I've been following the recipes on the back of Goya cans of beans, and have had delicious successes with both the black beans and rice, and just today the pink beans and rice. (And I've been packing these up to take them to work for lunch. Mmmm ( Read more... )

I saw on the Bisquick box a recipe for dumplings, so I thought I'd try it- it's the same proportions as the biscuit recipe, but you drop the spoonfuls of dough into boiling soup. I was worried that it wasn't working right because it looked strange as it was cooking, but it turned out pretty tasty ( Read more... )

Have been consolidating my papers and putting out for recycling a lot of stuff before the move this weekend.

Found a floppy disk with some old text files on it, which included this quote:

"I don't have an idea for a play until after I've finished writing it. I write first, and come up with what it's about later. My technique could be compared to ( Read more... )

Pesto is made- it is now much more "sauce" rather than "a semi-chopped pesto salad", like my last one. Thanks for the tips, mom ( Read more... )

Yeah, so this is unpleasant- photos from high school showing up on Facebook:

( Oh, the humanity )

Made risotto for the first time in the new apartment last night! Wooo!

Watched Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the: Sith last night- I still hadn't seen it (I wasn't all that impressed by I and II), but it was on Spike just as I was sitting down to eat my risotto and chicken, so I figured why not ( Read more... )

Was on Overheard again, Christmas Day.

Christmas was really super.

darksheik, alexlady, and I got in to Mom's Christmas Eve afternoon. We'd been invited to TWO Christmas Eve parties this year. First we went to one hosted by the mother of one of Claire's friends, which was okay, though it was filled with people we really didn't know, and Claire ran off ( Read more... )

Presents: Wrapped. Pesto: Pested. Flux Capacitor: Fluxing ( Read more... )

Someone else already wrote a bear musical!

PW group was good- got some good feedback on my Empress of Sex piece. Needs work on building the world more, with less exposition. Michael from Phare Play also is interested in joining the group ( Read more... )

Thank you President Bush collectibles. Oh man, if these aren't MADE for grafitti, I don't know what is.

Worked on Secret Project when I got home from work.

Then made dinner (homemade hamburgers!* Mmmm) and finished reading The Graveyard Book. Holy carp - gripping, suspenseful, touching. Gaimain always amazes me with the little details that ( Read more... )