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I really like to bake. The best thing about being German, as I often say, is the pastry. (Sausage and beer are not to be discounted.) In this house, though, "baking" often translates as "trying to decipher ancient family recipes in cramped handwriting on 30-year-old Empress Hotel notepaper that use useful directions like 'then add some flour ( Read more... )

So my first exam yesterday went off acceptably, I think. I have no idea what the prof is looking for, so it's kind of hard to tell. At one point I was so bored that I was reduced to writing quotations from Julian of Norwich on my wrist, but I'm feeling kind of weepy these days, and I am fond of Julian because she's reassuring, so that's okay. On ( Read more... )

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I am so totally in love with my bellydance class right now.


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