Lump lingered last in line for brains

dorkage — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:15:24 GMT

'tis the season?!

now that the holiday season is in full swing, what's the most annoying holiday song you find yourself having to endure for a solid month, religious preference or not?

For me it's this abomination:

This has been stuck in my head since 8:30 last night; I'm taking someone down with me. >:|

dorkage — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:14:14 GMT

What are some of your favorite home-cooked meals? My mom is going out of the country for two weeks next month, so I've got a chance to really flex my kitchen muscles. My repertoire is pretty small, though, and I can't quite make up meals on the fly.

The only thing I've decided on is spaghetti and meatballs, so gimme everything you've got.

dorkage — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:00:40 GMT

What's a silly fear you had as a child?

When I was younger, I was afraid you'd get electrocuted if you ran over the wire with the vacuum cleaner. I was also afraid of going down the drain in the bathtub, skeletons and Mickey Mouse.

dorkage — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:13:21 GMT

Thought I'd babble about my current knitting project. I'M SO INTERESTING.

This is three parts to a short cardigan for my mom. I still have to do the sleeves, sew it all together and finally edge, but I'm debating whether I should block it now or block it when it's all together. Now makes the most sense- can you even block cotton? edit: Yes you can, with an iron, apparently. Okay then!

I'm pretty proud of this, actually. there are some fudge-ups in there, and I'm still trying to figure out how to make the edges of my decreases look less like disasters, but the decreases are going to be sewn together; it's not like it's gonna matter.

Yarn is Lily's Sugar'n'Cream 100% cotton in Country Blue. At $1.50 a skein, the entire project comes to around $8 in total. C:

dorkage — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:12:38 GMT

Hey, friends list! Let's say you had a shrug. Not that shrug exactly, though it's about the same in size and I'm still debating whether I want to add a hood or not.

Anyway, if you had a shrug, what color would you want it to be?

View Poll: #1606076

dorkage — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:26:07 GMT

Guys, I am indecisive and need help.

All of the marriage candidates on my Harvest Moon game are at max hearts and Lucas has a little wife's bed set up for the wife of his choice ... if he could decide who the heck he wants to marry.

Help a macho man out?

View Poll: Harvest Moon

eta: idk if this helps anybody out, but this is Lucas (Well, Mark, but I like the name Lucas more):

dorkage — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:27:35 GMT

I've got some time to kill before I head out, and I'd been meaning to put this up here since last semester -- a photo project on podoyskis that I did for a folklore class. I feel like I'm gaining weight just looking at these things.

Podoyskis are a Lithuanian meat dumpling, traditionally called kuldunai. I haven't got the foggiest where the name podoyski comes from - not even my family knows. It's just the name on the recipe card. So, podoyskis! You can stuff them with cottage cheese if you want, but that's just nasty, (edit Feb. 2011: This is a blatant lie; cottage cheese podoyskis are delicious) so we're gonna stuff 'em with meat instead.

You'll need 2 pounds of meat (we usually go for ground beef, but you could probably substitute ground turkey and get away with it. You're going to be filled to the top of your throat in calories either way!), an onion, a packet of meatloaf seasoning, a splash of milk, and 2 eggs. I don't want to be swimming in podoyskis, as hungry as the idea is making me, so I'll make a half batch. That'll feed a family of four just fine, and probably leave you with some leftovers.

Look, I made it pretty! Just like Paula Deen! btw, podoyskis are probably right up there in terms of "unhealthy" with the stuff Mrs. Deen-a makes. We only get them maybe once or twice a year, although it's for a reason entirely different than the carb count. You'll see.

Toss all that good shit in a bowl. I am such a good cook, I even forgot to put in the meatloaf seasoning! It looks kind of lonely in its bowl over there. Let's toss that in right now.

One of my favorite Cooking Mama games. Get good and dirty and mix that meat up.

All done! Put that shit in the fridge to chill, because chilled meat for some reason is easier to handle than lukewarm meat.

And that takes care of the filling. Let it chill for about 15 minutes or so - let's make the dough in the meantime:

I ... can't really offer much advice on the dough making front. I don't measure any of this when I make it, but I can tell you what I put in it? I use flour, water, and a few pinches of salt. You could probably start off with 3 cups of flour and make a dough from that; that'll be a good start.

Look, I'm Paula Deen again! I've got the filling, the dough, and rolling pins. This is where it gets fun - and when I say "fun," I mean you're going to be stuck doing this for four hours. Double that if you're making a full batch.

