Vegan Reese's Cups

These took like five minutes to make. I ate one, and I think I'm full forever.

Weekend photo dump!

This weekend I played a show with my new band, The Decorations.

The next day Jace and I drove to Chamblee. The sunset after the crazy thunderstorm that afternoon left a beautiful sunset over our majestic local Walmart.

On Saturday afternoon I hung out with my family in Chamblee. My sister gave me and my mom facials. :)

And on Saturday night Jace and I went to his friend Craig's wedding. Jace caught the garter!

On Sunday my family and I went to see Avenue Q! It was great, and we got this picture of us with the Bad Decision Bears. Afterwards we all went to Savage Pizza. Twas most delicious.

It was such a packed and fun weekend! I loved hanging out with my family and feeling like another fun thing is right around every corner.

Last night after we all ate dinner Jace and I went out to see Tree of Life since its only showing in Atlanta right now. I came away feeling kind of "meh" about it, but after thinking about it overnight I think I generally enjoyed it. Go see it if you enjoy Koyaanisqatsi and that sort of thing. If I had to guess I'd say Tree of Life tries to do what Koyaanisqatsi does while appealing to a wider audience by incorporating a narrative as well. Do they succeed? Eh, I dunno! There were both sincere and touching moments, and overblown and melodramatic moments (think about that plastic bag in American Beauty...*barf*). If you enjoy discussing films with others, you should see it! If nothing else, it is fun to talk about afterward.

Today, I made my unmanly (vegan) sloppy joes and am enjoying trying not to ruin my keyboard with it as I type this. Athfest is coming up this weekend, and I'm thinking about going out and getting some Four Eyes t-shirts made, maybe?! I wonder how long it would take to get 10 shirts printed!

BBQ Seitan!

Another food post! I always get excited when I make a recipe from Veganomicon, because this cookbook is seriously awesome. I definitely credit two books most of all for my slow but steady turn towards veganism. The first is "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer, and the second is Veganomicon, for opening up a whole new world of cooking to me.

Tonight I made their Simple Seitan recipe (really easy recipe, but takes an hour to cook) then made their BBQ Seitan and Crispy Coleslaw Sandwich using the seitan I made. Damn. It was so awesome. It was like the perfect summer meal. Jace and I ate it out on the porch and drank PBR's and watched the fireflies (have you seen them? I just started seeing them last weekend). I probably haven't eaten ribs since my junior year in high school, but these definitely satiated any cravings I ever had for them.

Sorry the photograph isn't better, I was starving.

Lunch

I think lunch is becoming my favorite meal of the day. Maybe because I normally work at 5 or 6, so my afternoons are very slow and relaxing. Lately I usually eat hummus and tomato sandwiches, but today I got fancy and made myself some tofu, peppers and rice topped with a lil sriracha sauce.

Summer

This summer has been packed with long, meandering hikes, early morning runs, afternoon band practices, late night shows, bike rides, movie nights, and maybe my favorite of all, Sunday afternoons at Transmet with a cold beer, a great book, and Jace.

Four Eyes

My band Four Eyes has been nominated for a Flagpole Music Award! We've been nominated in the Upstart category and I'm unbelievably pumped about this! I'll post a link to one of our songs below (and a link to vote if you feel so inclined ;) ). Jace and I are mixing our album now, which is taking forever since neither Jace nor I have ever mixed an album before. Hopefully within the week we'll have more tracks up to listen to! :)

"Autobiography" by Four Eyes

"Our Insides" by Four Eyes

Vote for us here!

I did it!

I graduated from college!