{ come on, baby, let's go ahead and live. }

[delga]

So, I woke up today and I was all, MUFFINS YES YES, right up until the point where I realised that there still weren't eggs in the house, so naturally I ended up walking into D to get some from Our Store where, naturally, The Dad made me stand behind the till for 15 minutes whilst he sorted out some paperwork and then handed me some errands to do. So. I escaped with eggs and ended up in the bank for A Long Time. Made it home, had to change (didn't realise that today would require all-over antiperspirant but I really should have learned by now) and then baked, huzzah!

I fucked up the measurements for the first batch. It was all in cups! And I only have two measure spoons - 1/3 cup and 1 tbsp. Yeeeeaaaah. Anyway, they look marvellous but they taste really, really awful. Yeuch.

The second batch was done using the recipe from plumpeffect and they came out beautifully. Really light and fluffy, and totally delicious. TRIUMPH!

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That was all at lunch time. Thereafter I watched this week's Weeds (fairly lame on the lolarities, but watchable in other ways) and The Middleman, the latter of which made me (a) laugh, (b) anxious for Noser (whom I ADORE) and (c) sigh at the sinking of ships. Which is not to say that it doesn't continue to be both adorable and delightful!

!!!!

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Saving Grace this evening. Time to face Ham Dewey's Man Pain.

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Last night The Flatmate emailed, texted and basically badgered until I responded, lols. Eventually she called and we spent a couple of hours updating one another on the sum total of NOTHING going on in both our lives, which reminded me that I hadn't told anybody here: a plant fell on me the other day. I was just idly walking down the street and it FELL ON ME. What?

Anyway, then I made more Numb3rs icons and was annoyed at myself for having made really awful caps.

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Some time before tomorrow evening I have to pack my saris and associated accessories. Pfft, whatev. I'm especially irritated at our premature date of departure now that I've realised that We Are Scientists are playing in P tomorrow. SIGH.

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[twincy.livejournal.com]

ONOEZ PLANT ATTACK.

I need to download the new Middleman already. Or-- possibly am leaving that for the weekend.

now that I've realised that We Are Scientists are playing in P tomorrow. SIGH.
... which I told you like two months ago, but whatever. STILL SUCKS. Everyone I talk to seems to be having trouble aligning real life with WAS's tour schedule. Obviously this is a case of Epic Fail on their part.

[asemic.livejournal.com]

I am totally craving muffins right now despite the fact I made choco-snickerdoodles last night and ate the entire batch.

Now, was this a plant in a pot or a random flying attack plant?

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

WHAT WHAT WHAT. I was just walking. And then: bam! Soil in my hair! (What what what. !!!)

You did, and I remember that, but I was of the impression that I wouldn't be here at all this week. BUT. BUT. I think we're leaving for wedding things on Friday morning now? So. !!!! Need to call my friend.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

What is this snickerdoodle you speak of? It sounds smashing! (I've already eaten 5/12 muffins I made today. But they were so light! )

In a pot! Out of nowhere, I swear. There I am, ambling along, and then PLANT! SOIL! TERRACOTTA SHARDS! What what what. !

[twincy.livejournal.com]

I think we're leaving for wedding things on Friday morning now? So. !!!! Need to call my friend.
Now I am torn between being petty and jealous and being all "!!!!! YES YES YES YES GO." Mostly the latter, since it's highly likely that I'll go see them in Germany next month, and also, I love you and you deserve joyous indie pop with complimentary ridic haircuts.

(edit) But let us not get distracted from the PLANT ATTACK because that sounds quite traumatizing. ! Someone I know got hit by a falling sign in London once. What is it about Britain and things falling from the sky??

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

joyous indie pop with complimentary ridic haircuts
HOW DOES NO-ONE KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT. Srsly, all my friends are all "nope, & also: who?" Apparently I forgot to pimp them, what what.

It's all Chicken Licken, all the time, obvs. A sign I can sort of understand? If you're walking underneath it? But this-- okay, you know in Hitchhiker's Guide where the falling whale turns into petunias or whatever? THIS WAS LIKE THAT. (I'm not saying I narrowly avoided getting hit by a whale, mind, although anything is possible because:) OUT OF NOWHERE. I wasn't walking under a window, or by a wall or anything! (NEAR-)LEAFY CONCUSSION!

[twincy.livejournal.com]

HOW DOES NO-ONE KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I'm used to that here, but supposedly they're Known in Los UK, so I'm surprised. Ugh M's friends and family, UGH.

I was on the verge of a Hitchhiker's Guide reference in my previous comment, heh. Are you conspiracy theorizing? Because there is room for that. It sounds like someone deliberately launched flora at you. !

