"The Sisterhood Award is an award from bloggers to bloggers in recognition of a blog spot which shows attitude and/or gratitude."
As anticipated, I did not run today. In fact, I didn't do much of anything interesting today except see everyone in the French department, now that we're all reluctantly back after break.
In lieu of any exciting tales to recount/narcissistic photos to post, I will share some excerpts from my back-and-forth wall posts with Roommate Tina, beginning with a discussion of her speedy 10K time (46:49):
Me: You are seriously fast, woman! I'm seriously jealous/extremely proud of you! If you come to Illinois, I'll reward you with some sweet spooning!
Roommate Tina: mica, don't even tease me like that. i will run all the way to illinois if you promise me some of that sweet spooning...you got your mixer!!! did you request the artisan or the pro? if you got the pro, i'd really like to know how it is. i'm considering an upgrade. tell me about all the delicious things you make with it, especially if they are peanut butter love monkey cupcakes. [We've decided this will be our signature cupcake when we quit our current positions and open "Asian Girls' Cupcakes" bakery.]
Me: I'm going to open it on Thursday and try to use it at least once this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes. Better yet, you should run to Illinois and try it out for yourself. (Bring your Artisan, and we can have a mixer playdate.) After we're done comparing, we can spoon and feed each other PB love monkey cupcakes. Ahhhh.
Roommate Tina: okay i'm going to go put on my shoes and run over to illinois cradling my kitchenaid in my arms. actually, that would be really hard to do. i wonder if anyone has tried that before?
Finally, I'm considering making some kind of baked good to bring to the culture seminar on Thursday. I won't be attempting to figure out my mixer tomorrow, so ideally, it will be something simple and not too time-consuming. Any suggestions? [Dan, Second-String Dan, Rebecca, Liz: Any requests?] It should probably be noted that the professor is a European who prides himself on never having eaten macaroni and cheese...and who probably thinks I'm a culture-illiterate doofus.
19 comments:
make him a whipped shortbread cookie. it literally melts in your mouth and is so easy peasy with the artisan mixer (just turn it on and ignore it).
Tacos or hot-dogs.
It's my very first upper division French course (French 102). :( The official title of the class is "Reading and Writing Skills in French" so we just read and write craploads (as opposed to the French courses I'd taken before, where the grammar-learning component of the class was really dominant). I wrote many an unconvincing sentence last night (er, and this morning) comparing sonnet by Ronsard with a poem by Baudelaire and it was a beautiful disaster, if I do say so myself.
What about making/taking palmiers? You get a pretty sophisticated product for only two ingredients (puff pastry + white sugar). If you have time to hit the grocery store real fast and buy some packaged puff pastry, it's a cinch. :) [And buttery, crunchy, caramelly goodness will await you (and the snobby European prof).]
Eh.. should tell your professor that macaroni and cheese is one of the best food on this earth!!! :D
happy birthday!!!!
You should make profitroles. They're actually pretty easy - stir some flour with eggs and butter and you get this eggy mass of dough. Then you can just bake them and maybe fill them with American boxed pudding. Classy.
love the award, especially given my downer of a post. I don't have any blog readers besides you, so I'm not quite sure who to pass it along to. that's what you're supposed to do, right?
THANKS for the award and for brightening my day!!! : )
Hope you have a WONDERFUL day ; )
when is your birthday? I'm jealous of your new kitchen aid! definitely on my wish list, too! once you have it up and running, we should do a baked good exchange. :-)
you could always make a trifle (allrecipes.com), which is super easy but always impresses everyone. or does it have to be french?
drive your prof crazy by bringing him a good ol' american pie. or the quintessential american brownie. muhaha!
Make Haystack cookies!!!! By use the butterscotch chips instead of chocolate. Not only are they super easy they are sure to offend your professor's tastes. http://www.grouprecipes.com/17865/no-bake-haystack-cookies.html
Treats will be happily accepted tomorrow afternoon...
My blood sugar usually drops so low that when I go to teach at 5, I can barely see straight.
:o) Whatever it is, it will be yummy, I'm sure!
Can you make Twinkies with your mixer? How about Whoopie Pies?
You know how some people juggle through marathons? You and Roommate Tina should definitely consider running one together cradling your respective mixers!
You need to make something with your mixer and take pictures soon. You'll LOVE it.
enjoy your kitchenaid! those things are so sweet. i'm waiting for the pics of all the yumny things you make...
lol you two are hilarious :)
I needed to laugh today, I am glad I read your post..YOUR MY COMIC RELIEF and FRIEND!
oohh let's see that fantastic mixer in action
Hahaha you guys are soooo funny!
Hey, that award goes to me! Do I have attitude or gratitude? Probably depends on the topic =).
Can't wait to read about your love affair with your KitchenAid and see all the yummy treats it produces =).
I don't think anyone can ever complain about good old fashioned chocolate chip cookies...
"ungrateful shell of a person" hehe congrats on the award for your attitude AND gratitude girl! LOL I don't think anyone has ever run a long distance "cradling a kitchenaid" - awesome.
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