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Now that Thanksgiving has passed, decorating for Christmas can officially commence.



For anyone who helps me there will be fresh baked cookies and mulled cider.

I seem to have been overzealous in my experiments.

Somehow I ended up with an explosion of chocolate candies in egg, lamb, and rabbit shapes. Chocolate/carob, peanut butter, sugar, cocoa butter/coconut oil... who knew that by combining these and other simple ingredients I'd be able to replicate Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs and the classic Cadbury Creme Eggs (complete with yolk!).

Of course now I need people willing to eat them.



And for an added challenge, they are free of allergens (except peanuts, and I made the creme eggs first as a precaution), and for the chocolate intolerant (Kyle) I made some of those too. Which was actually the main motivation, because Easter without chocolate just feels so wrong.


...I have clearly been watching too much Cooking Channel and Food TV. It is a good thing that I am returning to Columbia this summer.

Or maybe I should start a confectionary company.

I have too much time on my hands.

I cannot believe I forgot to mention this sooner but I've just been so busy.


Doug, Wade, Everyone-

Once again it is that most glorious time of year when the Girl Scouts sell their famous cookies. If you were unable to place an order before the sheets were due, or if you find yourself desiring more confections, just let me know. Friday is National Girl Scout Cookie Day and there will be a truck making the rounds in New York City, but I also happen to know where the DX troop will be setting up shop for the upcoming weeks.

We have some incredibly adorable Daisies this year, too.

There's this one girl who has a marked physical difference though she has not yet manifested her powers and she's just the shyest thing. If someone with a physical manifestation (Yvette and Dori- I think she'd really take to both of you) would be willing to come bye while she's selling, I would really appreciate it.I'd let you know when that ends up happening, of course.

I could really use some help decorating the mansion for the upcoming holidays.

Instead of going out and buying all the greenery to decorate the mansion with, I am putting my powers to good use. Growing things is fine, but fashioning wreaths and garland and hanging them is another. So if anyone has any free time and feels like helping, I need plenty of pine cones, needles, acorns- whatever we can gather really, and wiring everything together. I have one wreath made, it's the holly and ivy one on my door, but the mansion is quite large.

Oh. And I called a woman from back home and arranged for a live Christmas tree that will be planted after we are done using it. She won't be able to drop it off until next weekend though, which gives me plenty of time to bake up some ornament cookies. And in the meantime, I, and anyone who would like to help me, will be stringing up popcorn garland and bird seed-peanut butter-pine cones for all the critters that live in the woods nearby.

I admit, I also need ideas for observances other than Christmas. But the tradition of decorating one's home with evergreens is one that is quite ancient and the scent of fresh, live fir and pine is so enticing, I hope I will be forgiven for my lack of knowledge of other celebrations.


I love Christmas.

Not that Marie Curie wasn't important, because she was, but she wouldn't have been Marie Curie if there weren't other women who came before her to pave the way. They may not be household names, but they are just as deserving of a Google Doodle for their birthdays.

Here is a quick list of 10 female scientists you should know. Compiled by the Smithsonian.


And to celebrate all these awesome women and their influences, I am going to go blow stuff up later with some Girl Scouts from District X. Because nothing beats blowing stuff up for the sake of science.

And as always, children, safety third.* 





*Okay. I may have been watching too many episodes of Rocket City Rednecks to motivate my Physics homework. I blame their adorable Southern accents. 

Or rather "Thank goodness for friends who live close by and are willing to take you in late at night (or was it early in the morning? I don't know) when you and your roommate have to evacuate your place because of some sewer, water, chemical thingy (I was tired and all I heard the hot fireman say was that we needed to leave until everything was clean and sanitized)."




Whatever it was, it smelled awful.




And I never imagined a bachelor pad would be this clean. John keeps saying that Angelo is a grandma about tidiness, which is staying on the record. 



John. Angelo. You guys are lifesavers. Knights in shining... pajama bottoms? I guess I should probably get some more sleep.    

All right guys. Do not touch this plant. You will go blind.

Okay. That's only if the sap gets in your eyes. Otherwise you'll get a seriously nasty burn. Like a really bad blistering sunburn. And pus will run from it. And it will be disgusting. 

So you probably don't want to touch it.

For the first time in a long time I was able to go to bed early. No papers or readings or anything. Just a restful sleep.

Except that for some reason there are people running around and making a lot of noise. I stick my head out and ask them to quiet down because I'm trying to sleep and they listen. For about fifteen minutes. And right when I'm about to finally slip into slumber, the noise starts up again.

Guys. Dorm life is way overrated. People coming in drunk late at night/early in the morning and trying to be quiet, but they're not quiet drunks. People running around at 1am (and yeah, it's technically against the rules, but it's the weekend so it doesn't really matter). Loud music. Loud other noises. And whenever I want to go shower it seems that everyone else has the same idea.

Please don't get me started on what people leave in the showers. You don't want to know.

I can't move out into my own apartment because my father doesn't think it's safe. And as much as I love you guys, I really don't want to move to the mansion because even with commuting I'd be using a lot of gas. And I like New York City. And being close to the library. And Central Park.

So I guess my options are:

1. Stick with dorm housing another year
2. Move back to the mansion
3. Find someone who is looking for a clean, responsible, and quiet roommate (no dogs or cats please) and go in with them.

Does anyone know anyone who's looking for a roommate?

Okay. I like completely fell off the face of this Earth. I'm surprised this thing still works. And that I remembered my password.



So what have I missed over the past year?