so NOT cool :: Everyday Photos by Jodi Anderson

silent hill ... aka no brand con 2009

     

This year, we attended NoBrandCon in Eau Claire for a fourth year.  I cosplayed for the first time ever.  X cosplays at most of the cons that we attend, which is generally four to five per year. 

 

We were nurses from Silent hill.  I was a non-canon nurse and X was a nurse from the third video game.  Pyramid Head, who appears in some of the photos, is from the Silent Hill series, which consists of six (and soon seven) games, several graphic novels and an omnibus, as well as a movie. 

 

I have some videos that I'll post in the next day or two in the VIDEO section of my site, some recorded by me and some by theother23. 

my glove and a 35-ton sling

On Saturday, I put down my gardening gloves for a moment to take a photo of this 35-ton sling that was sitting in the back of my husband's truck.  The photo does NOT do it justice. 

quick hike on a saturday morning

The Wisconsin River from Cactus Bluff (part of Ferry Bluff State Natural Area).

a typical sunday evening

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addiction and work

More yard and garden work this weekend, along with my ongoing obsession -- Italian sparkling mineral water.  It started with Pellegrino, but I have now settled on Whole Foods Market's store brand, which is just as good. 

Mostly. 

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a wordless five senses friday

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linkage 2009 :: six

You may notice a new widget at the bottom of some of my posts.  I'm going to keep it up for a week or so to see if I like it or not.  I thought that it might be handy because my site can be difficult to navigate at times, and if someone is here looking for linkage or vegan recipes, the widget can point you in the direction of similar posts. 

If you find it annoying or to be a distraction, or if it doesn't work properly, please feel free to drop me an email.  If I'm not satisfied with it, I'll remove it soon.  I just wish that it wasn't so ... bulky.  

Here are some links that I've enjoyed recently: 

• Edna St. Vincent Millay's Kitchen -- I have been a fan of Millay's poetry for 25 years and I am presently reading her biography, Savage Beauty, so I was quite tickled to come across a little tour of her kitchen.  
• Poladroid -- To scratch your Polaroid itch.  I scratched mine with this photo of my grandma. 
• Jonathan Hair Products -- Most of these are 100% vegan and I made the switch from Redken and/or Aveda to strictly Jonathan products about six months ago.   
• Furminator -- I know, you've all heard about it.  I'm just here, with my three cats and one shed-a-holic dog to say that The Furminator is all that it's cracked up to be and worth every cent.  (Hint: You can find them much cheaper on Amazon than at PetSmart.  Also, I linked to the "dog size", but there are cheaper, smaller versions for cats.) 

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vegan cookbook recipes :: three

Book:  Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World
Authors:  Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero

I endorse this book wholeheartedly. 

So far, I've made golden vanilla and basic chocolate cupcakes as well as rich chocolate ganache topping and vegan cream cheese frosting.  (Our favorite combo is the chocolate cupcake and cream cheese frosting.) 

There are so many more cupcakes in this book that I intend to try ... apple cider cupcakes, coconut lime cupcakes, and green tea cupcakes, just to name a few. 

Besides being vegan, this book also offers up some gluten-free, sugar-free, and low-fat options.

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a lung in a compost bin

A vent, or lung, in one of our compost bins. 

five senses friday :: four

"Five senses friday", installment four.  Special thanks to Abby.  

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seeing ::

• the reflection of spring sunsets
• family at a mini-reunion
• curled-up kitties
• A LOT of video-game playing (not by me)
• sunny, grey, sunny, grey, ad infinitum

 

tasting ::

• vegan cupcakes -- chocolate with cream cheese frosting
• vegetables, as the spring ones begin to make their way to the grocery store; i can't get enough 
• a cup of yucky coffee from the convenience store *ack*
• garlic, almost every day (i dream of peeling garlic cloves sometimes)
• the wonderful goodness of nutritional yeast flakes ... so much better than they sound

touching ::

• wearing my favorite boots as often as I can ... before it is too warm to do so 
• sleeping kitties 
• sweaters on cool days
• the sun warming my skin on gentle days
• too many people at the concert (see: hearing)

 

smelling ::

• baking cupcakes (see: tasting)
• beer and sweat (see: hearing)
• fresh air on WINDY days
• the faint scent of the thawing earth
• beef stroganoff that i made for my husband (i do all meat cooking by smell/sight/instinct these days, as opposed to tasting as in days of yore)

 

hearing ::

• went to a concert, so ... Telepathe
• The Faint
• Ladytron
• male birds, staking their territory and their brides
• the. video. game.  (see: seeing)

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Photos (phone-quality, sorry) from the concert -- Mira from Ladytron, Helena from Ladytron, Busy & Melissa from Telepathe, & Todd from The Faint

 

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