A little help for Truepenny

Christoph is visiting with A. at the moment, and Truepenny is home alone working hard on the last essay of her undergraduate career. So to cheer her up, A. decided Christoph should send her a picture of him with his friends…

trolls

More updates soon when Truepenny is officially done her ungrad!

April 4, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , . family, friends. Leave a comment.

Ice, ice, baby.

bling polaroid

Once again, Christoph apologizes for his prolonged absence from the interweb. He’s a busy little elephant and has been spending the month eating yummy food and being cool. He got himself some ice, as you can see.

About a month back, Christoph joined Truepenny and A up at A’s cottage for some relaxation and good eats over Reading Week. He helped them try their hand at making sushi for the first time!

sushi 1The whole meal consisted of salmon rolls & nigiri, eel rolls & nigiri, miso soup and, when we tired of rolling, we just tossed some salmon, eel and other ingredients in a bowl with rice. And champagne to celebrate our culinary accomplishment (though of course Christoph is too young to partake of such things!).

sushi 2Overall, it was rather delicious for a first attempt. The rice of course was really the difficult part, and A did a fine job of not messing up what Truepenny likely would have.

On the less sophisticated end of the spectrum, Christoph and Truepenny also made chocolate-chip-peanut-butter-cup cookies!

cookies 1

cookies 2

Mmm. Maybe not as fancy as sushi, but very delicious!

Though it’s essay season for Truepenny (which results in many nights in for both her and Christoph) Christoph promises to take better care of his blog!

You’ll hear from him again soon!

March 10, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , . fashion, food, friends. Leave a comment.

06 Jan 2009

Christoph’s New Year’s Resolutions:

Make new friends.

Make new friends.

Eat less junk food.

Eat less junk food.

Learn lots.

Learn lots.

Try new things.

Try new things.

Get more beauty rest.

Get more beauty rest.

Have fun!

Have fun!

Christoph hopes all your plans and wishes for 2009 come true!

January 7, 2009. food, friends, life, special occassion. Leave a comment.

02 Jan 2009

Meet Christoph's friend, Fernando!

Meet Christoph's friend, Fernando!

Can you hear the drums, Fernando?


January 5, 2009. Tags: , , , . friends, music. Leave a comment.

26 Dec 2008

Happy Birthday Truepenny!

Happy Birthday truepenny!

“Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.” – Plautus

It’s truepenny’s birthday today.

January 5, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , . friends, special occassion. Leave a comment.

05 Dec 2008

Sassy, the Mystery Cat

Sassy, the Mystery Cat

“Everyone has a gripping stranger in their lives.”

-Douglas Coupland

Macavity, the Mystery Cat by T.S. Eliot

December 7, 2008. Tags: , , , . friends. 1 comment.

03 Dec 2008

Love the animals.

Love the animals.

“Our task must be to free ourselves…by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures in the whole of nature and its beauty.”

-Albert Einstein

December 7, 2008. Tags: , , , , , , . friends. Leave a comment.

02 Dec 2008

Families are like fudge...

Families are like fudge...

“What greater thing is there for human souls than to feel that they are joined for life – to be with each other in silent unspeakable memories.”

-George Eliot

December 7, 2008. Tags: , , , . family, friends. Leave a comment.

25 Nov 2008

For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.

For a tree to become tall it must grow tough roots among the rocks.

 “I want relations which are not purely personal, based on purely personal qualities; but relations based upon some unanimous accord in truth or belief, and a harmony of purpose, rather than of personality. I am weary of personality. Let us be easy and impersonal, not forever fingering over our own souls, and the souls of our acquaintances, but trying to create a new life, a new common life, a new complete tree of life from the roots that are within us.”

-D.H. Lawrence

November 26, 2008. Tags: , , , , , , . friends. Leave a comment.

23 Nov 2008

I get by with a little help from my friends.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

“Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success.”

-Oscar Wilde

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earless.elephant@gmail.com

November 24, 2008. Tags: , , , . friends. Leave a comment.