It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Today was spent just Christmas shopping, I went to five stores and, aside from the stuff I need to order from Amazon, I'm almost done with my shopping :)  It's kind of late for me, I'm usually done by Black Friday.  I think I only have three more stores to go for shopping...and two of them are in the same shopping mall.  I hate shopping when it gets close to Christmas, the malls get so busy, parking is terrible, people are frantic.  I have friend who loves shopping on Christmas eve...psycho.

Burn Notice: Down and Out

Oh my god, why do Michael Weston's clients refuse to listen to him?!

Looney Tunes, Supernatural style

Hilarious Supernatural episode, with classic Looney Tunes gags and cartoon physics!

Stick bombs!!

After watching the stick bomb making video, I've really had this urge to to buy tongue depressor sticks and make a rudimentary stick bomb.  I guess I've got my weekend project planned out!...That and holiday shopping... I'm usually done by Black Friday, but this year I didn't even go black Friday shopping, didn't really want anything.

1000!!!

1000 page views!!!!!

In honor of this event, I have included links to information about famous 1000's:

Grow up!

It is truly sad when

Classic shows

I've been watching my Get Smart box set.  That got me thinking about all the classic shows like Get Smart, I Love Lucy, Bewitched, I Dream of Genie, which got me thinking about sitcoms created in my life time and which one of those will be considered classics.  So here is the list I came up with so far:

Nom nom

New vegan favorite food: toast, earth balance, and nutritional yeast. Best thing ever!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was surprisingly not that bad this year...
Also, I tried making vegan and gluten side dishes, they were really tasty! Except for the vegan mac and cheese...fake cheese just doesn't have the same good taste as really cheese.  I really liked the sweet potatoes.  Here are the recipes I used:

Olive oil mashed potatoes, I added roasted garlic and dried tarragon.  I like some skin in my mashed potatoes, so I didn't peel all of the potatoes:
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Olive-Oil-Mashed-Potatoes-107604

Green bean casserole:
http://delectablyfree.com/2010/12/gluten-free-vegan-green-bean-casserole/

Sweet Potatoes, I didn't puree the sweet potatoes, I cut them into rounds:
http://www.marthastewart.com/945631/sweet-potato-coconut-casserole

Gravy, I ran out of almond milk, so I used half almond milk and half coconut milk:
http://vegansaurus.com/post/5835727636/gluten-free-vegan-biscuits-and-gravy

Pre-Thanksgiving

My favorite Thanksgiving quote so far is from the new show, The Neighbors:

Oh happy day

So turns out that e-mail wasn't meant for me even though I was included in it. The e-mail was really meant for another student, but my advisor didn't want to single that student out so sent a group e-mail instead. In fact, I got a "I'm not worried about you." !!!!!!!!! :) :) Also, I got good feedback at the lab meeting. :) Nice way to kick off the holiday!

If an ass goes traveling, he will not come home a horse

ASS #1 sent a panicked, pathetic, and desperate e-mail.  Perhaps ASS #1 is taking their frustrations out on all students because one student has been more absent.  Whatever the reason... here is the e-mail:

Bob's Burger: An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal

Wow!!  I really think this year's Thanksgiving episode of Bob's Burger is the craziest episode ever.  And if you've ever watched Bob's Burger, you know that's really saying a lot.

A Haiku to Pretzels

I was at a meeting today and saw a dish marked soft pretzels, I eagerly lifted the lid thinking a pretzel would be there...but nope...nada... :(  The following haiku describes by experience:

Pretzel I craved
I removed the lid and found
Disappointment there

I think I can

I'm plan ing in graduating in May and I still have to fix-up my chapters and defend before April. I thought it was doable but today some people are making me think it's not. I'll prove them wrong! I hope…

Home, home on the range

Today I had antelope meat for the first time. The meat was tough and dense but surprisingly tasty. I stand by what I said earlier though about kangaroo meat being the best meat ever. Period.

Supernatural: A Little Slice of Kevin

Tonight's Supernatural was great!  It had Dean, Cass, Kevin, Kevin's mom kicking ass, Dean, good plot, Cass back in full on Angel mode, flashbacks to purgatory, and oh did I mention Dean.

But...why did Kevin leave the damn tablet on the table???!!!!  Why don't people take things with them??!!!  Especially things that are so important!

