here we go

the national is back. i'll need them to get through these next few weeks.

sunday morning

 (image source)

i always believed breakfast was the greatest. it helps to have friends and a cozy kitchen. and peanut butter.

during these past few hours designated "homework time", i've reacquainted myself with some of my favorite cooking blogs. have a look at:

lottie + doof

simply breakfast

smitten kitchen

slow like honey

eat make read 

green kitchen stories 

missed you for 29 years

reading

projects; class

rocks on my window

alone in the park

late on the porch

biking in the sun

it's a strange summer

give me focus, give me strength

"Bloodbuzz Ohio", new single by the National:

Stand up straight at the foot of your love
I lift my shirt up
Stand up straight at the foot of your love
I lift my shirt up

I'll rest my eyes till the fevers outta me
I'll rest my eyes to the rivers in the sea
I'll rest my eyes till the fevers outta me
I'll rest my eyes to the rivers in the sea

I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees
I'll never marry but Ohio don't remember me

I still owe money to the money to the money I owe
I never thought about love when I thought about home
I still owe money to the money to the money I owe
I never thought about (?) everybody I know

I'm on a blood buzz
Yes I am
I'm on a blood buzz
I'm on a blood buzz
God I am
I'm on a blood buzz

Lay my head on the hood of your car
I'll take it too far
Lay my head on the hood of your car
I'll take it too far

I'll rest my eyes till the fevers outta me
I'll rest my eyes to the rivers in the sea
I'll rest my eyes till the fevers outta me
I'll rest my eyes to the rivers in the sea

I'm on a blood buzz
Yes I am
I'm on a blood buzz
I'm on a blood buzz
God I am
I'm on a blood buzz

I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees
I'll never marry but Ohio don't remember me

I still owe money to the money to the money I owe
I never thought about love when I thought about home
I still owe money to the money to the money I owe
I never thought about (?) everybody I know

I'm on a blood buzz
Yes I am
I'm on a blood buzz
I'm on a blood buzz
God I am
I'm on a blood buzz 

album "High Violet" drops tomorrow. streaming here 

my life will resume in approx. a week and a half

work work work work work

keep working like a good little doobie

type type

never sleep

still alive

some recent images keeping me going

well, what can I say? it's still that hellish paper-writing, how-can-i-get-it-all-done-in-two-weeks kind of time. i've been doing some thrifting, limiting myself to only COLOR items, I bought groceries yesterday (which is probably exciting only to me), and I can't foresee getting any sleep anytime soon. family issues and friends crossing each other keep my little mind busy, but i don't feel like putting that up here. i've got many sewing/alteration/knitting projects going which i hope to complete soon. and i have a rant brewing about this town i'm in, the scene here, and how i'll probably graduate early to speed things up a bit. yeah.

searching for some answers

i want difficult in a way i haven't encountered before

i want to be inspired

i want people to do what they say they will, when they say they will

i want this time to pass

i can't shake this headache

well, i haven't been here in awhile

it's been all papers and projects and no sleep

that time of year

i still feel stuck

but oregon is coming

probably all too soon

i'm dangerously pinning many hopes on the semester

seeing as how now, i'm supposed to be in the most engaging classes of my major, and i couldn't be more disinterested or bored

i decided

if i was to do it over

i'd say fuck it (what's practicality in this economy anyways?)

i'd study photography and philosophy

i guess sometimes it takes all four years to see where you should have gone at the start

maybe that's what i'm getting out of all of this

i don't know

haha

busy busy busy busy busy

but i love this

the selby

source

i've cooked and baked

 here's a pretty plating from a few days ago. i've got beet hummus on the right, and cilantro pesto on the right. both of these were blender-intensive, but definitely worth the results! 

recipes here and here.

 

 a delicious close-up of that hummus

here's the first stage of the cheesecake i made last weekend. the idea came to me one day: pear and salted caramel combination. a winner, for sure. so this is the crust and pear layer.

 

 so now i've added the cheesecake and more pears and caramel on top.

fresh out of the oven. so, so good.

today was the most wonderful day. biking all over town, breezes and sunshine, open windows, friends and shared meals and thrift store trips. can't i just press repeat?