claire.she.goes

Author: Claire

  • I need to get off of Youtube. Really.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, as if I haven’t posted enough videos lately, here’s another one. 😉

    Epic Rap Battles of History has a new song up featuring Snoop Lion Dogg as Moses.

  • Audio Blog Entry: So. Gangnam’s not your style…?

  • “Is there anything that you would not do for your family?”

    So. In Japan, the Star Trek trailer has a few extra seconds.

    Aaaaaand…I’m still confused.

    I have theories. But I don’t think I’ll learn anything ’til next year.

    Maybe someone will let something slip during an interview. Like when I found out that Spock and Uhura were an item before the movie aired.

  • Freestyle Food: Applesauce

    This is, without a doubt, one of the simplest recipes ever.

    A few days ago I decided to do some baking. So I went to the store. After I came back, I realized that there was one ingredient that I forgot.

    Applesauce.

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    “But Claire,” said my Inner Voice. “You have apples.”

    And so it began. Here are some instructions:

    Peel, core and dice some apples. I can’t give you a set number. Figure out how many it might take to yield the amount of sauce that you want.

    I needed 1/4 cup of sauce. I thought about using only 1 apple, but just to be safe, I prepped 2.

    Put the apples in a pot with a little water or juice. (We didn’t have apple juice, so I used some white grape…)

    Let your ingredients boil.

    Be sure to let your mixture simmer for a few minutes. Add liquid depending on how dry the apples are.

    Once your apples are soft, take them out of the pot and put them in your food processor.

    Process them for a few seconds, et voilà.

    Along the way you can add sugar. It’s up to you.

    Like almond butter, once you make your own apple sauce you may find yourself thinking, “And I buy this because…?”

    Indeed, DIY apple sauce is fun and easy to make.

    Eat it up!

  • On fear. And hair.

    I’d originally written this as a random tangent in the middle of a recent draft. But it didn’t quite fit. I was talking about the push-and-pull between wanting to create, and knowing that much of what you make is crap.

    Kind of like that Ira Glass quote that my friend Lisa told me about

    http://vimeo.com/24715531

    except I focused on my anxiety and how I recently felt ill during the process of preparing something and putting it out there.

    But then I said…

    To some degree I take it that being a new artist is like cultivating dreadlocks.

    A wacky comparison. But hear me out…

    Long story short, I’m trying to put my hair in dreads for the eleventy-billionth time. Unlike past efforts, I believe that this go-round I’ll be patient enough to see things through successful. The only frustrating part of the whole process is that there’s something a lot of people with locs go through that’s known as the “ugly” stage. It’s when your hair won’t behave. It sticks up and out and refuses to mesh together.

    Basically, it looks like a hot mess.

    I keep my hair up for work all the time. On off days when I try to wear it down, sometimes I like it. On other occasions, I think “WTH is this?”

    That’s when I put it back up and remind myself that after 6 months* or so, my strands will realize who they belong to and start to behave.

    In the meantime, I’m doing my best to remember the words of a dear friend. Days ago I was online, whining to her about my hair. She sent me a brilliant reply:

    “Let it be ugly.”

    Lesson?

    Whether you’re making a masterpiece or trying to look good, take heart.

    Don’t be afraid to make a mess.

    Bad days don’t last for long. Not when you’ve got GLORY on your mind.

    *My friend and loc mentor JB has estimated that my hair will take 6 months to fully loc. Next April can’t come soon enough.

  • A little something from Jill Scott.

    So I discovered this last night…

    Jill’s song made me feel so beautiful and blessed, I can’t describe it.

    I hope you feel the same. 🙂

  • 05 17 2013

    ETA: You know I can’t do a Star Trek post without saying anything.

    Who do you think the blonde woman is in the trailer?  I couldn’t help but notice that some of the roles on the movie’s IMDB page have been left blank.

    Is she Janice Rand? Nurse Chapel?

    This article gives me nothing.

  • Podcast – Welcome: Wunderstrands

    Hello Everyone,

    I hope you enjoy my latest podcast episode. It features music by the fantastic new Canadian band–Wunderstrands.

    To hear more, visit their web site. And stay tuned to their Twitter page.

  • So I finally watched The Hunger Games.

    And from the moment I saw Rue, this was in the back of my head:

    Honestly. The people who were upset about Rue being black have reading comprehension issues.

  • YES!!! Game of Thrones – Season 3

    Are you ready?

    I’m hyped and I haven’t even seen Season 2.