not me, but a friend. Yesterday's convo was all 'yeah, wow, congrats!' at her winning a nice prestigious-ish award with money attached. Today she went home and her house was broken into.

I really need a camera for this. But since I love to experiment with baking, thought I'd give suggestions here.

So I made a potato leek dough yesterday (yeast dough) and decided - hey, there's enough to make a loaf AND rolls. Then I decided, why not twisted rolls, because they're pretty? Then I remembered my last time in China Town in NYC and love of these scallion/green pea rolls.

SO, I took the rolled out dough and cut it into strips. In a pan I mashed together green peas and Mexican green onions (these burn my eyes, unlike other green onions, so are potently yum. They also have a bigger bulb on the bottom). I had browned the onions a bit in butter. I put these in the middle of the strips, pinched teh strips closed, and then twisted them and set them aside to rise.

They turned out awesome. The ends of teh twists burst open a bit, to showcase the pretty greenery inside. A friend came over and together we kind of went through a pan of them (I ended up with two pans of twists and a loaf of bread) Had one for breakfast and still amazing. I suggest filling more bread items with peas and scallions.

I moved from New York to New Mexico to freeze? Rolling black-outs, heater having issues, temperatures below those of my friends back east - what up yo?

One minute I waas upright, next the scooter was sideways. We parted ways, it went forward into a car, I went sideways and stood up.

I'm bruised, and know I will hurt tomorrow. No damage was done to the car, but scooter wouldn't even start. (it landed on it's side kind of hard, and when loading it into a truck another peice got hit, which wasn't good).

Good news - the lady in front of me was sweet, a hair stylist from a family of hair stylists, and recently promoted. I needed a hair stylist, I have her card and will call for an appointment later. She also stayed with me until the truck came, so I will bake her something.

this only w/out the rolo center.

YEAH! My house smells so good.

I am a grad student, but have a teaching position. The school is about an hour away from Juarez. To get an idea:

We Mess W/Texas

Las Semester I had a student who lost relatives to violence, just got word today that a student of mine was apparently stabbed. Many of my students have family in Juarez and surrounding cities, and despite the news not really relaying it, the violence is definately leaking over the border.

:( And for every one of my students it seems like it's dozens more just across teh border that are getting killed. . .

My stalker said they'd be here by to 'purge themselves of me' - and the cops say it's not really a threat because purge could mean they want to give me things they have of mine. I say, someone who sends you a letter every time you move telling how to get there is a stalker. Especially when they are batshit crazy.

good news, if they come and try to kill me the cops might be obligated to consider it a threat.

sometimes I feel our laws are woefully inadequate.

I've posted about them before, but feel the need to do so again as I'm fighting one off. Really? Ugh, it's so frustrating!And such a simple thing - I have a roommate now to save on monies when I didn't used to, and this is teh second night she's lived here and when she came home my stomach just started doing leaps. Granted, she came home with her boyfriend which I wasn't expecting, but still. . . .my bodies reaction is really getting on my nerves! Why can't I just shrug things off?

I need to take pictures one day. But, living in the desert when I used to be by the Hudson River, I've been missing water. I decided to by some sea shower curtains for teh living room. Now, when the sun comes through it's like I'm underwater and sooo awesome. And I get a lot of sun through those windows so the room is bathed in sunlight as streamed through blue.

"Do you mind hearing animals scream?" It was to be an assistant in a rooftop greenhouse, above an animal lab. Did not last the interview.

"Do you mind capturing animals that get loose and putting them back in cages?" that was for an animal research lab, they were in desperate need of someone to help run the place. I turned them down.