Machigaeyasui desu -_-;; (It's easy to mistake them.)

It's Nagase-sensei's fault for teaching us tsukau (to use) and tsukuru (to make) at the same time. They sound similar, their kanji are similar, and their te-form endings (-tte) are identical. It's been six years, but I keep switching them up. Does anyone have a simple way for me to remember which is which (be it in reading/writing or speaking, because I seriously need to break out the dictionary every time I come across one of them)?

More difficult, any tips for helping remember to speak in polite form in class are also appreciated. While we've got about fifteen minutes of "tomodachi time" each class, where we practice speaking with Akai-sensei in plain form, I find it incredibly hard to switch back to polite form, probably because I've gotten so used to it with Laura, that's just how I think. ._.;

P.S., the title of today's entry is relevant to what I learned in class last week. XD

Success!

I promised to make cookies for the meet on Saturday (which is still going on, rain or shine. Rain, it looks like). I won't have time after class tomorrow, so I started tonight. Anyone familiar with my previous attempts at cookie-making will know that my dough came out to be more of a batter (despite following the recipe exactly), and I was forced to bake it longer, so I wound up with cookie bars instead of round cookies.

I blame my makeshift rolling pin (seriously, where did the rolling pin go?!).

Today, I got actual cookies, which is awesome, but I need them to be bars. Oh, irony. On the bright important side, they taste pretty good, and I'm pleased. I did a small batch of a half-dozen and passed them out to the family: they all approved. The rest of the dough has to chill in the fridge for about another hour and a half. I'll get back to work on my sign.

...Even with three cookie sheets, I'm pretty sure this means I'll be up until one or two making cookies. I'll leave the icing (also making it from scratch!) for tomorrow night, since that doesn't require prep-time. I'm probably going to take pictures of my babies. Don't judge me.

PLEASE COMMENT IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW I LIKE TO BAKE. :D It's the one kind of cooking I can do. Appropriately. :::has a sweet tooth like WHOA:::

Also, Phil-with-one-L showed me this. I love him. Ryan, I mean. XD