Musings of a lab' rat

Well, I have joined a few days late for the movie challenge, but I hope it's OK for me to post a movie-bento anyway (not to compete, just to show).



Here is the full lunch...



...And here is the pretty part! Hidden at the bottom are shrimp covered by forbidden rice. The stars and moon are made from onion, the "light" of the bat-signal is yellow bell pepper, and the signal is nori.

After seeing The Dark Knight I am thinking of making a Joker bento soon!

Hope you all enjoy. This community will help inspire me to make my bentos fun more frequently.

A very brown bento today with PB&J gyoza sandwiches, blueberries, edamame and Boursin cheese/cracker sidecar. No time to dress up the sammies or crackers with little faces, unfortunately. I do love having those gyoza sammies in the freezer. I need to build up my freezer stash.

So.

Right.

... I'm gonna be a daddy. c_c

Panic mode engaged in 3... 2... 1...

after 2 years in storage I am finally (hopefully) going to finish my polar bear. BUT, I need some ideas. I was thinking of adding some sore of clothing/leather to the outfit to ware on the suit. I was thinking of some sort of cross between Native American/mid evil type outfit. I started making some jewelery (earring) & am working on a mock up of some type of leather armor'ish type helm/headdress. & now I'm out of ideas & not sure what type of material to use that is leather like & not expensive. here is what i have so far Tundra now, do you see him more with a staff or sward? or would ether work? I have both. the sward I have is a replica of the original Conan the barbarian's & the staff i have is around 6' with leather wrapped grip with tassels of leather.
any & all ideas welcome. I was hoping to debut him this October if I can get my tail in gear :P

Oh! Also, any thoughts on lining for the body? I may add in some body foam to bulk out a few spots so I'm sure I will need to line the inside. I just do not know what material would make the best lining.

Thanks!

*clears throat*
It seems I owe this journal an apology. Indeed, last time I complained about my lack of pregnancy, it appears I was, actually, erm... /wrong/ but with no mean to know about it yet.
(Either that or your well-wishing is extremely potent :P)

Anyway, the adequate tests having been undergone, it appears that I am, indeed, carrying the dragonspawn =)

The father is in a panic, I am floating in a perplexed, happy serenity.

This still doesn't seem really real, maybe because I'm lucky enough to know next to nothing of the usual ick and bleagh associated with early pregnancy (yet?). The rest will be an adventure to be read of along these pages (and yes, I'll try to keep the TMI as low as possible, I swear :)

Well well well... yet more quality proof that someone is talking shit at MK.

My FoI request to Nottingham County Teaching PCT

I'm glad I went through all the hassle of asking now. Especially MK PCT putting their foot in it by doing so as well.

Expanded from the Metro and Cop Records:

Mainly in the North!


Youngest/Crime
3 year old Toddler arrested for Assault, Luton

4 year old: Drug supply/Arson

2*7 year olds arrested for Drink Driving - How do feet reach the pedals?

8 year old busted for international fraud -Awesome potential!


Currently you are not responsible under the eyes of the law if you are under 10 in UK.

( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )

ok a potential commissioner wanted to know how much just the base of a fursuit head would cost. just the head but not furred, and i said id get back to him so my question is, if you made a base with all these features (below) how much would you sell it for?

*fully foamed head
*moving jaw
*follow me eyes
*jaw set
*hard nose

I only get to work on her once in a while, so here it goes.

Today I added her eyes, the inner lining to her muzzle, and worked more on her fat suit. Yes, she's a polar bear and huge!

In order to make her look more feminine and cartoony (as I'm trying to) and also to give the white fur a bit of color, I added makeup to her.

She looks as below...

http://s352.photobucket.com/albums/r325/RonaDolvi/?action=view¤t=ONE.jpg (Me in the corner trying to figure out how to take a picture)

http://s352.photobucket.com/albums/r325/RonaDolvi/?action=view¤t=Zasha1.jpg (Here skinny little me is wearing her. She's big! And I love her lipstick)

 

Kidlet and I shared this lunch at the park a few days ago! It has cherries, soy corndog, and curry apple slaw on top. The bottom tier has green beans, orange slices, and a container of crushed peanuts for the slaw.

