30 Days of You Meme
Day 01 → Your favorite song
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 →Your favorite television program
Day 04 →Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
And now because I'm going away for a few days, you get 3...
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Writing. I love to write. I wrote my first fanfiction for Buffy about ten years ago and I've been writing ever since. Last year I wrote over 60k words (thank you bandom) and I think most of it was the best stuff I've ever written. Which isn't to say it's the best stuff ever, but I am feeling a definite improvement in my writing and a couple of things I wrote last year I was definitely proud of. I hope more inspiration strikes this year. I do, have my BBB all planned out and am very excited about it.
Day 21 → A recipe
Since I mentioned making them on day 19:
(makes 12).
Ingredients
350ml/12¼fl oz whole milk
350g/8oz plain flour
1 x 7g/¼oz sachet fast-action dried yeast
½ tsp salt
1 tsp caster sugar
1 level tsp bicarbonate of soda
150ml/5¼fl oz warm water
butter, for greasing, plus extra to serve
Method
1. Warm the milk in a saucepan very gently until tepid.
2. Sift flour into a large bowl and stir in the yeast, salt and sugar.
3. Make a well in the centre of the mixture and stir in the warm milk. Beat well for 3-4 minutes, or until the batter is thick and elastic.
4. Cover the bowl with cling film and set aside in a warm place for an hour, or until the batter has doubled in size.
5. When the batter has risen, mix the bicarbonate of soda with the warm water, and beat the mixture into the batter for a couple of minutes. Set aside to rest in a warm place for a further 30 minutes. By this time the mixture should have risen and be covered with tiny bubbles.
6. Heat a flat griddle pan or large heavy-based non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat.
7. Generously butter the insides of four crumpet rings or 9cm/3½in chefs' rings and place them onto the griddle or into the frying pan.
8. Drop three large spoonfuls of the crumpet batter into each ring. It should come around 1.5cm/½in up the sides of each ring, but no more. Cook for 9-12 minutes, or until lots of tiny bubbles have risen to the surface and burst and the tops look dry and set.
9. Carefully lift off the rings - it shouldn't be too difficult as the crumpets will ease back from the sides when they are ready.
10. Flip the crumpets over with a spatula and cook on the other side for a further two minutes, or until golden-brown. You can keep these crumpets warm while the remaining batter is prepared, or serve immediately spread with lots of butter.
Day 22 → A website
Digital Spy. I check it every day and admittedly they get a lot of their "articles" from stuff people write on Twitter these days, but it's a one stop shop for all forms of entertainment information and an easy way to keep up with things. And the forums can be hilarious.
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 02 → Your favorite movie
Day 03 →Your favorite television program
Day 04 →Your favourite book
Day 05 → Your favorite quote
Day 06 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 → A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 → A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 → A photo you took
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
And now because I'm going away for a few days, you get 3...
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Writing. I love to write. I wrote my first fanfiction for Buffy about ten years ago and I've been writing ever since. Last year I wrote over 60k words (thank you bandom) and I think most of it was the best stuff I've ever written. Which isn't to say it's the best stuff ever, but I am feeling a definite improvement in my writing and a couple of things I wrote last year I was definitely proud of. I hope more inspiration strikes this year. I do, have my BBB all planned out and am very excited about it.
Day 21 → A recipe
Since I mentioned making them on day 19:
(makes 12).
Ingredients
350ml/12¼fl oz whole milk
350g/8oz plain flour
1 x 7g/¼oz sachet fast-action dried yeast
½ tsp salt
1 tsp caster sugar
1 level tsp bicarbonate of soda
150ml/5¼fl oz warm water
butter, for greasing, plus extra to serve
Method
1. Warm the milk in a saucepan very gently until tepid.
2. Sift flour into a large bowl and stir in the yeast, salt and sugar.
3. Make a well in the centre of the mixture and stir in the warm milk. Beat well for 3-4 minutes, or until the batter is thick and elastic.
4. Cover the bowl with cling film and set aside in a warm place for an hour, or until the batter has doubled in size.
5. When the batter has risen, mix the bicarbonate of soda with the warm water, and beat the mixture into the batter for a couple of minutes. Set aside to rest in a warm place for a further 30 minutes. By this time the mixture should have risen and be covered with tiny bubbles.
6. Heat a flat griddle pan or large heavy-based non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat.
7. Generously butter the insides of four crumpet rings or 9cm/3½in chefs' rings and place them onto the griddle or into the frying pan.
8. Drop three large spoonfuls of the crumpet batter into each ring. It should come around 1.5cm/½in up the sides of each ring, but no more. Cook for 9-12 minutes, or until lots of tiny bubbles have risen to the surface and burst and the tops look dry and set.
9. Carefully lift off the rings - it shouldn't be too difficult as the crumpets will ease back from the sides when they are ready.
10. Flip the crumpets over with a spatula and cook on the other side for a further two minutes, or until golden-brown. You can keep these crumpets warm while the remaining batter is prepared, or serve immediately spread with lots of butter.
Day 22 → A website
Digital Spy. I check it every day and admittedly they get a lot of their "articles" from stuff people write on Twitter these days, but it's a one stop shop for all forms of entertainment information and an easy way to keep up with things. And the forums can be hilarious.
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy