Thinking of Something

Oh wait... it's an orange. I think orange has recently become my new favorite color. I painted my bedroom orange, actually (no, it really does look good, no matter what horrid image you've just pictured) and when I move I'm REALLY going to miss it. It just feels warm. Energetic, outgoing, and tasty! Gotta love an orange. Besides, the OJ Mom gave me this morning was scrumptious. ...truly... *snort*

How To: drop frosting strings

I can't wait to try these! I'm sure it's harder than she makes it look, but I can always practice until I get it. She does poppies at the end too, using this paintbrush thingy. I want to try!

Extra points for anyone who can name what soundtrack the music came from-- I got it instantly-- here's a BIG hint: "I do believe in fairies. I do! I do!"

THIS is why I read books

Audubon's Predecessor + a Nephi Application

It seems people have always been fascinated by birds. For those of you who wish to peek into my aha! moment concerning Book of Mormon history, read on below.

 

This is an Egyptian papyrus document written in coptic script. For those of you wondering what happened to the hieroglyphics, I'll tell you this: they weren't Egypt's only forms of communication. Everything written that was NOT part of public show was done in either Hieratic or Coptic script because they are compacted adjustments from the traditional pictograms of the hieroglyphs-- faster and easier to write, and requiring less space. 

Egyptian was the international language of its day; all foreign correspondence between kings was written in coptic. Educated merchants and scribes across the Middle East used it for international trade. "Laundry lists" and receipts have been found by archaeologists recently attesting to this fact. 

I wore a gleeful grin on my face one day in November when I put two and two together.  Reformed Egyptian? ahem. 

Not only does this writing style take up a smaller amount of space than anything else of its time (way less than Hebrew--trust me!), it also allows for foreign words to be included. And because it was used internationally, in 600 BC it would have been the way to communicate to the largest worldwide audience. If I were Nephi it would TOTALLY make sense to write my record in script. So whether or not Coptic is the "reformed egyptian" we know of, it may very well be close. 

Latest from "Smitten Kitchen" Blog

Chocolate Tart with a...

GINGERSNAP CRUST? 

I can't wait to try something with a gingersnap crust. Any suggestions as to what might taste good with it? Apple pie, perhaps? 

Tonight

After a footwork dance concert with a bunch of people, I had a lovely Saturday evening with a wonderful person; oddly, the same person that I spent last Saturday with. A person I'm always glad to bump into. Anyway. After we drove another girl home to Draper we drove back to Provo and then got hot chocolate at 7 Eleven. It was tasty. 

Behold! The Fanny Pack!

AH! The JCenter fanny pack. How kind it is to stow everything you'll need in it's pick-pocket-protected-pockets, whilst maintaining quick-shekel-accessibility. Not just another fanny pack... THIS is a fashion statement. See? Even all the cool girls wear them.

1st "restrict your remarks to the weather"

Meterologists designate these as "Mammatus clouds." They indicate turbulence in the atmosphere.


Photo taken in Iraq, 2006.

Christmas Around the World

1 RB ! This was my Folk Dance team for Christmas Around the World, BYU's Folk Dance concert for fall semester. We danced to a country song called "Hey, I'm a Country Man" and it was actually pretty good. We represented America (so did PAC when they clogged) but there were also dances for these countries:

CHINA WALES ARMENIA HUNGARY INDIA UKRAINE SCOTLAND MEXICO TURKEY POLAND CANADA IRELAND ISRAEL

Light Pollution

Perhaps this will illuminate your mind (pun intended) as to why Australia, Russia, Alaska, and the Western US are all favorite sites for Astronomical Observation.


Here is NYC, holding the record of worst light pollution in the world, at night. At NIGHT! This is a time-capture photo specifically designed to reveal what is known as sky-glow.

This Adonis of the sky, my darling ORION is shown here at left from dark skies and at right from within the Provo/Orem, UT area. Note the nebula in the sword below his belt, and the yellow shoulder-star is Betelgeuse (beetle-juice) a Red-Giant star.

Two Things

I draw your attention to the bottom right of the artwork and ask you to consider two things.
One, what is that glass thing doing on the floor? Stupid scenery! Nothing that fragile would be on the FLOOR. What is it anyway?
Two, as evidence by this authentic painting, gentlemen of the upper-crust had graceful turn-out. Just look at his foot. See? Proof.
*chuckles*

"Jane Eyre, Sir"

Remember how I said I'd post trailers for all the BBC shows I'm nuts about? In keeping with my promise, here's Jane Eyre. MAN do I love Toby Stephens. I all but stop breathing every time he says "don't go, Jane," or "Devil you will!" or even "thank God nothing worse happened." Ohhhhhh wow this show is great.

BBC-One Trailer for Jane Eyre, episode 1

And a 4min scene to splurge on, if you find an interest... just click twice and a new window will open (for some reason I can't embed it directly).

Oxford Dictionary Term 3

consuetudinary:

adjective [kon-swi-tood-n-ehr-ee]

customary or traditional : the consuetudinary phrase, "see you later."

I read this word in a book today and thought I'd skipped a line. Used my trusty Oxford American Dictionary and *poof* it's actually a word. Surprise! Guess that's what Melissa would call the "college word of the day."

NO KIDDING

They've made a "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" unitard costume.

Galilean Groceries

I love shopping for groceries! Especially with my mother. I love grocery stores so much I even went to one in Galilee (shown here), when I could have been doing other things. Yesterday though I went to five different grocery stores... two of them twice. I think I hit my limit of how many groceries I could stand. : P

That easy, huh? Sheesh.

After that commercial post I realized you might not recognize the khaki wearing wonder-- it's Patrick Wilson! YAY! Need help identifying him? He's Raoul de Changy in Phantom.  You remember--dashing man with the perfect hair and the tenor of a demi-god? Yeah. Him. This is his audition for that movie. Wow. Can he sing? Just maybe...