tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:21:18 +0000http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Kristen)Blogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-2315832953921967798Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:12:00 +00002007-01-14T17:00:30.124-06:00This adventure has its roots in Christmas 2004 when I made a chocolate mousse pie with toasted pecan crunch. The recipe called for mounds of whipped cream to top the concoction off; however, my mother and I, prefering creme anglaise to whipped cream, decided to venture into the world of custards instead. It was simple enough when I made it the first time, so I have since considered creme http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2007/01/homiquest-creme-anglaise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-5483062349117047948Tue, 02 Jan 2007 12:52:00 +00002007-01-02T06:59:06.341-06:00I spent yesterday in a post New Year's haze. I should have called Kelly to thank her for picking my sorry ass up at Anne's around 3 am, but I didn't. I walked to Starbucks and spent half of the walk wondering if it was totally horrible for me to puke in the empty field. However, caffeine and junk food helped significantly. All drinking too much does is remind me why I don't do it very http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2007/01/happy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-6835924717450227048Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:53:00 +00002006-12-21T16:21:50.674-06:00how fun is the first quarter. though april is the second quarter i don't care. stop taking away my joy.jan 25 - ghostland observatory @ warehouse. and this time, i will not let melissa beat the shit out of me prior to the show. and i will be there getting my groove on.feb 22 - midlake @ walters. will be my third time seeing these bright young lads. first time i saw them was at the proletariat. http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/12/every-days-holiday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-116641021836654315Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:57:00 +00002006-12-17T20:53:20.706-06:00So, the first time I watched Miami Vice, I commented that it was a bit hard to follow. I just attempted to watch it for the second time, and it wasn't any easier. The thought of spending another 2 hours and 20 minutes trying to follow Michael Mann's alleged movie was too much for me to take. Of course, I keep getting distracted every time they call the boats "go fast boats" like what fucking http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/12/miami-what-fuck-is-this-movie-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-116544616334790288Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:00:00 +00002006-12-06T17:02:43.363-06:00“Hello, MareCark Perscription billing.”“Look, you sent me a bill saying my balance is 31-60 days overdue and it’s not.”“Ma’am, we didn’t receive your payment.”“Well, I sent it. I did. And you charged me.”“Ma’am, our records show that you didn’t.”“Well, I don’t pay bills late. I know you charged me for it.”“Yeah, what about that Visa bill that was a month late and they had to call you.”“Ummm, http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/12/i-hate-being-wrong.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-116535151171556666Tue, 05 Dec 2006 20:29:00 +00002006-12-05T14:56:51.410-06:00Without further ado. I know all three of you have been waiting with breath that is baited. Voila, my favorites of the year.10. Wolfmother Wolfmother - Cause it's fun, dammit.9. TV on the Radio Return To Cookie Mountain - "I Was a Lover" is on my list of favorite songs ever.8. Love is All Nine Times the Same Song – Love child of the Beach Boys, Sonic Youth and dunno, Blondie. Don't listen to me; Ihttp://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/12/top-10-albums-of-2006.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-116498693922728382Fri, 01 Dec 2006 15:28:00 +00002006-12-01T09:39:54.223-06:00I had a freak out moved the blog and have now reclaimed my property. Well, sorta reclaimed it as my former url now gives you porn, so we added a 'k'. I quite like that my old site gives you boobies. Now people who were reading my blog that I don't want to get tits instead of the word fuck a lot. Whoot Whoot (gangsta owl). Anyway, the movement/freak out is a long story, one that's not http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/12/jack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-116121367277754143Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:11:00 +00002006-10-18T18:21:12.806-05:00I have to write a piece on the global natural rubber market at work this week. Here’s what I’d write if I wouldn’t get fired for it:Natural RubberThe natural rubber market is so fucking exciting. It’s like rock and roll with out any of the sex, drugs or rock and roll. Whatever. There’s fucking trees and juntas and all that shit. Let’s roll.PricesNatural rubber prices have been on a year and http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/10/work-of-dreams.