Bad habit

I'm in the uncomfortable place with work where I have nothing this is due immediately, but several things that are due in several days, so it would be wisest to get going on this stuff now. Unfortunately, I have a hard time buckling down seriously to work without the pressure of deadlines, which is really going to cause me trouble when suddenly several big things are due. I have a Latin quiz and an assignment due for my internship on Wednesday and a paper due on Thursday. If I use today well I should be in okay shape, but that's going to be a pretty sizeable chunk of work. I'll really have to buckle myself down.

Return of the bad idea...

Got started on my Magical Realism paper. Don't have much yet, but hey, every little bit helps, and the night is far from over.

Unfortunately, I'm somewhat distracted by other things. Remember this post, when I bemoaned my brilliant yet lame idea I had? I am plagued yet again by it. I guess by now I should say what it is. I'm a huge Talespin fan, and ever since Bernie so kindly made me a gift of Volume 2 DVDs, I've been watching a lot of the show. And since immersing myself in it, I am overcome with a desire to run a one-shot set in the Talespin universe based off this fantastic Talespin fan fic I discovered a while back. The setting of Talespin, in case you don't know, is anthropomorphic animals set in a pre-WWII tropical city at the height of the aviation age, and I find it very fun. It's a sort of Indiana Jones-style adventure, a great story, and a really great plot for a tabletop game. It would be easy as pie to adapt. I've even got ideas for pregen characters to play in it.

The problem I'm not sure who exactly wants to play in a Talespin one-shot. It's a great universe in my opinion, but on the cartoony side, and while I find that part of the charm, it may not appeal to everyone. Also, I really should be working on Oz or Paranoia instead. I don't actually think it would be that hard to write, but still, time is time. And I have no idea what system I'd use. Maybe GURPS, but I don't know it all that well. I'd have to figure that out, which takes more time.

But I think it would be fun. I'd love to do it. I'm just not sure I could/should get it together.

Mocha Cake

Combine:

2C flour
1 1/2 tasp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1/4 C cocoa
2 C sugar

Add:

1 C soy milk
1/2 C vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
2 vegan egg replacements
1 C coffee, still hot

Grease 2 9" cake pans. Pour in batter. Bake in the middle of the over at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Let cake layers cool completely before removing from pans. To remove easily, boil some water in a large skillet and hold the pans over the steam until teh bottom of the cake is loosened.

Ice between layers and on top with mocha icing:

With a hand mixer, mix:

1/2 C melted margarine
3 1/2 C powdered sgar
1/3 C coffee
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cocoa