EARTHQUAKE WEATHER: Archive

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Jul 31st

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Jul 30th

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Aiko's yummy blueberry pie

Aiko shared her blueberry pie recipe, too! Well truthfully, I think the pie crust is the better part of the recipe than the filling. I would probably try to find a different recipe if I ever make blueberry pie in the future, but using the same crust. (She’s lying. The filling was fantastic. And like I said, I don’t even like blueberries.) Pie Crust: Roll out the dough 1/8”...

Jul 29th

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Tiffy's Amazing Amazingness; Or, The Best...

Tiffy generously shared her recipe for chocolate espresso cookies: 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour 1/4 tsp. baking soda 1/8 tsp. salt 4 Tbsp. (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted 2/3 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup brown sugar 7 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder 1/3 cup plain yogurt 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1/2 cup choc chips, nuts, dried cherries, whatevs mix butter with sugars and cocoa powder....

Jul 29th

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On Ethan Frome

I just finished Ethan Frome for book club and went to my GoodReads to mark it as read (c’mon— half the fun of reading nowadays is in putting it on GoodReads! Amirite?) and happened upon this review of the book: “This book is a good one to read if you live with someone who has also read it. This way, any time there is a lull in the conversation you can talk about how depressing it is.” I’m not...

Jul 29th

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Jul 28th

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Jul 27th

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Jul 26th

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Dinner conversation

My grandpa motions toward the sweet and sour pork on the table and tells us what it is, in Cantonese. Dad (translating): ’Ancient pork.’ Because they use up leftovers and refry it. Mom: What? I always thought it meant some ancient RECIPE.

Jul 25th

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Jul 24th

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“It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the...”

– writes Paul Graham, whose essay The Top Idea in Your Mind argues that thinking in the shower isn’t just fucking around. In fact, it’s the key to doing your most creative work. What I think resonated so strongly about Steve Jobs’ quote on creativity, which made huge waves on the internet a few weeks...

Jul 23rd

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Jul 22nd

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Jul 21st

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Jul 21st

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Jul 20th

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Jul 14th

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Jul 13th

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Jul 12th

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Jul 10th

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Jul 10th

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Faux pas

Context: Roadtripping to LA with Amanda, Laura, and Sonia. For the majority of central California, we are talking about names we like/dislike. A lot of Jessicas, Angelas, Felicias, etc are coming up. Me: Yeah, I just don’t like names ending in A. Amanda: Uh, Amanda? Laura: LAURA? Sonia: SONIA?!? … Everyone: OUT OF THE CAR NOW Strike 1.

Jul 10th

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