Handmade Blossoms

Fibre arts, fandom and food.

[i-like-to-think-that-im-cool]

Another thing I appreciate about The Pitt is that instead of having one completely socially flawed person (aside from Monica ofc)- it shows a lot of generally progressive people who have certain biases here and there that they still need to unlearn

This is so much more realistic than characters being completely on one side of the line or the other. Just because someone labels themselves as progressive doesn’t mean they magically unlearn all the bigotry of our society. And just because someone still hasn’t unlearned a bias doesn’t mean they’re a hateful bigot who can’t be redeemed.

[pghumfort]

And they’re presented realistically. It’s not someone coming to work and deciding to be a cunt. It’s experience gaps, and things they haven’t had to think about or emphasise with. It’s blindspots that grew because they were so deeply on the right side of things that they haven’t kept up with the progress because they think they at least got this bit right the first time around. Such good writing!

[aurumacadicus]

"Did you know people are masturbating to your smut fics-- 🤢" I hope they get twice as wet as I did writing it, mind your fucking business.

[captainclickycat]

"Did you know people are getting scared when they read your horror stories?? Did you know that people are laughing when they read your comedy stories?? Isn't that gross? Aren't you scandalised??"

[anextrapart]

The Pitt + Text Posts (06/?)

[agoodjake54-deactivated20150429]

[ruinedchildhood]

Jinkies

[jesterday00]

Jeepers!

[dollfacemcghost]

Zoinks!

[galvaniccorsair]

Ruh roh!

[paperandpencilsandskips]

FUCK

[pirateprincessjess]

My favorite part of this post is that it implies Fred is the one saying “FUCK” because we know who typically says the other 4 things

[notaplaceofhonour]

which makes sense as he’s the one who actually legally owns it

[stella-draws-things]

[pronouncingitwang]

at some point in your life you will be boiling fruit, water, sugar, and lemon juice in a pot to make a syrup or jam. the instructions will tell you to simmer for a certain amt of time. your timer will go off and you will look at the pot and go, "hm, this doesn't look thick enough. maybe i'll let it go for another 10 minutes." this is the devil speaking. it's only so liquid right now because it is at boiling point. it will thicken when it cools down. learn from the follies of my youth and do not let this happen to you

[yokowan]

at some point in your life you will be making a sauce or a stew in which you need to add cornstarch to thicken it. and you will prepare a slurry of starch in cold water and think "this looks like way too little starch to thicken this amount of liquid." this is the devil speaking. cornstarch instantly polymerizes at 95°C and if you add too much it will turn into an impossibly thick goop.

[le-jardin-inculte]

at some point in your life you will be making some sort of cream based dessert that requires gelatin to thicken it. and you will soak some gelatin sheets in water and think "this is too few gelatin sheets for this amount of cream." this is the devil speaking. it will thicken in the fridge and if you add too much you will end up with milk jelly

[shithowdy]

at some point in your life you will be baking cookies. you will take the sheet out after twelve minutes as the recipe instructs and the cookies will still be glistening and soft. "these don't seem cooked enough," you will think to yourself, "i should place them back into the oven until their edges are nice and golden." this is the devil talking. this is how you get dry, overdone cookies. the cookies will continue to bake on the warm sheet for several more minutes and then harden up after sitting on a rack for a while. trust the process. trust the process.

[whitachi]

at some point in your life you will be adding a small pasta to a soup and you will think "that is not enough small pasta." this is the devil talking. the pasta will absorb the stock and expand. this is how you end up with a soup that is a solid mass of soggy ditalini.

[araceil]

At some point in your life you will be adding garlic to a dish and you will think "that is not enough garlic." These are angels speaking. They are correct. Add more garlic.

[sleepnoises]

"You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore," 54" by 54" quilt by Robyn Gragg of Lee's Summit, MO

The artist's description of the piece:

In the language of flowers, many species relate to grief, sorrow, and remembrance. My husband enjoyed surprising me with fresh flowers, but he has gone to Glory and I am lost in my grief.

Hand pieced, machine appliqued, longarm machine quilted, original design.

[quiet-doll]

recently saw ppl discuss whether they put their medicines in a kitchen cabinet or a bathroom cabinet and i was shocked by the fact that many ppl said kitchen cabinet. so now i need you to reblog this and say where you keep yours

[bizarrelittlemew]

HEATED RIVALRY S1 ↳ Ilya telling Shane what to do (affectionate) (horny) (playful) (dominant) (begging)

[toastbutteregg]

[italiancore-deactivated20220107]

I wish more people did it, props to you and your mom

[shanepervert]

CAN YOU SEE ME USING EVERYTHING TO HOLD BACK!!!!!!!!!!

