"Are you going to continue Chronicles of a Curly Head?"
"Where have you been? "
"Why don't you update anymore?"
"What's been going on?"
etc.
Questions are natural. I don't mind the questions.
When my favorite bloggers don't update I wonder where they are too.
But, despite what you may think - I am a fairly private person.
You probably see 5% of what my life is really like by reading my blog.
The other 95% you naturally fill in yourself.
The only piece of information I feel the need to share is - yes I am going to continue my blog.
I love CCH. And I love my readers. End of story.
I'm in a major food rut.....
Perhaps some of you can relate!!
I eat the same things every single day. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
Mostly because of convenience.
I'm a poor 20 year old girl living on her own. I don't have money for fancy schmancy groceries. Only the bare necessities. And to be quite honest- it hasn't bothered me one bit since I
I consider myself to be a very healthy young girl, I'm not saying that I'm not, it's just very apparent that my body is hungry for variety. A wider variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. I seriously need to change it up. I only have one body and I need to start treating it that way. After much thought and deliberation, I've decided to splurge and add a handful of new items to my daily routine:
Items I'd like to incorporate into my diet: tofu, m
Are you finding yourself in a food rut similar to mine?
Perhaps you should follow my lead and mix things up as well!
:)
Over the span of the last couple of months I've noticed a major change in the mop atop my head....
My curls are ::gulp:: straightening out o_O
I've been in major denial of this mainly the past two weeks.
I constantly have my hair in a pony tail, and blame it on convenience.
But in reality - I don't want to see my hair curly at all because I feel like i'm losing it!!
My hair stylist back in Ohio (Mary) once told me that hair patterns change every seven years.
I started to ponder this idea...and it made complete sense!!!
When I was a baby until I was 7 years old - my hair was MEGA curly.
When I was 7 until about 14 - my hair was almost STICK straight.
When I was 14 up until now (20) - my hair has been PRETTY curly.
It's been 7 years and no joke - it's starting to straighten out again.
How the hell am I supposed to run a blog called "Chronicles of a Curly Head" if my hair is no longer curly???
So yesterday I decided to style my hair for the first time in 3 weeks. Yep. Shampoo, conditioner, frizz ease, and curl enhancers haven't touched my head in 3 weeks. My hair has been surprisingly shiny and clean despite what you may think. It does the head good to rid it of chemicals for a while - trust me. But back on topic: I styled my hair for the first time in weeks....
Survey says....
I'm pretty happy with the outcome.
I'm not going to lie though - there is a big change.
I'm just going to have to learn how to work with it...and if my hair does straighten out by the time I'm 21....I suppose I'll have to change my blog name. Something like "Chronicles of a once curly head" or "No curls all jokes" or "Life after curls" or "I got no mo fro" or "My life was much better and even more enjoyable when I had curls"
Ok...maybe those blog titles are a little long...let's just keep our fingers crossed that I look exactly the same for the rest of my life lol. I think that's our best bet on this one ;)
Over the past two weeks I've watched a great deal of movies and television shows....
Seeing as I only work on the weekends let's just say I have a lot of time on my hands on the week days lol. I've compiled a written list of all of my favorite television shows and movies I've watched..... just because I'm bored lol - and I've decided to
share this list with all of you.....just because I feel like it lol.
Perhaps it'll strike a chord with you in one way or another. You might find yourself thinking "I love that show/movie!" or "I've always wanted to see that tv show/movie" or "Jenna is out of her mind for watching that stupid show/movie." or "why does she feel the need to tell us about shows/movies?" Judge me all you want. I love them all.
Television Shows:
Talk shows:
-Regis and Kelly
-Ellen
-The Today Show
-Good Morning America
-Oprah
-The View
Disney Junior shows (thanks to my 3 year old cousin not letting me change the channel lol):
-Mickey Mouse Club House
-Special Agent Oso
-Handy Manny
Regardless of the fact that these shows are ever so tacky and aimed towards dramatic 13 year old girls - I find them disgustingly enticing and will continue to watch until I can't take it anymore lol:
-Glee
-One Tree Hill
-Gossip Girl
-The Vampire Diaries
My new favorite television show:
- Modern Family
I watched season 1 and 2 of Modern Family in the span of 48 hours last week. I literally sat at my kitchen table for hours and hours at a time without getting up - I couldn't get enough of it!!
