BAM! Kicking it up a notch!

zomg people have returned to lj

2008-05-04T02:25:57Z

Yay for the rebirth of our LJ group XDDDD

On that note, I have nothing to say. nothing.

Band tryouts on Wed. I'm bringing it hard, yo'.

Started wathching Lil' Bush this evening. I thought I would hate it. It was fairly amusing. Tee hee...

Tried out Branham for shareboarding this summer. He's ginormus and an absolutly beautiful horse. Loved his jumping, loved his flat riding. Can't wait to intruduce him to y'all.

My thoughts are everywhere this evening. Can you tell?

Stevenson has officially screwed any and all of my hopes of getting into a good collage

2008-04-17T02:42:04Z

as the title says. Stevenson has, once again, royally fucked up my life.

Went to talk with a private tutor today for math (which I'm fairly close to not passing) and realized just how much shit I'm actually in.

I knew I didn't have enough credits to take Geo Acc, but my parents told me to take it anyhow. Last year, I only had 1/2 a year of AAA, before dropping down to Alg I. According to this lady, "Not only do I have major holes in my understanding of math because of this, but I will need to take Algebra II again next year just to be able to even comprehend what I'm learning this year. And because I'm getting Bs and not As in all my other classes, I should NOT take them acc. and should focus more on getting my GPA (currently a 3.0) back up."

My schedual BEFORE we realized stevenson fucked up:
-Pre Calc Acc
-Advanced Photo
-AP english
-AP US history
-Chinese 3x
-Honor Band (maybe)
-Public speaking
-Gym

My schedual AFTER we realized stevenson fucked up:
-Algebra II
-english acc (I might be able to convince her otherwise)
-US history
-Honor Band (maybe)
-Enviornmental Science
-Gym

GOD! I don't know wheather to cry or be angry. Probably both.

exhale

2008-04-13T21:59:42Z

So! The weekend is over, and what a weekend it was.

Friday night, in preperation for my brother's Bar Mitzvah, we went out to dinner with all the Canadian/Californian/Texas cousins, which was nice, becuase I got to see them, but after food and shul, they all came back to our house and stayed until around 11.

Saturday was, of course, the Bar Mitzvah, and I'm really proud of my brother. Who knew the kid could sing as well as he did!? He always practiced in the closet so I couldn't hear him. I was very impressed. The party afterwards was lots of fun; the highlight of the evening was seeing Greg Sergay (we had invited their family since our families seem to be really close) do this one line-dance sort of thing called "The Mississippi Slide," which was like a hill-billy cha-cha slide. Hystarical! We didn't get home 'till about midnight (urg!)

And then this morning we had all the Canadian/Californian/Texas cousins over for brunch, which lasted until about *checks watch* five-ish.

I'm pooped XO

Hurting Hands

2008-03-26T16:15:40Z

Dear god I need a life out side of cooking XP
List of things I've made since Spring Break started:
-Failed pate a chox
-mint chocolate pudding
-correct pate a chox
-creme-de-banan pastery cream
-cream puffs
-pastery puff dough (which hurts your hands like nothing else! Can you say 'one hour of kneeding?)
-mint chocolate cupcakes

Today I'm applying for a summer job at Deerfield's Bakery XD wish me luck! (If I get the job, It'll be dishes and probably cashier work, but one can hope :D)

Also got a hair-cut XD ended up changing my style after all, but I think it looks good ^^'

Last but not least, found this XD TOTALLY the wrong season for it, but it made me laugh so hard, so....

Just a notice...

2008-03-15T20:21:57Z

Couple of notices, actually:

1. If you live in Buffalo Grove, DO NOT drink tap water. The water was contaminated yesterday after some dumbass pooped in the sewage system. So...

2. My computer is being taken in for general maitenence/upgrading to Window's Vista, so I won't be on for a bit (1-2 weeks)

That is all

OMGNESS!

