I noticed at the market yesterday that there was granulated maple sugar in the alternative sweeteners section. Too pricey for my current budget, but oh my, that would be nice to sprinkle on breakfast cereal and stuff....

This is why I can't do art. Because I have no talent and I overthink.

Well, number 1 is more the reason than number 2.

Lately, I've been making a ton of food from Smitten Kitchen. I don't have the cookbook, but I love her blog. I love that she has a tiny kitchen and makes delicious, sometimes fussy, but always tasty food. Yesterday we had the brisket which, oh my god, I adore.

Anyhow, I think you'd like the smitten kitchen recipes, ita, as they go light on the sweet.

Aims,

I'm sorry, what a terrible accident.

I've never really heard of this blog which I can't help reading as Smitten Kitten. But I will go investigate.

A trend I'm finding with some tumblr artists (that's all I can speak about) is that they livestream their work. They chat amiably to an amassed internet audience while they whip up their latest masterpiece in Photoshop or whatever is their tool of choice.

FUCK ME. Even if there were a way to project my 12th centure technology, you don't need to see that! You can play with the baby without watching the episiotomy.

That degree of surety boggles me. No one gets to watch me create anything (::hugs singlehood tightly if a bit lonelily::).

I need to make a roulade so I have something for lunch tomorrow (and perhaps the rest of the week). This'll be my first one, so I hope it is (a) not too difficult, (b) tastes pretty good and (c) freezes okay because the plan is to make 8 servings and have lunches already made for a while.

Smitten Kitchen recipes are generally awesome.

Clearly I need to go investigate Smitten Kitchen.

It calls for two cups of sugar (1 white, 1 brown). That's nuts (don't--just don't)!

How many cookies does it make. My chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for two cups of sugar, but makes close to 5 dozen cookies.

The only time I tried a smitten kitchen recipe I found it terribly bland, so I kind of wrote her off.

I have been asked by two different people in the last two days to be a guarantor for their passport. I wanted to go for a long walk this afternoon but instead I waited for the passport office to call me back. Finally I ended up calling them back but it took three calls to get the person to answer her phone. But friend is guaranteed now, and I can stop stressing about missing the call.

Also, I seem to have lost my baking mojo. The last batch of chocolate chip cookies I threw out because they tasted wrong. This batch tastes great, but they flattened like little pancakes and have attached on the pan. I am trying to make them for someone I don't really know...so it would be nice if they resembled a half-decent cookie.

Oh PMS where everything is horrible and goes horribly.

I have been exploring Smitten Kitchen

I need to make these [link]