Let's see if maybe with this kind of motivation, the Aggies can finally MAN UP and WIN at least one stupid game, sheah?
.... man!
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I mean... for chizna???
I mean, I am not a fan. Really. I could care less about this football team. Aggies and Lobos are the same to me as Transilvania. However, it did came to my attention that maybe when your supporting fans are placing flyers like this one all over a campus... well... then things might be a little bit sucky for you....
Let's see if maybe with this kind of motivation, the Aggies can finally MAN UP and WIN at least one stupid game, sheah?
.... man!
Let's see if maybe with this kind of motivation, the Aggies can finally MAN UP and WIN at least one stupid game, sheah?
.... man!
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After all this time, this is finaly done!! My page has been re-arranged, facelift and all. The background is in the spirit of the season --- and the banner! I think that was the hardest thing to do, as I needed some inspiration to do it... and I have to thank the "This is Halloween" song from The Nightmare Before Christmas movie.
So today was a very exciting day... well, actually the week has been nothing but a thrill ride. We start off on Monday, or as it will go down in Panda history as the day when my students decided that they could skip on their final presentation without me getting back at them. I had no classes all day because most students decided to go to this conference without warning me and then when I did have a class it was mainly presentations. I don't even know why I bother on telling them that they can choose any subject they want, they always hover back to the environment, animals, nature, or technology. But today, oh, today one of the girls decided that her topic was going to be talking about serial killer John Wayne Gacey, AKA Pogo the clown... It was kind of spooky, not to mention out of the ordinary and twisted! So, one for creativity. Then, another student presented a very good presentation about movies. It was good because he didn't read the entire thing and he spoke about the movie genres... o though I am in a moral debate because I don't know whether to comend him for this presentation or to kick his ass because neither Grease was mention in Musical, nor Star Wars in SciFi...
But Halloween is almost here!! I love this time of year! Particularly because of the food and the traditions that come with it. So, I will dedicate some part of this blog to post some stuff about Halloween... mostly recipes... and stories!!
From Reader's Digest, here is a wonderful recepie for Halloween Cookies! (gonna try to bake them this year!)
(http://www.rd.com/home-garden/halloween-recipes-cookies/article13777.html)
Cookies are a favorite for any occasion. Make these for trick-or-treaters, take them to a school or church bazaar or fill a tin for a neighbor. Add names to the ghosts to use at place settings. You can even use these cookie cutters to make special lunchbox sandwiches -- just cut shapes from bread and add peanut butter.
You Will Need
Halloween cookie cutters: BOO, EEK and ghost shapes (available from www.wilton.com)
Tube of black icing gel, to outline BOO and EEK cookies and add features to ghosts
Orange and black paste food colors to color dough
Royal Icing for ghost cookies (see recipe, Step 11)
Pastry brush
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
Egg yolk for solid orange cookies
What to Do
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. In large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Beat in egg and vanilla.
3. Add baking powder and then flour one cup at a time, mixing after each addition. The dough will be very stiff. Blend last flour in by hand. (If necessary add a little water to dough if crumbly.) Do not chill dough.
4. Divide dough into three balls. Set one aside and leave uncolored. Knead or mix orange food color in the second ball and black food color into the third. Cover each ball with plastic wrap and keep covered when not working with it.
5. For all cookies, roll dough slightly thinner than the cutter.
6. To make uncolored cookies, roll dough and cut various shapes.
7. To make striped cookies, roll sections of colored and uncolored dough together, side by side, and then cut out cookies. (They will look like the orange, black and white BOO and EEK cookies in photo, above.)
8. For the orange BOO and EEK cookies, use uncolored dough. After cutting out shapes, mix orange food color with egg yolk and "paint" cookies with pastry brush before baking.
9. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes, then remove and cool completely on a rack.
Recipe makes 3-4 dozen cookies.
Icing the Cookies
10. To decorate BOO and EEK cookies, outline baked cookies with black icing gel as shown in photo.
11. For ghost cookies, leave uncolored and add features with black icing gel or color white with Royal Icing made as follows:
3 egg whites, 1 pound confectioners' sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar. Beat all ingredients at high speed for 7 to 10 minutes or until icing forms stiff peaks. To thin, add 3 to 4 tablespoons water, a small amount at a time until icing is the consistency of heavy cream.
