So it's been awhile...

...since I've had a new blog post. I blame this unfortunate fact on three very important reasons:


1) Law school, y'all. It's hardcore.


2) MY PRECIOUS BABY LAPTOP WAS BROKEN AND I WAS IN A SPIRAL OF PANIC!!!!!!! Seriously, the days when my laptop was being repaired at the Apple Store were days of darkness. You may think I'm being hyperbolic...let me assure you I am not. Let's just say that if the world does, in fact, end this December 21, I will be prepared. I've been through worse. (Law school is more than just hardcore without a laptop...it is horrific).

But my baby laptop is back!

And there was much rejoicing!

And mostly fixed, I think...*fingers crossed*

But....the reason that is the most exciting reason at all....


3) DANIEL IS HERE YAY.

He's happy to be hanging out with me, I promise....

I was super excited that Daniel finally was moving out to start grad school at UCLA, and so I decided to make him super delicious cake batter blondies! I've made these before from this recipe, and normally they are absolutely delicious. However...I'm still adjusting to the new oven, so they didn't turn out so well:

What they were supposed to look like:

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What they actually looked like:

Less "cake batter," more "cake" 

For those of you who have experienced a baking fail before, you know how tragic it is haha. And so I had to fall back on an oldie but goodie and make some peanut butter cookies! 

Yum. 

Other exciting things I've done recently:

Ate at a California Pizza Kitchen across the street from the Trouble with the Curve premiere! We got there right when Justin Timberlake was walking into the theater. There were a ton of people all around screaming and taking pictures, and I didn't want to be THAT girl standing up in the middle of the restaurant to take a pic of JT, so I just took a stealthy shot of the theater while sitting down that shows nothing cool at all. Whatever, I saw Justin Timberlake. :) 

Stealth. So Stealth. 

 Daniel and I also went to Anaheim to watch the Rangers beat the Angels! It was pretty awesome, and the weather was absolutely glorious. Baseball is so much more fun when you're watching it live.

Another excellent example of photography that shows nothing of importance

I'm sure there are other things I've done, considering it's been about five years since I posted last, but I'm tired of blogging now, and so I'll stop. Fingers crossed I post again before thanksgiving haha.

So I'm basically just waiting for fall television to begin...

.....You may think I'm kidding, but I'm not. At all. Talk to Beebs if you don't believe me, but I may have an unhealthy obsession with certain TV shows. And they don't restart until the end of September. IF NOT MID-OCTOBER!!!

Sorry. That was embarrassing. I'll be calm.

So aside from my slightly pathetic despair over the continued "summer" hiatus of my favorite TV shows (EVEN THOUGH IT'S PAST LABOR DAY, PEOPLE. IT'S TIME FOR FALL), here's what I've been up to:


Obviously, reading, studying, reading, reading, and then I followed that up with some more reading! (I also read a book for fun this weekend, which I attribute to some sort of mental disorder I apparently have. You can throw this fact back in my face when I go blind at the age of 25.)



I did another "LA" thing and attended a free screening of an independent movie! In this case, the movie was Liberal Arts, written, directed, and starring HIMYM's Josh Radnor.

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 While I'm not sure I'll rush out to buy it the moment it comes out on DVD/Blu-ray/Redbox/etc, I really did enjoy it. It made me think and laugh, and Elizabeth Olsen was great. (Side note, if you don't know about the younger Olsen - IMDB her! She's awesome.) And while it's true that - as my friend who saw it with me noted - Radnor does rest rather heavily on his assumption that he's irresistibly charming, I liked him as the protagonist.

PLUS, there was Zac Efron.
I know - I was as surprised by his appearance in this film as you are I'm sure. But he was actually hilarious. As if I needed another reason to appreciate Zac Efron!

You're welcome. 

 

Let's see, what else....

The Cowboys beat the Giants last Wednesday! And therefore the bet Raymond and I had made concerning the game resulted in this awesomeness:

That post is going to come back to haunt him year after year....

And finally, since today is Sept. 11, I'd like to end with my thoughts of gratitude and prayers for all the brave men and women serving our country in the armed forces.
This evening, I was blessed enough to be able to participate in a clinic that helps homeless veterans obtain the legal information they need to help improve their lives.
 I'm so happy to be attending a law school that will let me be involved in such a wonderful program every month!

Happy Labor Day!

So I think I'm getting into the swing of this law school thing. My life may not be ultra exciting yet, as it mostly consists of reading, cooking, and sleeping, but I'm having a really great time so far!

Some random thoughts this week:

Watching the first OU game against UTEP made me really miss all my sooner friends. Thankfully, some of my craziest (read: most awesome) friends texted/heytelled (heytold?) me about a hundred times during the game, and so I really felt like I was with them :)

I miss these lovely people :)

Something else that has occupied a lot of my time this week?

COMMUNITY SEASON 3

I probably love this show TOO much. I should dial it down...

My boyfriend Daniel was incredibly sweet and sent me this as a surprise. He knew I was trying to be frugal, and so I wasn't going to get season 3 right away, even though I really wanted to. A week or so after our conversation about it, I found this in my mailbox! I'm too lucky.

But seriously, if you haven't seen this show, start watching. I mean it. #Sixseasonsandamovie!






 Another random thought for the week: living by yourself is fun and super nice for introverts like me, but it does pose a problem when your zipper gets stuck and you can't really reach it and you just have to fight with the zipper for awhile and then you finally ruin your dress. Womp Womp.

RIP white dress. Get it? Get it?? I'm punny.

Finally, to take my mind off law school and productivity in general, I've been experimenting with a lot of cooking recently. Two highlights: Idaho sunrise potato and mushroom risotto.

For the Idaho Sunrise potato, you fill a hollowed out potato with toppings you would generally use in omelets (cheese, bacon, onions, and bell peppers), crack an egg on top, and bake it. It was unusual, but very tasty! (And cheap!!)

The remote isn't there because I was obsessively watching season 3 of community...

 And here's the most exciting part of this week's post: THE MUSHROOM RISOTTO. Risotto is absolutely one of my favorite foods, but I've never actually thought to make it myself before this week. I assumed it would be too complicated or expensive or something. But then, since it's labor day weekend and I don't have school tomorrow, I figured - why not?

This was the beyond a doubt one of the most delicious things I've ever made!

You needed wine for the recipe, so I had to somehow find a use for the rest of the bottle. ;)

For those people who haven't been fortunate enough to try risotto, it's a ridiculously creamy rice dish, and what you mix in is up to you. Variations include using veggies or mushrooms or meat. As I found out, the rich, creamy texture comes from stirring in the broth very slowly, bit by bit, as the rice absorbs it. That's how you get the starches in the rice to break down, resulting in amazingness.

The recipe I used is here

It took quite some time, maybe 45 min-60 min, but trust me - it was simple, and it was worth it! 


That's all for now! I hope everyone has a wonderful labor day tomorrow :)