Running With Scissors
Friday, April 22, 2005
I only ever seem to update this blog after coming home after a night out, so I figure I may as well continue this pattern.

I suppose I am the worst girlfriend in the world, enticing my loved one to come along for 'a few drinks' with my work colleagues, then forcing him to sit there, bored for most of the time, while I prance about, indulging in high energy soft drinks and copious amounts of alcohol. We both have to study tomorrow, but it has been such a long time since I have enjoyed any kind of social event, or anything for that matter, that I chose to forget this fact. I'm not quite sure why I feel so bad about the whole thing, but I do indeed feel terrible. Partly because I have no self control, and partly because he is so very good to me, and partly because I am so very tired of having to feel bad about things. There is always something that I should be doing, in order to be a good, successful human being, and it always seems that I derive the most pleasure from doing exactly the opposite of whatever that may be at the time. Even if what I should be doing is something that I am supposed to enjoy.

I was hoping that there would at least be something good on rage, but no.
Fiona expressed these musings at 8:23 AM
Synopsis
The life and times of a girl who likes cake.

The Cast And Crew
Fiona: A genius musicologist with a giant brain, who loves cake, pies and aeroplanes. Captain of Skybed 2.
Rob: Fiona's gentleman caller, also owner of a giant brain, and captain of Skybed 1.
Vanessa: Sister of Fiona, recently returned from a jaunt around the Continent.
Timothy: Friend of Fiona and gentleman caller of Vanessa, currently swanning around in Paris.
Nicholas: Friend of all of the above.
Helen: Platonic wife of Fiona, artist, and senior lecturer.
Mother: Self-explanatory.

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home.iprimus.com.au/ncarvan/
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Recipe Of The Week: Orange and Raspberry Cake
Ingredients
125g margarine
3/4 cup (165g) caster sugar
2 eggs, or egg replacer equivalent
1 1/2 cups (225g) self-raising flour
1/2 cup (125 mL) orange juice
3/4 cup raspberries. If you use frozen ones, don't thaw them, please.

1.Grease deep 20cm round cake pan, line base with baking paper, sprinkle with sugar.This helps your cakey to rise, as the mixture clings tenaciously to the sugar as it climbs up the sides of the pan.

2.Beat butter and sugar in medium bowl til all light and fluffy.

3.Beat in eggs one at a time, beating til just combined between additions. Or, if you are using egg replacer, divide it in half, pretend it's eggs and do the same.

4.Fold in flour and juice, in 2 alternate batches, ending with a flour batch.

5.Fold in 1/4 cup raspberries, gently now..

6.Now, assemble your cakey. Spread 3/4 of cake mixture into your pan, sprinkle with remaining raspberries. Spread with remaining cake mixture.

7. Bake in moderate oven (180 degrees) about 1 hour. Stand cake in pan 5 min,then cool on a wire rack.

8. Ice your creation. Orange or passionfruit icing would be nice with this one, I think. I usually just sift some icing sugar until I get sick of it, then add enough orange juice or passionfruit pulp to make a nice consistency.

9. Share with your friends and bask in praise (it'd be nice if you mentioned me, but if you don't, I'll forgive you). Or,
consume alone.