Castle

New show that I'm starting to like! Seen 2 out of the available 10 episodes and it's slowly growing on me. First started watching it when I stumbled upon it when channel surfing and went:

"Hey, isn't thaat CAPTAIN HAMMER?!"

Obviously I had to watch it.

Castle stars Nathan Fillon (Captain Hammer!!!!!!) as Richard Castle, who's a best selling novellist who shadows this cop (obviously she's female and smoking hot) and helps her with her cases. Definitely interesting, since the only time I saw Nathan Fillon acting was in Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog where I obviously hated him. And fleeting shots of him when watching "The Best of Two Guys and A Girl" youtube videos at the peak of my Ryan Reynolds infatuation.

Mmmmm Ryan Reynolds.

Sorry about that diversion. Back to Castle.

Hmmm can't say what is it about the show that's so interesting? I can't say... Nathan Fillon is definitely very good in the show, plus the idea of having a novelist following a cop around is amusing to say the least.

Try it out.

Some quotes:

Will Sorenson: How about you Castle, you've written what... 20 bestsellers?
Richard Castle: 26 but who's counting?
Will Sorenson: Why the sudden need to shadow a real detective?
Richard Castle: Well, the ones on TV seem oddly fixated on their sunglasses.

Richard Castle: Yin-Yang is harmony, Yin-Yin is... a name for a panda!

P.S Forgot Nathan Fillon was on Desperate Housewives.

Chocolate "Ice Cream" Cupcakes Recipe (finally)

Definitely the easiest recipe for cupcakes ever, plus the resulting cupcakes are so soft! Got the recipe from playinghouseblog.com which I found from foodgawker.com which showcases pictures of food from various cooking blogs (thanks Fangi for telling me about it!)

Chocolate "Ice Cream" Cupcakes

1 box chocolate cake mix (or any other flavor)
1 pint chocolate ice cream, softened (again, any other flavor)
3 eggs
1 c. water
Preheat oven to 350^o.

Only 3 things to buy! 1 pint roughly translates to 480 ml of ice cream, and 350^o is just about 180 degrees Celsius.

Step 1:

Assemble everything you need!

Step 2:

Prepare your cupcake/muffin tray by lining them with paper liners, or grease the sides (so much more troublesome than paper liners, I find)

Step 3:
Mix all the ingredients together! It's that easy!!

Step 4:

Beat everything together with a mixer for just FOUR minutes, which results in an extremely watery mixture. Don't worry, that's how it's supposed to be!

Step 5:

Pour the mixture into the cupcake tins. Since the mixture was so viscous, I literally POURED it into the tray. (Hint: Don't fill it up too full though, maybe around 50%? I found that the cupcake tended to deflate after coming out the oven, so if they had the normal "above the liner" dome it collapsed on itself and became VERY sticky)

Step 6:

Bake for 17 minutes.

Step 7:

Ta-Da! The resulting cupcakes weren't as sweet as the cupcakes I usually make, so you could add some sugar in the mixure, or make up a frosting to go on them! Nutella frosting would be awesome!

You can try it with other cake mixture or ice cream flavours eg. mint chocolate ice cream with vanilla cake mixture, and so on.

Alternatively, you could use the mixture for a cake or mini cupcakes, you just have to tweak the baking times: 12 minutes for mini cupcakes and 45 minutes for a cake.

Made 24 cupcakes out of this recipe, but could have made a few more if I didn't fill them up as full.

My New Wish List

Paloma's Crown of Hearts from Tiffanys and Co.

Blackberry Bold

Contrast Placket Shirt

Bead Detail Spliced Top

Go With The Flow Studded Bag (Small) from Nine West

Pleat Tie Detail Blouse

Hamptonesk from Nine West

Carrera from Nine West

Roll-Up Sleeve D-Ring Jacket from Just Jeans

Roll Up Sleeve Trench from Just Jeans

Mesh Roll Belt

Plush Rib Long Sleeveless Cardi

J. Society Enigma Low Super Slim Bleach Jeans from Just Jeans

Tatiana Twill Shirt from FCUK

Urban Quilt Bag from FCUK

Ryan Reynolds, Neil Patrick Harris or both. Hey, a girl can dream

After 5 hours...

20 moist chocolate cupcakes and 45 chewy chocolate chip cookies. Too tired to tell you all about it so you'll need to wait for my energy to return...

Good Girls Go Bad - Cobra Starship feat. Leighton Meester

I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
Good girls go bad

I know your type
(Your type)
You're daddy's little girl
Just take a bite
(One bite)
Let me shake up your world
'Cause just one night couldn't be so wrong
I'm gonna make you lose control

She was so shy
Till I drove her wild

I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go bad
You were hanging in the corner
With your five best friends
You heard that I was trouble
But you couldn't resist
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
Good girls go bad

I know your type
(Your type)
Boy, you're dangerous
Yeah, you're that guy
(That guy)
I'd be stupid to trust
But just one night couldn't be so wrong
You make me wanna lose control

She was so shy
Till I drove her wild

I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go bad
I was hanging in the corner
With my five best friends
I heard that you were trouble
But I couldn't resist
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
Good girls go bad
Good girls go bad
Good girls go bad

Oh, she got away with the boys in the place
Treat 'em like they don't stand a chance
And he got away with the girls in the back
Acting like they're too hot to dance
Yeah, she got away with the boys in the place
Treat 'em like they don't stand a chance
And he got away with the girls in the back
Acting like they're too hot to dance

I make them good girls go bad
(They don't stand a chance)
I make them good girls go
The good girls go bad, yeah
Good girls go bad
I was hanging in the corner
With my five best friends
I thought that you were trouble
But I couldn't resist
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go bad
I make them good girls go
Good girls go bad
Good girls go bad
Good girls go