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I've been baking! Yesterday I made a delicious Kentucky butter pound cake. I don't have a pic because a bit of the top broke off despite generous shortening and flouring (I think my bundt pan has a weird spot b/c the last cake broke in the same way). *BUT* today I made the most beautiful apple pie!

So, despite not having a job yet (and all of the fuckery going on in the U.S.), my personal life is great and I am enjoying the time to bake and cook. I'm applying for a county-wide substitute teacher position, though, so keep your fingers crossed that I'm accepted and that I won't have to color my hair a *normal* color!

Also, I both sadly and excitedly watched the final episode of Orphan Black a couple nights ago. I feel like it's the end of an era. Here's hoping Underground gets picked up after being dropped by WGN. It's the only show that sucks me in the same way Orphan Black did. Not even Game of Thrones is as captivating (well, except maybe the recent "The Spoils of War" episode... and The Red Wedding, of course).

Here are some happy apple pie pics. Can you smell it through the computer? Yes, yes you can...

So, this day is trying to kill me. It's windy outside so I go out to close the big sun-shade umbrella and there are wasps! Luckily none got me as I flailed and screeched and ran away. THEN, I'm roasting a chicken and smell burning (keep in mind I'm a hobby chef) so I open the oven to find out WTF and FLAMES SHOOT OUT singeing my hair and eyebrows. Protip: Make sure to cook the alcohol off of cooking sherry before using it in the oven. I'm PRETTY sure that's what caused the flames (even thought it's never happened with any other wine).

Anyway, dinner seems to be coming along fine now. I've washed my hair but can still smell it. And I'm unsure of how I'll reopen the umbrella without a bee suit. Any suggestions?