Things I've made (Part 1)

First up is just a basic chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream.

Next is an Orange cheesecake. I used orange segments and whipped cream to garnish. I made this for a dinner party my parents had.
















Last is a coconut cream pie. I used a pastry cream recipe with a variation that uses cream of coconut and toasted coconut to give it the flavor. For the topping I piped the whipped cream into a lattice pattern. I also topped it with toasted coconut.

Nerdfighter notes

Back in December I made up a couple nerdfighter notes and placed them in some copies of John Green's books. I made up a bunch but there were only three copies left in stock.

Response

I am more excited about this than I probably should be, but it makes me happy

Relaunch/2010 Review

1. What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before?
Bought a car

2. Did you keep your New Year’s Resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I didn't make any resolutions

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
no

4. Did anyone close to you die?
No

5. What countries did you visit?
I didn't leave the country

6. What would you like to have in 2011 that you lacked in 2010?
A trip to vidcon

7. What dates from 2010 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
My end of summer party

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Buying my first car

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not getting a plan for what to do after graduation

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
Kidney stone over march break

11. What was the best thing someone bought you?
Winter tires

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
My friends

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
-

14. Where did most of your money go?
School and car

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Nothing, but I was somewhat excited about being done of work and having a party with all my friends the next day

16. What song will always remind you of 2010?
Last.fm says some of my top songs of the year were:
Hey Soul Sister (because it was constantly on the radio), They (Tom Milsom), You're not there (Edd Plant), Boxcar Blood, Hero Rising, Dynamite

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
a) happier or sadder? Happier about my social life, less happy about career plans
b) fatter or skinner? maybe skinnier, but not much
c) richer or poorer? richer I think

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Spending time with friends

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
being lazy

20. How do you plan to spend Christmas?
At home

21. Did you fall in love in 2010?
No

22. How many one night stands?
None.

23. What was your favorite TV program?
Big Bang Theory, Doctor Who, Dexter, Stargate Universe

24. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
no

25. What was the best book you read?
Will Grayson Will Grayson

26. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Blue Skies

27. What did you want and get?
A car

28. What did you want and not get?
A trip to vidcon

29. What was your favorite film of this year?
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

30. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Went to a club with my friends :/

31. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Less stress

32. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2010?
A little more mainstream

33. What kept you sane?
my friends

34. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
none that I can think of

35. What political issue stirred you the most?
?

36. Who do you miss?
JA friends

37. Who was the best new person you met?
Carter, Connie, Nathan

38. What was the best thing you ate?
Puff pastry filled with Roasted red pepper, spinach and feta

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2010?
What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
I have no idea

Mimsiecake

Last night at the DFTBA radio hour I said I wanted to make a cake and Cait said I should write truth on it, because people had been saying the cake was a lie.


The cake is not a lie, the cake is the truth

random quizzy thing

Username: craigmac1989


Why did you pick it?: first name + the most common part of my last name + the year i was born (because craigmac was already taken)

Who did you first subscribe to?: Nerimon

Who did you most recently subscribe to?: Voldey

What does your last text message say?: That sucks

Do you have any goals?: sure

What was the last thing you bought?: Ice cream

Describe the person who posted this using one line?: thatzak is funny in a dry sarcastic way that is amusing

Are you excited about anything?: not at the moment

Do you have a crush? not really

Have you ever been drunk?: not drunk, just buzzed

Who was the first Youtube you met in real life?: A guy I went to school with name Allan, I can't remember his username

Who was the last Youtuber you met in real life?: buckethatbobby, but I didn't know he was a youtuber at the time

Do you prefer day or night?: nights

Are you a member of any collab channels?: no

Do you have a secret account?: yes

Do you believe in God?: not really (something for another blog)

Which youtuber do you talk to the most?: mimsiesky via comments on her videos

Which Youtuber do you think makes the best videos?: nerimon

Are you in a relationship?: No

Would you date a smoker?: it would definitely be a turn off

Where is your favorite place?: New York

Are you a happy person?: sometimes

Would you kiss the person who posted this?: thatzak, not likely

What would you take to the desert island?: a gps thingy so people can find me

Do you prefer sun or snow?: Sun, snow is only good if it cancels school or work

Who did you last speak to on the phone? BrianÉ

Who did you last text?: Tiff

What are you doing tommorow?: Working

What is your favorite flavor of potato chips?: All dressed

What size are your feet?: 8 ish


What do you want?: A car

What do you need?: an external hard drive

What do you remember?: pi to 12 places

What do you wish?: for infinite wishes

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I haven't been posting lately because I've been feeling kinda depressed. I started a new job last Thursday and I am not liking it.

Its not that this place is full of jerks or that they make me do dishes all day, its more that this job is not what I want. I'm working at a restaurant located at a hotel. This place would be better suited to someone who has better practical skills, where as I think I'm better at the theoretical aspect. My intention is to work with a focus more towards baking and pastry but to finish my Culinary Arts program I need to finish this 5 month work placement.

I think that my instructors have a lot more faith and confidence in my abilities than I do. I've also seen this from a few of the second year students who think that I am one of the strongest people in my class, but I don't really see what they do. When placements were being assigned my instructors had given me a location, however when they got together and discussed it they decided I would be better suited to this location. At the time I didn't realize that they probably thought I was so great and I would do so well at this place, but I don't think that was true. I feel like I hardly know anything about the proper way to do most of this stuff and I am really worried about screwing stuff up and letting people down.

Before I started work I was looking forward to the job and was expecting to enjoy the experience, but after the first day I immediately felt depressed, and it didn't get any better until almost a week later. I ended up with this Saturday and Sunday off and I was hoping I would be able to get out and do something fun. Friday night I asked a few people if they wanted to do something but they all had plans, but I wasn't really worried because I figured I still had Saturday. So today I tried to ask people to do something but out of everyone I tried to contact, all the ones who replied had other plans. So once again, I get to sit alone in my room on a Friday and Saturday night.

I just want to curl up in bed and stay there for days or weeks