Buttermilk Spice Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting

Now, provided that Elizabeth doesn't, for some mysterious reason, check this from work (unlikely), she and Aaron will have a pleasant surprise when they get back: two-layer buttermilk spice cake with cream cheese frosting that was mixed with a small amount of cinnamon sugar, recipe from the Moosewood Dessert Cookbook.

I Haz Apartment

Lolspeak! Mwahaha. I have finally (after weeks of searching) managed to find a decent apartment that will let me have a small furry black creature that shall be unnamed (Mia). ^_^ It's very nice, actually, if I can manage to afford it! Ithaca is expensive. I'm now trying to arrange my schedule around all of the things that I have to do, which is kind of sucking and working all at once. Agh. My future apartment will be located somewhere within these buildings, provided there are no screwups with anything as they process my application.

Back to work! I have a novel to finish (and I kid you not).

P.S. Other news-- all A's. A- in Statistical Literacy. Professor was an unreachable jerk for the entire semester, publicly made fun of me, and had vague questions that even Elizabeth couldn't puzzle out. Nor the tutors at the college, or so said a classmate. Ick.

Update

Okay, so I've now officially gotten into...

Marlboro College
Central Connecticut State University
Ithaca College
Elmira College

I did not get into Cornell, because the idiots lost my application and by the time I got them to admit that they had it, it was already too late! JERKS! Elmira doesn't much interest me and the financial aid package is worse than Marlboro's, so I'll be going to Ithaca! I am very excited. The campus is pretty, the classes are tiny and discussion-based, they have all the classes I want, and a very good reputation. Now as long as there are no problems...

So, My Summer's Booked

I got into the Alpha Writing Workshop in Pittsburgh PA, so I'll be going there at the middle to the end of July, the 15th-25th. The workshop is with Tamora Pierce (amongst others) and she's been my favorite author since I was about nine! At the end of the workshop, we'll be going to a sci fi and fantasy conference called Confluence, which is a really big and awesome one. Bringing me to my next news-- I also entered a story in a writing contest for the conference. I haven't heard back yet, but if that fits their bill, then I'll not only be attending the conference, but I'll also have a story in the program book!

So for the summer, I not only have that: I'll probably have some sort of orientation and registration at whatever college I end up going to (it's looking like Ithaca at the moment), I'll be visiting Becky (or I better be!), I'll be visiting Paul (for a weekend, maybe, if I ever actually ask), I'll be finishing a novel (because I need it before I go to any writing conferences) and et cetera. Goodbye, summer. I shall miss thee. *dies*

YAY

I just got into Ithaca College!!! I just need to get the letters of rejection or acceptance into Elmira and Cornell, then I'll be able to decide where to transfer to come Fall! Or rather, come May, since that's the due date for going or not. Ithaca will give me a $16,000 per year scholarship for academic excellence too, if I decide to go there, so AWESOME!!!!

Latest Crochet Amigurumi Creations

I wanted to make a couple of toys for my nephew Noah. This is one of them. You will note that he is a penguin and very adorable.

Braces, Fair, etc.

Yesterday I got my braces on (purple). I would like them if they didn't hurt so much. I woke up last night in excruciating pain when I had to take Mia out and was forced to toddle off to bed knowing that despite the fact it would hurt less if I was coordinated and awake enough to ingest ibuprofin, unfortunately, I was not coordinated and awake enough to ingest ibuprofin.

I got them on yesterday morning at 7:45(!) and we promptly left to go to the fair. We looked at all of the animals, went on rides, etc, and had a Bloomin' Onion, which would have been SO much more enjoyable, not that it wasn't already-- if I had remembered that I was almost certainly going to be in pain and needed to bring something for it. Why do you hear kids whining about how much they hate the way their braces look? They never mention how much they hurt!

I listened to Obama's speech last night-- I don't agree with everything he says, but I like him, which has to count for something. It's not that I like what he does or how he speaks... I guess I like the way he acts in old photographs of him, the things that logically couldn't be staged. He also has a powerful way of speaking and modulates his tone perfectly, so its not as much his speech that was good, but his intonation. The fact that he held it in a stadium was interesting, and the fireworks were kind of funny. His youngest daughter is cute.

In other news, Writers' Journal is having a contest for my favorite genre with a deadline of November 30th. They pay well and it's a new contest, so will probably have less applicants than it might have otherwise. I just have to figure out what I would want to submit!