I haven't posted a bento on here in so long! But, I do have the recipe for this bento to make up for it :D I did take a break from all bento making for awhile, but I am back now and I plan on including more recipes and dieting tips on my blog. My bento diet has been a long journey so far, but I'm determined to stick with it until I reach my goal weight! :D

Recipe on my blog
http://theoriginalmybentodiet.blogspot.com/2008/07/salmon-cake-bento.html

I GOT MY NEW CAMERA!! No more crappy phone photos of bento now! Real pictures! I am so excited!

Oh man I love cooking in my mom's kitchen.

XD This bento kinda fell together. I started with the buns in the top layer, then decided I wanted takoyaki! They fit on the buns, and they needed a design. Design made it look like eyes and a face was born! Haha!

Top is BBQ pork buns, taco yaki, and a cucumber skin grin.
Bottom is crab shumai, cucumber hearts, carrots, and a decent amount of edamame as filler. And oh, a little shaker of furikake for the takoyaki.

Side cars hold sauces (kewpie mayo and okonomiyaki sauce) and more fruit salad. Lots of fruit, I am so excited!

This is one of my favorite bento I have made. This kind of box is SO much fun to pack.


Tomorrow's breakfast bento under the cut: ( Read more... )

I have gotten a few emails before asking if we were hiring people to work for us. As much as it would be great to have a bunch of extra hands working and helping out we are not hiring at the moment. Take in mind mixedcandy is a business and not a place where anyone can come and learn, that is a school and we are not :) (So please do not ask to come over to "learn" how we do things). Do take in mind this is also my husbands and I's home so we are not open to the public such as a store front would be.

When we do start to look for people to hire I will be sure to let you guys know. As any job the more you know the better :) (sewing skills will be a must).

Just a heads up.

I wasn't gonna upload any pics of the Space Dog( got a name idea,she needs one...) till it was at least a partial, but I need something to keep everyone interested! X)  Anyway, here's a few pics of the head, Please keep in mind that I still need to shave the face, and finish up her antennas, and add the neck-flaps. This is my 1st attempt at using the balaclava technique with moving jaw... :3




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Contents: Whole wheat mini pitas with bacon, colby jack, and spinach; grapes; strawberries and blueberries

Prep: Bacon was crisped the night before. The mini pitas were easier to deal with this morning for sure.

Verdict: Tasty! I think I'm getting better at maximizing the space in the new bento box. My hard plastic food cups arrived in the mail today, and I look forward to experimenting with them in this box.



Contents: Mini buffalo burgers with colby jack cheese and spinach; roma tomato slices, jicama, and cucumber; mango and blueberries; cheese wedge, grapes, and triscuit

Prep: I made extra mini burgers with last night's dinner. The jicama was also prepared last night. Mango was pre-cut.

Verdict: Tasty and filling. I was hoping to include some seaweed salad in here, but I didn't like how it turned out, so I improvised with the cucumbers instead. The jicama was just as good cold as hot.

These are leftovers from my husband's birthday dinner. I just packed the box as I was putting stuff away. The Citrus Marinated Shrimp Cocktail is really yummy. I got the recipe on Epicurious. I tucked some corn in next to the shrimp. On the bottom are bread slices with Dubliner and Maytag blue cheeses. I gave him a do-it-yourself strawberry shortcake with pound cake in the silicone cup and sweetened cherries and cream in the little containers. BTW - the pound cake is supposed to be Elvis Presley's favorite pound cake.

"Bashes head on desk"

well this will be the first time a video card has died on me.... dieing

one of my ATI 3870's on my main comp is starting to kick the bucket, i guess its not bad since i have had it for like a year...ish..

it started acting up today, first time it fucked up with the 2 screens that are on this card, it like massively fragmented the screen and starting doing weird colour shit, the second time the screen froze and it it got lines through it. So fare it hasn't fucked up a 3rd time.....

so i guess soon i will be getting a new card, probably a 4870 ATI card, or i might just get 2X 4850 and crossfire. but i really don't want to spend the money on a video card at this time. The only way i would get a geforce card is if it was a 9800 GT(something) and that is only for CUDA shit with photo shop CS4, but then i couldn't cross fire but i could get a 4870 for the other slot and so forth, but that might cause conflict..... but i don't think it would to an existent, it is 2 different video card in different ports..... different software...., but i would rather get a 4870 cause its cheaper and faster.

gah, i hate making choices as stupid as these.

 Kyera the skunk dragon hybrid of course  ;3