Thursday, October 11, 2012

Victoria Luhrs is Not Impressed.



I went to Mortar Board conference and there were a lot of meetings and presentations. My friend Erica was the photographer for the whole conference, and while she was capturing photos from the session of everyone talking and engaging in the work, she got this gem of me. And I am clearly not impressed with something!

Here are some things that I'm currently not impressed with...
  • Pumpkin spice lattes. Everyone loves them it seems. Pinterest is full of pumpkin spice latte cupcakes, cookies, dip and donuts. I feel a little bit like a failure as a new coffee drinker.
  • The Jayhawks trick plays! Totally didn't see those coming.
  • Burgundy as a neutral.
  • Word CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart - thanks google!). Most of the blogs I read that have CAPTCHA aren't going to get spammed, but I think blogger has that as the defult. I am not a computer, but I never get the CAPTCHA right without at least three tries. Also, in almost 850 blog posts without word verification, I have received 3 or less spam comments. So you'll be safe if you turn it off.
  • My ability to make madeleines. First attempt was a total bust. I'm going to try again this weekend if you would like to sample, let me know. Apparently the recipes are supposed to be complicated. Weird.
PS. I probably really do make that face a lot. Especially when I am not impressed.
P.S.S. To turn off word verification (please?), go to blogger - dashboard - settings - posts and comments - word verification and select NO. If you start receiving a ton of spam, then you can turn it back on. And I will say I'm sorry.

18 comments:

  1. Love that picture!! And come on, pumpkin spice lattes?? The best and I would buy one every day if I were rich....or employed :-). Keep trying to like them.

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    1. Okay Penny! I'll try again. TOMORROW even.

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  2. I meant to ask you how you are liking coffee? Did you dislike it before you quit drinking Diet Coke? I can't stand coffee, but I feel I need to learn to drink it. But the aftertaste is disgusting . . . Should I join you in the quest to abandon Diet Coke and try to like coffee?

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    1. Just finished my morning coffee - BLACK. I have gotten super used to it. But now I want a latte. I did hear on America's Test Kitchen radio that some people don't have the genes to like it. So there's that. But I'll drink it at your tailgates every time from here on out.

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    2. You should start ordering your coffee like the little girl in Airplane! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tYLb3teB14

      I would do that all the time if I drank coffee.

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    3. Best comment award goes to KENNETH!

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  3. Yes, please get rid of the CAPTCHA. It drives me crazy! I get tons of spam comments on WP but have a plugin that blocks them but when I was on Blogger, I had so few that I don't even remember them! Yes, please turn it off!!

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  4. TURN OFF CAPTCHA. You get two tries and then I give up commenting.

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  5. Haha, I love that pic. I'm not impressed with Pumpkin Spice Lattes either, so you're not alone. (Actually, pumpkin anything doesn't really do it for me.) But have you tried the Salted Caramel Mocha? That's another story. And YES to turning off captcha!!!! I agree with Rachel--two tries is all you get. And that's generous.

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  6. In the Trader Joe's ad that arrived yesterday, I noticed that they have almost everything in the store in a pumpkin flavor this fall. Wonder if some of it tastes artificial.

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    1. I don't know, Mom. If it tastes fake, that might almost be better! Sometimes I get grossed out thinking about creamy pumpkin in all these things! It should be in cake, bread, cookies and donuts. Only.

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  7. CAPTCHA off. Thanks for the advice. hahaha

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  8. You never commented on the removal of mine from the blog...

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    1. YEAH KATHERINE. But i think I comment more now.

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  9. Gosh, you don't like the p-spice latte? Man... I am sad now! I guess it's not for everyone. I have to say I don't appreciate some of these coffee places starting to sell it in August-that is totally not p-spice season. ;) LOVE this pic, you do look soo not impressed. ;)

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  10. I think I made that face quite often during faculty meetings...

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  11. No pumpkin latte for me but the salted caramel frappacinos are MIGHTY tasty!!!

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It was so nice of you to stop by and say hi!