So this is a blog about baking or about books. Sometimes I digress such as my rant about publishers and costs, etc. But really, who cares?! Frankly, other than a few fabulous people that I know about I'm not getting much traffic. So I thought I might talk about baking again today. Not just any baking but VIRTUAL baking.
Oh yes. Not only do I bake IRL but I also bake virtually. Facebook, that great time-sucker, has a game called Baking Life. I was introduced to Baking Life just like I have been introduced to all my games: My friend Tracy.
This is not a popular game. I also joined because my sister, the pastry chef, was also on it. Well, that was good enough for me. Then Tracy's daughter. Finally, my husband joined, just to send me gifts, although he seems to enjoy it quite a bit now.
Baking Life is lame. It is still in Beta. Or so they say. They have some stupid rules, the game runs slow, and there are often glitches. So, naturally I am devoted. I check my bakery regularly. My small child likes to change me and make me different colors and have me wear new outfits. She also loves to change my hair.
So I bake. She gets to play dress up and Brian and I send each other gifts. Everyone is happy.
So, the fun part. Brian and I were discussing our bakeries (oh yes we do!) and talking about what we bake and how we decide to bake: Our strategies as it were. It kind of pays to bake all of the stuff available. But, well...I don't like peach cobbler. It's OK, but given a choice of the cobbler, scones, and creme brulee, I'll take either rather than the cobbler. I actually won't bake anything that I don't want to eat. Really. I know it's a virtual bakery. If I won't eat it IRL I won't sell it virtually.
So, now I can be stupid IRL and in my virtual bakery.. Yep. baking. Yep. I think I should read more....
Oh yes. Not only do I bake IRL but I also bake virtually. Facebook, that great time-sucker, has a game called Baking Life. I was introduced to Baking Life just like I have been introduced to all my games: My friend Tracy.
This is not a popular game. I also joined because my sister, the pastry chef, was also on it. Well, that was good enough for me. Then Tracy's daughter. Finally, my husband joined, just to send me gifts, although he seems to enjoy it quite a bit now.
Baking Life is lame. It is still in Beta. Or so they say. They have some stupid rules, the game runs slow, and there are often glitches. So, naturally I am devoted. I check my bakery regularly. My small child likes to change me and make me different colors and have me wear new outfits. She also loves to change my hair.
So I bake. She gets to play dress up and Brian and I send each other gifts. Everyone is happy.
So, the fun part. Brian and I were discussing our bakeries (oh yes we do!) and talking about what we bake and how we decide to bake: Our strategies as it were. It kind of pays to bake all of the stuff available. But, well...I don't like peach cobbler. It's OK, but given a choice of the cobbler, scones, and creme brulee, I'll take either rather than the cobbler. I actually won't bake anything that I don't want to eat. Really. I know it's a virtual bakery. If I won't eat it IRL I won't sell it virtually.
So, now I can be stupid IRL and in my virtual bakery.. Yep. baking. Yep. I think I should read more....
I am NOT going to even go look at that game. I've already gotten sucked into that damn Gardens of Time. I just wanted to do the find hidden objects thing, I like that stuff. And supposedly stuff like that keeps your mind sharp. Now I'm obsessing about upgrading my garden and where to put things and how it looks. Currently it's a mess. I've put almost everything in storage so I can rearrange after expanding so I could make room for the Panda Sanctuary. I am so freaking lame. Maybe I'll try the bakery when I tire of this. Heaven forbid I do something constructive with my free time.
ReplyDeleteI am baking in my virtual bakery as we speak. Ruth gets very excited when she sees one of our bakeries on screen.
ReplyDeleteI too am sucked in the Gardens of Time. I've been working on my speed. I really hate the "find the differences." pictures...
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