Panic! at the Disco are back, along with their exclamation mark! They have a new CD, Vices and Virtues, which is a big pickup from Pretty Odd. Here's the song that's been stuck in my head:
Monday, June 20, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Music Monday: Jeff Pianki
I've decided that every monday, I'm going to post a music video of a song thats been stuck in my head for you guys to check out.
This week, I'll be posting If Only by Jeff Pianki. His songs are really sweet, and have a really soothing sound. Plus, in this particular song, he says things in other languages. And I'm a total loser when it comes to people singing in other languages.
Oh, and if you like this song, you can download his entire EP for free at
And here's the video:
This week, I'll be posting If Only by Jeff Pianki. His songs are really sweet, and have a really soothing sound. Plus, in this particular song, he says things in other languages. And I'm a total loser when it comes to people singing in other languages.
Oh, and if you like this song, you can download his entire EP for free at
And here's the video:
How to: make delicious leftover pizza in the oven.
I meant to write this on Sunday, because everybody orders pizza on Saturdays, and there's almost always leftovers. But whenever you try to microwave it, the cheese is either weird or the pizza is soggy. Ick. But I've found a way to make delicious leftovers every time.
You do need a pizza stone for best results, which can be fairly expensive (ranging from 30-50 dollars). However, you can buy a three piece stone set at target for 13.89here: (http://www.target.com/Bialetti-3-pc-Pizza-Stone-Set/dp/B000UC1A52. It comes with the stone, a pizza cutter, and handles (which are convenient, because pizza stones can get really hot!)
What you do:
1. Place the pizza stone, by itself, into the oven.
2. Preheat the oven to 400 F (~200 C) with the stone in it.
3. Once the oven is preheated, put the pizza onto the heated stone.
4. Cook the pizza for 5 to 10 minutes, depending on how crispy you like your pizza. My advice is to experiment. Put it in for five minutes at first. Poke it/move it to see if its the crispiness/meltiness you like. If not, put it back in the oven for two minute incriments until its perfect for you.
5. Pull it out, add desired flavors(romano cheese, garlic, crushed red peppers)-Optional
6. Let it cool, enjoy!
Reminder: When you are cleaning the pizza stone, do not use soap! Using soap will embed a soapy taste into the stone, and every reheated pizza you make from now on will have it. Simply run warm/hot water over it after it is cooled, and scrape off anything that is stuck to it with a plastic card, or scrub it off with a wet washcloth.
Friday, June 10, 2011
How to: make a caramel frappe
What you will need:
-Blender
-Coffee (.5 cup, cooled)
-Milk or cream[not creamer, cream.] (.5 cup)
-Ice (about two cups)
-Sugar (about two cups)
-Caramel
-Whipped cream
**The ice, sugar, and caramel can be varied depending on the consistency and the sweetness that you want.
Steps:
1. Make the coffee, and set it in the freezer for a while. If you try to pour the coffee into the blender while its warm, it will melt the ice, and your frappe will become watery.
2. After the coffee has cooled, put it into the blender. Add the milk, sugar, caramel, and the ice last.
3. Blend the materials together (if you have a smoothie button on your blender, that works pretty well.)
4. Pour the frappe into your cup, top with cool whip, and drizzle caramel over the cool whip.
Enjoy!
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Review: Mio liquid water enhancer
First impression: Great, another water enhancer. Another gross mystery substance that is going to give me heartburn and leave a bad taste in my mouth. But I guess it's worth a try.
The goods and bads for this product are listed at the bottom of the post, along with my rating (if you don't want to read the entire thing)
Well, I went on a little Kroger adventure trying to find the stuff. I found flyers everywhere for it, but actually trying to find the little bottle was a challenge. I walked up and down the juice isle before asking a worker, who told me that it was in the tea and drink mixes isle. (Duh. We all have our slow moments, but why are the drink mixes by the tea instead of by the juices?)
Anyway, after I walked down the drink mixes isle, I found the little bottle. It is small and silver, and shaped like a water drop (which is clever, because it's a liquid water enhancer.) There were about four different flavors. I chose the strawberry watermelon one.
I got home and filled up a water bottle with cold water, and squirted the red liquid in. I only put in a little bit at first, because I didn't want to overload my mouth with sugary heartburn, but with the little bit it really just tasted like funny tasting water. However, when I added a little more and shook it up I was quite delighted. Instead of being funny tasting and overpowering like most powder water enhancers, it was actually quite delicious. It tasted like kool-aid, except without the two cups of sugar. In fact, it's completely calorie free. And it doesn't have that weird fake-sugar taste that other calorie free beverages have. I was quite impressed.
