From the archives...

The Boys and Girls. Blowing Rock Park, August 2003
(not pictured: Trey, Shauna and Elizabeth)

I found this in my Mom's "saved email" folder while helping her organize her hard drive. It's one I sent during my senior year (2003-2004) in college. Even though this was 3 years ago, I remember that night distinctly. Couldn't tell you what t-shirt I wore yesterday, but I remember that nasty cookie dough clearly and The Boys belief that the only bad cookie dough is no cookie dough at all.....

The Boys made cookies last night, and I say "cookies" in the loosest sense of the word.

Now this is something they have dabbled in before, usually with hit or miss success, but in recent times they have gotten a handle on it. Chocolate chip cookies are their forte, until last night...

Rick ambled in, got all the necessary equipment/ingredients and shuffled back out (things like spatulas, bowls and baking soda float freely between our room and theirs) and about 30 minutes later, LeeAnn, having decided that nothing edible last long Across the Hall, went to confiscate a few for The Girls.

She came back empty handed.

Her first sentence was "I don't know what they *did*, or *didn't* do, but chocolate chip cookies those aren't. Lead-lined hockey pucks, maybe, but certainly NOT cookies."

"I haven't seen cookies or dough this bad since...since...well, the last time Corey 'helped'"

So of course we all had to barrel over across the hall to witness this debacle firsthand and sho' nuff, the dough looked like something a vulture might've thrown up. Not to say it was a total loss, it would have been excellent for hanging wallpaper, spackling a hole in the wall, caulking a bathtub.....

Even though the cookies were a total bust, The Boys decided that icky cookie dough is just as edible as good cookie dough and proceeded to eat the entire bowl (although Corey diluted his with ice cream "what? It's just like cookie-dough ice cream you'd buy at the store! Kind of...")

I can honestly say that having The Boys across the hall is the best learning experience I've had in my undergrad career. We (The Girls) feel sometimes that we're living in a Discovery Channel special and at any moment, the Croc Hunter is going to pop out and say "now here we have an excellent example of the 'y' chromosome in their natural habitat. Notice the attempt to establish territory by leaving dirty socks throughout their domicile...These males are at the peak of evolution, believing if what they eat doesn't kill them, it will only build their immunity..."