OkGo and cocoa

i'm just going to state my adoration of the band OkGo, mostly due to the sheer creativity of their music videos. The most recent one has the band, in a car, singing while the car plays the song Needing/Getting on a stunt course. FANTASTIC. i love the part around 2:08 when Tim just grins (is there any other way to look when you're doing something this rock-awesome?), as well as an a capella part around 2:58 when the guys all sing. Damian apparently took stunt driving classes just for the video.

i'd also like to think that if i had a band, we'd do wicked fantastic music videos like these, though any band that would have me as a member would probably sound more like the Violent Femmes. (Kar and roommate, still up for Longstemmed?)

Had a discussion with Jack this morning regarding dutch-processed cocoa. She's making truffles and inquired about the difference. i remembered that it differed from raw cocoa because of an alkali-treatment, but not the specifics. Internet toss yielded a decent article. Basically, treating the cocoa beans with a base strips away all of the masking, non-chocolate flavors present in cocoa, as well as deepens the color. Chemistry/science are cool.

Moreover, Kraft german chocolate cake-flavored marshmallows are apparently another food against which i have absolutely no discipline.

Okay, back to reading papers.