1) How can a show that is so obviously ripping off two of the best shows on television be so excruciatingly awful?!?

2) I went a litle crazy at Ann Taylor Loft today. But everything in the store was 25% off!!! How could I help myself?!?

3) I finally tried the coconut milk-based ice cream that everyone in vegan blogland has been raving about as of late. I wasn't so thrilled (sound familiar?). It's oversweetened to the point of tasting artificially sweetened (which it isn't!), and has a hint of something that tastes suspiciously like almond extract, which I cannot stand. Plus, for something that seems a little thin and watery, and not so rich and thick, it has a lot of fat. I'll stick to my rice milk-based ice cream, thankyouverymuch.

4) Michael Symon is so badass and so cute, even though he has that goofy Midwestern accent.

5) Due to circumstances far, far beyond my control, we have no peanut butter in the house. That makes me extremely uncomfortable.

6) I keep talking myself into and out of getting a juicer. There are juice bars everywhere in The Very Big City (except for at my store, dammit! but that's probably for the best), and I'm a sucker for anything with ginger juiced into it. So every time I go out for juice, I decide I want a juicer, but within a few hours I talk myself out of it. I can't help but think how much better it must be to eat whole fruits (and veggies) rather than to just drink their juices. Think how much fiber I'd be missing out on! And how many extra calories I could conceivably consume in a day! Healthy calories, yes, with lots of nutrients, but still. Or would all the yummy delicious juice I could make fill me up enough so that I wouldn't want so much food? And it probably would be a good way to sneak in the greens that I don't eat so many of. Pineapple and ginger and kale, oh my! I just don't know what to do. Help! Does anyone have any insight on this subject?

7) We've had DVR for our cable for almost two years, and Kevin just learned how to use the picture-in-picture function two minutes ago. Really. He's very smart, very well educated, and even cuter than Michael Symon, but he's just not so technologically advanced.

8) I bought ketchup today. I detest ketchup. But Nava Atlas uses it in a lot of her Asian-inspired sauces, so I figured I'd try jumping on the bandwagon.


9)My life really doesn't suck nearly as much as yesterday's entry implied. Yes, the past few days sucked, but in general, life is pretty good. All that sure made for a good story, though, didn't it?  =)