Member: Alvina
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JUNE 23, 2008 @ 07:43 AM

George Carlin has died! He passed away this morning at the age of 71 due to heart failure. He changed the face of entertainment and he'll be sorely missed! frown



moving on to my life ...

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here are some piccies! the first one's like 5 or 6 years old (yes i'm wearing cat ears miao!! ), the next one's from a month or two ago, and then the last two i took last week!
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I'm going back to work on the 4th. i'm excited and terrified. i've got daycare lined up for Oz, i just want to meet the woman first. it's got me pretty stressed, but it's a good kind of stress i think. confused

i went to my friend's bridal shower yesterday. there were some fucking awesome vegan scones! they were so good i probably ate half the batch! tongue

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Like Starbucks' Blueberry-Raspberry Scones
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 cups quick oats
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
a dash salt
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup margrine
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 soy/rice milk
1 cup frozen blueberries and/or raspberries
preheat over to 400 degrees (205 celcius) and grease cookie sheet
in a large bowl, combine flour, oats, b.soda, b.powder, and salt. add in sugar, marg. (softened), lemon juice and soymilk. mix until just combined. stir in berries last and do not overmix, or berry colour will bleed! drop dough into 6-7 circular clumps on cookie sheet and bake for 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned on top


last week i got really ill. i woke up with such extreme stomach pains i thought i'd accidentally poisoned myself. I had a headache, chills, fever, nausea, dry heaving, disorientation, and dizziness/weak knees. my friend came over and took care of me. that night, i got my period, and it all went away! i couldn't fucking believe it!! if i have to go through that once a month, i don't know what i'll do! surreal

i got three really old vegetarian cookbooks from the local book market the other day. when i got them home, i discovered one was really an "almost" vegetarian cookbook, since they kept calling for ingredients like worcestershire sauce, anchovies, chicken broth, bacon, and ham eeek
the woman who wrote it was clearly a moron!
the second one wasn't vegetarian either; it was actually vegan!! and get this: it was written in the 70s by a vegan hippy cult!! they even include a picture of their prophet in the intro. it's a fucking awesome book, and i love it! biggrin
the last book was actually a regular vegetarian book wink

i made some goddamned awesome vegan shepherd's pie yesterday. it's already half gone! miam miam miam! tongue

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Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie
Step One:

4 large potatoes (or 6-8 small potatoes)
1 can of lentils
3-5 cloves garlic, crushed
water for cooking potatoes
3/4 cup soy milk
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 tsp dried basil (1 tbsp fresh)
wash and/or peel potatoes. put them in a pot with he garlic, lentils and water. cover and bring to a boil. reduce heat and simmer for about 20 minutes. drain well, then return them to the element for about one minute on medium heat to remove excess water. then mash.
heat soymilk and add to mash and beat until creamy. add seasonings and set aside

Step Two:
1 1/2 cup veggie ground
1 onion, chopped
1 cup mushrooms, chopped
3-4 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp oil of choice
1 tbsp flour
2 tbsp ketchup (them more as topping if desired)
1/4 cup water
salt, pepper and basil to taste
1 can creamed corn
break apart veggie ground until crumbly (soak in warm water if necessary). saute onion, mushrooms and garlic in oil until golden. add veggie ground and stir for about 5 minutes. add flour and stir well. add ketchup, water and seasonings. place mixture in a deep 9" casserole dish, and pack down. layer the creamed corn on top of veggie ground mixture. top with potato mixture. spread ketchup or tomato sauce on top of potatoes if desired. preheat oven and bake at 350 degees (175 celcius) for 15 minutes or until browned
yields 6 servings


Cygnes should be coming over early this week to do some finishing touches on my dreads. hopefully pictures soon!

Hopefuls time!! biggrin my top 5 hopefuls' sets this week are ...
Fairys set Ciao Baby
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Rexxx's set The Hunter
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Geisha's set Through the Mirror
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Spleen's set Mauvaise Garçonne
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Hellnola's set Le Poison Vert
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Love you all kiss kiss kiss

*edited to add*
so i just got back from meeting the woman, Layla, who will be watching Oz for the summer. she was very sweet, and answered all the questions correctly! i now officially have daycare figured out for my baby (well for the next couple months anyway) tonguesmile


*edited again*
Geisha turned pink!
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arbitraria

arbitraria

HOPEFUL

Morristown, NJ

JUN 23, 2008 07:49 AM

i'm pretty bummed about carlin too...such a great loss to the comedy community, he will be sorely missed.

congrats about the job - i'm sure it's going to be rough but you're a tough girl, you'll adapt well. i have my first interview tomorrow in i don't know how long, so wish me luck and i'll be sending some your way as well!

oh - my hopeful multi set with zoomusikgrl goes live in member review on friday afternoon...wooooooo!!! biggrin

those pictures are too precious, you look so happy with your little one. you're one lucky woman. smile

Lee

Lee

SUICIDEGIRL

Quebec, Canada

JUN 23, 2008 07:55 AM

Congratulations on the job.

Are you vegan? I was going to try. I bought the cookbooks and everything but I just can't afford to at the moment as I don't have a job.

Seasan

Seasan

HOPEFUL

Newark, DE

JUN 23, 2008 10:27 AM

my bf and i were bummed about carlin too

oz is getting so big!

Sassie

Sassie

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

JUN 23, 2008 10:54 AM

i love scones! biggrin i might have to go get one now. wink haha.

AesirR

AesirR

United Kingdom
January 2007

JUN 23, 2008 12:05 PM

Sounds good my dear,. I love cooking, I need to do some more and do some food blogs as its been far too long!

brave1

brave1

Broken Arrow, OK
April 2006

JUN 23, 2008 01:21 PM

dreads or cat's ears - either way - you're a cutie !

Merlina

Merlina

SUICIDEGIRL

Spain

JUN 23, 2008 01:27 PM

cute boy shocked

stormdrac

stormdrac

Tunbridge, VT
January 2008

JUN 23, 2008 07:38 PM

Horrible news about Carlin,
Wonderful News about the job, (and the daycare)
Beautiful pics...Good luck with the job.

Zenyah

Zenyah

HOPEFUL

Freeport, NY

JUN 24, 2008 07:05 PM

haha thanx! biggrin!

RedRobin13

RedRobin13

Burlington, ON
June 2007

JUN 25, 2008 07:00 AM

Yay to daycare! Seriously....you are one of the coolest moms ever. I used to make vegetarian shepards pie all the time...damn...now i want some!

Katalina

Katalina

SUICIDEGIRL

Hawaii, USA

JUN 25, 2008 05:08 PM

Aloha,
Thanks for the comment on my rejected set "Table talk" I'm deleting it but I love that you voted still.

Mahalo

Leandra

Leandra

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUN 26, 2008 07:25 AM

Hey sweets! Thanks so much for the comment on my new set! <3

Zemotion

Zemotion

SUICIDEGIRL

Belgium

JUN 27, 2008 01:01 AM

Thank you smile

Steller

Steller

SUICIDEGIRL

Texas, USA

JUN 28, 2008 05:47 PM

thank you! thats a compliment

Lovebird

Lovebird

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

JUN 28, 2008 06:35 PM

Thank you bunches and bunches, xoxoxo!!

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