Song of the Day: Together on Valentine's Day

This is my one I'm-in-a-relationship-so-I-actually-really-love-Valentine's-Day moment and I'm going to take full advantage of it with today's Song of the Day. I love this song so much, and what better day to post it than on a day where you should be spending it with someone (or people!) you really care about. As cheesy as that last sentence was, I really mean it! Valentine's Day isn't just for couples, so remember to spend some time with some really special people in your life. As for me, I'm lucky enough to have 2 Valentine's Day dinners: one with my amazing team whom I adore, and one with my special guy. I realize how fortunate I am and I fully appreciate the good things and good people I have in my life. But just in terms of this post --just this one time on this one day-- I'm dedicating today's Song of the Day to my amazing boyfriend, Brian (I love you! :) ).

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

Song of the Day: Struttin' with FlyLo

It's not Sunday or Wednesday. I realize I'm behind and this is the last time im mentioning it. 

For the life of me, I really can't figure out why it's taken me this long to post about Flying Lotus, being that he is probably one of my new favorite artists right now. After completely falling in love with his last album, Cosmogramma (which I will also probably post about sometime in the near future), I impatiently waited for his new album to release. Although I was already sold with the music, it wasn't until I watched this short film when I realized that FlyLo is actually a heavily underrated creative genius. Honestly, this short film is probably one of the best short films I've ever seen, from a creative standpoint. But I'll let you be the judge of that. What isn't up for debate, though, is the fact that this is one of the best instrumental albums, if not THE best, of 2012. I really feel like Until the Quiet Comes is what electronic music should sound like. One of my favorite songs off the album is "Putty Boy Strut" and seeing how weird the music video for it only made me love it more. If you don't even feel like watching the video, it's totally fine. Just listen to it and do something else. I guarantee you will still notice the greatness. 

Be like me. Buy the album. Support greatness.

2013: Better than the Last

All pics via tumblr.com

2013, people. Let's make it the best one yet.

Million Dollar View

I gotta say, my picture-taking skills are getting pretty darn good. I say "picture-taking" rather than "photography" so as not to insult any photographers out there who make this skill their profession. Also, shout out to Daisy for taking such awesome pictures. Couldn't have done it without you.

More importantly, these photos were taken from the window in my dorm room. I absolutely love where I live, and I realize that people in this city pay thousands of dollars to have a view like this.

 I'm know I'm one of the lucky ones.

Homemade Butternut Squash and Apple Soup Recipe & Family Dinner, Secret Santa Edition

I realize I spilled a little when I took this picture. So what if it's not perfect? If it was, it would be very unlike myself anyways.

....What an elaborate blog post title. Sorry. So you may or may not remember this from one of my very very early posts, but my friends and I LOVE being all cute and fancy and having a "Family Dinner" where we all (or most of us) cook and bring something for dinner at someone's house. This family dinner edition was for our Secret Santa exchange, and my task for dinner was to make some sort of appetizer. I think. Actually, I'm pretty sure I just volunteered myself to make a Butternut Squash and Apple soup because a) it's my absolute favorite soup in the dining hall at school and b) I've been dying to make it myself for the past 3 months. Taking the opportunity, I slaved over a hot stove (totally exaggerating) for a couple of hours and actually came out with a successful soup! I'm pretty proud of it, considering it was my first time and I sort of winged the recipe, in the sense that I combined 3 or 4 different recipes and sort of came up with my own. Either way, the soup was a total success and everyone was apart of the Clean Plate Club. I was thoroughly pleased. Hit the jump for the recipe and more pictures of our lovely Family Dinner, Secret Santa Edition.