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1. I was talking about peanut butter cups with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
keenai yesterday, and I told her I'd post the recipe I use for peanut butter cup cookies in my next entry.
Peanut Butter Temptations
(makes approx. 48 cookies)
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Cream together all of the above.
Add:
1 egg
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 & 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Blend well. Roll dough into 1" balls. Bake in miniature muffin tins at 375 degrees (fahrenheit) for 8-10 minutes or until golden. Remove from oven. Press miniature peanut butter cups into the center of each cookie until only the top shows. Let cool a bit before removing from pan.
Here's an example of the finished product (after being removed from the mini-muffin tin):
They are so, so simple to make and SO FUCKING TASTY. Like, you take a bite & have to close your eyes all orgasmically just to savor it. Seriously.
2. Since I enjoy tedious, time-consuming projects, I've been going back through old entries & tagging any that included IM convos. I've made it to March, 2003! Heh. This will take forever. It's fun though. I used to post them on my LJ much more often than I do now. They're funny to reread years later.
While sifting through stuff, I've come across a LOT of surveys & memes, too (my favorite survey response? "What's your orientation?"/"I'm straight. So far." Ha HA. Way to leave yourself an out--pun intended--there, in denial!previous self). I thought it'd be fun to redo one now & see how different (or similar) the responses I get are. Considering four of the eight people who commented to it then are still regular commenters now (more than eight years later--I think that's sort of amazing), it should be interesting.
I _____ Rach.
Rach is _____.
If I were alone in a room with Rach, I would _____.
Rach needs _____.
I want to _____ Rach.
______ is my first memory of Rach.
Every time I see/hear ______, I am reminded of Rach.
I'd give _______ to Rach, if I had the chance.
Fill it out, amigas!
3. I haven't done this in a while, so
3 songs I'm listening to today:
This is such a pretty video. I love the lighting.
I've actually listened to quite a few more than that today, but I still feel limited to choosing only 3 because that's the pattern I've established. It took me a ridic amount of time to decide which three to post, once I'd decided I wanted to post any at all. My brain, folks. Heh.
4. Who else saw the Parenthood finale last night?
-I totally called that Julia would decide to adopt. Also that Christine would be the one who turned out to be pregnant.
-I really liked that they only had Jasmine go back to Crosby once it was completely HER choice, and he'd made it clear that he wasn't going to pressure her about it anymore & wanted her to be comfortable around him. That was proper. Everything between them in the episode made me like them more than I previously had, actually.
-I still love Julia & Joel (like, just an update, yo. Heh). They're just so hot & perfect & loverly together. Hee. For real though, joking aside, their relationship itself is just really nice--the outside packaging is simply icing on the cake. I liked how he didn't even respond when she asked him about adopting; he just smiled & kissed her. THEY'RE SO SWEET.
-The actress who plays Amber is so good. Her crying? SO GOOD. Lauren Graham's crying is great too, but that's not news to me.[/Gilmore Girls fan for years now]
-The scene with Amber & her grandpa at the junkyard was also well-done. Such an awww moment.
-The stuff with the play was a bit sugary, like ~oh, of course her first play would be amazeballs & get a standing ovation & huge laughs, even though the dialogue seems fairly mediocre~, but that's okay. It's clear that not *everything* works out for people on the show (like Amber with college), so at least they try to balance it out. I do like the point of the plotline--Sarah finding her passion & gaining self-confidence--so it's all good.
-The "let's help Max learn empathy" bit was iffy for me. For one because Adam was all, "Do you know what empathy is?" and then didn't actually give the correct definition. What he said fit the definition for considerate, not empathy.
Two, what about considering the feelings of your son by not making promises you can't keep? Here's the thing: if you tell him you're going to have pancakes at a certain time, and then you keep making him wait (in a confined space he doesn't want to be in, where he has no feeling of control, to boot), and you KNOW how upset it makes him when someone says one thing yet does something else/doesn't mean it, then you're not being considerate. And if you still can't identify with his emotions about the situation after? Then *you're* not empathizing.
I mean, yes, what Max said was hurtful, but I understood it. He was freaking out & being honest. At that moment, Amber was unconscious; it didn't matter if he was there on a logical level in the sense that she'd even be capable of caring. To him, it must've seemed that she was just sleeping in a bed nearby, being safely watched over by doctors, & they were all sitting around for no reason, particularly since his dad told him she'd be fine. It's obvious that no one explained to him ahead of time that her injury actually *was* on the verge of serious (this is a prime example of why I hate it when people lie to kids AND why I hate when people say someone will be fine if they don't know that), and that at that moment they were simply there to keep his aunt company & basically sit vigil over his cousin as required by social mores. Furthermore, he could've possibly prevented the tantrum by bringing activities for Max (of his own choosing, thus giving him some control/keeping him calm), and telling him on the way there that they'd eat pancakes at the hospital cafeteria instead of at home, and then actually doing it at the agreed-upon time. I can't imagine anyone would've protested if he'd been like, "Guys, we'll be back. Max and I are gonna go get something to eat" at the time he originally planned. It didn't have to become a big deal. When my grandpa had his heart attack, and when my mom had hers, we spent all day at the hospital, but people still left to eat. They didn't force everyone to sit in one room all day without leaving. It just seemed like forced drama to me.
