Unintentional

[mrissa]

These aren't the brownies I intended to make. But then the top wouldn't come off the vanilla extract, no matter how I twisted and swore and started flaking bits of rubber off the jar-opener. So I put in almond extract instead, and smelled it. There was a hole in the smell. The hole was the shape of cherries. So I put in some dried cherries, and we will hope for the best.

What bits of your life are improvised lately?

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[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

What bits of your life are improvised lately?

All of it. :) I make it all up as I go along.

[rosefox]

As much of it as I can manage while still maintaining something resembling a structured life.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Well, I was going to take the guinea pig outside and let her graze on grass while I cleaned her cage.

It is, however, raining. Therefore, no grazing.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

The wee beast has been running around the backyard like a mad thing and comes in smelling of the last of the leaves and of the first of winter and of chilled fur. We are happy it's not raining, but I do wish she would stop leaving her jacket outside.

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

just about all of it.

[windcedar.livejournal.com]

I know exactly what you mean, and what a wonderful way of describing it. :)

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Sometimes I wonder about how other people cook, and then I get confused.

[orbitalmechanic.livejournal.com]

Well, I aspire to that kind of cooking (though more with taste than with smell, but they're close to each other). I usually can't name the shape of the hole.

[ysabel.livejournal.com]

There was a hole in the smell. The hole was the shape of cherries.

This is totally how I usually cook.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Well, my moving plans were kind of made up on the fly...

[mamapduck.livejournal.com]

Brandy is also a good substitute for vanilla. Personally I use betterscotch schnapps in brownies- especially with butterscotch chips thrown in.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

We have butterscotch schnapps in the cabinet for use in hot cocoa in the winter, but I am not partial to butterscotch chips -- not sure why.

Next time I should poke my head into the liquor cabinet and see what whispers, "Brownies!" at me, though.

[von-krag.livejournal.com]

dried quince, cranberries and toasted pecans are in this batch of my brownies... Ah, forgot to add the Mt Gay rum too.

[greykev.livejournal.com]

My dinner, because I forgot to turn down the heat under the porkchops before I left for work. :( to the now-pulled-pork I've added some tomato paste, we'll see what else it needs once the water has cooked away.

[one-undone.livejournal.com]

Childrearing and sex, mainly. The other parts have a way of making routines for themselves (both good and bad).

[intrepida.livejournal.com]

My style of comments for grading papers, and the arrangement of books on my shelves (since I've just unpacked some boxes).

[scottjames.livejournal.com]

All of last Friday. And bits of the rest of the weekend. But precious little of the upcoming week.