Pass The Sushi!

I’ve got vibe. I’ve got mojo. And right now its all in boxes and I believe it may be dri­ving me nuts. At the moment I ‘live’ at my boyfriends house, my stuff is at my par­ents house and my larger stuff is in my uncles base­ment, so I have no place of my own. My awe­some Bud­dah col­lec­tions is col­lect­ing dust, my foo dogs aren’t pro­tect­ing any­thing in my trunk and the few pieces of art­work I have, are hid­den away in boxes.

I don’t like clut­tered junk but I do like my space to have a vibe of per­son­al­ity and char­ac­ter. I don’t need a bil­lion col­lectibles to fill up every flat sur­face but I do like hints spread around. I think most of all I am crav­ing my own ‘office.’ A place for my lap­top, com­puter, exter­nal hard drive, text books ( all my work stuff -.-) and my craft­ing stuff, the sewing machine, port­fo­lios and art books.

After years of con­di­tion­ing, I’m addicted to clean­li­ness (thank you, btw). I’m addicted to book­shelves. I’m addicted to orga­ni­za­tion. I have none of that at the moment. I will sur­vive. I know you don’t need stuff to make you happy, but a space that reflects me would be nice. Per­haps I can build an office in the back of the comic shop with­out any­one noticing.

Oh, and did I men­tion ALL of my kitchen stuff is in boxes…

Choco­late Choco­late Chip Cup­cakes adapted from Nigella Lawson’s Feast

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tea­spoons bak­ing powder
• 1/2 tea­spoon bak­ing soda
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 3/4 cup superfine sugar
• 3/4 cup semi­sweet choco­late chips, plus 1/4 cup for sprinkling
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1/3 cup plus 2 tea­spoons veg­etable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 tea­spoon pure vanilla extract

Direc­tions

Spe­cial equip­ment: Muf­fin tin with paper muf­fin cases

Pre­heat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Put the flour, bak­ing pow­der, bak­ing soda, cocoa, sugar, and 3/4 cup of the choco­late chips into a large bowl. Pour all the liq­uid ingre­di­ents into a mea­sur­ing jug. Mix the dry and wet ingre­di­ents together, remem­ber­ing that a lumpy bat­ter makes the best muffins. Spoon into the pre­pared muf­fin cases. Sprin­kle the remain­ing 1/4 cup choco­late chips on top and then bake for 20 min­utes or until the muffins are dark, risen and springy.

That lil dinosaur made my day. Some­one stole his candy but he has an awe­some growl when you pat his head.