The Experimental Life

6 Loads and a Vampire Slayer

Have you ever put off your laundry for a while?  How about long enough to have 6 loads of laundry?  How about enough to have had 8 loads, but you only did 6 because that was all you could carry downstairs?  Well, give me a name tag and call me the newest fixture to the laundry room, because that's what I did.  So I've spent almost four hours now doing laundry(all 6 loads thankfully went in around the same time)  .  You must be wondering what I'm doing to pass the time away.  Only the best thing in the world!  I'm watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  A truly wonderful show full of vampire slaying violence, witty remarks, and all too easy internet access to various demon slaying informational websites.  Brilliant!  Anyway, so I'm finally done, exhausted, and fully wardrobed.  So I want to know what your favorite laundry time passer is.  Leave a comment letting me know.

Peace and Love!

Turkey Burgers: Doesn't this look delicious?

I saw this and thought it looked like a  wonderful idea.

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 pounds ground turkey breast, the average weight of 1 package
• 2 scallions, thinly sliced
• A handful cilantro, chopped very fine, about 2 tablespoons, optional
• 1 inch piece fresh ginger, grated or minced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 red bell pepper, finely chopped
• Coarse salt
• 2 tablespoons mild curry paste or a handful of curry powder (Preferred brand: Patak's Mild Curry Paste)
• Drizzle extra-virgin olive oil
  
• 5 crusty rolls, split

Toppings: 

• Bib or leaf lettuce
• Sliced vine-ripe tomatoes
• Mango chutney (preferred brands: Major Grey's or Patak's Mango Chutney)
• Serving Suggestions: Thai Slaw Salad, recipe follows and root vegetable chips 
  (preferred brands: Terra Chips)

Directions

Combine first 8 ingredients and form into 5 patties.

Brush or drizzle patties with extra-virgin olive oil. Grill patties 6 minutes on each side on indoor electric grill or pan fry for same amount of time in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat.

Pile patties on split crusty rolls with lettuce, tomato, and chutney spread liberally on roll tops as a condiment. Serve curry turkey burgers with Thai Slaw and root vegetable chips.

Half of My Heart and What's Left of My Brain

We have hit that point of the year when I am ceasing to function properly.  Whoo!  School is almost done though, so at least I can see the light.  However, I'm also in a daze anymore because I'm so burnt out.  I feel like I barely have any genuine reactions to things anymore because I can't process them or bring myself to care.  I'm on autopilot and just want to finish the school year.  And to make things worse, the world is taunting me with it's beautiful sunny days.  It wants me to come play, instead of do that silly homework.  Wouldn't that be wonderful?  Soon I will be enjoying all the glory of the summer, but for now back to homework.  So for your enjoyment and ponderings, here's a video.

Peace and Love

Try, Try, and Maybe Someday Succeed

So this is my third blog that I've started.  I keep hoping maybe I'll stick with it, but this time I have a plan.  I'm getting organized and scheduling a day once a week that I must update it.  Can I hear a little cheer?  Whoo!

So my goal with this blog is to document the discoveries I make in my life and hopefully get some ideas as well as give them.  I'm just doing the best I can and I would love to hear how you're doing too.

I guess to kick off this blog I will talk about tonight.  I got to see John Mayer with Michael Franti and Spearhead in concert to celebrate my 20th birthday.  I went with one of my best friends, Grace, and we had an amazing time.  This past week had been a little rough and I was honestly feeling really fed up with people, but Michael and John fixed that.  They were so positive during their shows and made me realize a couple of things.  First of all, they cemented the knowledge that I am who I am, and that's wonderful.  It shouldn't be any other way.  Second, I realized that I have to live my life for myself because it doesn't belong to anyone else.  I need to make myself happy, because I can't make anyone else happy if I'm not happy first.

So from these realizations I then decided to take action.  For a while now I've thought it would be really wonderful to try writing and singing songs, but I don't play an instrument.  I kept thinking that I would either have to learn, which isn't totally likely, or I would have to befriend someone who plays and convince them to play with me.  However, tonight I decided that I don't need to sit around waiting, so I'm going to just start working on music to the best of my ability and see where it takes me.  I'll let you know how that goes haha.

I guess my advice here is to try things, and don't let anything hold you back.  If you really want it, an opportunity will present itself.

Hey!  Tell me about something that you have either always wanted to try, or did try and how you went about it.  I look forward to hearing from you.

Peace and Love