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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH2I9fJ0ALk
Here's a link to the song ''This Mess We're In''. If you haven't heard it you should check it out! 

Pop tarts are the favorite food of many people, especially the youth, kids. Let look through the recipe and make it at home.

Ingredients

• 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all purpose flour plus additional for shaping and rolling
• 1 teaspoon coarse kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 cup (2 sticks) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 4 tablespoons ice water
• 12 tablespoons strawberry preserves (preferably organic homemade)
• Powdered sugar
• Fresh strawberries

Preparation

• Slice strawberries, cook them with butter and sugar in medium-low fire until it becomes jam.
• Whisk 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons flour, coarse salt, and sugar in a large bowl. Add butter. Using fingertips to blend in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add ice water by tablespoonfuls, tossing until moist clumps form. Gather dough into ball. Divide in half; shape each half into disk. Wrap in plastic. Chill at least 1 hour.
• Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment. Working with 1 disk at a time, roll out dough on floured surface to about 13x11 inches. Trim to 12x10-inch rectangle, then cut into eight 5x3-inch rectangles.
• Arrange 4 rectangles, spaced apart, on each sheet. Spoon 1 1/2 tablespoons preserves in row down center of each rectangle. Top preserves with second dough rectangle. Using fingertips, gently press all edges of each tart to seal; press all edges with tines of fork to double-seal. Using toothpick, poke a few holes in center of top dough rectangle. Cover; freeze tarts on sheets at least 2 hours and up to 1 week.
• Position 1 rack in top third and 1 rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 375°F. Bake frozen tarts uncovered until golden, reversing sheets after 15 minutes, 25 to 30 minutes total (some preserves may leak out). Immediately transfer tarts to rack. Sift powdered sugar lightly over. Serve warm or at room temperature with fresh berries.

>> http://www.dressup24h.com/game/6505/Homemade-Pop-Tarts.html

French Macarons

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cup powdered sugar
• ½ cup pistachios
• ½ cup almondsss
• ¼ cup egg whites
• 1/5 cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup condensed milk (half can)
• 1 tsp unsalted butter
• 1tsp vanilla extract
• 2 tbsp heavy cream

Directions

• Preheat oven to 280ºF (140ºC). Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside
• Blend the powdered sugar, pistachios, and almonds in a food processor until the nuts are finely ground and the mixture is nicely blended.
• Place the mixture in a bowl. Whisk egg whites and granulated sugar in a separate bowl until mixture forms soft peaks. Add nut mixture to egg mixture and gently fold together until smooth. Transfer to pastry bag.
• Squeeze small balls of the mixture onto the baking sheet, leaving enough space between each ball to allow the Macaron mixture to spread.
• Place in oven and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven to cool on wire rack.
• Mix together condensed milk, unsalted butter, and extract in a pan over a medium heat. Add heavy cream and stir until mixture thickens, then remove from heat and cool completely.
• Divide Macarons into pairs and spread approx. 1 tsp of filling onto the flat side of one of each pair, then press the pair together gently.

Chocolate  Macarons

Ingredients

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 cup ground almonds
• Whites of 2 medium eggs
• Chocolate spread
• Colored sprinkles (for decoration)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 380ºF (190ºC). Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and ground almonds together. Whisk egg whites until soft peaks form, then fold into dry ingredients. Transfer mixture to pastry bag.
• Squeeze small balls of the mixture onto the baking sheet, leaving enough space between each Maracon. Place in oven and bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven to cool on wire rack. Divide Macarons into pairs and spread approx. 1 tsp of chocolate spread onto the flat side of one of each pair, then press the pair together gently.
• Decorate with colored sprinkles.

Strawberry Marcarons

Ingredients

• ½ ground almonds
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• Whites of 2 large eggs
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• Pink food coloring
• 3 tbsp strawberry jam
• Colored sprinkles (for decoration)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 390ºF (200ºC). Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
• Sift ground almonds and powdered sugar together into a large bowl. Put egg whites into another bowl and whisk until soft peaks form. Add caster sugar and beat together until smooth and glossy.
• Fold almond mixture into egg mixture, add a few drops of pink food coloring and mix until just combined and evenly colored. Transfer mixture to pastry bag.
• Squeeze small balls of the mixture onto the baking sheet, leaving a little space between each. Set aside for 10 minutes to dry – this is important as it gives the Macaroons the correct texture. Place in oven and bake for 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven to cool on wire rack. Spread 2 tsp strawberry jam onto the flat sides of half the Macarons, then top each with one of the remaining Macaroons and press together gently.
• Decorate with colored sprinkles.

Coconut Macarons

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cup flaked coconut
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• Pinch of salt
• 2 egg whites
• ½ tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup melted chocolate

Directions

• Preheat oven to 325ºF (160ºC). Line baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix coconut, sugar, flour, and salt. In another bowl, whisk egg whites and vanilla extract, then combine with dry ingredients and mix well.
• Place small balls of mixture on the baking sheet, spaced several inches apart. Place in oven and bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove Macarons from oven and leave to cool on wire rack. Drizzle with melted chocolate or eat them plain – they’re delicious either way !

