it's a good thing...

It's a good thing my life does not depend on being able to make chocolate chip cookies because apparently i can't, Who knew?

Now you ask: what do you mean you cant make chocolate chip cookies?
I reply: I CANT. Dont get me wrong, they are rather tasty, but they look about as far from a cookie as you can get without calling it a muffin or a pancake or a crepe or a hash. In fact, if you looked at my table tonight, you would see the Evolution of the Chocolate Chip Cookie. Minus the final evolutionary stage in which the Cookie actually becomes the Cookie.

Now you say: perhaps you haven't tried enough. One attempt is not an acceptable sample for reaching any generalizations or definitive conclusions. It is one isolated incident.
I reply: i tried 4 times tonight.

Now you inquire: how does one make chocolate chip cookies wrong?
I reply: Yea, i'm wondering about that one too.

Possible reasons for my baking fiasco: uh... the altitude? Yea that's it. That's totally it. The recipe was made by someone living in the South Swampland, USA. Which would make it all wrong for someone at my elevation. And.. uh.. the oven! Yea, it's the oven's fault! Stupid gas oven! And maybe the sifter i used didnt sift down to the same diameter as the sifter used in the original recipe.

I had planned to lounge in the bath, savouring some warm chocolate chip cookies. I'm scared to take a bath now. What if i take it wrong too? I mean, i was pretty confident regarding my ability to make cookies and that didnt exactly turn out...