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Over the Fourth of July weekend, I made sauteed mushrooms. All by myself. I even sliced the mushrooms on my own.
My prior cooking experience has been limited to baking and instant pasta. But lo! I have made an actual proper dish that people can actually eat!
I feel so competent. :D
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That said, I didn't get much accomplished, in that none of the various fic projects I set out to complete are finished. Some of them are close, though - the Ben/Polly kinkmeme thing is almost done, save for a few sections where I need to adjust my Cockney, and the Lucy/Brig fic has almost been edited enough to put up on t'Teaspoon.
Related topic: Would anyone be willing to beta the Three/Jo kinkmeme thing once its done? Yes, yes, I realize that having a beta defeats the whole purpose of the kinkmeme, but I have some specific concerns re: whether the dream imagery I use for the Doctor is too human. Besides, I'd appreciate it if someone could let me know whether or not I'm failing at sex scenes (never really written a proper one, you see). Also, I'm probably not going to put this one on the meme itself, as I suspect I missed the point of the prompt (it's a kinkmeme, not a weird-ass psychosexual thingermajob meme), but I rather like it on its own and could probably own up to it enough to post it proper.
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Have I mentioned that I love Science Centers? We visited one over the weekend, and even though they're meant for people about half my age I love them still. They help me to re-learn stuff I've forgotten, like how an engine works, while simultaneously making me look smart because I know how to distinguish between a plant and animal cell. Not to mention they're inevitably all hands-on and exciting and let you pull levers and push buttons and mess with stuff. And this one had an exhibit on the Segway. I got to drive one and everything.
Segways are really quite fun to drive; once you get used to the lean-forward/pull-back control scheme, it's intuitive and simple, almost instinctive. And they're efficient, too. Shame they never really caught on.
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One of the things I really missed while we were on vacation? Like, more than the internet? Diet Mountain Dew. Diet Coke and its ilk are just not the same.
My prior cooking experience has been limited to baking and instant pasta. But lo! I have made an actual proper dish that people can actually eat!
I feel so competent. :D
---
That said, I didn't get much accomplished, in that none of the various fic projects I set out to complete are finished. Some of them are close, though - the Ben/Polly kinkmeme thing is almost done, save for a few sections where I need to adjust my Cockney, and the Lucy/Brig fic has almost been edited enough to put up on t'Teaspoon.
Related topic: Would anyone be willing to beta the Three/Jo kinkmeme thing once its done? Yes, yes, I realize that having a beta defeats the whole purpose of the kinkmeme, but I have some specific concerns re: whether the dream imagery I use for the Doctor is too human. Besides, I'd appreciate it if someone could let me know whether or not I'm failing at sex scenes (never really written a proper one, you see). Also, I'm probably not going to put this one on the meme itself, as I suspect I missed the point of the prompt (it's a kinkmeme, not a weird-ass psychosexual thingermajob meme), but I rather like it on its own and could probably own up to it enough to post it proper.
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Have I mentioned that I love Science Centers? We visited one over the weekend, and even though they're meant for people about half my age I love them still. They help me to re-learn stuff I've forgotten, like how an engine works, while simultaneously making me look smart because I know how to distinguish between a plant and animal cell. Not to mention they're inevitably all hands-on and exciting and let you pull levers and push buttons and mess with stuff. And this one had an exhibit on the Segway. I got to drive one and everything.
Segways are really quite fun to drive; once you get used to the lean-forward/pull-back control scheme, it's intuitive and simple, almost instinctive. And they're efficient, too. Shame they never really caught on.
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One of the things I really missed while we were on vacation? Like, more than the internet? Diet Mountain Dew. Diet Coke and its ilk are just not the same.
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