BELATED VALENTINES

HAPPY BELATED VALENTINES DAY. thank goodness for the time difference, i am only about... uhm.. 3 days late.... anyway. valentines day, a day we all have mixed feelings about, singles and couples alike. on valentine's day there was an onslaught of flourless chocolate torte recipes floating around, i had previously chosen a variation including rum... but my endeavors were thwarted by the korean grocery's lack of liquor selection.

and thus. the classic flourless chocolate torte. made a little fancier with the addition of a mango coulis.

instagram makes errythang look good. recipe is pretty straight forward, the most difficult thing being having the patience required to whip up the egg whites into stiff peaks... and then only eating a small slice. and without further rambling here is the recipe. for the mango coulis, one mango, pureed, set through a strainer and refrigerated.

sunshine and daisies

i miss riding my bike. there are about 5078.4 things running through my brain right now, but because i am on vacation, the thoughts are too disjointed to work itself into a coherent and cohesive post. costco card. i just wanted to work another 'co' in there. what i will say right now, is that i am listening to beyonce's "love on top" and it reminds me of michael jackson. in a good way.

i promise i'll be more interesting one day.

it begins

in two months. i will start the baking blog. i will (possibly, maybe not...) sell baked goods. i will bake... every.... (again, possibly.. maybe not) day! i will be a baker! i will follow my dreams! i will..... well. i don't really know, but i will (hopefully) be proactive and not wake up 50 years from now wishing i had done something i didn't do.

don't sound very confident though, do i...?

smothered.

you can't leave me.

on to the next one

four more months. three and a half to be exact, and i will be done with my contract. partial year contract that turned into (almost) 2 year contract due to job issues. due to money issues. due to... issues. in general. and now we're back to decision making time again. feel like i'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. what do i do and where do i do it. once i'm done doing what i gotta do... where do i go to continue doing whatever it is i'm doing...? the other night i had a dream i caught on fire. when i got a reminder that i needed to stop, drop and roll.

forgive me for being vague... but i think it's time to stop, drop and roll.

dream job

the lady there just walks around. gives directions. and paints huge pictures on the windows. why not me.

poker face.

yea. i don't have one. but goodness knows, i could benefit greatly from one...