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VICTORIES IN COOKING

mwhahahahahaha I sucessfully made this olive oil rosemary cake for lunch!



I halved the recipe, because I finally found a tin in the house small enough to fit in the toaster oven. I was worried about our rosemary being stale, so I crushed it in a napkin, hoping that breakage might possibly release more flavor. When measuring the vanilla extract, I accidentally spilled some into the batter, so I had to judge how much extract I had to pour back from the measuring spoon.

But it turned out fine and yummy!

Some tasting instinct told me to put boiled peanuts and apple chunks on the side. They became good watery things to nom while the slices of cake cooled (they were pretty hot) and to rest the tastebuds before another slice.

Afterwards, I had mango juice to drink. We got a giant pack on sale a few days ago, yay.

Also on sale: this pretty top at Banana Republic. $10.99 each when I got them! And this weekend in the store, the salespeople walk around giving discount flyers, so I got 25% off too. I got this one and a white one. My mom wanted me to get a purplish blue one as well, but they didn't have my size.

The conspiracy against size 4s is still strong, though. There were cool pants I considered getting that would be fine for Work 2 (where I have to look professional), but they had every size EXCEPT 4. It's really frustrating when you see 0,2,3,5,6,8-14 but no 4. So many times. So many places. But hey, it saves me money on the things I can't find my size for.
At least I haven't grown much since I turned twelve...ten years ago, so many of my older clothes have lasted a long time until they wore out. I still have one pair of shoes from when I was nine! uhh...my shoe size ranges from 4-5 American, sometimes 6 depending on the shoe.
handy international shoe conversion chart
Yeah. It can be really hard to find things.


In conclusion: fun geeky link via meiou_set: How to Be Heian.
Heian Japanese culture is super interesting. I like how specific they can be in describing aesthetics and emotion, even with slim vocabularies. awesome.

Even though I like much of the literature and culture, I'm far from ~embodying the Heian spirit~ Especially since I like excercise. So much so that I get up at 4:45 AM so I can exercise before 6 AM work. but hey, I do it as anti-stress.
Exercise is pretty much decadent in my family. So I guess it counts.

me is dead from school supplies/clothes shopping.
Monday to Thursday aaagh
I really need to work on that URAP app

Thank goodness for excess scholarship money.

On Tueday, I bought four music CDs. See, my brother wanted to buy the video game Bioshock (aah such a pretty Art Deco design, aack the scary Little Sisters). We went to Circuit City first, but the store ran out. In the time it took for him to find that out, I was able to find a two-pack of Muse CDs (Showbiz and Absolution) for $16.99. I didn't even know you could even get Showbiz in the US without paying crazy import prices. But the pack box said Warner Music Australia...I wonder how it ended up in Circuit City, especially since I found their general CD selection lacking...

So we went to Best Buy, carrying the Circuit City flyer that shall bring price-match savings. I so wanted to go to Best Buy this week because M.I.A's Kala and Mark Ronson's Version were on sale, $7.99 each (and Best Buy has an exclusive remix of "Bird Flu" that's pretty cool). So my brother got his game, and I got my music. Aack spending spree. But hey look, I actually buy some of my music! I don't think I'll be buying another CD for a while, though...heh...unless they put White Rabbits on sale...or I stumble upon another 99-cent single...
But what's with me buying all these British artists whose names start with "M?"

Yesterday I found these awesome crossword-design Converses. But all the sizes were too big. Today I found a similar design in Vans. Only the black-white-pink ones fit me; the simply black-white ones were, yet again, too big.
My gosh. HAS MY SIZE BEEN ZAPPED FROM EVERY STORE IN THE UNIVERSE! Seriously, I can find most things one size bigger (some shirts, most pants, skirts I actually like, almost all shoes, and even today the underwear) and sometimes a size smaller (the other pants, the other shoes) but my size in American female terms - 4 for pants/skirts, S or M for shirts, 4-5 1/2 for shoes - is either rare -just one left! aaggh it's ripped- or not there. It's not just one store. It's a conspiracy.

I think I'll go organize my linkspam and do that URAP app and keep reading The Devil in the White City did you know that Meg White like that book yes she does speak sometimes she's just shy it's not Jack White being mean. Have a nice life, everyone.