I watched Danny Boyle's stage production of Frankenstein with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller yesterday. Spoiler alert: It was incredible.

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One of my friends is getting married in less than a month, which for me means, A) a long overdue trip to San Diego, and B) a legit opportunity to get my girly-girl on.

This is the dress I'm planning on wearing:


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My last day of class was on Thursday, and most of my time since then has been spent stuffing my face with food that I know is bad for me. Such is the life of a culinary student. And this was after I visited the Guittard chocolate factory with my class. The tour itself was fairly standard; if you've ever seen any of those shows on the Food Network ( Read more... )

Chocolate will be the death of me, and not in the fun "I just gorged myself on five pounds of it" kind of way. It's more like a "I can't temper this shit and when I do I can't dip my candies satisfactorily so that Chef Devon won't yell at me" way. There's a reason why this class is the last one in the curriculum. It's insanely challenging because ( Read more... )

Thank you to all of you who sent birthday greetings my way on Thursday. The day itself was pretty crappy, so your messages and kind words really meant a lot to me.

Speaking of birthdays, say hello to my present to myself, courtesy of Made By Hank.


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For all of the comic book fans on my flist: Top Shelf Productions is having a major sale, and lots of books have been marked down to only $3! I just ordered the following:

• The Mirror of Love by Alan Moore and José Villarrubia
  
• Death by Chocolate - Redux by David Yurkovich
  
• The Blankets soundtrack (Why didn't anyone ever tell me that there was a ( Read more... )

I ordered these CD dividers (although not from that site, which has better pictures, but from Insound.com) during some downtime at work today, and now I can't help but think that perhaps I shouldn't have done so. Then again, I did get my tax return check yesterday, which came out to $30 and is approximately equal to the total of my Insound order, ( Read more... )

echoism requested that I post some links to my favorite design blogs and online shops. Here you are, my dear.

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31 Corn Lane is having a sale! They make some really cute accessories, including the Holly bag which I bought sometime last year and absolutely adore. Their goods are sold through Blue Collar Distro, which also sells stuff from various bands, so you can count some Josh Ritter goods among the things that I ordered just now ( Read more... )

I'm totally asking for cash and cash alone this Christmas because I can't quit waving my credit card around whenever I see something pretty. On the other hand, I will have this hanging on my wall in due time:


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