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Post by angelique on Jan 24, 2011 11:44:05 GMT -5
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Post by beccaelizabeth on Jan 24, 2011 12:07:28 GMT -5
#wavey#
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Post by Michelle on Jan 24, 2011 12:38:42 GMT -5
And a to you! with an extra just for the helluvit.
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Post by Michelle on Jan 24, 2011 12:39:06 GMT -5
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Post by Sue on Jan 24, 2011 12:42:37 GMT -5
OH CRAP! He looked great even recently! ETA: PB's can bite me. Bad: it's been struggling lately, yes? Good: then it's not just me, huh?
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Post by Michelle on Jan 24, 2011 12:42:47 GMT -5
Streaming Netflix has kind of taken over my life. I have watched so much tv lately it's pathetic. The 9 episode complete Dog Bites Man series with Zach Galifinakidontknowhowtospellhisname, Season 1 of Parks and Recreation (I was slow to warm to this series so I didn't see many of those) and a boatload of documentaries, just to name a few. I really need to get a life! ;D
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Jan 24, 2011 12:46:18 GMT -5
It is currently 14 degrees below zero. That is all. Yeah, I wondered how cold you were; the NE cold wave was the first thing I heard on the radio this morning. As you have cold, I have dark, but that's much less expensive and dangerous. Julia, supposed to be clear tomorrow, I sincerely hope.
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Post by SpringSummers on Jan 24, 2011 13:58:26 GMT -5
It is currently 14 degrees below zero. That is all. YOWZA! Well, if it makes you feel better - and I'm sure it will - this helps me put our frozen tundra into perspective (we are up in the mid 30s today after a "hovering on both sides of zero Lows" type weekend). There is actually some melting going on here. Oh! Last week, when a lot of snow came down during work hrs, as we all trudged outside to clear off our cars, one guy I worked with was carrying an extendable . . . "snow board" (is that what they were called?) something like the one you had, only smaller. He told me he had bought it at the car parts place in town, and they had bigger ones, also. He was the envy of all - as the rest of us made due with our usual small scrapers and brushes. I think I will check out the car parts place later this week. to all, especially Angelique!!
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Post by Sue on Jan 24, 2011 14:16:28 GMT -5
Streaming Netflix has kind of taken over my life. I have watched so much tv lately it's pathetic. The 9 episode complete Dog Bites Man series with Zach Galifinakidontknowhowtospellhisname, Season 1 of Parks and Recreation (I was slow to warm to this series so I didn't see many of those) and a boatload of documentaries, just to name a few. I really need to get a life! ;D A life watching TV? Sounds good to me. Can you tell us at all about your job, with out impinging on your privacy or job's privacy -- if that makes any sense? And where are you living, do you have neighbors and what social opportunity are you looking into (I always wanted to join a square dancing club). Frazzle - raffing proboards -- is still listing Julia's post at 11:43 as the most recent post (on the front page). Neither mine nor Spring's is showing up. Grr argh.
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Post by beccaelizabeth on Jan 24, 2011 15:29:13 GMT -5
Just finished my second original short fiction of the year so far. beccaelizabeth.dreamwidth.org/tag/originalsince that's two more than I managed to write in 2010 and equal to the whole of 2009 I figure I'm ahead on points. Not impressive on word count, and they're both just sketches to start a 'verse on, but is something. 2008 had six Torchwood fics, so that's my next target to beat. Given a few more months...
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Post by Michelle on Jan 24, 2011 16:27:54 GMT -5
Streaming Netflix has kind of taken over my life. I have watched so much tv lately it's pathetic. The 9 episode complete Dog Bites Man series with Zach Galifinakidontknowhowtospellhisname, Season 1 of Parks and Recreation (I was slow to warm to this series so I didn't see many of those) and a boatload of documentaries, just to name a few. I really need to get a life! ;D A life watching TV? Sounds good to me. Can you tell us at all about your job, with out impinging on your privacy or job's privacy -- if that makes any sense? And where are you living, do you have neighbors and what social opportunity are you looking into (I always wanted to join a square dancing club). Frazzle - raffing proboards -- is still listing Julia's post at 11:43 as the most recent post (on the front page). Neither mine nor Spring's is showing up. Grr argh. I now work at a public library that has a much larger, and much different, patron base than where I used to work. Unfortunately, my job keeps me somewhat isolated in my office. I live in a nice apartment complex about half way between Denver and Boulder, so maybe I'll meet some people in the complex over time. It's a beautiful area and there are many things to do here, it's just a matter of meeting people so I don't have to do things by myself. I signed up for a martial arts class that starts next week, and I'm looking forward to that. I am also thinking about taking pottery classes; I have always wanted to know how to throw pottery. So things are starting to happen, but I tend to fall back on watching TV by way of habit.
