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The Plan: Distract myself from Lovecraft creepiness by cooking! A nice grilled cheese sandwich (easy) and chocolate cookies (never attempted before).

Erm, success? Sort of? They are tasty and chocolate, darnit! Even if they did turn out more like little bites of brownie than cookies. >.>

The Original Recipe:

( What it was )

What Happened To It Courtesy of Me:

( Or, 'So if I don't have this ingredient, can I use this?' )

Things I Have Learned From This:

1. That baking powder makes things rise, because it is a leavening agent. ( Thanks lacey!)
2. Cats love butter. The feelings of butter towards cats remains unknown.
3. There's a reason kitchens are supposed to have doors, and it is not to let my cat have butter. >:P
4. One needs more than one mixing bowl. Cereal bowls? Not a good substitute.
5. Confectioner's sugar : Just when you thought you'd never need it again!

Meanwhile, not only have I managed to slightly creep myself out with Lovecraft again, I stumbled upon an unexpected connection via Lacey: (I would have pasted directly from the IM, except that when I went to do so I closed it. *grits teeth* I will ignore the universe and its kicking. I will, I will, I will! )

Me: *talking about Egypt in Lovecraft*
Her: *says that that sounds like Hellraiser*
Me: *admitting I've never seen that*
Her: *descriptions*
Me: *with the pointing and the saying 'Lovecraft! Lovecraft!!'*
*pausing for a moment*
*noting that the creator of YGO has said that it was partly inspired by Hellraiser, among other things*

So, yeah. o.o Now I have to wonder if said creator has also read Lovecraft himself... which considering the freaking Evil Book of Ancient Spells *coughNecronomicron!!Burn it!!cough* omg. XD XD XD

I will ignore the muses' field day. I will not write anyone any kind of Lovecraft story. I won't I won't I won't!! ...although, the Pharaoh’s offense at what he insists is Lovecraft's defamation of Egypt? That's funny.

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So, figuring at least part of my tension is from having to wait for the tax return stuff that Dad still hasn't brought over. Nevermind I can't find one stupid piece of information from last year's return, and I don't know what will happen without that.

Nevermind sitting in front of the computer constantly transferring files and not doing much else. x.x Compressing some of the last stuff into zips (again) and I'll just have to see how that turns out. I want this done.

ETA: Called Dad to see if he was coming over today, and found out that actually I don't have to have that information. There's a form he can print out for me, to bring over with the rest of it, and I just sign that in case of not finding last year's info. Which I can't.

Which he suspects might be because he has it still. >.>

But! That is one relief, anyway. And now I am waiting for one file to be done, which should take maybe-twenty minutes, and then I'm going to send another off and head out the door. In my determination to make cookies last night, I did not realize I was depleting my coffee-sugar supply. x.x But by the time I get back from that, the next file should be done? Crossing my fingers here...