person who a few years ago was dragged by a car down an alley way and left there dead
and the papers totally wrote nothing about it
ps, I just googled "most dangerous cities +homeless" and it crashed safari
LOL
i always thought lawrence was homeless haven also though
Yeah, there were some incidents, but they must have happened everywhere
i mean, that article is the reverse of truthful
that's why I think it's because there is a higher population
i mean, that entire fucking town has adopted dennis as their own
and sicne there are more homeless people, there may be more crimes
and there's few places that everyone knows the homeless people by name
maybe
the last time i was there i thought the homeless rate had really grown
along with the anarchist rate and the neo-creepy christian rate
man, if i go back to l-town for the summer, i'm totally going to the Jesus Store everyday
10:05 AM
http://www2.ljworld.com/onthestreet/2006/jan/12/meancity/
the neo christians are SERIOUSLY the weirdest develpment
yeah well i guess they'd been saving up their money for a while
and how do I know that name William Renfro?
"Yes, because the police harass homeless people who are just walking down the street. They won’t let them drink liquor outside or in their car when they don’t have anywhere else to do it, and if you are sleeping in front of a business, the police will make you move even if the business hasn’t complained."
ROFLMAO
I KNOW!
i swear the LJ world is the fucking onion
but lawrence is it's own isolated onion
true
but William Renfro, the guy who said that, do you know his name?
i think you're thinking of brad renfro, who's pretty much in the same boat as william these days
the actore
actor
no, I think I went to high school with him
hold on . .doing research
probably
he's probably friends with avery
he was 20 in 2004
http://www.lawrence.com/photos/2004/dec/21/7409/
I feel like i'm in the ring right now
researching the homeless
lawrence is like the ring
ROFLMAO
where else can you research homeless people online?
"a twenty year old homeless mechanic"
on the lawrence journal world
considering the majority of the population there is homeless
here is the whole article
http://www.lawrence.com/news/2004/dec/21/homelessness_endof2004/
“When I start partying I don’t want to stop because I like getting drunk – sloppy drunk,” Dean says. “The way we drink here and the way we party, it’s not just one day. You have a birthday party it’s gonna last about three months.”
LOL
“I could take it for a couple more years, maybe,” he says. “Don’t get me wrong, but there’s a lot of women out there that don’t like homeless people … the hotel thing is getting old.”
ROFLMAO
god
10:15 AM
i bet that lawrence has more schizos than anywhere else on the planet
I think I'm reading this with a slur
even more than in dylan's house
LOL
(typically bipolar disorder, manic depression
um aren't these the same thing???
The 20-year-old Lawrence homeless man is the picture of irresponsibility: he spends all his money on drugs and booze, he’s frequently in-and-out of rehab programs (usually because he gets kicked out) and he loves to disappear for extended party binges.
wow, i wonder if his picture is next to the dictionary definition of "irresponsiblity"
LOL
maybe this is in the updated version of webster's, and they've finally retired Mike Beard's picture
the torch has been passed
“I like being homeless,” Dean says. “You don’t have any bills to pay, so you can buy all the liquor you want and all the pot you want. If you like to gamble you can gamble; if you like to collect pipes or whatever like me you can do that.”
“I could take it for a couple more years, maybe,” he says. “Don’t get me wrong, but there’s a lot of women out there that don’t like homeless people … the hotel thing is getting old.”
oops
The homeless and the folks who work with them, to my mind, get a bum rap – that we’re just enabling people, or we’re giving them a free ride, or we aren’t doing anything for this problem,” he says.
ROFLMAO
bum rap?
ROFLMAO
ROFLMAO
ROFLMAO
i think i'm dying
yeah, of a hole in your lung
omg i posted this all on my lj
10:20 AM
http://radioroxie.livejournal.com/168739.html
If you like to gamble you can gamble; if you like to collect pipes or whatever like me you can do that.”
best. sentence. EVER.
wow, this is incredible.
this is one of the funniest things i've ever read
this is why people become lawrence townies
it's soooo lawrence.
I KNOW
i mean, pure and free entertainment
seriously, some may think it's just a college town, others love it and know it a real life "twin peaks"
that man, dean, is my new god
why wasn't he on our radar?
maybe he's fresh off the boat
how old was dean again?
we need to make friends with him, now that we drink
seriously
we can hear about his pipe collection
brb i'm going to re-read this
i sent it to my mom
she's online now
10:25 AM
the beauty of lawrence journalism is that it's written seriously, but comes off as hilariously funny each and every single time
i mean, eat your heart out hunter s. thompson
omg, definitely.
and you KNOW the writers change the quotes to suit their needs
ohhhhhhhhhhh yeah
i mean, it's really funny that one of the best schools for journalism in the country is located here
my friend Kevin is the gayest guy in the world, like in his works, "makes ryen look positively heterosexual"
ROFLMAO
i want to meet him
I just sent him the quotes about women liking homeless men and the 3 month party
he said that was his 10 year plan
so I sad, "babycakes, you have a LOT of hormones to take"
radioroxie: my favorite quote
greenRfrogs: Yep - he says he may keep it up a couple more years - more like a couple more decades, eh
greenRfrogs: you always do seem them milling around outside the salvation army
LOL
do you want to talk to babycakes?
i'm already iming too many people
oh, sad
you and my mom *whew*
i know, i'm getting old
god, I can do like 11 these days
but it'll make me hyperventilate
I have 6
well you also bagged five guys in three weeks
so whatevs
LOL
man it's a good thing i almost didn't accidentally write that on my mom's im box
okay, he said not right now
see it's a good thing i'm only talking to two people
LOL
greenRfrogs: last time I walked around Lawrence (2 yrs ago) there was one lady about to give another the beat down - think she could do it too
for some reason, everything my mom says is funny
what is the beat down?
like beat them up*
yesterday sean wrote me a message about "is it dangerous to use condoms in the bathtub when you're gettinf ucked?"
he checked like 3 times to make sure itwas the right window
10:35 AM
ROFLMAO
I asked Glenn, of course,
and he said it's fine but you should never use condoms in zero gravity, l ike on the mon
moon
why is it bad to use condoms in zero gravity?
because they could float away and scatter semen everywhere
LOL
oh i've gotta go, i have to go run some errands
your lj is so funny, btw
i love it and don't find it boring at all
it made me laugh my ass off
you should post that pic on it
OMG i just realized that pic is of Dane, the total psycho
remember Dane???????
which pic?
the cute black kid
what? which pic? in the article?
remember how he used to pretend he was british
and from texas
WAIT? what was his story?
and he lived in the sunflower house but went nuts, so they kicked him out
wow he looks really normal now
10:40 AM
oh, right
okay, enjoy your errands.
ok i'll talk to you later

