| baby shower snack questions |
[Jan. 6th, 2010|11:36 am] |
i'm going to be an aunt!!!!!! my best friend (and roommate) is expecting her first child in early march. I get the honor of throwing her baby shower and wanted to show off my mad crock skillz. the problem is i'm not sure what all to make. here are the details, any and all help is appreciated!!!!!!
i'm looking to feed 20ish people and have a large crock.
interested in appetizers, dips, and spreads.
i do not want to do meatballs or lil smokies. also a no go on the queso style dips. something hearty or other meat like products are welcome though.
bonus points if it's gluten free.
i would really really appreciate any and all recipes that you have tried for a gathering and would do over again. i don't mind prep work but something that can be done in 3 hours or less would be best since the party is at two and i will have lots of running around to do before the guests arrive.
have a wonderful day! :D
EDIT: thanks a ton to everyone who has offered up a recipe or suggestion! they all sound amazing and i'm sure if i don't make your suggestion for the party i'll be making it for myself soon after!!!
also a big thanks to everyone concerned about my gluten free remark. i want to assure everyone that yes, i do in fact understand celiac disease well. my mom is the guest in attendance who has the disease so i've had 26 years of working around a gluten free lifestyle. but like i said i appreciate the concern :) |
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| January Editing Signups, Week one |
[Jan. 6th, 2010|03:55 am] |
Hi there!
Here be I to bring you the editing signups poll for week one. This month anyone competing in the All Stars Mini Contest, or writing Just for Fun, can also fill out the poll if they would like their entry edited.
Because of the potentially large number of entries this week, each person will be limited to receiving edits for only one entry. The default entry to be
edited will be first the contest All Star entry, then the main contest entry if there is no All Star, main contest JFF, and finally All Star JFF. If you
submit multiple entries and would like to specify which one should receive edits, you can either leave a comment on this post, PM ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) pipisafoat, or email
Pip (pipisafoat@livejournal.com). If there are few enough people signed up for editing, their second entries may be included, but it seems unlikely this
week.
This will be in effect throughout the entire month.
The poll will be open until 10pm EST, Friday January 8.
Poll #1507918 Critiques and Edits Signup for Week 1, January, 2010
Open to: Friends, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 45Would you like content criticism on your entry this week? Would you like feedback on your grammar, punctuation and technical writing feedback this week? |
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| Literary Library Submission Post -- January |
[Jan. 5th, 2010|08:02 pm] |
Hello friends! It's time for January's Literary Library Submission Post!
Except first ... we have a very special announcement.
The Lit Lib section of the website is up and running!
*bounces*
lacombe and I have been chipping away at this over the past little while, with lacombe doing the web design and all the posting and me sitting back and doing a substantial amount of the copy, including the much shorter and more succinct FAQ on the front page and on the About page. It looks pretty damn awesome, if you ask me.
Some of the articles are already up there. These are the articles that have been edited, revised, and sent to me anew. If you don't see your article up there and it's been long since completed, please PM me with the link to your edited article and we'll make sure it gets put up in punctual fashion.
In case you're honestly not sure whether you've sent me your article yet, here's what I've got listed in my records: ( (list of articles and status thereof) )
Looking at some of these, it looks entirely possible that you've made the corrections suggested by your editors and have merely neglected to inform me that your article is happily polished. Please do let me know of this, preferably by PM since I'm really terrible with comments, and we'll happily stick it on the website!
I'm not going to enforce a deadline on these. The beauty of the Lit Lib is that it's pretty much self-directed. If you'd rather not have it posted on the website and would just like to have it hover here, that's totally up to you. We're more than happy to put it on the site, but it's up to you to edit it and send it my way. <3
And please do give lacombe a huuuuge round of applause for his fantastic work on designing the thing. He's been working like crazy on it, I feel utterly lazy in comparison. XD
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All right, on to the usual blather!
( For new members and veterans who need a refresher: a quick overview of Literary Library )
There are no hard-and-fast rules about length or format. All articles will be edited before being put on the website. For a complete explanation of Literary Library Articles, check out the website!
A complete list of already-suggested article topics can be found ( under the cut: )
Poll #1507834 Literary Library Submission Post -- January
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 3Paste a link to your articles here! Give a brief description/byline for your article here!
Please submit your articles by Thursday, January 28 for inclusion in this month's batch of articles.
Thanks to all! Hope to see that website growing pretty quickly! :D |
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| Chatter Post: January 5, 2009 -- Week 1 |
[Jan. 5th, 2010|01:23 am] |
Good morning, peaches and plums!
