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| i updated my livejournal with some pictures, go see if you please!
http://zerokra.livejournal.com
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| i updated livejournal yesterday and tried to cut and paste it to here but rich text won't read html. so just go here if you want to see new stuff!
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i went to the firetower last friday with corinna, mom, dustin, and toby. corinna really wanted a picture of her and toby laying on their backs in the leaves but of course toby was only interested in humping the ground, so corinna copied.
i don't know how this happened...!
my mom thought it was really funny that dustin and i had matching outfits on. me in my new ill-fitting sweater, and dustin in his new carharts.
resting after the walk.
dustin didn't need to sit down, i guess.
my mom insisted that i get my picture taken with this branch. i hate getting my picture taken so of course i was talking while she took this.
soon all the leaves will be gone and these will look like skeletons.
this tree was amazing. i can't wait until the winter when all the leaves are gone and it will be a true silhouette.
the same tree from underneath it.
after our walk my mom and i walked up the firetower. corinna, dustin, and toby stayed on the ground since toby is scared of heights and grates.
looking west.
i watched stevie last night. it was interesting on a lot of levels and it was filmed really well. the director interviewed everyone without any bias towards a side. it was honest, i guess the way a documentary is supposed to be. anyway, in the end he goes to prison. judging from the date of the film i assumed he was still incarcerated. i looked him up in the illinois dept of corrections inmate search and he was there. i usually spend an hour or two every thursday night looking up inmates for pages, just to make sure they are still in the same facility so our books don't get returned. inmates get moved around a lot. i'm curious to see tonight if he has ever requested a book from pages. i wonder what prison has been like for him. it wasn't the right thing for him, but it's not right for most people. i don't know what i'm saying really. it was just weird to look up a person on a website so familar that's usually a bunch of strangers and know the guy's background story and everything. anyway.. i recommend the movie. it's at mcpl, if you're in btown.
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| this recipe comes from the "beyond the moon" cookbook. the book is one of my favorites and i've checked it out from the library many times. i wish i had a copy. i changed the recipe a little bit, so i typed it out. i ate it for three days straight without getting bored of it. it's really simple to make but uses a lot of pans (especially if you make biscuits at the same time) so get ready to wash dishes.
indian spiced butternut squash soup (4 servings)
3 cups butternut squash, peeled and cubed (i used acorn squash and it was good)
3/8 cup red lentils
1 tbsp canola oil
1/2 cup onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
1/2 tsp salt
turmeric
black pepper
whole cloves
ground cardamon
black mustard seeds
cumin seeds
nutmeg
cayenne
(or you can substitute all of these with 2 tsp curry powder if you want. biting the cumin seeds is the best part though)
1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
1 medium tomato, diced
1 cup milk
cook the squash and lentils in 2 1/2 cups of water in a large soup pot until tender, about 20 minutes.
puree the squash, lentils, and cooking water in a food processor/blender. return to pot and set aside.
heat the oil in a skillet with medium heat. saute the onion and garlic until tender.
add sauteed vegetables to the soup pot. stir in the spices. i prepared the spices in a seperate container before pouring them in. i estimated what to put in and didn't measure or record what i used. the whole of it made about a tablespoon. add lemon juice.
heat soup to simmer. add the tomato and milk. simmer for 10 minutes more, stirring occasionally.
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i have five more pictures on my film from apple picking over a week ago. maybe i'll put on my halloween mask again and take pictures since i haven't yet. i didn't take pictures of the zombie parade either! there are some really good photos here. i'm behind david in this one as we attacked two old men. i'm not in any others but a lot of my friends are. such good get-ups! here is another set. my zombie face is in the third picture, with david behind me this time. i wish i got a picture of my whole outfit. it was all half-cut-up dresses from my fabric pile. i think it turned out okay. | | |
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