Reptar Bars!

"Reptar bar, Reptar bar, the candy bar supreme! The candy bar that turns your tongue gre-e-en!"
-Angelica

Yes! To top off my Rugrats Annual Marathon, this year I discovered a way to make the infamous Reptar bars! Might I also add that they are absolutely delicious. No wonder the babies love them so much!
You first start out with a layer of melted chocolate, sprinkle some toffee chips on top- then freeze it. Add some green food coloring to some marshmallow fluff, and put it on top of the chocolate. Drizzle some caramel on top of the fluff. Freeze it. And lastly, pour some chocolate on top for the final layer.

And then, voila! You have some Reptar Bars!! The candy bar supreme that turns your tongue green!And since I was feeling especially artistic, I made some wrappers too! Pretty authentic, huh?

Reptar! Reptar!

Just rocking my Reptar shirt!!
Rugrats Marathon Day 2 :)

(I also just made some Black Bottom Banana Cream Pie for Thanksgiving tomorrow! Hope it will be good!)

Rugrats Time!

Hold on to your dipies babies! It's time for Danielle and Gavbo's annual Rugrats Marathon!!
Every year on Thanksgiving, my brother Gavin and I start our very own Rugrats Marathon! Rugrats is my all-time favorite childhood show. So much so that I still enjoy watching it as an 18 year old girl. When I watch Rugrats, it takes me back to a time when imagination ran rampant, and adventure was at an all-time high. It is when I watch it that I feel most like a kid once again. So every year, Gavin and I turn on our favorite childhood memories, hold on to our metaphorical dipies, and let our adventures begin once again. For one week, we allow ourselves to delve into our past, and become kids, if only for a small time.

Never Too Much- Part lll

FUNNY GIRL!

If you could not tell from the title of my blog, I am an avid lover of Funny Girl. More than anything, I love Barbra Streisand! The woman has the most spectacular voice, and I simply cannot get enough of it! From Funny Girl, to Hello Dolly!, to Yentil, to What's Up Doc?; I absolutely adore the woman. But out of all things Barbra, Funny Girl takes the lead. I can watch Funny Girl over and over and over again, and never get sick of it. I sing and quote along word for word. And still, each time I watch I find myself tearing up when Fanny sings 'My Man' at the very end. I find certain similarities between myself and Fanny, and I think that makes it all the more personal and deep to me. Often people will find me listening or singing to the Funny Girl soundtrack. The entire soundtrack is basically all in my 25 Most Played songs on ITunes- 'I'm the Greatest Star' and 'Don't Rain on My Parade' top the list at #1 and #2. I have 'I'm the Greatest Star' memorized word for word, and can sing it perfectly from memory. I am known to sing it to my cousins as I lull them to sleep when I babysit. I am mesmerized by Funny Girl, and the lovely Barbra; I simply cannot get enough.

The Freetime of a College Student

It is known that poorness and college student go hand and hand. So what do we poor college students do in our free time??? Why we do some super crazy things of course! And here are a few!

Halloween!

This year my roommates and I went to the Howl. I recycled a costume that I had previously worn a few years ago, and I was set. But before we went to the party, we got a visit from our neighbor, Quinton, who we helped to become a woman (for Halloween of course.) I curled his hair, helped him pick our some lipstick, and we all showed him the best way to walk in a pair of pumps.

Diwali!
This year, it was my idea to celebrate Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights. Now where did I get this idea, you ask? Why, The Office of course! Where I get most of my fantastic ideas! So I made some fabulous fliers, featuring Michael Scott, and his Diwali song; and then delivered them to the people of my building. When the day came, my roommates and I wore the most festive Indian-like clothing we could, and blasted some Indian music. We decorated our living room with lanterns, and made a plethora of treats. We then did some great interpretive dancing, and watched the Diwali episode of The Office. Although we only had three people stop on by, I can definitely be said that us girls of 203 had the most fantastic time!

Toga Time!A few weeks ago there was a costume party hosted by the Hockey teams that my roommate Megan and I were going to attend. I decided to go last minute, and therefore used the signature last minute costume idea- a toga! Blue sheet, and a purple scarf, plus a little bit of artistic drapery; I was set. Although the party ended up being super lame, like crazy boys wearing tutus and fairy wings- and nothing else...yep. Needless to say, we left pretty early, haha. Even though the party was pretty lame, I got to toga it up for a whole night.

In the meantime of all this craziness, I do one of my favorite things, which is watch Boy Meets World. Which of course is my favorite show of all time. I have a great love for this show, such a love in fact that I made a Boy Meets World quote wall in my room during my free time. So every night before I go to bed I can read my favorite, mostly inspirational quotes from my favorite show. And at the top of the quotes, I have written 'Danielle Meets World.' I think it is pretty great!

