Food Blog

I am starting a food blog because I can see myself blogging about more food in the future and I would like to have this blog not turn into a food blog. It is now called Just desserts! but that may change if I think of something cooler.
xoxo
George

Cupcake Adventure

After coming across this recipe for white chocolate wasabi cupcakes with sake plum filling, I decided to make them. Things I learned and experience from this.
1) It takes a lot of wasabi powder to make two tablespoons of paste.
2) This was my first cake using white chocolate. White chocolate is very finicky and overheats quickly.
3) This was also my first cake with a recipe calling for more sugar than flour. The batter was super thick as were the cakes.
4) Green food dye comes out quickly.
5) Plum Sake is too sweet to cook with. (At least for this recipe)
6) These cupcakes taste better the next day.
7) Filled cupcakes are not as difficult as they look.

HIRED!!!!

WOO HOO!! I have a job!! My interview went so well I got hired!! Was it my incredible sake and wine knowledge? My bubbly personality? My preparedness and excellent resume? Or a combination? Who knows! I found a job in a terrible recession. GO ME!!!

Thunder Snow

We have snow today in the ATL. It started falling this morning and just started accumulating and accumulating. There is thunder with this snow (also known as thundersnow). It kind of gives a different feel to the snow because you have the quiet of snow, interrupted by a bout of thunder. I just hope the snow is off the roads by tomorrow as I have an interview downtown.

Atlanta...

... is alright but I still haven't found a job. I haven't been able to meet people and get friends here because I have no job. I have been doing a lot of chores and Wii fit and workout tapes. I miss Hawaii. :-(

I guess I should change the name of my blog. Any suggestions?

And if you need a person with great work ethic to work for your company, see previous post!!!

Need some one to work for you?

I am a server with 7 years experience and excellent references in the Atlanta area. I have an in depth knowledge of wine an learn very quickly. I also have four years of animal research lab experience with two papers published. If this sounds like some one you need I will gladly send you my information. Leave your contact information in the comments section.

YAY!

I found somebody to move in my room! Woo hoo!

Room for rent

I put the apartment on the market today. Woo hoo!

37 days

Till I leave the island. It is sad but I do have good news. My neighbor is leaving the island this month as well. Since the military is paying for him to move and he hasn't used all his allotted space, I am going to put my stuff with his stuff and just pick it up on the mainland. It will only be a 3 hour drive with a u-haul versus a bunch of $$ spent on shipping. I'm excited! This week I will try my hand at eggs benedict. Wish me luck!

TURBO!

So I am trying to get SUPER buff before I go to the mainland because I won't have a gym membership, I don't think I will be as inclined to do outside activities like swimming in butt-cold weather, and I would like to have a little physical prowess while I transition. In order to do this I have started taking FREE classes at 24hourfitness of which I am a member. Last week I did this thing that was a cross between step and weight-lifting and today I did Turbo Kickboxing. The turbo means it is extra hard and the instructor gets extra annoying when you feel like puking. It was fun though! Hopefully I can find time to do 3 or 4 classes per week. This way I don't have act all tough to muscle my way onto the machines I like or wait while the most anorexic woman (or smelliest man) in the world gets off the treadmill. The classes have muscle-y girls (like me!) and good music!

Engh...

After being at work over 40hrs/week for the past month I took a long weekend. Delicious. I did lazy stuff and loved it. The only thing is I've started going to bed earlier and getting up earlier, but I've begun to need a nap in the middle of the day. odd. But I got a little bored on the third day. I played some MadLibs with Dave and rediscovered the fun that is MadLibs. Still hilarious. I looked up stuffing recipes because that is included in my half of Thanksgiving dinner and found this one for fried stuffing on a stick from Paula Deen. I played TextTwist and made lunch for a week. I also counted my change and found $6.35 and 3.55 Franks and .20 Paseta. Bought a diet Coke with that then laid out in the sun for an hour. I can't stay out too long because I got really pale for my Halloween costume. BUSY DAY!!!!

BTW: Check out my Flickr!! Tons of new photogs!

Georgia B's Macintosh Tech Support Group

Oh Mac. So we remember the first expensive repair and dealings with customer service with Apple computers. We remember the faulty logic board I didn't get fixed. We remember the black X on my battery thingy. Well two nights ago Mac was working fine. JUST FINE. Yesterday morning when I go to turn Mac on I get a gray screen with a blinking folder with a "?" on it. Oh Mac. I thought it was bad when Dan at the Genius Bar (Who rivals Curtis as the best person I have talked to working for Apple) grimaced when I told him my problem. Apparently the blinking ? means the computer is not recognizing an operating system. For all you computer savvy people, you probably know what is coming. I tried starting it in safe mode. No black screen with white prompt. We tried connecting another hard drive to my computer and it worked. So it can be related to my already crappy logic board or my hard drive. I had my fingers crossed for the logic board. The $280 is less than the software, music, video, and pictures I had installed on Mac. So we hooked my hard drive to another computer. Alas, it did not show up. Although the replacing of the hard drive was free, all my data was lost. I do have some backed up on an external hard drive, but unfortunately the fire wire port is one of the ports affected by my faulty, senile logic board.

