Last week was ridiculous. I have a new part-time job (more on that later), and in addition to that, Rob and I probably put in 40 or 50 hours each getting our show together. The payoff was worth it—the shows have been great so far (you should come to one of our upcoming performances). But I'd like to take this opportunity to thank a few of the things that got me through last week:
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My Bicycle
A couple of years ago, Chris turned the bike my parents bought me in middle school into an awesome frankenbike. It's been a wonderful little citywide transport, and last week it saved me a lot of time by getting me places faster than public transport could. -
Accidentally Amazing Brownies
I started making he recipe on the back of the Nestle cocoa powder box, but I ended up with this:Ingredients
- 2/3 cup white sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 T water
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1-1/3 cups white whole-wheat flour
- 3/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup butterscotch chips
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9" x 9" pan. Combine sugar, butter, and water in a large bowl. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Dump blower, cooca, baking powder, and salt on top of liquid mixture and mix the dry ingredients while they float precariously on top of the wet. Then mix them with the wet. Stir in chips. Put in pan. Bake for approximately 25 minutes, or until your desired brownie doneness.
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The "Day Man" Song from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
More than anything else, this tiny video clip made me maniacally happy last week. Rob and I kept stopping practice to watch it: