he used to send me his grades from college

What my life consists of right now: An Education (/actual school), Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice (comic book version. So much quicker to read than the actual book).


Off to see 127 hours now, finally! Going to the advanced screening, which means, 'Advanced' in Australia means 3 months later than other countries. 

See you next year! Brought to you by corny over done jokes.

The Big Pancake.

Found this awesome recipe for the "Dutch Baby", or The Big Pancake. Basically it's this crazy pancake that you chuck in the oven and it rises into this incredible fluffy thing with a pool of butter in the middle. I cooked it the other day, it's so easy to do as well. At first I didn't think it was going to work. I poured the mixture into the skillet and just looked at it going, 'As if you're going to rise up.' DO NOT DOUBT THE BIG PANCAKE. Just watch it expanding in the oven (and deflating out of it) in amazement. 

Here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons butter

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup flour

1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

Pinch of nutmeg (optional). I think I might add cinnamon next time.

Garnish:

Juice of 1 lemon

Powdered sugar

Method:

1. Preheat oven

2. Put the butter in a 9 or 10 inch pie plate or oven proof skillet. Place in oven, then remove once butter is melted.

3. Mix the remaining ingredients together with a whisk and pour into the hot skillet. Immediately return it to the oven and bake for 18 to 20 minutes till puffy and evenly browned on the outside.

4. Remove. Sprinkle with the lemon juice and powdered sugar. Slice and serve immediately. 

Source: GQ December issue

Is this turning into a Food Blog? I think so. 

You are the butter to my bread

I've had the bliss of relaxing all day and ignorance of time and dead lines lately. I'm working tomorrow then I've got to get started on doing some research, assignments etc., so today is really one of the last few days I have of doing nothing. Ha that's a lie, I've got plenty of time. 

 

I've been listening a lot to the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack lately. I know some people either hate or love this movie, but I really love it, and I love how over the top it is. The soundtrack is really good as well, my favourite is definitely 'Everybody's Free' by Quindon Tarver. 

Pretty bad photo, but I  love this pattern on the inside of the case, it's the pattern of Romeo's shirt which I really want. 

 Also, I don't know if I've said on here before, but I've had a lot of trouble with macaroons before. The first time I made them, they were just perfect. Every other (numerous) time(s) after that were just terrible. Anyway I found this Nigella Laweson recipe which seemed to work. They don't look like the French ones, but they taste just as good:

Macaroons:
250g icing sugar
125g ground almonds
25g cocoa powder
4 large egg whites
25g caster sugar

ganache filling
90ml double cream (think its called heavy cream if youre american)
150g plain choc chopped/broken up
45g butter

Method

Preheat oven to 180c/gas 4. line 2 baking sheets

Sift together icing sugar, almonds and cocoa.
Whisk egg whites till half stiff, sprinkle over caster sugar then continue whisking until stiff but not dry.
Fold in dry ingredients to egg whites.
Then use an icing bag to pipe out 5 cm rounds (or if you dont have one spoon it on carefully). let them stand 10-15 mins before baking (forms a skin)

bake for 12-15 mins until dry on top but chewy underneath. remove to cool

Ganache...melt all ingredients together and stir well. when macaroons are cool use it to sandwich them together

I did the ganache with this really nice inexpensive milk chocolate and it was soooo good. Anyway have fun, hope your all having a nice break! 

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My friends are awesome. Check out the mug they bought me. Yeah, you mad. I was going to buy this mug for myself the other month ago actually, I love it when that happens. :)
It even comes with an instructional video on how to use the mug. Handy. I kept pouring the coffee next to it ya know? And I realised I was holding the mug UPSIDE DOWN when I was drinking it!! Silly me. This video makes my life so much easier:

A Maths Lesson

•  Learning formulas
• Mr Harris:  Formulas are easy, they are like a recipe, you just have to remember it once, and then repeat it again and again.
• Me:  That analogy is very flawed.
•  Pause, staring competition between me and him for 2 seconds.
• Mr Harris:  Please explain.
• Me:  Well if it is like a recipe, then that means the numbers are ingredients. But the ingredients or numbers CHANGE in formulas. So if you use the same recipe but change all the ingredients, you are cooking disgusting food, or in other words, cooking wrong equations.
•  Pause.
• Mr Harris:  You are getting too emotional over this.

Due to a total lack of inspiration, stress. work and school I have been totally neglecting this blog for months now I think haha.  Not that I have to apologize, it's not like I have legions of readers anyway. Surprisingly I have gained a couple of followers so thank you :) 
Please check out more regular online activity on my tumblr and my twitter which I recently got. 


Seriously guys I have nothing to blog about. At all. The best I could do was this maths lesson. Yes, I have actually started using my analysing skills in real life. 
Man I need sleep. 
Goodnight! 

Ugh, after a couple of hectic weeks, I finally got round to fixing up my desk. Yeah sure the actual desk has lots of paint stains and brushes of nail polish but whatever. I was tidying, not cleaning. 


I even have Shaun Micallef here for a bit of a moral boost. YES.



And I added a new addition to my desk. M&Ms! Look at my tiny rats running for them. :)

Welcome to the Family

YES. NEW SUNGLASSES. Got them from the op shop this morning. There were a pair of these kinda tortoise shell clubmasters as well but they were lopsided so I didn't get them. But I love these ones, their kinda like if Kurt Cobain's sunglasses and Jackie Onassis' sunglasses had a baby. 

A hunter shoots a bear

Ugh seriously one of the best ads ever. Plus it's interactive! Check out their youtube channel for the proper video:

http://www.youtube.com/user/tippexperience

I really don't feel like blogging right now. Plus, I might as well say this now, I don't feel like I'm obligated to this blog or my readers in any way. I know that sounds a bit slack, but with blogging becoming one of the most popular mediums of expression for fashion especially today, famous bloggers, I think the quality is going down. I used to wait up for my favourite blogs to have new posts. I think now though people are blogging for the sake of blogging because of their readers. For example, I still love Seaofshoes, but it's definitely not what it used to be. I dunno. I don't want to chuck up posts or whatever on here for the sake of gaining more followers or getting comments which I think is what I've been doing recently. I'd rather put up quality posts than random ads like I've been doing lately. 

Nicole.