January sign-ups are closed! Alas; alack. The good news is that you can still submit JFF if you didn't get in under the wire. Check out the Week 1 topic, competitors and JFFers alike! You've until Saturday, January 9 at 12pm EST to get those entries in.
If you're already there like shareware, JFF it over at the All-Stars Competition! I just put a serious dent in my entry, but I have to weed out at least six styles and a hairball before it's suitable for public viewing. This one's open until Friday, January 8.
Check out 2010's first Writer's Showcase, featuring aurumsisters!
The Lit Lib submission post is coming. It's coming. And it's a wee bit late for a good reason this time. *bounces*
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My name is Leigha, and I'm an overzealous student.
(hi, leigha.)
I went back to school for the first time in eight months today. It was epic joy! I only had one class and it only lasted 40 minutes (and I spent most of the time contemplating the professor's accent), but it was good enough for me. After class, I decided I loved campus quite a lot and decided to stay there, so I took out one of my course books from the library (the line-up for the bookstore was insaaaane, but that's a different story) and read.
...I read the book.
I READ IT!
*curses the honesty gods*
All right, fine. Here's what really happened:
I sat down with the book. It was a short history of Northern Ireland. (If you know me very well at all, you know I have sort of a peculiar fascination with all of Britain and Ireland, but my closet interest is Northern Ireland in particular at the moment.) I opened the book. I read to page 2. And then I stopped. And daydreamed for an hour and a half. About my future academic career.
Which I will not HAVE if I keep DAYDREAMING instead of DOING MY READING.
This was the (incredibly unlikely) scenario I came up with.
I'm wandering down the street in Scotland someday, and all of a sudden I hear this man talking. It's an unmistakeable Northern Irish accent omg what a coincidence! So I track him down and shake his hand and blurt out, "So what's your political affiliation?" like it's his horoscope sign or something, and it turns out he's really lovely and charming (because almost all of my ridiculous daydreams involve a lovely, charming gentleman) and good about it and tells me he's a Unionist Catholic! Which blows my mind because that's like super rare (I gather) and then I ogle over him like a scientist and ask him all kinds of politically invasive questions and he's a good sport and tells me all I want to know and then I write my thesis based on the things he's told me and eventually we get married and have lovely Irish babies \o/.
There are so many things wrong with this I can't even tell you, but the point of this suddenly very embarrassing story is that my imagination has completely overrun any sense of any work ethic whatsoever.
I've spent the majority of the last two months writing like a fool. It's all complete tripe and I won't let you read a word of it, but I broke 100,000 words over two months. I've been imagining sixty plotlines a day. And now all of a sudden I expect my brain to settle back into school mode where it's all absorbtion and no creation?
Harumph.
Learning is one of the things I love best in the whole world. The thing is, so is writing. Right now, I think they're trying to incorporate into one another. I daydream about my future academics very often, but not usually in so much depth.
It's all very fine and well if they want to come together and have historical-fiction babies all over the place, but there's a time, you know? And that time is not when I'm supposed to be reading.
It took me three hours to read 25 pages because of this muse hooligan. I suppose all you suffering from a lack of muse are a wee bit jealous of me at the moment, but I would gladly share. Want some of my muse? Take it! I need to do my damn schoolwork.
Harumph again.
When does your writing drive interfere with your life? What do you do to stuff it in a crate and keep it quiet until you're prepared to let it out? |
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| January ROAR Signups |
[Jan. 5th, 2010|03:21 am] |
Howdy, y'all!
Before I launch into bringing you the ROAR signups for January, I want to thank everyone who participated in ROAR for the last two months for their time, and for providing thoughtful feedback on our writers' entries!
If you are new to the Flame, and are wondering what ROAR is all about, please check out the Flame's FAQ, for a good description of ROAR!
In short, ROAR was established to provide feedback to our writers on their weekly entries, and to let them know their writing is being read,
considered and appreciated. Receiving comments encourages our writers to keep writing each week, to explore new ideas and styles, and give writing their
all so they can get votes that will keep them in the contest.
If you would like to sign up for ROAR, the poll will be open until 8pm EST Friday January 8.
Poll #1507445 January ROAR Signups!
Open to: Friends, detailed results viewable to: Friends, participants: 25What type(s) of entries would you like to read? How many entries could you read each week? |
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| adding rice to a recipe |
[Jan. 4th, 2010|10:28 pm] |
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HI -
If I try the cheesy chicken recipe (here) and want to add rice to it to cook for 8 hrs what should I add (if at all) to ensure the rice doesn't soak up all the moisture? I want to add 2 cups rice if possible and frozen broccoli.
thanks!
