National Tequila Day

I am very sad to report that I missed National Tequila Day, which was July 24th. But, I probably couldn't have celebrated too much, because all the liquor stores were closed because of Pioneer Day, aka stupid Utah holiday that celebrates the Mormons' arrival in Utah. In a weird twist, on Friday I coincidentally blogged about Patron and how I couldn't stop thinking about it. It's true, I am psychic when it comes to booze.

Caitlin's boyfriend Christian calls Pioneer Day "Pie 'n' Beer Day," which sounds pretty good to me. I'll have a slice of lemon meringue and a Blue Moon, please.

In other news, we are heading to South Carolina on Wednesday, so the south had better get ready for us!

Patron/patron=coincidence? I think not.

Last night, as I was writing my professional literacy statement for my summer class, I kept typing the word "patron," referring to someone who uses the library's services. But I kept thinking of this Patron:


(me typing) ...give patrons the skills to communicate effectively.. Patron? Damn, a margarita sounds good right now... anticipate the needs of the patrons... There's that Patron word again! I wonder if we have any limes...outreach to patrons...I would definitely reach out to some Patron.

**note: I am not an alcoholic, and I did finish my assignment without the aid of booze.

Fahrenheit 451

Library fight riles up city, leads to book-burning demand

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/22/wisconsin.book.row/index.html

Seriously?

Tonight's menu: meat wrapped in meat cooked in meat juice

A couple weeks ago I tried a new recipe for pork roast. Everyone loved it so I'm making it again, but with some changes.
My recipe is based on Giada's Pancetta-Wrapped Pork Roast, but with the following changes:

I substituted chicken broth for the wine (couldn't get my bottle open, ugh) and added a little vinegar
I used jarred garlic instead of fresh cloves
Bacon instead of pancetta
Put it in the crockpot for 6 hours on low instead of the oven

My drug of choice

I fell off the wagon. Not only did I fall off the wagon, but I tumbled off it and smacked my head on the ground.

After vowing to give up Coke and only drink it during visits to restaurants (which is down to only 3-5 times per month), I bought a 12-pack on Tuesday afternoon. And finished it today.

Like the enabler I am, I said to myself, "What harm is it going to do? You're working so hard at your homework; you deserve a tall icey tasty delicious cola in a frosty mug. And 12-packs are on sale at Smith's! If you get one, you'll be helping the economy by stimulating the market, while still saving money. It's a win-win situation."

After I consumed the majority of the 12-pack in less than three days, I did what all good addicts do, and tried to rationalize. "Uh, Kelby came over and had one, and I know I gave one to Christine, and I only drank half of one before it got all hot and gross in the car..."

I'll do the math: 12-pack of Cokes minus Kelby's drink, Christine's drink, and 1/2 of the hot soda=9.5 cokes in three days. And Matt and I plan on going to Cafe Rio tonight, and my pork burrito with black beans and medium sauce enchillada style with a side of guac just wouldn't be the same without a Coke.

Someone grab a dentist and stage an intervention before I become consumed with my need for cold, sugary, caffeinated beverages.

Here's a picture of me enjoying my last Coke of the 12-pack. And yes, it does taste better with a bendy straw.

Backwards

As I was scanning channels yesterday I saw something that irritated me. An episode of "According to Jim" was on, and the wife/mother was sewing Halloween costumes, and she had the sewing maching facing backwards.

How could she reach the controls? And was there not a single person on set who sewed or at least knew which direction the machine should face?

Of course I had to take a picture of the screen. In this scene Jim is telling his wife, "Stop what you're doing! Don't you know your sewing machine is facing the camera instead of you? You're an idiot!"

Tonight's menu:

Salmon fillets stuffed with shrimp and crab (and other stuff)

Wish me luck!!!!

As if you needed another reason to dislike Kanye

Kanye West is proud of the fact that he doesn't read.

From the article:
"Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed"

"I am a proud non-reader of books. I like to get information from doing stuff like actually talking to people and living real life," he said.

West, a college dropout, said being a non-reader was helpful when he wrote his book because it gave him "a childlike purity."

Does he think his late mother, an English professor, would be proud of those statements? Writing on a child's level is not something to brag about. He's always been a critic of higher education (listen to his album "College Dropout" and you'll know what I mean), but to actually criticize the act of reading is really disappointing.

What a crappy role model.

dress up

I need a dress for my grandparents' 50th anniversary party later this month, so I've started looking for inspiration online. I think I'll end up sewing something, unless my online class proves to be too time-consuming.

Here are my favs so far:






dresses 1-3 from Anthropologie
dresses 4, 5 from Fred Flare