I need some crack April 18, 2007 ~ 11:27 am
Posted by Julie in : Academic Office Monkey, Urban Family , trackbackIcepick season is in full swing. I have a pile of audits to do on my desk, but can’t get to them because I have to proof audits I’ve already done so they can go on the list of candidates for graduation that I have to get together for Tuesday. I spent the morning compiling another list of students who have filed for graduation so that they can be put into a ticket distribution list for Commencement. And I have to basically herd cats to make sure my undergraduate auditors are where they need to be in their proofreading. Oh, the stories I could tell about that, but I just don’t have the time.
I’ve got a meeting with a playwright this evening and then I am supposed to head to Stitch n Bitch, but I might just go home and do some baking for the baby shower that’s this weekend. It’s a non-traditional shower, more like a birthday party for the little one who hasn’t been born yet, and as godmother I really need to get on the ball with it. I’m in charge of desserts and munchies. This basically means I will be stopping at the grocery store and getting a few box mixes and some cookie dough. And crackers and cheese and hummus and nuts. Because that’s my idea of a party, dammit.
It’s only Wednesday and I’m already exhausted. Wednesday, hell, it’s only mid-April and Commencement isn’t until May 31. I might just die.
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When you get your hands on that crack, pass the pipe, baby!
I say fuck em, let them not graduate. That’ll learn em.
Sounds like a great shower to me. I’m all about the food, baby.
I always make this for parties and people love it like crack:
1 cup mayo
1 cup grated parmesan
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 can artichoke hearts, drained, and quartered
bake at 350 for 30 or 40 minutes (until brown and bubbly)
serve with larger size wheat thins
Seriously, people go insane for this. The only downside is your house will smell like garlic for a while.
Good luck with everything!
Wait, since when is the house smelling like garlic a down-side?
(Hey–did you say cookie dough? Mmmmm, cookie dough…)
And beer. All parties need beer. Or was that implied by the word party?
Kimmi-san~Wine, baby. Because for the amount we drink, wine is cheaper in the long run. I saw a commercial for “The Priate Queen” last night and thought of you, btw.
Aims~Mmm…garlic. Mmmm….cookie dough.
Geewits~Can you sub something in for the mayo? Me hates mayo. And there are vegans at the party, so I would like to have something vegan-friendly.
Vince~You don’t know how much I would love to just let ‘em hang…
J-Me~Will do!
The idea of you herding cats is wildly amusing to me. I imagine it as some kind of Fievel Mousekewitz gone awry. There are only mice in Academia! And the streets are made of Pedigree!
I can’t think of a vegan-friendly substitute for mayo. My daughter hates mayo, but she loves this stuff. It’s really just a base to melt the parmesan in. Yeah, I guess save the recipe for when there are no vegans around. Have fun!
Kendra~Damn, I’ve missed you.
Geewits~That was my other question, because I hates the mayo. But if you can’t taste it, perhaps I’ll make it for the non-vegans at the party. Screw them, they can make their own food!!