let's eat!

here's what i've been up to... making tasty things! made the granola bars last night & they were delicious. plus an added bonus is i knew all of the ingredients going in... no "eajlejfawgel syrup" for me. i have also discovered a recent love for all things quinoa. it cooks 3 times fast than brown rice, packs on the protein & is delicious.

and mexican.. well, i've just been craving that for weeks!

[vegan blueberry granola bars]

[quinoa, garlic blackbeans, salsa, guacamole]

[asian tofu noodles w/napa cabbage, carrots & peanut seasame sauce]

recap

lots and lots going on recently.

i have spent more hours sitting in front of a computer in a lab here or on campus doing homework than i wish to count.

i have to-do lists up to my ears.

somewhat manageable as long as i devise a plan to make the day longer than 24 hours.

not to worry, i seem to do better with lots on my plate.

i started a design blog [calltheserif] a while back and i've recently started updating it more. trying to gradually switch over to something more design related & relevant for job searching! i'll still be updating this one with less professional thoughts (oh who am i kidding, that one in't very professional sounding either).

working on a ton of projects all at once (who knew my lightest credit load would require the most amount of time spent outside of classes). guess that was good planning on my part. luckily it is all fun & i'm really enjoying sitting down to work on things lately. good news.

going to an honors breakfast for dinner shortly! yum! and hooray for not having to cook anything. later tonight we are having a "girls/apartment night" which last time i checked on facebook the description included "chick flicks & obligatory boy bashing" oh so amusing. we've been trying to plan one of these since the beginning of the year-- quite pathetic, we all LIVE together and this is the first few hours of free time we all have :)

here is episode one of a video that i've been working on for the admissions office. i'll to first to admit that some parts are a little rough but it's a definitely learning curve & we'll get there eventually. worked on episode 2 today so that should be coming out next wednesday.

the rest of my family is going to see Eric perform tonight and i'm more than slightly jealous. too bad my harry-potter-floo-powder-traveling powers are not yet working.

stay tuned next week for a post on (hopefully) accomplishing one thing on my life to-do list. and possibly some project updates (although there is one on my other blog)

happy weekend!

balance

sometimes i like mondays. even with tests. and long critiques. and loud, growling, hungry stomachs.

why? because i can taste, smell and i have cozy warm, clean sheets.

and i didn't hack off my fingers accidentally while cooking spaghetti squash for dinner.

plus it's week five. so i'm either really good at ignoring projects/stress or it was genuinely good day.

sandra lee, RIT & foodlink

[ sandra lee [& emily] visit foodlink ]

for my design thinking & concept development class we have started going to foodlink which is a food distribution center in Rochester. the day we went happened to be the same day that sandra lee from the food network was visiting to shoot a segment (along with YNN, the D&C and 13WHAM).

although the overall feel of her visit didn't seem all that warm & friendly (ie. they went running out of the room after someone asked a question she didn't want to answer, a news station got thrown out, etc.)

so, in short, i got my 2 seconds of fame was seen packing boxes. now i'm just waiting for the other 14 minutes and 58 seconds.

[more story here] and they get a short mention in about RIT. hopefully they do some kind of story to follow-up. more on that project later..

hunger pains

couldn't help myself after the food trend started earlier this week. these are hilarious.

my favorite part of the description on the website was the emphasis that these were done "PRE lady gaga"

[photographer: ted sabarese]

ampersand food

cute & clever way to use an ampersand.

apparently i'm on a food illustration kick here.

[dan beckemeyer]

they draw & cook

love. love. love.

these are fantastic. [http://www.theydrawandcook.com/]

and the theme for my projects this quarter is illustration. pays off to do some blog researching!

going to be a busy next few weeks!

ps: went to foodlink today for a class project [it's a food distribution place in Rochester]. there was this lady & camera crew from the food network there. as well as YNN news & the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (who took my picture! and asked for my info!). fun stuff.

food happenings

tonights dinner was [lentil soup]

[picture thanks to 101 cookbooks, mine was in a green plastic bowl -- we're out of dish soap to clean the others. and it didn't have that fancy stuff on top. but still just as delicious!]

so tasty. although i continue to not be able to taste anything (going on three weeks here) due to an ugly sinus infection. regardless, i added some basil & spices pretending that they made a difference. they were fun to sprinkle in anyway.

made a salad and called it dinner. along with my millionth glass of tea today.

as long as we're on the topic of food.. last night i went over to my friend anna's to make dinner & hang out. we made spaghetti squash with sauce. so tasty! it made me want to go out and buy a bunch more.. and i just might have to now that i have an extra half a jar of sauce :)

this lovely sickness which gave a bonus gift of an ear infection has made hearing rather difficult. in fact, everytime i breathe it sounds like darth vader invaded my head. it also makes listening in classes rather difficult. but i go to the one school on the planet where you can't complain about not being able to hear. now if only i had some sign language interpreters in classes...

my to-do lists are never ending but i'm surprisingly unstressed. i guess i can't be after just getting off of a 10+ day break. in short, i LOVE my schedule this quarter. no classes until 10 am, two hour break for lunch/work/whatever i need to get done and then i'm done by 5 pm. seriously fantastic.

i've been perusing the intraweb for a while collecting thousands of cool design pieces so be looking for some of those soon!

ctrl-alt-del

twentyeleven

happy twentyeleven!

blogging will resume regularly tomorrow.

while i would be perfectly content to stay home & watch hgtv and eat cinnamon popcorn forever... my homework is calling so i should probably return to rochester.

now for a brief glimpse at winter break..with more later!

lots of game playing, food making, as-seen-on-tv gift exchanging, friend & family visiting and adventuring on the back roads of maryland. :)