2008-03-08T21:09:44Z

do do do do do
la la la
do do do do do
la la la
Want to, want to want to play

Haha~sorry, I've got Australia stuck in my head XD

Anyways...EXCITING NEWS! WOOT!

I got a collage letter....FROM CULINARY INSTITUE OF AMERICA IN NEW YORK! OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG! This is a school I was really wanting to look at, too :D YAY!

Yeah, that's it >_> I don't really have anything else going on here, just thought I'd share that with y'all.

Current Events

2008-03-04T03:42:35Z

Buh

Went shopping with Mother today to look for something nice to wear to Mark's Bar Mitzvah. After about an hour in XXI forever, we found a really nice sleevless grey dress and a really REALLY pretty purple silk shirt to wear over it. I'll have to get the dress shortened, but I'm really happy with the outfit overall. I'll wear that day-of. For Shul the night before, Mother and I got smiliar but not matching dresses from White House|Black Market. Mother's is kind of a low-top that flairs out at the bottom, and she wears it with a plain white cammie and a thick black-and-white belt. Mine is much more form-fitting and doen't flair at the bottom, but kind of resembles a greek-style robe. Very stylish. I also got my first pair of really high heels, which are NOT as umcomfortable as I had expected and I really enjoy tottering around in them. I'll post piccys of this stuff later.

My brother is having his Bar Mitzvah next month. He's going to be freaking 13. I'm going to be 16 in August. Dear lord, I feel OLD!

Other Exciting Things:

SOLO/ENSAMBLE IHSA CONTEST!
I played 3 events; flute solo, piccolo solo, and flute duet. I got a Division II on the Pic solo, and a Division I on Flute. I didn't really want to stay the extra hour to find out what I scored on the Duet, so I dunno 'bout that one...I was mildly upset about getting a II on the Pic, but after looking over what everyone else had gotten, I didn't feel AS bad. TONS of people got IIs, including Alex Slepack (le gasp!) and about half of Honor Band. And I got really nervous for that piece and didn't play well, and didn't deserve a I. But all-in-all, I'm pretty pleased with how I did, considering how freakin' RIGID judging was this year. Man........so many IIs........

CAR CRASH!
Well, not really. Basically, I had been hanging out at Shayna's (David, Katie, Andrew, Shayna, Kirstyn, and myself) and Andrew offered to drive me home. We turned onto the one-way part of Schafer, and narrowly avoided sliding into a pole. We instead landed in a ditch on top of a rock. Stuck. Apparently, Andrew's van is so old, it doesn't have 4-wheel-drive, or for the matter, proper brakes. But no one was hurt and the van didn't get broken. It did, however, get really, REALLY stuck on that rock, and so he had to call a Tow Truck, which ended up showing up at about 12:30 at night (the accident happened at about 10:15) I waited with him until his Mom showed up. Geez...scary stuff O_O

Also randomly read today that the Guy who writes Megatokyo (which I decided to start re-reading for lack of other interesting things to do) had a baby <3 congrats XD

Eh, that's all, I think.

beepHard Disk Destroyedbeep

2008-02-29T18:12:00Z

So! As you may or may not know, my Harvest Moon for GBA that took me weeks to find, save up for and wait in the mail for has stopped saving progress. Frusturated and not yet ready to toss it, I asked a bunch of people at school how to repair GBA games. "Just change the battery" they said, "and it'll all be ok."

So! I opened up the game only to realize I have no idea which one the battery is. Not to mention that after opening up two MORE GBA games to see what the inside looked like that I realized my HM game had some big melt-down in the middle.

So! I was wondering if any of you know any place I can ship/send my game to be repaired. That would make me really happy. Because I've given up all hope of trying to repair the game myself.

THE RETURN OF DOMINICO!!!!!

2008-02-18T18:56:25Z

XDDDDD So watching MTV this morning, I saw an ad....
...you all remember Dominico, the crazy Italian guy from ASALwTila Tiquila, right?

...
...
...
MTV IS GIVING HIM HIS OWN DATING SHOW XDDDDDDDD

*much laughter*
The show itself looks HORRIBLE, but I mean, it's Dominico, so yay!

