ReadingLirael, Measure for Measure, The English Patient, Heart of Darkness, Suikoden III, Candidate for Goddess
Watching House, Rick Mercer's Monday Report, Gilmore Girls, Scrubs, Corner Gas, Aishiteruze Baby, Prince of Tennis, Hikaru no Go
Playing The Bard's Tale, Katamari Damacy, Curse of Monkey Island, Final Fantasy VI, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Pretty Barbie Dressup Party Final Fantasy X-2(group gaming)
Back-burner Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Star Ocean: The Second Story, Final Fantasy Tactics: Advance, Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast, Planescape: Torment, Final Fantasy VII
Obsessing Firefly, Erik and Ray, Impulse/Bart Allen, Ford Prefect, Monkey Island, Nostalgia.
Upcoming Things of Importance January 5 First day of classes January 14 Birthday party
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Is by Meimi, that wonderful Goddess who brings joy and happiness to the hearts of Ingrids.
This time, Meimi brought joy by doing a layout of Isumi Shinichirou and Waya Yoshitaka, of Hikaru no Go. It is full of wub.
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Cookie power!
1/16/2005 11:57:14 PM
"Let's not bicker, gentlemen. Remember, you can't hug with medieval arms." - Garland, 8-bit Theater.
I went to a birthday party on Friday night. The birthday boy broke a pinata with his face. It was a magical evening.
Other than that, I've mostly had a quiet weekend, although I think next weekend's going to be one of those chokers - the need to start doing research and writing papers and things is starting to rear it's ugly head (but I've already planned out my next Shakespeare paper - I just need some kind of source to use as a prop for all my brilliance). The major thing I did? I made a new kind of cookie. They're birthday cookies, though, for another friend, and so I don't really get to appreciate them (and I used up the last of my flour and sugar baking them today, so he better fucking appreciate them).
I'm not good at buying gifts, and I don't have the money for it anyway. And I don't really have a lot of skills or talents, either, so I'm not one of those people who can give someone something cool that they made as a present. Except for cookies. I can bake damn good cookies. Uh. Usually.
I had to buy cookie paint brushes for the recipie - there was a glaze involved in everything, although I'm still rather lost as to why. All the glaze seemed to do was make my counter top really sticky. I'm also not really sure how to handle glazed cookies. Because they were cool and at the point where I would usually put them in a tin (or, in this case, an ice cream pail) but the tops were sticky from glaze . . . they still are sticky and kind of mushy. Maybe that just means they're really, really fresh.
I also had to buy sour cream - I was rather suspicious of the recipie when it called for that, but aside from being the reason the dough was so sticky, it doesn't seem to have any negative effect on the cookie taste whatsoever. They're very nice, not too sweet, kind of fluffy . . .
I think I accidentally made some kind of sugar glazed lemon biscuit.
Oops.
Here's hoping the go down well, anyway. That'll teach me to use a friend's birthday as an excuse for experimentation.
Hoping they'll look better in the morning, Almighty Ingrid, Signing Off
