Charlie Brooker - How To Report The News

Brilliant!

Forgive the Construction

I'm going to play with my layout here some over the next day or so. Please forgive me if it's a bit of a mess while I do :)

Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

I should have taken a shot of it cut too, and maybe I'll remember to before it's gone, but this is the cake I made for Wes for his birthday. It is a two layer chocolate cake (dark chocolate on bottom with pudding mixed in for moisture and devil's food on top). And to top it all off? Homemade cream cheese icing, which I am very, very proud of. I'm so proud that I'm actually going to share the recipe. It's only very slightly modified from the original I got from AllRecipes.com, but I didn't want it quite as sweet, and obviously I wanted it chocolate-y. I did make a HUGE batch of icing, so for a cake this size (8" or 9" rounds), you can probably cut it in half or at the very least cut it down by 1/4 or so.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing
2 packages cream cheese (softened)

3 1/2 cups confectioner's sugar
1 cup cocoa (it may have actually been just shy of 1c)
2 sticks butter (softened) 
1 tsp vanilla

This is a super easy recipe. You beat the butter and cream cheese together until they're creamy and well mixed. Then you put in the vanilla and the  cocoa. You stir that until it's mixed. Then you start adding the sugar in - once again, stirring. The biggest problem I had is that my arms are weak and wussy and started hurting as I stirred in all that sugar. lol But in the end the icing is delicious and well worth the effort.

The Book of Eli

We went to see The Book of Eli today, and I have to say it was one of the more original flicks I've seen in awhile. Much like District 9, it wasn't quite what I expected. It was creative, dark, interesting, and religious and spiritual without ever really being preachy. If you don't mind a little gore every now and then and are up to a somewhat intense flick, I highly recommend checking it out.

Yay Chuck!

I don't think I've mentioned it yet, but I'm super super super super excited that Chuck is back at last. This is one of those shows that I thought might get old quick. Instead it's continued to be fun, entertaining, and without question one of my favorites. If you haven't checked it out yet, I highly recommend it. Good eye candy for either gender, great sense of humor, and just plain good fun!

http://wildemoon.blogspot.com

For the Facebook Readers

I've realized recently that though Facebook dilligently puts all these posts through as notes, it doesn't give any indication of the original source. Genius. So from here on in, I'll be putting the URL of my blog at the end of these lovely little posts so that people can actually find it if they prefer to read from my blog as opposed to just seeing the Facebook notes. You'll have the power of CHOICE! ...or something like that.

http://wildemoon.blogspot.com/

Almost!

It's almost my birthday, and now you can view my Wish List by looking to the right on my blog here. Yep, I know you want to. Buy me stuffs! Or just peruse the weirdness that is my wish list. Whatever works for you.

Celebrity Look-A-Likes

Yeah, sure, I'll take Billie Piper. It's a lie, but I'll take it. lol