CUPCAKES return pt 1

2008-02-02T23:25:28Z

So! After making 40-some cupcakes and 3 out of 8 toppings, I decided...that I was tired. So I'm going to finish making the toppings tomorrow ;D Anyway, for the three I did, here's what happened!

Elysian Custard
I was hoping for more of a thick, rich sort of thing (like a cream, I guess) but no matter how long the thing cooled, it was still pretty watery. Anyway, if you don't know, Elysian Custard is essentially milk, cream, honey, egg yolks and sugar. You heat the milk, cream and honey, taper it into the yolk and sugar mix, and heat it all back up again. As far as presentaion, it was gloppy and hard to work with. As far as taste, it was too sweet! You could really taste the honey! too much! blech!

This gets a rating of 4 out of 10

Strengthened Whipping Cream

From the begining, I knew this would be something to use for fillings and garnises rather than covering a cake. Anyway, this recipie is pretty much just whipping cream with powdered sugar rather than granulated sugar and geletin. It tastes and acts like regular whipped cream, but is firmer and holds more. As far as presentation, it looked good and held up. As far as taste, it tasted like regluar whipped cream and wasn't sastysfying to use as something to coat a cake. I will, however, probably use this for fillings in the future.

This gets a rating of 7 out of 10

Vanilla Pudding Topping

I had NO IDEA how this one was going to work, but it ended up being really tastey and good looking. It's essentially vanilla pudding folded into whipped cream. It tastes like a light and fluffy pudding, or a very vanilla-y whipping cream. It's a nice cross over. I was really REALLY happy with this, and will probably use this in the future. AS far as presentation, it was easy to work with and piped well and held its shape. As far as taste, it tasted REALLY GOOD and will work well to coat a cake.

This gets a rating of 9 out of 10

TOMORROW! I take on the Heavenly Cream, the 'special' buttercream, and the Snow Peak Frosting.

CUPCAKES! No, really, seriously...

2008-02-02T21:25:53Z

I decided last week that maybe Buttercream tastes like crap. So today, I am making 40 cupcakes and 8 types of frosting to find an alternative. Right now, cupcakes are in the oven, and when all is said and done, I'll post about the results of my findings.

Emotional

2008-01-30T02:06:41Z

*big sigh*

I don't know if its lack of sleep or stress or SOMETHING, but today when I got home I just kind of burst into tears. I'm not quite sure what I was crying over or what I was even crying about (it confused the HELL out of my mother) but when I was done, it was oddly refreshing. Maybe I just needed some sort of outlit for those pent-up anxiaties I get about life. Maybe I'm just overtired (I can't sleep late on weekends anymore, and since taking driver ed I've had to stay up later doing homework) or maybe I'm just being streached too thin here-and-there, but it's the first time in a long time I've had a really good cry. I'm really hoping there's nothing wrong with me (who just randomly bursts into tears!?) and that it's just from being anxious and tired, but...whatever.

Huh.

A touch from the past

2008-01-15T03:09:32Z

Today I was given a small gift as my mother was going through boxes in our basement getting rid of things! I was humbled and touched to recieve my Grandfather Jim's journal from his visits to China. I never met my Grandfather Jim (my mom's dad), however every year we have a picnic on the day he died at his grave with all the family, so I guess I do kind of know him. Anyway, the notebook is full of lessons from when he was learning Chinese in China. I was surprised to find more than half the pages blank, however; guess he didn't use it that often! Anyway, I decided it would be fun if I put some of MY chinese notes in the book, so now, I have a notebook full of things my Grandfather wrote as well.

There is a quote I immidiatly think of:

"It is no accident that you are reading this. I am making black marks on white paper. These marks are my thoughts, and although I do not know who you are reading this now, in some way the lines of our lives have intersected... For the length of these few sentences, we meet here.

It is no accident that you are reading this. This moment has been waiting for you, I have been waiting for you. Remember me."

