Rabid Peaches for President

oligomer @ 2009-11-08T17:14:00

2009-11-09T01:14:33Z

It's against my programming to impersonate an oligomer.

Also, who else is counting down until The Lovely Bones comes out?

Another damp day

2009-11-09T00:59:00Z

It's a beautiful Pacific NW day. Chill, yes, with off and on rain. But it's beautiful with the bright fall leaves everywhere you look, and it's a great time of the year to go for long, fast runs/jogs/walks. Which I did, listening to Nickleback's old CD to keep my pace up. Silver Side Up isn't as good as I remember it being in 2001/2002, but it's still good.

When I first woke up, I just laid in bed to enjoy the sight outside the window. Of course, then I ended up reading What Einstein Told His Cook 2, drinking a chai latte, and enjoying leftover Leek and Potato soup, but it was still a good morning.

Came back, and cooked up a storm! Enough food for 14 meals! I'm going to freeze some for the up coming month, and then eat the rest this week. Spaghetti squash yummy-ness under the cut!

Some basic cleaning left to do, but all the laundry's done, and most of my homework as well. I'll probly end up finishing Series 6 of Wire in the Blood today. Yet another thing I recommend, and you should watch! Dexter with a less soap-opera like plot. From the good guy's side, unfortunately, but it's a psychologist with a deep understanding of the "abhorrent" mind(I think that's what word they're using in the show, but I think they just mean abnormal and damaged mind). Robson Green is simply fantastic in this show! I miss Carol (Hermione Norris) muchly, but Simone Lihbib (Alex) isn't a poor replacement.

7-11-09

2009-11-09T00:36:17Z

I put the new router together, more or less. I got it all hooked up, only to find out the modem wasn't sending the signal to the router. Must call Belkin--I have a feeling a call to Comcast will have to be made.

I also did some research on GPS developments, for my paper due next week. Nothing interesting there.

I had my surveying lab outside to enjoy the pouring rain, traversing one of the main campus buildings to calculate area and height, to later be converted into a scaled drawing. By the end, my fingers were bright red and tingling all over, making it difficult to write. I need waterproof gloves to deal with that.

Then, I was kidnapped to go see Men Who Stare at Goats, which was looney and completely fun. Not worth a $10 movie ticket and $5 for snacks (bought at Whole Foods and snuck in; someone thought my ginger beer was real beer, and told me I was a genius). It is good, though, and I recommend renting it when it comes out later!

That evening, I must have spent close to 4 or 5 hours talking with my roommate concerning failed relationships and self-defeating behavior among the uneducated public (refusing to get a degree, despite financial aid opportunities, and paid child care, tendencies to spend over their yearly income to catch up with the Jones', reliance on mind-numbing habits to dull the pain of a repetitive life), and whether or not this behavior and reliance on vices occurs equally in educated households, and it's just publicized more in low-income households, and different causes.

No concrete conclusion was reached. ;-)

I'm gonna hafta cheat a bit...

2009-11-09T00:22:20Z

I forgot to post Friday, yesterday, and still need to do today's. So, I'm going to write 3 entries, each dealing separately with the days. Forgive me for cluttering your flist!

Friday, 6-11-09

Yay for work! Not really, though I was pleased to be running a machine again. It really does make your day go by fast. That lasted for all of 3 hours. Then, I went off to the hold area to do my daily work. I was highly annoyed at the day shift lead for shushing a packer who was working in my area when she was talking to me. I was giving instruction! It was disrespectful, and when I asked him to have more courtesy in the future and find out what I was discussing with her before telling someone to get back to work, he told me he was playing and I needed to get out of his face! I was being polite about it, and he got an attitude and tried to intimidate me.

Sadly, it did work. Former gang members with criminal backgrounds and more power than you are intimidating.

Then, went home and made yummy food! Leek and potato soup and stuffed zucchini.

Leek and Potato Soup

3 tablespoons butter
2 cloves of garlic, minced
3 leeks, first couple inches of the leek after thoroughly cleaning (Greeny-white or white parts only, in other words. Cut of the root base.) Thinly sliced!
1 medium or large onion, chopped
4 – 5 Yukon Gold potatoes, thinly sliced after a through washing. Skins on!
3 1/2 cups chicken(or vegetable) broth (or enough to barely cover potatoes)
1 cup heavy cream
salt to taste
fresh ground black pepper to taste

1) Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium heat then add garlic, onions and leeks. Cook, stirring, until onions and leeks are limp and just beginning to yellow.

2) Add potatoes to pot, then pour in enough chicken broth to just barely cover the potatoes. Continue cooking over medium heat until potatoes are tender. Mash with a potato masher, or use a food processor to make it more smooth.

