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In one week I turn 30. I'm not sure how I feel about that.  You're supposed to officially be an adult at 30 and I don't feel like an adult at all!  Is anyone where they thought they would be at 30?  I certainly am not!  I was supposed to have a house, a husband, a kid, and a dog by now!  I can't believe I don't at least have a dog!  But I guess we live in different times these days, and you never know where life will take you. But the one thing I do have working for me is my youthful looks!  I've always told people that I've looked exactly the same since I was 16 years old, and here is proof!  This is a collage of a pictures of me taken on my birthday since I was 16 years old. No wonder why I don't feel like an an adult!  I guess you're only as young as you feel/look!  Here's to the next ageless 14 years!

PAT & KIM'S JALAPENO POPPERS Pat and I didn't really measure when making these.  We just kind of went by feel/looks/taste.  So the measurements I put down are estimations. Yields 24 poppers 12 jalapenos, cut in half, veined, and seeded 1 package of bacon, cut in half For the filling: 1 8oz package of cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup green onions or chives, chopped 1/2 tsp onion powder 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 1 clove garlic, chopped 1/4 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese Preheat oven to 350(ish). Mix all the ingredients for the filling together.  Stuff each jalapeno with the filling mixture.  Wrap each with the bacon.  They should look like this: Put them on a rack on top of a cookie sheet.  That way, the bottom of the popper will get cooked too, and it's not sitting in the bacon grease.  Mmmm...bacon grease.  Cook it in the oven for about an hour-ish.  Give or take 10-15 minutes.  At the v...

10. 21 Jump Street This movie shouldn't have been good.  In fact, it probably should have sucked.  But I found myself enjoying every minute of it!  I never really was a Channing Tatum fan until I saw this movie.  He always seemed pretty average to me, but I was really surprised to see him do comedy and to see him excel in it!  And of course Jonah Hill is hilarious.  I won't give too much away, but there's a pretty amazing cameo at the end that takes the movie from entertaining to awesome!  (It doesn't take a genius to figure out who the cameo is, but I was still surprised when it happened!) 9. Life of Pi I really hope my Uncle Ang wins!  Okay, he's not really my uncle....  But I do hope he wins!!  Spielberg will get it, I'm sure, but I'm rooting for Ang.  I actually heard some negative things from people about this movie, so going into it, I had relatively low expectations.  Turns out, I have vastly different taste from t...

I just want to be clear that these are my least favorite movies, not necessarily the worst.  In fact, there were very few movies last year that really made me cringe.  I would say the top four movies were the only ones I felt were truly bad.  The rest, I just didn't like. 10. The Master  The Master is not a bad movie by any means.  In fact, it's a good movie.  But it wasn't quite my cup of tea.  I don't think I'd ever want to see it again.  It was just so grueling!  But the cinematography and acting is awesome.  I am so glad that Joaquin Phoenix didn't retire from acting.  He is absolutely tremendous in this movie.  In fact, I want him to win the Best Actor Oscar.  I know, I know, Daniel Day was awesome as Lincoln, he's possibly the best actor in the history of the world, but he's almost TOO good, ya know?  To the point where it's predictable.  But Joaquin's performance was anything but predictable!  It...