"Paint" icing on ghost shapes with a pastry brush.
Recipe will ice 2 dozen cookies.
Done!!!
So today was a very exciting day... well, actually the week has been nothing but a thrill ride. We start off on Monday, or as it will go down in Panda history as the day when my students decided that they could skip on their final presentation without me getting back at them. I had no classes all day because most students decided to go to this conference without warning me and then when I did have a class it was mainly presentations. I don't even know why I bother on telling them that they can choose any subject they want, they always hover back to the environment, animals, nature, or technology. But today, oh, today one of the girls decided that her topic was going to be talking about serial killer John Wayne Gacey, AKA Pogo the clown... It was kind of spooky, not to mention out of the ordinary and twisted! So, one for creativity. Then, another student presented a very good presentation about movies. It was good because he didn't read the entire thing and he spoke about the movie genres... o though I am in a moral debate because I don't know whether to comend him for this presentation or to kick his ass because neither Grease was mention in Musical, nor Star Wars in SciFi...
But Halloween is almost here!! I love this time of year! Particularly because of the food and the traditions that come with it. So, I will dedicate some part of this blog to post some stuff about Halloween... mostly recipes... and stories!!
From Reader's Digest, here is a wonderful recepie for Halloween Cookies! (gonna try to bake them this year!)
(http://www.rd.com/home-garden/halloween-recipes-cookies/article13777.html)
Cookies are a favorite for any occasion. Make these for trick-or-treaters, take them to a school or church bazaar or fill a tin for a neighbor. Add names to the ghosts to use at place settings. You can even use these cookie cutters to make special lunchbox sandwiches -- just cut shapes from bread and add peanut butter.
You Will Need
Halloween cookie cutters: BOO, EEK and ghost shapes (available from www.wilton.com)
Tube of black icing gel, to outline BOO and EEK cookies and add features to ghosts
Orange and black paste food colors to color dough
Royal Icing for ghost cookies (see recipe, Step 11)
Pastry brush
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 teaspoons baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
Egg yolk for solid orange cookies
What to Do
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. In large bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer. Beat in egg and vanilla.
3. Add baking powder and then flour one cup at a time, mixing after each addition. The dough will be very stiff. Blend last flour in by hand. (If necessary add a little water to dough if crumbly.) Do not chill dough.
4. Divide dough into three balls. Set one aside and leave uncolored. Knead or mix orange food color in the second ball and black food color into the third. Cover each ball with plastic wrap and keep covered when not working with it.
5. For all cookies, roll dough slightly thinner than the cutter.
6. To make uncolored cookies, roll dough and cut various shapes.
7. To make striped cookies, roll sections of colored and uncolored dough together, side by side, and then cut out cookies. (They will look like the orange, black and white BOO and EEK cookies in photo, above.)
8. For the orange BOO and EEK cookies, use uncolored dough. After cutting out shapes, mix orange food color with egg yolk and "paint" cookies with pastry brush before baking.
9. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool 5 minutes, then remove and cool completely on a rack.
Recipe makes 3-4 dozen cookies.
Icing the Cookies
10. To decorate BOO and EEK cookies, outline baked cookies with black icing gel as shown in photo.
11. For ghost cookies, leave uncolored and add features with black icing gel or color white with Royal Icing made as follows:
3 egg whites, 1 pound confectioners' sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar. Beat all ingredients at high speed for 7 to 10 minutes or until icing forms stiff peaks. To thin, add 3 to 4 tablespoons water, a small amount at a time until icing is the consistency of heavy cream.
"Paint" icing on ghost shapes with a pastry brush.
Recipe will ice 2 dozen cookies.
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Today was a great day mainy because my friend Suky came over and taught me how to use my sewing machine. Well, it's not MINE, but it's close enough, as it is my mother's and her life-long dream is that one of us (me or my sister) learned how to sew. I'm a good student -- ask Suky. Yes, I do play and laugh a lot, but that's mainly because I am very nervous.
So, the idea was to make a skirt. An uneven skirt like the black one I do adore. I think that for the first time that I pick up a pair of scissors to do something akin to this I did fairly well... and for being the first time that I use the sewing machine, I did really good. My mom's sewing machine is a Singer 106 kind of like the one on the photo below. It's all black and heavy as heck. It hasn't been used since my mom made me the dress to go as a bride's maid to my friend Ofelia's wedding. So it's been a while.