3) Add one cup of heavy cream (or more if you desire) and salt and black pepper to taste. Cook 15 minutes more over low heat, stirring frequently, then remove from heat and serve.

Stuffed Zucchini

-Tabbouleh/Tabouli of whatever kind you like (3-4 cups recommended)
-2 zucchini, cut in half and without seeds.

1) Preheat oven to 350 F.
2) Fill two baking dishes with enough room for two zucchini halves with 1" of water.
3)Place zucchini in dishes, flesh side down, and bake for 25 min.
4) Pull zucchini out, and flip them over. Fill the hallow with tabbouleh. I also tend to add mozzarella cheese to this; sprinkle grated mozzarella over the tabbouleh.
Bake for an additional 5-10 min, or until the zucchini flesh is tender.

Two days later, it looks like this:

Finished up the day by going to watch All About Steve. It was very funny, and Sandra Bullock was awesome in it. Plus the eye candy that was Bradley Cooper (Jack Bourdain in Kitchen Confidential). A million laughs and all that. Really lightened the day up. To bad it was such a chick flick with a heavy dose of moral... Still fun. My roommate and I went together.

Afterward, I went to Adam's. Nothing exciting there, as he had to go to work shortly after I got there.

Oh, no you didn't!

2009-11-06T06:59:27Z

I've gone from a little upset to pissed in like, 1 min flat. Actually, I wasn't that upset, but still. So, Tyler (Not from prev postings Tyler) is a guy I met while looking for new roommates. He actually was a roommate for a week, then Michelle and he had a row over when the carpets were to be cleaned, and moved out. We've kept in touch rather sporadically, texting and emailing, played some board games once. He's got a girl, one he met while living with me. He and I have discussed their issues indirectly, and I've asked him for help when I inadvertently called Adam an idiot over the unwillingness to take math to finish his degree.
Halloween, he texts me, asking what turns me on. I'm not very comfy with that, so I simply say, 'I don't know how to answer. How does breathing work?' A joke, as in just having a living being is enough. He replies slighty more explicitly, I don't respond. A shared habit when someone asks something were uncomfortable with. But I found it slightly discomforting that he would ask how I felt about a sexual act when he knows I'm seeing someone.
Today, I hear from him, apologizing for drinking while texting. I let him know, it's fine, just that I'm involved....
And he responds: "I didn't know you had a man... I'm sorry stephanie. Dont worry about getting in touch with me..." That's his entire email.
First: What? How could you not know? You've asked about him and I multiple times!
Second: I'm involved, therefore not worth your time?! Excuse me, have you never heard of friends, as in, what I thought we were? Women are worth more than dating/sex!!!

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!

So, more things I like. Rain during the day, when I have a choice whether or not to go out in it. Otherwise, rain sucks, because I don't get to chose whether or not I'm getting soaked.
Btw, most of the time I will go out on it. I put in a good cd (Cherry Popping Daddies are a current fav), and I go for a nice long walk.

I'm trying not to devour all the clearance halloween candy I bought today. All $1.50 of it. Admittedly, candy corn/pumpkins are too rich to od that easily. I guess I should be more ashamed of the Toblerone bar that is mostly gone and was only bought at 9 AM...

oligomer @ 2009-11-04T22:30:00

2009-11-05T06:38:29Z

Gah. So tired! I've got my course list for next quarter set, though. Survey drafting, survey tech, legal descriptions, microstation, and total body conditioning. They don't put out the official schedule until Friday, so I'll have to double check that they haven't changed anything.

Lots of applied math for this week's homework. I hope I catch the drift of using a HP calc soon. It's driving me mad, getting simple cos and asin wrong!

In other news, payday has been delayed. Yet again. Yet again on rent day. >__<'

oligomer @ 2009-11-04T07:00:00

2009-11-04T15:11:21Z

I always forget what a key resource my bike is for me. Today, I got up at 6 with every intention of being at work before 7, 7:30. That's soooo not happening. 2 buses have passed, and I relized before I left that I couldn't catch one because it leaves me a 3 mile walk, and the other is a 25 min walk to the bus stop, and I hadn't left enough time to get there! >.<

Anyway, until I fix that derailing cable, I'm SOL. I'm going to Adam's instead of going straight to work, so I can pick up my phone and my second bike. I'm not living in the world of an hour plus commute again. No siree bob!

So, more things I like! Adult gummy vitamins. I've been taking the kid gummy ones because the only way I can make sure I take them is to put a tiny handful of real gummies in snack bags with the Omega-3 fish gummies and the vitamin gummies with them. It's cheating, yeah, but all I do is throw the packs into my lunch and just nibble them while working. I'm glad they've come up with the adult version! 120 days worth of them at Costco was $8 with a coupon.

