Remember that author I went to Melbourne to meet?



YEAH.

After my initial frustration (read: my very Generation Y/Verrucca Salt period of I Want It Now), I chilled out, retuned a couple more times, and then went off on a tab hunt. I first had to relearn how to read music, as I've not done that in five or six years. Then I had to learn to read guitar tabs, which are pretty intuitive, but also somewhat inconsistent. I'm not ready for speed metal just yet, or even for Toxic, but I am getting better.

Songs attempted:
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (Ironically this was the most difficult of the three to pick up, I still need a lot of practice muting strings)

Songs I really want to learn
Daft Punk - Harder Better Faster Stronger
John Williams - Cantina Band

And yes, I have all the tabs for those. Well, Hallelujah's not really complete tabs, I'm going to have to listen to the song and figure out the rest, but all the others can be found at Ukulele Hunt, a place I anticipate spending a LOT of time over the next few months.

I have a ukulele.

I am attempting to tune it.

It is not going well.

:(

http://jezebel.com/5241128/women-too-stupid-to-stay-thin-are-not-smart-enough-for-supreme-court

Stop reading everying on the internet, immediately.

Oh god.

Twitter feeds from inside Iran: http://www.h3x.no/2009/06/14/iranians-on-twitter-during-the-june-clashes/

Some of the news and pics are hardcore.

It's just nuts. Where are superheroes when you need them?

If I was anywhere near qualified, I would apply for this in a second, and move countries to do it.

Cannot, simply CANNOT come up with a coherent design for Kat's pony. So frustrating.

Going to attempt some cupcake baking instead.

I feel poorly. Am treating what I suspect is Swine Flu with large doses of veggie hotdogs, ginger ale, and chocolate soy milk.

I've had a headache for almost a whole day now.

I tried to make vegan mac and cheez, and it was horrendous. Stank up the whole kitchen. I have a few more recipes I can try though.

Argh argh headache.

I'm going to add some RPattz to my treatment plan. Ain't nothing worth living through that he can't cure.

Mmm, random vegetable cooking time!

I accidentally made this vegan (silly me!) but you can add meat if you can't stomach that sort of thing. Some tofu or chickpeas would be a good addition too, just for protein's sake.

Pastry:
Frozen puff pastry (I believe Pamapas and Coles brands are both vegan)

Filling:
6-8 kipfler potatoes, boiled and peeled
1 can corn kernels
Whatever veggies you have in your crisper (I used brocolli stalk and carrot) chopped into small pieces
1 small can coconut milk (165ml)
Curry powder or paste
1 clove garlic
Oil

Concoct thusly:
Fry garlic in butter oil (I have no idea why I typed butter there). Add milk, then stir in curry powder (2 tsp for a taste of it, more if you want it spicy. This is also where you'd add chilli or extra tumeric, if it tickles your fancy parts). Simmer until aromatic and slightly thickened, then dump in the veggies. Stir and simmer briefly, then take off the heat. It's easier to construct these if you let the mixture cool, but I am impatient.

Cut the pastry either into circles or quarters (I like to stick with squares. It's a) less fiddly, and b) less wasteful) and slap a spoonful or so of the mixture on one side of the pastry. Fold the other half over and either press with a fork or fold the edges so they do that pretty scalloped thing you see on fancy pies. Hard to begin with, but gets easier with time. Spray with oil (maybe brush with more coconut milk?) and put in a 220C oven until crispy.

Nom, then freeze the excess for use as emergency food stash/easy work lunch.

Makes between 10 and 15, depending on how much filling you use in each.

Stupid WoW. The update wouldn't apply for some reason, so I can't play until it's reinstalled. Poop.

In other news, GOOD LORD I have washed a lot of clothes this week. So much folding to do.

I do love public holidays. My only real choice today is do I make mi goreng or curry puffs for an afternoon snack?

- met a girl who doesn't own any pants
- discussed sci-fi and literature in a Big Green House
- cut out all the pattern pieces for my dress.
- made wontons
- washed towels
- completely failed to go to the markets due to a combination of laziness and sore footedness
- somehow managed to not wash any work pants (oh dear me.)

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Kim should stop browsing the internet and...

For dinner, Kim should have...

I wonder if you can get embroidered patches made for a decent price? I think twould be fun to have a series of Apocalypse Scout badges, with proficiencies like stockpiling, operation of different weapons, all the things you need to know to survive a zombie apocalypse.

Also, k_icker requested that I post my favourite smoothie recipes, so ( here they are. )

I really like green smoothies. Mostly because I am lazy. I can chuck my daily fruit intake and enough leafy greens to choke a bunny into the blender, and weird foamy part aside, have a pleasant drink. Today I had an apple, watermelon, grape, cos lettuce, and sweet basil smoothie, and it was delightful.

They look pretty weird (though my watermelon, plum, and baby spinach one was a deep and alluring shade of red) but taste fruity. It's like having salad without having to have salad.

I have just finished reading my third John Green book, which is actually his second, and which is my equal second favourite.

His books (in the order he wrote them) are called Looking For Alaska, An Abundance Of Katherines, and Paper Towns. Looking For Alaska is my favourite.

There are a lot of anagrams in An Abundance Of Katherines. I was quite chuffed to find that Mr Green did not make all those anagrams himself, because I like anagrams but am terrible at them, and I would have been forever jealous if he was really that good at anagramming as well as being that good at writing, being funny, and organising home libraries. Because I am bored, I have used an internet anagram generator on my own name. These are my favourite results:

While my men brake.
Beware hymen milk.
Whee, milky barmen!
Nearby whelk mime.
Winemaker by helm.
Why, melamine kerb?
Mayhem rebel wink. (I remember finding this one out in highschool. I quite like it.)
Weak nimble rhyme. (My inner emo poet is offended.)
Beware my hen milk.
Eh, blame my winker.

My heart burns like bridges for you.

I'd love to say I know you, but we're strangers to this day.