- Duane Michals

In this way, I feel connected with my heratige. Connected with myself.

When you wake up feeling old

2008-01-07T22:31:56Z

When you wake up feeling old
At this piano filled with souls
Some strange purse stuffed nervous with gold
Can you be where you want to be

I started working on the first draft for the World's Fair posters today. I've decided to go with the 'omg TENSION' approach, and so even though World's Fair isn't until April, I think I'll start putting up posters in the up coming weeks.

Walk down any street you can find
Look at any clock telling time
Sing some strange verse from some strange song of vines
and you'll be where you want to be

The pre-poster poster (before the actual info posters) is just going to be a blank paper with a big picture of the world, and under it in bold it shall say "It's Coming." and then the date of World's Fair. Of course, that's just an idea I'm tossing around, but it would lend itself well to both posters AND the display case.

Who knows anything. I don't know?
There are so many things I must leave alone.
Some strange person is calling you their home
Can you be where you want to be

I have Wilco stuck in my head, if you couldn't tell.

Happy New Year!

2007-12-31T00:53:26Z

A very happy New Year to everyone! May 2008 be a year of happiness, healthiness and hopefulness for all.

Looking back on 2007, I feel relativly happy with how it turned out. Nothing too catastrophic happend to me directly, however I know it was a hard year for some of those close to me. I belive that 2007 was a good transition year, and that 2008 will be a year to embrace change around me.

My resolution for the year: to not be so sensative. I will try my hardest to be a more rounded person and to not take everything so seriously!

Out of curiosity, do any of you have resolutions? If so, I want to hear :D

Happy New Year! May this up coming year be full of good oportunities!

WoooooOOOOOOOOooooooah

2007-12-22T03:36:22Z

Winter break is here, and that makes me both happy and nervous. Happy, becuase NO SCHOOL FOR TWO WEEKS, obviously. Nervous, because...finals right after. So! I'm going to start studying now rather than put my studying off like I usually do. I really want to do well!

Classes I'm going to miss terribly next semester:

Photo I
Nonwestern Civ

Grrr! I'm not AS up set with loosing Photo I (since I'm taking Photo II) but I'm really going to miss first hour nonwestern. It was really fun and interesting (especially the Jihadists, which were FACINATING!) and I'll miss Ms. Gerber, who was a great teacher and a good person.

Classes I'm not looking forward to at all next semester:

Health
Math
English (le gasp!)

Health because it's gross and sex ed and all that good stuff. Math because our new math teacher (our old teacher just had a baby! Congrats!) is terrible at controling the class and we never get ANYTHING done. And English because my teacher is a scary, scary man...

On a totally different note...

Rented "The Namesake" this evening. It was absolutly FANTASTIC! I cried so many times during it...all of you should watch it. It was facinating, exciting, and really really gripping and emotional. It's pretty much about a first-generation Indian family in New York and how the children and adults deal with marrage, death and trying to blend old and new cultures. It's officially my all-time fav movie.

ICON-NESS

2007-12-14T01:49:56Z

I have (finally) updated my icons! Now that I've switched to the 'advertisement thingy' I get 15, but I only really wanted 11...anyway, you should check them out! Yes! You should, muahahahahaha~<3

Other things going on...hmmmm...

Dating Alex Slepak now (yay <3) apparently, he found my lj yesterday (which makes me giggle. Haha, I didn't know you could find this. I have hidden it well up until now) *waves at Alex*

Tonight for dinner I had shrimp. It was wonderful.

Oh! Bought some parsley for Piggy the Kidd, who enjoyed it very much.

And...

FOUND MY COPY OF THE GOOD EARTH Which is by FAR my favorite book of all time. So I've spent the last hour reading that. Ehehe...

That's all, I think. Nothing really new. We have the "Window-Man" at our house right now. He's "looking at windows," or so I'm told. Adults are strange...

Last Night...

