Begin The Beguine

Ah, why does it take so long to do what I want to do? Is it because what I have to do is taking longer than I thought it would? Honestly? Yes. I have about 60 lbs of laundry yet to be picked up from 2 different laundries that I dropped off when I had a car for work. I still have not gone thru the stacks of 'junk' mail.....maybe it's not all junk....I can't just throw it away without taking a peek. What if the Polar Bears need money from me again?
Or my subscription to Entertainment Weekly is about to expire? I have at least pulled the bills and the periodicals and the catalogues (job hazard) as I picked up my mail the past 2 months. I didn't totally neglect my personal life....just almost.

Last night I signed up for a casting website. No big deal, right? I am an actress after all. But this site is just for reality shows (Reality Wanted.) I know, I know. But tell me the truth: deep down inside, there is one reality show, or game show that you would love to be on. Admit it!

I am not only admitting it, I am confessing. And professing. Publically. And throwing my name into the hat for the opportunity to either be on a game show and win oodles of cash so I can fulfill my dreams on my own, or hope to be cast on a show that will allow me to expose and exploit my talents and dreams so that I may make a life that allows me to live the dream of making a life from my talents.

In the meantime, I need to get back in the groove. I started this blog so I would get back into a routine of experimenting with new recipes and perhaps finally send in that book proposal for a cookbook. At the very least, share my food creations with others to enjoy and get some feedback. I love to make people happy with food.

It's almost noon on this crazy Sunday we all love and hate simultaneously in NYC, Puerto Rican Day Parade. I'm going to skip the festivities as I live in Spanish Harlem (the best kept secret in Manhattan) and we have the priviledge of hosting the big block party for Puerto Rican Day the day before....so yesterday was Boricura everywhere from dawn to midnight and then some. So today I am sneaking across town and picking up a pile of old food magazines from a fellow Freecycler (awesome Yahoo! group for recycling) in hopes of finding inspiration. Then I'll sneak in a movie on this super hot day; something funny is in order....mindless, simple, amusing.......haven't seen 'Horton Hears A Who'.......is that still playing? No matter, I'll find something. Then I'll schlepp my bag of goodies home and eat and take a nap as tonight I shall celebrate Shavuot for the first time. I'm very excited. Up until dawn dancing, drinking, eating, swimming, studying the Torah at the JCC and then celebrating the dawn with a special blessing and meditation on the rooftop.

So, an exciting day ahead. Maybe there is a new cheesecake recipe on the horizon to mark all of the above situations: Dulce de Leche Cheesecake, anyone?