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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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>
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>
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.
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.
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!
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
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Raw Choco Chip Cooking (vegan cooking #1)
Raw Choco Chip cookies
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
Dough:
1 cup cashew flour (grind raw cashews in coffe grinder)
1/2 cup whole oat groats (grind in coffee grinder)
2 tbs agave nectar
2-3 tbs coconut oil
Coco chunks:
1/2 cup or more of vegan cocoa/carob chips (optional)
What I do though:
1/4 cup coconut oil melted
4 tbs cocao powder
1-2 tbs of agave (depends on preference for sweetness)
Directions:
Mix the chocolate chips mix together and freeze in a pan. Do it quickly to avoid the coconut oil getting hard again. When you take it out after about 15 minutes (depending on thickness), break into tiny chunks.
Mix all of the dough ingredients together. (Use your hands, it's easiest).
Now fold in the chocolate chip chunks.
Form into cookie shapes and place in dehydrator for 15- 20 minutes to get warm and hold shape. OR you can put in the refrigerator and eat them cold.
Be sure to store these in the fridge though.
Source of recipe: I just came up with this, may need tweaking, but I think it is perfect!
Makes: 4 servings, Preparation time: 20, Cooking time: 15
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
Dough:
1 cup cashew flour (grind raw cashews in coffe grinder)
1/2 cup whole oat groats (grind in coffee grinder)
2 tbs agave nectar
2-3 tbs coconut oil
Coco chunks:
1/2 cup or more of vegan cocoa/carob chips (optional)
What I do though:
1/4 cup coconut oil melted
4 tbs cocao powder
1-2 tbs of agave (depends on preference for sweetness)
Directions:
Mix the chocolate chips mix together and freeze in a pan. Do it quickly to avoid the coconut oil getting hard again. When you take it out after about 15 minutes (depending on thickness), break into tiny chunks.
Mix all of the dough ingredients together. (Use your hands, it's easiest).
Now fold in the chocolate chip chunks.
Form into cookie shapes and place in dehydrator for 15- 20 minutes to get warm and hold shape. OR you can put in the refrigerator and eat them cold.
Be sure to store these in the fridge though.
Source of recipe: I just came up with this, may need tweaking, but I think it is perfect!
Makes: 4 servings, Preparation time: 20, Cooking time: 15
Reason not to eat meat #2
There are millions of cases of food poisoning recorded every year. The vast majority are caused by eating meat.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
reasons to not eat meat numero UNO!
Number of animals killed for meat per hour in the U.S.: 660,000.
let THAT seep deeply into your mind.
let THAT seep deeply into your mind.
VEGAN RECIPE #1 Curry of Fury (in a Hurry!)
Ingredients (use vegan versions):
2 cans chick peas (drained and rinsed)
1 can coconut milk
1 can pineapple bits in juice
1 can diced tomatoes with chilies (don't drain)
1 can cut baby corn (drained and rinsed)
2 tablespoon curry powder (or to taste)
1 "serving" worth of favorite broth powder/paste
1 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
Directions:
Note: for "cans", each of the cans I used was roughly about 2 cups of "contents." You can adjust amounts or add other veggies, tofu, whatever to make it your own.
Prepare all ingredients (open cans). Rinse the beans and corn. The pineapple and tomato "juice" go into the pot!
In a medium pot, combine everything and let simmer for about 15 minutes, until heated through. Easy! Enjoy with rice.
You can add salt or other spices, but my curry mix is pretty good so I'm happy with it like this.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes + heating
2 cans chick peas (drained and rinsed)
1 can coconut milk
1 can pineapple bits in juice
1 can diced tomatoes with chilies (don't drain)
1 can cut baby corn (drained and rinsed)
2 tablespoon curry powder (or to taste)
1 "serving" worth of favorite broth powder/paste
1 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
Directions:
Note: for "cans", each of the cans I used was roughly about 2 cups of "contents." You can adjust amounts or add other veggies, tofu, whatever to make it your own.
Prepare all ingredients (open cans). Rinse the beans and corn. The pineapple and tomato "juice" go into the pot!
In a medium pot, combine everything and let simmer for about 15 minutes, until heated through. Easy! Enjoy with rice.
You can add salt or other spices, but my curry mix is pretty good so I'm happy with it like this.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes + heating
Tha Septum
ohai.
so today i got my septum pierced.... it was exciting... i was told to eat something before i came in so i walked to taco bell (or more like "fell" into taco bell bacause i twisted my ankle on the way in.)
i got a meatless mexican pizza mmmhhmm. i walked down to my aunt's tattoo shop (the skin factory) and i got my septum done...it was a very drawn out, fleshy, piercing. and it was pretty painful...it REALLY makes your eyes water...
it was good
god is love,
rev dev!
so today i got my septum pierced.... it was exciting... i was told to eat something before i came in so i walked to taco bell (or more like "fell" into taco bell bacause i twisted my ankle on the way in.)
i got a meatless mexican pizza mmmhhmm. i walked down to my aunt's tattoo shop (the skin factory) and i got my septum done...it was a very drawn out, fleshy, piercing. and it was pretty painful...it REALLY makes your eyes water...
it was good
god is love,
rev dev!
Monday, February 2, 2009
Senior Rant #1 (spaghetti and bread)
well today, the issue is: spaghetti&bread
"recieving meals on wheels, the inside of the bell pepper is just one big chunk of meat....so instead the seniors in question decided they would make some "out of this world" spaghettie sauce out this this defective frozen dinner."
the next issue is bread.
"i dont understand why i dont like bread but i ate a half of a loaf of garlic bread today!" Can any readers give a reason this senior did that?
"recieving meals on wheels, the inside of the bell pepper is just one big chunk of meat....so instead the seniors in question decided they would make some "out of this world" spaghettie sauce out this this defective frozen dinner."
the next issue is bread.
"i dont understand why i dont like bread but i ate a half of a loaf of garlic bread today!" Can any readers give a reason this senior did that?
"Daddy's Wig"
so...ya..knoww. i am a big fan of senior citizens...hahaha.
well speaking of seniors i spend 3 days out of the week caring for my wonderful 92 year old great-great grandmother who still goes dancing with her buddies every thursday night, and her daughter who is 76. i thought i might start off by telling you this because you are probably wondering "what the hell does daddy's wig mean?" well ill tell you. today i went to set up a checking account at wells fargo and i was giving the lady my email address. my email address is jazzysquid@gmail.com, so my great-great grandma then proceeds to ask my why my email address is daddy's wig....(she wears hearing aids so she has an excuse) dude...i laughed until is started crying. thank god she has a good sense of humor.
well speaking of seniors i spend 3 days out of the week caring for my wonderful 92 year old great-great grandmother who still goes dancing with her buddies every thursday night, and her daughter who is 76. i thought i might start off by telling you this because you are probably wondering "what the hell does daddy's wig mean?" well ill tell you. today i went to set up a checking account at wells fargo and i was giving the lady my email address. my email address is jazzysquid@gmail.com, so my great-great grandma then proceeds to ask my why my email address is daddy's wig....(she wears hearing aids so she has an excuse) dude...i laughed until is started crying. thank god she has a good sense of humor.
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