Irresponsible people...

I don't understand how some people can be so irresponsible.  A fellow student is  receive a teaching award and invited me to the ceremony...turns out that student has a presentation, a two-hour drive away from our campus 90min after the ceremony ends... do the math... and then add traffic...yeah...

That same student left their phone at home for the entire week while we were at another conference in another city that their mom and grandmother were flying out to from another state to meet-up and spend time with the student for the week.  One would think that you would want your phone so you could communicate with your mom and grandmother who were flying out...but hey, that's just me.

Passive-aggressive academia

In August I told one of my five guidance committee members that my advisor and I had already selected my dissertation committee over the summer...that committee member (let's call this one passive-agressive ass, PAA for short) seemed disappointed and said in the most Eeyore-esque voice possible, "oh I guess I'm not on it."

Today I had to drop off a gift for PAA's son that an exchange student left and asked me to deliver.  PAA wasn't in the office but was on campus so I left the gift on PAA's desk.  Later on I received a very awkward and passive-agressive e-mail from PAA

"Thank you, you shouldn't have!  A helicopter?  You're so generous

- I mean I thought you kicked me off your committee, and yet you still
buy me [my] dream toy?..."

Weirdo.

86

I started re-watching Get Smart from the beginning.  I bought the box set a few years ago and have never made it all the way through.  My goal is to finish all five season by Christmas!  It's good to have goals! (^_-)-☆

Okami

I finally played Okami on the Wii.  Was not expecting that much text in the game!  But overall it's a fun game, good for causal gamers like me. 

Bond. James Bond.

I watched the new Bond movie, Skyfall, today. It was the best Daniel Craig Bond movie so far, that's saying quite a bit considering how good Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace were.

The only thing I didn't like was how one of the agents became the new Moneypenny. Of course they have the female field operative changing her mind and taking the lower position as a secretary. Yes, Moneypenny and Bond need that sexual tension; but why did the female field operative have to settle for the lower position that she's over qualified for? Why couldn't someone who has already intending to be M's secretary be Moneypenny?

That's my only beef with it.

Check please!

I gave my dissertation proposal defense today, check!  Only one more meeting left!  I'm so exhausted, can't remember the last time I was this tired.

Supernatural

I love how Garth is the new Bobby now!  I can imagine Bobby getting his start in a similar way.  I really like Garth's character, I think this will put him in the show more often.  Also...CASS IS BACK NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Four more years!!!!!

Obama wins!!  In the immortal words of Homer J. Simpson:

And, I just love this one...outdated now, but still funny :)

The Walking Dead 3.4

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This post is about the AMC show The Walking Dead.  If you have not seen up to season 3 episode 4 this post will contain spoilers.
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100!!!!!!!!!

Woohoo, I made it 100 posts!!!!!!!!!  In honor of this achievement, I have collected links about the number one-hundred!  Be warned the links are random and K-pop song does get stuck in one's head easily.

First off, a Wikipedia entry about the number 100:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100_(number)

The Giving Tree

I was thinking about the giving tree, and other Shel Silverstein books and poems.  I went to Wikipedia to see what it said about the themes of The Giving Tree and two Missing Piece books; here's what Wikipedia says about the theme of the The Giving Tree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Tree#Interpretation

Old Possum!

I came across a really friendly cat outside of a restaurant tonight, that got me thinking about T.S. Eliot's collection of cat poems, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.  So here is the first poem from Eliot's little-known upbeat work and a link to the rest http://www.moggies.co.uk/html/oldpssm.html:

The Naming of Cats

Fun Fun Times!!

I went to a free wine tasting/wine match making with a couple friends today. I can't remember the last time I had that much fun! Before the event, we filled out an online survey about our wine preferences. At the event, everyone got four free glasses of wine, but towards the end of the wine tasting portion they were just giving out wine. They also had hor d'orves, a DJ, and a free random book about relationships and the author signing the book. After the wine tasting portion the DJ continued to spin and there a love saxophonist and room to dance. And all of this was for free!!!!! Granted they wanted to get their label out, but I had an amazing time for free! I think what helped is that everyone was a working professional, not immature undergrads; they were all closer to my age and place in life. I wish I could find events like this all the time :( c'est la vie.