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( Русский язык: как по-английски? )

Okay. I'm pretty sure that whole exercise was NOT actually intended to be translated straight up. Rather, I was supposed to infer things and do the following exercises and get help from a teacher. Being apparently unable to do any language things the easy way, I did none of that.

On the plus side, today is another snow day on account of Elf Lord and Aunt are going in late anyway and UPS isn't running, so there's little point to having me there itching to do some writing work after a couple of hours and fussing over whether or not I'm going to be snowed in in town. The boy still wants to go out grocery shopping, which is slightly mad, and drop off his application at the care center in Black Mountain, which is definitely mad. Am debating whether I want to go with him or just give him a list and be all "Okay, you're that crazy, you do it." This will, of course, all result in me doing a frillion orders tomorrow as a backlog, but it probably won't be much worse than a mail order sale day. And it'll only be one day, unlike a mail order sale!

Right. I have another snow day, I might as well make some use of it. I now have three Big Bang projects/outlines, yay, one of which is sort of original and much less novel-working-intensive. Horror Big Bang is now going to be Project "Holy Shit It's Jack The Ripper!" and you get no context. I just have to decide now if it's going to be "Holy Shit It's Jack the Ripper" or "Holy Shit It's Jack The Ripper IN SPACE." In case of the latter, Babylon 5 references may occur. You have been warned.

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( 日本語 )

No, Jag, you're doing Japanese, not Russian. Remember that.

So, apparently tonight I made the tastiest omg comfort food ever. It is tasty, it is creamy, it is cheesy, it is terrific. It also may be somewhat Ameri-centric, as it involves a kind of cheese called Laughing Cow, which is a creamy swiss cheese. Probably you could substitute any kind of creamy cheese with garlic/onion/chive flavor that you like and melts well. I don't know if Laughing Cow is available in your country of choice, though.

CHICKEN AND BOW-TIE PASTA IN CREAM SAUCE
2-4 Boneless skinless chicken breast halves
12 oz pkg farfalle (bow tie) pasta
16 oz chicken broth OR 2 cups water+2 cups chicken boullion
1-2 cups broccoli florets
1 medium red pepper, thinly sliced
salt and pepper to taste
1 tub each (8.75 oz) Laughing Cow garlic and herbs and Laughing Cow french onion cheese (recipe originally suggests 2 8oz containers chive and onion cream cheese + garlic. I cheated)

Place chicken into saucepan and add water to cover. Boil 20 minutes. Allow to cool, then pull meat into shreds.

Cook pasta.

In a large skillet over medium high heat (or an actual shallow pot, if you want not to worry about slopping it over the sides) combine broth, red pepper, broccoli, salt, and cheese. Stir until smooth. Mix in chicken and pasta. Makes lots. Vary your vegetables as needed to accommodate allergies, triggers, etc.





Moo.