I am hardcore craving bagels right now. All the bagels, it doesn't matter how many.

Sorry for not posting at all the past few days! Work has been wiping me out. On the bright side, I finished reading East of Eden!!!!!!!!!


Now I just have to do all the other stuff....

Chocolate Mud/Nutella Lava Microwave Dessert

After the shells, I was seriously craving chocolate. It was driving me crazy, and this was the only thing that could fix it! Look at it, in all of its glory!!!

Here's the recipe for this glorious chocolate desert:

• 1 oz. chocolate chips, or however many you feel like putting in. I usually just go off of my sight.
• 1 1/2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 beaten egg or 1 tbsp of "egg beaters"(pre-beaten eggs in a carton). That's what I typically use just because I'm not wasting half an egg and I save some time and dishes by not having to beat it.
• 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 2 tbsp Nutella (if desired)

To start, melt the chocolate chips and the butter in a microwave safe bowl or mug for 40 seconds, and then stir to make sure it is blended evenly and has a liquid consistency. Then, mix in the sugar, egg, and flour until you have a semi-thick batter. If adding Nutella, leave a dollop right in the middle of the mix: maybe push it down if you so feel like it. Microwave the dessert for 45 seconds to a minute, but don't go over a minute. Personally, I like mine a little muddier so I only cook it for 45 seconds. Remove from microwave and allow to cool for 3 minutes before serving.

Alternative: Mix the chocolatey dessert up so it gets the consistency of a mud cake. This is my favorite way to eat it.

I really enjoy this recipe because it's great in a pinch when you don't have a lot of time or energy but are still craving a warm and rich dessert.

Bacon Shells & Cheese pic

I just realized that I haven't posted the picture for my bacon shells and cheese and also the recipe/picture of the spectacular dessert I made with it!!!!! It's coming!!!!!!!!!!!

Welp, I now have at least four hours extra of work tomorrow night, and basically zero hours for summer reading. Gold star for Emily.

Ok, NOW I'll read.

Right now I'm putting off my summer reading even further by online shopping. Way to go, me!

8-7-14

Today I got called into work, which was pretty meh. It was a pretty slow day for the most part. In good news, my mom, after almost a year, finally got a new full-time job! We're all pretty stoked, and she is especially. She's missed working, so I'm really happy for her!!!!

Goodnight, my readers!

Also, I'm watching Fargo right now and it's pretty great. Steve Buscemi is pretty phenomenal in his role.

According to Netflix, Freaky Friday is a critically-acclaimed film. Imma let that sink in...

My younger sister just got home from a concert and my dad's so mad but he fell asleep minutes before she got home so she's off the hook this time!

East of Eden is a really intense and compelling novel. Also, I was creeping on my team from New York's Facebook group and found out that one of the girls in my group goes to the rival high school of my school paper's biggest enemy and it was really exciting. For me, at least. I don't think she really cared about that!

I'm only screwed because I work 5 days next week, am visiting Cedar Point with my boyfriend's family another day, and there's two days of journalism boot camp. So really I have 11 days to do all of that....

8-6-2014

I go back to school in 19 days. That means I have 19 days to finish reading and annotating East of Eden, write a 1000 word essay, write reflections for 9 quotes, and read three historical documents. I'm screwed.

I just started watching Futurama, so it's going to be quite the journey!

I just finished what was left of Archer on Netflix. Now I just have to wait until the rest of the series is added!

It was really wonderful to see Andy tonight. He's the absolute sweetest guy in the universe! He brought me back a playbill from The Book of Mormon and searched far and wide for some Broadway memorabilia for me.  I'm going to miss him so much when he's away at school.

So my mom took my phone away for the week, so it's safe to count on more posts from me tonight!

Also, Archer just did an homage to Bob's Burger's and it was perfect!!!!!

Tomorrow morning I'm meeting my co-editor-in-chief for breakfast, and we're going to discuss our goals for the paper this year as well as our ideas for "journalism bootcamp." I'm pretty excited!

It's been a busy past two days at work. Back to school sales have started, and it's crazy hectic, so sorry I haven't posted the past two days!

It was such a long and painful day of work today. It was extremely busy, and customers practically trashed the store. I feel like I came from a war zone. Sales-wise, it was fantastic though!

Today I started working on the common app. It kinda freaks me out how quickly the summer is ending, as well as my time as a teenager. I can't stop it, but I don't know if I'm ready for it to happen. I mean, I'm really excited for a lot of it- the freedom, growth, and milestones like marriage and getting a career- but at the same time I am so afraid of the mundane and scary stuff like filing taxes, paying bills, uncertainty, and so on. Bleh.