Class tonight. I hope I won't be too tired...we're going over least squares again for the test, and I need the review.

oligomer @ 2009-11-03T22:36:00

2009-11-04T06:43:31Z

Mmmmm. I feel good ^__^
Took a quick hot shower, then soaked in a warm bath with this milk powder from bath and body works. Almost as good as bubble bath, and hopefully, less drying.
Toes are all manicured, and otherwise pampered. Wish I could do the same for my fingernails, but even if the sound of an emery board didn't drive me mad, they just get scratched up at work anyway.
Don't you love how smooth your skin feels after a bath and lotion?
Left my phone at Adam's. I kinda missed talking to him today, but we had a good cuddle session before work, so it's okay.
I'm going to drink my hot chocolate, make my to-do list for tomorrow, and hit the sack. I really don't want to work a nine-hour day tomorrow, but I guess I'll have to suck that one up, huh? I've left early 2 days in a row. It's time to make that time up! ;__;

More things I love.

2009-11-03T22:57:57Z

Today. I mean, yes, I worked today. But I threw in the towel after 5 hours and left so that I could enjoy the day. The fall air is nice and crisp, all the leaves have turned, and I have sweeping to do in the front, but it's not work I mind. The rest of the day will be spent curled up in a warm blanket, in the living room with a fire going, reading my book on Edward III (or my alternate on Joan of Arc).

I love days like today!

Chap stick

2009-11-02T16:29:29Z

I love chap stick. Mostly because I use a bicycle to get around. There is actually a stick that is reserved especially for my hands, since the cold does awful things to them.

For lips, I tend to use Kiss my Face Sport Balm spf 30, Yes to Carrots Berry, or Burt's Bees traditional stuff.

On my hands, I use Burt's Bees Honey or traditional. It's nice and thick, and does a great job
protecting the cracks in my hands from the cold air when going down a hill at 25 mph in 36 F weather.

I actually have the chap stick that Jeremy and I shared still. It's kind of nostalgic, since Adam wouldn't ever use chap stick, and maybe it's a tad obsessive. Whatever--it is what it is, and I have no intentions of throwing it away anytime soon.

So, today's to-do list: Sweep the front porch and entry way, work, finish my lab report with my group in the library, and class from 6-9. I think today's lecture is on the PLSS. Kinda cool, since the compass rule check and least square are tiring after a bit.

Things that I love.

2009-11-02T05:18:18Z

So, for National Blogging Month, I think I'm going to try to write (and POST) at least 3 sentences on things that I love at the moment.

Today's thing is frittatas.

So, frittatas are amazing. They are a easily adaptable, mostly healthy food that has little prep time, a quick supervised cook, and a baking stage. You dirty up a mere 6 cooking instruments in making them: a knife, a whisk/fork, a "turner" as Bed, Bath, and Beyond class a cooking spatula-thing, a cutting board, a large skillet, and a mixing bowl. It's easy clean-up, easy cook, a good source of protein and veggies, and suitable for all meals.

So how do you make such a delicious delicacy?

1. Choose your ingredients. Scallions, leeks, or onions? Bell peppers, broccoli, asparagus? Chard, kale, spinach, rocket lettuce? Bacon, pancetta, sausage, no meat? Tomatoes and garlic are a given in mine. I use leftover meats (pot roast, chicken breasts, whatever--just slice it thin!) when I have them, an onion, at least 2 vegetables, 2-5 cloves of garlic depending on the freshness of my garlic, 1 drained 14 oz can of no-salt-added tomatoes. All the veggies need to be diced, except the lettuce type. Make sure they've all been washed first!

After your ingredients are ready, preheat your oven to 350 F.

2. Eggs! Frittatas are baked scrambled eggs, if you had no idea. So, I whisk 6-8 eggs with a little milk, cream, or half and half. No more than a quarter cup. I grate a lot of pepper into this mix--you may want to season it later to your taste.

3. Cook your veggies! Assuming your meat has already been cooked, that is. If not, cook that in a separate pan, if only 'cause I'm paranoid 'bout them there raw meat cooties. Saute your garlic and onion-family in a little butter if your large skillet is non-stick. If not, use EVOO. Add your other veggies, just for a quick heat. Add the leafy veg last: when it's wilted, add your canned tomatoes. I cook this all on med-low, if you were curious. Once you've added the tomatoes, stir it some with your turner, and let it all reach an even heat (takes about a min.).

