And The World Spins Madly On

I finally have some pictures of the meringues to show you! Instead of using the powdered form of the instant coffee (which I used 1 packet of VIA Colombia roast, by Starbucks), I dissolved about a tablespoon of coffee to the instant. (That’s only because the powder sort of melted. Long story…) when I added it along with the fresh egg whites, it gave them a nice caramel color and another layer of flavor than if I mixed them with the cocoa powder. So here’s a lovely picture I took on my phone of them.

To celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic, Psycho, I have a list of five things you probably didn’t know about Psycho:

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Psycho

1. Anthony Perkins, who played Norman Bates, was gay.
2. Janet Leigh’s body wasn’t used in the famous shower scene, it was actually Marli Renfro. Janet Leigh had a hard time admitting this, and even in her memoirs she falsely described her memories of the scene.
3. Watered down chocolate syrup was used for the blood
4. Every time a driver exits a vehicle in the film, he/she does so via the passenger side door.
5. Hitchcock originally wanted the shower scene to be silent, but after hearing Bernard Herrmann's musical score, he had a change of heart. Hitchcock credits one-third of the film's success to the brilliant and compelling musical score and doubled Herrmann's salary.

So, I got a little bit of a shock this morning. My mom reminded me that I have an appointment on Thursday to get my wisdom teeth out. Here’s my reaction:

WHAT?!?!

I had no idea that it was in two days!!! What kind of warning is that, mom?! She wasn’t even sure that was the date. She had to ask me! I think I (wisely) forced that out of my brain. My siblings just recently had theirs out and it did not look fun. Ahhh! Why? Why can’t we have already evolved so we don’t have to remove useless teeth? NOO! You can’t take me alive!!

So, until later! :)