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

No WAS shenans :((((((((( <-- unable to express my woe. This past hour = roller coasters of emotion, ppl, ROLLER COASTERS.

I fear it may be my Evil Nemesis, The Westerly Wind. (Dun dun DUUNNNNN.) MY DAY WILL COME, WESTERLY WIND; MY DAY WILL COME.

[asemic.livejournal.com]

Honestly, it is your ordinary sugar cookie recipe with cinnamon and a generous sprinkle of hot cocoa powder added to the batter. It was so good that I wish I did scrape the bowl.

And WTF? Morning glories are planning their revenge against humanity? Wow.

[twincy.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry, babycakes :( Parental roadblock proved to be of the insurmountable type?

Wind, wind, blasted wind!

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm, cinnamon - sounds delicious! I have to restrain myself from licking the bowls, lol, especially when The Mother is around.

It is a fierce ongoing battle. I SHALL PREVAIL.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Parental roadblock proved to be HADRIAN'S WALL.

I think I could have dealt with the random indignity of the near-death plant experience if I didn't then fall out of my (very very flat) shoes three minutes later on a smooth/undisturbed stretch of pavement. All I needed was for a squirrel to launch a nut attack my way and I would have scored a triptych.

[twincy.livejournal.com]

I was going to ask if there weren't any elephants to be got, but I realised just in time that I was mixing up my ancient history rather spectacularly. Hadrian = not Hannibal; wall = not alps.

Someday you should get mrs_weatherby to tell you the story of the Japanese girl she knew in Canada who was constantly chased by a herd of squirrels. GENIUS. But: fail, universe, fail. I hope tomorrow is without mishaps.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Elephants would have been MARVELLOUS.

What is it with animals! Denz has a stalker crow (no, really. I've seen it. WEIRD).

Me too, lols. Oh, how was your meal?

[twincy.livejournal.com]

Elephants are always marvellous!

Ha! I love crows. Just, randomly, I do.

The risotto was perfect! & perfectly delish! Surprising, considering how drunk I was by the time I finished cooking, lols. Parents loved it, too.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Hee, really? I find them kind of unnerving. Scratch 'kind of'. lols.

Huzzah! Risotto is so yummy. Hahaha, one day I'm totally going to make you cook for me *is bossy* I'll bring loads of wine.

[twincy.livejournal.com]

Aw, but they're like mini-ravens! Although I'm not sure I've ever actually seen a real raven.
Still: Poe fangirl.

It is! It's also one of the few things I'm really good at. (Missed an o there the first time, lols.)

day I'm totally going to make you cook for me *is bossy*
Aie, but you don't eat anything! I mean, right?

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Ironically, Poe is the reason why they freak me, haha.

Aie, but you don't eat anything!
This made me laugh so loudly! Although: practically true. I'd eat yumtastic risotto, though. :D

[twincy.livejournal.com]

I guess that was the point, so, lols, job well done Mr Poe! (I adore that poem.)

I'd eat yumtastic risotto, though. :D
Well, then you shall have some, as soon as geography allows. Which = hopefully soon.

re:eta: Was it one of those awful Uni of Liverpool ads? Ugh, I didn't realise how many ads there were on the internet until I went online on my dad's PC (no Firefox, thus no ad-blocker !).

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Well, am sorting out a trip to Aberdeen in Dec (all is booked except how to get there and where to stay. So. Hahaha, fail) so my plans keep getting shunted. But sooon.

No ads, or just pop-ups? (Am currently on Firefox because of streaming something something doesn't like IE. So. Is much better now that I've sorted out the clear-type!) No, it was an ad for places to eat in Liverpool. Apparently a place called Raven? Which: ok whatev.

Y'all can del that box, btw. Again, many thanks! (*hits repeat*)

[twincy.livejournal.com]

What's with everyone going to Aberdeen all of a sudden? You, Mrs W, random uni classmate (who's moving there !). I may pop over to England briefly some time during the Autumn. Reading week, possibly, or maybe even a random long weekend since it doesn't look like I'll have any classes on Thursdays and Fridays (which = INSANE). Because it's been like, A WHOLE MONTH since I've been in Britain and I CANNOT TAKE THIS DEPRIVATION.

No ads, no popups. Marvellous add-on called AdBlock Plus. Allows you to right-click on things and select "block this item", and presto, gone forever! (I use it on annoying repetitive animated LJ icons, too.) That doesn't sound too appetizing!

Holy internet speak, Meishmonster! Surprisingly, understood what you meant. However: too lazy to log back into my account at the mo. Thanks for the ping, though. And yay, repeat! I haven't listened to the non-acoustic version in a long time, though the guys probably played it on Sunday.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

OMG I hadn't thought of that.

...global conspiracy!