Wheat Salad – Meh, Oven-Fried Chicken – Thumbs Up!

Posted by Cynical Sarah on June 30, 2010

It’s nectarine season! I know Spring/Summer has finally come to Vancouver when I can head to the little fruit and veggie stores near me and see one of my favorite fruits amid all the usual apples and oranges.

Sure, I could probably get nectarines or their fuzzy cousins, the peach, year round at the big chain grocery stores, but the little, less expensive stores within walking distance only get them when they’re in season. They’re so much better in season – I’m not really sure why. Perhaps it’s because they can be picked a little closer to ripe since they don’t have to be shipped so far. The ones that get boated up from South America in the dead of winter are hard as rocks still and never do ripen up very well.

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Tags: chicken, cooking light, nectarines, recipes

Blood in the Social Media Water

Posted by Cynical Sarah on June 25, 2010

I’m jobless. That gives me a lot of time to surf the net and seek out job hunting advice. In the past year, I’ve probably seen a dozen or so articles about how people need to be careful about what they post on their social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.

The warning is, someone is going to see it. Your drunken photos; your posts about hating your boss; the “free” supplies you told the world about getting from the office.

It’s out there for the whole world to see, including potential employers. Even if you have your privacy settings set right, it’s still possible the supervisor or hr person at the company you want to work for is connected to you through a friend of a friend.

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Tags: privacy, social media

Review: Eat, Pray, Love

Posted by Cynical Sarah on June 17, 2010

Generally I chose books like I choose the movies I watch; I look for entertainment value above all else. However, sometimes I stumble across a more artsy/enlightening/literary/soul searching book that catches my interest. This time it was Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert.

In a moment of weakness I was watching Julia Roberts on Oprah discussing the book and her experience starring in the movie. I’d never even heard of Eat, Pray, Love and here it was inspiring Julia Roberts, being talked about on Oprah and developing a small cult following.

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Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Posted by Cynical Sarah on June 15, 2010

I can’t recall ever reading a Jane Austen novel. I’ve seen a few of the movies based on her books, but based on what I saw, I had no urge to read the books. At heart they seem to be basically Victorian era romance novels; however, you throw in some zombies, and I’m intrigued.

I had actually stopped at the bookstore the other day to pick up a different book, but in a moment of judging a book by its cover, I decided I had to give Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith a try. I was curious how someone could incorporate zombies into a Jane Austen novel without treading too much on her own style of storytelling as well as her basic storyline.

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5k Runner in the House!

Posted by Cynical Sarah on June 2, 2010

More than a month ago I signed myself and my husband up to do a 5k run. My plan was that if I signed up to do it, and paid money for it, then I’d have to stick to a plan for the next seven or eight weeks to get ready for it.

On Sunday, May 30, that plan came to fruition as I ran the PMC-Sierra Science Fair Fun Run. Best $35 I’ve ever donated to a cause since the result was that I actually stuck to a workout plan and met my goal of jogging the whole darn 5k. I won’t say yet that I’m a “runner” since I’m not sure there’s a big difference in speed between my power walking and my version of a jog.

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Tags: 5k fun run, fitness, health, jogging

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