[spicyvampire]

The way all the 2020s have done so far have been making me categorically against every new generation of tech that comes out is insane. Like I'm from a technological boom generation, saw the first portable phones, nokias & blackberries & flipphones etc, and the first smartphones, and the first ipods & ipads & tablets in general while still having cassettes & DVD & MP3 players around so I know how all of it work, I had computer classes in high school, I did the transition between home desktop computers to laptops and back to gaming computers. But then they started to put internet in your printer & microwave, everything has ads & AI now and every update is worst than the last. I literally loved technology and they ruined it

[mobius-m-mobius]

Blanc and his Watsons 🔎💕

[pealeii]

[andhumanslovedstories]

I started using Head and Shoulders ten years ago for itchy scalp and dandruff, and then for ten years I have not had itchy scalp and dandruff, so I thought “why do I still buy shampoo to combat itchy scalp and dandruff when I do not have itchy scalp and dandruff,” so I stopped buying the shampoo for itchy scalp and dandruff and can you guess I have now? Can you predict what currently afflicts me? It’s alright if you can’t because apparently I fuckin couldn’t either

[andhumanslovedstories]

Cutting something out of your life because you think you don’t need it any more only to realize that it was in fact working as intended and preventing a problem that will return should you stop doing this is a good experiment to run periodically with something small like dandruff shampoo, lest you start to think it would be a good idea to do this with like let’s say public health and the social safety net and vaccines

[thomrainierskies]

I had a liver transplant when I was 14 and like six months later I was chatting with my surgeon and he said “there’s gonna come a time, probably when you’re a teenager, where you’re gonna think, ‘I feel great, why am I still taking all this medication? I haven’t needed it in years.’ and you’re gonna want to stop taking all this medication. Guess what’s gonna happen then? You’re gonna go into rejection and your liver is gonna start failing, and you’re gonna be dying again, and we’re gonna have to find you another liver. So don’t do that.” And I said “why the fuck would anyone do that?” and he said “people are stupid.”

every once in a while when I get annoyed by a pharmacy or don’t wanna get out of bed to do my drugs I think “ugh, this is dumb, why do I do this?” and that conversation slams into me like a truck and I remember that I am, in fact, stupid

[zenosanalytic]

#you are not immune to the recency bias(via@arrows-for-pens)

[morethanonebraincell]

Every person on earth needs to read this post. It will make people’s lives a lot better and lessen the crises everyone faces in day-to-day lives.

[ziggy-scardust]

I reblog this every time I see it because I am not immune to the recency bias

[weavingshaw]

yuna is actually the greek goddess nike whereas david hollander is just your Average Guy who managed to clumsily charm his way into her heart. so of course their offspring would be shane hollander aka a multi-time mlh champ who also happened to suit up before his first ever booty call

[morethanonepage]

helpful stuff for when you want to fuck that old man

[adventuresinsolitude]

Jamie would for sure memorize this list after Roy’s knee surgery. Someone should write this fic.

[roykentsfursweater]

No because actually I just fucking might because fic authors love to casually mention him being in pain but never fucking mention how a knee injury actually fucks with intimacy so bad and would just be another thing for Roy to spiral about. Will T ever stop writing Roy Kent knee fics? Probably not

[ilyapasta]

I'm probably not qualified to talk about this but I think that once they're on the same team Shane and Ilya should see each other as like, bonded warriors. Athletes in my experience are corny like that. Let them tape each other up and fasten each other's pads and tie each other's skates like they're going into battle. Ilya opens his mouth and Shane puts his mouth guard in. Let them like hype each other up with like "Let's go?" and then "Let's fucking go!" back forth while they shove each other around. And then there's the falling action after the strain of the game (battle). Taking off helmets, feeling each other up for injuries, checking each other's teeth. Applying icy-hot and compression garments. No one else is allowed to do these things for them. No one else is touching Shane Hollander's skates, but Ilya knows exactly how many superstitious knots Shane's wants his tied in. Bonded pair, do not separate.

[sleepyloon]

I gently wrote this into one of my fics (checking for injuries after a hit before their lines swap out) yes I love this