As I learned from Sam I Am, it is good to try new things. So my family enjoyed this Polish mashed potato and cheese stuffed ravioli-esque food as an appetizer around which we discussed questions we have about the new gender-swapped version of Twilight such as: Will the girl vampire save the boy human from crude girls that are harassing him in a dark alley? On the same lines, what is the boy version of Rosalie's backstory (specifically, is he a rape victim)? In the future, will our protagonists be able to reproduce? In fact, will the boy human ever become a vampire because unlike Bella, he won't have a super-strong baby killing him from the inside out to necessitate it? So many questions! Despite being so very over Twilight, I am fascinated with the idea of this book. I'm all about examining how cultures perceive gender. I wonder how Poland perceives gender?
We did not actually know how to eat these puppies so we just gobbled them straight up but apparently there is a multitude of ways to enjoy your pierogi (100 ways to serve pierogi). Also, there's always the package suggestion of serving them on a salad with beer (for real package photographers?).
Today, someone close to a family friend passed away. We brought our family friend a card, a cookie, and flowers. That doesn't make it better. In fact, when someone close to me died, every act of kindness done to me was a remembrance that he was gone and remembering was when it hurt. A dear friend, well acquainted with this topic said that it's for the giver, that the giver needs to feel like they're helping. I believe that's true.
But I still think it helps. Because you feel loved. Even when flowers in all their prettiness don't fix a single thing, they remind the bereaved that they haven't lost everyone who loves them. So hopefully that makes it a bit better.
But I still think it helps. Because you feel loved. Even when flowers in all their prettiness don't fix a single thing, they remind the bereaved that they haven't lost everyone who loves them. So hopefully that makes it a bit better.
Today I came and took it.
This is not the same as "coming and getting it." The holiday insights website distinctly specified that this holiday does not celebrate that.
Today I came and took an apartment in Salt Lake City. My dreams of moving to Salt Lake City are coming true.
A few days ago I accepted an internship and today I got myself an apartment. It's all happening so fast and wow! Life is something else.
This may or may not be an actual holiday but if not, it 100% should be. The reason I chose to celebrate it october 5th is that fifteen years ago Gilmore Girls premiered on television. The Fox Girls loved it from the beginning. Now I know there are a lot of people who love this show (and if you're not one of them, who do you think you are?) which has caused me to misconcept that everyone loves it the way that my family does. We live and breathe this show so much that a simple reference to the bop-it is code for "this social situation is getting too awkward for normal social strategies" and we could be cleaning with it on as background noise and have no need to look at the screen to know that Kirk is trying to sell Lorelai a mailbox shaped like Condoleezza Rice. Oy with the poodles already! Am I right? We just grew up watching it, on television, on tapes recorded by my grandparents who had cable, and eventually binging it on DVD. It is the memory of staying up late on a school night with my sister and mother who never said no when we pled, "just one more." So it goes without saying that this show has contributed to making me the person I have become. Therefore, in light of this, the anniversary of the show's birth, I have complied a list of
10 Things I Learned from Gilmore Girls
not including such useful information as the fact the the plural of culdesac is culsdesac and a plethora of pop culture knowledge.
1. To make the most out of life
2. But sometimes you need to let yourself wallow
1. To make the most out of life
2. But sometimes you need to let yourself wallow
3. Being a book nerd is cool
4. How to party
5. Women are strong, smart, and independent
6. How to have a quick wit
7. To find joy in simple things
8. Guys don't have a monopoly on making the move
8. Guys don't have a monopoly on making the move
9. Moms are the very best
10. Not everything works out the way you want it to, but that doesn't mean it's not still amazing
So you may be wondering...
We'll let our leading ladies answer that.
10. Not everything works out the way you want it to, but that doesn't mean it's not still amazing
So you may be wondering...
We'll let our leading ladies answer that.
How perfect that Cinnamon Roll Day and General Confernce Sunday landed on the very same day! It seemed like everyone on my Facebook feed was sharing photos of their swirls of cinnamon deliciousness and they didn't even know it was the actual holiday. But in Mormon culture, General Confernce is always a reason for celebration. Latter Day Saints believe that because God loves His children, He continues to call prophets and apostles to guide us. Twice a year the church broadcasts counsel from modern prophets and apostles over a weekend. This is called General Confernce. And of course we celebrate! I never feel as happy as when I am becoming closer to God. (I just don't know how cinnamon rolls became the thing. Oh yeah, cuz they're delicious.)
The other great thing about Cinnamon Roll Day is that it left me with an abundance of baked goods. aka an excuse to pop over to the homes of a few people that I love and catch up on their lives. This was the physically and emotionally superior alternative to eating the cinnamon rolls myself.
As a side note (or bottom note as it more literally is), researching this particular holiday has been a tad challenging because everything seems to be written in Swedish. However, I have discovered that the holiday began when Sweden's Home Baking Council wanted to celebrate Sweden's home baking tradition.
