In which the blogger loves home-made potato chips, hates toe cramps, and adores Frankie Landau-Banks.

Home-made... potato chips. Very, very yummy; yet so simple to make. I would have pictures, but they got eaten too fast. All you need to do is: \

 1. Cut a/some potato(s).
 2. Put them in a bag with olive oil.
 3. After shaking well, put them on a plate.
 4. Put them in the microwave for ten minutes, or until they are mostly cooked.
 5. Add salt.
 6. Put them back into the microwave until fully cooked.

Done.

And so good.

On to toe cramps.
What are their problems? Who really needs toe cramps? And why do they have to hurt so much???
No one likes you, toe cramps. Go away, to whatever freakish planet you were made on. Go awaaaaaay!

Next:

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, by E. Lockhart. Who could have thought of something so brilliant?
QUICK summary, no spoilers:

Frankie's a nice girl in her Freshman year in her boarding school; her parent's Bunny Rabbit, Debate Club, and mildly geeky.Not bad. But her Sophomore year, she masterminds some of the biggest pranks in Alabaster's History.
This is how she got there.

Isn't that nice and small? Quite lovely, if I may say so myself.

Anyway.

My thoughts on the book (This time, spoilers galore):

I used to like Matthew. Then I hated him. Then, I hated him some more. And more. Stupid Matthew, being so mean to Frankie, then blaming her for everything and hating her guts like that! SERIOUSLY, person! If you had just been honest to her about the Loyal Order, she wouldn't have done all those pranks! And Alpha wouldn't have been close to being expelled! GAH!

I still like Alpha. Thought I can see what Trish and Porter mean about his... uppity-ness. He isn't the most humble or... or... the most noxious person. (Negated postive, for the win!). But, I love him anyway. He reminds me of Damon Salvatore in way, too. Don't you agree?

Frankie is most definitely one of my favourite heroines. Her mind is, in a way, like Poirot's, in that same quick-thinking/what-a-fascinating-mind,-I-think-we-need-to-dissect-it-sometime way. I love the ending, and her thoughts then; and her not caring about having friends, just making an impact. And, she's self-conscious, but doesn't let that get to her. I want to be Frankie when I grow up. Aside from the whole trouble-maker thing. I'd get expelled.

NO MORE SPOILERS.

As I'm typing this, I keep trying to type fast enough so the automatic save thing can't save for me. It's like a race, between me and the save button. And I shall win!