Behold my Dorkitude

[sakon76]

Okay, Transformers Animated, having been given the benefit of the doubt up until this point, has pleasantly been decreed by both myself and hoshikage to be "actually watchable." It's amusing to call the shades of influence in it... G1, of course (actual footage!), Beast Wars (the Great War as history theme, and Blackarachnia), and the '07 movie (too many points to list/name). Also (unsurprisingly), Teen Titans. (Bumblebee SOOOO is Beast Boy.) So I'll be downloading the first episode tonight and playing with the new satellite system to see if we can actually watch episode two tomorrow. I think it airs Saturdays, anyway...? None of the characters are their originals, of course, and Ninja!Prowl is still making me twitch, but I think I can live with it overall. Sari surprised me. Hooray for likeable token human!

Dinner last night was tacos (yum!), and tonight will be French Onion Soup. Yes, from scratch. I also made pumpkin muffins last night, which seemed to go over quite well. (Must post recipe for sandpanther.) Wonderful Husband doesn't like the apple pie recipe quite as well as the old one, so I'm going to have to compare them and figure out what's making him ping. I'm guessing it's something to do with the new one having more spices, so I will have to play around with that.

Am proceeding apace on the current embroidery project; probably will finish the fourth flower sometime tomorrow. Four of my pepper plants from last year (one jalepeno, three habenero), having ceased fruiting, got pulled up and taken to the skip by Wonderful Husband, who also dried dishes as I washed them. Couple that with the vacuuming downstairs, and I might be starting to turn the tide on the battle of me vs. housework.... Or at least I can hope. Have also finally started going through my old issues of Gourmet and Bon Appetit, culling out recipes I'd like to try, so that I can get rid of the issues themselves. Am remembering anew why I finally stopped subscribing; their target audience is someone with a lot more money than me, and a different lifestyle....

Comments

[okami-myrrhibis.livejournal.com]

Gods - you tire me out just reading your entries!!

For housework - I found that www.flylady.net is a great resource for having a plan that doesn't make you want to run screaming in terror.

When can we hope to see more TT or HBFS? :) *gets down on her knees for more HBFS*

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

*grin* You see, I am still minorly jetlagged from my week in England. However, I am jetlagged in the correct way (unlike my poor Wonderful Husband) and the correct direction. Which means that I'm waking up at 6:30 (alarm is set for 7), and since I don't have to leave for work until 8:45, I have over two hours to clean and plot and stuff.

Unfortunately, I've not been doing much writing, mainly because I have hoshikage visiting this week, so I want to spend time with her, and because she's sleeping in the workroom, where my computer is, so I can't spend mornings (while she's still asleep) typing.... Expect me to take up writing again next week.

[toothycat]

You're doing it again XD

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Hai~! :)

[hoshikage.livejournal.com]

PUMPKIN MUFFINS OM NOM NOM NOM.

It will be a real struggle to make sure they aren't all gone before you get home. I have decided that having a best friend who is fond of baking is a Very Dangerous Thing. :P

(On the bright side, I will have fic to trade for them tonight...)

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

I consider this a good trade.

And, y'know, it's not like I have another half a can of pumpkin sitting in the fridge or anything, ready to be made into another batch...

apple pie. . .

[capn-igor.livejournal.com]

You must remember, I AM the ultimate authority on how good an apple pie is!!

irie,
--papasan

Re: apple pie. . .

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

So come over and have a piece. I even made up whipped cream to go on it.

[sandpanther.livejournal.com]

And recipe for French Onion Soup, onegaishimasu! I've been failing to find a recipe that comes up to the standard I had hoped.

huh?

[gundamangel.livejournal.com]

Transformers Animated? What the heck is that?

Re: huh?

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

It's the new cartoon series of Transformers. Information is here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_Animated). It's had a (theoretically) 90-minute movie as well as two episodes aired so far. I've downloaded the movie and first episode from Mininova (http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=transformers). The show is growing on me....

Re: huh?

[gundamangel.livejournal.com]

*looks at show* Huh, ya know, there are times when I hate living in Germany. 'cause I won't get that show. And the whole Ninja-Prowl....I don't know, I keep thinking Jazz will come out of nowhere and be even more ninja-ish than Ninja-Prowl and it get on Ninja-Prowl's nerves. *shrugs*