Food?

List 10 random things about you and food:

1. I love to cook, but make Coleman do most of the work. hahaha
2. I can eat a 5 lb. bag of carrots in 3 days...by myself.
3. I taught myself how to make sushi, and have successfully made it once and will make it again tonight. (currently making sushi rice)
4. I absolutely despise fresh tomatoes, mixed in things (ie. sauces, soups, salsa, ketchup) I'm okay with. But fresh tomatoes are disgusting.
5. I never even tried raisins until I was in college. They just looked gross, like rabbit poop or something.
6. I love to bake, but never do.
7. My biggest food weakness is spaghetti. I will seriously eat 4 servings in one sitting.
8. I don't like fish, but my new favorite food is sushi. And I love shrimp and crab and lobster.
9. I wanted to be a chef when I graduated high school, now I want to make wine.
10. (Almost) every day for breakfast I make myself an egg cheese and turkey sandwich. With a tall glass of chocolate milk.
    

IMPORTANT HEALTH ADVICE FOR WOMEN.

Do you have feelings of inadequacy?
Do you suffer from shyness?
Do you sometimes wish you were more assertive?

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You will notice the benefits of Chardonnay almost immediately and with a regimen of regular doses you can overcome any obstacles that prevent you from living the life you want to live.

Shyness and awkwardness will be a thing of the past and you will discover many talents you never knew you had. Stop hiding and start living, with Chardonnay. Chardonnay may not be right for everyone. Women who are pregnant or nursing should not use Chardonnay. However, women who wouldn't mind nursing or becoming pregnant are encouraged to try it.

Side effects may include dizziness, nausea, vomiting, incarceration, erotic lustfulness, loss of motor control, loss of clothing, loss of money, loss of virginity, delusions of grandeur, table dancing, headache, dehydration, dry mouth, and a desire to sing Karaoke and play all-night rounds of Strip Poker, Truth Or Dare, and Naked Twister.

WARNINGS:
The consumption of Chardonnay may make you think you are whispering when you are not. The consumption of Chardonnay may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them. The consumption of Chardonnay may cause you to think you can sing. The consumption of Chardonnay may lead you to believe that ex-lovers are really dying for you to telephone them at four in the morning. The consumption of Chardonnay may make you think you can logically converse with members of the opposite sex without spitting. The consumption of Chardonnay may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter, faster and better looking than most people.

Now Just Imagine What You Could Achieve With a Good Dry Red!!!

Everyone's a photographer...

So on my way back from class this morning I saw the plant ops guy mowing the lawn. Except he wasn't mowing the lawn. He was just sitting in the tractor with the engine running. Odd. So I slow down (on my bike), and he's taking a picture of these trees. Really? Really? You can't walk over here on your lunch break, after work? You need to take pictures now? But I generally agree at the amazing colors. Look at these bright reds! I'm writing this in class so I didn't have time to adjust anything on these yet. But aren't the colors on my campus beautiful?

Gastronomical Phenomenon

I just wanted to share that my dinner tonight consisted of mac'n'cheese with cut up hot dogs and 2/3 of a bottle of Ballatore sparkling wine. As disgusting as that sounds it was, surprisingly, not bad. I love the excuse of being a "starving" college student. I only had the sparkling wine because we opened it the other night and I didn't want it to go flat before I had the chance to finish it.
I'm a little bit sad because that was my last bottle from the Christmas bonus case last year. And the sparkling wine they have available for us this year is not nearly as good. So I asked for Gallo of Sonoma Cabernet sauvignon, mom should be more happy with this one. Hopefully I get it before Thanksgiving so nobody has to buy cheaper wine that we can just drink, and not necessarily have to enjoy. Because Turnbull and Zaca Mesa are meant to be enjoyed, not pounded {it taste better if you chug it, Kaitlin... ;) }.
So I just finished watching PS I Love You. What a horribly depressing movie. And it was no where near the book. I guess the basic concept of the husband dying and leaving letters is the same, but nothing else is.
Lucky you, two posts in one day. :)

Clean!

So today after work I decided to finally, after several months, clean my room! I know, it's like a throwback to the old days of barbies, dolls, clothes, and whatever else I had thrown about Kaitlin and my room. Except this time it's books, shoes, clothes, boxes/bags, magazines, schoolwork, a bulletin board that fell off the wall, etc. Where should I begin? The massive pile of blankets that were pulled out for whatever reason; folded and put back in the closets. Clean clothes...from before we went to Hawaii, folded and put away. Dirty clothes? Sorted and ready to go to the laundry room; they raised the price for doing wash so I only have enough change for 1 1/2 loads...I haven't done laundry since we got back from Hawaii. Speaking of which, my suitcase was not only still out, it still contained most of my clothes. Schoolwork/books, sort of piled in a corner...not much shelf space here. What the heck? Coleman's other pair of swim shorts? A bag with...a tablecloth? Where does all of this stuff come from? Maybe I should do some sorting and tossing of things. But that will have to wait for another day. Today I'm tired and don't want to do anything else.

Prop 2

DISCLAIMER: This is mostly my venting, because I want to say these things, but can't without being shot down by my friends that supported Prop 2.
I just want to start out by saying that I'm not a very political person. I don't care much who was elected president, especially this year. I was not impressed by either candidate, and voted for the person that I disagreed with less, not agreed with more. I was more interested in the propositions on the ballot. Namely Props 2 and 8.
I am so frustrated with the passing of Prop 2. I'm frustrated with the ignorant city folk that think the videos on PETA are the norm. Yes, it is terrible when animals are mistreated. But those are extreme events, they are not happening in most daily farm life. Something you have to realize is that these animals are NOT pets. These animals are raised for food, not for someone to name and grow an attachment to. Some dogs spend their whole lives chained up, where's the law to prohibit tying your pet dog up? Calves have to be tied up, they're so small that they fit through the bars of the fence, they would be run over by tractors if they were not tied.
Now that there will be less animals per farm (because there's no more land to buy to expand), there will be fewer jobs, higher unemployment, worse off economy, etc. etc. And anyone with a basic economics class could tell you: the lower the supply, the greater the demand. Prices for eggs from California are going to rise, no one wants to pay more money at this point. Where will we get cheaper eggs?
People didn't think before they voted. This is going to have a negative effect on all of California agriculture in the long run.
I don't really want any feedback on this. I just wanted to get this out.