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February 28, 2011

one hundred things – part 2

Filed under: Entertainment,Life — Tags: , , — michele james-parham @ 1:59 am

part 1

11. What’s the last thing you sold (both personally and professionally)? Professionally – a skirt made from a recycled pillowcase. Personally – old clothing during our street’s yearly yard sale.

12. How many different birthdays do you have committed to memory, and aside from using your own noggin, how do you keep track of all the others? Somewhere around a dozen – the calender keeps some and Facebook reminds me of others.

13. When was the last time someone took a picture of you, and what were you doing? I was going to say, myself, but then I remember William (Dear Other Half) took one of me… however, I don’t remember what I was doing?

14. Could you survive living on the streets of your town for an entire month with no access to any of your money or other assets? Why or why not? More than likely… but, there are couches I could surf, so I don’t know if I would have to actually be on the streets. Unless we’re considering friends an asset…

15. How many light bulbs are in your home, and when was the last time you had to change one? Somewhere around 60 (I kid you not). I finally replaced the fridge light this afternoon – it only burned out months and months ago!

16. If you were recovering from major surgery in a hospital and could have any person, from any era, recovering in the bed next to you, who would it be? Wow. Anyone? Walt Whitman.

17. If you were reborn the child of a celebrity, who would you choose to be your celebrity parent(s)? Blossom – though, hopefully I wouldn’t be reborn as a boy, because she’d circumcise me and that wouldn’t be cool, but other than that, she seems pretty awesome (see what I did there… awesome, blossom).

18. What’s the last book you read, and, what book are you planning on reading next? Last book read – Opening Up, by Tristan Taormino. Finishing up – Anathem, by Neal Stephenson. Reading next – Seductions Of Rice (alford & duguid, 1998) and Women Who Run with the Wolves, by Clarissa Pinkola Estés.

19. Who, out of anyone either dead or alive, would you like to see host an upcoming episode of SNL? Charlie Chaplin.

20. What’s your favorite kind of cheese? How often do you eat it? Well, when I ate dairy, it was blue cheese and the ‘bluer’ the better I ate it pretty much at every chance I got until I realized dairy products were making me ill. Occasionally I eat faux cheeses, but I’m kind of over cheese and not dependent on it like most people, especially Americans (who, I swear, must cover EVERYTHING with cheese). As far as faux cheeses are concerned #1 is Daiya and #2 is Teese.

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February 27, 2011

pink toast, it’s a phenomenon

Filed under: Grub — Tags: , , , — michele james-parham @ 8:51 pm

My status update on the Book-o-Faces said, “is pink toast. Yum.” and I posted that figuring people would know what the hell ‘pink toast’ was. For some odd reason, I decided to ‘google’ ‘pink toast’ and see what came up. Uh, apparently myself and the waitress who offered me pink toast a billion years ago are the only two people who know what pink toast is (well, my Dear Other Half does too, but that’s only because of me).

I can tell you that it is not:

a band from Ohio
party inspirations
cute shit on Flickr/Etsy (but, you can totally buy me a slice of pink toast)

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Around this house, pink toast is simply toast with jelly (strawberry being the best, but the jelly doesn’t *have to* be pink) and with or without butter.

I did find a couple variations that involved toast while I was searching the interwebs.

PINK TOAST
Mix milk with small amount of red food coloring. Have children paint the bread and then then toast it. Put out the strawberry jam to go with it! (Kid’s Activities)

and

(Pink toast = whole wheat toast with strawberry cream cheese) (Bailey Boo and Monkey, Too!)

I also found a few random signs that it could also be poached salmon on toast, but yuck and why!?

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Do *you* call it ‘pink toast’? What did you think ‘pink toast’ meant before you read the post? Do you have any information about the origins of the term? Are you a waitress or diner cook and use the term yourself?

