A nice batch of sticky, sweet Golden Gram Treats

I thought I’d try to make something new tonight after making Rice Krispie Treats yesterday.  I have had Golden Gram S’mores a long time ago, which mixed Golden Grams, marshmallows, and chocolate chips into a s’more-like treat.  However, I thought, since I had some Golden Grams unopened in the pantry, I would try to use the same steps I use to make Rice Krispie Treats, but just substitute in Golden Grams.  Whadda ya know?  They are actually pretty good!  They look like they are glazed like doughnuts you would get at Krispy Kreme.  So, what is the fate of these delightful goods?  I will be donating them to my school’s Lions Club bake sale which will be taking place in Eberly this Thursday.  They’ll totally be worth the $0.25 or whatever.  

Tags: baking, college, Food, golden gram, golden gram treats, snacks
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Me in a few years...?

It seems like everyday anymore I find myself thinking, “time is flying by way too fast!”  It’s true too.  College classes just began last week, and it doesn’t seem like more than a month since they began in 2007.  I am continuing to get events from this past summer and the summer of ‘07 confused, and find myself saying “was it really over a year ago since I did that?”  It’s crazy, and is kind of sad, too.

So, it should not surprise you that today is just blowing my mind in so many ways.  It can’t be true–I must have miscalculated!  Am I really 20 today?  Have I really been on this planet for two decades today?  Seriously, it doesn’t seem like that.  I remember when I was 10 and spent most of my day outside actually doing some activity.  Was that really a decade ago?

But alas, here I am–a jounior in college, somehow–majoring in Meteorology.  It really does not feel like I should be here…it seems like just yesterday I was worried about graduating high school and moving on to college.  Now, amazingly, I am already worried about graduating college and moving on from there.  It baffles my mind!

But I will try to enjoy my birthday, even if 20 is such an odd year.  You are no longer a teenager, but still are not a full adult… I’m in limbo!  I can hear the Twilight Zone music playing already!  I have more stressful things to worry about in my 20th year on this blue marble anyway, such as the 30 page research paper I have due by the end of the semester…

Celebrate!

Tags: 20, age, birthday, homestar14, jason, jasonfouchard, me, Personal, september, september 2nd
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 WARNING: Sozin’s Comet SPOILERS EXIST IN THIS POST

I really wanted to write a review for the finale episode of Avatar, Sozin’s Comet, but I do not know what to say.  I am not very skilled at reviewing things in the first place, but somehow reviewing this episode (or “these episodes,” I guess I should say) seems impossible.  It has been almost a week since the finale aired, and still I do not know what to say; I am completely and utterly speechless.  I mean, how can I review something when I do not know what to say about it?  Well, I will give it a try.

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Tags: animation, avatar, avatar: the last airbender, cartoon, episode, fire, movie, nick, nickelodeon, review, television
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Well, guess what?  I have completed the basic migration of the site over to Wordpress.  “Why?” you might ask, as if you cared.  As much as I like having my entire site coded by myself from the ground up, it made adding more features that would help with the blog-related aspects of the site very time consuming.  With Wordpress, I am able to use my free time writing posts on my blog here, instead of working on the blog itself.  Plus, I would rather experiment with new simple PHP application ideas that pop into my mind every now and then.  I was able to transfer the template from the previous site over to Wordpress without much visual change, except where it made it look better.  I hope you enjoy the theme, as I am never satisfied with it (any suggestions are welcome).

By using Wordpress, I should be able to post (hopefully) a little more frequently, as this is something that I want to do, but had trouble finding time/motivation to do.  This has also enabled me to add more little widget things to the site that display my activity from other areas of the web (see My Lifestream).

So anyway, enough with this mandatory first post.  Enjoy the rest of your web day, and I will hopefully start posting content soon!

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