#etourderie

[kuvirametalbender]

etourderie replied to your post “Internet quick: how do i warm waffles without a microwave, toaster, or...”

actual oven, or fry!

fry how? as in with oil on a pan over the stove? even if it’s frozen? I dont really know how to use my oven and im quite new to the whole cooking things lmao

[darklordreasonable]

all right, here's your question: what is a question that you wish people would ask you more often? (an alternate way of thinking of this is like, what is something you want people to know about you that you never get to tell them because nobody asks)

thank you

the problem is there are lots of questions i wish people would ask more often; but which I know that, if I were asked it, my answer would be vague, non-committal, and evasive.

I mean I guess an easy answer would be 'I wish people asked me questions full stop'. Like, there are so many days when basically no-one actually talks to me beyond general politeness. I am a solitary individual, but it's not entirely by choice.

[owlmylove]

taketothehighways replied to your post: my current workout is three sets of 25...

DO IT

I DI D THE THING THANK U FOR UR MOTIVATIONAL WORDS

sluttybitchdragon replied to your post: my current workout is three sets of 25...

Go for it! You are an amazing, badass chick, yore inspiring to me, and this workout will make you feel alive and healthy and even if it doesn’t, it’ll make tomorrow feel better! <3

Thank! You!!!! So much oh gosh I kept telling myself I'd feel better about myself if I worked out but it means so much to hear it from you, alongside such kind compliments ur too nice to me thank you love<33

drafon replied to your post: my current workout is three sets of 25...

This is your kick in the ass. Do your fucking workout.

thepatientwhovian replied to your post: my current workout is three sets of 25...

*kicks you in the ass but also gives you a motivational back pat*

thank you kindly for your kicks (and uplifting back-pat thank u darling), they were exactly what i needed to start my pushups<3

etourderie replied to your post: my current workout is three sets of 25...

dayum gurl

ngl this is one of the most flattering compliments i've been given in a while thank you for making me smile u w u<3

[inamanicpixiedream]

Books That Stay With You Tag

starkravingchristian tagged me. Books that haven’t left your head it heart in some way shape or form. Don’t over think it. No more than five minutes thinking about it. Don’t have to be good or anything. Just books that marked you.

We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare

Rilla of Ingleside by LM Montgomery

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

White Thorn by Bryce Courtney

Everyday by David Levithan

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

Lucky Man by Michael J Fox

The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Rumblefish by SE Hinton

The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

[inamanicpixiedream]

Tagged by etourderie

My 11 questions:

What is the most successful New Year’s resolution you have ever made? In 2012 I kept almost every goal I had, from going to Supanova, to staging a public production, to getting pregnant. 

What is your favorite genre of book? Autobiography, or Young Adult romance.

What’s the best movie you’ve ever watched on a date, and the worst? Bonus points if they’re both first dates. The best movie I saw on a date was probably The Simpsons movie. Husband and I went to see it in Gold Class. I think we'd been dating about a year at that point. The worst movie I ever saw on a date was Swimfan, with my high school boyfriend. No bonus points for me.

Why did you join Tumblr? (Are you glad you did?) My friend Tanya made one, and I was missing my old Greatest Journal blog for a place to write, especially as I had just moved interstae and had no one to talk to. And YES.

If you have a Facebook, could you ever deactivate it for six months or longer? Yep.

What is the most embarrassing link on your bookmarks bar? I just looked and the only embarrassing thing is how many articles I've had sitting there for months that I haven't read, but I bookmarked them for "later".

What aspects of your individual elementary and/or secondary school experience would you most like to see codified in national policy? Ha, Mel, this is such a 'you' question. Probably the fact that my high school was so diverse. It was an international school, and our student body was made up of people from all walks of life, and everything from different races, religions and sexualities were all very accepted. It was cool. I don't know how that could become a policy. 

What sound do you use as an alarm in the morning? Just the default alarm sound on my phone.