I can't even begin to describe my love for this show or why exactly I find it so amazing. Let's just say, I feel like it was made for me. The humor is just my style. If you're a fan of the show - then you're awesome - if you're not THEN WISE UP.
Movies I've watched:
-The proposal
-Rent
-Juno
-The lake house
-The darjeeling limited
-Benny & Joon
-My best friends wedding
-Once
-50 first dates
-Love actually
-Princess and the frog
-2012
-Up
-Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind
-French kiss
-When harry met sally
-Wicker park
-That thing you do
Despite the long list of movies and television shows - I'm no couch potato I can assure you....
I spend the toughest 24 hours of each week working at
Disney (which is a mental and physical work out for sure) and
I've been on a strict....sort of strict.....exercise regimen as well.
First for Disney:
I am on my feet. For 8 hours. Working in a kitchen. A buffet to be exact. Feeding about 1200 people Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Working the busiest part of the kitchen: soups and sides.
Running around like a crazy person. Lifting really heavy soups over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over again. Carrying the heavy soups to the line. Pouring the soups into new pots. Bending and lifting and running and sweating. And trying to keep up with over 1,000 people demanding more soups and sides! Not to mention trying to keep up with the rest of the kitchen staff. It isn't all smiles and Mickey Mouse 24/7 I can assure you lol.
. Tougher than I though it would be. Yes I work for a great company. But I'm working in a very popular resort. In a very fast pace kitchen. It's stressful. Not to mention I'm one of the only women in a kitchen that has about 50-60 people staffed a shift (not to imply that women can't hold their own amongst men - but if you're a woman and you work predominantly with men - you might be subject to being treated different). But it's a great job. I work with good people. Some are nicer than others. Some are more helpful than others.
All stress aside - Two of the chefs approached me and told me what a great job I was doing (which was so awesome!!) and offered to have me work full time. But I politely declined. I just can't remain sane whilst working the hours I currently work:
2:30 pm - 11 pm. I would go crazy working those hours 5 days a week (I know from experience...I did it my first week and I had a nervous breakdown lol). In about a month I'm going to find another part time job at a book store or something non food related to balance my life out.I need balance. Kudos to those of you working in fast pace restaurants up to 40 hours a week - earning squat for the hard work you put in. You are a trooper to say the very very least.
Now for my work out regimen:
I used to be a lean mean work out machine, and then I just got lazy, and frumpy. I don't know why I ever thought my body would stay the same without exercise, or why I thought my energy levels would stay up if I cut back on the amount of time I exercise. I was wrong lol. So now I'm back on my A game! Exercising every day. Like REALLY exercising.
I recently joined
Planet Fitness because they have an awesome - $10 a month - type plan. Which is honestly all I can afford right now lol.
I used to say that lifting weights and that calisthenics was "fun" - until my best friend told me calisthenics and lifting isn't supposed to be fun and that i'm basically a naive idiot lol. This is called tough love. The only reason why exercising was ever fun to me before was because I wasn't doing it right. I wasn't pushing myself. I'd use the lightest weights. I would read gossip magazines while walking on the treadmill. I wouldn't be sore the next morning. I would basically waste 1 1/2 hours at the gym. Walking around like a sissy baby girl.
In my new found opinion: the only time exercising is truly fun is when you're on a hike, or playing a sport you love, or taking a funky zumba class, or playing tag with your kids, some activity that works you out without you having to spend hours inside a gym. Because let's be honest - no one is having "fun" when they're lifting weights. You might enjoy the way you feel afterwards or the way it makes your muscles feel, but you're not having "fun". Just my opinion. I'm sure some of you could disagree. BUT it's this kind of thinking that's turned me into a lean mean work out machine once again.