2007-12-09T19:21:38Z

Pep Band. I didn't really know what to expect since it was my first time playing in pep band. I knew I had to wear my band polo, but I couldn't find it...I called up Tori and asked if I could borrow hers. She said she could lend me Steve Brask's old shirt. For those who don't know who Steve Brask is, he was the largest player in the band last year (he graduated) and so, needless to say, the shirt was a little big. Anyway, I show up wearing this giantic shirt a half-hour early and Mrs. D just gives me this "oooo-kay" look. The game was alright, we ended up winning, so that was fun. We played LIBERTYVILLE! Ordinarally, I hate libertyville since the fans are really rude. But they brought with them...THE MALE CHEERLEADERS! Which was AMAZING, hahahahaha! They were doing backflips and everything. I wish Stevenson had male cheerleaders...-ahem- so after the game, I called my father, who was apparently 'busy' so I was stuck at school for a half-hour. They locked the school. I had some spicy nachos, so the inside of my mouth was BURNING but I myself was freezing.

Last night was....interseting. All in all, I'm looking forward to the next game!

Snow Scene

2007-12-04T23:35:26Z

It's been a while, everyone! Good to see you/hear from you. Firstly, happy first night of Hanukkah! let's all be thankful for family, friends, and everything good granted to us, because there are always people worse off than ourselves. That being said, don't forget (chloe/julie) to donate food for give-a-thon (I was going to forget this morning, so here's a reminder for y'all)

It's snowing a lot, which makes me very happy. As I walked to the train station on the way home from school with Greg and Sam, Greg got giddy and started drawing giant (whatever the plural form of penis is) in the snow. He was very proud of it. >_> It was funny, though. He drew one right outside a teacher's car.

I need a new theme/icons. I think I'll work on that at some point...

Turkey Day amongst other things o_o

2007-11-24T02:03:41Z

So many things to say! Firstly, HAPPY TURKEY DAY! EAT A WHOLE LOT OF WHATEVER, EVEN IF YOU FEEL LIKE THROWING UP. HYAH!

what else...

Oh! OMG! Went to teh mall t'day with Jeffy and Jennings to buy myself a winter coat/Jeff a new wardrobe, so that was fun. and GUESS WHO WORKS AT ROCK AMERICA...!?!?! yes, that's right Julie. You're saying it (chloe, I dunno if you know this person, but...) it was....SCARY JOSH! AAAAAHAHHHHHHHH! So he was all 'can I help you' before he realized he knew Jennings, and they started talking, and then he told me.....that I was really really short. >_< More about that on monday...

Uhm, lesse, there was more on my list of things to say.

Oh! Yes!

I found this quote and I LOVED IT! So this is my new take on life. This is how I wanna live my life! Yah!

"It is no accident that you are reading this. I am making black marks on white paper. These marks are my thoughts, and although I do not know who you are reading this now, in some way the lines of our lives have intersected... For the length of these few sentences, we meet here.

It is no accident that you are reading this. This moment has been waiting for you, I have been waiting for you. Remember me."

- Duane Michals

That's all, I think. Happy break to EVERYONE!

chukun_nahbi @ 2007-10-25T20:21:00

2007-10-26T01:25:24Z

Hm! I haven't posted in a while...I should post!

So the fudge. I'm not sure if I was happy with it. There were DEFINENTLY things that I need to fix if I make it again. 1. No almond extract next time. I think I'll put in mint extract instead. 2. No mexican chocolate. It's expensive and hard to work with. 3. pipe designs in the stuff that comes out of a tube, because making icing is a PAIN

Um, nothing else, really. I'm kinda tired. I was pretty happy with how this week turned out, so I guess I have nothing to complain about. How rare!

Tim! Update on TIM MACKEY! He's discovered yet ANOTHER way to drive me up the wall...when I walk in the hallway, if he walks behind me, he steps on my shoes every. single. step. ARRGALKDF JASLFK ja[;poier uqiuetrhgfa

I need a new icon, I think. I could re-theme my lj, but that takes time, and I'm kinda happy wiht the Chicago theme.

