coffee and ink

Happy birthday, cofax7!

wrdnrd/wrdnrd is looking for good blogs about class.

Dear anonymice,

Thank you so much for the snowflake cookies! I think I discovered them somewhere between the forty-third and forty-forth consecutive reinstall of Ubuntu, and they vastly improved my outlook on Linux, netbooks, and life.

Love,

--m.

Yesterday, in a bookstore, I picked up Yuki Yoshihara's Butterflies and Flowers, the new Shojo Beat series Viz has been pushing as a "gateway to josei" for shojo readers. It opens with the protagonist in a job interview, being questioned by the man who will clearly become the love interest.

"Are you a virgin?" he asks her.

She stammers and blushes and thinks, "That's not the kind of question you expect in a job interview," and she answers and I think the interview may proceed on its intrusive way from there, but I don't know for sure, because I closed the book and put it back on the shelf and walked away.

TIP 1: Sexual harassment is not an optimal route to romance.

TIP 2: Sexual harassment as a precursor to romance is not an enticing subject for light reading.

( I need an Olivia icon )

( You can read these spoilers because you'll forget them in twenty minutes )

Happy birthday, truepenny and ellen_fremedon!

This post is dedicated to shewhohashope.

( Equally co-dependent brothers, fewer dead women )

( Spoilers observe )

( So I read spoilers and drank two glasses of wine before watching the episode )

Yesterday there were purple cauliflower and purple broccoli at the farmers' market. (The broccoli is darker. The cauliflower is really lavender.) I still have orange cauliflower from last week, though, so I only bought bread and apples.

( Spoilers can't find their remote control )

These are two of the easiest recipes I know which still involve enough chopping and application of heat to qualify as recipes.

( Roasted Garlic Soup )


( Sort-of Hashbrowns )

• Red leaf lettuce
  
• Yellow cherry tomatoes
  
• Purple potatoes
  (I love these. They look like they've been stained with ink. I cook them with orange and yellow vegetables and feel festive.)
  
• Orange, white, and Japanese sweet potatoes
  
• A branch of brussel sprouts
  
• Peasant bread, brownies, and cider donuts
  
• Orange and white cauliflower
  
• Parsley, rosemary, and thyme (no sage)
  
• Kabocha and delicata
  
• Honey and pumpkin butter
  
• Leeks
  
• Carrots and parsnips
  
• Garlic
  

Then I staggered into Barnes & Noble, straight past the signs that say "NO OUTSIDE FOOD IN STORE" and up to the cafe where I deposited my bags, bought some coffee, and did some actual work before taking advantage of the free wireless.

Happy birthday, rachelmanija!