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Jan 24, 2011 19:07:24 GMT -5
Just finished my second original short fiction of the year so far. beccaelizabeth.dreamwidth.org/tag/originalsince that's two more than I managed to write in 2010 and equal to the whole of 2009 I figure I'm ahead on points. Not impressive on word count, and they're both just sketches to start a 'verse on, but is something. 2008 had six Torchwood fics, so that's my next target to beat. Given a few more months...
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Post by SpringSummers on Jan 24, 2011 19:33:17 GMT -5
Just finished my second original short fiction of the year so far. beccaelizabeth.dreamwidth.org/tag/originalsince that's two more than I managed to write in 2010 and equal to the whole of 2009 I figure I'm ahead on points. Not impressive on word count, and they're both just sketches to start a 'verse on, but is something. 2008 had six Torchwood fics, so that's my next target to beat. Given a few more months... Impressively imaginative, becca. It definitely got me curious about the characters and set-up. Definitely worth tweaking and finalizing into just what you want it to be. Good luck with it!
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Jan 24, 2011 20:20:32 GMT -5
So...one week into the elimination diet, and so far it's going better than I thought it would be. I keep having dreams that I accidentally eat something that I'm not supposed to and it messes everything up. But so far, I haven't had any problems cooking enough to satisfy me. I went out to dinner in Knoxville with some classmates this weekend, and despite me peppering the waitress with questions, she was very accommodating and we managed to find something on the menu that I could eat.
The one thing that occurred to me after I started the diet is that without the milk/butter/yogurt and eggs that I normally eat, I've essentially been eating a vegan diet, as I normally don't eat a lot of meat due to the cost. So I've been making an effort to eat at least a little bit of chicken, turkey, or salmon to make up for it. I've also been drinking the alternative milks which are somewhat fortified, though they, too, are rather expensive.
In case inquiring minds want to know, all the alternative milks have an off taste and in no way actually substitute for milk, but they have sort of grown on me. Oat milk and hazelnut milk taste the best, IMHO, then hemp milk. Rice milk strikes me as really expensive water.
I used ground flax seeds as a substitute for eggs in a recipe, but it's not clear to me what they did, if anything.
I've been using sorghum syrup as a replacement for honey. (I can't remember if I mentioned that before.)
I haven't cooked with the various flours enough to have an opinion on them.
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Post by Lola m on Jan 24, 2011 20:37:35 GMT -5
So...one week into the elimination diet, and so far it's going better than I thought it would be. I keep having dreams that I accidentally eat something that I'm not supposed to and it messes everything up. But so far, I haven't had any problems cooking enough to satisfy me. I went out to dinner in Knoxville with some classmates this weekend, and despite me peppering the waitress with questions, she was very accommodating and we managed to find something on the menu that I could eat. The one thing that occurred to me after I started the diet is that without the milk/butter/yogurt and eggs that I normally eat, I've essentially been eating a vegan diet, as I normally don't eat a lot of meat due to the cost. So I've been making an effort to eat at least a little bit of chicken, turkey, or salmon to make up for it. I've also been drinking the alternative milks which are somewhat fortified, though they, too, are rather expensive. In case inquiring minds want to know, all the alternative milks have an off taste and in no way actually substitute for milk, but they have sort of grown on me. Oat milk and hazelnut milk taste the best, IMHO, then hemp milk. Rice milk strikes me as really expensive water. I used ground flax seeds as a substitute for eggs in a recipe, but it's not clear to me what they did, if anything. I've been using sorghum syrup as a replacement for honey. (I can't remember if I mentioned that before.) I haven't cooked with the various flours enough to have an opinion on them. Whenever I'm trying out a "substitute" food, unless it's really mixed in so you don't really taste it as it's own thing, I try to decide if I like it or not just as it is, not how it compares to the compared thing. Like, for example, enjoying carob as carob, not as "pretend chocolate". Um. Which doesn't really have much to do with your eating plan thing, I guess. It just got my mind wandering.
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