marshmallow fondant is good.

First you take the 'mallows and you melt them, you melt them.

Then you take the sugar and you mix it, you mix it.

Grease your surface, grease your hands - LIBERALLY! This mixture will stick to everything and anything that isn't greased very well.

Also apply elbow grease as you knead, knead, knead until it forms to a dough-like consistency. 

Coat your marshmallow formation with additional grease, then wrap tightly with saran wrap. Refrigerate overnight.

I couldn't help but lick my hands clean! Mmm, deliciousness.

Because it happened so fast, here's a reminder:

-Listen here to Manny Pacquiao's post-fight comments.

-Pacquiao wants TWELVE kids?!! 

ai nako, naman!

The first fireworks show of the season at the Oakland A's Coliseum was AWESOME!

... but painfully cold!

Lyuba, a baby mammoth found perfectly preserved after 40,000 years in the Russian Arctic. Fascinating story of her discovery, recovery and analysis on the air right now. Check it out or read the article in the current issue of National Geographic.

i know my resume word for word by now.

(list above courtesy of unemploymentality.com)

Here's what mine looks like:

1) Wake up panic-stricken at 4AM with an overwhelming sense of insignificance, but then fall back asleep because depression is exhausting.

2) Sleep in until 9:30AM, then stare at the ceiling for 20-30 minutes.

3) Let the dog outside to pee, poop and bark at passers-by.

4) Turn on KALX for eccentric, amazing and/or painfully annoying music while preparing breakfast: fried egg, black coffee with turbinado, toast with Earth Balance.

5) Eat breakfast in front of the computer while checking my 3 email accounts and then log-on to facebook, myspace, yelp, blogspot, fark in attempts to continue being in touch with the world.

6) Do #5 for 2-3 hours.

7) In addition, for 2-3 hours, feverishly scan Craigslist, Indeed, and Monster for a job, "any*" job!!

8) Decide to "do something with myself"

- Create perfectly aligned rows of light beige and dark beige carpet while vacuuming

- brush my teeth

- make the bed

- feed and walk the dog

- create natural household cleaners, especially one for the shower curtain

- do the dishes (only applies when they are piled up too high or if something smells)

- consider sweeping and dusting

9) Look at the clock once the door knob starts to turn - it's 4:30 and Tim's home!! YAY!

REPEAT x74 days... and counting...

Note:

Since March 9th, I formed a group called "The Walking Unemployed". Essentially, we are a group of people frustrated-with-the-job-market, bored-as-hell, can't-stand-this-weight-gained-sitting-on-my-ass-waiting-for-an-employer-to-call-back who want to meet similar minded people. We meet every weekday morning at 10:30 for coffee and a brisk 2-8 mile walk in various parts of Oakland. This group has saved my sanity by giving me reason to get up and get moving. I can insert this in between #4 and #5 on my list.

* with the exception of fast food service, telemarketing, live-in caregiving, tutoring, and envelope sealing.

Good Night & Good Luck

This afternoon we payed our respects to one of our favorite spots in Oakland, the Parkway Theater. I first learned of the Parkway through my mom and dad, "They have couches, and you can order food!"

I was too young to go then. Hard to believe that was 12 years ago.

Moments there have been good (Grindhouse, Sensitivity Training, double date w/Mpho & Klaudia, Tim & Melissa's downtown Oakland MEGA DATE, etc.) and bad (grimey couches, flat beer, spilled beer, forgetting our food order, guy behind us farting during Choke, etc.), but here was a theater I didn't have to sneak a tall can into. Here was a theater I could catch a film I couldn't bare spending $12 on seeing (2 for 1 Wednesdays like WHAT!). Here was a theater I could do a little cross dressing and step out for a midnight screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show...

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Let's keep our hopes up that the closing is only temporary. Until then, you know you're all welcome to grab a 6 pack and come on over to the crib to watch whatever cult/foreign/oddball film I've ripped, err, umm, rented from netflix. 

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