I Want A Moistmaker

Thanksgiving is over. The next excuse to eat and eat and eat and eat is in....3 days? Hanukkah!


Not too bad!/This is really bad.

 This Thanksgiving was pretty intense, food-wise that is. Although the actual Thanksgiving dinner is absolutely amazing, the leftovers are probably my favorite.
The Friendly's 4AM Black Friday Buffet wasn't worth it. Probably the most disgusting meal I've ever eaten. That whole excursion was miserable. I was too tired to think let alone actually be in an adequate state to purchase things?? Yeah right.

I so would have rather eaten a Moistmaker. The name sounds disgusting. A Moistmaker? Are you kidding???
But ever since Ross obsessed over his Moistmaker on Friends, I feel like the Moistmaker is such a cultural symbol.

So! If you already miss Thanksgiving and need a consolation, I found a recipe for a Moistmaker. Please don't use leftover turkey, though. It's almost the next Tuesday. That's disgusting.


The Moistmaker


Ingredients
-Gravy
-Turkey
-3 slices of bread
-Cranberry Sauce


Steps
1.Get 3 slices of bread.
2.Soak 1 slice of bread with gravy thoroughly.
3.Layer as much turkey or tofurkey on the other slices of bread as desired.
4.Stack the bread slices so it should be bread-turkey-gravy soaked bread-turkey-bread
5.Cut in half and enjoy with cranberry sauce!


Things you'll need
-Plate 
-Knife


Warnings
-Beware of bones

Thank you WikiHow for reminding me that I could very well eat a huge turkey bone, and that I have to have a plate. I never would have been able to succeed without you.

Love,
Natalie

Taking a Break

This week isn't good for either of us, so we're thinking Monday-Friday break.

Don't miss us too much. We'll be back next week, better than ever!

-Ameera


P.S.
During this time, see Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. You will not regret it.

Breaking Rules!!!!

Natalie again.
I'm breaking rules here!!
I accept whatever punishment/karma thrown at me,
but I saw this and had to post it right now.

This is a still from a bank robbery in NYC

This is Bernie Madoff

Recognize anyone???

Welcome back, Madoff.

I was starting to miss you.....no that's not right.

-Natalie

PS- I just realized: It's past midnight, it's my day.

I have a clear conscience! 

Home is Wherever I'm With You

Driving with my dad. Lost in the woods.
I turned on the radio, and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros came on. Home. This would have been totally normal. Home is a good song. I would have listened to it while semi-panicking about being lost in the woods.
But instead, I turned to my dad.
"This is that band you really like!"


My father likes Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros.
He's not a hippie. He's not a hipster. He doesn't try to act young- quite the opposite in fact. But he really likes Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. Granted, he's only heard Home and Janglin, as far as I know. For all I know, he could have a secret stash of all things Edward Sharpe at his office.

I fully understand why, though. It's the nostalgia their music brings back. I remember when my dad first heard Home, he said that it sounded like old country music. It does. The more I listen to it, the more I find that they draw on music from the past.

The casual-ness reminds me of the Rolling Stones (I'm pretty sure that members of both bands are on some kind of illegal substance), or the Beatles on the Black Album. It was casual; it was fun. The bands of their time seemed to want to make music to satisfy their passion. Go here (click here). Just look at what comes up. They are the hippies from my dad's generation. They totally could run with Ken Kesey & The Merry Pranksters (who were the ultimate tripping hippies).

I think that when my dad listens to Edward Sharp & The Magnetic Zeros, it gives him a pathway to relate to the culture of my generation. We listen to them, and so can he. I feel as though they have created a really strong bridge between my dad's stack of records in the living room to my iTunes library.

I like them. I feel as though if I had never heard them before, I couldn't guess who's generation they came from. They're taking music back to simplicity. Back to where it was a group of people in a room with guitars and cowbells and washboards, creating wonderful sounds.

I think I know what I'm getting my dad for Christmas.
They sell a Vinyl LP on their website.
-Natalie

Things On My Mind This Month

Harry Potter.

Harry Potter.

Harry Potter.

Harry Potter.

Omg omg omg, tonight!!!


-Ameera

Thanks to Loretta, here is some quality Harry Potter related material to read while we are watching the movie.

