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Archive for December 2007

Review: His Dark Materials

As a whole package, the His Dark Materials trilogy tells a good story. It’s a story of a young seemingly ordinary girl named Lyra who ends up tangled in a prophecy that determines the fate of the worlds. Yes, plural worlds. The idea of multiple worlds was one of the best things about [...]

Light Painting

I finally got a tripod so that I can play with longer exposure times. And what’s good about long exposure times? Light painting.
This was my first try at it. I’m still trying to perfect getting the moving limbs part more exposed so that they’re not so blurry and transparent. I think this is [...]

You know what would be scary?

I was washing my hand in the restroom sink at work when I thought of how scary it would be if my double or evil twin walked out of a stall and started washing her hand next to me. That’s scarier than zombies!

Oh yeah, I got a new job

I made a card out of the picture above and gave it to my boss at my old job as a formal two week resignation letter. He thought it was hilarious. The HR lady said it was great as well. I’m glad to give them something funny to staple to the end of [...]

My first try at ozoni

I made ozoni tonight. It’s traditionally eaten in Japan on New Years day, but I’ve never made it before and wanted to practice before attempting to feed it to my family on New Years. I broiled the mochi, but forgot to keep a close eye on it and the mochi inflated out of control! [...]

Vegan Paella

The BF made dinner tonight. Before:

After:

It was a bit wet but still tasted good. (Although it would have been better with cheese!)

Onion Bread with Steak and Potatoes

I made some onion bread tonight from scratch. I couldn’t find a simple bread recipe, so I just made up my own recipe. The bread roughly consists of:

2.5 cups bread flour
1 cup wheat flour
1 tsp rapid-rise/bread-machine yeast
1.5 cups of warm water
1.5 tsp salt

I just threw those ingredients together in the stand mixer and put [...]