The Letter D and Yummy Close Up Perspective

My portable laptop desk
So I am hard at it in the library, and I am trying to kill two birds with one stone with this entry - my A-Z Blogging Challenge and my SITS Photo Challenge. So on to the first one.

Today's letter is D, and here is my new laptop desk. Well, it's really not mine per se. I had seen the ad on tv for it, and thought, dude, I need me one of those! I spend a LOT of time on my laptop, doing research, assignments, and of course, skyping, tweeting and FB-ing. I sit on my bed 99% of the time, so the laptop lives up to its name and is usually on my lap. Laptops get hot and they burn. I use my blanket as an insulator but when I came home last week and saw the magic desk and knew the owner was NEVER going to use it, I swiped it. It's really great. I feel so productive now that I have it. And it's really cute. It has a night light and a beer holder - well, okay okay...a drinks holder. Yep. I love my stolen desk.

D is also for dinner, which also allows me to segue into my photo challenge photos today. Though it was pretty simple last night - pasta and minced beef - it was fun to cook, and even more fun to eat and always fun to make into a photo star. I thought I would share this one. Perspective wise, I think getting close up to food is great and really highlights the yumminess of it and creates longing. Are you longing?

SITS Photo Challenge Day II
Macaroni with lean mince, chock full of onions, garlic, chillis, sweet peppers and tomato and herb pasta sauce

But this, a re-posted photo, is one of my fave food close ups ever. I got low and tried to get the flesh-falling-off-the-bone chicken at an angle. I can only ever take photos of my dinner when I am home alone. It looks a bit odd to be getting on the floor or on the chair to get aerials, side shots and table level shots of my food.

SITS Photo Challenge Day II
Slow cooked curried chicken, with curried chick peas and potatoes and warm chapatis

13 comments:

  1. I like the laptop desk. May need one myself. Did not like the pic of pasta but the fall off the bone chicken...YUMMY!!!

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  2. I love the laptop deak. I have one but it doesn't work as well as I would like. And..now I'm hungry. :)

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  3. Hi! I recently started following your blog because I thinks it's a good read :) Plus I remember what I was like being a Trini and a student in the UK, I honestly wish I was still there though!

    I LOVE ur Laptop Desk! I especially love the British-i-fied caption for the mmm yummy curry chicken, channa and aloo and roti :D

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  4. oooh, yummmm...Thanks for giving me an idea for dinner tonight! Hey, I love your laptop desk thing! So convenient! :)

    ♥.•*¨ Elizabeth ¨*•.♥

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  5. I love all the photos and that desk. The pasta and the curry dish look very very appetising. I will be reading your blog more often.

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  6. I *love* my laptop desk! I think I got my first one about 3+ years ago. There's no other way to laptop now!

    Great photos!

    Don't be intimidated to get down and take pictures! I struggle with that around others too.

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  7. Thanks a lot gals. I have had nothing to eat all day so I am happy to be going home to some yumminess. Thanks for all the feedback. Appreciate it.

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  8. Great pics - now I want to eat. :)

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  9. Great laptop 'holder'! Where did you find it?

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  10. Thanks girls. We got the laptop desk at ASDA here in the UK. I just found it on Amazon UK as well, so it is sure to be on Amazon US.
    http://goo.gl/hinHr

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  11. I like your resourcefulness! Two birds with one stone is great. I am very new to photography, one week old to be exact. Here are the photos from my latest blog post. Please follow the link as I have two blogs and am using the linked blog for the photo challenge. http://wp.me/p1tCFa-3t I am really excited about making a collage!

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  12. I love the laptop desk! I already have one but it doesn't have a light or beer holder so I might have to invest in yours. And thanks for making me even more hungry than I already was :D

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