At the very least, I just thought Adam should've apologized in that kitchen scene for making & then breaking his word (before telling Max to apologize for what he said), simply because he *knows* his son reacts differently to that type of thing than he would. I know to others something like that would seem trivial, but I TOTALLY get why Max had the reaction he did, personally.
That being said, I did like that Max apologized (on his own), and I mostly liked how he did it. I know his dad was just trying to help him show that he cares more, and not appear rude/hurtful (not to mention teach him what's considered appropriate in a situation like that--similar to telling a toddler to apologize for hitting, even if they don't really *get* why it's bad yet. You're sort of training them in a way. Not that Max is a toddler; I just mean it's what parents do), but ehhh. I don't know. Something about it just struck a nerve for me.
Plus it seemed a little heavyhanded too, which probably added to my scrunchyfaced reaction. It makes me think of the chicken fingers episode on Community where Abed's like, "Please don't do a Special Episode about me." Heh.
-Overall though, good finale. Except now I have nothing to watch on Tuesday nights, what with Southland also being on hiatus. WAH.
5. For my Vid of the Day, here's some funny snark:
keenai yesterday, and I told her I'd post the recipe I use for peanut butter cup cookies in my next entry. Peanut Butter Temptations
(makes approx. 48 cookies)
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
Cream together all of the above.
Add:
1 egg
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1 & 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Blend well. Roll dough into 1" balls. Bake in miniature muffin tins at 375 degrees (fahrenheit) for 8-10 minutes or until golden. Remove from oven. Press miniature peanut butter cups into the center of each cookie until only the top shows. Let cool a bit before removing from pan.
Here's an example of the finished product (after being removed from the mini-muffin tin):
They are so, so simple to make and SO FUCKING TASTY. Like, you take a bite & have to close your eyes all orgasmically just to savor it. Seriously.
2. Since I enjoy tedious, time-consuming projects, I've been going back through old entries & tagging any that included IM convos. I've made it to March, 2003! Heh. This will take forever. It's fun though. I used to post them on my LJ much more often than I do now. They're funny to reread years later.
While sifting through stuff, I've come across a LOT of surveys & memes, too (my favorite survey response? "What's your orientation?"/"I'm straight. So far." Ha HA. Way to leave yourself an out--pun intended--there, in denial!previous self). I thought it'd be fun to redo one now & see how different (or similar) the responses I get are. Considering four of the eight people who commented to it then are still regular commenters now (more than eight years later--I think that's sort of amazing), it should be interesting.
I _____ Rach.
Rach is _____.
If I were alone in a room with Rach, I would _____.
Rach needs _____.
I want to _____ Rach.
______ is my first memory of Rach.
Every time I see/hear ______, I am reminded of Rach.
I'd give _______ to Rach, if I had the chance.
Fill it out, amigas!
3. I haven't done this in a while, so
3 songs I'm listening to today:
This is such a pretty video. I love the lighting.
I've actually listened to quite a few more than that today, but I still feel limited to choosing only 3 because that's the pattern I've established. It took me a ridic amount of time to decide which three to post, once I'd decided I wanted to post any at all. My brain, folks. Heh.
4. Who else saw the Parenthood finale last night?
-I totally called that Julia would decide to adopt. Also that Christine would be the one who turned out to be pregnant.
-I really liked that they only had Jasmine go back to Crosby once it was completely HER choice, and he'd made it clear that he wasn't going to pressure her about it anymore & wanted her to be comfortable around him. That was proper. Everything between them in the episode made me like them more than I previously had, actually.
-I still love Julia & Joel (like, just an update, yo. Heh). They're just so hot & perfect & loverly together. Hee. For real though, joking aside, their relationship itself is just really nice--the outside packaging is simply icing on the cake. I liked how he didn't even respond when she asked him about adopting; he just smiled & kissed her. THEY'RE SO SWEET.
-The actress who plays Amber is so good. Her crying? SO GOOD. Lauren Graham's crying is great too, but that's not news to me.[/Gilmore Girls fan for years now]
-The scene with Amber & her grandpa at the junkyard was also well-done. Such an awww moment.
-The stuff with the play was a bit sugary, like ~oh, of course her first play would be amazeballs & get a standing ovation & huge laughs, even though the dialogue seems fairly mediocre~, but that's okay. It's clear that not *everything* works out for people on the show (like Amber with college), so at least they try to balance it out. I do like the point of the plotline--Sarah finding her passion & gaining self-confidence--so it's all good.
-The "let's help Max learn empathy" bit was iffy for me. For one because Adam was all, "Do you know what empathy is?" and then didn't actually give the correct definition. What he said fit the definition for considerate, not empathy.