4. Now, you can add your eggs! Add them, using the turner to make sure the eggs are evenly distributed. Turn the heat to low. Let the mixture sit 4 min like that, or until the bottom is beginning to firm. Now, while this is going on, look at your skillet's handle. If it's plastic, wrap it in aluminum foil 3-4 times to keep it from melting in the oven!

5. Put egg mix in the oven. Let it cook 20 without disturbance. After that, check up on it every 3 min or so. You're checking if the eggs have cooked. When it's cooked through, making a pan-shaped egg cake that is solid all the way through, you're done. I use the baking time to clean the cooking mess, set out my place setting, grate cheese, and otherwise be a dork. I sometimes top the frittata with cheddar, mozzarella, pepper jack, colby jack or whatever else I have on hand. Swiss even tastes ok. I add the cheese in the last minutes of cooking so it's barely melted--that's just how I like it. Add it at the beginning if you prefer.

And that's how you make a frittata.

Variations I like:
Pancetta, spinach, scallions (tomato, garlic, duh)
Mushrooms, yellow bell peppers, cilantro, walla walla onions (t, g, d)
Bell peppers of various colors, white onion, chard (t, g, d)
Chicken, asparagus, scallions or leeks, spinach, garlic

Meme!

2009-10-21T04:16:50Z

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you

oligomer @ 2009-10-17T16:58:00

2009-10-18T00:06:12Z

Every time I watch Across the Universe, it blows me away. I don't watch it frequently--I'm not someone who can rewatch/reread anything, much. But once or three times as it's been with this movie, every time I'm awed. Criticize it as you will. It's fine to dissent. But how can you be bored by it? How can it not engage you? How can you not relate to it? Much as the Beatles first did, it captivates me and and puts me in a mood to create.
Poor lost Max, brave confused Lucy, conflicted committed Jude, Prudence, Sadie, Joe...hey, they're all great characters. And I envy Lucy in my own small way, as much as one can envy a fictional character. For Jude, of course.
The music is amazing, but the picture...gah! The picture is suburb.

I, as always, have no point. But I'm off to be productive. I'll try to check in later!

oligomer @ 2009-10-13T22:01:00

2009-10-14T05:01:53Z

You are The Moon

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Moon is a card of magic and mystery - when prominent you know that nothing is as it seems, particularly when it concerns relationships. All logic is thrown out the window.

The Moon is all about visions and illusions, madness, genius and poetry. This is a card that has to do with sleep, and so with both dreams and nightmares. It is a scary card in that it warns that there might be hidden enemies, tricks and falsehoods. But it should also be remembered that this is a card of great creativity, of powerful magic, primal feelings and intuition. You may be going through a time of emotional and mental trial; if you have any past mental problems, you must be vigilant in taking your medication but avoid drugs or alcohol, as abuse of either will cause them irreparable damage. This time however, can also result in great creativity, psychic powers, visions and insight. You can and should trust your intuition.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

oligomer @ 2009-10-07T22:16:00

2009-10-08T05:19:20Z

I hate when this happens.
What is this you ask?

Well, I just made myself a PB&J. And it's so runny, half of the peanut butter and all the jelly ended up on the plate.

I blame Kirkland Signature (Costco) Organic PB. Adam's All Natural PB never had this problem!

>.<

BTW, there are a gazzillion million things going on right now. Can you tell?

oligomer @ 2009-10-05T21:46:00

2009-10-06T04:48:12Z

So today, I was cut from all my classes.
Why, do you ask? Well, it's a little thing called non-payment.
See, the funny thing here is, I won a scholarship. I shouldn't have to pay. I PAID BY WINNING AND TURNING IN ALL MY PAPER WORK!!!

SO WHERE ARE MY CLASSES?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll resign up for what I can afford as I get paid, I guess.

oligomer @ 2009-09-20T20:55:00

2009-09-21T05:00:15Z

Heh he. So lemme tell you bout my day...

I went to sleep around 3 AM. Ya know, for graveyard, that's pretty early. 'Round 6 I wake up, and just cannot get back to sleep. So I toss, turn, and doze for all of 4 hours. Finally, I get up.
And have this awesome day:
Breakfast was garden-fresh yellow squash with mushrooms and beansprouts, and just 3 crystals of sea salt....oh so good!

Then, the photo extravaganza! Admittedly, I accidentally deleted all the pics on my camera...Oops. But, I retook the new ones, and don't remember what all was on it besides pictures from when Adam and I went to the beach-and I'll just steal his to replace those. Most were already on the computer.

