B-A-N-A-N-A-S

I suppose I'm what you would call a fair-weather Rockies fan, but man the weather sure is fair! Seriously, I'm having a hard time remembering a time in my life outside of last night where I sat and watched almost an entire game on the television by myself. (Okay, for the first hour it was mostly "Heroes" with some game during commercials, but c'mon, I'm only human.) Some friends were watching the game at their house, but J and I had been feeling too tired to make the trek over. I only really regretted it during the middle of the game when all the exciting stuff was happening and there was no one there to cheer with me. I kept yelling plays down the stairs to J, until he came up to sit with me for awhile.

At one point I said, "They're gonna win!" and J got a wild look in his eye and hissed, "Don't say that! You'll jinx it!" So I know he cared a little, too. Anyway: World Series, suckas!

This past weekend, I hosted my first LUPEC meeting, which gave me an excuse to make all the tiki-themed drinks I've always wanted to try. I believe my crowning achievement was a banana daiquiri served in a coconut with an umbrella straw. Drinking a cocktail out of a coconut has been a lifelong dream of mine, and I'm happy to tell you it's as awesome as you might imagine. Yes, it was cold and sleeting outside, but in our hearts it was a warm beach. Turns out if you drink enough rum, you can be anywhere you want!

This meeting also allowed me to experiment with all kinds of fun snacks. I even fried up some plantains! I saw these cupcakes and knew I had to try the banana ones. A few weeks ago, I swear I saw a bag of those little candy bananas somewhere. I know this because I distinctly remember thinking: who would buy a big bag of just bananas? Of course the answer turned out to be: future me, and for the life of me I couldn't remember where I saw those stupid bananas. All weekend I was like, "Oh, maybe it was that one candy store...oh, let's try Big Lots...ooo, was it Cost Plus...oh, I guess it could have been Blockbuster..." to no avail. I even tried to find Runts and oh my god, could I not find freaking Runts anywhere. Finally, I conceded defeat and just drew the bananas on with some icing. I woke up on Monday morning and remembered quite clearly that my office has a big candy dispenser full of Runts. Ce la vie. The sad truth, of course, is that no one likes those bananas and everyone would have just picked them off anyway.

Also, it turns out I'm a genius at tropical fruit trays. It's like my hidden superpower. I was planning on just throwing some junk on a plate, but all of a sudden it was, like, making pineapple boats and fanning kiwi slices and turning mangoes inside out and shit. Seriously, I'm thinking of taking my show to the road and making the big bucks on the fruit platter circuit.