the best of the worst: fast food breakfast edition.
i say best of the worst, because these are bad, in the most awesome way possible. this is no reflection on nutritional value or cost, because who wants to reflect on that?
best of the worst fast food breakfasts:
1. chick-fil-a chicken minis & orange juice.
2. burger king’s bacon, cheese & egg croissanwich, throwing the egg out.
3. mcdonald’s fruit and yogurt parfait with hashbrowns
any nominations for spots 4 & 5?
whoacaps.
over instant message:
- sara: apparently because i’m white and middle class, i should like the tv show ‘the wire’. so i rented it.
- troy: OK
- troy: whoa
- troy: caps
- sara: i feel like we say that enough that that is it’s own phrase. like if you do something wrong, you should say “whoacaps!”
overheard.
we are totally on the cutting edge of tiny-ness.”
— my astronomy professor, explaining the new technology of splitting atoms.
good advice.
Always be yourself… unless you suck.”
Joss Whedon (via mappeal)
this reminds me of something i learned in my literary theory class. we were discussing aristotle’s points on what makes good rhetoric (m. correct me if i’m wrong). aristotle’s points out that you need to look at ease and establish yourself as a respectable authority more than you need to know your subject. an example was given by my professor of the advice you give to a friend going on a first date: be yourself. although you say “be yourself”, what you really mean is “don’t be the spastic nervous version of yourself, be the version of yourself acting naturally.” so, acting naturally is always a production, and not natural.
try wrapping your head around that at 9am.
colorado as a mixtape.
Colorado, imagined by Frank Chimero, in his states art project.
snores & spats.
things i saw at school today:
– the guy next to me in my literary theory class came to school dressed in the following: jeans, with holey knees which provided an excellent window for the gold & black, sweater-materialed, zebra-patterned leggings he was wearing, black shirt, black bandana on his head, black shoes and….
spats. let me say that again: SPATS.
– the guy sitting next to me in my 8am intro to lit class fell asleep sitting up, then proceeded to snore through renaissance poetry, so loudly that the entire class heard it. the teacher, lulled into a stupor by her own voice reading a script, managed to not experience the whole thing.
– my memoir paper is either due today, if i believe my classmates and professor, or monday, if i believe the syllabus. syllabus = more free time. score a point for the syllabus.
teachers.
maybe this is just my school, but it seems like every interaction i have with the college of education, or education teachers makes me feel like i’m a moron and/or it is the most poorly organized class or procedure that i have at school.
shouldn’t it not be that way?
in other not news, my advanced composition professor said that based on my writing, i should go to graduate school and become a professor.
it is always, and i mean ALWAYS shocking to hear that my writing is anything other than amateur.
also? this pasta salad is amazing.
and? i think i did very well on my advanced grammar test. it is definitely the nerdiest class i have.
i’m off to the university center now, to finish my reading for my class in two hours, and to wolf down the all-raw-vegetarian food i packed for my lunch.
if you want to know what that would taste like, just stick your head down in the dirt, add some bark, and some tasty vegetables, and it’s about right. 🙂
taco walnuts.
my mother has nearly always been about nutrition, naturopathy, things like that.
this year, her challenge was to eat nearly all raw food. she rearranged her kitchen, got all the proper equipment, and has been assisting her best friend teaching raw food classes. due to all of this, there are many, many raw food experiments happening in our kitchen.
i have picked a few favorites, one of which is what i like to call taco walnuts. what this essentially is is taco salad, but with seasoned walnuts instead of taco meat.
it is delicious.
to make the taco walnuts, you do the following:
1 cup of walnuts, blended in the food processor until they are the size you want (like the size of hamubrger meat when it’s all broken up.)
mix in the following:
1.5 teaspoons of cumin
1.5 teaspoons of chili powder
1.5 teaspoons of coriander
2 tablespoons of tamari (or soy sauce, if you prefer)
mix it all up and keep in the refrigerator.
mix it up with blue corn chips, mixed greens, salsa, guacamole, raw milk cheese, sour cream – whatever you want in a taco salad.
taaaaasty meat alternative. you know, if that’s what you’re into. 🙂
stardate.
my school’s library has many computer “bays” with assigned printers, all assigned with names of the original Star Trek characters.
am i surprised?
never.
published for you, from “Scotty 09” computer.
Listening To: Killed or Cured – The New Amsterdams
Listening Notes: if you have not heard this band, you should. thanks to garrett/the boy, this band has been in regular rotation.
how i feel about it sometimes.
sara, darling. 