AHHH EEEEEE YAYYYYY!

I HAVE EXCITING NEWS! BOOM! *EXPLOSION*

Now that I've captured your attention, I'm not going to tell you what it is. Yet. Because I have other things to talk about first which are probably just as equally exciting.

First, a picture. (On a napkin.)

Secondly, a cookie recipe! I cannot, sadly, take credit for the recipe, other than the fact that I chose to make them with coconut, chocolate chips, and oats, and I made them well. I got several compliments on them, including them being referred to as "a revelation," "the best cookies I've had in awhile," and "pretty good." (That last one is my favourite.) I have gotten asked for the recipe a bunch, (meaning once) and so I'm putting it up in case people want to try!

1 cup softened butter
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 cups rolled oats
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup shredded (I used unsweetened) coconut

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F, unless your oven is incapable of doing anything correctly like mine, in which case just turn it on and it will gradually heat up to 500 degrees, then turn it off and the cookies will cook the way they're supposed to after it's off.
2. Mix butter, brown sugar and white sugar until creamy. Beat in the eggs, then stir in milk and vanilla. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt, and then slowly add the latter mixture into the former. Mix well. Add the oats, coconut, and chocolate chips! Fun stuff!
3. I'm sure you know the rest- put scoops of the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet, bake until they look good! The recipe I used says 10-12 minutes, but if your oven is incapable, just eye it!
4. Voila! 30-ish "Revelation Cookies." (The recipe says 30, I got more than that out of it. Depends on what size cookie you want.)

Original recipe here.

Thirdly, things are getting rolling! Things are looking up! Things are happening in yours truly's life! Finally!

Within the past couple of days I have had visitations from my dear friend Adri Rainwater, and my dear mother. Adri and I basically bummed around Seattle and went to Oddfellows because apparently that's my home away from home now, and bought tea, which is one of my favourite pastimes. Mom took me with some of her friends from LIOS to Goodwill, and then she and I went to Blue C Sushi, (which I also had just been to with Adri, heh) and caught up. Niceness. Also Magda and I are still hanging out, still doing weird things together, and that is good. Vurry good. Things are good.

And I went and saw The Artist, which was stunning! Everyone needs to see that movie. It was so beautiful and clever! I cried, and I don't normally do that in movies, so see it! Really, probably one of the most excellent films I've ever seen.

One a different note, last night I volunteered at Velocity Dance Center because it was the last night of The Bridge Project, a workshop/performance they do every year where four up and coming choreographers are chose to do an intensive type thing and create a piece of their own, and then showcase it at the performance. I helped set up, usher, and take things down, and I got to see it for free! (Who calls that volunteering when you get to see it for free!?) It was breathtaking, and beautiful, and I highly recommend you all to keep on the lookout for the choreographers that got chosen for it. Their names are Rachel Grant, MaryAnn McGovern, Alice Gosti and Alicia Garcia. 

AND MY BIG NEWS! I AUDITIONED LAST SATURDAY FOR THE YOUNG CHOREOGRAPHER'S LAB AND TODAY I GOT AN EMAIL SAYING I GOT IN!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!

I will be working every saturday with one of four young choreographer's that participated in the lab, and some other young dancers that got in as well until May 5, when we perform at Velocity! Then, if the piece I'm in gets chosen, we would move on to perform in DANCE This, which will be July 12-14 at the Moore Theatre. So keep your calendars open, especially May 5!

Mmkay, I'm done now. That was my exciting news. 

Also, I just learned Andrew Bird (my favourite musician ever) is releasing a documentary February 17 which will be premiered with an intro short film by Fleet Foxes. Stoked!

http://nwfilmforum.org/live/page/calendar/1991

Then he's coming to perform in Seattle on April 9!! Eeeeeeee! So many exciting things!

http://stgpresents.org/artists/?artist=1804

Here's a couple videos of him, for your enjoyment. You may know him already as the artist who did "The Whistling Caruso" for the Muppet Movie. (The puppet Walter 'performed' it, but it was Andrew Bird who was whistling.)

Here he is with Yo Yo Ma!

A Take Away Show