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My LiveJournal Trick-or-Treat Haul
browniecow goes trick-or-treating, dressed up as mummy.
faeriekissed tricks you! You get a rotten egg.
girlinthemoon gives you 17 white chocolate-flavoured pieces of taffy.
glittertastic gives you 7 dark blue cinnamon-flavoured nuggets.
gryphon gives you 6 light yellow evil-flavoured pieces of bubblegum.
launch_pad tricks you! You get an eraser. A magic eraser (not the cleaning kind).
misterbunn gives you 5 blue cherry-flavoured wafers.
muruch gives you 11 teal watermelon-flavoured wafers.
princess_molly tricks you! You get a frog prince.
rexiesaurus gives you 15 light orange blueberry-flavoured nuggets.
solcita gives you 9 dark blue banana-flavoured nuggets.
browniecow ends up with 70 pieces of candy, a rotten egg, a magic eraser, and a frog prince.
Go trick-or-treating! Username:
Another fun meme brought to you by rfreebern.

To see me in my costume, go here.

I have just returned from a trip to the Pacific Northwest, primarily the Seattle area, but since it was a road trip I was able to see a fair amount of scenery and some other places up there as well. I have updated my Visited States map as a result.



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I think the Girl Scouts may have been worried that I might confuse a Brownie with a brownie. It's silly, I know. But there was this one time where I got excited when I learned about Brownies, not realizing that they weren't really brownies.

Anyway it seems the Girl Scouts recently introduced a sugar-free brownie cookie. Of course from the reviews I have read, I wonder what is in them - hopefully not Brownies! Lots of people have reported they don't taste good. And since I only eat natural ingredients, I can't really try one for myself, so will just take their word for it.

In the end it seems like this really wouldn't solve the problem. Of course, there is no need to worry because I do know the difference between a Brownie and a brownie.

Now will someone please pass the Thin Mints?

Recently sweet_pickles brought me home a little treat. She and onetakemovie had gone to Borders and stopped at the cafe, which is now a Seattle's Best. They had something called a butterfinger brownie, so she got one to go.

At first I was a bit skeptical. I have never really had a butterfinger, and my experience with brownies having to do with candy bars is that they are too sweet or just odd. But this was different. It was really yummy!

So next time you are at Borders or a Seattle's Best and want a treat, I highly recommend their butterfinger brownie. You can taste the chocolate in the brownie, and there is a nice slighly crunchy brown sugary undertone. It would be lovely with a spot of tea.

And if you do try it, let me know what you think. Okay.

I'm off to pack now.

I realize it has been a while since I posted my "visited states" map, so here is an update:



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Moo. :)

Wishing a very happy birthday to glittertastic!!! May your year be filled with lots of sparkle, cupcakes, and of course, brownies. Sending you lots of love from the other side of the pond.

Dear Santa... Dear Santa, This year I've been busy! In September I helped mybrokennight across the street (6 points). Last Thursday onetakemovie and I donated clothes to the needy (11 points). In January I caught a purse-snatcher who stole rexiesaurus's purse (30 points). In April I ruled Duluth, Minnesota as a kind and benevolent dictator (700 points). Last Tuesday I helped _evening_rain_ see the light (8 points). Overall, I've been nice (755 points). For Christmas I deserve a Lego set! Sincerely, browniecow

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You see, I don't know how to be naughty. Looks like someone is getting a lego set for Christmas!

Sorry about that. Life as an MBA student is hard work. Phew!

It's summer now and I landed a great internship at a big company whose name I probably shouldn't mention. I have a corner office where I look out at the parking lot. That's good because my main job is to count cars. I have a brownie allowance and even a personal assistant. I'll have a key to the executive wash room before you know it.

Speaking of wash rooms, there was a bit of an issue during the hiring process. It seems company policy (this is corporate America) requires all new employees take a drug test.

