Baking without measuring

Recently I found myself with all of the ingredients but none of the utensils. Read on to see how my educated brain dealt with this!

I had a cough-medicine cup-thingy and a glass.
I just measured flour into the glass 2 teaspoons at a time and marked off the following intervals:

12 teaspoons = 1/4 cup
16 teaspoons = 1/3 cup
24 teaspoons = 1/2 cup
32 teaspoons = 2/3 cup
36 teaspoons = 3/4 cup
48 teaspoons = 1 cup

Homemade measuring cup! I'll just use the cough-medicine-thingy for the little stuff, remembering that
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon.

Brilliant!

Update (Dec. 14th):
I lost the cough-medicine-thingy. Now I have two left, but they're in milliliters. And the markings on the cup weren't "permanent" enough. Here we go again.

236.588 mL = 1 cup
177.4 mL = 3/4 cup
157.7 mL = 2/3 cup
118.3 mL = 1/2 cup
78.8 mL = 1/3 cup
59.15 mL = 1/4 cup

4.9 mL = 1 teaspoon
14.8 mL = 1 tablespoon

Tales of Health

Tale of Victory: Bronchitis has mostly passed, coughing has mostly stopped. (Good, because I depleted my two bottles of Robitussin.) I even think I'm getting over being overtrained!

Tale of Woe: My first bunion. Waaaaaaaaaahh . . . . . . .
I'm the poster child for bunions from pointe.

Tale of Victory: Today, made major headway with Rosie on her solo.
This is for my "bound ballet," by the way. Rosie is my Ankles. --------------------------------->

Tale of Woe: Not extreme headway, though. Because of my bunion!

Snow Duck

It snowed.

I made a snow duck.

Text on the Net

FML is that anonymous repository of ironic woe and failure, TFLN is "Remember that text you shouldn't have sent last night?" and MLIA is the optimistic kid sister of the two.
They are all pretty much the most popular time-diddling websites on campus at the moment. Personally, I think MLIA is the best. It is basically an online Generation Y cuddlefest. Trends I've noted are

1. anti-Twilightism and anti-Miley Cyrus-ism

Yesterday, I took my baby cousin trick or treating. She was dressed as a pumpkin and was absolutely adorable, so many kids wanted to hold her. She was held my a zombie, a dead person, a texas chainsaw murderer, and a scary clown. She didn't cry until she got held by a twelve year-old dressed as Miley Cyrus.
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2. references to Harry Potter and 90's phenoms such as Pokemon and Transformers

Today, I finally managed to say "Piii...kaa.." before I sneezed.
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3. Snuggies

Today I discovered that when you put a Snuggie on backwards, it no longer is a Snuggie but an awesome cape, and I preceded to run around my dorm floor making whooshing noises. Three other kids on my floor came out to join me and we played 2 on 2 Quidditch.
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4. amazing fun things

Today, I brought a dog home from the shelter who I had been iffy about adopting. Within the first few hours, I discovered that when you point at him and say "Pillow fight!" he runs off and comes back with a pillow.
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5. witnessing strangers carrying out planned absurdities

I was driving by the lake and I saw a Jeep full of guys pass me. They were hanging out the windows and the sunroof, paddling with canoe paddles, and singing "Just Around the Riverbend" from Pocahontas.
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6. the communion of unplanned absurdities with strangers

Today, I saw a man dressed in full Buddy costume from the movie "Elf." I stuck my head out my car window and yelled, "You're a cotton-headed ninnymuggins!" His gasp was audible from several feet away, and then he chased me down the sidewalk yelling, "I'm telling Santa!"
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7. awesomesauce little kids

Last night while trick-or-treating I saw a 10 year old boy who had made himself and entire suit and cape out of bubblewrap. Excited, I shouted "It's Bubblewrap Boy!" The kid turned around and said "I'm Bubblewrap MAN," pointing to the mustache he had drawn over his lip.
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8. awesomesauce old people
9. awesomesauce parents and teachers