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Oh yeah. I should sleep.

I was right. This game isn't emotionally safe for me at all.

There are parts of this game that remind me of everything I hated about Texas.

There are parts of this game that don't make any sense to me at all.

We're at the first party in the woods. I think those happened when I was in high school. I never went to them. I never got invited to them, but I assume they happened. I heard about them from Mitchell.

@adeptomega is playing Night in the Woods in the living room.

I don't think I'm going to be able to make it through this.

... forty rounds of Sigmar's Garden in and I'm totally not staring in a fugue state at the transmutation table. I can quit any time I want. I just don't want to quit.

Sun and Moon rise and fall. Stars turn. Red leaves return to earth, and the first fruits of labor are ready to harvest.
Spirit of Virgo, trembling earth, I invite you to make your mark upon me, to shake my complacency, to remind me never to settle, to keep me performing at my peak.
Xalki, carver, thank you for your focus. Your attention to detail helps me discover where my efforts most matter. May I be as mindful as I bring my creations into the world.
The Work Continues.

So... I started playing Opus Magnum.

I feel a little called-out here.

So... after glazing, I had extra cold ganache. And time. So I improvised some.

They're not perfect -- I don't have a star tip -- but this was my first experiment with piping. @LadyAstolat​, the bake release worked perfectly! Thank you!

I present "Fünf Schokoladen Drei Orangen." A yeasted cake -- kugelhopf -- with acao nibs, chocolate non-pareils, dutched cocoa, chocolate ganache, chocolate buttercream, triple sec, orange zest, dried orange peel.
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Tonight's experiment: triple-chocolate orange kugelhopf. The bowl on the side is chocolate orange ganache for glazing once the yeasted cake is cool.

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#baking
#cooking
#communityorganizing
#prepping
#hypnosis
#meditation
#homemaking

The funk of failing my last kugelhopf has mostly passed, in light of wanting to try again. Tonight's experiment: chocolate chunk with a triple sec ganache. I want that set enough that I can take it with me to FlatVids tomorrow, so others can ~~keep me from eating it all~~ share in the judging.

My mixed-peel kugelhopf stuck to the bundt pan; more flour to coat and a better job of it. I may need to consider a different tin, or possibly something other than flour, maybe parchment paper.
The homemade mixed peel was too hard; next batch needs to boil longer and use only syrup, no extra sugar.
The crumb was amazing. I've never had a cake with that texture before. The flavor was good but the citrus needed abother note to balance it.
Magic frosting is shockingly easy.

Me and my mixed-peel kugelhopf are well on the way to being baked tonight.

Twelve-hour day today. My own damn fault; I got stick thinking this task couldn't possibly have that many more nested errors. Little did she know. Very very little. I have learned, if only that Amazon's documentation is out of date for their SDK.

I've finally found a Tarot deck that I like, which I didn't think would happen. Today's draw was uncomfortably apt, but the gentle pointer to look for happiness right in front of me while @ElectricKeet was lying on my legs bein' all cat-like was... well, okay, I get the hint.

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