Books and stuffs.

Blog 157


Today was long. is long. will be long. Long long long long long.

Woke up and mom told me that she would take me all the way to school so I went to sleep again. I was tired from the night before because I had stayed up a little after getting home to finally finish the book I was reading. It did that thing where I got to the middle of the book and then it seemed I stayed there forever, not getting any closer to the end. And then just before I was ready to just give up on it, it was over. Anyways...

Chamber.

Not so good. All I have to say is that this should have been handled WAY before this. Like... months ago. It is an auditioned group.

After chamber practice was a family affair. Just the four of us. I wasn't so scared about singing and didn't complain as much, although I am not sure that they noticed. At some point near the end Papa was singing behind me and put his hand on my shoulder. It was nice, but it also reminded me how much I want a massage from him lol.

I then was dropped off at the bus stop and met mom at the mall. She ended up using her credit card to buy a used ds and ps2 for Christmas. I am happy for the gifts, but it would have been fine even without them. Then we went to the pet store and then came home. I made sure that the two systems worked (which the ds will need to go back and be replaced because it does not work right. the ps2 is fine though : D)

I then sat. And sat. And sat. and sat...

Now I am waiting on Rachel to get here. We will be cooking and then I will be spending the night at her house. Yes... cooking. Baking. At midnight.

I love her. : D

Now about books.

I finished the book I was reading last night. It is named 'I loved, I lost, I made spaghetti.' It was a random book I picked up when I went on my library spree. I wasn't sure what the book was exactly about but it looked interesting so I picked it up. All and all it was a good read. I would read it again in the future. I really liked that it had pasta recipes in text. Well, not just pasta. :D On page 19 the perfect way to cook pasta is found:
''Place a large, covered pot filled with water over high heat. When the water has reached a vigorous boil, add a generous dose of salt (salty water is essential to flavorful pasta; it should have the aroma of the Mediterranean.) Add the pasta and let the water return to a boil, then give the pot a few good stirs. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is still firm to the bite but no longer chalky. You should taste it after about 8 minutes to see where it is. You can't time pasta you can know it's done only by tasting it."
It was really cute when she would add in little comments in the recipes about what was going on in the story at that time. Things like Fuck-you cakes where the ending line of the recipe is:"Do not over mix, as this will make for tough cupcakes and you've suffered enough." lol.

I really like books. Like, a lot. When I went to the library and went on that spree Tom had to stop me at 7 books... When I didn't even get the books I had went in there for. (Which btw the one book that I REALLY want to read is currently sitting waiting for me at the library. sadness.) I just was walking around and the titles would jump out at me. I enjoy reading and haven't been doing as much recently. So far I have read 3 of the books and have decided against reading one of them. There are only 3 left but I have till the 10th to finish them.

The book I decided to not read is titled 'Because I am furniture.' I picked it up simply for the title. But the whole book is written in a sort of poemish form that really bothers me. There isn't a full page of text in the whole book. Its all half pages. Not really what I was looking to read.

I have completed 'Mischief Maker's Manual' (which was more for little kids but was cute and I liked it) 'Write Naked' (AMAZING BOOK <3) The one I just talked about. I rejected that one up there. I have left to read 'Girls in trucks' (which I just started and I don't know if I will like it enough to finish it) 'eat pray love' (which might be too much like the I loved, I lost book and so I might not read this one.) and 'For lovers only' (which is one of the random ones that jumped out and I picked up without looking to see what it is really about. Its subtitle is 'three times the temptation equals irresistible desire...' Yeah... we shall see about this one).

It is time to go and be cookingness.