January 21, 2010
What's with the burger? Can vamps eat or WHAT?
Finally FINALLY finally, “The Vampire Diaries” returns tonight. The episode is called “Bloodlines,” and we know from the preview (and… duh) that Elena is not dead. (Last we saw her, she had just smacked her coche into something wicked that was coming her way.)
The official CW website has posted a ton of new stills, including a whole bunch of flashbacks in episode 113. Gotta say, I’m a little bit jealous. I want to rock a frock!
Much like vampires, croquet will never die.
I am very excited! I don’t know if I’ll post a recap. Let’s be honest: Probably not. But stranger things have happened. If the spirit says recap, I might just have to do it. Just a few little off-the-cuff remarks. Maybe. Don’t get your hopes up.
But DO get your hopes up about tonight’s episode. I am really hoping it’s great. Fingers crossed! This show is one of the few that hadn’t crushed me with disappointment lately, so I think the odds are good. (And is it too much to ask for Elena and Stefan to make out? It probably IS too much since last we saw Elena she was PISSED at big S, but hopefully they will kiss and make up ASAP.)
xoxo…
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December 31, 2009
Translation: Yum.
My friend Allison lives and studies in Switzerland, which (as you may know) is wedged in between Germany, Austria, Italy, and France. That’s a whole buncha Europe going on, in there! She came home for the holidays and gifted me with this famous German chocolate, which is… not at all translated. But Allison told me that this is the winter edition, and since today is the last day of 2009, I figured I’d post a picture before the chocolate lost its relevance.
Loosely translated, this is a spice cookie covered in chocolate. I LOVE spice cakes and cookies, so I was very excited to dig into this. I’m going to try to limit myself to one little square a day. TRY. That’s a New Year’s resolution if I ever heard one.
I thought the back was kind of hilariously inscrutable, so here’s a picture of that, too.
Knick-Pack!
The one time I went to a German-speaking country (Austria), I was quite confident that I’d be able to translate signs and such, because English is derived from German. If I broke down the long words into the shorter pieces that I recognized, I’d be a translatin’ fool.
But that was not the case. And I got very lost and took a train-bus thing toward the wrong place, until an old man who only seemed to know one word of English (“Helicopter!”) pointed me in the right direction.
Luckily, I can eat the chocolate without translating the wrapper. Or so I think.
xoxo…
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December 31, 2009
The Best!
Over the break TLC marathon’ed episodes of “The Little Couple.” I already knew that I liked Bill & Jen from watching specials about them in the past, and sure enough their show is a total delight. They are so funny and complement each other so well. I hope they never pull a Jon & Kate on us. (I never liked Jon & Kate, anyway… sorry.)
Add this to your DVR. It’s fun for the whole family. Trust.
Sorry if I tricked you by saying “Big Love” in the title. I DO watch that show, and it IS premiering soon. But I got nothin’.
Happy New Year!
xoxo…
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December 11, 2009
Happy Hanukkah, my deers.
Happy Hanukkah to my fellow Jew-men and Jewesses. (And Jew-children. I can’t forget about them.)
I could have put a picture of latkes or jelly donuts, but just thinking about Hanukkah food makes me want to run to the nearest shower. (If you’ve ever been in a crazy science lab… you know those emergency showers?) So much oil! The air gets greasy. Arteries get clogged. It’s a mess!
A delicious mess.
Pass the gelt. Or pass me some real, non-chocolate money. Either way.
xoxo…
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November 28, 2009
My Thanksgiving plate from our feast at work.
Hey all,
I thought it would be crazy to let an eating holiday pass without posting. I’ve “won” National Novel Writing Month by writing 50,000+ words, but now I’m actually trying to FINISH the novel before the month ends. So far I’m in the 67,000’s, and the end is in sight… sorta. But I’m starting to sweat it– just a bit.
I’m thankful to Monica, who advised me to add Crimini mushrooms and wild rice to my Mrs. Cubbison’s stuffing, and to use vegetable broth instead of water. If you love mushrooms (I do!), stuffing with mushrooms is a revelation. (Monica’s stuffing is pictured, above.)