Do you have any personal characteristics that you particularly want other people to notice? That I'm hilarious.

What concept (or feeling or sound or belief) do you wish there were a single word to describe? (As an example, you could wish there were a word for “the pleasure derived from someone else’s pain,” and then you would be pleased to learn that there is in fact a word for that—schadenfreude.) The connection you have with people who are friends, but MORE than that, the people who you just connect with easily, on a spiritual level. 

Which letters of the alphabet do you find most aesthetically pleasing? S, g

[liltinysoprano]

Melanie tagged me, so...

I'm not writing my own/tagging people though, unless I suddenly get inspiration to ask some non-dumbass questions.

What is the most successful New Year’s resolution you have ever made? - I don't really make New Year's resolutions?  But really.  I can't think of any I've made recently, and I intentionally didn't this year--I just said I hope to keep doing all the healthy things I'm already doing, and that's that.

What is your favorite genre of book? - YA and Fantasy, probably.

What’s the best movie you’ve ever watched on a date, and the worst? Bonus points if they’re both first dates. - Best: RG and I went to see Catching Fire and it was fucking fantastic. (I don't go to the movies a lot, if you can't tell.) Worst: When I was a sophomore in college, I went home with this guy after a party.  He had graduated the year before and was living downtown in this funky attic apartment.  The second time we hung out, we watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall together and it was SO FUCKING AWKWARD.  He was flaky, anyway.

Why did you join Tumblr? (Are you glad you did?) - I joined tumblr in May 2009 because I had just started the most boring summer job in the universe and wanted to blog.  I was super fascinated by the microblogging platform, since in the past, it had been difficult for me to write a long-form blog.  That was back when tumblarity was still around.  Anyway, I kept that up for a little while and familiar faces started to pop up (Jared and Ryan), which led me to a whole wealth of interesting people (Fran, Sasha, you). Tumblr also helped me stay connected to people from my past who stumbled upon it (Joan, Caitlin, people from college).  It was actually kind of funny--at first, tumblr was my "secret" outlet, where I could talk about school and intimate things and the people that I knew, so it was really weird around graduation time when tumblr went mainstream and people IRL started following me!  I guess I'm coming up on my five year tumblrversary, and I'm kind of excited slash can't believe I'm still using this thing.

If you have a Facebook, could you ever deactivate it for six months or longer? - Nah.  Too many people from too many past random things to keep up with.

What is the most embarrassing link on your bookmarks bar? - lawls I have a link to the Cookie Monster script for Cookie Clicker.

What aspects of your individual elementary and/or secondary school experience would you most like to see codified in national policy? - Random really intense question?  Haha.  I went to high school in a really rich part of the county, so we had a great marching band and music program, and tons of extracurriculars.  I guess we can go ahead and say "arts in schools" for this answer.  It's pathetic how much non "core" classes are ignored.  The high school I worked at in Houston had theatre, band, and visual art, but no chorus or orchestra.  NO FRIGGIN CHOIR.  WTF.

What sound do you use as an alarm in the morning? - The default ringtone for iOS.  "Opening" or what have you.  Deedle doo Doo doo Doo doo Doo DOO dum da da doo Deedle doo Doo doo Doo doo Doo DOO...

Do you have any personal characteristics that you particularly want other people to notice? - Like, physical or personality-wise? People already notice my exaggerated petite-ness, so, yeah.  I guess I'm a fan of the strong Southern woman sort of thing...friendly, hospitable, but don't-fuck-with-me.

What concept (or feeling or sound or belief) do you wish there were a single word to describe? (As an example, you could wish there were a word for “the pleasure derived from someone else’s pain,” and then you would be pleased to learn that there is in fact a word for that—schadenfreude.) - There should be a word for what "bless your heart" means to Southern people.  Aka, "you're a hot mess but I'm still going to be polite to your face."

Which letters of the alphabet do you find most aesthetically pleasing? - I dunno, it depends on the font?  I like writing letters with tails.