I have had so many problems with this Black MacBook, I think I am qualified as a Mac tech support expert.

Halloween in style!

So I went searching for a Halloween costume today. I was going to be a cursed pirate like in Pirates of the Caribbean, but even the fabric to make a costume was too expensive (not to mention the hat and eye patch and sword and boots). So I got a plastic knife with blood on it, some knee high tights with blood on them, a white shirt at ross, and a skirt. all of it costing me around $20. Even the shoes were less than $20. I have my costume make up from my Freddy outfit last year and I am going to be a homicidal nurse or a butcher. I haven't decided how to play it out yet.

Rocktoberfest!

Last night I had a very sexxxy dinner. Sauerkraut, turkey sausage, onions, peppers, and a little piece of leftover steak. Very Oktoberfest, yet I had no beer in the house. I ended up drinking pink lemonade instead.

Electricity and Carry Ons

So I got the electric bill this month and with the new roommate it jumped up $30 from when our old roommate lived here. It should be lower because we recently fixed all our leaky faucets. I can only attribute it to the new roommate doing his laundry with hot water and hot dryer. The dryer especially. I am looking for a good comparison to post by the washer just as a friendly reminder to all.

I am also wondering how large my "personal item" can be on the airplane. I have a carry on and a checked bag. I am not really finding exact dimensions for this "personal item". I'm just saying, I can carry a REALLY big purse.

Is That a FitBit in Your Pocket?

I've been wanting a BodyBugg for a while, but is $300 AND has a monthly fee for the website AND is unsightly on your arm AND takes a lot of time uploading information. Well imagine my delight when i took a gander at FitBit! Fit bit is only $100, automatically uploads, monitors your sleep, the online website is free, and fits discreetly in your pocket. Oh happy day! It isn't available until Dec-Jan, but it can be pre-ordered (although I haven't yet because of the move). Who is excited with me!?!

The GA Move

So it is official. I will not be in Hawaii for my B-day. I will be movie to GA in Jan. Some stuff has already gone to dear seester. I'm tired of explaining why I am moving so I have started telling people I need more black men in my life, and there just aren't enough in Hawaii. They usually laugh a nervous laugh and leave the topic alone after that.

Computer Update

I took Mac in. The battery is all poop. The display battery they had worked but the only battery they had in stock didn't (surprise!). So I wait as I do with Apple. For them to call. They should have called yesterday (Surprise!). He also told me my logic board is failing and that is why my ethernet doesn't work anymore. The other guy told me it was a bad port. I have a senile computer with defective parts. If only I could stick him in a home.

Hungry Girl vs. Skinny Bitch

The two popular books aimed at women and their eating habits go head to head in GA's kitchen. Who will be victorious?

Name:
I detest the use of bitch in a fun, sassy manner. Period.
Winner: Hungry Girl!

Weight Loss Solutions:
Well Hungry Girl does have some good ideas and slims down many recipes, but she does not actually aim it as weight loss solutions. She says so herself. Skinny Bitch is written by two models who are actually trying to sell a diet book.
Winner: Skinny Bitch!

Recipes:
Both offer favorites in HG or SB manner. SB uses a lot of organic and hard to find items. Additionally, HG uses meat in some of her recipes (and gives the option for meat substitutes). I love meat. SB has a vegan/macrobiotic look on life. I'm sure that is great for some people. I prefer free-range chicken and rare steaks.
Winner: Hungry Girl! (for the carnivores at least)

Price:
HG is a free web publication that also happens to have a book. The book is around $16. SB has two books out. They do not have an online repository of recipes. The cookbook is $10.99 or you can buy both together for $21.33 on amazon.com.
Winner: Hungry Girl!

With a 3-1 score Hungry Girl wins!!! I am cooking the Fiber-ific Fried Chicken Strips and Lord of the Onion Rings tonight. The Lord of the Onion Rings recipe can be found on the back of the Fiber One original cereal box.

Consoladarity

So I have been preparing myself for this move. The big one. Out of Hawaii. Its probably the second biggest move in my life seeing as how I have spent my entire adult life here.

Space-wise i did three MAJOR consolidations:
1. I got a CD folder and put all my DVDs in them. Threw out most of the cases (I still have a few choice ones)

2. Went through my closet and pulld anything I have't worn in a year.

3. Got a 3 ring binder and plastic sheet protectors. Cut up my cooking magazines and cut out all the recipes I wanted to keep. Put them in sheet protectors. Made my own cook book.