RATING: 8
GOODS: A lot of flavor, you can choose how much liquid to pour into the water, clever design, zero calories, nice taste(doesn't have that weird sweetener taste), portable, no heartburn!
BADS: Expensive (It was three or four dollars), doesn't last that long, kind of ger burnt out if you drink it a lot.
The goods and bads for this product are listed at the bottom of the post, along with my rating (if you don't want to read the entire thing)
Well, I went on a little Kroger adventure trying to find the stuff. I found flyers everywhere for it, but actually trying to find the little bottle was a challenge. I walked up and down the juice isle before asking a worker, who told me that it was in the tea and drink mixes isle. (Duh. We all have our slow moments, but why are the drink mixes by the tea instead of by the juices?)
Anyway, after I walked down the drink mixes isle, I found the little bottle. It is small and silver, and shaped like a water drop (which is clever, because it's a liquid water enhancer.) There were about four different flavors. I chose the strawberry watermelon one.
I got home and filled up a water bottle with cold water, and squirted the red liquid in. I only put in a little bit at first, because I didn't want to overload my mouth with sugary heartburn, but with the little bit it really just tasted like funny tasting water. However, when I added a little more and shook it up I was quite delighted. Instead of being funny tasting and overpowering like most powder water enhancers, it was actually quite delicious. It tasted like kool-aid, except without the two cups of sugar. In fact, it's completely calorie free. And it doesn't have that weird fake-sugar taste that other calorie free beverages have. I was quite impressed.
RATING: 8
GOODS: A lot of flavor, you can choose how much liquid to pour into the water, clever design, zero calories, nice taste(doesn't have that weird sweetener taste), portable, no heartburn!
BADS: Expensive (It was three or four dollars), doesn't last that long, kind of ger burnt out if you drink it a lot.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Fifty things about me
1. I have two cats
2. I'm trying to make my nails grow beautifully, I'll tell you how that goes.
3. I'm too quiet.
4. I wish I could dance
5. I used to do tae kwon do
6. I miss it terribly
7. There's only like ten people that actually notice my existance
8. ,Because I'm so quiet
9. That wasn't supposed to sound depressing
10. I hate when I dye my hair, and three days later six other people have the same color
11. I want to do something crazy with my hair, like a mohawk
12. but I don't think I could pull that off
13. I'm really observant
14. I listen more than I talk
15. I often catch myself listening to other people's conversations
16. But doesn't everyone do that?
17. I'm working on a bucket list.
18. I'll post that to my blog.
19. I miss all of my friends that I don't go to school with anymore (Casey, Amber, Robyn, Alexis, Kelli, Chris, Marisa)
20. I love people
21. I've made my own religion, kind of
22. It's really just a mixture of ideas I like from other religions
23. I'm incredibly open minded
24. I make things out of duct tape.
25. I just got a job
26. I'm a virgin
27. There's some words that I can't stand the sound of
28. I'm procrastinating right now
29. In two years, I'm going to UC
30. I usually look at how something I do is going to affect me in the future
31. I consider myself boring
32. But I'm also amusing
33. pro-choice
35. I like tasteless jokes
36. I hate changes, especially in people
37. My grandparents live with us.
38. I don't think anybody is going to actually read this
39. I actually like being weird sometimes
40. I mean, at least I'm having fun
41. I make delicious pancakes
42. Like every girl, I'm uncomfortable with my body.
43. but I do like working out
44. I have my temps
45. On spring break of 2012(next year!), I'm going to Paris, Rome, and somewhere else(i can't remember)
46. But I'm nervous, I would be going ten days without talking to David
47. David is my boyfriend, he's really sweet
48. I worry about not seeing any of my friends after highschool
49. I wish I were vegetarian, but I don't have the will power to not eat meat
50. The only thing I like from starbucks is the fraps
CORRECTION: I've aquired a taste for white chocolate mocha (:
