Song of the Day

Katie Steelmanis' Join Us.

SONG OF THE DAY FOR A BOMB ASS GIRL

I am in love.

Podcast and Song Mashup

I organized my old magazines into months.  So instead of giving in to the rare urge to buy a new magazine, I grab one of the dozen that I've collected the last several years.  And I'm really boring and/or focused.  I have Busts, I have Mother Earth News, I have a rare women's mag (Marie Claire etc), and some home-fix-it kind of mags.  So, if you catch me waxing nostalgic for Jay McCarroll's Project Runway championship, that is why.

So, I'm reading the old magazines, and deciding if I actually need to keep them.  I'm on Bust Feb/March 2012.  I started listening to How Was Your Week, a pop culture focused podcast, and I skipped back to the one with the Carrie Brownstein interview.  It's kinda funny, but also, I zoned out a little and got bored.  I don't think this is my thing.  Haven't gotten to the interview/discussion.  To the rescue was this video of Pretty Good Dance Moves' I Wonder Why.  Hearing Julie Klausner's observations over the music made it all better.  I'm going to listen to more of their music, and yell at myself for not checking them out in Feb/March 2012.  I really need to listen to more new music.  Anyway, play them at the same time.

So.  Podcasts.  I like them, but also feel like I'm listening to someone's private notes mashed up with a cassette of 8 year old me singing horribly off key and incredibly loud for everyone to hear.  Even if it's clever and funny and has lots of references to things I like.

Maybe I'm a luddite.

A luddite with a blog.

*sigh*

ETA (like 7 minutes later): OK I'M FURTHER ALONG THE PODCAST AND I LIKE IT NOW.  Maybe because we're to the conversations now.  Cool.  Thank you, Julie Klausner.  Sorry I was a douchebag earlier!

Pork chops

We have a butcher near our house.  Well, not a butcher, a sausage kitchen.  Anyway, they sell meat.  Pork chops so thick that one probably would've been used to feed my whole family during parts of growing up.

So I'm lucky.  And I know bitching about finding a decent marinated porkchop recipe is really dumb, because making a soak of some sort is easy.  Really, maybe I'm just hooked on looking things up on the internet.

So I'm going to take these fancy porkchops, and soak them in beer and garlic.  Then tomorrow I will cook them until they are done, and eat half of one, pause, and guiltily eat the other half while wondering how many people have no pork chops.  I am pretty sure this makes me some kind of dickbag.

Multiplying house plants

 
Roots like it dark. 
These are just cuttings from a prayer plant that seemed like it wanted to be divided.
Making more plants with cutting is super easy. You just take a cutting, strip off any leaves from the lower two thirds or so, stick the bottom inch in some water, and wait.  Change the water every couple of days.  You can use rooting hormone if you want, but make sure you follow the warnings on the label.  You can also use a willow tree tisane.  (Is it a tisane if you don't drink it?)  I usually don't use either, but some of the harder to root plants might need it.  Prayer plant doesn't seem to be one of those difficult plants.  Neither is mint: mint is craaazy easy.  I'm propagating some in soil right now, and I've got a rosemary that seems to be doing well in soil.  It just put out buds, but I'm not sure if that's good or bad.

Anyway, yay plants!

Yule Presents 2013

Hey.

I'm trying to decide what to make for family and friends for Yule and birthdays throughout the year.

Lipbalms?  Here's a supplier of the stuff I need (it's brambleberry.com)

Hats?  I've already been told no more hats by one sister, and I haven't made hats for her husband in three years, and haven't made one for her in ... well, this year at least.  My mom and my grandma don't seem to be too fond of most hats either.  Definitely not hats.  Or scarfs. 

Bags?  What kind?

Seeds?

Wall art?  I haven't done this in years.  Since high school!  Maybe...

Of course, I'll do things specific to the person too.  I've just decided that it's nice to make a lot of one thing, and include them in everyone's boxes.

Bookmarks.  My people need to read more.

Sigh.

I'm kind of cranky.  The hat thing made me sad, the banishment of hats that haven't been given in years.  And my toddler thought it was a good idea to dump cereal on the ground repeatedly.   She was a very contrary beast this afternoon.

I really had to remind myself that toddlers are unreasonable.  It's their job to explore and test, and it's my job to not freak out.  It was challenging to maintain my cool.

We painted some plastic and clay animals we found at a thrift store today.   I need to make the kidlet some kind of art smock.  It was good to do something crafty together.

Man I am Sore

I am in my mid thirties, and my back and my shoulder are ... well, I need them to feel better than I do.  Maybe I'll go see a doctor :/