cucumbersome

2008-02-24T23:36:00.000-08:00

I've moved to www.cucumbersome.com
Come visit me!

Still and Again

2008-02-23T09:39:00.000-08:00

Last night I dreamt that I got remarried, but to Ryan again. In my dream, I was so sad because I was still in love with my first husband, Ryan. But Ryan kept saying how bad his first marriage was and how he couldn't stand his ex-wife, which was me, but for whatever reason he didn't make that connection. It was quite strange.
Sounds like an interesting screenplay, though. I could call it "Still and Again" - we were still married but we got married again. Cheezy - I like it.
Maybe Wes Anderson would be interested.

Faux Sushi

2008-02-21T09:23:00.000-08:00

Candy sushi makes me just so gleeful! It whimsically brings together two of my favorite things.

In the past little while I have come across several sites that have done this:
There is chocolate sushi by Koo-Ki Sushi.
Not Martha made some adorable ones with twinkies that I really loved. Hers were inspired by The Secret Life of Food by Clare Crespo. I definitely want to buy this book.

I decided to use marshmallows, and added the "wasabi" chocolate mint and fake grass that you get with take-out sushi. For roe, I used Nerds.

They were fun to make but now I have an intense craving for real sushi.

Reverse Graphology, Or How To Create the Ultimate Signature

2008-02-14T13:07:00.000-08:00

Creating a new signature is a daunting task, one that doesn't come up all that often. But when it does, you cannot make a split second decision that you'll be happy with while signing your license or passport in front of the grumpy city worker waiting to go on her break.
Why not develop a signature that a graphologist can examine and tell Mr.Potential Employer that you are not a psychopath in any way (I hope this is true, but I'm just trying to give you an edge).

If you want to appear easygoing, optimistic with realistic goals:

Make your letters circular
Keep the slant of the letters vertical or slightly forward
Be sure you can write fairly straight on onlined paper, angling upward if at all
Cross your t's high on the stem but not off
Maintain a steady, not-too-hard pressure on the paper
Keep your writing consistently medium or average sized

If your want to appear very professional and analytical, while downplaying emotion:

Make your letters slightly square
Keep the slant of the letters vertical or slanting slightly backward
Practice writing straight on unlined paper
Cross your t's high on the stem
Make sharp points on capital M's.
Keep your writing small but not tiny

If you want to appear like an artistic dreamer:

Make your letters squiggly and irregular
Keep each letter separate (but not printed)
Make the slant of your writing 60 to 70 degrees
Try to write fairly straight on unlined paper, but not rigidly so
Keep your writing large
Use heavy pressure and thick lines
Cross your t's lightly on the top of the stem

There you are. Create your very own (very telling) scrawl.
The question is, if you can change how you are perceived by changing your writing, can changing your writing change who you are?
Enter graphotherapy - the practice of changing a person's handwriting with the goal of changing features of his or her personality.
If your writing doesn't put you in the best light, look into that.
And then drop me a line.

2008-02-05T16:23:00.000-08:00

the ideas in my head outnumber the slices of salted cucumbers in my belly, which is saying a lot.