Two, what about considering the feelings of your son by not making promises you can't keep? Here's the thing: if you tell him you're going to have pancakes at a certain time, and then you keep making him wait (in a confined space he doesn't want to be in, where he has no feeling of control, to boot), and you KNOW how upset it makes him when someone says one thing yet does something else/doesn't mean it, then you're not being considerate. And if you still can't identify with his emotions about the situation after? Then *you're* not empathizing.
I mean, yes, what Max said was hurtful, but I understood it. He was freaking out & being honest. At that moment, Amber was unconscious; it didn't matter if he was there on a logical level in the sense that she'd even be capable of caring. To him, it must've seemed that she was just sleeping in a bed nearby, being safely watched over by doctors, & they were all sitting around for no reason, particularly since his dad told him she'd be fine. It's obvious that no one explained to him ahead of time that her injury actually *was* on the verge of serious (this is a prime example of why I hate it when people lie to kids AND why I hate when people say someone will be fine if they don't know that), and that at that moment they were simply there to keep his aunt company & basically sit vigil over his cousin as required by social mores. Furthermore, he could've possibly prevented the tantrum by bringing activities for Max (of his own choosing, thus giving him some control/keeping him calm), and telling him on the way there that they'd eat pancakes at the hospital cafeteria instead of at home, and then actually doing it at the agreed-upon time. I can't imagine anyone would've protested if he'd been like, "Guys, we'll be back. Max and I are gonna go get something to eat" at the time he originally planned. It didn't have to become a big deal. When my grandpa had his heart attack, and when my mom had hers, we spent all day at the hospital, but people still left to eat. They didn't force everyone to sit in one room all day without leaving. It just seemed like forced drama to me.
At the very least, I just thought Adam should've apologized in that kitchen scene for making & then breaking his word (before telling Max to apologize for what he said), simply because he *knows* his son reacts differently to that type of thing than he would. I know to others something like that would seem trivial, but I TOTALLY get why Max had the reaction he did, personally.
That being said, I did like that Max apologized (on his own), and I mostly liked how he did it. I know his dad was just trying to help him show that he cares more, and not appear rude/hurtful (not to mention teach him what's considered appropriate in a situation like that--similar to telling a toddler to apologize for hitting, even if they don't really *get* why it's bad yet. You're sort of training them in a way. Not that Max is a toddler; I just mean it's what parents do), but ehhh. I don't know. Something about it just struck a nerve for me.
Plus it seemed a little heavyhanded too, which probably added to my scrunchyfaced reaction. It makes me think of the chicken fingers episode on Community where Abed's like, "Please don't do a Special Episode about me." Heh.
-Overall though, good finale. Except now I have nothing to watch on Tuesday nights, what with Southland also being on hiatus. WAH.
5. For my Vid of the Day, here's some funny snark:
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I absolutely adore Rach.
Rach is sweet, funny, and an oompa-loompa ;)
If I were alone in a room with Rach, I would watch a loooot of X-Files with her.
Rach needs friends who appreciate her awesomeness.
I want to visit Rach (in real life!).
Goofing off on the Meta Boards is my first memory of Rach. (meeeemmmriiiieeess)
Every time I see/hear something about Bones, I am reminded of Rach.
I'd give an amazing job to Rach, if I had the chance.
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Here's what you wrote back in 2003 (meeeeeemories):
"I love Rach.
Rach is a sweetie.
If I were alone in a room with Rach, I would force her to watch Buffy.
Rach needs friendship.
I want to meet Rach.
The MI thread at Meta is my first memory of Rach.
Every time I see/hear the word "Sears," I am reminded of Rach"
SO LONG AGO. How is it possible?
I'll fill one out for you too:
I am grateful for Sonneta.
Sonneta is an incredibly kindhearted soul.
If I were alone in a room with Sonneta, I would watch a bunch of terrible movies & make fun of them with her.
Sonneta needs to move out of Kansas.
I want to go to Disneyland with Sonneta. (we could go on all the kiddy rides. Peter Pan FTW!)
Chatting on the Meta Boards is my first memory of Sonneta.
Every time I see/hear Fringe or REM, I am reminded of Sonneta.
I'd give a caring & loving soulmate to Sonneta, if I had the chance.
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And, awww, thank you darling. ♥
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I like Rach.
Rach is very humourous.
If I were alone in a room with Rach, I would probably introduce myself and try to give a good impression (before failing miserably and watching as she subtlely tries to find an excuse to leave).
Rach needs... A Sassy Gay Friend (because of you, I just found the Second City Network, and therefore Sassy Gay Friend).
I want to meet Rach.
Getting linked to her fanfic "Sunlight on a Broken Column" is my first memory of Rach.
Every time I see/hear Disney, I am reminded of Rach. (I will be from now on 'cause of that video of Belle)
I'd give cupcakes to Rach, if I had the chance. (That wasn't a metaphor, don't worry)
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I would probably introduce myself and try to give a good impression (before failing miserably and watching as she subtlely tries to find an excuse to leave
Hee. I totally get that feeling.
I love the Sassy Gay Friend vids. I think my favorite is the one for "The Giving Tree." Boo Radley!
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:)
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