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Note to self: You might want to actually sleep more
So I'm beginning to wonder what the effects of weird sleep patterns are - I haven't been this sleep deprived since NCSSM, I think...
First, before 12th night, I spent a few nights up late making biscotti and gingerbread. Then there was 12th night (which was fabulous, of course, but not exactly restful), which I arrived home from and promptly wasn't able to sleep. (I blame the large amounts of coffee I was drinking in a short-sighted attempt to not doom Nick to driving 5 hours while listening to me snore). Somehow I never quite caught up this week, then there was the party on Fri night (happy birthday again![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zihuatanejo) at which much champagne was consumed and little sleep was had, and then there was the 13th night party-ish thing on Sat, which was a blast, much good food and we got to break out the game collection (Trivial Pursuit, Apples to Apples, Illuminati and the Achilles' Heel, Settlers of Cataan).
SoC, however, is evil. Somehow (and don't ask me how this happened), I found myself stumbling to bed at 5 in the morning, not to wake up until noon, at which point I decided to make cinnamon rolls. (Found a nifty recipe for those, in fact, based on biscuit dough rather than yeast dough, which goes flour->table in under an hour - the texture's a bit different than one). Next thing I knew, it was 3 o'clock, which was somewhat unfortunate since we were supposed to go down to Fuquay for the Baronial meeting. ::sigh::
At least I got a bit done on the Research Paper of Doom. Though - for fellow medieval foodies out there - if you've been pondering picking up Dangerous Tastes by Andrew Dalby, prepare to be frustrated. There's a lot if nifty info in there, but unfortunately it's obscured by a WEIRD organization (by spice's place of origin) and an overly broad focus (800BC->1800 or so, including both eastern and western hemispheres). I probably would have enjoyed it more as a "thing to read" than a research text, but still...
Guilty Pleasures Meme:
as tagged by/fromfenrir1323
The Rules:
Ground Rules: The first player of this "game" starts with
the topic "5 Guilty Pleasures" and people who get tagged need to write
an LJ entry about their 5 Guilty Pleasures as well as state this rule
clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged
and list their names.
My Guilty Pleasures
1. Bed - I am inordinately fond of my bed, it has a down comforter and pillows, and a featherbed, all on top of a pillow-top mattress. While it's a bit too small (only a full size), it's VERY hard to convince me to leave it.
2. Southern food - ie biscuits and gravy, biscuits and chicken, biscuits and... ok, yeah.
3. Lush. It's obscenely overpriced, but damn this stuff smells good. And it's the only thing I know of that can tame my hair.
4. Silly computer games. Yes, I play WoW and such, but that's not what I'm talking about - every so often I'll get in a "let's be brainless and play games on Popcap" mood. It's not quite playing Solitaire, but close.
5. Various forms of alcohol. Nick and I collect cordials the way some people collect... well, I don't know how to finish that, but I do know we have a ridiculous bar.
First, before 12th night, I spent a few nights up late making biscotti and gingerbread. Then there was 12th night (which was fabulous, of course, but not exactly restful), which I arrived home from and promptly wasn't able to sleep. (I blame the large amounts of coffee I was drinking in a short-sighted attempt to not doom Nick to driving 5 hours while listening to me snore). Somehow I never quite caught up this week, then there was the party on Fri night (happy birthday again
zihuatanejo) at which much champagne was consumed and little sleep was had, and then there was the 13th night party-ish thing on Sat, which was a blast, much good food and we got to break out the game collection (Trivial Pursuit, Apples to Apples, Illuminati and the Achilles' Heel, Settlers of Cataan). SoC, however, is evil. Somehow (and don't ask me how this happened), I found myself stumbling to bed at 5 in the morning, not to wake up until noon, at which point I decided to make cinnamon rolls. (Found a nifty recipe for those, in fact, based on biscuit dough rather than yeast dough, which goes flour->table in under an hour - the texture's a bit different than one). Next thing I knew, it was 3 o'clock, which was somewhat unfortunate since we were supposed to go down to Fuquay for the Baronial meeting. ::sigh::
At least I got a bit done on the Research Paper of Doom. Though - for fellow medieval foodies out there - if you've been pondering picking up Dangerous Tastes by Andrew Dalby, prepare to be frustrated. There's a lot if nifty info in there, but unfortunately it's obscured by a WEIRD organization (by spice's place of origin) and an overly broad focus (800BC->1800 or so, including both eastern and western hemispheres). I probably would have enjoyed it more as a "thing to read" than a research text, but still...
Guilty Pleasures Meme:
as tagged by/from
fenrir1323The Rules:
Ground Rules: The first player of this "game" starts with
the topic "5 Guilty Pleasures" and people who get tagged need to write
an LJ entry about their 5 Guilty Pleasures as well as state this rule
clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged
and list their names.
My Guilty Pleasures
1. Bed - I am inordinately fond of my bed, it has a down comforter and pillows, and a featherbed, all on top of a pillow-top mattress. While it's a bit too small (only a full size), it's VERY hard to convince me to leave it.
2. Southern food - ie biscuits and gravy, biscuits and chicken, biscuits and... ok, yeah.
3. Lush. It's obscenely overpriced, but damn this stuff smells good. And it's the only thing I know of that can tame my hair.
4. Silly computer games. Yes, I play WoW and such, but that's not what I'm talking about - every so often I'll get in a "let's be brainless and play games on Popcap" mood. It's not quite playing Solitaire, but close.
5. Various forms of alcohol. Nick and I collect cordials the way some people collect... well, I don't know how to finish that, but I do know we have a ridiculous bar.
Popcap games
Re: Popcap games
True evil requires a computer:
Stand-Alone Client I've not had occasion to try
Sleep deprivation not a good thing...
As a whole, I don't recommend it. On the other hand, I had great fun discussing food and alcohol !
By the way, one of my co-workers is Canadian; next time she goes home, I can ask her to do some shopping for you :)
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