Conan

I have a confession. I really like Conan O'Brien. He's funny. And his hair can stand alone.

The Future is Looking Awesome

This video is called "A Day Made of Glass." It is seriously amazing. I feel like I am really getting to live like the Jetsons. Thank you Corning.

I Knew He Looked Familiar

Thank you, National Geographic.

Here I Go Again

I am doing it again. I am changing my major. I just don't want to teach high school anymore. It's not fair to treat teenagers like stepping stones. So the plan is now to graduate with (hopefully) a BFA in Studio Art.

I figured it out. If I went through with my Art Ed degree, I would only graduate with a BA when I am 25 almost 26, then teach for a few years, and go to grad school (which is what I really want to do and has never not been part of my plan) and start teaching at a university when I am 31 or 32. BUT if I graduate with a shining BFA, I can go straight to grad school (where I do not know just yet, but I'm looking), and start teaching when I am 26 or 27!

All in all, I think it's a good plan. Don't you?

Pita Pita Pita

I made pita bread for the first time tonight! I wish I had taken pictures, but, I didn't. Sorry. Let me just say that they were completely warm and delicious. I adapted the Peppy's Pita Bread recipe from allrecipes.com. Can you be in love with a website? Maybe.

Anyway, here is the recipe:

Original Recipe Yield 8 pitas

Ingredients

· 1 1/8 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)

· 3 cups all-purpose flour

· 1 teaspoon salt

· 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

· 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar

· 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast

Directions

1. Place all ingredients in bread pan of your bread machine, select Dough setting and start. When dough has risen long enough, machine will beep. ( I did it by hand, call me old fashioned. It was not hard. If you don't have a bread maker, let the dough double in size. I didn't use my dough right away, it freezes very nicely!)

2. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Gently roll and stretch dough into a 12 inch rope. With a sharp knife, divide dough into 8 pieces. (I used my fingers to pinch the pieces apart.) Roll each into a smooth ball. (Mine, well, they weren't completely smooth.) With a rolling pin (I used a lumpy cup.), roll each ball into a 6 to 7 inch circle. Set aside on a lightly floured countertop. cover with a towel. Let pitas rise about 30 minutes until slightly puffy. (I actually did this...)

3. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Place 2 or 3 pitas on a wire cake rack. (I put all of the pitas on the wrong side of cookie sheets and cooked them all at once for 5 minutes) Place cake rack directly on oven rack. Bake pitas 4 to 5 minutes until puffed and tops begin to brown. Remove from oven and immediately place pitas in a sealed brown paper bag or cover them with a damp kitchen towel until soft. Once pitas a softened, either cut in half or split top edge for half or whole pitas. They can be stored in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for several days or in the freezer for 1 or 2 months. (I served the pitas right away with some chili, they were sooooo good! If you eat them right away, they are already soft!)

Zoom Zoom

In addition to being back in school, being friendlier than normal (at least trying to be), waking up on time and being all around great, I am buying a car.

Unfortunately, I do not know how to drive a stick shift. There goes half of my options. My future sister-in-law told me about a great guy that sells cars, he sold her his car. I googled him. He sounds pretty swell. I am calling him tomorrow. But if that doesn't work out, I can always have this car. It doesn't tote much, but for something this cute, why not make two trips?

The Idiot

I found a book to "read" (more like listen to when I'm not supposed to be doing other things...)

It's called The Idiot by John Kendrick Bangs.

This is a quote from the description: "His brand of creative thought is dismissed as foolishness yet it continues to get under their skin, because when you're beneath contempt you can say what you please."

Sounds like a fun read, I mean, listen.