Bust out your rolling pin and get to rolling! If you're lucky enough to have a pasta press, using it will cut your preparation time in half. Press it to about level 5 or 6, you should be good. No matter how you go about it, just make sure you get to this end result:

A flat piece of dough on the table. You want it a little less than a half-inch thick. If it's too thick, it'll be difficult to twist and will fall apart while cooking. If it's too thin, it'll tear and fall apart while cooking. The key thing to avoid here is falling apart while cooking.

Cut the dough out into large circles. A biscuit cutter works pretty well - personally, I have my trusty old cleaned out can'o'vegetables that I keep around just for this purpose. I also stretch the dough a teeny bit so that it's easier to twist. Take a small piece of meat, roll it into a ball, and plop it in the off-center of the circle.

Have a glass of water, or a bowl of eggwash handy. Use the water/eggwash to moisten one edge of the dough circle, and fold the circle in half over the meat.

Now for the twisting! Hold the podoyski in your left hand, and with your right hand, pinch the top and fold it towards the meat filling, like this:

It'll create a little edge - pinch that edge, and fold it towards the meat again. Keep going ...

And eventually you'll come out with something that looks like this:

Congrats, you made a podoyski! Now chop chop, you've got a billion more to make:

The most annoying part about this is making sure your podoyskis seal correctly. That means no meat can touch the edges of the dough, or it'll fall apart and result in a broken podoyski.

So, if you're doing this by yourself: You roll out the dough, you wash your hands. You place the meat, you wash your hands .. you twist the dough, you wash your hands..

When you're done, put them in the freezer. Again, they're easier to handle cold/frozen than they are warm and with squishy dough. It only takes maybe ten minutes to freeze them solid.

When they're nice and frozen, get a pot of boiling water going, and pop 'em in frozen. Just pace yourself with them, though. A few frozen podoyskis will kill the boil, and it's very important that the water remains constantly boiling so they can cook properly. Make sure to give your podoyskis plenty of space, too, because they like to stick to each other and tear as they cook.

You'll know they're ready when they start to float to the top.

Now there are two sauces that my family uses with podoyskis. One is the traditional sauce: Cook a pound of bacon (half pound for this recipe), toss in some chopped green onions, and dump the bacon + grease + onions over the podoyskis. I told you this was Paula Deen healthy!

Your other option is to just dump a jar of Ragu over the podoyskis. Don't make your own spaghetti sauce though, that'll make my great grandma turn over in her grave.

Well, it's been half a day of hard work! It is finally time to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Also, enjoy your constipation. I like to think it's worth it, personally.

dorkage — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:22:39 GMT

Ganondorf.

dorkage — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:37:41 GMT

go go gadget meme!

Tell me something. Post it anonymously.

A story, a secret, a confession, a fear, a love: anything you want.
Something about you, something about me, anything at all.

Be sure to post honestly. Post as many times as you want

all that ip logging stuff is off. p:

dorkage — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:08:24 GMT

What were some of the television shows you watched when you were growing up?

dorkage — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:10:30 GMT

... fffff, I watched Bones a bit later than most yesterday at work, and *___* I baw'd a little.

And an irrelevant poll. No, you don't have to pick which one you are, or which one you like to kiss more. :C This is vital information!

View Poll: #1386793

dorkage — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 05:30:54 GMT

Stopping by with my current team for Platinum, with one badge:

Death Pony: Level 9 Ponyta (Am considering renaming to War Pony since it's War Pony that spits out fire)
Flash(er): Level 12 Shinx
Not Pidgey: Level 12 Starly
The 'roids: Level 13 Machop
Pip Pip: Level 16 Piplup that I am taking all the way to the Elite Four as a Piplup.
HM Tank: Level 3 HM tank I mean Bidoof

dorkage — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:45:51 GMT

guys help

View Poll: POKEMON

dorkage — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:28:38 GMT

Guys, Booth just got dubbed a junior knight on Bones and I laughed really, really hard.

Clearly David Boreanaz and HJO need to go sit in the not quite heroes corner.

dorkage — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:46:03 GMT

honestly, i must be the only person on livejournal that thinks that it's worth keeping people on your friends list, even if you don't talk that much (or at all).

because even if you don't talk to them, they're still there, and there was a connection that prompted you to friend them in the first place, and if you cut them out of your social circle then there's always the chance you might miss out on something fantastic.

i guess i'm just old fashioned, and write and read on lj for the sake of reading about the lives of the people i know and care about, and not basing my friendships off of how often they comment.

that's why i don't understand friends cuts posts. sorry if that offends people that do them -- but that's why i won't post one myself. i keep people on my list for the sake of keeping up with their lives, and i'd rather not use comments as a barometer for whether or not people are keeping up with mine.

