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A little history: They didn't have cattle in Key West when the pie was created which is why condensed milk is used traditionally instead of fresh milk--all they had back then was canned milk that would come into port on ships. Traditionally it's not cooked, either--the lime juice works to stiffen the egg yolk. However, due to salmonella and all that, yeah...you should cook it, ha.
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accomplished
That is all.
Actually, wait, that's not all. I'm incredibly irritated at the fact that the clay heads I made are too heavy for the clay bodies and therefore I will have to start all over again making the heads lighter by using a paper ball as the base. Problem with this, outside of the time already wasted, is that the first redo I did didn't look nearly as good as the original so now I fear that I have the same "cannot duplicate" problem with clay as I do with drawing. Bugger.
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exhausted
Racial tension between black and whites is becoming more prominent by the day in certain areas, and some of them aren't too far away. I personally worked at xxxxx mall for a year and saw some of the most extreme racism i have ever seen. It seemed like some people went out of their way just to be racist, and i don't just mean towards black people. I worked at Gamestop and I was referred to as a "White piece of (expletive)" because i could not take in someone's obviously stolen Xbox 360. It had nothing to do with the customers race, i simply wasn't going to accept that console.
Really? Really? You're calling a black person racist for calling you a "White piece of shit" and then in the same breath stating that they were trying to return "obviously" stolen equipment? Had he stated how he knew for certain it was stolen that would be one thing, but as it is...yeah...you're missing the point, dude.
The stereotype the blondes are dumb and Asians are intelligent might give a job to a fairly qualified Asian person over a highly qualified white Caucasian woman.
Wow, that is actually a whole new twist on the "Affirmative Action hurts whites!" argument.
My grandfather came here from Italy when he was a boy, he always said; There are White Niggers, and there are Black Niggers. What does Nigger mean? Most people think it means a dirty black person. The word actually mean: A person of any race or origin regarded as contemptible, inferior, ignorant, etc. (dictionary.com).
Except for the fact that white people aren't called the N word unless it is likening them to a black person as an insult.
This is still a problem; because, the main reason, and I am not judging; but, In America, and other parts of the world, such Calgary, we are Worldly, instead of Godly. Look what Jesus went thru (sic) so many years ago, he was put thru (sic)crucifixion of the worse kind; he died for our sins, so we may have a better life, and how to we pay God back, by being mean, selfish, and being rasist (sic) with everything that is not our way, or the way we think
Jesus? Really? Granted his point is about how we treat other people in the world, but saying "Look at what Jesus went through!" in a conversation about racism when he was killed by his own people and not because of being another race, but for his ideals makes no sense in context.
*headdesk*
...Does anyone else see what's wrong with these statements? Evan assures me that there has to be some way to respond and explain to my fellow students where they are going wrong with their analogies without calling them idiots, but I'm not so sure...I kind of just want to like an explanation of white privilege to every one of them but I know it will probably do no good.
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aggravated
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amused
Therefore, I am ridiculously excited to fnd out about this. This is Blizzard's new cash cow--a pet store. You can use real money to buy in game pets. This is not what I am excited about. What I am excited about is that the Pandarian pet is a Make A Wish pet. If you buy him, 50% of the proceeds until Dec 31st goes to Make A Wish. The pet itself is $10 and will be availible on all characters as it's bind on account. You can also send the code to a friend as a gift. WoW players, as silly as it sounds to pay real money for in game toys, this is for a really good cause.
I do find the Pandarian to be an interesting choice and I wonder if this means we won't see them as a playable race. I would have thought they would make such a pet a phoenix in memory of Ezra Chatterton (Ezra was a 10 year old boy with cancer who LOVED WoW and whose wish was to be a developer for a day. He went to Blizzard studios and designed a NPC (which he is the voice of) and wrote a quest (a really cute one in the Tauren starting area where he asks you to help find his dog, Kyle). He also designed a rare weapon and the first of a rare mount that was designed for him (which is a phoenix). He passed away last October).
So, fellow nerds, buy an in game pet for a good cause, will ya?
