A sunflower from Chernobyl

IT HAS BEEN AGES SINCE LAST I POSTED. I finished The Demon's Lexicon. Wasn't terribly impressed. I've been baking some recently. I don't have pictures this time, but I do have a recipe for those interested. They were some pretty good brownies, which were meant to be turned into a sort of brownie-cookie hybrid, but by the time the batter was mixed I was feeling sick to my stomach and unwilling to put the extra effort into the cookie-molding bit of the recipe.

( in here is a recipe )

My brother has been in town for a week, and decided that we're going to a convention. I may try to enter the fanfic contest, though I hold little hope of winning anything. But what do I have to lose, besides my self-esteem, right? WE SHALL SEE. We may not even be going, so I'll wait until that gets decided.

My uncle is also staying with us for a while. It's not so bad, except for the part where HE AND MY BROTHER DON'T PUT THE TOILET SEAT DOWN AFTER THEY PEE. I have -not- missed sharing a bathroom with dudes at all. AT ALL. *rages*

Uhhh, I had something else to say, but it's gone now.

Oh wait. I've been listening to a lot of silly pop songs about love. It makes one lonely.

Also there is going to be a garage sale here in six hours and I want to kill myself. HOPEFULLY THE RAIN KEEPS UP AND WE WON'T HAVE TO DO IT. Ugh my aunt is gonna be here. I'm a little tired of her, honestly. This wedding cruise thing is making everyone crazy, especially me. Since I'm the one trying to coordinate everyone and everything. SOMEONE PLEASE PUT ME OUT OF MY MISERY.

I've been wanting to rewatch the X-Files recently.

That is all.

Okay, got Josh to agree to Mexico. It only took two days at Magic Mountain to do it. *dies* I didn't know that he was ridiculously easy to bribe. I wish he were interested in Universal Studios, since I personally would rather go there. Ah well, I guess I'll suck it up. Is there anything to do at Magic Mountain for someone that doesn't do rollercoasters? Or am I going to be spending two days in a hotel room looking for something else to do?

Now I just have to wait for Chris to get back from his submarine trip so that we can get started really plannin' this mofo.

Oh, and apparently he's coming home for a month in September? October? Sometime. He's going back to sub school to learn... something. I don't even know. But it's goodbye Honolulu, Hawaii and hello Groton, Connecticut. *DIES* Another winter in an area of the country that he loathes.

Oh, want to see something retarded?

( Of course you do. )

ANYWAY I don't think I really have much else to say. NINE MORE DAYS UNTIL VACATION. ...I should go get my haircut before I get too lazy to do it and end up with terrible hair for this cruise. I keep putting it off D: OKAY GOING NOW. I SWEAR. MAYBE.

My back itches.