not enough

school starts tomorrow and I haven't even finished Breaking Dawn yet, let alone Bardach's 8-fold path. I did however manage to do the following over break:

went to DC, heart
caught up on my netflix queue of san francisco-themed films
read 10000 books including firsts by Malcolm Gladwell (barf), Michael Chabon (barf), and (nearly) the Twilight saga (barf forever)
made 3 kinds of soup, including lentil, corn chowder, and veggie chilli
went to Tahoe where I drank hot toddies, snowboarded like an old person, and failed to complete a puzzle by the fire
and um.... that's about it

oh and I just made pumpkin butter

I went to the farmers' market in downtown Berkeley on saturday expecting all the stands to be overflowing with pumpkins. apparently I missed the part where they sold them all before thanksgiving. luckily one guy had these 3 beauts left.

I scooped out the seeds and guts, roasted the meats in the oven for like 45 mins, and skinned em. Then i ran it all through my tiny baby food processor like 4 times until it was smooth enough. a hand mixer is at the top of my shopping list after that ordeal.

I added cinnamon, ground cloves, and a bit of nutmeg, plus 2.5 cups sugar, a cup of OJ, and a cup of water, and cooked it down til it looked like baby poo.

then I let that shit sit on the stove overnight while I went out and grinded to 90's hip hop at Booty Bassment at the knockout in SF. Then I came home the next day and canned it all up.

I made a lot more than I expected, leaving me with a few 1/2 pints to give away as presents. so be nice to me.