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-116076147405544248Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:33:00 +00002006-10-13T12:44:34.070-05:00Yesterday, while I stopped at a light on the Feeder Road of Death to get onto the Highway of Death during the late-summer rainshower, I saw a little girl in the car next to me. She was probably no more than five years old and so cute. Her mom was in the front seat talking on the phone and paying no attention to her. Anyway, the little girl pointed toward the sky in front of the car, and I http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/10/over-rainbow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-116041143412974776Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:13:00 +00002006-10-09T11:30:34.146-05:00Dear Fellow Concert Goers -If you want to stand in the front, get to the fucking concert early.Thank you,Kristen_________________________________________________Dear Drunk Girl at the Concert -Put your fucking shoes on you skanky ass bitch. You are too fucking old to be that drunk at 9:30.Thank you,Kristen_________________________________________________Dear Loser at the Concert -Please consult http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/10/quick-letters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115998511398674003Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:32:00 +00002006-10-04T13:05:14.006-05:00Last night, I started to write a bit about how the Republicans have done us all a favor over the last two weeks by going out of their way to prove just how unfit they are to run this country. But it didn't end up the way I wanted it to. Part of the bit started out with, "Rush Limbaugh said..." which is, I think, a good sign that your bit is not going to end up being very funny. So, it got deletedhttp://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/10/i-had-this-bit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115970740469879576Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:46:00 +00002006-10-01T07:56:44.723-05:00I buy lots of cds. I listen to a lot of new music. Much of it is good. Some of it is great. And some of it makes me go "ohmygod THIS is why I love music." TV on the Radio's Return to Cookie Mountain is one such album.And, The Black Keys' Magic Potion is one of the new great ones. Some asshole on iTunes said it sounds like Bad Company, but that person obviously is deaf. Though I do like Bad http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/10/exuberance-with-which-i-embrace-new.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115967743172514686Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:03:00 +00002006-09-30T23:37:11.740-05:00Our home will be filled with music. We will sit on the porch on Sunday afternoon drinking beer with the Black Keys. We will make love to My Morning Jacket. You will laugh at my Jemina Pearl dance. I won't spend time worrying that you will leave me once you find out I'm really boring. When you come back from a night out with your friends, you will nuzzle my neck with your sweet, drunk breath http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/09/it-beats-4-u.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115923850488076696Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:17:00 +00002006-09-27T08:16:47.240-05:00Dear Mr. Timberlake,Thank you for bringing Sexy back. We missed her very much though she could be a man because you are sexy and you are a man but I don't think it matters. I think that you should go have fun with Sexy and Cameron swimming in the ocean and going on tour. Now that Sexy is back I think that life has a lot of possibilities that had been gone before but now are back because you http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/09/letters.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115876107803509761Wed, 20 Sep 2006 13:09:00 +00002006-09-21T06:59:30.216-05:00The weather in Houston this week is making me feel hopeful. It's been cool and not very humid. I've been outside every afternoon, basking in the loveliness trying to ride the wave of hope. I have been a bit out of sorts lately, which is to say that I've been feeling depressed. I haven't really felt this way since I was graduating from Virginia Tech. I think that now, as it was then, I'm http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/09/im-independent-motherfucker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115828935530375997Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:55:00 +00002006-09-14T22:02:35.316-05:00My computer has been lying to me all week. I've been on east coast time, but my computer has stayed in central time. I thought that computers were supposed to sense these things. So a glance at the time tells me: oh, 10 min until you want to get into bed. When it should really say: "you need to go to bed now lest you flail around in client meetings tomorrow mumbling under your stale, http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/09/liar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115780486193868987Sat, 09 Sep 2006 11:58:00 +00002006-09-10T09:13:58.046-05:00This morning, I went for my long Saturday walk. Halfway through and more than 2 miles out, it started to pour down rain. Prior to the walk, I picked the thin, white t-shirt over the green one so I would be cooler. As it poured, I kept thinking (as women gave me a look that shouted: "You