when i'm up you're coming down
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003 @ 2:43 p.m.
I miss “Buffy”. It would have premiered tonight, if it hadn’t gone off the air.Last time I was visiting the ‘rents, I was watching an old episode on FX when Phil came into the room and sat down. On the television, Giles knocked on the door and Joyce answered and he asked if he could come in.
Phil: He’s a vampire, right?
Me: Dude, he’s walking around in broad daylight.
Phil: But he asked permission to come in!
Me: Oh, he’s just British. He’s not a vampire, though.
Sigh. I miss Giles. Yes, I know I’m a dork.
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003 @ 12:04 p.m.
From ABC News:His inspiration springs from an unlikely source — origami.
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003 @ 10:17 a.m.
mood:
hungryToday is the first day of fall, so today’s recipe will be for spice cake. I love to bake when the weather gets cold, and nutmeg and cinnamon are redolent of autumn to me. I have been making this cake since junior high, I don’t even remember where I got the recipe anymore.
Marble Spice Cake
Ingredients
3 3/4 cups cake flour
3 tsps. baking powder
16 tbs. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
3 large eggs, at room temperature
3/4 cup milk
3 tbs. unsulphured molasses
1 1/2 tsps. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
Directions
1. Stir flour and baking powder together well.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat the butter until soft and light. Gradually beat in the sugar and salt and continue beating about 5 minutes until very light. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, continuing to beat until the mixture is smooth and fluffy.
3. Sift half the cake flour mixture over the butter mixture, then stir it in. Stir in the milk thoroughly, scraping the side of the bowl, then sift over and stir in remaining cake flour mixture. Beat the batter for a few seconds to ensure that everything is thoroughly incorporated.
4. Divide the batter in half and stir the molasses and spices thoroughly into 1 half.
5. Spoon alternating tablespoons of the two batters into a buttered and lightly floured 12-cup Bundt pan. Use the point of a table knife to run a zig-zag through the batters to marble them.
6. Bake 45 to 50 minutes on the center rack at 350 degrees.
I like to dust the top with confectioner’s sugar and serve while it is still warm, but do let it cool for a few minutes before you take it out of the pan. This cake is wonderful served with a well-made cup of coffee.
Now I'm hungry!
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2003 @ 8:49 a.m.
june vs. hordes of ants: day 2I think I can say with confidence: Do not waste your money on Raid ant baits because they DO NOT WORK FOR SHIT. I put 4 of those things out last night as soon as I got home, right in the path of the ant trail. I woke up this morning to find easily twice as many ants, all of them going around the baits.
*fume*
I knew I should have gotten Grant’s Ant Stakes. Stupid Rite Aid didn’t have any.
That’s it. Crazy home-grown guerilla warfare is declared. Step 1: Seal off the electrical outlet with duct tape! (I never use it anyway.) Watch the ants panic as they realize their escape route is cut off! Step 2: Find something that will kill them without poisoning me and Junebug in the process! I think I read somewhere alcohol will do it. Douse an old sponge with Skyy vodka and obliterate the trail of ants! Step 3: Throw out the garbage, which the ants have discovered!
Détente? Never! I guess I’ll see when I get home if they have been effectively neutralized, or if this war will need to be stepped up a notch. Don’t make me go nuclear on your asses, ants! Get the fuck out of Dodge while you still can!!