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ood evening, my sweet gooseberries～☆

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I was going to post some Cool Things (yes, I am running out of coherent headings to group my scavenged links under), but it got late, so instead I thought I'd show you some (very selected) pictures of my university in Autumn.

Ha ha ha, cuts are for losers and people who care about your friends pages~~~
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Just outside my Humanities department. Shocking shot, what with the lightpost and all, but I couldn't resist showing the lovely leaves and sunlight - this is my favourite thing about Plane trees, which are my favourite non-blossom tree (plums and sakura being my favourite trees of all).

These were fun to play in~~~



Another shocking shot (°д°；)
Believe it or not, this is an actual building.
I have yet to snoop inside, since it's the Shiny New engineering pavillion. I hear rumours that there are in fact classes held in here.....
(I did also hear a rumour that they blew a giant chunk of government money on a building that would only showcase things and not be used by students...)



Don't they look delectable?
Acutally, they look rather poisonous, which just adds to their charm.
Curtin students: can you guess where on campus this is?



Dramatic sky over the Architecture Building Of Doom, 201.
I swear, people who have graduated years ago are still traumatised by this building.
After about three or four years I sort of got the knack of it, but gods help me if I ever need to visit a new room...



Hello, Architecture and Health/MedicalCentre buildings~
I can never remember what this grassy court is called, so I always call it the library-engineering grass.



Looks a little like ♪ follow the yellow brick road.... ♫

I also tried to stalk a stray kitten (so cute~!), but to no avail.

Oh, we haven't seen this in a while. Today's list is appropriate!

☆ Makura no Soshi meme ☆

Things that gain by being depicted in a painting

( Here is the original explanation, in case you missed it. I only have about seven more lists to go.... I'm going to miss this)

Once again, I am also including photos, as they didn't exist in the Heian period.

✿ Sunsets. Sometimes.

✿ Food.

✿ KITTIES
(I follow @catcafecalico, a cat cafe I visited in Tokyo, for my daily dose of cute kitties...)

✿ Impressions and feelings (Specifically in paintings, not photos).

✿ Long-exposure shots of roads at night.

✿ Fairytales

✿ Information (in this case, I mean graphs are Pretty Neat, guys).

☀ side note: things that do not gain by being depicted in a photo: lolita petticoats. It is the strangest thing, but in photos they just seem to de-poof. Even when I was comparing my mirror image against my camera image, this seemed to happen ಠ_ಠ

Oh dear, I wish I could be more poetic. Sei Shonagon is rolling in her grave.

Also, I have some recipes to share~~! I baked both of these for my 24 Cups of Tea birthday party in May.
(Originally transcribed for a Japanese friend, hence some of the odd phrasing that I am too lazy to retype).


GOD BISCUITS OMFG:
~♛Custard Biscuits♛~

★ 3 cups self-raising flower
★ 2 cups sugar
★ 3 eggs (beat)
★ 250g butter (melt & cool a little)
★ 1 teaspoon vanilla essence

☆ mix the flour, sugar, and custard powder in a bowl
☆ add the eggs and vanilla
☆ kneed into a dough (add milk if it is too dry)
☆ roll 1 teaspoon of dough into a ball and press flat (this should make about 50 biscuits...)

☆ Bake at 160'C for 15-25 minutes

(note, these expand a lot in the oven, so if you cut them into shapes, beware...)

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(actually, I have a better recipe for these somewhere....):
~♛Almond Biscotti♛~

★ 3 egg whites (no yolk)
★ 1/2 cup caster sugar
★ 1 cup plain flour
★ 250g almonds (whole)

☆ beat the egg whites with an electric mixer until it becomes stiff (this takes a long time. It is ready when you pull the mixer out of the eggs and it leaves behind a "peak" (point sticking up...))
☆ add sugar slowly and keep beating
☆ sift flour
☆ "fold" (mix) in flour and almonds
☆ pour the mixutre/dough into a long rectangle cake tin (or make a log shape on a baking tray if you have no tin - but it doesn't stay in shape well)

☆ Bake at 180'C for 30 minutes

Finally, have you ever heard or watched two celloists ROCK OUT?
Well, now is your chance.

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Smooth Criminal on duelling cellos. OMG.
Somehow I'm reminded of Supernatural... (not a good sign).

You don't have to watch it all, but I'd listen to the whole thing; they really bust it out around 3:30.

Coming up next, on The Adventures of Cake:

★ More photos of cakes and dresses and shiny things
★ Cool Things
★ me FANGIRLING THE HECK OUT, because Versailles' new album Holy Grail is only two sleeps away~~~!!!♫♪♫

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