And of course in between my free time, I am dutifully studying of course.

Much Ado About Cornmazes

When looking back on my college experience so far, I simply cannot believe I have been living on my own for nine weeks. In terms of never living away from home, that is a long time for me. I have finally gotten past the homesick stage, and I am fully embracing college and the freedom that comes with living on my own.

I have said it before, and I will say it again- I absolutely love my roommates! I do not think it possible for anyone to have as much fun as we do in our little apartment. This week Krista, Megan, and I asked boys from our building to go on a group date to...wait for it...The Little Bear Bottoms Cornmaze...yeah Little Bear Bottoms. I think the name is pretty hilarious. After the first boy I asked had to cancel the day before, I got a finalized date with a boy across the hall. But no worries, the first boy is taking me out to dinner next week, so no hard feelings. The cornmaze itself was a bit lame, but it was fun to make a new friend. We ended the evening by getting some gas station hot cocoa, and going back to our building and watching Avatar, the blue person one, not the Air Bender one. Now the first time I watched Avatar, I was not particularly a big fan, which to many people was blasphemy, but this second time round I really enjoyed it. Maybe that anthropology class is helping me accept things more easily haha.

Now if you want to hear about an awesome cornmaze, I will tell you about the cornmaze I went to on a date last week on a date with my good friend Karl. I went with Karl on a groupdate with my other two good friends, Beth and Grant. This cornmaze was haunted, which in my opinion, made it all the more spectacular. There was supposedly "corn cash" hidden in the stalks, but honestly I am quite certain it was a lie. Karl and I searched and searched for some "corn cash", even making up a song about it, but never did we sight the so called "corn cash." We discovered that the spookers wouldn't scare you quite as badly if you complimented their performance, and we even got a couple pointers on how to get our way out of the maze. All in all, it was a great night!

On the school side of things, everything is going great! I can say that I truly enjoy my classes, even Geography, and my Creative Arts class where I am practically tested on the professor's life story. No joke, a question on the last test asked me what the name of his fourth grade teacher was. My absolute favorite class is Study of American Culture, which is the study of America through the perspective of the home. I love it! We get to analyze literature, study art pieces, etc. So basically I am in an English and Art lovers heaven. The class is actually only made up of about twenty people, so it is very much discussion based, which I love. My 12th grade AP English teacher, and Art History teacher would be so proud of me and the comments I make in class. The taught me well haha.

But of course one can only get to much of a thing. I have not been home in three weeks, and I can honestly say that Fall Break is truly a heaven send. I sit here in the library, with one class left to go. Although I am supposed to have classes tomorrow, my professor's have graciously cancelled class tomorrow. Tonight I am going home after watching the Jazz Singer for my Creative Arts course! Even better, I am surprising my parents, because they think I am coming home tomorrow. Soon this crazy state of mind I have been in due to midterms will be ended, and I can finally go back to my dear old K-Town. Where I will joyously watch Boy Meets World with my Gavbo! Hooray!

Never Too Much- Part Two: Billy Joel State of Mind

Simply put, I am a Billy Joel worshiper. He is my favorite artist of all time hands down, no doubt about it! If you don't believe me, I ask you to look at the 375 Billy Joel songs accumulated on my iTunes! Yeah, 375! I think it may be possible that I am somewhat obsessed, only somewhat of course.

I am in love with the variety that his music gives. He can go from singing a lovely ballad, to going all out rock and roll. Not to mention his phenomenal piano skills! I have been lucky enough to see him in concert, and I can honestly say that I have never seen anyone move their fingers as fast as he did when he played the beginning of Prelude to an Angry Young Man. The man is a musical genius! When I saw him in concert, it was by far one of the greatest nights of my life. I have been lucky enough to see all of my favorite artists in concert, with the exception of Tony Bennett, which I truly hope can someday happen. But the night of that concert I got to see two of my favorites perform together, Billy Joel and Elton John. Because I have already written a post about the concert I won't delve into details, but needless to say it was completely spectacular.

For the most part, I listen to Billy Joel everyday. As each day passes by, I discover new aspects of songs, and by now I have gone too far past the point of no return that there is no possible way for me to have a favorite song. Some days I may tell you New York State of Mind, others River of Dreams, or it may be some obscure song that only true fans like myself would know all the words too like, Until the Night. It literally changes by the day. I love to listen to the different live versions of the songs, and find the different variations that come with each one. I am the literally definition of a Billy Joel nerd. But I wouldn't have it any other way. I love good music, and Billy Joel is good music! He has nothing to do with that electronic, artificial music that seems to be the craze nowadays. His music is pure talent. He is really singing, he is really playing the piano that good! So everyday I will go on with my Billy Joel State of Mind, and I think I enjoy life all the better for it!