Possible ideas for new themes:
1. cooking
2. cookies
3. hats/scarfs
4. winter
5. ninja

I'm not sure. The cooking or hats/scarfs might be fun...tell me what you think. Or if I should just keep my current theme.

chukun_nahbi @ 2007-10-16T20:25:00

2007-10-17T01:29:27Z

So today when I got home from school, my mom was all, "Hey Michelle, you still want to be a chef, right?" And I was all, "Yeah, of course! I love cooking! It's my dream." So she goes, "Well, I was thinking, what if you went into advertising. I thought you said you wanted to do that." So I was all, "Well, I thought about it, but I think I'd be a better chef." And she goes, "Are you sure? Because I think you should go into advertising. You like it, don't you?" And so I said, "Well, I like it, but I like cooking more." And she was all, "Oh, well, maybe you should look into advertising a little more." And I was all, "Sure sure fine whatever. (Mumbles:yeah right)."

And now I'm thinking, what if being a chef doesn't work out, and I spend my entire life trying to be a chef and failing? What if my Mom's right and I should go into advertising? And I'm worried that I won't be able to be sucessful in life. But I guess I'm just thinking too much.

P.S.

Sorry for the annoying dialouge above, I just felt like typing it up that way o_o

warm apple pie in mah belly...

2007-10-05T00:44:01Z

So! I was thinking about that converersation Chloe and I had the other day, about OCs an' stuff, and OCs vs Origional stories, and I have the sudden urge...

I WANT TO WRITE FAN FICTION!

exept, exept, exept, I don't know what I want to write about ;___; or maybe I'll write an origional story? But I don't know! And I don't have that much time...ARG! so frusturating. I'll give this s'more thought, but it might be fun.

Anywayz, life is pretty normal right now. I'm happier than I've been in a really long time :D I mean, life is good to me! The cubs are in the playoffs (tho they lost the first game), my old friends and my new friends get along and like eachother, I really really like Joe and he likes me, and my dad and I haven't been fighting that much.

o_O

Now I'm worried...too many good things...something bad is going to happen...

NO!

I should stay positive! Always think the best! Be myself!

Yeah!

Ok! I belive in me!

.........

.........

.........
...wow. I just had a whole conversation with myself, didn't I...

......yeah......I'll just leave quietly......

Since it's a trend now...

2007-09-30T18:24:59Z

Since everyone's doing it, I thought that I should post my vocab stories as well :D I warn you now that they're both pretty stupid, because it's well, me...anyway, they're down there *points*.

Homecoming was yesterday. It was...SO FUN! I had the most fun I think I've ever had at a school event. Everyone looked so wow...and the food was ok, but it was eating with everyone that made me happy. Exept, now I have SO MUCH homework to do...meh...also, I think I have a cold. But oh well.