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unconscious mutterings 02.27.11

Filed under: Entertainment,Life — Tags: , , , , — michele james-parham @ 8:26 pm

unconscious mutterings 02.27.11

  1. Leaning :: made me think of my friend’s giant Great Dane, Sasha! He likes to lean on people.
  2. Projects :: my husband – he is always thinking about or engaging in a ‘project’.
  3. 404 :: MSWindows – and how much Microsoft is the devil. I’m just fine with my Linux.
  4. Page :: book – self explanatory.
  5. Twitter :: twitterpate – and that’s what I call ‘tweeting’ on Twitter (I’m twitterpating as I type this blog post).
  6. Renaissance :: rich colours and gold…
  7. Webinar :: BORING – I’m damn near bored just to see the word ‘webinar’!
  8. Community :: something that I need more of and now.
  9. Illustrate :: something you do with books to give more detail or to enhance certain details already explained in the text.
  10. Clean slate :: starting anew – getting a second chance.
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February 26, 2011

gratitude blog 02.26.11

Filed under: Life,Religiosophy — Tags: , , — michele james-parham @ 8:41 pm

Today is ‘Gratitude Blog’ day; if you feel like joining me, please do and you can link to your post in the comments. Also, if you have some other form of weekly gratitude blog and want to share, leave a link in the comments.

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Gratitude Blog 02.26.2011

I’m grateful for…

1.) my Dear Other Half‘s sore muscles – those pay the bills.

2.) second chances.

3.) locally handcrafted wine.

4.) homemade chai tea – spicy & delicious.

5.) books about things I care about – especially when they are bought for me by people that I care about.

6.) ASK (Arts & Science for Kids) magazine.

7.) fresh spring rolls.

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February 25, 2011

maps, they’re awesome & friday fill-in 02.25.11

Filed under: Craftiness,Life — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , — michele james-parham @ 3:15 pm

this is friday’s post… it’s appearing a day late, but magically has friday’s date attached to it. magic.

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maps. maps are nice. i have developed a secret fetish for maps i think. it’s more the looking at them; maps from various different cities and countries and thinking about how they came to look the way that they do. for instance, if you look at a map of the mid/southwest, you will find that almost all of it is a perfect grid-like design. however, if you look at a map of say, Pittsburgh, you will see that it is clearly a plateful of spaghetti or rather that’s what its design influence appears to be. i know a lot of street layout has to do with topography, but sometimes, just sometimes, i think developers want to have fun with aerial photographers and people in planes.

maps are also awesome for wallpaper, wrapping paper, scratch paper, notebook covers, drawer liners and a whole host of other creative ideas.

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Flying Cars

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Friday Fill-In 02.25.11

1. Ooooh, I totally see what you did there!

2. I’m wishing that the weather would make up it’s mind; this hot one day and cold the next - I can’t stand it!

3. How the heck did I end up with so many books, boxes of tea and skeins of synthetic yarn?

4. The beach/ocean, hands down, is one of my favorite places to visit.

5. I’m not a trouble maker, I’m not!

6. It’s really hard for me to get into a fiction book; it has to be good.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to going out to see friends, tomorrow my plans include laundry (!) and Sunday, I want to catch up on sleep, but I can’t because I’m kidsitting!

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i’m in the process of getting today’s (saturday’s) post done. it’s the weekly gratitude post and i’ve got lots to be grateful for!

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February 24, 2011

curious as a cat 02.24.11

Filed under: Life,Photographs — Tags: , , — michele james-parham @ 1:12 am

Curious As A Cat

1) How many dictionaries do you own? OMG! How many do just *I* personally own – three and those are basic dictionaries. However, if you were to count up all the dictionaries in our house (including the foreign language, kid’s & specialized ones like, Dictionary of Theories), I’d guesstimate that we have somewhere around three dozen! Yes, that’s 36 or more dictionaries in our house!

2) Are you a touchy person or do you prefer not to be touched by others?
I am a touchy or physically affectionate person. I like to hug, snuggle and give massages. However, I am kind of sensitive about my face; I really don’t like people close to me face or doing things to my face – I know, how have I lasted as a mother?!!

3) Describe a dream you had that was prophetic in nature.
Oh, where to begin? In the most recent one, which may be rather morbid for some, it was late at night, Dear Other Half and I were having an argument and I was having severe pain in my uterine region. I went to the bathroom to pee and realized I was miscarrying my baby. This dream happened three days before I miscarried in real life, after a day of having very light to mild contractions, which became really intense after a late evening of uber emo-tastic-ness & arguing with my Dear Other Half.

4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
Well, first, I think about her eyes and how they look both sad and beautiful at the same time. Beautifully sad. I imagine it is Halloween where she is or something similar (Samhain, Dia de los Muertos, etc.). She might be part of a parade, as it seems she’s surrounded by other people/parts of a parade float – usually parades are in the daytime and there is sun shining on her head…

Public Domain Photo

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