that was the week that was
Sep. 4th, 2015 09:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kindkitHave survived first week of new job responsibilities. It was a long week.
I owe comments/replies to a bunch of you, but right now I'm tired.
About all I've done this last week that wasn't work-related was watch The Great British Bake Off.
The last episode didn't enthrall me as much as they usually do, because gluten-free, sugar-free, or dairy-free baking isn't my thing. (And my pedantic side must note that a cake made with honey or agave syrup or whatever is "sugar free" only in a very narrow sense.) I was happy to see Nadiya win star baker, though--she's one of my favorites.
Last week Ian became another of my favorites. He's so quiet and unassuming that at first I didn't really notice him even when he was winning. But last week he was so geekily charming with his wanting to dance joyfully on trains that I fell for him at that moment. And he's a very very good baker. If I were betting, my money would be on him to win. Also, because I am me, I've kind of started shipping him with Paul Hollywood. (It's not my fault! It's the fault of those frequent moments when Paul gives him The Look and then a smile and Ian blushes!)
My other favorite (apparently I have lots) is Flora, for her cookbook collection and her dry wit. ("The most feminine version of plastering imaginable," she says as she spreads meringue on the sides of a cake.)
And then there's Alvin, who seems like a really lovely man . . .
And Tamal, with his clever ideas and his fondness for injecting things into cakes . . .
. . . yes, I am embarrassed to have been sucked into the personalities and reality-show aspect of the Bake Off as well as the baking aspect. But I have been, and I will be sad as some of my favorites are inevitably eliminated. There's no one left that I really dislike and would be glad to lose (there was only ever Stu, kicked off in the first round, and I wasn't entirely crazy about Ugne with her terrible taste in cake decorating and what seemed like a refusal to learn from what the judges kept telling her).
Hmm, I must check AO3 to see if anyone's written Ian/Paul Hollywood fic. Surely I can't be the only person who sees it?
I owe comments/replies to a bunch of you, but right now I'm tired.
About all I've done this last week that wasn't work-related was watch The Great British Bake Off.
The last episode didn't enthrall me as much as they usually do, because gluten-free, sugar-free, or dairy-free baking isn't my thing. (And my pedantic side must note that a cake made with honey or agave syrup or whatever is "sugar free" only in a very narrow sense.) I was happy to see Nadiya win star baker, though--she's one of my favorites.
Last week Ian became another of my favorites. He's so quiet and unassuming that at first I didn't really notice him even when he was winning. But last week he was so geekily charming with his wanting to dance joyfully on trains that I fell for him at that moment. And he's a very very good baker. If I were betting, my money would be on him to win. Also, because I am me, I've kind of started shipping him with Paul Hollywood. (It's not my fault! It's the fault of those frequent moments when Paul gives him The Look and then a smile and Ian blushes!)
My other favorite (apparently I have lots) is Flora, for her cookbook collection and her dry wit. ("The most feminine version of plastering imaginable," she says as she spreads meringue on the sides of a cake.)
And then there's Alvin, who seems like a really lovely man . . .
And Tamal, with his clever ideas and his fondness for injecting things into cakes . . .
. . . yes, I am embarrassed to have been sucked into the personalities and reality-show aspect of the Bake Off as well as the baking aspect. But I have been, and I will be sad as some of my favorites are inevitably eliminated. There's no one left that I really dislike and would be glad to lose (there was only ever Stu, kicked off in the first round, and I wasn't entirely crazy about Ugne with her terrible taste in cake decorating and what seemed like a refusal to learn from what the judges kept telling her).
Hmm, I must check AO3 to see if anyone's written Ian/Paul Hollywood fic. Surely I can't be the only person who sees it?
