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"...I'm single. I eat in the kitchen sink." - Sarah (Diane Lane) in Must Love Dogs Well, I'm single too, and I eat on top of the fridge facing a rickety bread toaster and a good, old reading lamp amongst pens, receipts, stray ear rings and notes bound for the loony bin.  In this one particular case when I had been in bed too long, I stood on my 5th floor porch for some fresh air. These are oat patties I managed to conjure err... make during one Saturday when I was unable to eat out.  Tuna chunks, pancake flour, evaporated milk, a large egg, Knorr soy sauce, and shitake bits. There are no spices at all; can't be bothered. Just mix, fry and voila! Every piece turned out yummy. You would expect me to fidget while trying to leave some for a friend who was coming to dinner. The AC machine became the next table. And then a thought struck. This plate is royal bone china. It falls and hits a sedan on the parking lot below and I'm going to mourn my loss for a long time

The pictures space in my e-library contains a folder named Anastasia's Looking Glass.  It is where I store photos that inspire me. Recently I stumbled upon this website called vi.sualize.us where you can "bookmark your favorite images and share them with everyone." So far I found 12; (thought I'd include one of me to complete the list as I like it the way it is), and I'm sharing all with you.  A link to the source is placed before each photo. My 'favoritest' are nos. 2 - 13. Got yours? 1. Reading blurbs @ Dasa Book Cafe. February 2011 2. reading http://piccsy.com/2011/05/reading-88r2ws7ph/ 3. Untitled / Lauren Treece http://www.google.com/reader/view/#stream/user/12221102..../style 4. reading http://piccsy.com/2011/05/reading-88r2ws7ph/ 5. Beauty of childhood / via ver2go (tumblr) http://ver2go.tumblr.com/ 6. Sisters / Mig_R http://flickr.com/photos/fawbs/2819244943/ 7. 163 / 365 - Felix Felicis / Noukka Signe http://beautyineverything.com/4518817536 8. B

L for Ligeia L ydian L igeia didn't l ast would she have given up forbidden wisdom in exchange for l yterian? A ll an gulps in l ypemania as she sleeps underneath the earth  where a l ychgate stands  even in her l ysis she l ies l yncean - Hazel, Stasia Desiderata Wikipedia Ligeia is a story about female beauty, intelligence, human mortality and opium-induced hallucinations of  resurrection, by Edgar Allan Poe. Trust Poe to weave brilliant tales out of his drunken episodes.  Now we have film adaptations as well as moments of l iterary l uxury l istening to his genius, The Conqueror Worm.     Witch Ghetto In beauty of face no maiden ever equaled her. It was the radiance of an opium-dream – an airy and spirit-lifting vision more wildly divine than the fantasies which hovered about the slumber... ( source ) This post is linked with ABC Wednesday .

Anyone out there who is under pressure , please raise your right hand. There goes mine. Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Bonnie Tyler are some of my favorite songsters who have hits among the top 100 songs of the 80s. Resisting them was hard. The Queen and David Bowie's Under Pressure is, as far as the title goes, what I exactly am nowadays. Here's hoping some of the pressure get kicked away by the beats that also move me today. This post is linked with: XmasDolly @ XmasDolly , Lori @ Shewbridges of Central Florida , Callie @ JAmerican Spice and Stacy @ Stacy Uncorked Denise @ Run DMT hosts Music Monday Blog Hop

A BBC meme asks how many of the 100 books of a list they published have you read.  Library Thing comments that "the BBC apparently believes most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books."  It's probably true to me. While I read two Harry Potter books and Da Vinci Code twice, I managed only parts of numbers 7-13 on my list: (Library Thing link has the complete list; see how many have you read) 1. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 2. Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte 3. Harry Potter series - JK Rowling 4. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte 5. Bleak House - Charles Dickens 6. The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown 7. Adventures of Sherlocke Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 8. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott 9. Anne Shirley of Green Gables - Lucy Maud Montgomery 10.  The Bible 11.  The Complete Works of Shakespeare 12.  Moby Dick - Herman Melville 13. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens Megan and Janet host Thursday Thirteen

Music Monday: Song from your birth year Monday Mayhem follows As to what songs came out when I came out - I do not have any idea. It was fun recognizing titles as soon as I skimmed a hundred of them on Music Outfitters.  Images resonate with femmes fatales. Or it's just me. Here's She's a Lady by Tom Jones . And one that flashes Helen of Troy and awakens nostalgia, a fave - If by David Gates   This post is linked with: XmasDolly of XmasDolly , Lori of Shewbridges of Central Florida , Larry of Cakeblast , and Callie of JAmerican Spice Denise @ Run DMT hosts Music Monday Blog Hop ****** Monday Mayhem What's the best way to get rich? Write wacky blogs like why you were dumb to major in Literature or some obscure discipline in the Humanities. Market your creative juices. Have you ever eaten anything that you once saw alive? My plan was to make that brown hen a pet. She ended up on our dining table two days later. What creeps you out the most about clowns? The never-endi

Do your dreams and realities interlap? 1. Herbs . I vaguely recall being hazy on the indication that I "need to take a new approach toward some situation or relationship."  Dream Moods Dictionary , which is my reference for today's T13 offers an alternative: "herbs are symbolic of healing and magic." I say AMEN. 2. Hero . Nope, didn't dream I was a hero but its significance on "innner strength and weaknesses; ability, determination and level of confidence" seems to be in the works for me. The power to "bravely face the secrets of my unconscious mind and confront life's challenges..." well, I need that power. 3. Hieroglyphics. I tend to drift with it whenever I visit art museums. 3. High Heels "represent femininity and glamour, you feel confident and self-assured." I am wearing Vivienne Westwood to a church concert, the Marinsky Ballet and a kick-ass meeting with university bigwigs tonight. 4. Hijack  is "analogous to s