Kansas City Hempfest 2011

For the last week or two, I've been excited about attending this year's Hempfest in my town. Overall, the experience was not at all what I expected.

There was a handful of tents selling various things, maybe sixty people altogether, and some music. Did I mention it was raining and freezing outside? Damn the weather people and their false reports. I made over forty pieces of hemp jewelry in hopes of selling some, or at least make a few friends, but that was not the case; I still have the same amount that I had when I left my house. Out of the handful of "vendors," there was one who was selling hemp necklaces, and although they were nice, they weren't anything I hadn't seen before.

No one talked to us ("us" being my aunt, her boyfriend, my friend, and myself), several people walked by, but unless they were running the event or trying to advertise or sell their products, we were ignored, with the exception of my friend who happened to know several people there and was all over the place. I didn't feel the peaceful vibe I should have felt.

I don't believe I'll be attending Hempfest next year. Although it's to support a good cause, creating what felt like a social event for it just doesn't seem to help legalize the growing of hemp in the United States.

My aunt and I

 

The tents

Brownie

Banana muffin

BH Cosmetics 120 Color Palette 2nd Edition

After waiting for what seemed like forever, I finally got my BH Cosmetics 120 Color Palette, 2nd Edition. When the UPS man walked up to the door, I all but tackled him and told him how happy I was that he had arrived as I wasn't expecting the package for another day. It's beautiful, I love it, the colors are incredible. I am very happy. Over the next few days, I'll be experimenting with colors and looks. Who knows, maybe I'll start making videos and upload them on YouTube. Only time will tell.

Noodle Shit

I don't know what to call this other than Noodle Shit. My mother cooked it for dinner one night a few years ago and referred to it as such and ever since it touched my tongue, I've been in love. 

The recipe listed below feeds four people easily, with multiple servings left over.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 2 - 16 oz. bags of penne or rotini noodles (these two types of pasta work best)
• 2 - 24 oz. jars of meat flavored pasta sauce
• 1/2 c. extra virgin olive oil
• salt

DIRECTIONS

1. Start boiling a pot of water. Add several pinches of salt and 1/4 c. olive oil to the water. When the water starts boiling, add the pasta.
   
2. Brown the ground beef in a large, deep pot (7 inches deep is suggested). Strain and rinse when finished browning to wash away unnecessary grease. Dump the meat back into the pot and add both jars of sauce, a pinch of salt, and the remaining 1/4 c. of olive oil.
   
3. Strain the noodles when they're done and dump them into the pot with the sauce in it.
   
4. Stir and serve.

Pizza Anyone?

Corey asked me to make a pizza today and homemade pizza sounded good so I figured, why not? The pizza tasted soooo good. I shall never buy frozen pizza or pizza from a restaurant (such as Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, etc.) again. Homemade is the way to go.

Before cooking...

After cooking....

INGREDIENTS

• 2 boxes of Jiffy pizza crust mix
• pizza sauce of your choice
• 1 large bag of mozzarella cheese
• toppings of your choice
  
  

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix the dough according to box directions.
2. Add sauce and toppings of your choice.
3. Bake at temperature listed on dough mix boxes until the cheese is melty and slightly browning around the edges.

Four months!

My dreads turned four months old yesterday. They don't look much different than they did last month, but they definitely feel more knotted. There are quite a few dreads in the front that aren't knotting at all (I believe it's because I backcombed them but twist 'n ripped the others closer to the back) so within the next few days I'll be brushing them out and re-knotting them.Wish me luck!