Rock-n-Roll Journey to Mars

New post up on my baking blog! Which... isn't really about baking, but it is tasty dessert treats, right? Anyways, go read it!

Uuuugh, for the first time ever, midterms are actually kicking my ass. Writing a 12 page paper for NM history is the worse thing ever, especially since that class only gets two grades - midterm and final. I really hate it when professors do that, because it turns the class into pretty much pass/fail. Ugh.

Anyways, I made a thing! Or things, I guess! Mint Oreo Truffles~



These are amazing and really easy to make. Head over to my baking blog for the recipe!

Also, I didn't mention this in the blog because I hadn't tried it yet, but if you put these in the fridge for a while before eating? Soooo good. It tastes just like mint chocolate chip ice cream.

I like independant film, comics, and music. I would go so far as to say I sometimes feel elitist because I watch/read/listen to them more then most people, and expand my views outside of the mainstream. So, here's a little bit of my indie elitism.
I saw the docu-drama Man on Wire today. It's the story of Philippe Petit, the French tightrope walker who, in 1974, broke into the World Trade Centers, strung a cable between the towers, and walked in mid air for 45 minutes.
This movie was beautiful. It was a very clean, simple documentary, told through interviews with the original WTC team, reenactments of the planning process, and footage of Petit's other high-wire exploits. It's short, only 90 minutes long, and probably will only be found in artistic and indie theatres, but it is well worth watching. It's amazing to get to see the footage of the event, and to hear Petit's own message: that life is for rebellion. Find it somehow and watch it, it is totally worth it.

And while I'm on indie film, there were a few trailers that caught my eye today.

The first is Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, a child's-eye-view of WW2 concentration camps. But the twist is, it's not from a Jewish perspective. It's about the son of a camp commander, who accidentally finds the camp and starts a forbidden friendship with a young boy on the other side of the barbed wire fence. I think it looks beautiful and insightful, and I look forward to it.

But while I look forward to that, I am dying to see Let the Right One In, a Swedish vampire story. Now, lately, I've lost my liking for vampires, probably due to the popularity of the retarded sparkle-sue virgin vampires from Twilight. But this movie looks brilliant. The trailer revealed that it's the story of a lonely boy that meets and gets a crush on a young girl. But this girl is a vampire, and a seriously creepy on at that. I like the idea of the vampire being a child - it's something you don't see very often. Defiantly looking forward to this one.

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In the name of shameless self promotion!

The WoA forum has recently gone through a total re-work. New look, new name, same great members. Hey, the name isn't some racist sounding anymore! (The only reason it was was because our founder couldn't spell 'Orion'.)

Now, it's a fun place. Roleplays, debates, random topics, spam games... Not to mention crazy, interesting members. So, please, just check it out and look around.

The World Office of the Apocalypse Forum




Now that that's done with, I'll be out of town for a few days to visit my grandfather. And classes straight from 7:30 am to 9 pm is very, very tiring.