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Writing Tips with Grant Lawrence from Man Hussy on Vimeo.

Also: I spent the day at Maplewood Farm yesterday. I will tell you all about it when I feel less lazy.

People on the internet keep posting pictures of a sign in that movie where the guy goes into the future in a car, and they’re like “if you say you noticed this before you are a liar” but you know what? Maybe someone noticed it before and they are not a liar. Maybe a bunch of people saw it and never said anything cause they just assumed you saw it too, and by the way those people are the ones who can put “Great attention to detail” on their resumes and not be a liar.

Just something to think about.

Another thing to think about is the Food Network. Ok, normally I don’t really watch it other than that one where the guy goes to diners, and the one after that where the guy has a neck that doesn’t fit his face. But today Tremaine was sick with the flu so we watched the Food Network.

One thing I don’t like about People Who Cook is some of them like to act like they are the gatekeeper of food and oh man no one else in their life has ever baked bread before, did you know that was kneaded BY HAND and took so many hours and is made of SO MUCH SCIENCE that you shouldn’t even bother going near flour or yeast, because you couldn’t possibly understand how to mix it together properly. LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS!

Wow I sound totally bitter, maybe it is time for a nap. But man. Advertising and TV has made it sound like cooking is this really mysterious thing that only fancy people can do, and I will tell you right now, it is not that mysterious. In fact, baking bread is probably the easiest thing to do because all you have to do is follow the instructions. Bread is hard only because you can’t cheat a lot with it. That’s it. There is no mystery. (Sorry, foodies, I think I gave away your secrets.)

OK! The other thing I don’t like is those McCain potato commercials where they’re like “OMG mashed potatoes are SOOOO hard you have to totally peel it and man you don’t even have time for that! So we did it for you! Now pay us $6 for some potatoes that would have cost you like $1 if you bought them raw and did it yourself.”

Mashed potatoes are so easy, especially if you buy nice potatoes so you don’t have to peel them. Don’t get Russet or whatever those gross ones are called. Get some red or purple ones. Cut ‘em, stick ‘em in a pot with some water, boil until soft, the end. Drain, throw some yum in there (I like roasted garlic, sour cream instead of milk and some green onion or perhaps some rosemary). See? Easy.

Anyways I feel ranty and I don’t know why. But I made quesadillas tonight, including the tortillas. I used this recipe. Why? Cause it was the first one google gave me. And the hardest part was rolling them out, only because a few months ago I decided I was never going to use my rolling pin for cooking and used it for block printing instead. You don’t want to eat pigment. It is probably bad for you. But I got desperate and wrapped the rolling pin in plastic wrap so here’s hoping we don’t die.

Another thing I made from scratch today is YARN. I am the gatekeeper of yarn, dontchaknow?

The pink stuff is Rambouillet, and the purple is Merino. They are delightful. I will try to sell them on Sunday.

Oh, yes. Sunday. I’m going to be at the Maplewood Farm (beware: their website makes NOISE) sheep shearing with other textile art ladies from Cap. I thought it was tomorrow but I was so so wrong. You should come visit if you are in the area. There will be cute sheep getting their outfits taken!

So it turns out panhandling on the internet was a good idea because I had not one but two offers from people who were willing to buy that loom for me. It is basically amazing and super sweet and honestly I am not even being rude about it, my faith in humanity has been restored just through this generosity.

So today Tremaine and I hoofed it up to look at the loom. We had to take a weird community shuttle bus and then we had to climb a fairly impressive hill, but the view was pretty fantastic. Oh, and the lady’s street address was the same as the first four numbers of my student number at UBC. Do you think maybe the universe wants me to have this loom?

We also walked past Gamma Ave and I said I wanted to live there but Maine said it would take up too much energy to live there (har har he made a science joke) but also it is true because there were one million per cent hills. Also there were no real sidewalks because I don’t think people walk much in that area.

But yeah the loom was pretty sweet actually. I thought it would be in worse condition because the pictures were fuzzy. But she said it’s been in the family for like 80 years but no one is interested in it now, and that makes me kinda sad. It was handmade! By Finnish people! And you know how I feel about Finland! (Well, if you don’t know, I sort of have a crush on Finland, especially on Jarkko Ruutu and Teemu Selanne oh and also one time I tried to learn Finnish. I actually have “Teach Yourself Finnish” on my mp3 player. Yeah.)

After checking out the loom, we headed over to Sean’s place to hang out with him and Val, and I got to play Super Mario Galaxy 2, and I did this one level where you are supposed to jump and spin but I don’t like jumping so I did it in a perilous way where I walked into an empty square and then spun. (Wow what a run on sentence that was…) Well. I beat it! No jumping except at the end when I had no choice.

Then we went to the dog park with Zoey and at first there were no other dogs so I was sad but then other dogs showed up! Yesssss!

Zoey was like “Ok fine I’ll play with these dogs.” but you could tell her heart was not in it that much.

She is pretty cute though, right?

But then her dog friend who is more her same size showed up and she totally hogged his toy! But I think he liked it.

They both chased after it until they were the most tired ever and even then Zoey didn’t want to give it up.

They both laid there making their tired dog short face noise for a while and it was the most adorable ever. I want a dog so hard. Except I want a Boston Terrier and they are the most hyper in the universe and I think Bert would hate me.

This guy does not like to share attention. Ever.