My Latest Addiction

Perhaps I take the screen name way too seriously because I keep running into and loving stuff like this. I wanted to share this delightfully delicious fledgeling product called Pirates Chai first off it is perhaps the only powdered chai that does not have milk powder in it so for that fact I was partly sold. Then on top of that it's a green tea chai but not just any green tea it's matcha! If that doesn't get you then let me tell you it's spicy but not masala spicy it's actually just right to balence with the potency of the matcha. They also keep the sugar low in this so if you need more you add it making this a perfect drink for those who like all the above.

Add roughly 1 Tbsp of the chai to 1 cup or more of milk and you are set! I mix it with my homemade almond milk and use an Aerolatte to make sure it's entirely mixed.
I get Pirates Chai at my local CoOp but for those out side of Santa Monica can order it online at www.pirateschai.com and follow the paypal instructions at the bottom of the screen.

The Precious' Of The Pirate Wenchie

There's this one watch movement which of course is of the captivating Elgin brand and upon my research last night here's what the serial number revealed Click Here. My little precious is from 1905 =D I did a little dance and blabbered to my uninterested husband. In my hands I held a piece of equipment 103 years old and it is nearly pristine (one of the top silver gears has been replaced or scratched to heck so the etched design is gone). I will be taking pics then turning it over to be sold =( but for now it's my precious!
Which has got me thinking my treasures are and have always been antique items because of the pure artistic nature of them which lacks in this fast mass produced blandness of a world we live in. However even that can be appreciated in a way but it lacks a soul the personality an artist can give to their work. I subconsciously believe that when I create something I breathe life into it. A piece of my soul gives life to my work and I feel that with the artwork I admire I can see it's soul as well.

Another precious thing to me is my sacred coffee shop funnel mill which shall soon be over run by yuppies and hipsters =( which is good (the place shall stay)and bad (over crowding). Funnel Mill has just been voted the best coffee/tea shop in all of LA by the Los Angeles magazine =D and so this shall be revealed once that publication comes out (I know this before hand because I'm a regular) but as a symbol of gratitude they will be offering the Kopi Luwak (poop) coffee with a $20 discount of $40 a cup.

Here's a snippet of what Funnel Mill has about it and click on the image above for the full story.
"Kopi Luwak coffee comes from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, an area well-known for its excellent coffee. Also native to the area is a small civet-like animal called a Paradoxurus. That's the scientific name, but the locals called them Luwaks. These little mammals live in the trees and one of their favorite foods is the red, ripe coffee cherry. They eat the cherries, bean and all. While the beans are in the Luwak's stomach, they undergo chemical treatments and fermentations. The beans finish the journey through the digestive system, exit. The still-intact beans are collected from the forest floor, and are cleaned, then medium-roasted and ground just like any other coffee."

Whims and Musings

I want to do video blogging but I must devise a way to do this I could snag my hubby's compy for part of the day when he's not using it or I could do it the hard way and set up a camera and do all that stuff.
Anywhoo I'm here at the greatest coffee / tea place ever! The Funnel Mill. And they really know their stuff, for example: white tea should steep with mildly warm water or else it will burn the tea. They serve all of their drinks with a little snack of perfectly salted and roasted peanuts (had some with my coffe today) or these really unique green tea flavored pumpkin seeds with the teas. The prices are a tad high but with the pampering you get of having your drink served on a sliver platter or wooden tea thinggy and the snack it is really worth it! Also something weird that they do but is appreciated at the same time is you don't pay when you order you have to remember to pay when you leave. It's strange and kinda makes me paranoid that I'm going to forget to pay or what if other people forget to pay before they leave. However, I find it somewhat relaxing, less wasteful with receipts, and less of a hassle for them because I end up ordering several things when camping out the day here to work on writing or reading scripts.

So on to creations things that I'm working on right now and the stages they are in:
Vegas Spikes and Dice hairsticks nearly complete I need to finish tarnishing silver and I have to get that sulfur stuff - ummmm rotten egg smell!
Grow Cube influenced hairsticks =D I'm such a geek and these are nearly finished but I'm having conflicted views on how to complete them and I just got a new idea for them but it would take a while to get them done that way. So I think I'll stick with the original concept and do a variation later on.
Nightlight charity necklace Nearly done I have some adjustments to make and I need to figure out how to make it hang down right. Then I will post on the etsy forums to have people help out nightlight by buying charms and making jewelry from it. For more info got to: http://www.nightlightbangkok.com/index2.htm
Martire Golgotha version 1 This will be the last version of the martire out of the 16 gauge coated copper wire and I will be converting to the sterling silver with copper core and then to half hard silver wire when I have the money to buy it and some extra wire for Kieu ^_^
Duality - painting for charity Nearly done I have to perfect the lines then go over it with the lightening and darkening so that it is not so harsh on the eyes. This is the largest painting I've done so far and it has been more challenging than I thought it would be. I paint for Mosaic http://www.mosaic.org/ and I am very grateful to be doing it because I got me back into painting and has been an amazing resource of inspiration.
Broadcast painting Gah I'm such a lazy painter this is a painting I'm doing for myself and it is a great concept and not even close to done yet. I could really use an artist studio a nice gray concrete room with a window and internet access.
Lightning Strikes - Munny painting It's been gessoed and it's been guessoed for over a year =( I fail ...so lazy.
Gears of the heart Heart on fire - Painting This is at the end of the concept stage where it has been finalized and sketched, next I start getting it on the canvas but this will not happen until I finish Boradcast.