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| Chatter Post - Monday, January 4, 2010 |
[Jan. 4th, 2010|11:34 am] |
Good morning, my little Flamesicles! Is it COLD where you are?? BRRRRR, BRRRRR, and - before I forget - BRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
Today's news and reminders:
**The January Sign-ups close today! If you want to be eligible for this month's contest, be sure to let us know here by 12 noon EST!
**The Week 1 Topic has just been posted! Write up you thoughts about "Starting Over" and post that link here by 12 noon EST on Saturday, January 9.
**Brigits Flame has some new affiliates! Read here about who's who!
**Check it out - it's the Brigits Flame ALL-STARS!! mistvieh is handling a special, month-long contest that will run alongside the regular contest. Only 20 entrants are starting here - all of them either past Winners and/or Moderators here. This oughta be good... Those entries are due by 8 pm EST on Friday, January 8.
**Check out the first Writer's Showcase of 2010, featuring aurumsisters!
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So, Flamers old and new, young and, um...."vintage"! (and no one should be offended, because I'm one of the vintage ones ;-) ) Happy New Year! The New Year is spread before us like a fine carpet, richly patterned with swaths of color, intricate details, and a plush texture that begs to be walked on, ran on, played on. See how the threads interweave here; how the sheen of the fabric catches your eye there. And - as if by magic - it never looks the same way twice...
The New Year - so fresh as yet, unsullied by the sweat and marks of labor, undimmed by the failures that are inevitable for our learning, inviting and seductive and pure all at one. How glorious to contemplate!
Today many of us resume our regular work and school schedules and duties. After a week or more of lighter tasks, extra treats, and a greater sense of revelry than life normally contains, we re-shoulder our tasks and chores, recommit ourselves to better and healthier living. This can be a tedious job. The onus resumed might feel heavier or stricter, given that we felt so light and carefree before. The responsibilities may chafe. And yet...
And yet, for a little while at least, our vision may be clearer. The view surrounding us is brighter in the fresh light of a new year. While the burdens of day-to-day existence may feel heavier, our spirits can still rise up as we survey our personal landscapes that are awash in this lambent dawn. We have a renewed clarity as we gaze upon our family and friends, a personal illumination as we analyze ourselves, and a greater appreciation of the wonders that surround us. Like catching the sparkling dewdrops on a spider's web, we see things anew and we appreciate them in a different way. The New Year provides us a New Perspective, that - like a rainbow refracting light and water into a dazzling display - does not last long before the sooty fingerprints of work and the smudges of living dim it, and we must wait for yet another New Dawn to glimpse it again.
I try to seize that fresh look, to study that gleaming view, before it fades away for several more months. I want to study the detail I see around me; to learn from the newly revealed planes and angles; to use that light to bolster my own. I want to create (more), write (more), be (more). I want to grow and ripen and yet be ever truer to myself - my real, intrinsic self - than ever before.
And when the light finally fades, I want to remember it and keep it close to me, like Frodo's Elven crystal, to ward away the darkness.
What new perspective and/or fresh viewpoint does the start of the new year give you? |
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| Conversation Between Kim and Andrew, January 2nd, about 11:30 am |
[Jan. 4th, 2010|10:05 am] |
Kim: Welp, I guess it's time to take the tree down...
Andrew: No, don't take it down yet! It's not time!
Kim: Eh?
Andrew: Remember I said that Ukraine uses the Julian calendar?
Kim: ...yes?...
Andrew: So it's not Christmas yet.
Kim: (blinks)
Andrew: No, seriously, I'm used to the tree staying up for about a month. We did both dates in my family.
Kim: (blinks) ...Okay, but...our tree is...kind of dried out now.
Andrew: It's fine.
Kim: (blinks)
Andrew: I'll take it down myself. Just...later.
Kim: ...Okay, now you've got a deal. |
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| Conversation Between Colin and Kim, January 2, about 10:30 pm |
[Jan. 3rd, 2010|07:31 pm] |
(On the first Saturday of each month, the Brooklyn Museum has free admission and special programs. Colin and I were htere, and after I competed in - and lost - a karaoke competition, we wandered into another gallery to get a drink.)
Kim: So when is the last time you were at the Brooklyn Museum?
Colin: I think about...five years ago?
Kim: Ah. Yeah, I try to come a lot -- I actually decided last month I'm going to make these First Saturday things a regular habit -- I need more fun, you know? And this is free and it's right here.
Colin: You know, yeah, that's a good idea. I generally decided that I should come out because I need to be less lame.
Kim: grins ...I think you've just given me my New Year's resolution.
Colin: What?
Kim: Being less lame.
Colin grins, and we both clink our plastic cups of wine and toast "to being less lame in 2010." |
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