9:17pm: Homemade Pizza
So, i'm on this bender where i like culinary arts way better than clothes.
This Christmas season has been blurred with a new kitchen aid blender, a kitchen aid mixer, awesome rolling pin, spatula, calphalon pan, a new cookie sheet, pizza stones, and a microplane. Hence, cooking is way fun because i get to use all my new stuff. I totally feel like a fifites house wife. All I need is a pair of high heels.

This weekend, Melissa came over and we made pesto pizza from scratch and it was so good. It was a fresh crust with pesto, diced sundried tomatoes, toasted tamari almonds, and spinach. SOOOO good!



This is how!

---------Pizza Dough
This dough can be used for any size pizza with thick or thin crust; simply adjust the cooking time to fit the pizza. Make sure you heat the oven to 500 degrees for thirty minutes before you start cooking. Your tiles or stone need at least that long to heat up; if they’re not properly heated, your pizza crust will be thin, blond, and limp. Once the dough for the crust has been topped, use a quick jerking action to slide it off the peel and onto the hot tiles or stone; make sure that the pizza lands far enough back so that its front edge does not hang off. For a cornmeal-flavored dough, substitute three-quarters cup of cornmeal for three-quarters cup of the bread flour. Editor's Note: This recipe was updated in 1997, when we found that adding more water resulted in a tastier pizza. This recipe contains a total of 1 3/4 cups water, while the original that appeared in the magazine in 1995 contains 1 1/2 cups.


2 large, 4 medium or 8 individual pizzas

1 3/4 cups water divided, 1/2 cup warm, remaining at tap temperature
2 1/4 teaspoons dry active yeast (1 envelope)
2 tablespoons olive oil , plus extra for brushing dough
4 cups bread flour
1 1/2 teaspoons table salt

vegetable oil (or cooking spray) for oiling bowl

semolina for dusting peel

1. Measure 1/4 cup of warm water into 2-cup measuring cup. Sprinkle in yeast; let stand until yeast dissolves and swells, about 5 minutes. Add remaining 1/4 cup warm water plus remaining 1 1/4 cups tap water and olive oil. Meanwhile, pulse flour and salt in workbowl of large food processor fitted with steel blade to combine. Add liquid ingredients (holding back a tablespoon or so) to flour and pulse together. If dough does not readily form into ball, stop machine, add remaining liquid, and continue to pulse until ball forms. Process until dough is smooth and satiny, about 30 seconds longer.
2. Turn dough onto lightly floured work surface; knead by hand with a few strokes to form smooth, round ball. Put dough into medium-large, oiled bowl, and cover with damp cloth. Let rise until doubled in size, about 2 hours.
3. Turn dough out onto lightly floured work surface and use chef’s knife or dough scraper to halve, quarter, or cut dough into eighths, depending on number and size of pizzas desired. Form each piece into ball and cover with damp cloth. Working with one piece of dough at a time, shape as shown in illustrations below. Transfer to pizza peel that has been lightly coated with semolina, brush dough very lightly with olive oil before topping and cooking.
4. Use the following guide to determine cooking time for pizza crust with topping but without cheese. All pizzas need to be cooked an additional two or three minutes after adding cheese, or until cheese is completely melted.

THIN CRUST
14-inch pizzas (Master Recipe makes 2) - 7 to 8 minutes
12-inch pizzas (Master Recipe makes 4) - 5 minutes
8-inch pizzas (Master Recipe makes 8)- 3 minutes.

MEDIUM-THICK CRUST
12-inch pizzas (Master Recipe makes 2) - 9 to 10 minutes
8-inch pizzas (Master Recipe makes 4) - 5 minutes
6-inch pizzas (Master Recipe makes 8) - 4 minutes.

Pesto:
1.5 cups basil
2 tbspn pine nuts, toasted
1 tspn salt
1 tspn fresh ground pepper

1/4 cup olive oil

Blend everything together besides the oil. Add the oil in a slow stream as the blender is going.

TAMARI ALMONDS
two handfuls of almonds
1 tbsp tamari soy sauce

Toast almonds over high heat on stove top. Remove from heat and toss with tamari when they are still hot