The only difference between this one and my mother's is that my mom's does not have the rail for the lower yarn... or whatever you call it --- hilito. (I know, I teach English I should know, right?) but all the rest is just the same. I should tell you that that thingie with the hilito was all me when I was like 4 or 3 years old. So, the machine USED to have it... but that was before this panda went amock on tha thingie.
I am really happy about this!! I've always wanted to learn sewing and now I am! Thank you Suky! I promise I'll keep practicing and getting better at it! You'll see! Next thing you know, I'll be doing bridal dresses and my own thang designs! For now, I'll stick to skirts and panda suits.
... 'cause I am doing a panda suit for next 8th and 9th of May's Jutsume!! Next thing you know, I'll be the crazy lady in the dirty house who keeps sewing because if she stops, a bomb will explode. It will be kind of like that movie with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, but instead of a bus or a boat, it's a sewing machine...
Just call me the Sewing Panda...
So, the idea was to make a skirt. An uneven skirt like the black one I do adore. I think that for the first time that I pick up a pair of scissors to do something akin to this I did fairly well... and for being the first time that I use the sewing machine, I did really good. My mom's sewing machine is a Singer 106 kind of like the one on the photo below. It's all black and heavy as heck. It hasn't been used since my mom made me the dress to go as a bride's maid to my friend Ofelia's wedding. So it's been a while.
I am really happy about this!! I've always wanted to learn sewing and now I am! Thank you Suky! I promise I'll keep practicing and getting better at it! You'll see! Next thing you know, I'll be doing bridal dresses and my own thang designs! For now, I'll stick to skirts and panda suits.
... 'cause I am doing a panda suit for next 8th and 9th of May's Jutsume!! Next thing you know, I'll be the crazy lady in the dirty house who keeps sewing because if she stops, a bomb will explode. It will be kind of like that movie with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves, but instead of a bus or a boat, it's a sewing machine...
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El domingo pasado fue la bienvenida del equinoccio de primavera en las instalaciones del Museo del INAH de Ciudad Juarez (pa' que entiendan, jue en el museo del chamizal). Hace SIGLOS que no me paro por esos lugares, asi que luego de un pleito de conciencias entre yo y mi angel de la guarda (que luego les cuento x que ya empiezo a creer que el cabron bien que le gusta meterme en chismes), decidimos ir a ver este fenomeno en lugar de ir al starbucks a tomarnos un cafe, como siempre lo hacemos los domingos.
El evento estuvo lindo. Hubo bailables, rituales, y gente extrana vestida de maneras extranas y hablando lenguas extranas... bueno, de todo un poco. Mixtecos, Mexicas, Tarascos, Tarahumaras, Apaches... todos conviviendo bajo el bien comun de darle la bienvenida a la primavera y reenergizarnos con sus rayos luminosos. Darle la bienvenida al sol, a la madre tierra y a los cuatro guardianes de los cardinales. He de confesar que me senti bastante reanimada luego de esto --- y hasta pense brevemente en las formas en que los ancestros hubieran visto el fenomeno, alla por las piramides, no hace mucho tiempo.
El afan poetico de esta pandita llego a su fin cuando al salir del museo, oh surprise!!! que habian vandalizado nuevamente mi carro. De nuevo, le quebraron la aleta del vidrio de atras, abrieron la cajuela y se llevaron todos los contenidos de la misma. La policia? Bien gracias, ai de adorno enfrente del estacionamiento. Digo, si ven que alguien le quiebra el vidrio y luego sale corriendo con una bolsa, pos digo... no? Bueno pues el caso es que cargaron con la bolsa... mi visa lazer y mi compu salieron perdiendo. Porque ahi no termina la saga de esta historia... nooooo!!! Al dia siguiente (osease, ayer) me llamaron a eso delas seis de la morning para decirme que tenian mis identificaciones como rehenes... no es cierto, tenian mis identificaciones pero no como rehenes. Las tenian en poder y querian que fuera x ellas. Como soy bien coyotita, le pedi al David que me acompanara a buscarlas. Por un lado estuve contenta x que alguien me daba con el paradero de mis identificaciones (la de elector y la licencia particularmente porque la primera es un pedo mundial sacarla y la segunda porque hoy cumplo 1 semana con ella y sali bien linda) El caso es que fuimos a buscar al sujeto que decia tener mis chivas. Las tenia. Bueno, mitad de ellas. Tenia parte de las chivas que se habian volado los (el/la) cabrones (cabron/a). Estoy contenta x haber recuperado mi licencia, mi cred de elector y mi tarjeta del banco, asi como la bolsa que los contenia. Yo se que la compu era caso perdido... y en cuanto a la visa... pos bueno, ya se que hay que hacer circo maroma y teatro.