The Chipmunk and the PIMP

So once upon a time, there was a chipmunk and a rabbit who were in an awkward relationship. The chipmunk thought that the two were going steady, although the relationship was controversial as it was inter-species. The rabbit on the other hand, was a P I M P.
One nice sunny day, underneath a rainbow ("What does it mean!?"), the chipmunk saw the rabbit walking around with a cougar and a swan. The chipmunk got incredibly mad because the rabbit was with other females!
After being confronted by the chipmunk, the rabbit said,
 "I'm sorry, I'm just a Heartbreaker, Baby ! I can't change my pimping habits, We R Who We R and there's nothing I can do about it!"
The chipmunk thought she was putting in all the effort into the whole relationship. She was doing all the work. "All you ever do is Part and Bullshit in The USA, you could at least mix it up and go to Canada or Cuba or something!"
The pimp rabbit decided to stop pimping for the moment, and the two lovebirds (or chipmunk/rabbits, whatever) took a party bus from Silvia 2 Ibiza .
They Partied and Bullshitted for months and months to come.
Until the rabbit and chipmunk had a baby liger.

What a nice story. 

-Natalie

Dear Girl Talk,

I love you, man.

Even though you 'broke the internet' with your new CD All Day.

Seriously, so good.

It makes it even better that it was a surprise CD.

Thank you for making my day that much more fantastic.

-Ameera

P.S. If you don't have Feed the Animals by Girl Talk, get that too.


ALSO, Beatles on iTunes? About time!

Blow My Mind

I wrote about Kanye West before on this blog.
But just look at who's on this track.
It's All of the Lights- Kanye West ft. John Legend, The-Dream, Ryan Leslie, Tony Williams, Charlie Wilson, Elly Jackson, Alicia Keys, Fergie, Kid Cudi, Rihanna, and Elton John.
Whaaaaaaaat???
I will admit the list of people on this alludes to something absolutely mind blowing, which it doesn't live up to 100%. 75% maybe.  Still pretty good.
I wish I could have one of those cool music players right here! We'll work on that maybe?

Peace out, girl scout
-Natalie

Jackalhaxin'

Once again, I have chosen to be completely useless today.

I have absolutely nothing besides listen to Hellogoodbye and the Beatles, and watch Help!

And Hellogoobye's new CD is so good. 



So basically, I have had the best wasted day ever.

What else would I do on a Sunday? Psh.

-Ameera

I wish...

I wish I was a little bit taller,
I wish I was a baller,
I wish I had a girl who looked good;
I would call her.

I wish I had a rabbit,
and a hat,
and a bat,
and a '64 Impala.


LOL jk I'm not Skee-Lo.
-Natalie

This is a Post

This is a story.

This is a cat.

This is a Tyler.

This is an insult to your face.

Yep.

Sorry I almost forgot about you today. :'[

-Ameera

Mess Up

I took over Ameera's day and I wrote a huge thing
then I thought I should delete it.


I'm sorry!!
-Natalie

Drink More Water!

Oh man I almost forgot to write something.
Health tip for the day:
Stay Hydrated.
Especially if you have really low blood pressure.
Even if you think you're fully hydrated, you probably aren't.

And eat an apple a day of course, but you already knew that.
-Natalie

PS- Has anyone ever had the Peanut Butter Puffins cereal??
Soooooo so good.

Nap Time

I have a love/hate relationship with naps.

Expectation: I will take a few hour nap, then be able to get up and do work and things that need doing fully re-energized!

Reality: I fall asleep and wake up too late and too tired to do work and things that need doing.

Back to sleep.

-Ameera

P.S.
Enjoy this while I fall back into my coma-like state of sleep:

This is How I Dance When I'm in Paris

So I spent three weeks um..studying in Paris this summer.
When I wasn't spending my nuits dans ma maison studying, this is what I did.
This should be a solid example of how it went. If you want to dance in Paris, you gotta do it like so:




In case you were curious, this is how we dance in Paris.
CW: What can I say?
-Natalie

Hi Patrick. You know.

So I Herd U Got A New Pet Bro

Three random items of the day:

One.

Two.

Three. 

I refuse to explain any of these.
Enjoy!

-Ameera

Punch Card from the 1990s

My family, we'll go to lengths to eat good food. I remember driving upwards of an hour and a half to go to a Mexican restaurant in NC. Whenever we go into Manhattan, all we do is eat (Max Brenner's in Union Square is like the Village's answer to Willy Wonka). We stop at Shoprite to stock up on whatever things we can't buy at our Shaws here (Cuban espresso, mojo, matzo, pizzelles, tricolores, bialys, etc.). My mom was a food writer. My dad eats a lot/is Italian. I've always eaten well.
We're getting Dim Sum tomorow. I'm absolutely positively pumped to say the least. We're going to China Pearl, of course. Been going there since as far back as I can remember. We would drive into Boston late late late Friday night, walk through the musty lobby of the Comm. Ave appartment, then get Dim Sum the next day. I remember going to dinner parties at various restaurants in Boston with a group of foodies, being bored out of my mind. I was 5 or 6 maybe? But there was always Dim Sum so I was okay.
There was also the Dim Sum place in Nashua. We used to go there with a group of people: Marilyn, Ben, and some others. I don't remember them much, but I know they were good friends of my parent's. Ben had a baby grand. I remember that. The congee soup was my favorite. It's so hard to find, though.
We stopped going to the Dim Sum place in Nashua soon thereafter. It closed. I hadn't had congee for 10 years maybe. We were living in NC, and my dad heard about this Asian market about an hour from our house that was supposed to be amazing. We made the trip, and it was wonderful. We bought bags of bao buns, jasmine tea, tofu, and fresh fish. We ate fresh steamed redbean bao buns and congee soup in the cafe.

