Adowable.

Phasessions

I, like probably a lot of people, go through phases. I refer to them more as obsessions. So for the purposes of this blog I will refer to them as "phasessions."

Here is an example:

I love the game Cake Mania. If you haven't played it, don't start. You might not ever stop. Currently I am obsessed with downloading any and every game that is in the same genre as Cake Mania and playing the free trial version. I have now mastered one hour of Ranch Rush, Spa Mania, Posh's Boutique, and am currently mastering Nanny Mania II.

Two other things that I also love are cooking and baking. If I wasn't acting and writing, I would be in culinary school. I am by no means an amazing chef, BUT I love it. It's therapeutic to me and usually tastes good.

Since most of my phasessions involve things that ruin my brain, like Cake Mania, and do not enhance my quality of life, like Posh's Boutique, I am trying something new.

I'm going to cook every recipe in my Ina Garten cookbook, Barefoot Contessa at Home.


Hi there Ina.

Why this cookbook? Several reasons.

One: I love Ina Garten. I want to be her a little bit. Mainly I just want her kitchen, her house in the Hamptons and have a cooking show involving them both. Her food always looks so fresh and delightful. I think she is my long lost Aunt.

Two: Cooking every recipe in one of my Paula Dean cookbooks would mean gaining 30-40 pounds. I am not willing to do that. I often refer to Paula Dean as my long lost grandmother and I love her food dearly. However, my heart cannot afford to consume 1 stick of butter per day. Sorry Paula.

Three, this cookbook was given to me by my dear friend Melissa as a gift for helping with and being at her wedding. It has a special little note in the front that I can read when I get frustrated with grease stained kitchen towels and burnt rye bread.

I'm super excited about my new phasession. I am. I did get a little nervous when I saw in the list of recipes on the back "Cornish Game Hens." I'm trying not to think about that until I get there. Live in the moment or something, right?

Here goes nothing. No wait.

Here goes something...awesome.

Movie Madness

I had been so obsessed with watching TV shows on DVD and being poor that I hadn't been to a movie or Netflixed a movie in almost 6 months.

That all changed in the past couple of months.

Not sure why. I'm still obsessed with watching TV shows on DVD and still poor.

I decided to list the movies I've seen recently and give a "No" or "Yes" to each. Here is a key to define both "No" and "Yes:"

No=Don't watch this movie ever. Even if your life depends on it. Seriously. It will waste your time and you don't want that.

Yes=You better watch this movie if you want to be my friend. End of story.

Here goes!!!


Henry Poole Is Here

No. Giant NO. This movie is a giant ball of melodramatic mush. The acting was good though.


Up


Yes. Giant Yes!!! I cried twice. In the good way.


The Hangover

YES. Another giant Yes. My sides hurt from laughing so hard.

Grey Gardens (HBO)

Massive Yes! If haven't seen the 1975 documentary version first, I would watch that then watch this one. Drew Barrymore actually does good acting!!! Only when she's the older Little Edie though.

Run Fat Boy Run

No. Very bad. Not funny. I thought it was supposed to be funny.

I also saw Star Trek (YES!), Wolverine (Yes/No - Yes for Hugh Jackman being sexy, no for stupid plotlines) and Terminator (No. Christian Bale is annoying).

And there you have my two cents.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!

SPAM!

Explain to me why the day after I "delete forever" the spam in my "Spam" inbox, I suddenly begin receiving spam in my regular inbox?

Also, I want to see Spamalot the musical.

And I've never actually tried Spam, but I like this picture:


I am super busy at the part-time-full-time-crappy-pay-no-benefits-why-I-am-still-here-darn-you-economy-job.

So logically that means I had time to read my original blog that I started a few months after living in Chicago. Which I did. Just finished actually. It felt very vain and also like I was reading the blog of an extremely younger version of me, which isn't true because I'm only two years older now. Or three...I forget. Regardless, I hope to not read it again for a very long time, if ever. Not that I don't have amazing memories, it was just in the moment thing to do.

I did realize though that I used to post a lot and used to post about things I did during the day. Now I don't. I'm not sure where or when the shift happened. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I never blog from home anymore. I spend way too much time at the aforementioned job on a computer where I can't upload my personal photos. So there's that...

I also have been saying that a lot...,"So there's that..."

To me, it's a laugh riot.

You probably think I'm ditzy. Either way, It's not raining outside anymore and that makes me happy.

Okay. I need to work now. And by work I mean read Dlisted and call my mom to talk about boys.

Ditz.