Total que entre ese circo maroma y teatro fuimos a poner la denuncia. La verdad se siente como que vas a contarle tus penas a una pared. Digo, que pueden hacer estas sujetas tras del escritorio con cara de que han visto pasar los mejores anios de sus vidas por delante, digo yo? Pos bueno, lo primero que me preguntan es para que voy. "A reportar un robo de visa lazer" le contesto. La mondada mujer me dice luego de teclear a mas de mil por hora, "donde se le perdio?" No, miss, a mi no se me perdio nada. Me la robaron que es otra cosa. Pendejeta no soy.. bueno, no mucho. Nomas poquito... pero no se me perdio. Me la robaron en un evento que dizque fortalece la union entre los juarences y nomas es pa que la poli se vea imponente y los del MEXA ARMY se vean como que hacen algo pero la mera neta no hacen nada. Nomas de adorno los cabrones, ahi --- eso si, muy lindos en sus uniformes que me cuestan cada vez que pago mis impuestos. Mi visa fue robada y ahora tengo un documento que lo comprueba, ademas de un anuncio en el periodico que lo avala. Lo que me consuela de todo esto (y va como advertencia pal guey que se rateo mi visa o pal que fue lo suficientemente pendejo (a) pa comprarla) es que esa visa tiene su historia en el cruce de puentes y esa historia aparece cada vez que la pasan x las compus. jajajajaja. Tarados. Salieron de guatemala pa caer en guatepeor.
Lo aterrador es que ya no hay nadie que vaya x mi tia nina cuando llegue en verano. Le gasp!
David fue bastante buena onda como para ir conmigo de arriba a abajo x la ciudad recuperando mis identidades. Despues de eso nos fuimos a comer pollo frito a la casa de la suky, que aqui entre nos anda con sus gatas panzonas y a punto de reventar pa tener gatitos. GATITOS!!! Me encanta decir esa palabra. Es como decir algo chiquito, peludito y baboso... GATILLO BABOSO!!! (busque imagenes de gatitos en el google y salio esta... me bote de la risa cuando la vi... jajajajajajajajaja!!!) Me gustaria tener gatitos en casa, pero con la Mikuni es mas y de sobra suficiente.
Debo tomar tambien este momento para agradecer a mis amigos que han estado apoyandome en estos momentos de venganza contra los carajos que se atrevieron a romperle el vidrio a mi carro. Armida: gracias por el apoyo y por conseguirme el vidrio mas bara que en el chuco. Gaby: gracias por hacerme ver que mi vida no apesta tanto... aun como mal ejemplo, le sirves a mi espiritu. Mr Larios: pos todavia no se que vas a hacer o decir, pero estoy segura de que se hara reirme de mi misma hasta que tenga un charquito y tenga que decirle a la niora de limpieza que me preste el trapiador... i miss you my friend!. Sister: ya se, ya se... estoy bien tarada, bruta, burra, etc etc etc etc... PERO el jueves se estrena sobrenatural y adivina quien quiere ir a tomarse las chelas a tu casa el viernes pa verla??? David: Verdad que no hay un solo dull moment cuando vas conmigo en el coche?? Recuerda a la bansheee!!!! Suky: FATTIES FATTIES!!!
HABLANDO DE FATTIES: El otro dia nos fuimos a comer fatties con la consigna de que yo queria romper mi record de fattie-eating. Me empaque siete de ellas... tengo la servilleta que avala mi triunfo, asi como la nota del doctor cuando ya me andaba infartando jajajajaja. No es cierto. Lo de la servilleta si es cierto, nomas me falta escanearla.
