all hallows eve and other ghostly things

i've been in one of those "thinking moods" lately. you know, the real deep: "do i want peanut butter and bananas on my toast?" kind of questions. and the all-consuming "do i wear bother wearing a coat today?" apparently i'm not in rexburg anymore. this means no snow... and we'll probably have yellow leaves on the trees until february. be jealous. but who bothers worrying about questions like "what am i going to do with my life?" they are highly overrated. i just plan on going with the flow and being a bum for the rest of my life. anyone who cares to come and join me, i'm going to start camping on the boise river and fishing for my food come march. ;)

besides that, nothin occupies my mind more than deciding what i'm going to carve into my halloween pumpkin. this was a decision of epic proportions. you better believe it! 
so this is what i came up with.

now before you go thinking i'm all creative and junk... i have to admit i did steal the idea. i am a mighty good copier, but my original thoughts are limited to things that i write down... here.
more on the halloween costume later. (they aren't quite done yet. yes. i did procrastinate. no. i did not decide what i wanted to be today. i've had this one in the works for a few months! i blame biochem.)

but i've been in a munchie mood lately. 
this is going into my tummy tonight. 

it makes me oh so happy.

find the goodness here.

a science that kills

you know those days when you just can't stuff any more information into your brain?

today is one of those days. 

exhibit A: 

jess's brain.

exhibit B:

this is what i do when i can't take any more school.

i fantasize about the day that i won't have to go to the plasma center... or class...

exhibit C:

you can literally only take so much of michaelis-menten, lineweaver-burk, Km, enzymes, kinetics... before you go like THIS.

you get what i'm sayin?

on a more positive note:

i start my new job on friday!

better say goodbye to free time, skinny jeans, and friends.

(but who really needs them anyway?)

;) 

one proud nerd.

call me a nerd, but i love science. 
call me an even bigger nerd that i watch youtube videos about science. 





(you know you wish you found this first...)


but guess what? today is friiiiiiidayyyyy! :) 
and friday is the day that:
1- i can stop thinking about school for the next 48 hours
2- i can have adventures (and not feel like i should be at home studying)
3- no homework
4- my parents are coming up to visit!
5- did i mention i get to go shopping with my mom???
6- i don't have to wake up at 6. (wait... that really happens any other day of the week???)
7- quality time with me and my book. because i promised myself that i will finish one book every other week. (by the way, this is book #2)
8- i don't have to be any where important. so i can sit on my butt and look up useless things like this:





9- and this: 

(this just makes me want grilled cheese ohhhhhh so badly! i should stop torturing myself because i don't get to eat lunch for another 2 hours... this is just cruel...)

http://www.grilledcheesesocial.com/ has some of the BEST looking grilled cheese sandwiches i've every seen in my entire life. i mean, this chick has the art of perfectly grilling a cheese-which down to a science. nay, it is art. pure and simple.

if you really want to get down to the science behind the grilled cheese, check out the sporkful.

they are my new favorite when it comes to analyzing the nitty-gritty necessities of good cookin'.  

10- lunch today: leftovers from last night's cooking escapade.

 this is yet another one of those meals that just kinda... happened. we threw in a couple of onions, green onions in the fridge, an eggplant, peppers and jalapenos, leftover hamburger and spinach that was not lookin so hot... (not slimy... just a little wilty...)

toss it all in a skillet with some spices and BAM! 

PRESTO!

the most time consuming part of the dinner was finding out how to get the blasted cabbage leaves OFF of the head.

how do you perform this feat you ask?

you toss the head of cabbage into boiling water for a few minutes, and then the leaves just come right off!!!

simple as that.

then we threw those in a casserole dish, covered it in prego or ragu... and then topped it with some cheese right before it was done.

oh heavens.

yum.

don't tell anyone... i think i had two.

but it was gone so fast i'm not really sure.

11- friday is just a good day.

:)

now go partyyyy!