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Emii's birthday picnic was today, and since she mentioned cookies the other night, I decided to try out Alton Brown's The Chewy. It certainly lives up to the hype... wow! Oh, btw, I used an 1/8 cup measure as I had no idea what a '#20 disher' was, and it seemed about the right size judging by what other people had suggested (thanks

bakex3faq!), and it worked out great, yielding almost exactly the predicted number of cookies.

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Tags: birthdays, bogganing, food, photo
Current Location: Aberystwyth
i feel: sleepy
groovin' on: The Legionnaire's Lament - The Decembrists

I tried Lannie's recipe today for Rose's birthday, and it turned out great! I used strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and blueberries. I also made it in a smaller, springform pan so I reduced the recipe a bit. It was devoured and raved over. Nyom!

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Tags: aberystwyth, birthdays, bogganing, food, photo
Current Location: Aberystwyth
i feel: full

Well, my Ian's birthday party is today, and he requested, months ago, a lemon flavoured cake with a Lovecraftian theme. So lemon=yellow=Hastur for those in the nerd-know like myself... :V I used the recipe for New Starlight Cake (same as in this post), using lemon extract instead of vanilla, and with about 1/8th cup lemon juice substituted for so much milk, and filled the 4 layers (2 rounds sliced in half) with alternating lemon curd and lemon neo-classic buttercream. The covering and decorations are all made from golden marzipan, which he adores, so I piled it on.

So, here we go... The stars are right!

( Hastur, Hastur, Hastur! )

Tags: birthdays, bogganing, food, geekery, photo
Current Location: Aberystwyth
i feel: accomplished
groovin' on: Steeleye Span - You will Burn

It's my Lannie's birthday! I have known her as long as she's been alive, and she is the awesomest girl there is... She knows me better than I know myself and is always there to give me advice/kind words/a kick in the ass (delete as appropriate). Today is a special day and I hope she gets some cake and sees at least one cute puppy! Everyone should go to

elanya and tell her she is beautiful! :)

Tags: birthdays
Current Location: Aberystwyth
i feel: loooooooove!

I hope you have a great one! :) I sent you a present; it should get there any time now. I hope you like it!

EDIT: I just stumbled across something else online that was too cool not to get, so I bought one for you and Heather... Bonus for you! :V

Tags: birthdays
Current Location: Aberystwyth
i feel: awake

Today was a good day... We got to go to the BEE FARM! Huzzah! For those of you not on Facebook, you can see some snaps here. Today was also Pete's birthday, so we went out to Telford and watched Shoot 'Em Up, which was immensely entertaining. We wanted to go skating as well, but were thwarted by stupid hockey. I hope we can go some other time, though...

I am very tired now and my stomach is going a bit nuts from all the pop I've had today... But BEES!

Tags: bees, birthdays
Current Location: Aberystwyth
i feel: thankful

I had a most excellent birthday season... Thank you to absolutely everyone who made my oldening so special, and relatively painless. :V

A quick rundown:

On my last day in the Miramichi, Tuesday, I baked a cake for my Dad (and me, I guess), whose birthday was this Thursday... He is older than ME, if you can believe it!! We went out for dinner at a nice place in downtown Newcastle, and then ate most of it. :V On Wednesday my grandmother gave me lobster... mmmm. :D On Thursday I got back to Toronto and didn't do much except get my hair cut.

Friday, I went to Cobourg to visit

curtana and

forthright, and see Arthur one more time before I leave the country. I wonder if he'll remember me at all the next time I see him! There are some cute pictures at the end of this album. I didn't put the naked ones up. :V

On Saturday festivities began in earnest... I met up with

xypharan,

forthright,

curtana, Ace,

amaena and

rumplefurskin for breakfast at Richtree, and we headed out to Wonderland, where many of us got burned, and some of us tried to get killed falling from ridiculous distances! Roller coasters are still scary. D: After Wonderland... Hooters! :V It was a bit slow, but you don't exactly go there for the service. There we were joined by Byron, Matt and Kate, and later Susan (Rob's SO). After a bit of hotel check-in fiasco (for some reason they had me not only reserved but also CHECKED IN at the Delta Fredericton O_o), there was more pubage and chatting and then, crash. :V

Sunday I did Richtree again with Byron and Matt, then met up with Kate for shopping, and then... MEDIEVAL TIMES. Unfortunately Ace had already headed back and Julie and Steve were in Cobourg with Arthur, but the rest of us got our paper crowns on and had a blast. I will have you know I am now a lady of the realm and I can create armies, so you best all step correct! We got our pictures taken with the King and drank expensive drinks... Rob drank at least a gallon of beer, proving that it is far easier to guzzle than milk... MT was AWESOME!! It was very packed and our section had a ton of energy.... Sadly our knight got killed, though. ;_;

To wind down we all came back to Rob's and there was more drinking and chatting and flashing of boobs (not mine :V) before Matt, Kate and Byron left... Good times. Unfortunately A had a bit of an issue this morning with an D: infection but I think she is mostly OK now.

I have some pictures of the weekend up on facebook here... Check it out!

Tags: birthdays, friends, fun, life, photo, toronto
i feel: tired

Rob is getting me a tattoo for my birthday. What I want is this:

The question is... where? And how big? I don't want to put it anywhere stretchy. I already have a tattoo on the back of my neck, and one (of a bee) on the inside of my right ankle. I am getting the Elder Sign on the back of my left shoulder next week.

Desperately seeking suggestions!

Tags: bees, birthdays, bogganing, eeee!, help!, tattoos
i feel: hungry
groovin' on: Leonard Cohen - I Can't Forget

Happy birthday to my favourite lady, my best friend since olden times, my best girl... the Lanniest!!

You make my life better every day... I can always count on you to listen and lend advice I need to hear, even if it takes a while to get through my head. I know I can share anything with you, and I love doing it. I can't even imagine what my life would be like without you. Thanks for being born!

Have an awesome day. Don't get too drunk. Again :V

<3

Tags: birthdays
i feel: love!
groovin' on: Dead Can Dance - Don't Fade Away