a bite of joy

after watching the movie "Julie & Julia" i was inspired, i'm sure along with many many others...so my friend megan and i are embarking on a new adventure..."a bite of joy".

we spent hours perusing through cookbooks and finally settled on The Joy of Cooking, we celebrated our find by heading immediately to brunch :)  so this sunday, january 24th marks our first dinner with recipes entirely from the cookbook.  the theme will be "asian joy" and we will be featuring: chieck & beef satay with peanut sauce, cocunut shrimp, chicken soba noodles, and mongolian beef.  dessert is TBD and believe you me, this will be one tasty night our dinner guests will hardly forget.

this new adventure is important to me, cooking was a past-time passion of mine, it allows me to take a few hours and focus entirely on seeing something from beginning to completion.  i love the taste, smell, feel and touch of food...and seeing what it can do to a mood of a person...this is why we have called this little adventure, a bite of joy...

who is john galt?

John Galt is a metaphorical character who is an individual and ideal capitalist. He is a fictional character from Ann Rand's book. John Galt is America. Is John Galt dead? No, he's sleeping for he is sick to death of living in a temporary socialistic America where under the guise of goodness for all, we are being sucked into a vacuum of silence for if we speak out against wrong, in the name of "goodness for all" we are to be silenced. In 2012, we will speak again loudly. We will find our voices, and remember who tried to silence us.  We will remember who voted for healthcare and charge a penalty to those who could not afford it or didn't want it. Libertarians, Independents, and Republicans and more so, Conservative Capitalists will wake up, and John Galt will be heard loudly in the ballots.

pride

i have come to realize the root of all my insecurities stem from this lovely 5 letter word P-R-I-D-E. daily i work towards running in the opposite direction and had this epiphany – “i work” is like running on a treadmill – my energy is exerted yet i don’t actually run towards anything – i am stuck in one place.

i’ve learned the best way to hide from pride is grace. i know that word is tossed about at the flip of a hat, but truthfully, without grace, i can do nothing. i would be a prideful, exhausted person always running in place trying to get to the next destination. and just when you feel as though you have made some progress on your own, a situation drops into your life and you realize that you sure haven’t made as much progress as you would have hoped.

i am wrong (most of the time), i talk too much (i don’t always need to insert my opinion into every conversation), my life is not picture perfect (no matter how hard i strive at it), and i can’t do it on my own (illustrated by my shortcomings and failures).

so i come away with these things: listen more, talk less, ask for help, and trust in god. all in all, i’d say this isn’t a bad place to be…

husky fever

epic. historic. upset. unbelievable. phenomenal. victory. WOOF. these are all words used to describe a sporting event i was fortunate enough to attend over the weekend. yes i am speaking of the huge husky victory over the usc trojans on saturday. so goes the road to redemption…as some would say…”bark for sark!”