Harper Kingsley

Recipes linked to: nachos, artichokes, apples, pumpkin

I have been craving nachos lately, and I’m sorry Ro-tel and Velveeta people, I can’t handle that much cheesiness more than once every few months. In search of awesome nacho recipes, I came across some other recipes I felt like sharing. Why? Because they look completely delicious and I love food.

Pizza Nachos from the Tasty Kitchens Blog – I’m not very adventurous toward food; I can actually be rather picky. But these nachos… oh my god, these nachos. This is a whole meal right here.
What you’ll need: unsalted butter, olive oil, garlic cloves, heavy cream, 2% milk, salt, cracked black pepper, red pepper flakes, grated Parmesan cheese, tortilla chips, onion, pepperoni slices, sliced black olives, green bell pepper.

Loaded Nachos from The Pioneer Woman – These look so good. I love avocados!
What you’ll need: ground beef, yellow onion, 1 can beans, tortilla chips, grated cheddar cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, roma tomatoes, jalapeno, cilantro leaves, avocado, sour cream, lime juice, olive oil, chili powder, paprika, cumin, crushed red pepper, salt, pepper.

Roasted Artichokes with Lemon and Garlic from the Tasty Kitchens Blog – The first picture makes these look like jellyfish or squid or something, but that’s just artistic license. The artichokes roast up beautiful and look absolutely delicious. I am a big artichoke fan, and I can see myself eating the whole batch by myself.
What you’ll need: whole small artichokes, olive oil, a lemon, garlic cloves, salt, dried oregano.

Apple Pie Dip from the Tasty Kitchens Blog – It’s like a no-crust pie. I’m not sure of the calorie count, but it can’t be too out of control.
What you’ll need: Granny Smith apples, cream cheese (regular or light), vanilla non-fat yogurt, lemon juice, light brown … Read the rest “Recipe Links: Nachos, Artichokes, Apples, Pumpkin”

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Dracula on NBCTitle: Dracula
Created by: Cole Haddon
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Victoria Smurfit, Thomas Kretschmann, Katie McGrath, Robert Bathurst, Miklós Bányai
Network: NBC
Airs: Friday nights on NBC

Synopsis borrowed from IMDB: Series introduces Dracula as he arrives in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who maintains that he wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. In reality, he hopes to wreak revenge on the people who ruined his life centuries earlier. There’s only one circumstance that can potentially thwart his plan: Dracula falls hopelessly in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.

I wasn’t interested in this show at first, as I’d caught part of episode 2 and it was too hard to figure out what was going on. Then episode 4 was airing after Grimm, and I got curious. So I went on Hulu and caught myself up from the first episode and…

This show is amazing.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a Dracula that was captured by the Order of Drago, locked in a coffin, and entombed. He is awakened centuries later and given the chance to enact his revenge against those that killed his wife, tortured and beat him, and have been hunting his kind with impunity.

Taking on the identity of Alexander Grayson, an American entrepreneur that’s come to London to introduce a science that will replace the need for oil and destroy the finances of his enemies, he is sexy, heartless, and cruel.

During his introduction to Society, he meets the reincarnation of his dead wife Ilona, who is known as Mina Murray and is a medical student desperate to prove that a woman can be a doctor. She is accompanied by her handsome beau, the journalist Jonathan Harker, and her friend … Read the rest “RE TV SHOW: Dracula [drama, horror]”

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Switch GirlTitle: Switch Girl!!
Genre: Japanese high school comedy
Actors: Nishiuchi Mariya, Kiriyama Renn, Sakata Rikako, Jinnai Sho, Mizuki Nana.

Synopsis borrowed from DramaWiki: Based on a manga with the same name created by Aida Natsumi, ‘Switch Girl!!’ revolves around a high school student named Nika (Nishiuchi) who appears to be a stylish and fashionable girl at school, but that’s really a fake persona that she uses when she’s in public. At home, she “switches off” the facade and her returns to her true slovenly nature. Kiriyama Renn plays the good-looking transfer student Arata, who is Nika’s love interest in the story.

Season 1 is 8 episodes.
Season 2 is 8 episodes.

I wasn’t sure what to expect going into this drama. It’s unfortunate, but to me most live-action manga spinoffs have been pretty hit or miss to my taste. This though … my interest was caught and I watched both seasons in one night.

Nika is funny when she’s in Off-mode at home, with her hair in that tri-corn hairdo and her overreactions to everything, and she’s beautiful when she’s dressed up in On-mode. Nishiuchi Mariya really owned the part and didn’t shy away from even the most embarrassing of scenes. I wish there had been a bit more with her sister, because we mostly see Rika in Off-mode with her blue sweatsuit and “old man” manners and the few instances of her dressed up were startling by the difference.

I’m used to watching kdramas, so I was a bit surprised about all the on-screen mentions of sex and love motels, but it’s a cute show and there’s somewhat of an implication of waiting for someone that really likes you for you, rather than just for looks. Plus Nika is a likeable character and Arata in his glasses made … Read the rest “RE TV SHOW: Switch Girl!! [Japanese high school comedy]”

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I thought I would show the difference between a Raw Feed chapter and one that I’ve performed first edits on. This is what’s published to Kimichee if you need the refresher: Idlewile – Chapter One. That’s straight from my brain to the screen.

If you’d like to download a copy to see what it looks like with the Track Changes on (there’s a LOT of red, just saying) here’s the link: TrackChangeSample-IdlewileCh1. It’s a Word Doc.

Otherwise, here’s how the chapter looks cleaned up:

I know some writers write a first draft, mark it up a bit, then retype the whole thing. I’m not that cool. As you can see, I don’t do the traditional rewrites. I just get the words on the page, then go through and clean up the mess I’ve made.

This edited chapter is for display purposes only. I usually make a copy of my originals to leave in my backup folder, then I make changes directly to the story itself. I didn’t realize how many changes I tend to make until I saw the chapter with Track Changes on. I was just a little surprised.

Anyways, this has been a part of my writing process. I hope that you’ve enjoyed seeing my brain at work. And please don’t be surprised if a Kimichee story looks very different in its finished form than what first appears here.

Hello darkness, my old friend,
here I am to gaze again
upon the beauty of thy cheek,
your loving Will dost make us weep.
To see you both so rudely parted,
our hearts were broken,
then restarted, with the fire of our yearning,
for "Season 4!" our hearts are burning.
--Hannibal