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kiena-tesedale replied to your post “1. I finally read stealing Harry and jesus fuck you're a master. I...”

And now, years later, you know the truth - it was a guy jogging.

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

punchholesinthesky replied to your post “sam, sam, disaster child, inquiring minds would like to know how did...”

I never even made it to confirmation class so you got further than me

I mean, confirmation wasn’t really voluntary :D I’m sure if I didn’t want to be confirmed I wouldn’t have been forced into it, but all my friends were doing it and I didn’t give a shit one way or another about religion, so I might as well. 

dreamwaffles replied to your photo “My Instinctual Monkey Brain: *freaks out because Dearborn is...”

Does she react if you fart on her? My cat would get so indignant.

Dearborn, if I fart under the blankets, will sometimes leave in disgust, but she usually isn’t bothered. Polk, if I fart, will kick me in the nearest body part. :D 

wandererriha replied to your post “kweh-not-wark replied to your post “sam, sam, disaster child,...”

Two words: tin foil. Shove a bit in the holes then put the candles in. That should help the candles stay put as well as protect the wood.

A couple of people suggested this and I did wrap the bottoms in foil to keep them upright, but I’m not sure I could really put foil into the holes in a way that’s...like, possible because of physics? But I’m going to look into getting some metal cups that would fit into them. 

debz0rz replied to your post “Obviously ignore this if it's too personal, but what made you start...”

I love all of this perspective on Judaism! I've been deeply enmeshed in the Reform movement my whole life - parents are both Reform rabbis, I went to Jewish summer camp, and now work at a Reform temple, and I absolutely identify with all of this! Well, except the kreplach; I'm a vegetarian :P

Well, I’m glad I’m mostly getting it right! 

memprime replied to your post “Obviously ignore this if it's too personal, but what made you start...”

I'm not sure I could ever give up bacon.

See, I was wondering about that, but I don’t eat many pork products on a regular basis and I realized, in reality, I eat bacon maybe five, six times a year? It’s too much of a pain to cook, so I mostly eat it when my parents make it. 

I don’t know that I could keep fully intensely kosher the way some people I know do, but I think I could give up pork relatively easily. 

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Hey, this is kinda weird timing, with Tumblr and all, but I've been meaning to mention this to you for a while! I know you really like Stardew Valley - I do too, and I've been looking for other good games in the same genre, besides the obvious Harvest Moon etc. I found My Time at Portia, which is still in Early Access, to be similar in feel, though it's more focused on crafting than on farming. No clue if you'd enjoy it, just wanted to mention in case you wanted to check it out.

Oh, that looks really cute! And looks like I can run it, too (which is increasingly a concern, my computer is getting a little elderly at this point). Thanks for the heads up! I followed it on Steam so I can keep track of its progress.

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Answers About Cats Part Two: The Poopening

kiena-tesedale replied to your post “THEY POOPED IN THE LITTERBOX”

Btw, if you ever decide to look into automatic litter boxes, the Litter Robot is expensive but absolutely wonderful. Highly recommended. And if you don't want an automatic, a rolling litter box is the best non-auto box, imo. Way faster than regular scooping.

Thank you! I have a rolling box, but right now the lid is off and I’m scooping, since I didn’t want them to spook with the lid on. The lid goes on tomorrow, along with their collars (I had collars on them yesterday but they didn’t seem to be grooming, they had trouble bending their necks -- have to adjust how the collars fit, I think).

thewittiestpartition replied to your post “THEY POOPED IN THE LITTERBOX”

have fun with litter in every square inch of your place. I find it in my bed of all places.... fluffy paws are cute until they sprinkle litter on your pillow.

So far it hasn’t been too bad -- there’s a yoga mat they jump out onto when they’re done, and Dearborn in particular seems very dainty about it -- after she does her business she likes to leap out of the litterbox, carom off the floor, and land in the shower, where there’s a no-slip mat that she can wet her paws on. 

justalurkr replied to your post “THEY POOPED IN THE LITTERBOX”

If neither of them buried it, you've got two little dominant kitties on your hands and LOADS of fun in the future

I think I’ve just got two idiots :D Neither of them buried their doing but both of them tried to, they’re just not very good at it. :D 

Polk pooped on her own foot and then tried to bury her foot, that went well. 

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memprime replied to your post “What are you like when you get sick? Do you push through and continue...”

Is it the hot chocolate 5 k? I thought that was last weekend?

Nooooo, Carrera de los Muertos! It’s way better than the Hot Chocolate 5K. The run itself isn’t anything special but everyone’s in costume and it’s a local community run like the Chinatown 5K, so I love it. 

levynite replied to your post “Sam, would you say unseasoned pasta is sweet/good to eat? I think my...”

my teeth ache at the thought of unboiled pasta

RIGHT? IT SOUNDS SO PAINFUL.

tienriu replied to your post “IN TODAY’S HOME SAGA: the seller is now offering me $500 towards a new...”

This must be karma for the literal quest you've gone through to find a home to buy :D

I feel like at this point it’s just like... *exhausted jazz hands* MY LIFE. 

peoriarhetoriapeoria replied to your post “IN TODAY’S HOME SAGA: the seller is now offering me $500 towards a new...”

