HUZZAH! I have not been defeated by my own stupidity, nor will I spend the next two days checking the Pottermore website every five seconds in case the clue goes live! (Which I couldn't have done, anyway, as I'll be in the car all day tomorrow and attending a wedding on Saturday.) I am IN! Hooray ( Read more... )

Finally saw last week's episode of Glee. One of my Chapel Hill housemates called me here in VA to tell me it had briefly referenced David Bowie, which reminded my housemates of me. (And that when it aired, there was a commercial featuring kittens. Apparently this also reminded them of me.) And it was awesome! Not specifically the David Bowie ( Read more... )

First, I may or may not have just convinced half my housemates to try their hands at writing Harlequin romance novels. This could result in the first Harlequin Medical Romance written by a med student in order to help pay her way to becoming at actual doctor ( Read more... )

Last night, for the first time, I baked a type of cookie called a Whoopee pie. Apparently common in Maine (whence comes my dad), these are, as he describes them, sort of like cream filling between two chocolate hamburger buns. (A bit like Oreo Cakesters, I think.) My recipe also calls for frosting the top cookie with chocolate buttercream ( Read more... )

Me: Karina, do you happen to have some vinegar I could use a little of ( Read more... )

One of my med student housemates asked to borrow The Hunger Games, and I lent it to her, and she stayed up all night reading it and went to a morning group meeting without sleep.

You know, because of the awesome.

And now, MAKING COOKIES AND WATCHING ROCKY HORROR GLEE! :D

Laura is back in town! She and Alice and I got together yesterday and made excellent amounts of excellent cookies ( Read more... )