Julia Childs ... except with Asian food

Hello all,

It's 2:00 in the morning and guess who's still wide awake? This girl! Nothing extraordinary happened today. I woke up and have been running various errands and doing work around the house nearly non-stop. Ever since I started working out semi-regularly I have more energy and take less naps. I'm going on almost a week - must be a record. How sad.

I prepared and rolled a ton of Lumpia (filipino eggroll) today while watching "Now and Then". It's been a good ten years since I'd last seen that movie. Still cute. Currently playing is "Julie and Julia" ... I would cook through someone's cookbook if I wasn't so picky. I'll never be able to find a cookbook where I just so happen to like all of the recipes. I love asian food though so maybe an asian cookbook if anything. Didn't have an actual dinner, just the Lumpia. Then decided at midnight to make Creamy Berry Muffins (recipe below). They were quick, easy, and yummy. Not a huge fan of the cream cheese although I did still eat it.

I've got to get up earlier than usual so that's all for now. Enjoy the song and recipe.

Blog out,
Jazmine

Song of the day:

 "Send the Pain Below" by Chevelle







Creamy Berry Muffins
1 (7oz) package berry muffin mix
1 (3.5oz) package dried blueberries
1/4 cup regular or fruit-flavored cream cheese

Prepare batter and muffin pans according to package directions for berry muffin mix, stirring package dried blueberries into batter. Spoon batter into prepared muffin pans, filling two-thirds full. Drop 2 tsp. cream cheese onto center of batter in each muffin cup. Bake and cool muffins according to package directions.
* Compliments of Southern Living 2008 Annual Recipes

Another Ordinary Day...

So my Krispy Kreme doughnuts that I was anxiously awaiting in my last post didn't happen :-( By the time I was finally able to fall asleep it was around 5:30 a.m. and when my alarm went off I couldn't convince myself to move. Looks like I will be making the hour long drive to get some on my own sometime within the next week weeks. Talk about a true foodie.

Nothing out of the ordinary occurred today. Slept in, ran a few errands, came home and was tempted to sleep again but decided against it and worked out instead. The new elliptical we have sure is a butt-kicker! The ones at the gym are much easier. The movie of today was an independent film from 2009 called "Wake" ... not too bad, but not something I would buy. With Netflix though, I rarely buy movies unless it's something I have to add to my collection. Different storyline though... girl regularly attends strangers' funerals and meets and falls in love with the fiance of one of the dearly departed.

I enrolled in another upcoming LSAT prep course. I'm preparing to buckle down and handle business properly. I'm going to have to start scheduling times to study because I'm so anal about my calendar that if something is in there I feel obligated to do it. I also need to continue on with my job search. I spent several weeks looking at Craigslist just to find out afterwards that a majority of jobs listed are SCAMS. Wonderful. Who can you trust now days?

Well, bills need to be taken care of and checking accounts balanced so that's all for now.

Download of the day: 

 "Say it Right" - Nelly Furtado






Blog Out,
Jazmine

Blogging attempt number one...

It's been nearly ten years since I've been a part of the blogging community (shout out to Xanga if you're still around). I looked back at those old posts a few years ago and read, reminisced, and hit DELETE before anyone else could glance back at what was of the utmost importance to my 14 year old self.

It's nearly 4:00 a.m. and as per my usual, I can't sleep. Tossed and turned before finally giving up and deciding creating a blog sounded ideal. At approximately 7:30 I will be on my way to purchase Krispy Kreme doughnuts from a fundraiser. Never craved them when they were located down the street from me in Kansas but now that the nearest one is an hour away here in California their sugary, glazed goodness will be the highlight of my morning.

Up until the last week, I'd nearly forgotten what rain looked like. But it's been wet and rainy here for the last week so I took advantage of the lazy weather to the fullest. I may have gotten off of my couch all of 8 times. You'll soon learn I have an addiction to Netflix. It's the best $9/month investment I've ever made. Watched the following:

•  A few episodes of "Dexter" - LOVE this show. I love anything with dark, witty humor. This is my current guilty pleasure.
• "Legion" - I'd heard good and bad about this movie. I'm siding with the good. Liked it, didn't LOVE it, but it definitely had a different take on "angels" ... if those were angels, what on Earth did the "demons" look like? 
• "The Bodyguard" - I was all of about 7 years old the last time I saw that movie. Pre-cracked out Whitney was on fire. 
• "Anastasia" - Just realized today that this is NOT, in fact, a Disney movie. Still Disney quality though. Note to self: Research the real Anastasia. 

That's all for tonight/this morning.

Blog out,
Jazmine