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impressed
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giggly
We have a giant chocolate chip cookie cake hanging out at our house that was bought for Halloween but never eaten. Evan, because he is awesome, got up early and made me lunch to take to work today and put a piece of cookie cake in with it for dessert. What makes this super duper awesome is that he scraped the icing off for me knowing that I don't like it. <3 That just made my day (even though I know that part of the reason was so that he could keep the icing for himself so it didn't go to waste, ha).
Bestest boyfriend ever. <3
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loved
Here is Sammy's dad, mom, and gramma. The mom has really long hair in a ponytail but you can't really see it here. Unfortunately this was all I could do tonight cos I ran out of the clay I was using for skin. Bah. So I still have to do a non sleepy alternative head for Sammy and the bodies (need to remember to but freaking wire cutters!) and then sew their clothes. And then make "sets". I'm a bit at a loss at the moment on how to do that but I'll figure it out.
Hmmm I think the mom's head could stand to be bigger. She looks out of place. Maybe I'll redo her...
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Anyone know why Dot only wants to snuggle me when I'm doing homework?
( Kitty snuggles!! )
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Pick up Evan at 8
Thurs: Work 9-7
Work 1030-7
Opera with Evan's mom from 8-?
Saturday: Work 8-6
Halloween party at Evan's Mom's from 8-?
Sunday: Church 10-11something
Surprise party at our house: 1-?
Things that need to be done:
-Psych Test--due Thurs by midnight
-Bake cake for party on Sunday(torn between Boston Cream and Black Forest--I've never made Black Forest, though so I'm a bit wary of that one, plus it would mean an extra stop at the liquor store cos, of course, PA can't keep their booze and their food in the same place)
-Laundry
-Sociology essay due Saturday by midnight.
The original plan was that I would take care of most of this stuff on Thurs afternoon as that was my day off. However, I had to call out sick from work yesterday and therefore will be working on Thursday. So the grocery shopping and Halloween store were going to be done tonight since I don't get paid till Friday and therefore need Evan with me for those things cos, well, he has money right now and I don't. But he decided to raid tonight right after work so now I have no clue how to get all of this stuff done.
Tenitive game plan?
-borrow his debit card. This will work for the grocery store since it's self checkout,but I'm not sure sure about the Halloween store. I'll see what my balance is on my credit cards I guess. Man, fuck having to spend all of my savings on getting my freaking car fixed last month. I am now completely fucked financially until I get my tax return next year as all of my paychecks will be going straight to bills now that I no longer have a buffer in place.
-Get at least the chem test done tonight, and make whatever food item I can come up with (as it has to be made, not bought, I guess, per the stupid rules) and bullshit some story for D&D which I really am not having fun at so I don't know why I freaking go other than I don't want to be left out cos I'm obviously seven years old.
-get out of work
-pick up Evan if needed though he may be out of work by then
-Do Psych test and finish up Chem one if needed.
-Start soc Essay
-work
-opera
-bake cake and make whatever food I'm going to for party on Saturday (and Sunday, oh shit I forgot about needing to make food for the party on Sunday. Fuck fuck fuck fuck. Guess I should do laundry at this time as well seeing as how I'll be up all freaking night with it. Though as long as I remember to get quarters tonight, Evan might remember to do the laundry at some point when he gets home that night, so that will check one thing off the list.
-Work more on essay while cake is cakifying.
Saturday:
-Work
-go home, pick up Evan/change into costume
-Party at his mom's
-clean the house after we get home to make sure it's spotless and perfect for party on Sunday. Also make triple sure all food items are made
-Sunday:
-Church
-Party
-Have a nervous breakdown.
I can do this.
Fuck. Times like this I wish I was still taking Zoloft. Or that there were more than 24 hours in a day/I didn't need to sleep.
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overwhelmed
Basically, the story is this:Colorado Right to Life and Personhood USA, two prolife groups, had an amendment voted down last year that would give fertilized eggs rights as people, thusly making abortion illegal. From the article: "The new amendment is even farther reaching, moving the initial marker for the beginning of life from “fertilization” to “the beginning of the biological development of a human being.”