2. I'm trying to make my nails grow beautifully, I'll tell you how that goes.
3. I'm too quiet.
4. I wish I could dance
5. I used to do tae kwon do
6. I miss it terribly
7. There's only like ten people that actually notice my existance
8. ,Because I'm so quiet
9. That wasn't supposed to sound depressing
10. I hate when I dye my hair, and three days later six other people have the same color
11. I want to do something crazy with my hair, like a mohawk
12. but I don't think I could pull that off
13. I'm really observant
14. I listen more than I talk
15. I often catch myself listening to other people's conversations
16. But doesn't everyone do that?
17. I'm working on a bucket list.
18. I'll post that to my blog.
19. I miss all of my friends that I don't go to school with anymore (Casey, Amber, Robyn, Alexis, Kelli, Chris, Marisa)
20. I love people
21. I've made my own religion, kind of
22. It's really just a mixture of ideas I like from other religions
23. I'm incredibly open minded
24. I make things out of duct tape.
25. I just got a job
26. I'm a virgin
27. There's some words that I can't stand the sound of
28. I'm procrastinating right now
29. In two years, I'm going to UC
30. I usually look at how something I do is going to affect me in the future
31. I consider myself boring
32. But I'm also amusing
33. pro-choice
35. I like tasteless jokes
36. I hate changes, especially in people
37. My grandparents live with us.
38. I don't think anybody is going to actually read this
39. I actually like being weird sometimes
40. I mean, at least I'm having fun
41. I make delicious pancakes
42. Like every girl, I'm uncomfortable with my body.
43. but I do like working out
44. I have my temps
45. On spring break of 2012(next year!), I'm going to Paris, Rome, and somewhere else(i can't remember)
46. But I'm nervous, I would be going ten days without talking to David
47. David is my boyfriend, he's really sweet
48. I worry about not seeing any of my friends after highschool
49. I wish I were vegetarian, but I don't have the will power to not eat meat
50. The only thing I like from starbucks is the fraps
CORRECTION: I've aquired a taste for white chocolate mocha (:
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
How to: make duct tape glasses
I was challenged to make a duct tape glasses frame today, so I did. Here's the instructions on how to do it.
There are different ways in which you can make glasses out of duct tape. I will teach you two of these.
Making them purely out of duct tape(the harder way):
STEP ONE: Make a sheet of duct tape fabric about the legnth of your face, and as wide as you would like the frame to be.
(http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Duct-Tape-Fabric)
STEP TWO: Once you have the duct tape fabric, sketch the shape you'd like the frame to be. You can trace a pair of sunglasses, or just make an original pair.
STEP THREE: Cut out the shape. It will be easier to cut them out with scissors once you get a small hole to start off with. It is slightly hard to cut duct tape fabric with an exacto knife.
STEP FOUR: Cut out the holes in the middle, so you can see.
STEP FIVE: The frame you currently have will be very thin and flimsy, so when you attempt to wear it, it will wrap around your face (like a Robin mask). You're going to need to wrap more duct tape around the frame to make it thick enough to stay straight.
STEP SIX: Make the ear pieces by either using the remaining duct tape fabric, or making more. Sketch and cut it out. You'll need to thicken these as well.
STEP SEVEN: Tape the ear pieces to the frame.
close to finished product(needs to be thickened more and a little editing!):
Glasses out of Cardboard(the easier way):
STEP ONE: Take some thick cardboard and sketch the frame and ear pieces out of it.
STEP TWO: Cut the frame and pieces out (including the frame's eye holes).
STEP THREE: Wrap duct tape around the frame and ear pieces.
STEP FOUR: Tape the ear pieces to thee frame.
finished product:
There are different ways in which you can make glasses out of duct tape. I will teach you two of these.
Making them purely out of duct tape(the harder way):
STEP ONE: Make a sheet of duct tape fabric about the legnth of your face, and as wide as you would like the frame to be.
(http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Duct-Tape-Fabric)
STEP TWO: Once you have the duct tape fabric, sketch the shape you'd like the frame to be. You can trace a pair of sunglasses, or just make an original pair.
STEP THREE: Cut out the shape. It will be easier to cut them out with scissors once you get a small hole to start off with. It is slightly hard to cut duct tape fabric with an exacto knife.
STEP FOUR: Cut out the holes in the middle, so you can see.
STEP FIVE: The frame you currently have will be very thin and flimsy, so when you attempt to wear it, it will wrap around your face (like a Robin mask). You're going to need to wrap more duct tape around the frame to make it thick enough to stay straight.
STEP SIX: Make the ear pieces by either using the remaining duct tape fabric, or making more. Sketch and cut it out. You'll need to thicken these as well.
STEP SEVEN: Tape the ear pieces to the frame.
close to finished product(needs to be thickened more and a little editing!):
Glasses out of Cardboard(the easier way):
STEP ONE: Take some thick cardboard and sketch the frame and ear pieces out of it.
STEP TWO: Cut the frame and pieces out (including the frame's eye holes).
STEP THREE: Wrap duct tape around the frame and ear pieces.
STEP FOUR: Tape the ear pieces to thee frame.
finished product:
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