I'm in the kitchen making caramel brownies for the pumpkin-carving party tonight. Sister Girl, a certified pastry chef, is helpfully ("Use a spatula") pointing out ("Stir it like this") everything ("That's too much cooking spray") I'm doing wrong. (Laughing: "Well, am I putting it into the pan wrong?" Also laughing: "I don't know, I haven't seen ( Read more... )

Okay, so... it's been a while. I'm not sure why I haven't updated in a few days; I feel like I've been busy, but I'm not sure doing what. ( Well... )

Today's weather forecast on Yahoo Weather (12:54 pm):

High: 38
Low: 37
Current: 35

Wha?

VP Accident Tale Filled With Discrepancies. O rly. Ya rly: far from "zero drinking," there was, in fact, beer. Which... well, when you put it that way, doesn't sound all that awful. But then, I didn't think lying about a blowjob was so terrible, either. ( Read more... )

Okay, I have a metric fuckton(ne) of linkspam, so we'll leave that until later, after I've had a chance to sort through it. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Valentine's Day was actually fairly pleasant. There was chocolate, and it was good. There was Ferrero Rocher, and it was awesome. Mom (who gives us little gifty bags for any and every holiday) ( Read more... )

Okay, I wrote this earlier today:

On one hand, I just burned my fingertips on the toaster oven. On the other hand, I just made a totally awesome sandwich with Em's sun-dried-tomato-edged turkey, paper-thin smoked cheddar, Swiss cheese, and marble rye. With dill pickles on the side. Mmm.
Sounds pretty chipper, right? Well, two hours later I was ( Read more... )

New Narnia Heroine Addict icons. As a Sagittarian, I'm a teensy bit obsessed with archers, so... sorry about that. But there are Lucy icons in there as well.

The official Narnia movie site has some fun 360-degree walkthroughs and games. You get to play Tumnus's flute and try to save Edmund and read excerpts from the book, all in the search for " ( Read more... )

I am wiped, you guys. And it's not even that I did any particularly heavy lifting. But it did involve trying to buy a Christmas present for Sister Girl on eBay, a situation that spiraled so badly out of control in the space of half a minute that I was relieved to lose the auction, for the reason that I actually will need to pay taxes and tuition ( Read more... )

Horoscope of Intriguing Ideas:

Quickie: Today, follow your instinct for music and art. They hold answers you're looking for ( Read more... )

Oh my God, Melville's Pierre. I hope to God that this is not on the exam in any substantial way, because I finally got to the end by way of a hard skim, and I really do not want to spend any more time on this book, what with the ridiculously florid style that may or may not be purposely satirical (and if it is, maybe it ain't satirical enough). ( Read more... )

I have felt like crap all day, including but not limited to breaking out in a cold sweat at the grocery store and nearly blacking out, so you're going to have to wait a bit longer for the Lost recap ( Read more... )