I will explain the ouchies part at the end. Though I suppose it could be applied in such ways as “ouchies that food was so good it hurts” or “ouchies I spent time drawing instead of doing homework” but really I’m referring to “ouchies, damn you horse!”

I’ll start of by admitting that I am guilty of visiting Reality Tuesday Cafe yet again. This time I got a coconut frappuccino…um best thing ever! Smoothly summery. I went there to take pictures for my class project (to be posted in 4 weeks) and to do a small illustration for my Mom since this past weekend was Mother’s Day. I love doing these quick doodles and this one was especially fun since it featured me and my brother in a very stylized sort of way. I really don’t think I look like myself in this drawing all that much, but hey, it’s cute so whatever.

After spending about 3 hours at Reality, Maria and I were sort of hungry, so we attacked this slice of Peanut Butter Chocolate cheesecake. It was good, very good, and dense. It pales in comparison to Cheesecake Factory, but honestly, how can you beat them? We actually couldn’t quite finished the slice so it was back to Clifton with some leftovers and not much school work accomplished, at least not nearly as much as we would have liked. School is getting to that point where we may be pulling some all nighters soon, but I’m okay with that. I am in love with our music video project on DAAP. Written and recorded by Josh Whelchel, Maria and me – it’s our heavenly voices and awesome rap skills and it’s a secret until we’re finished with the video part. pshyea.

This post might be kind of scattered, maybe I have a slight concussion, I don’t know (I’ll get to this later). First I’m going to talk about these oh so powerful balls of ice cream found at your nearest Godiva for an over priced $2.20 a piece (but totally worth it). Also, you can sign up for their card (not a credit card) and get one free truffle a month! wootwoo. Anyway, so far I’ve only tried the mint chocolate chip truffle, but its frighteningly cream powered with green mint chocolate was beyond my resistance. After one nibble I shoved the whole thing in my mouth for a cool, ice-creamless ice-cream experience. The other flavor I got was orange creme (can’t wait to try). They had various other “ice-cream” flavors like lemon sorbet, or caramel pecan sundae….or something delicious sounding like that. I may have to go back for more, poor wallet.

In continuation of encouraging people to try new food places in Cincinnati, I want to promote Andy’s Mediterranean Grill. Pricey, but quality. The food is Lebanese and they feature a lot of kabobs, hummus, tahini, and other goody stuffs. My friend and I ordered falafels as an appetizer (my first experience with such things) and they were yummy! I <3 chickpeas. We split the Shish Tawook (winner of the Best Entree Award in Taste of Cincinnati) – four skewers of marinated and charbroiled chicken breast served on a bed of rice. This was the most seasoned and moist lemony bite of chicken I have ever had and it was tasty enough to satisfy me after only one kebob (mm leftovers!) We also ordered hummus, which isn’t the best I’ve had – I love Myra’s hummus more than anything – but it was still tasty with a hint of lemon yogurt. Surprisingly this food didn’t stuff me too much and there was room for baklava. This was also my first experience with baklava and my lord, it tasted like Sunday morning drizzled in sunshine honey. The crunchy nuts and layered flakes filled and slathered my mouth with sweetness. yum yum.

Now that I’ve covered the food, I’ll go back to when I said I think I might have a slight concussion. Yes, I think I almost died or was paralyzed this past Saturday. I was riding Laddie, a young Arab/some other breed. He was well behaved through my lesson until we cantered. This, of course, is when something spooked him (I was told another horse tried to bite his butt) and he shot off down the arena. I had control I think, I was leaning back, doing things properly, but then he tripped and I went slow-motion sailing over mane and neck in a fearful arc toward the ground all the time thinking “holy shit my neck”. I landed on it, kind of, and my head. My helmet bill split open, thank god I was wearing it (I always do), and then I ate dirt, literally. I survived with a sore neck, a helmet mark on my forehead, a scraped and bruised chin, and a crooked jaw. OUCHIE. I wasn’t mad at Laddie, these things happen, but I can’t wait to get on in two weeks and canter that horse into the ground with his overdeveloped neck muscles and jittery disposition. So here’s the damage – not bad – but I kind of have a headache/ear ache today. I’m thankful to say the least, I was lucky  and I guess maybe I have skills when it comes to landing/rolling after being thrust from the back of a large animal.