>> http://www.dressup24h.com/game/5963/Sara-Cooking-Class.html

Here's my cover of "True Love Waits", obviously by Radiohead. All vocals were done by me and all guitars were played by my dad.

https://soundcloud.com/hayleyrichman/true-love-waits-radiohead

i miss you already and i just saw you and i'm still talking to you

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More spectacular images from digital photographer Thierry Cohen, who envisions what cities around the world would look like after dark in his series Villes éteintes ("Darkened Cities").

To create the images he travelled to regions far away from all artificial light, but on the same latitude as major cities. He photographed the skies, and then combined those images with photographs of the cities in question, altered to remove all lighting.

See the entire series and more of his work on his website here: http://thierrycohen.com/pages/work/starlights.html

today.

today.

today.

(say her name.)

a mere mortal am I.

for now.

(soon: Vermont. Feelings Store. Swimming Pool.)

Thought i would share this band with you all, they so should tour with Radiohead!
Merry Christmas

Alt-J (∆)

http://youtu.be/pcVRrlmpcWk

Dress up Games for Girls articles on http://dressforgirls.over-blog.com

I’m looking forward to Christmas and really eager to know my gifts. I sent a letter to Santa Claus a week ago and told him what I like. I hope that this year I will have the present I wish because I’m a good girl in the whole year.

My family will have a party at Christmas Eve and my father will dress up as Santa Claus. Actually, I think that Santa Claus is real in the world, but he does not want many people know about him. When I was a little girl, my grandmother told me the story of Santa Claus. His name is Nicholas and he lived in Patara, a town in the east. Because he always loved children and he was also kind and generous to them, the children regarded him as their dear friend and their beloved saint. Besides, he always helped and gave the gifts to the good children or the difficult, so the wonderful things he did made him become a beautiful legend. My grandmother explained that Santa means Saint and Claus stands for Nicholas, and that how he has been known as Santa Claus until now.

When my brothers and I were little, we always wanted to find the secret coming of Santa Claus with his Christmas gifts by all means. We hang up our stocks and waited for Christmas gifts from Santa Claus. We tried to not sleep on Christmas Eve in order to see how he looked like. Unfortunately, no Santa Claus came before we fell asleep and in the following morning, we saw our gifts already in our stocks. However, we was successful in not sleeping on Christmas Eve last year, we saw a man in red clothes but he was not big as we imaged before. He put our gifts in the stocks, after that came out the door. Fast as lightning, we ran to and hugged our Santa Claus, and turned on the light. Surprisingly, he was my father in Santa Claus’s clothes.

Since I found my father be Santa Claus, I was a little bit disappointed but I would have more chance to receive the gift I’m looking forward. This year, I decide to help my father look like Santa Claus more and he will appear in my family’s party to give the surprise with the bag of gifts in his back. In addition, I am a fan of dress up games and I know clearly how to combine clothes with accessories to become more impressive among the crowds in each occasion. I start to find clothes and accessories for Santa Claus first in some websites of dress up games and look for suitable ones for my father. After that, I come to stores, or supermarket to buy the similar things (my father gave me the financial support to make him great in Christmas party)

I hope that with my help, my father will look like a real Santa Claus and give the gifts and joyfulness to all my family members in our coming Christmas party.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qugGnth_068

All vocals were done by me. All guitars were played and other instruments were programmed by my dad. And of course, the original song is by Radiohead. Hope you like it.

http://www.koreus.com/video/man.html 

i really didn't intend to. i really didn't think i would. i hope you won't think less of me.  i couldn't help it. i went into a music store, i heard some Led Zepp on the radio recently. i bought one of their cd's. i immediately felt bad. i immediately wanted to go back in time and get so wasted.... but i didn't!

i promise i won't do it again. i feel like i have cheated on you. this is the first CD i have purchased besides your music in say, 15 years.... forgive me!  i will say 100 Hail Mary's and get it put back together tomorrow. until then, my sound system is calling my name.... i'm gonna do another dirty.  :)  I LOVE MUSIC AGAIN!!!

So, doctor measured my heartbeats and said "Wow, this is pretty high... let's check again."
"Well, it's still high."
*I stay quiet and wait*
"Are you an anxious person, by any chance?"
"Yes, a lot."
"Let's try this... hold your breath"
*I do it*
"Definitely anxiety. It wouldn't seem so, looking at you"
"I know"
"Well, calm down a bit."
*laughs*

Just finished up a record. It's no Radiohead record, but We're proud of it. It's an attempt at raising awareness that our reality is just make believe. So, we called it Mvke BeLIEve. 5 star reviews on iTunes. Taylor Swift's new record is only sporting 4 and 1/2 stars. Eat that, Taylor Swift.

Support Musicians singing for the greater good, even if it's not Plvnet.

Cheers.   Mvke BeLIEve on iTunes

http://www.wpsconnect.org/meditate.php

я, наверное, никогда не найду слов, чтоб описать всю мою любовь, все мое уважение и благодарность за все, что он делает. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3OTIZcLWkeY