Monday, March 9, 2009

A word that describes me....

AVANT-GARDE

The adjective form is used in English, to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.
(wikipedia.com)

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Today in History...

Today in History I learned about the effects of the industrial revolution.

The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, production, and transportation had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions in Britain. The changes subsequently spread throughout Europe, North America, and eventually the world. The onset of the Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in human society; almost every aspect of daily life was eventually influenced in some way.
(wikipedia.com)


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Today in Math...

Today in math i learned about vectors.

A vector involves translations. It's the distance on a coordinate plane from one image to it's translated self. If you have a triangle at points (1,2) (1,3) and (1,1) and you move the triangle to points (1,3) (1,4) and (1,2) you have a vector of <0,1> if you had moved it down a unit, you would have a vector of <0,-1>

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

COACHELLA!!!!!




The Coachea Valley Music and Arts Festival
(commonly known as Coachella or Coachella Fest) is a three-day (formerly a one or two-day) annual music and arts festival organized by Goldenvoice held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. The event features many genres of music including alternative rock, hip hop, and Electronic music as well as large sculptural art. The event has several stages/tents set-up throughout the grounds, each playing live music continuously. The main stages are: Coachella Stage, Outdoor Theatre, Gobi Tent, Mojave Tent, and the Sahara Tent (2006 also saw the addition of a smaller Oasis Dome).

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

spicy lentils in pita bread

my mum made these when i was a little veg..hahahah...theyre wonderful!

Spicy Lentils in Pita Bread

Ingredients (use vegan versions):

4 tablespoon Olive oil
1 Onion, finely chopped
6-7 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
8oz Turkish Brown Lentils (washed, picked over - no need to soak!)
1inch cube of fresh ginger, v.finely chopped
1-2 or more Fresh green chillies, finely chopped
1 teaspoon ground Coriander seeds
1 teaspoon ground Cumin seeds
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon Cayenne pepper (to taste but remeber its HOT)
Water
6-7 oz shelled green peas (Frozen work well)
4-6 heaped tablespoon chopped fresh coriander leaf. Frozen coriander is good too.
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Garam Masala
1 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
6/8 pita breads

Directions:

Serves 4 people.

Fry the onions in oil until lightly browned. Add Garlic. After a minute or so add Ginger, Chillies, coriander, cumin and cayenne.

Then add lentils, and water (to cover) cook until lentils are nice and tender, but don't let them get all mushy. 20-30 minutes depending on your lentils. Top up the water if necessarey.

Add peas, fresh coriander leaf, salt, garam masala, lemon juice. Cook till peas are soft, then reduce until most of the liquid has gone (don't burn it).

Warm the pitas (don't burn them!) until they puff up. Keep watching them as these things **BURN** if you look away!

To serve cut a hole in your vegan pita bread and fill with the mixture, or if you are lazy get evryone to do their own. Serve with yogurt, pickles+chutneys (Indian), Onion relish etc.

oh bejeezus....happenings on the city bus.

well all you creepy creeps out there requested that i blog about my experiences using our public transportation system...so i did.

Pickles:
so i got on the bus after school and 2 ladies were sitting at the back of the bus. one had a full row of white bottom teeth but only one snaggletooth at the top (that was the first thing i noticed). i often wonder if the bottom teeth were more important and needed more care haha. she started frantically searching for her pickles moaning, "where my pickles at??". she finally found them and started to gum one....that obviously didnt work to well...so she decided to scrape the pickle with her one snaggletooth...it was quite effective. (and quite funny)

the nub:
so a lady gets on the bus (she is missing an arm) she has only to the elbow attached. she sits next to a man who is very courteous and offers her a seat, we ride for about 10 minutes, and before i know it i look up to see her smacking this man with her nub!! i have no idea how or why this happened.

A BOOK EVERYONE SHOULD READ!

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This Book Will Change Your Life, returns with a whole new year’s worth of hilarious daily guidance to add a little spice to your dull life. This Book Will Change Your Life has even greater ambitions than its forefather, aiming to subvert not only your own life, but the whole of society—as only Benrik can. Part instruction book, part therapy, part religious cult, part sheer anarchy, this wickedly funny day planner will help you stick a spoke in the wheel of your routine, every day of the first year of your new life.

Days to spice up your life include:

* Claim you’re Jesus day
* Lobby Celine Dion to sing about you
* Bake naked day
* Let children rule the world
* Speak only Esperanto day
* Speed-read War and Peace