25 December 2011

Greta Christina - Puritan Pundits Should Chill Out -- Here Are 5 Reasons I'm Happy I've Had Lots of Casual Sex

"Some people go into casual sex for good, healthy reasons, and some people do it for bad, unhealthy reasons, and many people do it for a combination of the two. And some people have good outcomes from it, and some have crummy outcomes, and some have outcomes that are a mixed bag. You know. Just like people go into marriage and committed relationships for good reasons and bad reasons and combinations of the two… with good, and bad, and mixed results."

El Espiritu De La Colmena (The Spirit of The Beehive) - Victor Erice (1973)

6th Night of Chanukah

It is tradition in my family to choose one night of the eight to celebrate Chanukah, more than just lighting candles (as to be fair to Christmas). We normally will choose the Friday, as to coincide with the Sabbath and do a big dreidel night with friends and lot of latkes and kugel. This year my sister and I decided to do our own dinner and dreidel with our friends, which turned out to be a big success. She got ridiculously drunk and well it was simply hilarious...she is the type of drunk that gets super touchy and cuddly. At the end of the night, when the dreidel game had ended (we set a timer), and before anyone had the chance to count and determine the winner, she takes all of her money that she played (each person put in five dollars to bet with) and tossed it into the middle of the table. Giggling the whole time, announcing the winner: "Everyone is a winner ;)"

23 December 2011

Groupon, always looking out for me ;)

19 December 2011

Llullaillaco Maiden

Llullaillaco Maiden — A 15 year old girl sacrificed during the Inca Empire for both purposes of religious rite and social control. She was chosen a year prior to her death, fed a ritualistic diet for an approximate twelve months to make her gain weight, then was drugged and left on the shrine at Volcano Llullaillaco, where she was left to die of exposure. For five hundred years, her body had been preserved at 82 ft. She is considered to be the best preserved Andean mummy ever uncovered.

Expect More, Pay Less - At Target!

That is right my friends, the grand-pappies #occupy(*i*ed) Target,
Flash Mob style with an original to "I gave you my heart".

Slavoj Žižek

From an interview with Señor Žižek:

What does love feel like?
Like a great misfortune, a monstrous parasite, a permanent state of emergency that ruins all small pleasures.

What is the worst job you've done?
Teaching. I hate students, they are (as all people) mostly stupid and boring.

How often do you have sex?
It depends what one means by sex. If it's the usual masturbation with a living partner, I try not to have it at all.

Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian philosopher, author, researcher, theorist who embraces the black cloud of depression when he thinks of most of humanity.

18 December 2011

Good Stuff

“It’s not democracy, it’s Digiorno.”

#ohcongress

Jon Stewart, on Congress’ recent decision to declare frozen pizza a vegetable in public school cafeterias (via natteringnabobs)

(via barackobama)

((99))

‘99 Portraits’ Series Creates Occupy Wall Street’s Lasting Legacy. Photographer Steven Greaves wheat-pasted 99 portraits of the 99 percent all over NY City.

Claude Delucia

"To lend support."

Zachary Welch

"I am here for the majority of reasons all trailed back to a direct democracy. People need to be in control and stop letting big corporations make decisions. We are legion. We do not forgive, we do not forget. We are here."

16 December 2011

Toto Postes (Honduran Style)

Toto Postes are the equivalent to our biscotti's, they are these hard corn cookies. Dip them in some coffee, and they are the most delicious ever!

The tradition goes: you have your merienda (snack), which consists of a cup of coffee, a toto poste, and a spoon. You drop the cookie in, and when you finish drinking, eat it up with the spoon.

5lb de maiz

1 lb. de quajada

2 containers de margarina

2 lb. de azucar

2 sodas

½ de mantequilla

sal pisca

½ lb. de manteca

2 huevos

Pictured above is the President of Grupo de Mujeres of San Fernando, Yamaranguila. The women's group functions such that each member rotates taking on the various roles within the community so they all gain the experience. They meet once a week, as a minimum and bake various treats to sell throughout the community. This week, when I photographed they were making hundreds of toto postes!

Mix up all the ingredients and then shape into rounds, pinching each end to form a circle. Once you have them all set, pop them in the oven and bake until they are nice and browned.

The corn will turn from a light golden cream color to browned and dandelion yellow. Unfortunately, since they used a wood fire adobe style outside oven, I can't say how hot or for how long you should bake..so best of luck!

Do You Want Eggs with that Bacon?

Yoda came to Marin!

I have on-loan the cutest dog ever, Yoda! The only issue is that he also yaps. I try to pretend that his loving nature makes up for his nasty yap. When my dad saw him, Yoda went up and nestled against his leg, and I make a rather audible note about how loving he is:

"See (Dad), isn't he a lovebug?!"

"Savo, most dogs are..."