I explained that while yes, I do eat my fair share of brownies, I would never ever eat "the special" brownies. In fact, if anyone ever even tried to give me a "special" brownie (which really I am not even sure what it is, I just know I don't want any), sweet_pickles would have their heads on a platter.

We went back and forth and forth and back. I said it really seemed like we were getting off on the wrong foot. This wasn't really how I thought we should be beginning our relationship. Plus I added, don't you realize that all a drug test proves is that the person in question hasn't done drugs (for whatever reason they don't test for alcohol) in the three weeks before they were hired?! It seemed kind of silly to me, but they had the legal department to appease (I offered to send them some brownies, but they didn't think that would be a good idea).

In the end I got out of taking the test because well, um, I couldn't pee in a cup when given a three minute window. It was just too much pressure. I am just a little cow! That was a big cup.

But anyway we are past that now. I am happy in my work, and my co-workers are really great. I think I might learn how to play golf.

How to make a browniecow

Ingredients: 3 parts love 3 parts silliness 5 parts joy

Method: Mix gently by hand until formed. Add a little caring and a dash of cocoa, if desired.

On the night before Thanksgiving, onetakemovie and sweet_pickles braved the cold and snow in search of brownie pie making necessities. Somehow they ended up at Borders bookstore where there was an organization selling their version of brownie pie! The proceeds went to the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation.

Of course they knew I would be very sad if such an opportunity was passed up, and so surprised me by bringing home a whole brownie pie plus all the things sweet_pickles needed to make her famous chocolate pecan tart (aka brownie pie). When they explained that I got to eat brownie pie for a children's charity, I couldn't think of anything sweeter. Yum!

Both pies were quite tasty. And I am quite stuffed. Maybe they have a walk-a-thon I could sign up for.

-moo

I have been a busy little cow. It was a tough choice, but I decided to skip kindergarten and everything that comes after and go straight to business school! Not only that, I decided to go to one of the top business schools in the world -- the GSB.

It was probably more my charm and wit that got me in. After all, I have never taken basic math, let alone calculus. My classmates are nice though and have been helping me get up to speed. (Some even carry my books and others have been caught fighing over who gets to nap with me.) Again, I think it is that charm and cuteness that I possess. Everyone agrees I will go far. We'll see.

Ok, gotta go catch up on some of my reading.

Looks like we are hitting the road to Chicago today. Can hardly believe it. Lots of last minute things to take care of. Rumor has it I may get a brownie before we leave.

Here I am supervising onetakemovie and sweet_pickles in the cargo van. I gave them lots of brownie points for all their hard work. I lost count of how many boxes they moved.

I've been remiss at adding back new friends who've added me. I apologize.
I'd like to welcome raindropstop, launch_pad, nerea, betweenlives and misterbunn!

Moo, and I hope you're all having a good summer! :)

I'm back in Texas! It's good to be back. (It's only to visit, but I'm happy.)

Moooo!

onetakemovie just got the phone call that he was admitted to The Chicago GSB. [Depending on whose list you believe, it is the number two MBA program in the US.] Yay!!!!!

{I help put the "cow" in Chi-cow-go, just so you know.}

You can go wish him luck and all that good stuff here.

I received this in the mail the other day:





What would I do with a credit card? Also, somebody needs to tell them that my name is Zero, not NONE.

Yesterday while sweet_pickles and onetakemovie were hanging out with shpyum, I hung out in the car with princess_molly and rexiesaurus. M and I entertained Rexie with tales of our time in Texas. It was the closest we'd been to Texas in a long time -- we were about 50 miles closer on the Interstate than we usually get when we come down to Southern California.

I like it here, but I do occasionally miss Austin.

Happy Brownie-eating Day to Me!

Happy Brownie-eating Day to Me!

Happy Brownie-eating Day dear Me!!

Happy Brownie-eating Day to Me!!!!

Can you tell I'm excited!!! This is better than Christmas.

Moo...

I must say this has been the year for strange weather. I don't remember it ever snowing this late in the winter when we lived there.

That is some serious snow! For Austin, anyway.

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