smart! by K.Rae

Last week my boyfriend S and I had our seven year anniversary. In honor of this momentous occasion, I made him a mix cd. Here is the playlist:

1. Nouvelle Vague – Dance With Me
2. Lykke Li – Little Bit (video below)
3. Belle & Sebastian – Asleep On A Sunbeam
4. Ingrid Michaelson – You And I
5. Rivers Cuomo – I Was Made for You
6. Feist – Mushaboom
7. Hellogoodbye – When We First Met (thanks K. Rae!)
8. Regina Spektor – Us
9. The Wannadies – You And Me Song
10. She & Him – I Was Made for You
11. The White Stripes – Hotel Yorba
12. Wilco – I Got You (At The End of the Century)
13. Neutral Milk Hotel – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

“Little Bit” is one of the songs I love the most on this cd. If you like this song, I suggest you check out her album Youth Novels, which I found at my local library.

I love making mix cds. I made S a few in the early days of our relationship, but it fell off after our music libraries were pretty much the same. He made me one for my birthday, so I decided to return the favor. It’s a nice way to revisit songs which are old favorites and introduce someone to something new at the same time.

What was the best mix cd/tape/playlist you’ve ever gotten? The best one you’ve ever made?

My BF and I finally got Netflix and an Xbox 360! We are never leaving our house again.

Remember how exciting and kind of scary it was to play with the Ouija board growing up? Well now it comes in pink! Instead of being otherworldly, it is now an updated version of Girl Talk.

We lost Howard Zinn and J.D. Salinger

If you stay at a Holiday Inn in the UK you can pay someone to warm up your bed; even though the person wears a body suit and a hair net, this still creeps me out.

And oh yeah, President Obama’s State of the Union address > Apple’s iPad… um, duh?

Have a good weekend, everyone!

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Lately, I have not been feeling much job satisfaction.

Cream cheese flan with berry compote.

I went to school for Pastry Arts and in my last classes I was making desserts from scratch and artfully presenting them in the school’s restaurant. Now I ice cakes, cupcakes, and brownies. I don’t bake the cakes or make the icing. It’s the same job every day and frankly, not what I want to do for the rest of my life. I’ve been feeling very disillusioned about my job in the decorating department…

Across the room the pastry department was working. I envied them. Making raspberry mousse from scratch. Cutting fruit and assembling fruit tarts. Dipping petit fours. Every day was different.

I had already switched to decorating from another department, so I wanted to try it out for a bit before I asked to switch again. I didn’t want to look indecisive. Eight months later I was more convinced that icing wasn’t for me.

This week I finally got my chance to ask about transferring departments. The newest girl in Pastry quit on Monday. When I found out she was gone, I asked my boss on Tuesday if I could transfer. Today he gave me the good news that — after hiring someone to take my place — I could move departments.

Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully my new job will restore my faith in the confectionary arts. And I’ll be glad not to rely on such shitty co-workers as T & S. S has been gone for almost two weeks because of a mysterious back ailment. However, her absence coincided with a football playoff game which she was hoping to attend… and T schemes all day to do the least amount of work possible.

Anyway, I’ll leave you with a picture of almond biscotti I made at school

Yum!

Wish me luck!

Nice boy Nick meets girl
They have adventurous dreams
Aided by François

This movie is hilarious. You MUST watch it! Yes, Michael Cera just plays himself, but he’s so cute as a bumbling awkward adolescent virgin.

Want to help survivors of the earthquake in Haiti? Text the word “Haiti” to the number 90999 to donate $10. mGive and the Red Cross have raised over $4 million via text messages. In contrast, in 2005 the Red Cross only raised $400,000 from texts for Hurricane Katrina.

Google has stopped filtering its search results in China!

There is now a punctuation mark for sarcasm. And it costs only $1.99. Oh joy…

If you are like me and you like to be prepared for anything, stay away from Washington, DC! Carrying three or more condoms with you would allow police to arrest you for being a prostitute.

M.I.A.’s new album comes out this summer. It features a song inspired by a three hour tech support nightmare — and Filipino customer service representatives sing the hook!

Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock back one minute. Yay, now we’re only six minutes to total annihilation.

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