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

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

May I Try Another Recipe Please?

Posted by Cynical Sarah on May 31, 2010

It’s the last day of May and I haven’t even told y’all about my culinary adventure from the latest issue of Cooking Light yet. In honor of the great weather we’ve been having and the possibility of barbecues in the near future, I tried a healthy potato salad recipe this month.

In my mind, potato salad is supposed to be a mayo and mustard concoction that’s served cold and can’t be left out too long or it will go bad. It sure does taste good, but perhaps a potato salad with less calories and less chance of food poisoning would be a nice change.

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Tags: cooking light, diet, food, healthy eating, potato salad, recipe

Simon Night on American Idol

Posted by Cynical Sarah on May 27, 2010

The American Idol finale was the background soundtrack while I was studying last night. I haven’t watched the show all season, but I figured at least it would mostly be music while I crammed in more Project Management info before my test next week.

Sure, it was mostly music, but it was also mostly a big love fest and goodbye to Simon Cowell.

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Tags: American Idol, music, tv series, tv shows

My Lady Gaga Friday

Posted by Cynical Sarah on May 21, 2010

There’s nothing like a long list of things I want to get done to drive me to complete avoidance and time wasting. It began by logging into Twitter and finding an update about a video on YouTube. That led to about two hours of finding and watching related videos instead of going for a run, making a grocery list, putting away the last of the laundry, cleaning the computer room, vacuuming me, and many more tasks for the day.

So to feel somewhat productive, I bring you the videos I was most entertained by or impressed with featuring Lady Gaga songs or parodies.

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Tags: lady gaga, music

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