amand_r: (the asian persuasion)
Hello all, it's been a while, so I shall UPDATE BY NUMBERS.

1. Cookies have been awesome. I am taking a break. I have many new things that I want to try, but they aren't going to ship well in this heat. That said, if you ever want some cookies, feel free to drop me a line. I am now making shit on demand. Except the chocolate caramel shortbread. They are a pain in the ass.

2. Kidlet is done with preschool! Well, for this year at least. I have embarrassing video, but I am too lazy to upload it.

3. My computer died recently! It was horrible. I was trying to log on, and it kept telling me my user profile couldn't load properly. After shedding bitter tears, I managed to save all my files from safe mode onto an external drive, and then I had to reinstall the OS from factory settings. Strange how everything runs now. On the other hand, there's something cleansing about getting a fresh start.

4. I have been reading a great deal. You can find my reading on Goodreads. Right now I'm reading about the monster of Florence.

5. I MADE PASTA FROM SCRATCH. IT WAS AWESOME.

6. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS AWESOME? HOT DOGS.

7. Here is the story of how I am bitter:

One day I started watching Wire in the Blood. I watched 2 eps and then forgot. Then a month later I was all, “I should check out Wire in the Blood”, and lo, I already had. I resumed my watching. BY THE WAY the special with Tony in Texas was the best thing ever. I lolled so hard. Anyway, I got to the end of season 6 when [spoiler] and it ends with [spoiler] and Then I click ed the “Next” button on the Netflix streaming screen.

Nothing happened. I looked and saw they only had up to season six. Never mind, I will download the torrent somewhere.

That's right, in my head I had convinced myself that there are 8 seasons.

Oh wait, no, that's Waking the Dead.

It became increasingly difficult to locate the season seven torrent No one had it. I was going to do a shot out to my flist. Then I decided to see when it was released. So I checked wikipedia.

Boy, am I bitter. WHAT A FUCKING WAY TO END. NOT TWIN PEAKS EPIC, BUT JESUS.

8. I read the new Sookie Stackhouse. Yeah.

9. I had so many things to say! I have no idea where they went.

10. Lastly, I have a novella/thing coming out in October, and the publisher, Candlemark and Gleam was nice enough to send me promo postcard things to distribute. I was thinking of handwriting some short short stories and offering to send them to people for postage. Would anyone be interested? Want one? I guess if you sent me five bucks, I could send you the card and a half a dozen cookies. Or something.

Postage has gone up package wise, by the way. That's how they get ya.

Off to read more about excising vaginas.
amand_r: (rps/it's barrowman country!)


NOTE: If you friended this lj for the cookie entries, feel free to track the Buy mah cookies tag, and then you don't have to add me to your flist or reading list to get in on the leavings of my horrifying (and yet delicious) experiments. If you want to stay because I'm so gosh-darn loltastic, WELCOME.

So I am doing an experiment for V, and as a result, I have extra cookies this week. (V, yours actually look like this, but you get two more variations to try. They'll be mailed tomorrow).


Meet the limoncello shortbread with glaze (top). She's a feisty critter, With a crisp buttery taste and a sweet, slightly alcoholic glaze. These babies contain a tablespoon of lemon zest and a tablespoon of Mander's homemade limoncello.

Ingredients: butter, powdered sugar, limoncello, lemon zest, salt, flour. EGG FREE.

Then there is the limoncello meltaway (middle), a small round cookie baked briefly and then tossed with powdered sugar twice. These are so small (see final pic) they come in a batch of 14.



Ingredients: butter, powdered sugar, limoncello, vanilla, salt, flour, cornstarch. EGG FREE.

Sold out: Limoncello shortbreads.
Available: 1 dozen meltaways. $5 a dozen. Includes shipping costs. Due to glazes, they cannot be frozen, but will be shipped immediately for DA FRESHNESS.
amand_r: (torchwood/ianto will fuck your shit up)
Title: Buy My Fucking Cookies
Fandom: Mander fandom
Characters: Mander, Vstroyer, You, eBay, THE DAMN ASSHOLE WOT OUTBID ME, cookies, the computer
Rating: W for WOE and C for COOKIE (it's good enough for me)
Wordcount: 1000
Author's Notes: I am totes not joking. Warning for butter.
Summary: I HAVE A STORY OF DEFEAT AND TRIUMPH TO TELL.

She was a baker desperately trying to lose weight. And desperately trying to buy DVDs. )
amand_r: (this is why we can't have nice things)
**IN THE FRENCH: "IN SEARCH OF LOST GLUTEN-FREE BAKED GOODS"

Okay, so I'm supposed to be doing Nano, and I SWEAR I WILL MAKE IT UP (aka Famous Last Words, copywrite the universe and MCR) but failing that, I do have evidence what I have been doing the last two days (four days, whatever).

I am virtually incapable of even typing a journal report. For srs. )

That'll do, pig. That'll do.
amand_r: (COFFEE)
1. KEL AND VALANCY LINKED TO THIS. IT IS AWESOME

2. ALSO, DEAD LIKE ME, I LOVE YOU. KIFFANY IS SPECTACULARE.

Rube: What do you mean no blueberry pancakes?
Kiffany: They are seasonal.
Rube: Well, explain something to me. Are the blueberries fresh? (Kiffany shakes her head NO.) They are dehydrated? (Kiffany nods YES.) Well how can something hatched months ago be seasonal?
Kiffany: I don't make the rules, I just play by them. Something else you want?
Rube: My heart's set on blueberry pancakes.
George: Are you pregnant?
Rube: I certainly hope so.

I THINK KIFFANY IS A REAPER.

3. AAAAAAAND BEHIND THE CUT, SOME COCKTAILS FROM THE 1940'S. )

4. BLEAUGH.

5. Lame pics of my kid. )

So. There it is.
amand_r: (WATCH FOR CAMELS)
I ONCE GOT BUSY IN A BURGER KING BATHROOM.



It's true. I listen to this every Wednesday.

BEST. SONG. EVER.

And for you more artsy people, have a montage of sort of naked people to a French love song.

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