This is a kinda-sorta Doctor Who-related post.
i. My class spent the last two days constructing croquenbouches, or French cakes made out of cream puffs. I wanted to make a Dalek cake because, well, with their conical shape and the fact that they've an abundance of dome-shaped bits, croquenbouche already kind of look like Daleks. Throw in a whisk for the plunger and you've got the Doctor's worst enemy! Alas, that was too obscure for all but one of my classmates, so my group made the next best thing: a spaceship croquenbouche!
It was actually rather hilarious because all of the other groups did more traditional or seasonal designs like Christmas trees or things with flowers, and then smack dab in the middle was our spaceship. The topper came out totally crooked, but like I told my groupmates, it's okay because our spaceship isn't actually going out on a mission. It's a decommissioned ship, a bit like Battlestar Galactica. Let's hope Cylons don't stage an uprising any time soon!
You know those Food Network competition shows where the chefs have to contruct elaborate pieces within a certain time frame AND THEN they have to carry them out to the judges' table, and how those few minutes during which they carry them out are pretty much the most nervewracking moments of the whole competition? Well, I now have a better sense of what those chefs go through. We had to carry our cakes out of the classroom and into a hallway where there's always student work on display. Even though I wasn't the one to transfer the croquenbouche, I think I was holding my breath the whole time my groupmate Amanda was carrying it out. One group actually had their cake break in transit because their caramel base wasn't as stable as they thought it was, and the sound of sugar shattering to the ground rendered everyone near silent. Luckily the cream puff cone was still intact so they were still able to put something out. Oh pastry gods, how fickle you are!
Speaking of, I finally got my first school-related injury while pulling out a hot sheet pan of nougatine out of an oven. I had on oven mitts, but one of them had a hole in it so one of my fingertips came into contact with hot metal. Now there's a few unsightly blisters on the pad of my middle finger on my right hand. Yay.
ii. I bought a dress that's reminiscent of this one that Karen Gillan wears in Series 6.
I admit that those photos played a part in me buying the dress, but it's also super warm and comfy, and it was on sale! I don't cosplay, but if I ever wanted to start cosplaying Amy, I suppose I'm halfway there already.
iii. I did something incredibly geeky: I fashioned Lego minifigures of Eleven and Amy.
The Doctor and Amy in "The Eleventh Hour." Amy is not happy to see him after 12 long years.
Amy. Believe, for twenty minutes.
From "The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone":
Ooh, Doctor, you sonic'd her!
You're a time traveller now, Amy. Changes the way you see the universe forever. Good, isn't it?
From "The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang":
I really love Amy here, from the brown jacket and red scarf to the flambeau in her hand. Fierce minifig!Amy is fierce.
And of course:
Fezzes are cool.
Does all of this make me the geekiest geek to have ever geeked? No, probably not, but I like to think that it's help to put me on that path.
iv. Not Doctor Who-related, but happy belated birthday, thecolorbetween! I hope your day was lovely, Claire, and that it was filled with many good things :D
It was actually rather hilarious because all of the other groups did more traditional or seasonal designs like Christmas trees or things with flowers, and then smack dab in the middle was our spaceship. The topper came out totally crooked, but like I told my groupmates, it's okay because our spaceship isn't actually going out on a mission. It's a decommissioned ship, a bit like Battlestar Galactica. Let's hope Cylons don't stage an uprising any time soon!
You know those Food Network competition shows where the chefs have to contruct elaborate pieces within a certain time frame AND THEN they have to carry them out to the judges' table, and how those few minutes during which they carry them out are pretty much the most nervewracking moments of the whole competition? Well, I now have a better sense of what those chefs go through. We had to carry our cakes out of the classroom and into a hallway where there's always student work on display. Even though I wasn't the one to transfer the croquenbouche, I think I was holding my breath the whole time my groupmate Amanda was carrying it out. One group actually had their cake break in transit because their caramel base wasn't as stable as they thought it was, and the sound of sugar shattering to the ground rendered everyone near silent. Luckily the cream puff cone was still intact so they were still able to put something out. Oh pastry gods, how fickle you are!
Speaking of, I finally got my first school-related injury while pulling out a hot sheet pan of nougatine out of an oven. I had on oven mitts, but one of them had a hole in it so one of my fingertips came into contact with hot metal. Now there's a few unsightly blisters on the pad of my middle finger on my right hand. Yay.
ii. I bought a dress that's reminiscent of this one that Karen Gillan wears in Series 6.
I admit that those photos played a part in me buying the dress, but it's also super warm and comfy, and it was on sale! I don't cosplay, but if I ever wanted to start cosplaying Amy, I suppose I'm halfway there already.
iii. I did something incredibly geeky: I fashioned Lego minifigures of Eleven and Amy.
The Doctor and Amy in "The Eleventh Hour." Amy is not happy to see him after 12 long years.
Amy. Believe, for twenty minutes.
From "The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone":
Ooh, Doctor, you sonic'd her!
You're a time traveller now, Amy. Changes the way you see the universe forever. Good, isn't it?
From "The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang":
I really love Amy here, from the brown jacket and red scarf to the flambeau in her hand. Fierce minifig!Amy is fierce.
And of course:
Fezzes are cool.
Does all of this make me the geekiest geek to have ever geeked? No, probably not, but I like to think that it's help to put me on that path.
iv. Not Doctor Who-related, but happy belated birthday, thecolorbetween! I hope your day was lovely, Claire, and that it was filled with many good things :D