When I go to the gym I'm pushing myself to the limit. No fun and games. No magazines. No walking around aimlessly. No watching tv while I'm on the treadmill. I have my ipod on and I'm focused. It's beginning to make a really big difference. Perhaps you have a different method - perhaps the whole "fun" thing works for you. But I don't have time to hike, or play sports, or take exercise classes, or pretend that lifting weights gives me pure joy.
I only have time to push myself til I feel like my body is going to explode - and then some.
My workout playlist consists of slow - fast - and inspirational songs for different moments in my workout routine. Slower songs for warmup and cool down, and inspirational/fast/ "push you to the limit" type songs for when I feel like giving up - which is pretty frequently lol :
Perhaps you can work some of these songs into your exercise routine!
Last but not least - I'd like to introduce you to a brand new curly headed blogger named Krissy....
"This blog is to show love to curly hair. Most girls with curly hair are always straightening their hair rather than going natural, but I love curls, and I’m sure there are others out there who adore their curls as well. This blog is for you. I’ll be posting photos of gorgeous curly hair, and you may submit photos of your curls as well. If you have any curly hair related questions, feel free to ask, and I will answer the best I can. So for the first post, here is my “crazy curly hair
-Krissy"
If you're interested in Krissy's blog, and what she's all about just click the link below!!
Well I think I've overstayed my welcome - to be quite honest (and despite what you may think) I'm getting quite sick of talking about myself lol....so it's time I bid you all farewell!
I hope each and every one of you have an amazing week :D
Try your best to be kind to yourself and kind to your body.
Let us begin...
[[Today’s music]]
It's a day for covers....
(1) LADY GAGA – BORN THIS WAY COVER
How could I not feature this? Ten years old? Say Whaaaaaat???
You go girl.
(2) CHRISTINA PERRI - ALANIS MORISSETTE, COLDPLAY, AND DAMIEN RICE COVERS
I've been digging this lady very much so ever since I saw her on 'Conan' (Conan O'Briens late night talk show) a few months ago...there's something about her voice that I find quite intriguing...
I seriously can't get enough of Christina....covering two of my favorite songs so effortlessly?
That deserves a big "you go girl" on my part.
You go girl.
(3) GREG LASWELL - CYNDI LAUPER COVER
[[Today's restaurant]]
TRU - CHICAGO
[[Today's kitchen gadget (s)]]
(1) CLAMP BOTS
(2) YUM BOTS
(3) BREVILLE RADIO TOASTER
(4) MAXIM 2-IN-1 JUG AND SCALES
[[Today's news]]
(1) RISING COCOA PRICES MAY LEAVE CHOCOLATE FANS BITTER
“The weeks between Valentine's Day and Easter are usually the sweetest time of year for the chocolate industry. But confectioners are nervous this year because of political unrest in Ivory Coast, the West African country that produces 40 percent of the world's cocoa beans. The current ban on cocoa exports from Ivory Coast is raising concerns of a chocolate shortage.”
"No one expects chocolate to suddenly disappear from store shelves. But there are concerns about whether the cocoa supply can keep pace with growing demand as India and China develop a taste for chocolate.
Cocoa trees only grow near the equator. Most of this year's crop left Ivory Coast before the ban went into effect. But as much as 10 percent of the world cocoa crop this year may be tied up in the country. Parkin says chocolate makers may have no choice but to pass higher prices on to the consumer.
"The whole industry is facing some pretty severe cost pressure this year," Parkin says. "If prices stay at this level, then you should expect that it will get passed on to the consumer, either with some level of price rises or package size reductions."
“The world has entered a new food crisis. Prices have surged, contributing to unrest in the Arab world. The president of the World Bank, the former US deputy secretary of state Bob Zoellick, last week warned that global food prices are at "dangerous levels."
