I woke up to alex(+) commenting that he had to be at work in six minutes(-). I would smooch him all day.
Later, I woke up again to Leslie ordering me to wake up. I replied that I was awake; just deep in thought. I think she said something like, "deep in thought, ha ha bullshit! put some clothes on!"
practiced uke-guitar for a while. awesome.
I asked dutch and emmy over for veggie burgers tonight, and then realized that all I needed to buy was a can of black beans! for like 95 cents! everything else was already here. maybe ben didn't come because I made him drink too much wine last time I had a family dinner. ha.
anyway, emmy helped me cut up vegetables. here's the recipe I/we made up, for future reference:
1 can black beans
grated sweet potato
garlic, cumin, cilantro
red onion
green jalepeno hot sauce
chopped red pepper
chopped mushrooms
about 1 tbsp crunchy peanut butter
flour
next time I will add TVP, definitely, because they tasted phenomenal but weren't textured like a burger at all (of course). also, I made baked sweet potato fries by tossing julienned sweet potatoes in olive oil and a garlic-herb spice mix. everyone's plates were clean in like five seconds.
leslie, dutch, emmy, katie coia, ron carter, me +
pbr +
elaborate homemade dinner around the dining room table =
beautiful
last time I made quesadillas (with roxanne and justin's help).
I think next time I'll make grilled pizzas. that'll be absurdly cheap, so I can invite a lot of people. make it a party to celebrate the beginning of summer :)
I'll make homemade thin pizza crusts, and have a lot of toppings on hand: pineapple, red onion, mushrooms, green pepper, sun-dried tomatoes.
anyway, emmy is the best. really glad she came over.
alex said I love you today before he left for work. it was awesome. he gave me a stuffed rabbit that was given to him when he was born - in russia. it has neon rainbow feet pads and ears.
it's the best when he talks to me in russian.
oh, and alex and I made a cake yesterday to congratulate roxanne on getting the assistantship she wanted in france. she'll be going to nantes in august! man! that was kind of a wake-up call for me. if rox can do that, so can I, right? I'll just have to earn a lot more money first. so, yeah, that's on the agenda.
I asked steph if I could start working six days a week for that same reason. I guess I finally figured out that I can't just sit around moping about how nothing is as easy for me as it is for some other people. I just have to do what I have to do to get where I want to go, period, I guess.
possible areas of study:
french language and literature
animation
business
photojournalism
philosophy
even goddamn cosmetology to get a better-paying non-waitressing job to fund the rest of my education? that seems to be serving some girls really well!
(it helps that I really like all of my coworkers so much that going to work isn't really a pain)
so, money making time. things i need to make money for:
trip to philly-NY-philly with leslie in may
possible july touring with cian/miof incl. P4K festival in IL
fuji instax film
tattoos: king's tree, madame bovary, strawberry jam, shark, little prince touch-ups
waffle maker
mini notebook
college
books books books
polaroid pogo printer
website
also to work on: treadmill, dreads, steeply-angled bob, making dresses, uke-guitar, reading
possible future things:
long stay in france (assistantship, library job, whatever)
opening a cafe/used book store
saving money to travel everywhere
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