whore, we can see your tits") I should have worn the green one. But then I realized, in the parlance of our http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/09/you-go-for-walk-in-rain-with-shirt-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115689825834689922Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:33:00 +00002006-08-30T05:55:52.666-05:00Yesterday afternoon at work, a coworker asked me a question about something I had given the coworker to do. It was an innocent enough question to which I responded something very charming like: "You goddamned idiot. Can’t you fucking read? I clearly outlined my request in my email. Do you think that I am an idiot and don’t know what I fucking want? Asshole.” And then I got fired.Ok, I just said:http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/08/fun-vacations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115672900230460148Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:40:00 +00002006-08-27T20:36:42.386-05:00Some things that I've collected in the past week.Football. I performed my annual pre-football season ritual last weekend. Basically, the ritual is watching Any Given Sunday. I love that movie. I pumps me up. I love football. So here's the run down. Virginia Tech: They make appearances on both the ESPN and USA Today top 25 polls. Actually, they are in the top 20. However, we are at a significant http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/08/random-sarcasm.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115595116533455327Sat, 19 Aug 2006 00:45:00 +00002006-08-18T20:35:40.516-05:00I was going to call this Snakes on A Plane in an attempt to further dilute the brand of this movie; however, this movie is being blogged about everywhere and that's not even what this post is about.I have required (and delayed) Lollapalooza blogging to attend to. It's not going to be much. I prefer to use this blog to rant about absolutely silly things rather than actually tell people things http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/08/late-lolla.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115524788973316294Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:59:00 +00002006-08-10T17:11:30.943-05:00After these following two events, which occurred in the same week, it hit me: people need hobbies. Everyone needs hobbies. So, in order to make the lives of all of those around me better, I have decided to provide Kristen’s Guide to Hobbies.Disturbing Event 1: On my way from the Houston Airport Pig Parking, I overheard (ok fine, I listened) to two women talking. It was readily apparent that http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/08/kristens-guide-to-hobbies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115445287830184665Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:44:00 +00002006-08-02T07:42:57.656-05:00Or "Why Every Moment of My Little Life Will be Small and Meaningless Compared to the Amazing Spectacle I Will Witness this Saturday"Or "Why You Should Attend Music Festivals Regardless of Possible Encounters with Inclement Weather, Second Hand Pot Smoke, and Sunburn"Or "Why I Should Stop Creating Titles and Get On With It"Here goes:Friday: On Friday, I will start my day with some Midlake. I hope http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/08/why-i-am-excited-about-lollapalooza.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115402210019751767Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:37:00 +00002006-07-28T16:09:35.856-05:00I’ve always loved movies. But they sort of introduce an unhealthy view of life. All movies follow the following general guidelines:Prelude – Various things occur where we get the feel for the normalness and humdrumness of the lives of the main characters.Act I – Conflict is introduced. This conflict can be as horrible as you’ve landed on an island with scary natives and a scary, freakishly large,http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/07/big-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115334339187340123Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:07:00 +00002006-07-19T16:09:51.890-05:00The excitement I feel over each upcoming episode of “So You Think You Can Dance” is borderline pathetic. Ok, so it is probably pathetic and not borderline anything except pathological. I mean really. I’m a grown ass woman. I shouldn’t be so excited about a panel of three annoying judges (the Mary Murphy scream so affectionately touted by contestants, hosts and judges makes me want to fully http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/07/so-you-think-you-can-get-over-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4044184.post-115289590080622734Fri, 14 Jul 2006 16:48:00 +00002006-07-14T11:54:03.893-05:00I’ve been posting less frequently because I wait for inspiration. I wait until the blog post is almost composed in my head and then I start. But I get whole posts composed in my head several times a week; however, one of the following things happens: 1) I totally forget that I thought of something 2) I totally forget what I thought of and spend a good 20 to 30 minutes trying desperately to http://khomiquest.blogspot.com/2006/07/neurotica.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kristen)0