Weekly diary (Love increase creativity and Jenna Jamison's tattoo)

Sydney Breakfast : Strawberry Heart Custard Tart & a cup of Long Black.
The tart is surprisingly light and not too (sugary) sweet. Love it! And Pretty to look at too :) It took me like ten minutes before I started eating it.


at Bacino Espresso, 232 Darling st, Balmain.

Quote this week :

When nothing goes right, go left. Anonymous

A man is defined by what he owns and I don't like what I own so I got rid of everything. Sam Worthington (he had a garage sale).

What I discovered this week :

-Vigorous exercise dulls your apetite, while moderate exercise stimulates it. What matters more is exercise intensity.

-(copy-pasted from Oprah website)
Last year psychologists in the Netherlands reported on a study where they asked a group of young men and women to imagine taking a long walk with their beloved (those without a partner imagined taking a walk with an "ideal" one). A different set of volunteers were asked to imagine having casual sex with someone they found attractive but were not in love with. Before and after, both groups were given a battery of tests to examine their creative and analytical abilities.

The results: Thinking about a romantic partner stimulated "global processing" mechanisms in the brain, which increased long-term focus and improved creativity. Thinking about sex, on the other hand, stimulated "local processing," which increased focus on the present and heightened analytical thinking.
Another explanation for these results. Feelings of romantic love can boost levels of dopamine, a neurochemical associated with creativity, while sexual desire can raise levels of testosterone, known to promote analytical skills.

This week dessert(s) :


4 Times The Vitamin C: Blackcurrant jelly, blackcurrant marshmallow, vanilla violet mousse, pistachio feuilletine, pistachio dacquoise & blackcurrant glacage
Toffee Apple Eclair: Pate a choux sable, shortbread creme patisserie, apple tartin puree dipped in toffee


From Adriano Zumbo Pattiserie. Of course

This week I watch :
- LA Ink. LA Ink is a reality show about tattoo artists. I watch this show at times because although I dont have a tattoo, but so often people who get tattoos have interesting stories behind it (which what their tattoos are based) and thats really interesting to know.

One day guess who walked in? Jenna Jamison!! The so called the world's most famous porn performer! (She won many Adult Industry Awards). Jenna's movie is quite artistic compared to other porn movies and she did not do anal/ double penetration and ever quoted said that she would never do such movies.
She is also an entrepreneur,
-has clothing businesses,
-Pornography entertainment company (Club Jenna) (which the Playboy Tv hosts her Jenna's American Sex Star reality show where aspiring porn stars compete for a Club Jenna contract.)

Jenna also has crossed to mainstream Tv,
-guest star voice role in Family Guy (as herself)
-guest star voice role in video game : Grand Theft Auto : Vice City,
-starred in Eminem music video,
-starred in a movie Zombie Stripper
-guest stints in a few other Tv shows.

Jenna wrote her autobiography How to Make Love Like a Porn Star : A Cautionary Tale which spent 6 weeks in New York Times bestseller list
-also created a horror comic book Jenna Jameson's Shadow Hunter.


Jenna currently has retired from porn performer and has removed her DD breast implants. (She is now C cup and still continues to run her $30 million-a-year ClubJenna empire).

So anyway, during L.A Ink, she got a tattoo said I'm not afraid. I was born to do this which I thought is an amazing saying. Its a quote by Joan of Arc whom she idolises.


I also watch :
Dr Phil : the episode is about mothers who verbally abuse their children saying 'I hate you', and other horrible words. Dr Phil said that verbal abuse is worse than physical abuse. It is even 7 times worse than sexual abuse and it can cause mental illness. So please people watch what you are saying.

Geo-Adventure channel : an episode about vodka, they went to a snowy country (forgot which country) where they prepare sashimi (raw fish + salt + a splash of vodka in an ice plate), they also dig snows (to catch a fish) then make a cup from the snow and pour vodka into it for them to drink while waiting for the fish to take a bait. They also went to the Absolut Vodka factory, look at the production, do some vodka tasting and hear the executive management talk about the origin and varieties of vodka. Very interesting actually!
They also go to an ice bar where they are served vodka (straight) in an ice glass.

photo from www.mutineermagazine.com

photo from www.gadling.com

Apparently there is an Absolut Vodka ice bar in Stockholm, Shanghai, London, Copenhagen, Japan, and afew other countries. I always know there are ice bars, I just never knew that they are Absolut Vodka's!

Ps : Do you like vodka? How do you normally drink it? If you don't like vodka, what is your favourite cocktail? If you don't like cocktail, what is your favourite alcoholic drink? If you don't like alcoholic drink, what is your favourite non-alcoholic drink? Btw back to the 'dont drink alcoholic drink', are you serious I mean SERIOUS? What do you normally do for fun then? Or when you are bored? Are you going to drink vodka now after reading this post? Why/Why not?

I normally mix vodka with cranberry but after watching that vodka tasting part, from now on, I'm so going to drink it straight on the rocks :) (like a pro).
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