stout.

I made these awesome cupcakes for an order last week. Since I couldn't find Stone Imperial Russian Stout at the deli I ended up getting a can of Oskar Blue's Ten Fidy. I really loved the roasted flavor that the beer ended up giving the cupcakes. They're topped off with chocolate buttercream & candied bacon.

These cupcakes reminded me why I love baking. They were a lot of fun, especially candying bacon for the first time.

Hopefully someday Lush Pastries will have a real store and I can feed the masses pastries full of booze and bacon all the time! I'm here to make the world a fatter place.

xx

hair.

I'm growing my hair out, and I hope I can somehow make it look like Jenny Owen Youngs.

I think this is just in hope that I will become awesome like her.

xx

femme.

For some odd reason I've been trying to gussy up more. I'll throw on eye shadow and liner, make sure my hair is especially big and curly, and today I even decided to put on a dress. In the daylight.

What is wrong with me?

In other "changes" news: Patty & I are on a mission. We're planning on taking a trip to Laughlin this summer, and for the next 3 months it's mission 'how much weight can we lose in these 3 months'. Yes, every time I start a mission like this it usually fails, but maybe because I'm not going at it alone it will work out better. So anyone that sees me in the next few months might run across a cranky Candice because I will be cutting out a lot of beer and a lot of cheese. I guess this means I'll be calling March-June the "Jameson and Turkey Cutlet" months.

Wow I used a lot of parentheses in that faux paragraph of mine. Hmph.

Well now I'm off to go shopping for boozy cupcake supplies. The other half of the bottle of Stone Imperial Russian Stout will probably be my last beer for awhile... at least it's a good one!

xx

hobby.

I woke up this morning with an amazing impulse... I decide to drop about $50 and buy a holga. Yup, welcome Candice to the world of toy cameras and film.

I shot my first roll tonight at Proof while we were doing karaoke. I think it will turn out bad and awesome at the same time. I can't wait to get it developed and buy some more film. I don't really expect this is lead anywhere except for having some awesome photos to pin on my wall, but that's all that matters anyways.

And I'm probably gonna buy another one in a few weeks. Very excited.

xx

frands.

Today I realized that being sick really sucks when you already have a shit ton of stuff on your mind... who really wants to lay in bed all day thinking and coughing and feeling gross? Exactly.

And I also realized that having an amazing friend that will just sit around with you and watch tv all night long is a great thing. Nothing beats hours of Sex Decoy & Ru Paul's Drag Race.

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