Vocab numbah one:
All-Powerful-Ruler and Taco Day

The all-powerful ruler of the universe Michelle was in a particularly blithe mood that day, and it showed. The weather of the small planet Earth was sunny and warm to match her happy state of being. You see, today was no ordinary day; today was free taco day, gratuitously sponsored by K-mart, at Michelle’s favorite restaurant. She zapped into a human body, and took the bus towards the restaurant.
Unfortunately, the old man who owned the restaurant had to abdicate his position due to health reasons. Since no one had taken over yet, the restaurant decided to cancel free taco day.
The all-powerful Michelle was insuperably angry that the restaurant had canceled free taco day, and in her fit of rage, lost her human body and turned into the all-powerful goddess she was in front of a crowd of hungry people.
“HEAR ME ROAR, FOR I AM THE ALL-POWERFUL RULER OF THE UNIVERSE, AND I AM UPSET!” she bellowed. “YOU PEOPLE WHO HAVE SINNED AGAINST ME BY CANCELING FREE TACO DAY SHALL PAY A TERRIBLE PRICE! I WILL RAZE YOU RESTURANT TO THE GROUND, UNTIL ALL YOUR TACO MEAT IS AS FLAT AS A PANCAKE!”
Now, back where the all-powerful beings lived, a council was being held. Their ruler, Michelle, often flew into fits of chagrin and anger, and you could see dents in the wall from where her fists had often hit the wall during a temper tantrum. So far, the all-powerful beings had come up with ways to stop her, but she was madder than ever…
The beings began to argue until they were as irritated as Michelle. They couldn’t come up with an idea to stop her! And back on earth, Michelle was getting ready to level the Taco stand. When all hope was lost, a small voice rang out among the shouts;
“I have an idea!”
It came from Chloe, the goddess of sheep, who was quiet and shy. The all-powerful beings turned to look at her, waiting for her to share her plan in this expedient time.
“I figure,” she started, “That if we can construe the situation, and find out what’s wrong, we can devise a course of action. I’ve had one of my lesser sheep minions, Jennings, find out what Michelle is so mad about.”
At that moment, the lesser sheep minion Jennings burst into the great hall and handed Chloe a sheet of paper. Chloe read the scratchy handwriting out loud:
“It seems that free taco day has been canceled.”
“SHE’S THAT MAD ABOUT SOMETHING THAT STUPID!?!?” The higher beings bellowed, but Chloe raised her hand in a silencing motion.
“Fear not, my fellow higher beings, for the all-mighty Michelle has been known to be venal. Remember last year when she was bribed to make all that rain during the dry season? So lean in close, and here’s what we do…”
Chloe whispered to the beings, and they jumped back in shock. “What are you alluding to!?!?! You really think we can follow you? That’s never going to work…”
But Chloe just smiled. And the other higher beings sighed and went along with her.
Back at the Taco Stand, it seemed like it was insuperable that Michelle would ever overcome her anger. She was about to level all of mankind when suddenly, an old man (or a very badly disguised Jennings) came out of the Taco Stand with a plateful of myriad tacos, towering to the sky. Michelle let out a gasp of delight, before exclaiming in a plaintive tone, “I though free taco day was canceled…”
“Oh, but we have all these free tacos for you, in hopes that you will abandon your vindictive state of being and forgive us.”
Michelle took the plate of tacos and sniffed. “Consider yourself lucky, mortals, that you have given me free tacos. Next time, I may not be so merciful…”
And so the world was safe for another week.

Vocab numbah two:
Emril Live becomes something different...

Michelle Hartzen
English Per 7

Michelle was in a supreamly blith mood. Her quest to be a master chef was almost fulfilled. Yesterday afternoon, superstar chef Emeril Lagasse had abdicated his position as head chef on the Emeril Live show. Although Michelle was a little sad about his leaving, it meant that Food Network needed a new superstar chef, and Michelle was just the girl for the job.
Tryouts were at 5:00 that afternoon, so Michelle made sure to catch the 4:30 bus. At tryouts, she was very surprised to find myriad people waiting for their turn to be interviewed. But even if it seemed to be insuperable, Michelle knew she would triumph.
After what seemed a lifetime of waiting, it was finally her turn to tryout. The room was about the size of a walk-in closet, with three people sitting in chairs. They introduced themselves to be Julie Kopriva, the show’s manager and PR person, Victoria Mendez, the famous Spanish chef, and Andrew Jennings, the cameraman. And so the questions began:
“You aren’t venal, are you?”
“Food Network TV cannot be held culpable for any mistakes you make. Is that ok?”
“Do you have charisma? And are you a brash person who tends to rush into important decisions?”
Michelle, overwhelmed a little, answered the questions to the best of her ability:
“I’m a very honest person! I would never take a bribe!”
“That’s fine. I won’t make any mistakes! A fair rule like that seems equitable.”
“I have lots of charisma…and I might be a little bit brash, but that’s part of being charismatic, I think.”
For ten minutes, the three whispered to each other about her. Finally they took a chance and told her their decision:
“Alright. You’ve been the best candidate so far, and we don’t think we’re going to find much better. So…you’re hired! Congrats!”
At this point, Michelle fainted.

