yay!

My toffee turned out! Yaaaaay! However, now it’s too late to make ice cream, so I’ll hafta wait til tomorrow to do that. :)

baby steps!

Baby steps! So. We joined Keri and Aberdeen and Angie; introductions were made, and Keri remembered me, I think, ’cause I’d been in proximity to Michlvis when we were there in November. (Well, that and I’m from Alaska. That seems to stick in people’s minds for some reason … ). Conversation ensued. For three hours. I couldn’t *possibly* cover everything that we talked about, but I’ll give it a shot. *laugh* First off, Keri was *supposed* to go running off relatively early that evening because he was supposed to be…

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bookstore accident

Oh yes. We had a minor bookstore accident, too. We went in for one book and came out with, um, five. But it cost under $40, so it hardly counts! Er, right? Right? Anybody? Bueller? I bought like nine books this week (mostly through trade credit and gift certificates, but still). It’s not exactly as if I have no books waiting around to be read, but what do I do? I go and buy nine more. But heck! I read one of ’em today! That, um, counts for something, right?…

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pralines

Well. In a few minutes, I’m going to go try for the *third* time today to make a successful batch of pralines so I can make praline ice cream this … well. In theory this evening, but it’s beginning to look more like tomorrow. The first attempt, the recipe was no good, but despite looking *very* dubiously at the recipe, I tried it anyway, and it was an utter failure. The second time, I used the almond toffee recipe, because, well, that’s /basically/ what pralines are. But I burned the…

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baby steps!

Baby steps! So where was I? Right, I was having people’s breasts poke me in the back. Not, I repeat, an experience to be recommended. James showed up around 10, and was immediately plagued with sound problems, which caused his intro line to involved the word ‘fuck’, I’m pretty sure, although I don’t actually recall what it was. Because he had very little time, there was relatively little banter, and that, from James, is pretty unusual. He’s usually quite a clown. His set list included (in no particular order), Cadillac…

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