Monday, 25 January 2010
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Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
By Foo Fighters
see relatedsorry for the last post. i get mad when i can't sleep and then i can't sleep cuz i'm mad and i just don't like going in circles. so had to vent and i don't have the balls to wake people up in the middle of the night just so i can rant at them. everybody has their own journaling-style: you can be purposeful, you can be narcissistic (and let's be honest: i think all of us that DO post stuff about ourselves online are somewhat narcissistic), you can be reflective, you can be cryptic, you can record memories, you can use it as an outlet.
anyway, today i want to talk about how i'm not a fan of that part of the bible that calls women to "be submissive to your husbands." sorry, no thanks. in the same passage, paul also instructs slaves to be obedient to their masters. these things might've been relevant at the time they were written but today they're sexist and foster inequality between people whom God created to be equal: galatians 5:26&28 say..."For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus...There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." under Christ, we're equals.
why do people still live their married lives by these rules? i think in high school our bible teacher was talking about how "even in a marriage there needs to be a leader" or something. but why does it have to be this way? why can't a married couple be equals? why does one need to submit to the other? so that if the two disagree on something, an absolute decision can be easily made? regardless of how you feel about it? honestly, if two people in a serious relationship can't find a way to solve problems diplomatically and reach a compromise in a logical way that leaves both parties satisfied, it's not a good relationship to begin with.
(btw...manuel agrees ^__^ in fact, he was actually the first of the two of us to voice his opposition against the whole submission thing)
Saturday, 16 January 2010
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baking and more!
first up: linzer cookies! a sweet, almond cookie with a raspberry-lemon jam topping! first, assemble the ingredients...
^ adding the almonds, which i ground BY HAND!! not easy to do with just a ziplock baggie and a mallet...
mmm raw dough. salmonella you can't get meeeeee!
done! now to make the topping...
the final touch: a dusting of powdered sugar
and that's how i spent the afternoon. for dinner, i found a recipe for pasta with a broccoli-mascarpone cream sauce. for the protein, i made some lemon-thyme chicken.
ingredients: assemble!
8 minutes later...
i swear when i opened it up the smell almost knocked me out. i've never made anything smell soooo yummy!!
ok ok...time to prep the sauce...
blanching the broccoli florets...
anchovies!!
cooking some broccoli stems in chicken broth
then making 'em into a puree...
the final product. turns out it was only ok =( but still quite edible! win!
Monday, 11 January 2010
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back on crack.
been back on facebook for like 5 minutes and i'm seriously, literally JITTERY with excitement. TWO people i know are pregnant!!!! i have a MILLION status updates i want to share!! like i just made randomly made an ice cream sunday just because we happened to have all the ingredients in the fridge (cookie dough ice cream, choco syrup, whip cream and even maraschino cherries!!) or that i just got my GORGEOUS wedding dress over the weekend!! or that i'm watching the sharks game right now and i'm not paying attention cuz i'm sitting here cruising facebook and typing to you all!! or that tomorrow manuel's taking me out for my surprise bday present!! gaaaah!!! ok gotta get back to facebook!!! love you forever xanga!!
Thursday, 07 January 2010
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wells fargo: go burn in hell.
i cannot wait to get the hell out of that bank. that is it.
so i have a checking and a savings account. for some reason, 3 dollars were being withdrawn from my savings account every month. when i called customer service asking what the 3 dollars was for, they said it was a "monthly service fee" and told me it usually withdrew 3 dollars monthly from an account that had a balance below $200. ok, so i transfered some money from my real savings account into this stupid one so that the amount read exactly 200. then, come next month, another 3 bucks were still withdrawn!! pissed, i just took out all the money and put it back in my real savings account elsewhere. what's the point of a savings account if they're just gonna take your money from it??
anyway, the next month i looked at my account and found it had a balance of negative six dollars. wtf??? there is NO money in it and you still want to take my money? when i didn't pay it (cuz i'm NOT wells fargo's whore) i got a letter saying they dipped they're filthy hands into my checking account and stole my six dollars. FUCKING SIX DOLLARS!!! when i called customer service to explain to them all that had happened, the kind lady on the other line informed me that it is true that some banks require savings accounts to have a minimum balance of sorts but that it varies from bank to bank or some shit. and then, when she heard the part of me taking all my money out of the savings account, she had to tell me that even though i didn't officially close the account, i was still charged a service fee. they're fucking nuts.
anyway, i don't need them. i don't need a bank that already received bail out money to take any more of mine. bitches can burn in hell, i'm going to a credit union.
Saturday, 02 January 2010
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tagalog words and beef wellingtons
since i've been home for the past few weeks and surrounded by family members that talk to me in tagalog, my tagalog vocabulary has beefed up quite a bit. in fact, i notice my fluency in speaking/understanding tagalog is always better over christmas break and during the summer, when i'm away from dense textbooks in complicated english and closer to relatives with TFC on in the background.
anyway, i've noticed i use more tagalog phrases and words in day-to-day life. "sayang" means something like, "what a waste." and "kawawa" means "poor thing." here, i'll make a little chart of a few (and i'm not sure if i'm spelling these correctly):
malamig: cold (weather)
maaga: early
malapit: nearby
hangin: wind/breeze
bukas: open
bagsak: broken
tayo: let's go!
tapos: finished
two new ones i learned today are "pagod," which means "tired," and "asiwa," which means "feeling awkward/uncomfortable."
also, beef wellingtons will not stop stalking me. for some reason, over the past 2 days and i'm serious, all i've heard about are beef wellingtons. so far i think i've seen a recipe in a bridal magazine, a bill board, a menu description, actual slices neatly arranged on a tray at a buffet, and manuel's brother talking about them. i've never had a beef wellington before but i think they're after me so i just might have to try one. then maybe they'll all go away and leave me alone. cuz after hearing nathan talk about them tonight i was like "OK I GET IT."
oh, and happy new year!!
