storied

I've logged probably close to four hours of calls in the past twelve hours on my phone, ranging from the serious to the absurd to just plain strange. Rach put a bunny in my brain. Which is completely her genesis here, but maybe if she doesn't have so much time to deal with that I'll run off with it. I need to sit down and spend some serious time working on that idea, because I think it could be really well done. Aaaaaaa, plot bunny of doom. There are some kinks to work out (haha, double entendre!) and I'm trying to decide if what seems like the really obvious choices are only obvious to me or not.

I need to go to the book store. I need to be doing things. My brain feels like it has been switched back on after a reboot.

I made a pie crust this morning out of Oreos and an entire stick of butter. I probably didn't need to use that much butter but oh well! I need to go work on that filling.

chocolate cream pie

I am so cool. The cream came together almost textbook perfect. I was so pleased. One moment I was whicking a frothy sort of mix, the next I was swirling thick cream. Though this is not something I should do on my own! The cream has to be strained to get out any egg or cornstarch lumps, and fortunately we have some nice wire mesh sieves. But I had no way to hold it over the bowl and pour at the same time! I so I hooked the handle of the sieve into the knob of my mixer, so the handle would be steady and supported by the edge of the mixing bowl. I managed to scrape my cream down into the sieve and keep it from flying everywhere but sheesh. Next time I need an assistant or a more stable rig.

The chocolate also melted well, and I got everything blended. It's cooling off now, before I put it in my cookie crust. Mmm, then in several hours there will be chocolate cream pie! I used this recipe. The only changes I made were to use 2 cups whole milk and 1 cup heavy cream in my mix, and to use all bittersweet chocolate. It seems to be working out dandy so far. I am inordinately pleased with myself.

new AC article!

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/40743/torani_syrups_adding_extra_flavor_to.html
Fluffy article on flavored syrup. Read it just for the recipes. Whee. You can also set up an RSS feed to catch articles from the site, which is neat.

Did I mention I spent my AC money on soap? Bwahaha.

I'm turning my hair black. This is so fabulous. Life is good.

Harry Potter

I think I loaned my copies of Book 5 and Book 6 to someone because they are not here. This is me, wondering who the hell has my books. I watched Goblet of Fire today, and now I truly want to read it again.

This is me also being really sad that my favorite Japanese fan art site seems to have vanished. Tell me someone out there saved the image of Snape with kitty ears?