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Things I accomplished this evening:

- Went to monthly Art Walk
- Baked Lebkuchen for Mitbewohner (Christmas) and for students (Monday)

Things we have learned:

- "Holiday Sale" at MECA is code for "complete madhouse"
- The go-go dancers in 70s fashions were there for the opening of a new fashion design gallery boutique thingie, and they were backed up by amazons who looked like they'd wandered off the set of 2001 and by a woman wearing a fruit and cheese buffet.
There were also donuts.
Also, this place (The Madhouse) may have to be added to my list of Places I Want To Take Anyone Who Comes To Visit, if only for the tshirts.

- When your housemate says he is going away for the week, make sure you know which day. Otherwise, he may walk in on you unexpectedly when (as a hypothetical example) you've taken what you thought was an opportunity to do all the things that cheesed him off, and also undertaken a major cooking project that covered everything in the kitchen in ingredients, bowls, ground almonds, crumbs of lebkuchen dough, etc etc etc.
- Never cook something complicated for the first time unless EITHER you're the only one eating it OR you have a single, reliable recipe (rather than making one up based on your notes from the Joy and the original 1558 version)
- Anyone who says Lebkuchen is easy is a filthy, filthy liar.
- It is, however, something I can cook.

Things we did not learn:
- What was up with the zombie furries at the Art Walk
- What consistency Lebkuchen is supposed to be when it comes out of the over. Or when it goes into the oven, for that matter.
(Anyone who's baked Lebkuchen themselves, feel free to weigh in here.

Things we did not accomplish:
Any grading at all.