vegan baking exploits

I was pretty busy this weekend, concocting this masterpeice. It is a chocolate layer cake with chocolate fudge and mixed berry filling. Vegan and wheat-free.
ka-ching.

mediatocricy

We are living in a mediatocricy. (A government run by the media) I've just coined a new word in response to the refusal to allow Dennis Kucinich to appear on Fox News during the Iowa Caucus, and now ABC did not allow Dennis in on the New Hampshire debates last night. America is not being given the entire spectrum of their voting pool, and for progressive thinkers, Kucinich really is the only candidate for real political change. Against the war, with a strong health care plan, for getting us away from our dependence on foreign oil, and most importantly for our rights as US citizens, Kucinich, a strong upholder of the Constitution, rings strong with my values. There are more than just two candidates people, open your eyes!
America will vote for whomever gets the most visibility from the powers of the media unless we realize we are being hoodwinked into voting for a corporate tool. Think about it.

Republicans scare me. Mitt Romney has little hope left, Guilani is ruined and Huckleberry has the evangelical support. Please don't let us slip into a Christian military state, with Huckleberry as our guide. Ron Paul is the only hope we, as American people, have other than Dennis. Would Obama, a black man, be able to win the vote against Huckleberry? Time will only tell. But I'm still hoping for Kucinich. http://www.dennis4president.com/home/
People, do yourself and everyone else a favor. Get educated, look beyond the obvious, be detectives. Make it work for all of us.

oops she did it again

Like any other human on earth, I must give my two cents on Britney.

Not surprised, really, that she got dragged off to rehab. Is it any surprise that she is mental? Shaved head anyone? We are all just transfixed, fascinated, glued to our seats, at the expense of this washed up pop star who belongs in a trailer. She's the next Anna Nicole, mark my words.

The more interesting thing, I think, is the state of all our former media queens. Hmm..Paris was photographed with first Larry Birkhead, (Ann Nicole's baby papa) and then later, with K-Fed. I think it's great for K-Fed, but Paris, umm aren't these DList celebs? Has Paris sunk too low?

What about Lindsay? All I hear is that she's unhirable, washed up. Oh and that she had a little slip up and drank something. Oh, to be a celebrity, where we aren't allowed more than one mistake, where a day makes all the difference. We don't know who are role models are anymore, because, quite frankly they're boring and don't make the media any money so we never see them anyways.

whale killing and boyotts

When I learned that Iceland was killing seals, I made a commitment to boycott Iceland until they changed their ways. Other countries also have hot springs....and are cheaper and less hostile towards animals.



This whole Japanese whale-hunting issue is an atrocity to the modern thinker. Thanks to celeb Hayden Panettiere, who has a warrant out for her arrest by the Japanese government, we are now aware that seemingly civilized Japan also is worthy of a boycott. I don't understand whale hunting, but then again, I also don't see how seal bludgeoning still goes on in Canada. Do we even live in a civilized world? Have we ever?

Just yesterday a seal was floating on an ice-cake down a river in Massachusetts, playful and happy. I grew up going on whale watches, seeing enormous humpback whales bear their beautiful bodies for all who came to see. Will the next generation of youth even have that chance?

Respect needs to be taken for animals; international law needs to regulate our oceans and fishing industries. What I took for granted 10 or 20 years ago is now a rarity; humpback whales are very close to being endangered. Whales are sacred; if we knowingly destroy them, I have little hope for humanity as we know it.

fuggers

Fugger = family of Ugg wearers.

As in yesterday I saw two fuggers walking down Walnut St.

Western Winterwonderland

Last week, I finally invested the 3.5 hours it takes to watch The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. I only know the modern day Clint Eastwood, good old leather face, but now I see why he was all the rage. But for god's sake, can someone please give that man some lip balm?
Once a western detester, I have finally jumped the fence. I guess I really don't care for John Wayne, really. Weekends are now invested in westerns. The Coen Brothers new movie, No Country for Old Men, is a modern day western with a twist. Although the ending is a bummer, it was still well worth the lovely matinee price of $6. Be brave though for there is lots of gore, which makes this western more worth my horrorfile while.
Since the weather was shit another weekend, I watched Tommy Lee Jones' Three Burials of Meliquides Estrades, and that was pretty hardcore also. Very well done, what can I say? Hooked on Westerns.
All I know is that I see the snow falling out my window and I want to escape to the wild wild west.

Funny Telly!

I'm now obsessed with the cheeky Graham Norton show on BBC. It's a night-time talk show, slightly flamboyant and very hilarious. Not only can guests swear and drink on set, but Graham will have you rolling on the floor in tears. I am, every time. Check it out, 10 pm Saturday, BBC. You will be hooked and switch from that dribble on late night in America.