THE FOX!!!!!!!!

An Autumnal Dessert Feast!

Daniel and I have a child. His name is Milton. He is watching you.

I love you, Milton Pointy-Face Rittler.

After a very rough week (no, nothing horrible happened, just a bunch of little annoyances that added up to a bunch of ARGH!!! and mild despair), Taylor Swift's "Trouble" became my new favorite song...until Daniel and I discovered THIS last night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE

I want to listen to this song, and dance, and do karate all day. That last bit is thanks to reading an amazing action-fantasy series about a short, petite girl who can pretty much kill an entire evil army by herself. Naturally, I aspire to be that awesome. Anyway, Daniel and I have been reading the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. Check it out!

"Not In A Bad Way"

Good afternoon! Here is the Sentence Of The Week, from Taste What You're Missing by Barb Stuckey: "If we're creating something that we want to savor like a New Zealand sauvignon blanc wine, we might want to include the odor of cat urine, which is one of the characteristic aromas in this wine (not in a bad way)." (p.271). As a professional food developer, Barb Stuckey knows what she's talking about, but...the idea that something ingestible can smell like cat urine not in a bad way blows my mind a little bit :) I do recommend this book.

Autumnal Recommendation of the Week: TAZO pumpkin spice chai concentrate. So lovely! Especially when drunk (Ooh, I have problems with that word...wanted to write "drinken" but that's not correct, apparently. Don't know if "drunk" is, either! Thoughts?) out of a handmade ceramic mug.

Poem:

You must believe,
Must unforsee events,
Action and consequence-
And guess
That we revolve around
And are revolved around-
The beauty and the beast,
The greatest and the least
Of these:
Proud antique tyrants,
Infant innocents.

One Thing Funny, Three Things Yummy

We've got new friends!!! Our home is now a constant bat scavenger hunt!

It's been three days, and I've about reached my candy corn limit. Because it is oh-so-good and oh-so-sugary!!

Here you see a Pumpkin Creme Brulee-filled doughnut and a Pumpkin scone, courtesy of Antoinette Baking Co., whom I continue to crave and adore.

In case you're interested, Series 2 of  Miranda is now available on hulu! Yay! So...guess what I did yesterday? Well, the answer is: cleaned the house like mad, ran errands, went to class, read, mixed up some scones, and...oh yeah, watched the entire series 2 of Miranda because I love it! (And one series is just 6 30 min episodes, so...it could be worse...) Today was pretty stressful at work, so maybe I should've saved some episodes. On the other hand, I could always just watch it twice! : )

Anyone out there have a brilliant idea for a mass communications research study/topic? One that deals with issues/theory rather than immediate, practical application? Anyone? Think I'll be e-mailing my professor on this one. Anyway, everyone have a wonderful day!