Coral Amber

It's so easy to wonder where the summer went. While the days are long and warm I want to make sure I fit in the little things. So here is a list I wrote earlier this month:

1. Make a mix CD (I used to do this every summer).
   
2. Ride my new bike (I've been foiled twice, once by a stuck garage door and then by a flat tire).
   
3. Make a flash video (with my toy robot Sakura).
   
4. Bake a yummy dessert I've never done before (perhaps crème brûlée cheesecake).
   
5. Write a poem.
   
6. Write a children's book (based on my Moon Balloon idea).
   
7. Create a scrapblog.
   
8. Clean out my room (I need to pare down).
   
9. Paint my toenails.
   
10. Wear my new bikini.
    
11. Write encouraging sidewalk notes.
    
12. Play a spy game (hopefully with invisible ink).
    
13. Make a smoothie with my smoothie blender.
    
14. Eat at an outdoor cafe.
    
15. Fly a kite or play some Frisbee.
    
16. Watch the movies and read the books I already have on the shelf.
    
17. Copy files onto portable hard drive (already started!).
    
18. Get a haircut.
    
19. Make some jewelry.
    
20. Work on conversational robot program (this one is kinda tricky).
    

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What's more exciting than finding not one, but two new limited edition M&Ms in the candy aisle? Making all your friends try them and tell you what they think! I found new Wildly Cherry M&Ms with no fanfare on a break from class. Why hadn't I been informed of a new flavor? I immediately bought them and broke them out during class. I could smell the cherry before I even popped one in my mouth.

Me: "Woah, that's a lot of cherry..."
L, my classmate: "Mmmm"
My mom: "Oh, this is like a cherry cordial, but not as good as those cherry kisses."
My boyfriend: refused to try them on the basis that they were cherry and therefore disgusting.

If you like cherry cordials, you'll probably like these just fine. I found the cherry taste very overwhelming and sort of like cough syrup. Also, they are made with semi-sweet chocolate, which the candy coating couldn't sweeten up enough for me. I couldn't have more than one or two. In fact, I think half of the pack is still in my book bag.

I found the mint crisp flavor at a Walgreen's when I was feeling rather bad and had stopped to get a Sprite and some medicine. I was more excited about these because of the Indiana Jones tie-in and commercials. These were made with a dark chocolate which I like more than the semi-sweet.

Me: "Hmmm... these are... strong. What kind of mint is that?"
Mom: "I think it's more of a spearmint than a regular mint."
boyfriend: "eh." (he's a man of few words.)

Now I really like mint and chocolate, but as soon as my mom said spearmint I realized they reminded me of mouthwash, but not in that fresh mouth feeling way. I liked them much more than the Wildly Cherry flavor, but they didn't have that "pop in your mouth" feeling that makes M&Ms so evil. They did have barely decipherable icons based on the new Indy movie: a skull, a temple, a fedora. Those were mostly rubbed off from being in the bag.

I managed to finish the little bag one day when I was famished at work, but I have been spoiled by the 3 Musketeers Mint bars. They have a wonderful light mint flavor that I can't get enough of. Mom puts a mini one in her coffee for a treat. It makes me wonder who does the taste testing for these companies.

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