http://www.vampirevocab.com Books first. Then food. Then clothes. Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:22:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Lightning Thief movie was absolutely untrue to the book. If it were independant, I would have enjoyed it: the effects were good, and at times it was funny. However. If you take an excellent book with tons of die-hard fans and make it into a good movie that has ... http://www.vampirevocab.com/2010/02/the-lightning-thief/ We left on Christmas Day. Travel was as travel always is: boring, uncomfortable, but the pains are staved off by the promise of arrival. Five and a half hours in the air and one connection in Miami later, my siblings, father and I stepped out of Juan SantaMaria Airport and ... http://www.vampirevocab.com/2010/01/costa-rica/ Every year I write a note to Santa. This year, I posted it on my Kaboodle list. I transcribed it here. (Beware, ridiculously sappy) Dear Santa, This year has been incredibly exciting. All this year I have been reminded of all the people around me who love me and all of the ... http://www.vampirevocab.com/2009/12/my-christmas-note/ On my nice little laptop at my dad's house, I've had a problem for a while. My default  page (Google) turned into something called "mywebsearch". Umm...just for the record, I, being most likely the only computer illiterate blogger EVER, do not even know HOW to change such a thing. Also, ... http://www.vampirevocab.com/2009/12/an-interesting-tactic/ I call you guinea pigs, my devoted or not-so-devoted readers because you are about to be subject to a short story. My short story. It's not too late to turn back. ...No? Brave soul. You see, my drop-dead gorgeous mother was talking to me the other day and she informed ... http://www.vampirevocab.com/2009/11/my-beloved-guinea-pigs/ I've made this recipe quite a few times, and it's recieved great reviews each time. Not from Epicurious for once! It's really good and easy, plus it's been described as "Coma-inducing". In a good way. Ghiradelli Grand Fudge Cake I suggest puree-ing raspberries and spreading them between the layers. Chocolate and raspberries...yum! http://www.vampirevocab.com/2009/11/super-easy-and-delicious-chocolate-cake/ It seems that, though not my favorite class, math seems to be my most interesting not due to the class itself, but because of the students in it. I write journal entries about school in my free time about it, therefore I'll share a few that I've written. Some even ... http://www.vampirevocab.com/2009/10/notes-of-math-class/ It seems that I am becoming the go-to source for birthday cakes. I'm glad, actually. I love making cakes because they are a challenge and so much harder to make than cookies, brownies or cupcakes. (Usually. Some cookies, cupcakes, and brownies can be scary. Seriously.) A couple months ago I ... http://www.vampirevocab.com/2009/10/the-land-of-birthday-cakes/ We were doing Round Robin, a game where we create a story as an ensemble, in my theater class at Piven. One story we told stuck out to me so, as I am prone to do, I am going to post it. I didn't name the characters, by the way. ... http://www.vampirevocab.com/2009/10/a-story-of-piven/ Before theater class one Saturday, I wanted muffins. Sweet, delicious, warm muffins. So, I went to my favorite place besides Barnes and Noble, my House, and Piven (my theater school)...Epicurious! Anyway, I knew we had cinnamon, nutmeg, at least half a stick of butter and other such staples, so I ... http://www.vampirevocab.com/2009/10/muffins-for-when-you-have-nothing-in-the-house/