hey, guess who? three chances, and your first two don't count. anyway....i have two subjects to post about in mind right now, but said mind tends to wander quite a bit, so don't mind any random interruptions.
Subject #1: today, i attempted a very grand feat. i tried....drumroll please.....to bake cookies, all by meself, with no parental supervision or advice. naturally, it was mildly disastrous. first off, i left the nuts out of the recipe. that doesn't matter very much though, and i don't like nuts. not in cookies, anyway. i also didn't put enough flour in, so the batter was more like really sticky play-doh than actual food. i rolled the dough into balls and put it on a cookie sheet. one 25-minute, 300 degrees Fahrenheit baking spell later, i was left with a really big, really flat mass of cookie-ish thing on the baking sheet. i put the tray down, then came back a minute later, forgot it was still hot, and promptly dropped it back on the counter. this caused all of the so-called "cookies" to shatter, not to mention giving me some annoying burns that i was painfully aware of for the next half hour. but, dear readers, here's the moral of the story: the cookies actually didn't taste too bad! they certainly didn't taste like they were supposed to, but more like really sweet shortbread. i put powdered sugar on them, left 'em to cool, and i'll be bringing some (or maybe most) of them into school tomorrow (that would be the 14th of December). hope you guys (those of you who i'll be seeing at school, anyway) like them!
Subject #2: Riddles!!! ok, who doesn't love riddles. nobody, that's who! well anyway, i have decided to host a contest of sorts. i'm going to put a riddle here, and you guys have a week (that's seven days) to figure out the answer. comment if you get it! the first person to get it right will....i dunno....i'll think of something. maybe i'll make some correct cookies and give them to you. i'll figure it out. so heeeeeere's the riddle! it's from Gail Carson Levine's book Fairest, and I think it's really cool.
"I sharpen ears
And weaken eyes-
Who am I?
Thieves love me
Though I steal nothing-
Who am I?
I linger long in winter,
In summer I'm too soon gone-
Who am I?
The silver queen rules me.
I light her candles-
Who am I?
Cereus is my flower,
The owl is my bird-
Who am I?"
ok, some of you are probably thinking "that's soooooo easy! what a lame riddle." if so, please keep your opinion to yourself and just enjoy it's poetic-ness. i may do something else like this again in the future, if i can think of a prize.
Ciao for now!
Ali
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what the fooping dalmation is the answer to this riddle? i thought about it for just about as long as it took me to read it and already my attention span is exhausted. please tell me what the answer is so i can get some sleep.
i'm not going to tell you the answer -then anyone could read it! duhh
lol
wait a week and you'll find out
-Ali
Thou art the cover of night.
Had to comment, I have been browsing undefined for a while now, but felt no urge to speak until now.
And no, I didn't look it up. The "long in winter" was the thing that made me figure it out. From there, I figured silver queen referred to the moon, the candles the stars.
DARKNESS!!!
I am so darn smart!
Where are my cookies?
-BO ☺
Tyler, thine answer be the cover of night, and thou art right. sorry, bo :)i still don't have a prize though...dangit, now i must find another riddle.
--Ali
i like the idea of having a weekly riddle i shall try it and we shall see who the real master a riddles is HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
-Peace and Skol
The McFaddenator
oh, matt. must you make everything a contest? let us just enjoy the riddles in peace.
-Ali
that was such an easy riddle i figured it out at the same place tyler did. wow. when i set up my blog i'll put on riddles.
-sami
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