You Just Don't Love Me And I Just Don't Care

There are days where I wouldn't trade my life or my recovery for anything in the world. Taking late night walks by ourselves, the thrill of being alone and the chance we might get caught, giggling hysterically and dancing and singing. I love how we complain about not being able to see the stars but how we lie on the ground anyway staring up at the cloudy night sky. Going to the park and running through the sprinklers with people we've never met until that night and playing on the jungle gym just like we did years ago. We stay up late and wake up early. We watch mediocre horror movies and eat pita chips and we laugh until our stomachs hurt. Drinking till everything funny and till our bodies feel funny and we roll and stumble and giggle. This is my life. This is summer.

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We're Going To Reck Havoc On This Town

This is for you Kalaija.

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Lady Sings The Blues So Well

For father's day, I decided to make my step-dad a cake using the cake pans I recently recieved, more info here. I decided to go with a chocolate cake. The batter was oddly too thick but I figured oh well and put it in the oven anyway ..

Yeah. They turned into giant circular brownies. So I just shoved it in some tupperware and gave it to my friend haha.

 A few hours after my cake failure, I decided to try again. This time I went with a simple yellow cake. (Sorry I didn't feel like editing the pictures)

It was a success! Except for the fact I burned two of the layers cause I forgot they were in the oven but you can't tell with the frosting. I would say it was a success.

Yay, pretty, good quality pictures!

I Want To Take You Far

Alla Kostromicheva in ‘The Girl from Atlantis‘ photographed by Sølve Sundsbø

Styled by George Cortina for Vogue Nippon May 2010

Pictures found here.

Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Recently, I recieved some bakeware products from CSN stores in order to conduct a review! I chose a Silicone Solutions 5 Piece Black Bakeware Set. I figured, why not review them all? I'm starting first with the muffin pan! Let me just start off my saying I love that it's silicone; the paper liners fit nice and snug and it's the easiest thing to wash. Anyway, I decided to make chocolate chip cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting.

Martha Stewart Chocolate Chip Frosting

Makes 30

3 1/4 cups sifted cake flour (not self-rising)

1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder

1/4 teaspoon salt

7 ounces (1 3/4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened

1 3/4 cups sugar

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk

1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

5 large egg whites, room temperature

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

1. Make cupcakes as directed in Basic Cupcake How-To, omitting eggs and using milk and vanilla for wet ingredients. Beat egg whites to stiff peaks, and fold into batter. Fold in chocolate chips. Bake cupcakes about 22 minutes. Frost with buttercream, and serve immediately.

Wilton Chocolate Buttercream

Makes 3 cups

1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened

3/4 cup cocoa or three 1 oz. unsweetened chocolate squares, melted

1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract

4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar (approximately 1 lb.)

3-4 tablespoons milk

Stiff Consistency: In large bowl, cream shortening and butter with electric mixer. Add cocoa and vanilla. Gradually add sugar, one cup at a time, beating well on medium speed. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl often. When all sugar has been mixed in, icing will appear dry. Add milk and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Keep bowl covered with a damp cloth until ready to use. For best results, keep icing bowl in refrigerator when not in use. Refrigerated in an airtight container, this icing can be stored 2 weeks. Rewhip before using.

Overall, it was a great success and I would recommend the product to anyone, baker or not!

My Boy Builds Coffins For The Rich And The Poor

Tomorrow I'm having a party with some friends from treatment and so is my brother with some of his friends at my uncle's house on the beach so I made cupcakes! I'm not so much making them for myself and my friends as I am for my brother and his friends .. 5 adolescent growing boys. I made chocolate and vanilla with buttercream frosting.

There was like a total of 80 o.0

With The Last Breath Of My Soul I'll Be Blessing You

I wish my room was big enough for twin beds. I'd love to just lounge and sleep on one all day long; that's all I've felt like doing lately anway.

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Why bother bothering when it's not going to change?

I Need Somewhere To Begin

On my original blog, I used to post so many editorials. I figured, why not start again? They're so inspiring; gah I've missed you fashion.

Sasha Pivovarova & Guinevere Van Seenus in “A White Story”

Photographed by Paolo Roversi

Styled by Jacob K. for Vogue Italia April 2010.

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