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or, Signs in a Protest on a Rainy Day
Anyone who has made signs for a protest knows that cardboard is a pain in the ass to deal with. Especially when it comes to cutting. Unless you have an amazing x-acto knife, your cutting hand will be a useless, sore claw within minutes.
Since we’re moving out, er, tomorrow, I needed to make signs for our yard sale. Foregoing the seven dollar pre-made signs, I decided to make use of the recently rained on cardboard in our backyard. Though wet cardboard is definitely gross to touch, it’s so easy to cut! Half the time I was able to just rip it with ease. Mm, ease.
Another useful hint to sign makers: Forget regular sharpees. Chisel Tip sharpees are the only way to go. Fast thick lines for the win!
Now to deal with this tornado of a room that needs to be sorted and packed in a few hours..
Remember croquetas?
Growing up in Miami those little ham filled treats were everywhere. I noted the recipe for Black Eyed Pea and Quinoa Croquettes in VWAV a long time ago, thinking it could be similar, but never got around to making them. Recently I got a hankering for black eyed peas, believe it or not, and resolved to give it a try.
mashed
Unlike croquetas, this recipe is baked and has healthy stuff inside. It is accompanied by a recipe for mushroom sauce, but hunger overrode ambition and I decided to save that for another time. I was also going to add spinach to the extra quinoa, but alas.
These are delicious, but I think the next time I make them I’ll try different spices and use onion and garlic, maybe steer away from italian spices.
i’m trying to figure out how to fit in all the things i want to do before leaving Florida into the next few weeks. the days are blowing by, and i can’t seem to slow them down. i don’t understand where this month has gone. i’m starting to feel weird and sad, and i want to just pause things for a minute to breathe and sit down. it doesn’t make sense that i’m feeling busy when i have absolutely no obligations. i thought this month i would sit in on classes, read books, make zines, sit in my chair, learn to crochet, go out for tea, take long bike rides, wake up early and make the most out of my days. i really need to do something about this; i don’t want to end up regreting this last month. i need to submit my paper to the Undergraduate Research Journal. i’ve had since May, this is insane. i’m just afraid of being rejected, it’s silly. who cares if i am? the longer i wait the less likely it will be to happen. it’s all done, i just need to write the abstract and send it in.
i’m making an appointment at the Writing Center for Wednesday to get everything ready and make sure i write the abstract. basically force myself to submit it. and feel some sort of direction. it’s not too late. i shouldn’t lament the time that’s passed, i should spend the next few weeks making sure i do absolutely everything i want to. i’m going to be tabling for Radical Rush, so i’ll be forced to get up early. and i’ll be on campus so i’ll have no excuse to not sit in on classes. i think waking up early will take care of a lot of this. i always want to do these things but, by the time i wake up and eat something, i have two hours of sunlight left. it’s plain depressing.
so next week will be good. not that these past few weeks haven’t, i just feel like i’m flailing around, not making the most of my time. i want to have full days and fall asleep content and exhausted. but i guess that’s something to work toward. i just can’t seem to wake myself up in the morning. and i don’t know how to get better at that.
What have I done for the past week?
Aside from this weekend, I’m not really sure, but I can tell you that I haven’t been reading as much as I’d like to. Or riding my bike. I want to start waking up earlier and having productive days for the next few weeks (!!) that I’m here.
I’ll start now.
