Sunday, November 16, 2008

.Sad News.

[Mood | Ambivalent]

Things will change from here on out. One more week with good friends and then things really will be different. It's really just time to make the best of the situation.

~Joannie~
[Weather | Raining]
[Listening | Nothing]

thought Joannie at 12:23 AM||0 things said ------------------------------

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

.It Was Now Or Never.

[Mood | Sad]

As many of you know, many of my good friends were laid off today (I'm writing this after midnight, but basically Monday).

I have survivor's guilt. It's nothing as bad as how my friends must be feeling, but I have it and I want to help. So it was now or never to start a job search blog.

http://seeknew.blogspot.com/

I hope that many of you will find this useful.

~Joannie~
[Weather | Chilly]
[Listening | Nothing]

thought Joannie at 12:11 AM||0 things said ------------------------------

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

.President Obama.

[Mood | YAY]

The second presidential election I've ever voted in and I have to say...

FINALLY!!!!!! MY FAITH HAS BEEN RESTORED!

Congratulations to the new presidential elect: BARACK OBAMA!

I am happy to have participated in this historic election and historic day :)

~Joannie~
[Weather | Cold]
[Listening | TV]

thought Joannie at 11:16 PM||0 things said

.The Heavy Whipping Cream Dilemma.

[Mood | Relieved]

You would not believe the hell I went through to find heavy whipping cream. You would think, New York City, the greatest city in the world*, would have an abundance of heavy whipping cream, but you would also be wrong.

It all started yesterday. I discovered the whipping cream I had purchased was bad. It did not taste right. In fact, it tasted like sour cream.

So, while watching Gossip Girl, a show I rarely leave for anything else, I got up, put my jacket on and ran down the street to Gristedes.

They had no heavy whipping cream.

Then off to the bodega down the street. "Cash only" the man said. Of course, I had only brought my credit card out. Despite BEGGING, I was turned away.

Then off to Duane Reade. They do not have heavy whipping cream...

I go home dejected.

DAY 2
I attempt Gristedes again. Now they have about 30 cartons of light whipping cream. WTF IS LIGHT WHIPPING CREAM? Fail.

Then off to the other bodega down the street. They do not sell heavy whipping cream. Then down to 1st avenue, 2 other bodegas. Fail and fail. Then I walk down 4 blocks to Food Emporium where finally!!!! THEY HAVE THE HOLY GRAIL OF HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM.

I failed EIGHT times before I was able to make the stupid ice box cake, but now it's done and in the fridge.

A good night to you.

~Joannie~
[Weather | Rainy]
[Listening | TV]

*I use "greatest" warily, but many people describe New York City as the "greatest city in the world"

thought Joannie at 8:39 PM||0 things said

.Back Again ~ Up and Down the Stairs.

[Mood | Severely Unhappy]

I’ve been planning on making an icebox cake for awhile now. Unfortunately I failed not once, not twice, not thrice (yes I pulled out “thrice”), but FOUR TIMES. I FAILED FOUR FREAKING TIMES. How does one fail four times? Your whipped cream goes sour, you go to Gristedes. Gristedes has no heavy cream, you go to bodega, bodega only takes cash, you only have credit. Then you go to Duane Reade and even they… EVEN THEY… fail you.

So here I am, whipped cream gone sour still sitting in a bowl in the sink. Chocolate wafer cookies still lined up to be covered in whipped cream. I missed a good chunk of Gossip Girl. Except, I hate Jenny’s character now. She’s totally gutsy, but has no regard for society (aaah!! I am such a straight edge ruler). Oh no, I veered off topic.

Well, that’s it. Failed icebox cake.

~Joannie~
[Weather | Nice]
[Listening | TV]

Labels: cooking

thought Joannie at 10:08 AM||0 things said ------------------------------

Monday, October 20, 2008

.Food Blog.

[Mood | Full]

I'm in the process of coming up with a food blog. I'm not sure what I'll call it as of yet, but I want to be sure to post my food pictures and food adventures in NYC. Any ideas? Thoughts?

Sorry that I haven't been posting much. My twitter and tumblr have been keeping track of everything for me. Ever since I got a Macbook, I haven't really been able to update my layout. I'll have to start editing html w/o an WYSIWYG editor anymore. So here are the things I want to do for my new layout for this blog and my new food blog:

The Wasteland:
-Twitter updates
-Tumblr updates
-RSS
-Better archiving
-Updates at least every week!!!

Food Blog:
-Photo album (connected to either Flickr or Picasa)
-Restaurant/Food Place ratings
-News in the Food world from different places that I read
-Link to Yelp!

It's not much, but I'll be working on these layouts soon enough :)

~Joannie
[Weather | Chilly]
[Listening | "Lost Mainstream" by Jay Chou]

thought Joannie at 2:28 PM||0 things said ------------------------------

Monday, September 15, 2008

.The Absentee.

[Mood | Happy]

I'm happy to learn that I am now registered to vote absentee in a swing state - Michigan - for the 2008 Elections. Despite being one vote, I hope my vote makes a difference. I believe in this political system and I hope that everything works out for the best (ie, nothing like the 2000 Elections).

GOOD LUCK!

~Joannie~
[Weather | Chilly]
[Listening | Nothing]

thought Joannie at 9:05 AM||0 things said ------------------------------

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

.Disaster.

[Mood | Sleepy]

Ok, not my life, but my room is a DISASTER!!! There is stuff strewn all over the place. I need to go on a shopping spree to get my fall wardrobe. I really don't have any clothes. Really... I swear I don't.

I also need to finish writing my book. I only have 76 pages out of 500. How mortifying. I better finish this book next year!!!! Then off to find a publisher.

Someone... please... publish my book.

~Joannie~
[Weather | Chilly]
[Listening | Nothing]

thought Joannie at 11:07 PM||0 things said ------------------------------

Sunday, August 31, 2008

.Feeling Lost.

[Mood | Tired]

I've been feeling lost lately.

Things keep happening that are making me more and more stressed out lately.

I, myself, am physically and financially fine, but emotionally, I think I've been riding a rollercoaster lately.

I'm currently in the process of writing a novel and it's been draining. I want to finish it in a year. I've gotten 59 pages done in 2-3 weeks. Let's just hope that I'll be able to continue.

~Joannie~
[Weather | Chilly]
[Listening | National Treasure on TV]

thought Joannie at 9:42 PM||0 things said ------------------------------