Thursday, September 11, 2008
cocturae
Tonight my mom and I went to a class about induction stove tops and convection ovens. That sounds so boring, but it was actually SO COOL. Maybe I'm way behind on this whole thing (I certainly didn't realize for the past 5 years that my mom has a special convection oven), so sorry if I'm just blabbering on about things you already know about, but my favorite part was the induction stove tops. They're electro-magnetic, meaning that they're powered by a magnet and only magnetic metals (like iron pots) can be used to cook on them. That also means that if you put anything that's not magnetic on them, they just won't do anything. The lady who was demonstrating this put a half-circle shaped pan on one side of a burner with a stick of butter in it. On the other side of the burner, she put another stick of butter just on top, not in a pan. Of course, the lonely stick of butter just sat there while the one in the pan melted. And now I TOTALLY WANT an induction stove top! I'd feel like a scientist every time I boiled water! "Oh, you want tea? Sure, let me just hop on over to my electro-magnetic stove..." (not that people regularly come to my house and randomly demand hot beverages, but you get the idea)
And you can just buy one burner of an induction stove top. Seriously, just to to Target or wherever, buy it, bring it home, and plug it in to your wall plug. Voila! You have an induction stove!
The convection oven was cool too, I guess, but not compared to the aweomeness that is an induction stove top. Still, I need a new toaster oven anyway and I think I'll get a convection one. Wheee!
Also, after the class I went back to work. I was there until about 9:30 so I was the last one. I kept hearing things going on downstairs, and OF COURSE I'm a big wimpy fraidy cat so I was convinced that there was a robber and/or killer. While I was locking up, I saw my shadow jump out as I walked next to the fence, and I jumped out of my skin because I thought it was a person walking towards me to take my life and/or money (not that they would've been too lucky with the latter...)
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
conpingere
I need your help! Should I be a 50s housewife for Halloween, or Indiana Jones?
Housewife Pros:
- I can wear a fun poofy dress
- My favorite apron and peeptoe shoes will get a night out on the town
Housewife Cons:
- I'll have to hunt down non-prescription cat eye glasses. I don't know how easy or hard that will be
- I'm a girl every day in real life (albeit not a housewife) so it wouldn't be that big of a transformation
Indiana Pros:
- Hello, he's badass
- I will have one more reason to buy a leather coat (I'm planning on it anyway, this will just rev up my search so I can find one before the holiday!)
- If I walk around between parties, it will be easier to walk in flat shoes than heels
Indiana Cons:
- I'm not a man. So I don't know how well that will go over and work. I mean, Indiana Jones didn't exactly have long hair
- Is it easy to find a whip? I don't know. I don't even know where you'd find one.
- Is that a leather hat? I have no idea. I feel lost.
P.S. I will continue to title my posts in this manner until someone wins the prize for guessing what the title of my blog means. It is kind of a hint. Labels: holidays, I need your help
Sunday, September 7, 2008
coeptus
I'm kind of (read: 99%) copying off of Joanna here. She mentioned her blog the other day, and I thought, "cool!"
I have had blogs in the past, but they were all kind of dumb and I deleted them for various reasons. But I like Joanna's idea of a blog just being an open letter to friends and family - especially since I'm increasingly far away from so many people I love.
I guess if you're reading this, there's no need to introduce myself, because presumably you already know me!
The title of my blog is "sine te vivere nolo." There's a prize for anyone who can figure out what it means!
And because I think this page would look more interesting with a picture, here is me and my roommate:
Except that she is remarkably less furry now. Because she had a bad haircut this summer.
We haven't been in public much.
And you can just buy one burner of an induction stove top. Seriously, just to to Target or wherever, buy it, bring it home, and plug it in to your wall plug. Voila! You have an induction stove!
The convection oven was cool too, I guess, but not compared to the aweomeness that is an induction stove top. Still, I need a new toaster oven anyway and I think I'll get a convection one. Wheee!
Also, after the class I went back to work. I was there until about 9:30 so I was the last one. I kept hearing things going on downstairs, and OF COURSE I'm a big wimpy fraidy cat so I was convinced that there was a robber and/or killer. While I was locking up, I saw my shadow jump out as I walked next to the fence, and I jumped out of my skin because I thought it was a person walking towards me to take my life and/or money (not that they would've been too lucky with the latter...)
Housewife Pros:
- I can wear a fun poofy dress
- My favorite apron and peeptoe shoes will get a night out on the town
- I'll have to hunt down non-prescription cat eye glasses. I don't know how easy or hard that will be
- I'm a girl every day in real life (albeit not a housewife) so it wouldn't be that big of a transformation
Indiana Pros:
- Hello, he's badass
- I will have one more reason to buy a leather coat (I'm planning on it anyway, this will just rev up my search so I can find one before the holiday!)
- If I walk around between parties, it will be easier to walk in flat shoes than heels
Indiana Cons:- I'm not a man. So I don't know how well that will go over and work. I mean, Indiana Jones didn't exactly have long hair
- Is it easy to find a whip? I don't know. I don't even know where you'd find one.
- Is that a leather hat? I have no idea. I feel lost.
Labels: holidays, I need your help
I have had blogs in the past, but they were all kind of dumb and I deleted them for various reasons. But I like Joanna's idea of a blog just being an open letter to friends and family - especially since I'm increasingly far away from so many people I love.
I guess if you're reading this, there's no need to introduce myself, because presumably you already know me!
The title of my blog is "sine te vivere nolo." There's a prize for anyone who can figure out what it means!
And because I think this page would look more interesting with a picture, here is me and my roommate:
Except that she is remarkably less furry now. Because she had a bad haircut this summer.
We haven't been in public much.