I'm going to China Pearl tomorrow morning.
Good thing we still have our punch card from the 90s. Three more punches and we get $5 dollars off. I think the last time we used it was when America had a budget surplus.
Even when we moved to NC, my dad kept the punch card in his wallet. You don't throw things like that away.

-Natalie

UPDATE: My dad totes forgot to use the punch card when we were paying. Are you kidding me?

Party in the Ambulance

In case you've ever wondered, airbags to the face are not to pleasant.

Flashback to last night:

I had just left my art class, which puts me at about 6:10. It was raining, so I was making sure to drive safely. All of a sudden, my car slid off to the right. I was driving with the two right wheels off of the road, and when I readjusted the car, the back wheel caught, spinning me across the road, into the other lane, and then off of the road into a tree.

I am so lucky to only be bruised and a bit battered. My mom's car?
The front right side has the shape of a tree in it. Plus, hitting a tree and bouncing twenty feet off of it can't be good for it.

-Ameera

UPDATE:
Here are pictures of the car. :3

Good Night and Good Luck

Today has been quite long. It's raining. Weezy got out of jail today. I'm going to bed.
So enjoy some Toni Frissell before I collapse. She's one of my favorite photographers.

Bonne nuit, mes amis

-Natalie

Dearest Sleep

Since our divorce, I have not been able to stop thinking about you. I have missed you very much these last few weeks, and I am unable to pay attention to anything anymore. I am tired all of the time.

I was hoping you would reconsider your decision, as I think we can work it out. I know I neglect you sometimes, but I will try my hardest to make time for you if you'll come back.
I will never cheat on you with coffee again, I promise.

I will keep waiting for you.

love,

Ameera.

A Letter to The Wide Wide World

Dear World,

Please make shots not hurt so much. Or come in scary-looking syringes with huge needles. I pretty much have a panic attack everytime I have to get shots. This is why my dad tells me like it's no big deal. "Hi, how was your day, the weather's nice, did you hear about so-and-so, you're getting a bajillion shots, we have to call your grandmother,do you have a lot of homework..."
Really world? This is terrible. Please don't ruin my day anymore with your sneak-attack shots.

Yours Truly,

Natalie

Youtube For Dinner

I like youtube.

I joined youtube on January 9th, 2007. I'm subscribed to over 300 channels, and sometime, probably around 2 years ago and before they removed the view count, I had watched over 10,000 videos.
I don't make videos, but I sure as heeeell watch 'em.
Of course, I've seen the top hitters: sxephil, iJustine, vlogbrothers, davedays, ShaneDawsonTV, nigahiga, fred, smosh, etc. And they're good. At least, the one's without hyperactive 'six' year olds.
However, in my search over the internets, I have found youtubers who's videos are great, and who don't get as much recognition as the big guys.

So what I have done for you lovely people, is compiled a list of the top ten users I would suggest to you. And in no particular order:

Chris (crabstickz) is currently one of my favorites, due to his daily videos on his side channel, crabstickz2.
TheRHExperience have the best improv games.
Tyler (domomachine) is not only funny, he is one of my favorite human beings.
PJ (KickThePJ) has a good variety of videos, and they are all quality.
Megan (IllegalBallMover) is funny, has good videos, and is just generally awesome.
FLuffee (FLuffeeTalks) is hilarious.

Music:
Wit (RockinBlueWit), who is hilarious and writes great songs, Kelsey (HeyKelsey), who has such a pretty voice, and Scampi (chipswow), who is adorable.
Shayne (elshaynez) has some of the best covers on youtube, with the added bonus of his fantastic originals!
Greg Holden (gdholden) is one of my favorites, his songs are lovely. (Favorite.)

There are so many great channels, this has been hard to make. Pretty sure that's 11, not 10.
Shh.
These are just some current favorites and people who happened to pop up in my subscription box. I hope you enjoy some of these, and if you have any great channels to share, let me know!

-Ameera

P.S. The hell? Demi Lovato in rehab?

P.P.S. Sorry for all the linkage today.