Oooh!

[happychemist]

Absolutely fantastic evening because:

• J and I finally went grocery shopping! And I now know what a shallot looks like! Keep in mind the only things I make in the kitchen are desserts, cranberry sauce, and pasta of some sort. Lately, I told J that I wanted to actually learn how to cook, and I wanted to practice. (Prior to this, my dear J made dinner for us all the time. It's not as unfair as you may think; J despises dishes, so I'd wash the dishes, and he'd cook dinner. He thought that was fair!) So now I shall be cooking once a week. I know, you're thinking: "But you're a chemist, you can follow instructions and combine ingredients. What gives?" Three words that doom me forever: Salt to taste. Tragically, (my brother will agree with me), I have no taste. My first effort will be tomorrow night. I won't post my menu, because it'll most likely end up changing at the last minute to McDonald's :p. But wish me luck!
  
• Worked out another few scenes of Emma Experiments. 8 more scenes to edit, and the draft will be finished! I tried to knock down another three, but they all were entirely too hard so I had to give it up.
  
• Worked out more details for my NaNo 2005 project! Am excited! That brings me to another point: how many of you are doing National Novel Writing Month with me this year?
  
• Postcard from jimmyhk from Cambridge! *hugs* yay! Thank you! Hope you have fun at DU!!

Hoping to get in a run tomorrow morning. It's been forever since I've been out and it's about time I started it up again. The reason why I'm posting this here is, of course, so that my own ego will force me to get up tomorrow to make sure that I'm telling the truth :p

Comments

That does sound like a fantastic evening!

[the-marchioness.livejournal.com]

Good-luck with the cooking tonight! You know how I feel about cooking. :) I cooked last night as well, but I like to keep my dishes simple. Having said that, if you ever want a good recipe for tilapia, I took my brother's, revised it, and it's ever so much simpler to make but still really good. Don't forget to tell us what you end up making tonight!

YAY Emma! :D

I was just thinking about Nano on the elevator ride up to the office this morning. Funny that. It'll depend on a variety of things, but I'd really like to try if I can. You know I've got a variety of projects I could start and work on. ;) What's your project, or is it a secret? *grin*

[mklutz]

Good luck on the cooking! Hopefully the chemistry angle will outweigh any 'to taste'ing for you. Faito!

[worldmaker-13.livejournal.com]

way to go with EE! That's great news.

and good luck with the cooking! :-D

[enogitna.livejournal.com]

"But you're a chemist, you can follow instructions and combine ingredients. What gives?"

Holy crap I ask Josh that all the time. Seroiusly, what DOES give? >.>;;

I think I shall try to be more understanding from now on.

[happychemist.livejournal.com]

If they'd just say "Add 10 mg salt", I would!!!!!

[mongrelheart.livejournal.com]

Congrats on your progress on editing EE. Almost done, last push! Woot!

[the-mongrel.livejournal.com]

hi Crystal, it's me heart_set_afire. Hope you don't mind if I friend you with my "other" LJ the_mongrel, it's where I blab about all my non-writing related stuff :-)

[happychemist.livejournal.com]

*waves* Friended you back! It'll be nice to see what you're up to aside from writing...:)