Dinner and boys, but never dinner with boys

Well the dinner went well, we didn't have onions so I had to settle with just garlic and a million other seasonings and mustards for the crab cakes. But it was good, the spinach was delicious as always and mom was very encouraged to have dinner prepared. Instead of eating honey dijon pita chips before she went to bed. You know I'm afraid I'm going to turn into that lady from the movie, blogging about everything she makes and her whole life. I blog about life but not my nightly dinners and I can sense myself taking on her qualities and the theme of the movie. So I will stop myself here with this last entry about food. And will only blog about such when I make something exceptional.

On to more important things, like boys, boys r a mystery of the universe. I know that's not news but in my life right now I am more baffled than usual. I can never tell if a guy is flirting or just feeling himself. Sometimes it's obvious, but with this one guy, he seems to be flirting with me or just excited to see me but in a suave Sean Connery-Bond Edward Cullen kind of way. OR that he really is flirting with me. I hadn't seen him in a long time, many months and then months before that. He is gorgeous and deliciously charming but I have to wonder what he thinks about me. I swear one time he almost asked me out but then chickened out. It's so frustrating interpreting his actions for what they may or may not be! But then i thought maybe I shouldn't try at all until he asks me out, BUT what if thinks that I'm not interested and that's why he's not doing anything. Uggghhhh, my friend says I have to flirt with a guy to get his attention and let him know I'm interested. But I don't want a guy to notice me because I tell him his hair looks nice repeatedly, or giggle like a school girl, OR laugh at everything he says OR touch him inappropriately. I DON'T KNOW what to do, maybe I shouldn't do anything at all and just see what happens. That's probably the more wise and logical AND rational thing to do. But let's face it, I'm a girl...We don't know how to do that.

Julie/Julia

Well I just saw Julie and Julia which was fantastic. I love to cook, so it gave me all kinds of inspiration. And now I have decided that I will spend my first paycheck from my new job on gourmet cookware and fresh produce. Aaaahhhhh, but probably not, but it does sound nice doesn't it. Maybe i will just save up for certain sauce pans and broilers. Oh god I love to cook, but my house is quite sparse in terms of cookware, my mother can cook but prefers not too, so our kitchen isn't really made for that. But I got my love for cooking gourmet foods from my Dad. He lived in europe years ago and that's where he picked up many things. When I was little I used to see him on the weekends and he would always make me dinner. Just whip up things out of his head and they'd always be wonderful. The house always smelled of warm garlic and butter, that's when I knew dinner would be coming soon. I'd put down my doll or whatever little kid thing and come and just watch him. It was fascinating to me, and he became a hero in my eyes, a hero who makes dinner. Hmmm now I'm hungry and missing him. But I think I will cook dinner tonight and surprise my mom. I think I will make crab cakes (Hmmmm) with sauteed spinach in a garlic sauce hmmm, I can't wait. If only I had mango I could make a salsa for the cakes.