---Two Weeks Later---

“Hello, and welcome to our very first episode of Michelle’s Eatery, which will be replacing Emeril Live. And here’s your host, Chef Michelle!”
Michelle smiled nervously at the crowd. “Hi folks! I’m Chef Michelle and today, we’re going to bake us some CAKE!”
The cameraman, Jennings, mumbled something under his breath. Michelle, thinking she had forgotten a line or something, ran off the set and asked, “Did I do something wrong..!?!? Oh my god! I messed up, didn’t I?”
He looked at her (as did the rest of the studio audience) and said, “You didn’t just run off the set…did you? You did. Why would you do something so Effrontery!?! Have you no shame!?”
“What do you mean? I don’t understand. What’s going on?”
He groaned, and growled, “Never mind! Just go back on the set and cook! The studio audience is waiting!”
She looked at him oddly and went back on stage.
“Well, anyway, before I was rudely interrupted,” she huffed, “I was saying, we’re going to bake some cake! So first, I’m going to write down all these ingredients and instructions…” She turned to face the whiteboard behind her, and drew a delineate picture of a cake. “Now the first thing to do is…”
Jennings groaned again. She was totally off-script! He knew now wasn’t the opportune time to tell her this, but there wouldn’t be any other time to tell her! He found some paper in his pocket, crumpled it into a small ball, and threw it at her head.
“…and so that’s why the cake looks like it-ow!” Michelle flinched as a small paper ball hit her face. She saw Jennings motioning to her, and so she again ran off set.
“What’s wrong!?!? Did I miss another line! Don’t tell me I drew the cake incorrectly!”
Jennings groaned. “You weren’t supposed to run off stage again!”
“Well, what was I supposed to do!? Just keep going!?!?!?”
“I was going to hold up FLASH CARDS, dummy!”
“Dummy!?!?! Excuse me, but who’s the chef, and who’s the cameraman!?”
“I’ve decided that you’re too negligible to be the chef. You’re only 5”2!”
“I am NOT that short! Anyway, I don’t want to hear that boring harangue you’re going on and on about! Get to the point and tell me why you inturupted me!”
“Stupid! I inturupted you because YOU CAN’T COOK! I bet you’re not even a real chef.”
“WHAT!? I am SUCH a real chef! Bite your tounge!”
“Real chef my butt! You can’t even fabricate a cake correctly! Do you know how to put it together!?”
“I do!”
“Well, then why are you so Frugal with the ingredients! We aren’t stingy at food network! The more, the better.”
“You are a callous person, aren’t you! How mean!”
“I’m not mean, I’m honest!”
“Yah, well then don’t insult me.”
“You COULD just grace me with some nepotism. I could use some favoritism around here. YOU’RE PROBABLY EASY TO BRIBE, YOU LIAR!”
“You’re so mean I bet you’re just trying to make me abject!”
“I am not!”
“You are! You could at least be an advocate and give me some support here! It’s my first show!”
But the two didn’t get to finish their argument, because Julie Kopriva, PR lady of doom, came running on the set and fired them both.
And Food Network was safe…for this week.

chukun_nahbi @ 2007-09-25T18:49:00

2007-09-25T23:53:06Z

So I started drawing "EXTREME PHOTOGRAPHY!!!" Today, and I have to say, it's turning out rather nice. I'll show it to y'all tomorrows :D

Hmmm, what else...Music in Adv. Symph band is REDICULOUSLY HARD, gah! And I haven't even started playing it at tempo (about 160). But it's really really fun, so I'm happy.

Found all mah DVDs (Ranma 1/2 season 1, JING collectors box, Wolf's Rain 2, Samurai Champloo 2) so I'm ready for next weekend. I'm really looking forward to it!

Also, pep assembly tomorrow, so that should be fun.

The flowers outside are opening up. It's very yellow in our backyard now! And the birds are leaving. Fall is here, almost.