christmas in virginia begins!

i can't believe how quickly they bought a tree. they got it while i was at work and now we're decorating.





i ♥ my lola. [she saw the picture and called herself bald, which was hilarious and saddening at the same time.]

adventures in baking (and failed attempts)

thanksgiving was satisfying, to say the least. i had some good turkey and took a great nap afterwards and loafed around my aunt's house doing absolutely nothing (besides play a round of guitar hero).

i made bakerella's cake balls for my part in the thanksgiving feast with the fambam, and they turned out awesome. i'd tried to do it once with adam -- a half-assed attempt for the sake of doing it, of course -- and they turned out like this:


gross cake balls.

appealing, right? i know. we had fun with them though, turning them into hilarious shapes (one of them being an actual turd). visually? they make me want to vomit.
taste-wise? if you don't pay attention to the fact that they look like actual pieces of shit, they were just smushed cake and frosting. kind of bland, but i didn't really care.

so after this mess of a plan, i decided to wait a couple weeks for thanksgiving to roll around so i could actually do justice to these things. i bought coconut to mix in, chocolate chips (for the coating), and went to it. after a lot of mess and a lazy helper who kept eating the cake before it'd even been cooled, this awesomeness was born:

LOLZ DECENT CAKEBALL!

and they were cakey and delicious and soooo worth it.

story of my life

to meet with the geek, all you need is a heartbeat

i will never get tired of this song.

my life in a nutshell:
- visual literacy
- film & the human body
- sign language
- work and community
- working on the weekends. until december 6th, at least.

finals are approaching, i'm seemingly caring less and less each day --
upside? i'm home in less than a month.
downside? i'm home in less than a month.
then back, then off to the philippines, then jet lag and returning to the daily grind.

i just want to eaaaat foods and drink mexican hot chocolate and hang out with people i enjoy on a more consistent basis.
is that too much to ask?

(yes, apparently)

with god as my witness

if only my mornings were as glamourous as holly golightly's.
i've gotten into this horrible habit of being sleepier than usual, resulting in awkward naps and even groggier mornings.
that, and i feel less inclined to do the work that i sacrificed for the sake of sleep for the morning and don't get it finished until ten minutes before class.

i need a more uppity, optimistic version of myself that would be more willing to pull all-nighters --
oh wait, that was me last year!

kristine fails at school.

I'll get my life on track...
tomorrow.

large flowers.

I've never been more attracted to this ridiculous thing more. When you see this huge ass flower paired up with this dress, it's actually really gorgeous.

Fashion is so bizarre.