Jinked

My last day was yesterday. It was hard packing everything up. My teapot. My 100 pounds of tea. My cards and knickknacks and so many pens… they all had to go home with me. I stared at my desk for a minute at the end of the day with wet eyes. “This is stupid,” I thought. “You wanted to leave. You chose to leave. And [...]

I love tomato bisque, and I love this recipe because I can make 4 to 5 servings of it for under $7. Can we say THRIFTY COOKING!? I had originally ganked the recipe from AllRecipes.com, but have since modified it to meet my own tastes. Cooking is great because it’s very forgiving… if you know what you’re doing. 3-4 roma tomatoes, diced 4 cups tomato [...]

This morning I found a CD my friend Marty made me at least seven years ago. On it were 12 variations of “Terra’s Theme” pulled from in the game, random orchestral albums and a handful of remix communities. I hadn’t listened to the CD in years; I had forgotten about it, actually. I put it in my car and listened as I drove the same [...]

I’ve been having a lot of unnerving dreams. Dreams about work. Dreams about messing up. Last night I dreamed that a faraway planet mailed me a recipe for some kind of cookie… that didn’t have flour as an ingredient. I was puzzled and frustrated. When I wake up I look out my window through the slats of my blinds. Lately, the sky has been blue [...]