Graduation! Cheesecake!! iPad!!!

It has been a while since my last entry. Why? Well, I have been very busy with my last semester of college. This semester, I had to take 17 credits in order to finish my undergraduate degree by the end of the year. I took two online classes, two modernist literature classes, and a really cool and interesting class that I can't really name -- it's too small of a class that anyone who Google searches it would end up finding this blog... And I'd rather avoid that. It was a really fun class, though, compared to all of my other ones.

Overall, my classes this semester gave me sooo much combined work that I was somehow writing at least one or two essays nearly every week. By the end of this semester, I had written at least five 6-page papers and more than ten 2-3-page papers. I guess I shouldn't be complaining since I'm studying English... that's like a math major complaining about having so many problems to solve. Butchu gotta complain, mang.

Anyway, the point is that I'm really really really

REEEEEAAAALLLLLY RRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLYYYYYY HHHHHAAAAAAPPPPPPYYYYY TTHHHAAAAATTTT IIIIII''''''MMM DDDOOOONNNNEEEEE WWWIIIITTTTHHHH SSSSCCCHHOOOOOOooOoOoOoOooOOLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I also have some more good news ---

I baked my first cheesecake!

It was an Oreo cheesecake. :) I used this recipe; however, I substituted Neufchâtel cheese instead of cream cheese. Also, we didn't have vanilla so I didn't add any. Urhurrrr.

It was quite cheesy. The crust was too thin, though... And next time, I want to add more sugar and bigger chunks of Oreo cookies to the filling. Some kind of sweet glaze would have been nice, too, like chocolate syrup or whipped cream. But maybe there won't be a next time... I might get target-lockdowned by a meteor just buy a ready made cheesecake from Publix next time: 0 work + 0 ingredients = instant gratification. And also 10x tastier than mine...

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I really worked hard to make it, though.

...Anyhow, here are some pictures of how it came out:

And now, for the final finale of my post ---

I have an iPad! :)

Papa bought me one as a graduation gift!!! I'm so happy! I wasn't begging or weeping for one, mind you, but of course it is a very nice and happy surprise to receive one. :D Look:

Very meta.

To 2013!

I've always been really busy with school, so I haven't had time to update here. But I will try to post more frequently from now on... hopefully. I still need to go to work, though. I am planning on cooking something kewl once a month (this month was December Cheesecake uguu~ ), so there will be that to look forward to. Well, this is my last post for 2012, so I will just say, "Happy Birthday, Mina!!" and bye-bye, everyone, until in 2013! ^w^

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