#attn:

[humboldt-squid]

me, whenever i am mildly inconvenienced: would you do this to your friend and neighbor fruma-sarah?

[comickergirl]

9 & 15 for the Detective Conan asks. 👀

It always makes me happy seeing that you enjoy the show too. 💕

:D Well thank you (and everyone else as well who's sent in asks so far!) for indulging me! I would say most folks follow this blog for other things, so. Always nice to get a few DCMK fans in my ask box.

9. Favorite Minor Character

I don't know what constitutes a minor character in Detective Conan anymore but here we go!

15. How did you get into Detective Conan?

I blame @jettidaughter

[kashacreates]

Honest question: do most people find it easier/more pleasant to read longer works on AO3?

Would clicking a link from here to there be ok?

[sonictoaster]

The Cage, Star Trek pilot

[aflairformisadventures]

ATTN: // picturesque

[sigmastolen]

but hey here's the 👀 cake!

cake: america's test kitchen old-fashioned chocolate layer cake*

frosting: america's test kitchen butter frosting*

filling: alton brown's orange marmalade, made in february from navel oranges from our garden

*links to random recipe blogs to get around atk's paywall; you're welcome 😇

i didn't get any sliced shots, alas, but i did a pretty ok job! my coworkers were very complimentary; also, it made them laugh. i didn't manage to bring any home for my family, either -- i left before things would down fully and left it there for the stragglers (and clerk t better remember my cake carrier, server, and Big Knife on tuesday!) -- but they said nice things about the scraps i left them from leveling the tops of the cakes.

@renee-mariposa the reconstituted powdered buttermilk worked perfectly well! the powder itself is kind of... sticky so when i've used it as a powder it tends to create clumps in the dry ingredients. after some deliberate stirring and a few minutes' rest, though, it dissolved nicely in the water. the resulting liquid was quite thin -- definitely nothing like real buttermilk, but it must have done the job, because the cake was plenty fluffy and tender. i might always use it this way in the future, instead of doing the powder and the water separately...

because i made all the stuff thursday night but assembled the cake friday morning, i stuck the frosting in the fridge overnight (so it wouldn't melt? is that a thing???) and while i took it out early to warm back up, it was still a little cool when i was trying to apply it to the cake. my cake game in general is Not That Strong, so while i DID attempt to do a crumb coat first, my white exterior ended up distinctly... speckled. and not that smooth. ah, well.

as for the EYES 👀👀 the 'recipe' says to use junior mints (which are larger) + full-size m&ms but i knew i wanted to avoid anything resembling the orange-juice-after-brushing-your-teeth effect, so i went with full-size + mini m&ms to go with the full-size + mini oreos. the mini oreos, it turns out, are VERY difficult to separate cleanly, both in terms of keeping the creme intact and avoiding crumbs -- but they sure are cute (and they matched the frosting i guess lol) also it turns out i have some m&m opinions: the mini ones have a higher candy coating:chocolate ratio and it is Inferior. also, note for the future: maybe make the eye placement a little more slice-friendly? idk

bonus turnaround video for maxuimum 👀👀👀

[outerspace-castaway]

President Obama Doesn't Have Time For These 7 Excuses Not To Vote

[tellywoodtrash]