Thanks!

Hey guys.. just wanted to let everyone know that i appreciate all the love and the votes for my propaganda contest art! Unfortunately i'm no where near the top 3 so it looks like i'll be getting a mousepad. hahaha. but never fear! I have drawn everyone a picture of some guy and his car as a token of my appreciation. thanks again to all who voted and bugged others to vote!

If you haven't already voted, there's 1 more day left so get cracking!
Click like for 'suppaduppax' here (go to page 1)
 http://us.starcraft2.com/dominion/propaganda-contest.xml#gallery

Join my facebook group and invite everyone on your list as well!


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Thanks!

Blizzard Contest! I need your help!

Hey all who look at my blog... yes i'm talking to all 3 of you! Would you please visit this site:

http://us.starcraft2.com/dominion/propaganda-contest.xml#gallery

scroll to the bottom and and vote for mine: suppaduppax

(the purple one with the the 2 protoss looking at the hologram)

just press 'like' underneath my name (suppaduppax).

also join my facebook group and add as many people as you can on your friends list to it!

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=131469670223821

i would really appreciate it as... this laptop that i'm on is currently dying and is on its last legs. please do all you can to spread the love. blog about it, tweet about it, facebook about it. and tell everyone to vote for suppaduppax

if you have trouble finding it just add a comment to this post and i'll help you out.

thankssss everyone! in appreciation for all the help, i will draw something everyday until the deadline. suggestions are welcome!

Alvin's Spicy Breakfast Sandwich

1 English Muffin (I prefer white but this example is made with whole wheat Muffins)

2 Strips of Bacon

1 Egg

Old Cheddar Cheese (i like strong cheese)

Frank's Red Hot Sauce

Less 10 minutes to make!

Step 1: Cook bacon

Now, you can either cook the bacon in the microwave where it will be a lot faster to make overall since you can then use the pan to make your egg or you can cook it the pan and use the leftover bacon grease in place of oil to cook the egg. I prefer to have the bacon a little less crispy but you can cook it how you like!

Step 2: Cook Egg

I usually prefer my egg sunny side up but keep in mind that this is a sandwich and when you bite into it, the yolk will explode and it will not be very pleasant. After cooking the bottom side of the egg, flip it over and let it cook a little longer so the yolk is minimal. You will want to do step 3 basically at the same time.

Step 3: Toast the English Muffin

If you have a toaster, place the english muffins in the toaster and cook for a little under than you want it to be cooked. Once complete, place the cheddar cheese on top and place in the oven for a few seconds on a pretty low heat to melt the cheese.

Step 4: Put It All Together

By this time, the egg should be finished. Place the muffin on a place and put the egg on top, and the bacon on top of that. Finish it off with a dash of Frank's Red Hot and Voila! You have a tasty sandwich which did not take much time at all.

Note: If you don't like eggs, you can skip it all together and make a cheese bagel with bacon and it's still quite delicious. Top it off with some hash browns or fries and you got a sweet meal.

Really easy to make and everyone likes bacon. Happy eats!

Wooooo

Getting this blog rolling again... i hope... this time... i plan on writing mostly things non art related here. in fact i probably won't write more than a few words on my art blog and save the pictures and writing here. anyway... it's probably gonna be consisting of mostly cooking and cooking pictures. i found a bunch of pictures in my camera and have yet to post some of the stuff i cooked in the past year. will post again soon i promise.

A Little Bit Sickie

I was feeling week a yesterday but wasn't too sure why. It may have been something to do with the weather. It's getting awfully hot in Charlottetown to the point where i just sit at home and stew in my own juices. Last night however, was a different story. I woke up in the middle of the night and i was freezing. Well, i thought it was mainly just the fan hitting me and getting too cold so i put the blanket over me. I was feeling cold still so i was like what the hell? and i put the blanket over my head and assumed the fetal position to get as much body heat from myself as i could. Still no go... i new that bad times were ahead. I was getting a fever. I was under a blanket in 20 degree weather and freezing and to top it all off, my head felt like a midget was stabbing me in the temple... not good at all.