El Equinoccio de Primavera
El evento estuvo lindo. Hubo bailables, rituales, y gente extrana vestida de maneras extranas y hablando lenguas extranas... bueno, de todo un poco. Mixtecos, Mexicas, Tarascos, Tarahumaras, Apaches... todos conviviendo bajo el bien comun de darle la bienvenida a la primavera y reenergizarnos con sus rayos luminosos. Darle la bienvenida al sol, a la madre tierra y a los cuatro guardianes de los cardinales. He de confesar que me senti bastante reanimada luego de esto --- y hasta pense brevemente en las formas en que los ancestros hubieran visto el fenomeno, alla por las piramides, no hace mucho tiempo.
Total que entre ese circo maroma y teatro fuimos a poner la denuncia. La verdad se siente como que vas a contarle tus penas a una pared. Digo, que pueden hacer estas sujetas tras del escritorio con cara de que han visto pasar los mejores anios de sus vidas por delante, digo yo? Pos bueno, lo primero que me preguntan es para que voy. "A reportar un robo de visa lazer" le contesto. La mondada mujer me dice luego de teclear a mas de mil por hora, "donde se le perdio?" No, miss, a mi no se me perdio nada. Me la robaron que es otra cosa. Pendejeta no soy.. bueno, no mucho. Nomas poquito... pero no se me perdio. Me la robaron en un evento que dizque fortalece la union entre los juarences y nomas es pa que la poli se vea imponente y los del MEXA ARMY se vean como que hacen algo pero la mera neta no hacen nada. Nomas de adorno los cabrones, ahi --- eso si, muy lindos en sus uniformes que me cuestan cada vez que pago mis impuestos. Mi visa fue robada y ahora tengo un documento que lo comprueba, ademas de un anuncio en el periodico que lo avala. Lo que me consuela de todo esto (y va como advertencia pal guey que se rateo mi visa o pal que fue lo suficientemente pendejo (a) pa comprarla) es que esa visa tiene su historia en el cruce de puentes y esa historia aparece cada vez que la pasan x las compus. jajajajaja. Tarados. Salieron de guatemala pa caer en guatepeor.
Lo aterrador es que ya no hay nadie que vaya x mi tia nina cuando llegue en verano. Le gasp!
David fue bastante buena onda como para ir conmigo de arriba a abajo x la ciudad recuperando mis identidades. Despues de eso nos fuimos a comer pollo frito a la casa de la suky, que aqui entre nos anda con sus gatas panzonas y a punto de reventar pa tener gatitos. GATITOS!!! Me encanta decir esa palabra. Es como decir algo chiquito, peludito y baboso... GATILLO BABOSO!!! (busque imagenes de gatitos en el google y salio esta... me bote de la risa cuando la vi... jajajajajajajajaja!!!) Me gustaria tener gatitos en casa, pero con la Mikuni es mas y de sobra suficiente.Debo tomar tambien este momento para agradecer a mis amigos que han estado apoyandome en estos momentos de venganza contra los carajos que se atrevieron a romperle el vidrio a mi carro. Armida: gracias por el apoyo y por conseguirme el vidrio mas bara que en el chuco. Gaby: gracias por hacerme ver que mi vida no apesta tanto... aun como mal ejemplo, le sirves a mi espiritu. Mr Larios: pos todavia no se que vas a hacer o decir, pero estoy segura de que se hara reirme de mi misma hasta que tenga un charquito y tenga que decirle a la niora de limpieza que me preste el trapiador... i miss you my friend!. Sister: ya se, ya se... estoy bien tarada, bruta, burra, etc etc etc etc... PERO el jueves se estrena sobrenatural y adivina quien quiere ir a tomarse las chelas a tu casa el viernes pa verla??? David: Verdad que no hay un solo dull moment cuando vas conmigo en el coche?? Recuerda a la bansheee!!!! Suky: FATTIES FATTIES!!!
HABLANDO DE FATTIES: El otro dia nos fuimos a comer fatties con la consigna de que yo queria romper mi record de fattie-eating. Me empaque siete de ellas... tengo la servilleta que avala mi triunfo, asi como la nota del doctor cuando ya me andaba infartando jajajajaja. No es cierto. Lo de la servilleta si es cierto, nomas me falta escanearla.
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