List, Mostly

[ase]

It's 9 PM on a weekday night. I don't have to go to work tomorrow (yay!). And yet, I am bored. Therefore, itemized stream of bullet points, assembled while browsing the internet:

1.) Cookie recipes with ginger, or peppermint (or candy canes), or chocolate. (All three at much sounds a bit extreme.) Bonus points for milk and butter substitutions.

2.) I'm bored with my white walls. What should I put on them? I'm thinking colorful (something like this, or something strangely similar to my desktop wallpaper) is good.
2a.) Possibly I'll cut up several old calendars and see if collage is one of my talents.
2b.) Also I may have adventures with trying to frame and matte memorabilia.

3.) I'm going to start rereading Cyteen any day now, honest, but first I think I'm finishing my nonfiction of the month because there is no good in reading two depressing books at the same time. (By the laws of inverses, it will also remain freaking cold until I finish my desert reading.) So far, the nonfiction is a story of what happens when ordinary people tackle an extraordinary job while severely underfunded and they have no plan. I'm really glad I had a "limiting liability" policy for September 2001 - November 2008, or else I would have done something stupid like join Code Pink and chain myself to the White House fence. The boundary between activism and outright insanity shifts depending on the light from above; lately it's been trickier than I'd like.

4.) Oh joy, ice forecast for tonight. I am super glad I took tomorrow off.

Comments

[limnrix.livejournal.com]

2. I'll sell you a painting for cheap.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5066657
http://www.bruesselbach.com/?load=archive

Also, maps are good!

[ase.livejournal.com]

I'm weirdly creeped out by portraits on my walls, but I'll keep the still life pictures in mind. (Because, you know, I need more stuff I can't foist off on soon-to-be-ex roommates when I move into grad school housing.)

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Are you looking for recipes?

[ase.livejournal.com]

Isn't that what I said?

[mmegaera.livejournal.com]

Well, it's what you hinted at. I wasn't quite sure if the bullet list was a direct request.

Anyway.

Joe Froggers

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup dark molasses
1/2 cup water
4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground allspice
Sugar

Mix 1 cup sugar, the shortening, molasses, and water in a three-quart bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except the rest of the sugar. Cover and refrigerate at least two hours.

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Roll dough 1/4" thick on floured board. Cut into 3" circles, sprinkle with sugar. Bake 10-12 minutes.

Happy Holidays.

[hedda62.livejournal.com]

I always make Mollie Katzen's chocolate-chocolate chip-peppermint cookies - recipe here (http://qctester.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/best-recipe-mint-and-chocolate-chip-cookies/) - with the addition of one or two crushed candy canes. Extra-dark cocoa is a nice addition, too.

[ase.livejournal.com]

They sound really good - thanks for the link!