Okay, folks … since insomnia has struck, I think I’ll write for a little while. All right, so I look a little crazy here. But posts become instantly more exciting with pictures, so here you go. This is me being crazy. I don’t usually have straight hair, but it comes out nice when it is. But I do know how to rock curly hair sometimes. And it can get insanely curly. Thing is, it tends to frizz out pretty quickly, so I have to be careful when I manage it. Ah, and as you can see here, I have pink glasses. At least once a month, someone notices, “Oh my God! Your glasses are PINK!” I’m due for new ones, though … I can’t wait to pick out a new pair.
What else … oh, yes! I like to cook. A lot. One of the main reasons why I’m dorming in the fall is because I would have my own kitchen (to share with other roommates, yes, but the odds of college students who cook on campus seems minimal). This here is a slice of a quesadilla I made my for a picnic with co-workers (school newspapers for the win!). These were pretty much devoured in relatively quickly, but they were a huge hassle to make. Then again, I shouldn’t have made these at 8 in the morning … nothing like the smell of hot oil to wake ya up!
Another one of my dishes I cooked. Seared pork tenderloin with onions and mushrooms. It was the first dish I tried with my formerly brand new cast iron skillet from Logic (best o’the best, I tell ya), and my GOD, this was delicious. The pork had a tinge of pink on the inside, and very juicy. I think I garnished this with some fresh rosemary too. After I got this skillet I bought Cookwise by Shirley Corriher, which is a great read. I was inspired to cook for myself and to learn how to cook by this wonderful blue-eyed Southern man:
Ain’t he dreamy? (sigh) … oh, hello? Sorry. Ahem. OK, so Alton Brown of Good Eats and Feasting on Asphalt fame is probably the most anal cook to ever exist. But still! I own two of his books and find them very easy to read, understand, and fun to flip through. My favorite page is the diagram of the pig with its cuts clearly labeled.
Since I was supposed to be in bed a while ago, I’ll end this post with one of my four dogs, acting like a Nazi in his sleep. (Just see for yourself!):
Good night!
