Another Tuesday, still unemployed. Sent my resume out to a bunch of different places over the last week, have so far gotten zero phone calls. Ah well, next week is Thanksgiving. I’m going to eat lots of food and more pie and by the end of November I’m going to weigh 500 lbs. Who needs a job when there’s pie?

SPEAKING OF PIE!

I’ve spent a lot of time in the last week baking it. On Saturday I took part in KCRW’s Good Food Pie Contest that was held at the Westfied Topanga Mall. Didn’t win but I did get to eat a lot of pie so really, who lost? 

Actually, speaking of winners, I happened to be standing next to the winner of the cream/custard category as we were all waiting to hear the results. Her peanut butter pie looked amazing! She’s got some pics up on her blog, they make me wish I could have tried it.

Congrats to all the winners :)

My pie all plated for the judges and stuff

My pie was okay but it was nothing wonderful. I made a Raspberry Marzipan pie which was pretty tasty but due to an unfortunate power outage the night before I never had time to make a test pie. Heh, I’ll plan things better if I ever try this again. I did however have a chance to make a few adjustments and redeem myself on Sunday for a potluck I hosted.

Actually, you can see my pie in one of the pictures in the LA Times article about the contest! Okay, it’s not even close to being featured but they did take a pic of the table my pie was on. It’s the second from the farthest end in the picture of all the pies. That’s at least a little bit neat, right?

Pear & Blackberry Marzipan I made for Sunday’s dinner. 
Soooo much better than Saturday’s effort!

See, I told you, this last week involved a lot of pie.

Otherwise I’m still just focusing on my writing. Got a little behind for Nanowrimo with all the pie baking but after 3k or so words today I’m starting to get caught up. This novel writing in a month thing is intense! It’s also taking up most of my words.

Links! (Because I really am out of words now)

Meant to post this bit about Ginger Snaps way back before Halloween. Oh well, it’s still an awesome movie which you should watch. Then you can read this. Lots of talk about the horror of female puberty. Mostly about the horror of being a female going through it, but also the damage that our raging hormones can inflict on others. Why do I enjoy these movies so much? Well, actually, I guess that’s probably obvious if you’ve seen them.

Another link probably more Halloween than Thanksgiving related but whatever! Martin Scorsese’s Top Eleven Scariest Films. Some obvious choices like The Exorcist or The Shining but also some other pretty great selections.

What else? NASA found water on the moon! Neat!

Entertaining blogging about the spectacle that is Megan Fox, her (fake)boobs, and how this all relates to feminism. One of these days I really will write about what it’s like to be a woman in the film industry. Sometimes it’s everything you’d think it would be, sometimes it’s entirely different. Either way, it’s pretty hard to forget about gender and the politics that result from it.

So anyone else think Left For Dead 2 looks pretty rad? I kinda wish I had a way to play it!

Since I haven’t had a chance to scan things that need scanning, I haven’t really written everything I’ve planned to write on my trip to Israel. My friend Jen is more proactive than I am! Check out her blog Creative Confectionary and see some great pics of the delicious food we ate.

That’s all I’ve got for this edition of Unemployment Tuesday. Should I keep doing this every week? At least until I find a job? I’m thinking about it! We’ll see how many words I have left next Tuesday.