February 2012
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I’m trying to eat a granola bar, but my professor talks so softly, that I can’t hear him when I’m chewing.
My dad just bought us tickets to see the Beach Boys in June!
While he wasn’t willing to shell out the $500 for the meet and greet, (insert pout here) he did get us some sort of VIP package, which includes seats in the first 15 rows and some snazzy t-shirts, posters, and bags.
Now I just need to find a way to meet Brian Wilson anyway.
I’m with the kids while they have their gymnastics class, and there are moms talking about Disney world behind me. They are such noobs that it’s making me cringe. They referred to Animal Kingdom as that “animal thing.”
LEARN YOUR DISNEY, FOLKS
You know what dartboards are good for?
Venting frustration and anger.
Convenient that I have one in my office.
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Just when I thought I’d hit my lowest point…
I finally thought I had a reason to pick myself up and start putting the pieces back together.
I should’ve been more cautious.
I should’ve known not to trust, that in the end, I’d be let down.
It just seems that with every relationship, I’m not good enough or something enough, and just not worth it-the time, the...
Guess who finally texted me?
Boy: You able to talk now?
Me: No, I’m in class. It’s going to have to wait.
Boy: Indeed :)
YOU TAKE THAT SMILEY AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR GERIATRIC* ASS.
*I may not have mentioned, he’s 9 years my senior.
Me: WHY DIDN’T YOU WEAR THIS* TO YOUR WEDDING?
Sarah: Casey and I are getting a divorce. And then re-marrying. Just so I can wear this.
*NSFW
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
Tapping into my southern roots* today by whipping out the beignet mix and the hurricane mix that I brought back from the Real Royal Wedding in Nola.
Of course, now I’m craving po-boys.
*I have no Southern roots. I have Sarah, a love for the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, fried food, and the entire city of New Orleans.
I attempted to make whipped cream to go with the pumpkin cobbler I whipped up for dessert tonight. I normally make great whipped cream.
I guess I was too overzealous, because i way over whipped it and now have extremely sweet cream butter.
I’ve always wanted to make butter.
That shit is going to taste great on toast.
Next time I’m going to intentionally make honey butter.
Finally researching places to get a tattoo in DC. I think I’m actually serious about this.
I found one place that got rave reviews on Yelp, but as I have no experience in this whatsoever, I figured I’d ask y’all if you knew of any good places in the DC area- if you have a tattoo or know someone who has gotten one in this area.
I’m going to call the other place to make an...
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Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead.
Things I want need for my birthday.
A whole fucking spa weekend.
I need an escape from this anxiety and stress and from my own thoughts.
The boy dropped a bit of a bomb on me. I knew he had been seeing this girl before anything happened between us. He told me they were calling it quits and were going to be just friends, and I made sure that that was over, because I don’t mess around with that.
We went out for drinks the other night and he tells me that since his schedule is changing (she works at another branch of our store...
Baking tips from Elana
One of my secrets of baking is to never use unsalted butter. Always salted all the time.
Why?
Because fuck unsalted butter.
Just kidding.
I’m home and I still can’t decide what recipe to use.
Either way I will probably doctor it.
Gah you guyz.
I’m at the grocery store and I still haven’t made a decision on a recipe. I’m about to sit down in an aisle an start crying.
LIFE IS SO HARD.
I need Ativan.
shanamaideleh:
Sarah isn’t on gchat today and I haz a sad. Withdrawal is a bitch, man.
Try going from living with her to being 300 miles apart.
cleverlikewhoa asked: What's in the bag on the recipe picture? And is the black thing behind the wine glass just a tube of colored frosting?
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You guyz
I’m about to go to the grocery store ad still no recipe.
If I have to use another recipe, my world may fall apart.
Edit: I can’t go back into my comp history because I had a different computer at the time!
Kim wants me to make a Nutella cupcake.
I want to devise this on my own, not just following a recipe. My first originally constructed confection.
I’m thinking a vanilla cupcake, with a nutella-ganache filling, topped with a nutella buttercream.
Thoughts?
I don’t remember the name. But I’m pretty sure it was a blog because I remember there being a page of just words before the recipe.
And yes, the half and half had to be for the recipe. I don’t use half and half in my coffee, nor do I drink coffee on any regular basis. The picture (and the subsequent posts) gives evidence that I was imbibing large quantities of wine.
And I...
NOBODY HAS FOUND ME THE RECIPE.
I’m upping the ante.
If you find me the recipe, I will SEND you some of the cupcakes.
I NEED HELP
This is an emergency.
I’m trying to make these cupcakes again.
I didn’t save the recipe and I can’t remember which one I used and I’m mildly OCD and thus resistant to using another recipe because I know this one was good and was highly received.
All I have is evidence of the ingredients I used (the wine was for me…this was an episode of drunk baking).
The recipe...
Today is SUCH a good day.
I spent the night at Kim’s last night, working our way through a dozen cupcakes, a bottle of cupcake wine and watching Project Runway.
And since Kim lives so close to campus, I got to sleep in. I started the day with a delicious cup of coffee and what was left of the cupcakes.
It feels like spring outside.
I got the first parking spot.
And now we’re...
My professor just told us we’d be discussing the behavioral movement in psychotherapy today.
I should not have gotten as excited as I did.
Pavlov & Skinner 4 lyfe
Me: Oh god I think I've hit rock bottom
Kim: why??
Me: I have frosting on my face
Anonymous asked: Yay! I'm so glad you're enjoying the cupcakes! They were supposed to be there yesterday by the way. Would have been SO good if you got them on Vday when you had the sads but better late than never right? :) Hope they were as yummy as they looked! ----TB
undercalicoskies asked: did you see the beach boys are coming to merriweather june 15? i am pumped!
I think my sads and Valentine’s bitch-rage were preemptive.
I was sad because the boy had not responded to any texts since Saturday, which was unusual considering a) we had made plans on Sat for Wed b) everything had been great and normal the last time I saw him, as well as at work.
So there was no reason to think anything was wrong, but given that I’m highly neurotic and anxious and...
Is Valentine’s Day over yet?
Is it Mardi Gras season yet?
Booze and beignets are something I can get behind.
Good thing I still have the hurricane and Cafe du Mond beignet mixes I brought back with me from Nola.
As a psychologist-in-training, I fully believe I have the authority to deem such emotional drinking and eating as maladaptive adaptive coping strategies for my sads.
Valentine’s Day is stoopid.
Fuck Valentine’s Day.
After class, I’m going home, throwing on sweatpants and napping for a significant part of the day to make up for how late I was up last night.
So what if I’m the bitter, single 23 year-old stereotype?
I’ve learned not to have any expectations. You can’t be disappointed, only pleasantly surprised.
Irony. Or a misuse of the word irony.
The customer who kept me late at work, thus keeping me from writing my paper for my Psychotherapy class tomorrow morning (which will in turn keep me up late and make me fall asleep in class), was a psychotherapist.
Anonymous asked: Hi Elana! I'm very sad but part of my vday gift won't be there until the 15th! (sorry) so can we pretend that valentines lasts TWO days :)? Hope you enjoy it and you'll also have something else coming your way in a week or so! ---Your TB
