Saturday bullet points.: seanan

Saturday bullet points.

* Several people have told me that they used my turkey recipe, either as-written or slightly modified, and that their turkeys went over well. One person even said that their turkey was praised by their entire family as the best turkey ever. Ha! Behold my mastery of poultry and its many potential abuses. No one has yet said anything about using my cranberry sauce recipe, which leads me to believe that no one was willing to risk a recipe that came from me and involved boiling sugar. Wimps.

* Speaking of which, my mother had my cranberry sauce for the first time this year, and revealed that she actually hadn't ever had homemade cranberry sauce before. Wow. So that was an awesome experience to be able to give her, especially since my cranberry sauce is amazing.

* I am now almost a hundred pages into The Brightest Fell, aka, 'October Daye, book five.' I have been rewarded for all my hard work with no fewer than six continuity errors that must now be mowed down like ergot-ridden rye. I like mowing things down. I don't like continuity errors. Let the suffering BEGIN.

* Oh, and on the topic of letting things begin, Bolt -- the new computer-animated film from Disney -- is absolutely fantastic. There are some scenes near the end that may be a little too intense for children under six or so, but on the whole, the movie was fantastic, and layered enough to appeal to all age ranges. I started crying at one point, which is always the sign of an awesome cartoon.

* Facebook continues to be amusing in that daunting 'I fell out of touch with you after high school for a reason, you know' and 'I don't hang out with you after work, why would I want to hang out with you on the Internet' sort of a way. It's also helped me find some people whom I love dearly, but aren't on Livejournal. So you win some, you lose some.

* My new website design should be going live tonight or tomorrow. Watch this space for details.

pentaclemoon

November 29 2008, 18:28:42 UTC 8 years ago

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Yay facebook! Cruz's dad was mildly perplexed when you friended him!

seanan_mcguire

November 29 2008, 18:30:39 UTC 8 years ago

That was a tragic late night mis-click -- is there a way to rescind an invite? 'Cause I haven't found it. I thought I was clicking Cruz!

vaspider

November 29 2008, 18:56:44 UTC 8 years ago

There are ways to lock people out of certain parts of your Facebook, so you can take their friends request and then not have them be able to see your wall and stuff.

November 29 2008, 19:09:25 UTC 8 years ago

That's useful to know. I'm just making a strict 'do not ever touch during office hours' rule, which is a good thing anyway, as Facebook seems like a PopCap game: it can kill hours in thirty seconds, one click at a time. (LJ is more like playing Kingdom Hearts. It demands actual focus.)

tibicina

November 29 2008, 19:05:11 UTC 8 years ago

We may make your cranberry sauce later, but we didn't have orange juice and didn't want to go brave the store to get it. Besides, we had two different kinds of cranberry sauce from Trader Joe's, and while they're probably not /as/ good, they're pretty good.

November 29 2008, 19:09:34 UTC 8 years ago

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmph.

georgiamagnolia

November 29 2008, 19:53:49 UTC 8 years ago

I made your Turkey recipe for the second time this holiday and it turned out just as fabulous as the first time, you are FULL of Rawk and Win and Recipe-Fu! Yeah!
*shakes pom poms and cheers wildly*
*throws candy corn and My Little Pony holiday decorations*