Changes and a Jedi Dog

So, it's been awhile since I've posted anything. A few things got in the way. Primarily, I had to prepare for my comprehensive exams. After six months of preparation (with three months of full-time dedication), I have somehow managed to pass both my written and oral comprehensive exams. For those of you familiar with the hazing experience of Ph.D. comps, I can now report that I am really burned out, have yet to recover any academic confidence, and am struggling to move forward on my dissertation proposal. Le sigh...

Now that I have returned from the depths of reading for 12 hours a day, I decided to adjust my blog to consider more than just cooking and food. While I do enjoy cooking and catching random appliances on fire, I am also super into other things like Game of Thrones, exercising, pirates, penguins, funny dog videos, and trying to step my game up on how I dress (because I can't look like a young grad student forever). That said I would like to share with you an amazing jedi fighting dog. Why do I find this funny? Because deep down inside I kinda wish I could battle my own pooch with a light saber.  ----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VyEBwAaEDpI