You will likely have to have it plugged in and running when they come to haul it away.

I mean, it’s plugged in and running now, it’s just coated in a layer of mold D: 

kiena-tesedale replied to your post “IN TODAY’S HOME SAGA: the seller is now offering me $500 towards a new...”

Don't know when you're moving in, but if it's after late November, there are frequently very good Black Friday sales on appliances, which can be purchased online. We got a great deal on a washer, dryer, and dishwasher last year, saving over $500 between the three of them. And you can schedule the delivery much later, if you're not moving in 'til January or something.

Yeah! We’re not closing until late November, although unfortunately I am going to be in the middle of a national park on Black Friday. :D That said, my stepdad has been desperate for years to really dig into black friday, so I might give him a budget and some brand guidelines and just let him have some fun. 

tehnakki replied to your post “IN TODAY’S HOME SAGA: the seller is now offering me $500 towards a new...”

Eeeeeeeeee, so excited for you! And I'm randomly gonna show up once you're settled in XD

IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING! 

Also I think you will appreciate the artisanal ice cream bar bar. 

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kiena-tesedale replied to your post: ANYway, thanks for the advice, folks. I’ll cut the...

Searing the meat changes the flavor slightly. If you aren’t using spices/other flavoring, you can sometimes notice the difference, but imo, it’s not worth the extra effort and extra dirty pan. (Had to google the name, but it’s called the Maillard reaction.) It also changes the texture of the outside a bit (depending on how you roast it), which I personally don’t like.

Good enough reasoning for me! Especially since I have a tiny kitchenette and the more steps something takes the more dishes I have to almost literally juggle and hoo boy that is Stress. (In general my usable counter space is a 15.5″ square and whatever burners aren’t being used on the tiny stove.) 

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isleofconclusions replied to your post “Does anyone play The Secret World? I heard some good things about it...”

I play the Secret World! Though I tend to play it intensely for a few weeks, put it down for a few months, pick it up again, and repeat. The choosing any weapons things is pretty nice but my semi-casual approach means I can't always find people to go to the dungeons with.

That sounds about how I play. :’) I’ve mostly resigned myself to never doing dungeons in any game because I’m so on-again off-again.

thingsareswinging replied to your post “Does anyone play The Secret World? I heard some good things about it...”

I liked what I played of it but I'm hideous at sticking with MMO type games. I did pick Templar, which sent me to London, so that did help.

Why am I not surprised you picked Templar? :3

hoactzins replied to your post “Does anyone play The Secret World? I heard some good things about it...”

I LOVE THE SECRET WORLD MY GOD. Honestly the combat is eh, but the writing makes up for it for me. And I agree! The weird sexism is really very off-putting too, but the awful dragon blow job (often referred to as "that really good foot massage" by some of the more aggravated members of the community) was probably the most egregious example. The investigative missions are straight up the most fun I've ever had in an mmo, and the community is delightfully friendly.

That really good foot massage XD  Yeah I probably would have been just kind of *shrug* at Madame Roget and Cassandra if it weren’t for getting introduced to the world through the magic of, uh, really intense reflexology.

I do really like the quests though! I like that I can just pick stuff up as I go along and feel like it, and a lot of times I can finish the quest by sending a report rather than walking alllll the way back across the map. 

I like the combat >_> At least compared to the three-or-more-toolbars approach of a lot of MMOs. (I liked Tera’s combat best of all, but it left me feeling like it was constantly trying to pick my pockets, so... no.)

kiena-tesedale replied to your post “Does anyone play The Secret World? I heard some good things about it...”

It's in this week's Humble Bundle! I picked it up, but haven't installed it yet. Disappointed to hear about the sexism, but I'm still hoping it's a good game to play w/my two sisters.

Yeah, that’s where I’m going to pick it up from if I decide I want to stick with it. :3 

tbh it’s a lot better than it could have been - if you play a female character you get to choose whether or not you want to be wearing skimpy clothes at character creation (there’s not a lot of choices, but from what I could tell you get as many covered up options as men do, and then skimpy shirts on top of that) rather than being stuck with skimpy noob clothes whether you like it or not, and the female NPCs are wearing normal clothes and get to be interesting people. 

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kiena-tesedale replied to your post “nyxira replied to your photo:I swear to god I’m almost done testing,...”

Can you make a second recipe that only crossposts posts tagged crosspost-image or something? Then you could have basic texts crosspost and images crosspost with no more work than a second tag. (Crosspost no longer looks like a word.)

OH good thinking! Here is a recipe for textposting only, using the tag “textpost”. 

That was a seriously good idea, thank you! 

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kiena-tesedale replied to your post:It would probably be a good idea for me not to...

Take a bunch of pinecones with you. Lay one down (ONLY ONE, not the whole stack) and light it on fire when you start getting cold. Stay close to the fire to warm up again, then move on. Just be sure to be careful of flammable objects around you. And yes, get some crafted items to help.

Ohhhhh :O How useful! I had a thermal stone and rabbit earmuffs but that’s better than having to make a campfire every time I got cold.

Now that I’m in summer I’m just going as far as I can and putting down actual firepits along the way, for later.