This means that, ladies? Your eggs? You know, those things that have been living in your ovaries since they developed? Yeah, they would be considered people with full rights thereof. On a ridiculous note, it would make it so that you would commit murder every time you menstruate. On a serious note, it would have major impact on laws regarding birth control, artificial insemination, fertility research, stem cell research, etc, as well as, of course, making abortion illegal no matter what impact it would have on the life of the mother, or under what circumstances she conceived.
Oh, and "surprisingly enough" (read: not at all) sperm doesn't seem to have the same importance (meaning, none at all). Interesting.
Why the hell would anyone vote for this??
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From the article: The long-sought hate crimes provision is part of the fiscal year 2010 defense authorization bill and will extend federal hate crimes law to include crimes motivated by a victim's gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
Another article about it from the NY Times.
This is very good news. :) Unfortunately, part of me doubts that it will do much to prevent such attacks and murders, but at least the assholes who commit such crimes will be punished accordingly and severely.
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Meet Donny Donaldson, Sammy Samuels, and Patty Patters. I have to make a couple other heads for Sammy as he doesn't spend the whole book so sleepy. I'll work on those and the heads for his parents and gramma tomorrow. I am so very excited and happy that these are turning out so well! Whee!!
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Sammy design (which I will never be able to draw again...)
Decapitated Sammy...I'm 3D!
His body won't be done tonight as I forgot to buy wire cutters but basically I'm gonna stick to the photo and puppets idea I had in the first draft but make clay people to replace the stick cut out guys. I'll be stitching together some real clothes for them too to give a bit more depth and texture.
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While putting this information into my letters for literary agents hasn't really gotten me any bites, it is nice to know that my work is appreciated. It's also been great motivation for reworking the illustrations. I've been pretty much living at the craft store the past couple days getting supplies and I think I finally know what I'm going to do and how to get it to work it's just going to be a long process. But it's going to involve little to no drawing (which I suck at) and lots and lots of crafts (which I'm moderately good at) so we'll see how it goes. I have faith that it will turn out well.
But yeah. More chances to warp young minds. I'm excited, ha.
- Mood: tired
I still don't know what I'm going to do today. Honestly I still don't want to do anything. Get together with friends if they're avalible (which they most likely aren't but whatev) at the most. But hate this feeling that I should. I'm at church at the moment listening to the praise band practice. The service doesn't start for another hour and a half and is then an hour long so I could make it into Ellwood, get flowers, go to the grave, stop by the Mazzant's, and drive back by the time church is over to pick up Evan. Or I could wait until he service is over and take Evan with me as he vollenteered (but for some reason that cranks my anxiety up to 11)...or I could go to the movies or something and not think about it for a few hour which really sounds the best out of the mix.
I'm stuck in this place where I want to just live my life and feeling like it's disrespectful to do so. I often wonder at times like this I it would be am easier if I had some strong sort of faith or something like that. Though it prolly wouldn't be. I just don't have anyone to talk to about this shit. I made a post on the young widows group I used to be active in and got nothin really in response, AMA was pretty wishy washy on the advice front, Evan's of the "do what will make you feel better" mindset which tells me nothing. He's the one who brought it up this morning which I feel a bit bad about cos I snapped at him for it. He said that he's sure that no one will think less of me if I don't do anything--a lack of physical gesture won't take away from how much he meant to me--but I'm not so sure. My mom gets really upset with me if I don't call her for my sister's birthday or death day--she gave me a major guilt trip this year for almost forgetting the birthday part, period. Whose to say others wouldn't think or feel the same way about this?
I suppose I could just call the Mazzant's to see how they're doing. I do have thier number. It's a bit impersonal I suppose but it may suffice. Bah I don't know. I know Danny wouldn't want me to torture myself over this stuff, so why the hell do I?
Crap.
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So I'm thinking that this is a "no" on the red lipstick experiment..
Hmmm...
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Holy crap is this a good hair day? I can't remember the last time I had a good hair day! Hooray for good hair days! (And now that I've said this my hair is gonna poof and be unruley out of spite, ha).
Too bad it isn't a good picture day. Ugh. Sup Att shirt? ...and Kotex dispenser...
Oh yeah my hair is now back to brown simply because I want to see if I can pull off red lipstick and I wasn't sure if it would work with red hair, ha. Now I just gotta buy lipstick...
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