BEDA Day 31 Last Day

That's right, I posted a blog for every day in August. That month sure did fly by fast. It was fun trying to think up things to blog about. Will I continue to blog every day after August. Probably not, but I just might blog more often than I did before I took on the BEDA challenge.

For my last blog of the month, I am going to post a video of one of the people I'm subscribed to on YouTube. No explanation is needed.

Just watch the video. At the end, let me know what your thoughts are. What were your thought during the video, after the video?

I hope you had a great month and enjoyed reading what I had to share.

BEDA Day 29 - It was a Good Day

Today was a good day. I woke up early, well, early for a Saturday, around 10am. Did the usual beginning of day activities, you know, email, myspace, twitter, stuff like that.

Got a call from my uncle inviting me out for lunch. We went to a Chinese buffet place. Never been to that particular one before, but it was good. After that we went to the movie theater. We ended up seeing Inglorious Basterds.

It was a great movie. I always like Quentin Tarantino movies and this was definitely a Quentin Tarantino movie. When we got in the theater, the employee that took our ticket warned us that it was a 2 hour and 45 min movie. I'm not one to see long movies, but this movie did not seem that long. It really was a great movie.

When I got home, I spent the rest of the day cleaning my apartment. I am glad that I have a studio apartment and it does not take a long time to clean.

Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

BEDA Day 28 - TGIF

TGIF and 1st week of school done. It was a short school week, but one none the less.

Tonight is the drawing for the Mega Millions Lottery. The jackpot is up to $333 million. Wow, how nice it would be to have $333 million. I bought my tickets for tonight, hopping I will win at least some money.



And if not, I also got some tickets for Saturday's Texas Lotto drawing. The last time I played, I won $13! Better than nothing, right.

That's it for today. Good Luck to those who are playing for tonight's jackpot!

BEDA Day 27 - School

The 2009 Fall semester started yesterday. This semester, which is my last, I am taking one class and two labs. It should not be a too difficult semester. There are a couple of things that I do not like about the labs. They are group presentations and formal lab report.

I've always hated doing presentations in front of classes. In high school and during the first year of college I would not like doing presentations because I would get very nervous. I do not get as nervous now as I have done many presentations in my college carrier, but I still dislike doing them.

The lab reports are another reason. In each lab, one formal lab report is due. This is a five plus page report and I despise with all my soul doing them. Well maybe not that bad, but still. The worse part is if your data comes out as not expected and there is no time to redo the experiment.

So this semester I have to do two group presentations, with 2 different groups, and 2 formal lab reports. Everything will most likely turn out ok, but I just felt like whining for a bit. It's my blog and I can if I want to.

BEDA Day 8 - Apium graveolens

Apium graveolens aka celery is the topic for today's post.

Celery is a biennial plant that is used all around the world as a vegetable. Celery is one part of the Louisiana Creole Holy Trinity and helps make up the base for soups and sauces in the French mirepoix.

Besides from it's great taste, celery also has a lot of nutritional value. Celery contains a variety of minerals and nutrients including iron, zinc, potassium and vitamins A,B,&C. It is also a great source of dietary fiber.

Celery also said to have many health benefits and has been used as a medicinal plant for centuries. Celery has a large amount of vitamin C which acts as a antioxidant. It helps reduce the severity of the inflammatory conditions of asthma, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis. The vitamin C also helps support the immune system and can reduce the symptoms of a cold.

It is also said to be helpful in lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

I am not a hardcore fan of celery, but I will eat it, usually in soups or salads. I have started eating it as a snack. I make it as a version of ants on a log. For ants on a log, peanut butter and raisins are used.

I change it up a bit and use fat free cream cheese and top it with fresh chopped cherries. The fresh cherries add a healthy sweetness to the snack.

All in all, celery is a great vegetable. It does not taste horrible and it is good for you!

BEDA Day 3 - Rats!

(click on pics for larger view)

This post is going to be about my pet rats. Rats are really a great pet to have. They are smart, have their own personality, and are just cute. I started off with 2 female fancy rats.

Here are the first two I started off with. Misty on the left and Precious on the right.

Precious is the "boss" of the group. She is so friendly and loves to be touched and will follow me where ever I go. She loves the running wheel. She never gets tired of it. Every time I hear the wheel moving, it's her on it.
Misty is the trouble maker. She is the one that I have to watch when they are out of their cage. She loves to jump and is not afraid of jumping from the stand that the cage is on to to the floor. She is always finding a way to get away, and when she does, she will try as hard a possible to not get caught again. I've had to deal with that twice already. But she is also very friendly and will clean your finger nails and clip your cuticles for free!

Then I got Sugar, a female dumbo rat.

Sugar is the cute, sweet, shy one. When I first got Sugar, she was so shy and did not like anyone handling her. After some time and many snacks later, she got used to it. She is very calm and easy going.

Then I got Jasmin, a female blue rat.

I had always wanted a solid color blue rat, so when I saw Jasmine, I just had to get her. Jasmine too was a shy girl when I first got her. But warmed up to being handled quickly. She quickly became friends with the other 3.

Unfortunately, I have lost both Sugar and Jasmine at the same time to pneumonia.

So far Precious and Misty have been doing good. They are healthy and very active.

If you follow me on Twitter, then you know that I Twitpic a lot about my 2 girls.

Here are some extra pics

BEDA(Blog Every Day in August) Day 1

When I first started my blog I used to blog almost every day or at least a few times a week. Now it more like once a month. Back in April, there was a thing called BEDA which was blog every day in April. I want to try to do that, but of course, in August. I think it will be fun!

Now, I live an extremely boring life, so don't expect every blog to be long or anything special. And I think I will just be blogging about anything and everything that comes to mind.

It would be great if others wanted to start doing this as well. Nothing special is needed to join. Just start blogging and blog every day for the next 31 days. Sounds like fun, right!

Ok, that picture up there if from a grocery store ad. A friend from Canada sent me this pic. It's not a made up soup or name, it's the real thing. I went to the Grace web site and saw that they really do sell a soup called "Cock Flavor". I have not seen it in my local grocery store, but next time I go, I will be on the look out! I'm sure there are people out there that know about and have tasted this. Their web site states that they are located in Miami, Florida. If you don't have any in your local grocery store, you can always order it online here for only $1! If anyone has tasted it, make sure to leave a comment and let us know how it tastes.

I know the soup has it's name for a purpose, but come one, you have to admit, it's kinda funny.



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