The good news is, after a cold compress over my forehead and a trusty advil, my fever went down and i was able to sleep. The bad news is, when i woke up i was sweating like hell cuz i still had the blanket over me. My head still hurts like an idiot from time to time but it's way better than the chills i had in the middle of the night. Anyway, sleep is needed since i didn't get much due to my mini fever. Off to bed!

Food!

PEI has been really good so far. The weather is still somewhat random still. It rains one day and is super sunny the next. The heat is ridiculous over here. When the day is hot, it's supremely hot. And what do you do when the weather's uber nice? Go to the beach!





I also watched the latest Harry Potter which by the way is by far the funniest of them all. The only problem is that I can no longer distinguish one from the other. It seems to have gotten completely formulaic where it starts off in the real world, then something happens so they go to magic school, and for some reason there's a new teacher, and then something about the dark lord, and then ends with harry but leaves room for another movie. Still tho, the movie was quite entertaining.

Once again, I'm finding cooking to be a past time that i enjoy the most. It's like art where you have to be creative, but it's like yummy cuz you have to eat it! Well, most of the time it's yummy. The other times, it's just normal, and other times, it's just bad. But when food IS good, it's the most satisfying feeling. I've made several meals from the time i arrived to now and I'm proud to say that I haven't made a completely terrible meal yet!

I have taken it upon myself to take pictures of as many self-cooked meals as i can. Here are a number of dishes i made for myself:


Ah, classic Bacon & Eggs, and toast, and a tad of kraft dinner! You can never mess that combo up! unless you burn stuff... and i didn't!

Same.. except i made a crappy omelet... not as good.

Here's a taco i made for myself... ingredients include: Jalapenos, lettuce, tomato, onions, cheese, taco sauce, green tabasco sauce. yum. that was a mighty taco.

Fry a little veggies...

add some crispy chicken and general tao's sauce you get:

General Tao's chicken... that meal was frigging sweet.


here's a filipino dish called caldereta. made with potatoes, green/red peper, onions, garlic, ginger, and chicken. it was quite scrumptious.

OMG Home made pizza!

frigging the best pizza i ever had. so effing good!


Last but not least, some pasta. and garlic bread. and pop. mmmm.

If anyone has any ideas of what i should try cooking next, please let me know. Keep in mind however, that PEI is not as culturally diverse as Toronto, and gathering exotic ingredients (or even really common ones) is difficult in such a bubble of an island. Til' the next meal suckas!

This blog aint goin nowhere!

Anyhoo... i decided to keep this blog as more of a photoblog/diary thingamabob while keeping my other one more artsy and drawing and stuff...


All my bags are packed i'm ready to go!


This picture was taken the right before i started my driving adventure to PEI. At first i was supposed to go by myself but then my brother and my aunt came with. Anyways, i think it was for the best cuz a 16-18 hour drive by yourself isn't the best of ideas.



When we stopped over in New Brunswick for lunch we went to this restaurant by the gas station. It was a cozy little place with awesome food. There was list of like 10 different kinds of poutine. I got the Royal Poutine which had some ground beef on it. It was pretty yummy but we were running late.

Eventually we made it to Magnetic Hill in New Brunswick which is this cool optical illusion where you go "down" a hill towards a white post and then put the car on neutral and it feels like you're going backwards "up" the hill... it was really cool. $5 tho... which is kinda strange but cool none the less.

Finally we arrived in PEI... Confederation Bridge: the longest bridge. Too bad the camry i was driving was low and i could barely see over the bridge barriers... however, it was possible to see part of the blue waters and awesomeness. Still over an hour before we arrive in Charlottetown from here tho... but compared to the crazy long drive, one hour is nothing.

The weather for the next 2 days was pretty craptacular tho, which is funny cuz the last time i was in PEI when my family visited, the weather was bad too... it seems they can never be on the island when the weather is beatiful. Ironically, the day after they left, the weather got super nice.
It almost feels like i haven't left, i remember all the streets, and where i went to shop, and eat, and where everything is. It was a nostalgic feeling. We ate some yummy lobster. Still haven't found a place to live tho... but that'll come... no worries.



Anyway... i've decided to catch up on all the blogging i missed since i arrived. So stay tuned for the food i made since! Here's a preview:



I'll explain what that is later...
til the next post!