It's part two of the crisis that started in 2007-08, which led to food riots in 18 countries. Prices in 2008 reached their highest since 1845, in inflation-adjusted terms, according to theEconomist magazine's index, before slumping. The crisis seemed to have solved itself.
But last month, global food prices actually broke the record, according to the experts at the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation. Over the past year the price of corn has risen 52 per cent, wheat 49 per cent and soybeans 28 per cent.
Rising food prices have pushed an extra 44 million people into poverty in the past seven months, according to the World Bank. It's even being felt in the rich world. In Australia, the opposition hopes to capitalise on it: "The year will begin and end with Australian families facing an ever-rising cost of living," the Liberal Party's Joe Hockey said in a speech last week.
Alarmed at spiking food prices, a score of countries, including big food suppliers such as Russia and Ukraine, have banned food exports to make sure they can feed their own people first. This has provoked further alarm. Britain's environment minister, Caroline Spelman, argued last month that it should be illegal for countries to halt food exports, even in an emergency.
At the same time, the British government's chief scientific officer, Sir John Beddington, declared that "the case for urgent action in the global food system is now compelling". The Group of Twenty major economic powers, which includes Australia, agreed.”
“Over the years, the public radio show “This American Life” has done some ambitious work. It was the first media outlet in the country to broadcast lengthy interviews with Guantánamo Bay prisoners. It sent reporters to Iraq for a month. And it exposed the misdeeds of a hedge fund.
So what other topic could be so weighty, so captivating that it would cause the radio show’s Web site to crash under a stampede of visitors? A soft-drink recipe.
The host, Ira Glass, revealed on last weekend’s show what he claimed was the original formula for Coca-Cola. He found it buried in a little-noticed article in the archives of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
The recipe spread across the Internet, republished everywhere from CNN to Al Jazeera. A television show in Australia made its own Coke on air. Brewers in the United States swapped tips on finding the best sources for key ingredients like coriander oil and citric acid.
“It’s sobering,” Mr. Glass said. “We’ve done a lot of serious reporting on many serious things. But nothing that got the attention that we got from taking on a soft drink.”
Coke, as it always does, insists the recipe is inaccurate. The real formula, it says, remains in a bank vault in Atlanta.”
(1) UNCONTACTED AMAZON TRIBE: FIRST EVER AERIAL FOOTAGE
This is amazing…
(2) ROBERT BRADFORD - RECYCLED TOY SCULPTURES
"Robert Bradford creates his life-size and larger-than-life sculptures of humans and animals from discarded plastic items, mainly toys but also other colorful plastic bits and pieces, such as combs and buttons, brushes and parts of clothes pegs.
Contrary to some reports, he’s not a self-taught artist who tinkered in his shed one day and suddenly decided to create something out of his kids’ discarded toys. He is a London-born and U.K. and U.S.-trained visual artist who, like many artists, also had another career on the side. His was that of a psychotherapist.
In 2002, he started to consider the possibilities that his children’s forgotten toys could have as part of something bigger. Bradford says he likes the idea that the plastic pieces have a history, some unknown past, and that they also pass on a “cultural” history as each of the pieces represents a point in time.
Recycling is not his primary concern, but each sculpture certainly keeps quite a few pieces from becoming landfill. Some of the sculptures contain pieces from up to 3,000 toys and sell for £12,000 (US$19,000). - Tuija Seipell"
Glad your back Jenna! I not much of a commenter (i would rather email or something), but I noticed no one said anything about this post and it's been a few days. I moved cities before and I know its a big change. Im glad you got everything on its way to being sorted out and decided to keep posting.
Jenna is the name blogging about food appears to be my game. Self declared funny gal, and budding chef-to-be. I prepare food for a living at @olivedive . Click the 'About Me' tab to learn more!
Well either way - I missed all of you!! :D
Survey says....
I'm pretty happy with the outcome.
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Glad your back Jenna! I not much of a commenter (i would rather email or something), but I noticed no one said anything about this post and it's been a few days. I moved cities before and I know its a big change. Im glad you got everything on its way to being sorted out and decided to keep posting.
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