Brown Bulletin May 2013

note: all of the graphics for this bulletin were drawn by the lovely Laithean Sedai

Happy Birthday to both Kytera Sedai and Ayendra Sedai!

Which art medium would you want to be really good at?

Computerized graphics 31.58%

Oil pastels 5.26%

Chalks and charcoal 10.53%

Water Color 10.53%

Graphic pen 5.26%

Clay and pottery 10.53%

I don't have time for art. I'm too busy reading. 26.32%

Gilligan's Island

1 oz. Vodka

1 oz. Peach Schnapps

3 oz. Orange Juice

3 oz. Cranberry Juice

Cherry and/or Slice of fruit to garnish

Combine all of the liquids into an ice filled cocktail shaker.

Cover, shake well, and pour into your favorite cocktail glass.

Super Moist Chocolate Cake

2 cups Sugar

2 cups Warm water

3 cups Flour

2 tsp Baking soda

6 tbl sp Cocoa

3/4 tsp Salt

2 tsp Cinnamon

1 tsp Vanilla

1 cup Mayonnaise*

Pre-heat over to 350 degree Fahrenheit.

Dissolve sugar in water.

Measure in dry ingredients, mix well.

Add vanilla, mix.

Add mayonnaise, mix well.

Put in greased cake pan and bake for about 40 minutes.

*this is the most important ingredient as this is actually called a Mayonnaise Cake. I just call it a moist chocolate cake because the mayo tends to turn people off a bit... it's amazing though, so try it!

I was sitting in bed with my laptop yesterday, sipping on a can of Coke Zero. Got sleepy and leaned back let out a big yawn and stretched my arms out. Suddenly I feel something cold and wet running down my head. I look up and there's the can of Coke in my hand, above my head, upside down!

I was at the sink washing my face. When I looked up to the mirror, I saw a shadow move behind me. I yelled, jumped and turned, thrusting my arms out in a way that i hoped looked like some sort of badass ninja karate chop. There was nothing behind me. When I turned back to the mirror, I realised that it was just my ponytail swishing about...

I had finished my cereal but still had a bit of almond milk in the bowl. I was watching the Korean drama "My Girldfriend is a Gumiho" so I didn't want to bring the bowl to the kitchen just yet. So I placed it on the floor next to my bed. At first I was like, "Hmmm no I will step in that" so I moved the bowl over a foot so I would not step in it. What do I do when I jump out of bed half an hour later? Step in the bowl. OMG every time.

Yesterday at work we were watering and repotting plants in the resort's hotel. When we were done there, I got back out to the company vehicle I was in, and realized I couldn't find my work gloves (necessary when you do things like pruning and plucking leaves from privet hedges). My coworker thought I'd left them in the ladies' room in the hotel. Nope, not there.

Then I checked my coat pockets. They were there.

I was watching a Stargate movie on my laptop and wondering why the picture was so blurry.

Then I realized I was wearing my distance glasses, not my reading glasses. And that I really, really, really need to get my eyes checked, because even after the glasses got switched closeup stuff is still blurry.

Today I was in a hurry to leave for Tai Chi practice, actually I was running late. So I went into the bathroom to wash my hands. Sometime later, I realized I was in the shower, having actually been showering for 5 or 6 minutes already. How and when I undressed and started showering - I absolutely don't remember. Not to mention the fact I only wanted to wash my hands and then quickly run out of the apartment.

I couldn't remember how old I was yesterday. Honestly I didn't remember until today when my friend told me, "We're going to be 27 this year." I was like, "Oh. Right. 27."

You're stranded on a desert tropical island.

A book genie appears to you and tells you to choose which five novels/series you want to place on your island bookshelf (that has just magically appeared next to you and is all shiny, new, and sturdy).

After much refining of the fine print as to what books/series/anthologies were aloud, many lengthy series and hearty anthologies appeared on shelves alongside favored novels.

Here's a list of the most chosen books/series:

Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson (4)

Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (4)

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (including The Hobbit and The Silmarillion (3)

Shakespeare Anthology (2)

The Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson (2)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (2)

Some random, individual choices include:

Complete run of Choose Your Own Adventure books

Lucretius'*De Rerum Natura (a poem on Epicurean philosophy)

Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson

The Forgotten Realms Series

Works of Alexander Dumas then (omnibus edition)

The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss.

Seanan McGuire's October Daye

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

That's all for here, If you'd like a full list of the books chosen by the Browns and friends, check this out.

"...the Gaidin must feel weird reading this thread."

"Do Brown Warders actually read Sitting Room threads? I never see many of them..."

"I've spent more than twenty minutes in MDD. Nothing you ladies post could make me feel weird any more."

"In other news: I had to use Aes Sedai language at work today."

"If you don't want nightmares, don't watch the video."

"I brought books, eight in total, and I "helped" my mother buy yarn. I've decided that I'm not buying any more yarn for myself before I use up what I already have in the house. But I won't stop myself from buying as many books as I want no matter whether I actually get around to reading them or not..."

"I'm always doing that with books. I have a few good used bookstores near me, and every so often I wander in and go, 'ooh, I don't have that one, or that one...' "

"The water in my Uni building's bathroom is orange."

"...Wooooooorrrrdddds. Tooooo mannnyyyyy wooooooorrrrrddddddsssssssss."

"In other news: A monkey robbed me on my way home from fruit shopping. It stole my mangos."

"Monkeys are bastards."