Emily: do u ever just cackle maniacally to yourself because you are a particular race
Emily: in the back of an impala
Jen Wilder: im caillou
I made peanut soup today! I spent most of last night’s babysitting money on the ingredients so I’m glad it turned out good. My dad took the picture. Here’s the recipe, which is printed on the other side of the cup in the picture:
Mount Vernon Colonial Peanut and Chestnut Soup
1 Medium Onion, chopped
¼ cup Margarine (I use butter)
1 tbsp. all-purpose Flour
2 qts. Chicken Broth
1 cup Smooth Peanut Butter
½ cup Unsalted Peanuts, chopped (I put them in whole, it’s what they do at the restaurant)
1 tbsp. Worchestershire Sauce
½ cup Water Chestnuts (I got them sliced in a can and then sliced each round slice in half)
Sauté onion in margarine. Stir in flour to make roux. Add chicken broth and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and strain. Add peanut butter and worchestershire sauce and stir. Hold on stove at low heat. Garnish with chopped peanuts and water chestnuts. (And even though it doesn’t say so you should probably bring it back to a boil for a little while longer.)
Before making soup…
…one must actually be able to open a can of chicken broth.
After puzzling with the can opener for several minutes I finally found success with pounding the tip of a knife into the lid.
I have a secured spot working at Chuckee Cheese. Now look at my tumblr, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE??
Haha, hey, your Tumblr is way better than plenty I’ve seen!
Employment Opportunities?????
Might be getting a job at Safeway…….or maybe the REC Center…….or maybe Rec-PAC….but especially Safeway because apparently I have an in there (which I guess is great!) even though there seem to be no openings on the website???
But I called the lady to ask some questions and she wasn’t there and I left a message and I thought I did a good job with that at least but man, employment is stressful and it’s all about who you know.
I wish you could just be walking down the street and see a job in the gutter and be like “whoa look I just found a job” or maybe if “job hunting” was where you went out into the wilderness to catch wild jobs that would be pretty cool because then you wouldn’t have to worry about accidentally offending people or doing the wrong thing socially.
Anyway here’s hoping I can make some sort of income this summer because I am really not looking forward to paying for Otakon admission with what little funds I currently have. At least I’ve got a babysitting job tomorrow night so that’s good!
what if AMBER BURNS was in your room
what if the letters AMBER BURNS just busted through your door at night and got in your face
What happens when I go to bed late at night
me: *gets in bed*
my brain: okay time to put a scary thought in your head!
brain: satan is in your room.
me: christ what kind of threat even is that supposed to be
me: like am i actually supposed to be scared of that or what
me:
me: you're really bad at this
me:
me:
me: *pulls feet under covers and stays absolutely still so as not to alert the dark lord to my presence*
Sometimes I do things that puzzle even me.
Like this strange MS Paint imitation clipart with oven mitt hands.
Enjoy, and remember I’m in art school.
Homemade fried chicken strips (by my dad) with homemade guacamole (by me). Mmmmm! (I also took the photo.)
I know you all are probably getting tired of seeing this picture, but on Facebook my uncle wanted to know how I made it so I did a process post and I’m going to put it here in case anyone’s interested.
1. Scanned sketch on paper.
2. I outlined the sketch, relying heavily on it but still making some changes, as you can see with things like the jaw and shoulder.
3. The outline stands alone! It’s like a coloring book.
4. I started with the skin, carving out general shapes first by using three different colors to show light and shadow. I gradually refined the shapes, and cleaned up the edges. (I colored outside the lines a lot!)
5. On a new layer in Photoshop, I did the same thing with the hair. You can think of layers as different levels of transparent paper. The sketch, the outline, the white background, and the skin coloring are all on different layers at this point.
6. And another layer for the shirt.
7. And another for the blue background.
8. And another for the teeth and inside of the mouth. And that’s it! Finally I saved it as a .png file, which collapsed all the layers down into one for uploading to the internet. :)