Tyler came over slightly tipsy afterward. We talked for an hour or so, letting him sober up some more, then went over to his place, where I met his girlfriend. Who is gorgeous, but childish. And I think that of him, too (minus the gorgeous bit), so I get why they're together. But she hated me on sight. She thinks Tyler is using me to cheat on her...and she needs to get over it. Because I think...that Tyler smokes to much tobacco, too much weed, and drinks WAY THE HELL too much alcohol...plus he stinks, literally, of all the above mentioned products. Not my type of guy. Good friend, but that's it.

Got home 'round 8:30, talked to my roommate/landlady for the last hour (yeasterday it was for 2 hours!), and finished writing this while giving the cat catnip. Oh yeah, my kind of day!

Well, minus the fact that Adam's not talking to me...idk if he's just busy, or if he's ignoring me, so I don't know whether or not to be confunded or worried. We'll just see.

Classes start tomorrow. One 8 AM class for me!

oligomer @ 2009-09-15T14:50:00

2009-09-15T21:55:35Z

Well, in 1 hour exactly, I shall be on a bus back into Portland, for a job interview!
Yee-haw, little horsies!

This is my 3rd interview in as many weeks. Soon, I will up the rate, as I am beginning to loathe every minute I spend at work. I can't stand the crap that goes on there any longer.

Also, school starts Monday. What a perfect excuse to cut down to a part-time job for the first time in my life. I would relish in it.

For those who have requested pics: The batteries are charging now just for you ;-)
This place is amazing. I love it! I just can't wait to completely unpack. I have an entire household's worth of stuff to cram into half a house.

oligomer @ 2009-09-08T14:27:00

2009-09-08T21:33:07Z

Woo!
Finally, all moved in! Minus my TV and nightstand, that is...

This is my first day at my new place, as opposed to my not-really-bf-might-as-well-be's house.

I've:
-Put my computer/stereo system together. (4 speakers, no subwoofer yet)
-Set up the shower, shower curtains and all. One problem so far: no room for my floor mat. It's a tile bathroom, so it defin. needs it. Maybe I'll just hang it up when not using?
-Put everything on/in the vanity that belongs there.
-Most of my books are on the bookcase
-Tools are in the toolbox I bought yesterday
-Clothes are hung

Next chapter: The Futon (An Ikea special)

>.<

Yeah, new place!

oligomer @ 2009-08-31T06:11:00

2009-08-31T13:15:03Z

Only 2 hours awake, and I'm ready to begin working!
Yeah!

Only problem is, while I can finish every thing today, I am still working graveyard. Yep, that's right, 10-6:30 starting tonight. I need to sleep before then, unfortunately...Well, we'll see what I manage.

So far, I've done a whole lot of posting on Craigslist. I can has monies to om-nom-nom, plz?

oligomer @ 2009-08-30T08:36:00

2009-08-30T15:43:33Z

Feeling mildly more accomplished as, 6-ish hours later, I am still not done.

I have, however, done:
-6 loads of laundry while watching movies
-Thrown away 2 bags of trash
-Done 2 loads of dishes
-Packed 2 boxes
-Filled a laundry hamper with paper recyclables
-Found at least 1 box more of books. I already took 3 BAGS of books over. >.<

That's all packing related. Personally, I've
-Taken 2 showers (found what was making that closet smell like cat pee...by touching dried pee...)
-Jogged 2 miles
-Beaten myself over the head for being such a pack rat

:-D I'm MOVING!

....fuck, what the hell was I thinking?

oligomer @ 2009-08-30T01:27:00

2009-08-30T08:29:16Z

A quote from work:

(Co worker trys pushing barrel past 2 rolls of film)
Me: Here, let me.
C: Like you're stronger.
Me: (As barrel slides through) No, but women are better fitting things in tight places.

>.> Ok, or maybe just funny to me.

oligomer @ 2009-08-30T01:22:00

2009-08-30T08:26:40Z

I have to turn in my keys on Tuesday. I have only 1 weekend day left to pack.
Everything else must go.

I just woke up with no energy what so ever.
The mess of packing that confronts me now overwhelms me. And my eyes are burning.

Time, perhaps, for some music and caffeine. I can nap if I just pack for the next 2 hours...
That's all most of it should take...

In other news, The Vicar of Dibley is such an amusing little show. I was watching it while folding laundry.

Next, season 3 of Dexter.

Soon, pictures of my place, both old and new.

Post your Desktop Meme

2009-08-30T02:33:13Z

"The "post your desktop" meme has struck again! Apparently when you see this you should post a screencap of your desktop to your journal." Taken from copperbadge.

oligomer @ 2009-08-24T11:53:00

2009-08-24T18:54:29Z

I just won a free pair of Red Wing Shoes.

Boo-yah.

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