Lots of love…
xoxo
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November 19, 2009
I need to join a vampire gym.
Hi all. I’m still chipping away at my NaNoWriMo novel. In fact, I’m going to hit 50,000 words today. Which is the goal. But the goalier goal is to finish the novel. As you might have guessed, I’m kind of a wordy person. So the novel is not done. But hopefully it will be, by the end of November. But then I’ll want to write some short stories, etc.
So I’ll still be watching the shows (as I have been, all month), but how much I’ll be blogging? That remains to be seen. Let’s face it– there are a lot of blogs in the blogosphere, doing almost exactly what the Binge does. I am not a unique little snowflake.
But this is just a note to say… I am so excited for tonight’s episode of “Vampire Diaries.” Elena and Stefan are totally going to do it. And I think he’s going to bite her, because in the previews she was wearing a scarf around her neck. But then I think she’s going to find out about Katherine. And FLIP.
My happiness is tempered by sadness, because this is the last new episode of “Vampire Diaries” until 2010. What will I do with my life, until the next episode? Write another novel? Who knows.
Final thought: Stefan’s tattoo– real, or makeup? Did they work Paul Wesley’s existing tattoo in? I could probably figure it out if I saw a really clear picture of it.
Keep doing those crunches, Paul. Are those the abs that sank a thousand ships? Yes, yes they are.
xoxo…
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November 2, 2009
This morning I was skimming Facebook when I noted a very strange word in a friend’s status: NaNoWriMo.
Turns out that it stands for National Novel Writers’ Month.
Basically, you have a month to write a 50,000 word novel. I have often thought, with the amount of words I put into this blog, I could probably be writing a novel. So… I’m going to give myself a month, and see if I can do this.
This doesn’t mean that I’m going to stop writing on the Binge, or stop watching TV. In fact, I watched last night’s “Mad Men.” It was amazing. Amazing. The Kennedy assassination happened an episode before I expected it, and that gave it an extra-surprising punch. I cried. Okay? I cried.
So I’m working on this novel thing this morning. I’ll try to write a little bit about “Mad Men” later. Okay? Okay.
I still love you. I just need to spread my wings and… try?
Oh barf, that was so corny, you’d think I ate candy corn for breakfast. (I didn’t! Give me a little bit of credit, here.)
xoxo…
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October 19, 2009
Behold, the fruit of my labors.
Today’s catch-as-catch-can sandwich actually turned out to be fancy-looking, but it didn’t taste as good as it looks or sounds. (Sorry, sandwich.)
Co-worker John was using pesto when I entered the kitchen, so I decided to be bold and follow his lead. I am forever attempting to avoid the dreaded too-dry sandwich, but I was reluctant to mix pesto and mustard. (We had a short discussion about which condiments are pesto-friendly, and couldn’t find any that I actually like.) (I don’t like mayo.) I decided to add cheese for the desired not-dry-ness, but the cheese in the fridge seemed a little… iffy. So… no cheese.
After all that, I put an almost-negligible amount of pesto on the sandwich (could have had mustard after all!) and panini-pressed it, also to avoid dry-ness. Aaand… it turned out too dry. Damn.
Contents: Turkey, spinach, avocado, tomato, pesto.
Better luck next time, me.
xoxo…
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October 15, 2009
Here’s a little extra nugget of hilarity for those of you who watch “Modern Family.” (Warning: You might not want to watch it until after you watch last night’s episode, “The Incident.”)
Does anybody else get a bit of a vampire vibe? (Sorry, you know how my mind works.) Maybe it’s just all the references to the moonlight, and the big-eyed brunette. That video is basically Nickelback meets vampires meets Russell Brand.
Favorite parts of last night’s episode: Right before the song (the in-show version), when a teary-eyed Phil (Ty Burrell) said, re: Dylan, “He’s perfect.” And right after, when everybody sang it while performing menial daily tasks.
Every week I love Jay (Ed O’Neill) more and more. (He seems like a curmudgeon, but he’s so sweet, in his own way.) Actually, I love them all. They feel like my… “Modern Family.”
xoxo…
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