I suppose promising I’ll update soon is silly until I graduate? I was busy with summer courses for the first three months of my break, and have been working on another academic project since then. Personal projects have been sitting on the back burner, I’m afraid. Only two more semesters, though, and I’m done!
Meanwhile: Happy frog.
Okay, so it’s really not the best photo in the world, but I had quite the time trying to resist the urge to eat it long enough to snap what I did. So here we are!
*Okay, so it’s not QUITE a true cake, since it’s jelly, but there is a reason for it! I had a guest coming by with an egg allergy, but there had to be cake since it was a birthday** based get-together, so.. my mom surprised me with her innovation, and we were both pleased as punch. Until I realized that another guest was vegetarian and the gelatin in the jelly may not be vegetable based. (I’m a pretty crappy vegetarian in the face of jelly .___.;; ) In the end, there was no cake at the get-together because we gave up and didn’t finish making it until a day later XD (But the happy result is that I got a ton of jelly to myself today XD Yay!)
**Yes, as of last week I have one more year of awkwardness to tack on to my track record. X3
Cold!
As promised, still busy with school. I’m toying with the idea of putting together some collections of my bjd photos and printing them – possibly in book form. I’ve got a huge backlog that are not available online now, and they’re all kind of sitting there forlornly. Unfortunately, I’m not hearing back from the bjd companies regarding what their terms for something like that would be. Den of Angels seemed to only have one old thread about the matter, which was rather inconclusive. Maybe when classes are over I’ll take the project properly in hand and see what I can do ^^
One day of the week I finish classes at 7. C meets me right afterward, and about once a month we go out to grab some dinner nearby. One day we found a yummy and inexpensive little restaurant called China Garden Restaurant (200 Bloor St West). It has very good food, gigantic portions (we always wind up taking a bit home), a cozy quiet atmosphere and low enough prices that I don’t feel too bad about the special treat. (Most dishes are under $10, and lean closer to $6.)
It is there that I found the wonder that is their “Spicy Fried Bean Curd.”
Salty, not too spicy, with soft delicious tofu inside: but I absolute love this. It’s light and crispy and wonderful. It’s a good thing we don’t eat out very often, though, because I don’t think it’s super healthy. >.>;;
On our last visit, C got “Mixed Vegetable Fried Rice.” I only snuck a few bites of it, but it tasted very good, without a greasy aftertaste that some fried rice tends to have. (The waitress also endeared herself to me when, upon being asked if there was any meat in the fried rice, she reassured us there wasn’t, but told us that there was egg and double checked with us that that this was alright.)
Snow pea leaf in some light garlic sauce – this was a recommendation by the waitress which we agreed to, to offset the sin of so much fried food. It was light and crunchy, and the sauce was garlicey enough that I was happy, but not so much that C (who isn’t as big a fan of garlic) complained.
I haven’t explored too many food places around campus, yet, but I’m very happy with this one!
(Edit: Thank you, Gordon for the correction regarding the veggie in the last photo! ^^)
I’ve still got a few weeks left to the semester, and already a list a mile long of what I want to accomplish with my time off. At the rate of one or two papers due a week I’ve felt pretty focused on school work and not much else. Unfortunately, this includes more involved photos. I did make an exception, however, and actually dragged over a lamp, even, for some lovely roses that C got me a week or so ago.
A number of things have happened since my last update, the biggest of which is that I started grad school. I’m on the road to getting my Masters of Information, and, as it turns out, they actually expect you to work for it. How they manage to ensure we’re already a week behind the week we start is a miracle, but they do. Needless to say, I haven’t been editing too many photos since I started.
I did go on a small camping trip a bit back, though, and have some unedited shots from that. I’ll probably hold off on posting, at this point, until the gallery goes up.
Until then, something from the archives, as it were:
It’s been a rather chilly summer, and there haven’t been many outings and excursions, but I found a bit of time to go on a small hike a few days back. Met this lovely critter near a stream, and played at being a branch for a few minutes.
Ms. Red Gerbera is shown here wearing a West Facing Window, accented by delightfully ritzy Sparkling Rain Drops, as designed by Mr.Setting Sun, with sponsorship for materials coming from Rain Clouds Inc.
As for me, I’ve been involved in a Secret Project, with a side of rushing to fill in the paperwork for grad school. As of this Thursday I will be officially enrolled, and working toward my Masters of Information, with a focus on Archives and Records Management, at the University of Toronto. This probably means that sometimes in September I will completely disappear off the face of the planet, only to reappear briefly in December, with another rare sighting scheduled for May. Until then!
I snapped this without setting my shutter speed (I know, I know), but somehow, it looks more fun than after I adjusted. I know I killed the red, there, but I can’t help but enjoy the burst of colour. I hope you do, too.
(I’m rather busy this month, so please pardon the silence and lack of responses to this and that. I hope to return to my more regular unresponsiveness soon!)
A friend of mine sent me a lovely parcel which included this Rement set. Now the dolls will have to earn their keep.
I don’t think she’s impressed..