mikao's world

space ranger cookies

today, i am very embarassed to say, i bought a jar of mod podge. what is mod podge, you ask? well, mod podge is a kind of glue you use to decoupage, decoupage being smearing an object with glue, covering it with cut outs from magazines or fabric or whatever, and then smearing glue all over the covered object. some examples of decoupage would be the plastic fabric-covered swan on top of the back of your granny's toilet fillet with bobby pins and misscelaneous other granny bathroom stuff, and anything that rosie o'donnell made during the craft part of her ill-fated show.

why did i buy mod podge you ask? well, my desk was in terrible shape, a lovely number gleaned from the student housing furniture co-op at the beginning of september, and i couldn't stand to look at it's sad bashed and battered state any longer. so i got some mod podge, cut up magazines, and covered the fronts of the drawers. i cut out squares and rectangles of solid colour, a mondrian-esque look i suppose... the top drawer is now various shades of green, the second drawer blue, and the bottom one is is now shades of orange and red. the piece of wood above where the chair goes under is shades of beige and tan, and i must say, i quite enjoy that section. the total tackiness of the whole desk may just get to me... i thought perhaps it could pass for funky, but alas, i think i was mistaken. i am considering covering the whole thing in shades of tan and beige because it matches the wood and i think could actually look cool. the only problem is i don't have much time.

there are less than 48 hours until our aforementioned Christmas party... yesterday i made two quadruple batches of chocolate crackles, last week i made two loaves of zucchini bread, yesterday i made some shortbread, and today i made some space ranger cookies (they came out of the better homes and gardens cookbook, they were actually just called ranger cookies but i modified the ingredients so i felt justified in changing the name). kelly made some caramel popcorn today. but other than that, no one has done any cooking or baking for the party. i think that this shall be one very very very busy house tomorrow, not only in the kitchen but also in the rest of the house because we need to clean big time.... this should be interesting. ninety people... in our house.

and, in good news, tomorrow morning, or should i say this morning because it is already well into the a.m., i get to sleep in for the first time all week. whooohoooo. usually i sleep in pretty much every day, but not this week, so is the life of a busy seminary student! ; )

i have no quote for today. i am uninspired.