HAMMERTIME

dorkage — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:02:10 GMT

1. STOP everything you're doing.
2. Take a picture of what you're wearing. Doesn't matter how embarrassing it is.
3. Post and show off your fashion sense (or lack thereof) when you're at home.

S-shut up I was halfway through changing out of my costume when I went down for a nap. When did my hair get so annoyingly punch me in the face blonde?

dorkage — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:18:24 GMT

Because I know Shi looooooves to see these on her friends list <3

THE RP LOVE MEME

eta:

dorkage: lol you're gonna hate me
princealia: .............what?
dorkage: lol
princealia: why are you laughing?
princealia: omg
princealia: I'm going to kill you
dorkage: xDDDDD

eta2: I just realized how incredibly boring I am. :B

dorkage — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:30:27 GMT

I'm bored out of my skull, so two things:

One, yoinked from kuja_rang:

I list the characters I play with their journals. You ask questions, on your IC journal or OOC journal, it doesn't matter. They answer IC. Okay? Okay. It can be about their username, what their favorite food is...whatever your mind can come up with.

sorabug // 5-year-old Sora
atotalsap // KH2!Sora
newblades // Org!Roxas
haveacuraga // Aerith
wannabewithme // ~~Genie~~ Kairi
onelessthan3 // Sora minus Anti
imgoodnoww // ~~I play too many Soras~~

Two,

the disney meme

yay blogging

Your dog sheet on my lawn? I KEEL YOU

dorkage — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:34:42 GMT

This has been a long time coming:

ayn504 >>>> dorkage

I had a bunch of whining typed up, but maybe all I had to do was just type it out instead of actually posting it. You guys are spared. Have a meme that I ganked from dubious instead.

Tell me something. Post it anonymously.

A story, a secret, a confession, a fear, a love: anything you want.

Be sure to post honestly. Post twice if you'd like.

ETA: turned off IP logging, sorry about that. YOU ARE COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS NOW.

dorkage — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:41:48 GMT

Okay guys, asking for a little help here. :3

I'm doing a feature story about if the public considers aesthetics important when voting for a politician, and I've concocted a five question poll. If you could, please answer the questions honestly. This is an entirely anonymous poll; the only person who can see the results is me.

View Poll: The Aesthetics of Politics

Thanks in advance!

dorkage — Thu, 01 May 2008 19:25:10 GMT

I'm vaguely peeved that facebook isn't allowing me to replay graffiti works for some of the contest winners. >8/ It's mesmerizing watching extremely talented people make something out of nothing.

But, onto more important shenanigans! Imma share a writing meme with all you authors out there:

1. Put your mp3 player or playlist on shuffle.
2. Record the first line of the first five (or ten) songs you hear.
3. Write a flash fic or a short story incorporating all ten lines or an interpretation of them
4. Share!

1. Do you know I'm faking
2. I can see what's happening.
3. I didn't hear what you were saying.
4. 7'o'clock in the evening, watching something stupid on TV
5. I'm fixing a hole
6. I don't know if you can hear me
7. Meet me after dark again
8. Don't wanna be an American Idiot
9. I like the sun when it shines
10. Swim this way (r-rofl, wtf am I gonna do with this).

I'll post what I came up with later on today. Go go go! \o/

lol public

dorkage — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:51:09 GMT

Whenever I think of someone being in the 4th or whatever grade, I picture a child of the corresponding age hunched over at a desk, tongue poking out in concentration as they do math problems.

Oh, and the guy on my FL page? I have no fucking clue who it is.

Finally, photo booth is more entertaining than it should be.

ANGRY COMIC BOOK CHARACTER. What the fuck is that thing on my nose. I don't know.

lulz

Fuck, I don't know. Warhol.

dorkage — Mon, 21 Jul 2003 01:15:31 GMT

This journal is locked!

Status

Open for friending! Comment away <3

This journal is:

-95% my real life
-5% fandom/meme
-100% batshit insane

Hey there! (:

My name is Diane! I can't believe I've had this same journal for going on eight years now. That's crazy; I've been updating this thing for a little over a quarter of my life.

Anyway, I'm a 24-year-old journalist looking for work. I currently write for 008 Magazine, but am looking to either grad school, or a full time job if I can find one.

I am...
-Very silly
-Fun loving
-A fangirl
-A writer
-A dreamer
-In love with confectionary sugar (Not necessarily eating it, but making a mess with it)
-Always looking for new people to chat with

I love everything Disney, especially Kingdom Hearts. I also love Final Fantasy and Zelda I'm.. not really very good at these intro posts. xD Just start up a conversation, and we're bound to find something in common! <3

And, because I love y'all:

Awww, puppies!

Thanks for reading! I love y'all; comment if you want to be added. ♥