laliandra | The Day Today

I am going to try and be organised today!

First OoB: IT'S JUNE. Which means it's Book Day, aka the release day of The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan (

sarahtales ).

Do not walk, run and go and purchase this book! DO IT! Ahem. Seriously though, it's the best book I've read all year, and I have read many books, many of them excellent. I can't think of a single reason why not. Also, the fandom is kickass, and you get to be a

marmalade_fish .

I fail at summerising, so here is the book in 20 words, according to Miss Rees Brennan " Fencing. Fighting wolves with bike chains. Torture. Demons. Magicians. Ravens. Books. Families. Rooftop chases. Lies. More lies. Love." If you need more convincing I will explain why any one of these things is impossibly awesome.

Second OoB: My brain twin

mcollinknight has returned to us from Kenya! So I am Order of Businessing in her honour. She built a school, people, I have no words for how sparkling she is.

Third OoB: SUMMER. HOTHOT SUMMER. I am so happy that it is hot and sunny. I love Leeds in the summer, because of the park.

Everyone goes and plays and sunbathes and meets up and barbeques. It's brilliant. What did I do in the park? Well firstly i wore a very large straw hat. But I also had a range of fun activities

Eating ice lollies, reading the paper/doing the crossword, reading The Demon's Lexicon, again, and writing Jenn's birthday story.

Which brings me to my Forth OoB: Namely, it may seem like I haven't been writing a lot but, um, I've been hiding it away! I've been doing bits and dabs of writing for a cute AU, which kind of borders on RPS, and I didn't know if all y'all would be okay with that. But, well, I'm enjoying it, and I like what I've written more than anything I've done in a long time, and so if you would like to read it, I am going to unlock it/link. There is kissing in the rain, the throwing of inanimate objects and boys being hopeless! But also, it uses real life politicians and pundits, so if you feel uncomfortable with that, cool, I'll warn, and I really, really don't mind if you don't read it.

OoB Five: Mission 101! Holy crapola, this is late...

I have

made Thai Green curry from scratch.
made Eccles cakes, which are a northern tradition, and very yummy, pastry and dried fruit affairs. I love making pastry!
Completed The Guardian crossword, in ten mintues flat! 4/10
Begun an address book.
Ginone for drinks with people from French and a photo exhibition with Melinda.

I didn't drink champagne on Mum's birthday. I was busy and poor and in the middle of exams. I might make that a different goal, IDK.

So I'm feeling very summery in a dress I got for free, with the summer stretching out before me, full of potential. I'm pretty damn happy right about now.

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Yes'm! Executive Chef to this here fine establishment, and I admit that being a chef's daughter has its pitfalls, as I seem to have won a taste for ~high class/snooty dishes~ from reading all his cookbooks around the house (that my father ironically mostly doesn't like himself) and yet none of the passion or real skill for cooking. I mean, I LOVE food shopping, reading about food, taking pictures about food, partaking in delicious food and clearly planning large aspects of my life around it --BUT ACTUALLY COOKING? Aww hell naaaww XDD. Dad says it's because I'm lazy and I say that that is totally true, but also due to the fact that every time I was supposed to help him, he always chucked me out of the kitchen because I was 'too slow', or he'd get snappish (his style of cooking is very abrupt and get out of my way chop chop) and I'd go BAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW Y ARE U SO MEEEN TO MEEEE. So I'd sit in front of the TV with my stepbro and eventually food would magically appear in front of us when we were called to the dinner table XDD. (and in something that I will be forever bitter about, my stepbro apparently has a very delicate and superskilled palate in actually identifying ingredients that Dad is in awe of, whereas I am more of the OM NOM NOM THIS IS DELISH/OM NOM NOM THIS IS OKAY I GUESS/OM NOM NOM I DON'T LIKE THIS :( school of fine tastebuds)

WOW HAVE I JUST RAMBLED ON ABOUT FOOD.

I think your sunshine-y vibes got waylaid in Germany or something ajkfha arrrrgh it is hopefully not going to rain todayyy :(

Oh WOW that looks AMAZING. Seriously. Oh man, I wish I was there right now! Also, and I said this on FB, but thank you so much for the Roma card! MWAH!

I would think that learning to cook from a professional chef would be terrible! Very scary. It does sound good to have food just appear for you. I love how into food you are, it's very cool. Me, I am all about the baking.

THIS IS A RAMBLE FRIENDLY ZONE. Being informative and passionate about things is encouraged.

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THEY TOTALLY NEED TO UPDATE SOME OF THEIR PROMO PICS, but it's a pretty banging place! It's hilarious how much my Mom hates it though (it's on such an impractical side of the street! You'll get run over walking there! Why is your father still working there ugh ugh ugh' lollll)

They all either are super chill OR assume that you know everything and treat you like their sous-chefs to command around lol. BAKING! I wish I were a good baker, I am just a good ~appreciator~ of baked good though~~ What would you consider your signature baked goods dish? Or whatever you like to bake the most? HAVE YOU EVER BAKED A) a blueberry pie or B)cinnamon rolls YET? curious and suddenly hungry minds want to know!

Well, the streets of Bangkok are pretty hectic! But that is very funny...

Seriously, I love baking so much. That I get from my Mum, actually. I make all sorts of things, cakes mostly. I have never made either of those things, though I would love to make cinamon rolls, I really like cinnamon. I have made apple and blackberry pie...

I wish there was a good way to send cake in the post!

I made Malteaser cupcakes last week, they were delicious (if I say so myself),. You make them with ovaltine so they really do taste of Malteasers!
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I AM HAPPY I HAVE DELISH THAI DESSERTS NEXT TO ME, BECAUSE AAAAAUGH THE THOUGHT ALONE OF APPLE BLACKBERRY PIE IS MAKING MY MOUTH WATER

AND THE PICTURE. AHHHH! THE SQUIGGLY BITS OF ICING LOOK LIKE CHESTNUT! THE WAY PEOPLE DECORATE MONT BLANCS-- AKA ANOTHER TOTALLY DELISH THING.

OM NOM NOM LAL, YOU BAKER QUEEN YOU ♥ ♥

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!!!!!! SUBSTITUTE "CUPCAKES" FOR CHICKEN IN THIS ICON