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'93 | Dutch | aro/ace | they/them Sideblogs: Downtown's universe (writing blog) Kalerran Isle (ACNH blog) -inactive-

[trilliastra]

maybe Delilah's boyfriend is drowning in the ocean and the song is his final goodbye

[oldmanpusspuss]

I can't watch a television show until a demon possesses me and compels me to do it

[just-french-me-up]

the urge to write is like a cat meowing for dear life for someone to open the goddamn door, who then shows utter disinterest in said open door

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-banded Pitta (Erythropitta arquata), family Pittidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Borneo

photographs by Supasil Kalayanakoul 

[beaft]

common advice for social anxiety is to tell yourself "people aren't going to think less of you just because you said something a bit daft" but the thing is. sometimes they will. and you just have to learn to be cool with that and to treat it as a dnd random encounter rather than letting it ruin your whole day

[beaft]

recent example. lady at my careers appointment had a post-it with her name on it stuck to the monitor, so i introduced myself by saying "hello, i'm eliot! you must be [name], it's nice to meet you!" and she stared at me as if i was the stupidest person alive and said icily, "yeah, i'm [name]. congratulations, you can read."

in bygone times this would have reduced me to a sort of quivering blancmange. thankfully i am now in a place where i was able to pull back, calmly evaluate this interaction, and say to myself "this woman should probably not be working in a customer-facing job"

[beaft]

important additions!!!!

[vaspider]

Sometimes learning "wow, that person is a DICK" is the best thing for your social anxiety.

[metanarrates]

the response to "your demographic is full of people who are ugly and weird and undesirable" should not ever be "not true! some of us are in fact hot and normal and desireable." you should stand with weird ugly bitches bc otherwise you're just playing a losing game with bigots.

[dogpuppy]

[lilyblisslys]

I bet it feels soooooo good to be a construction worker on a completely closed off chunk of road

[lilyblisslys]

This makes me literally so happy

[somnolentsuggestions]

i am a simple creature. every day i am sleepy

[lowerroad]

it's a good thing mensah is already married with kids by the start of all systems red because can you imagine trying to make a new longterm relationship work when you have to explain to potential partners that murderbot will be there. no not romantically or sexually. but it is there.

[boudlo]

[chiarrara]

why was messi lowkey serving saddam hussein hiding spot

[chiarrara]

[escuerzoresucitado]

[animalphotorefs]

Species spotlight: African Painted Dogs!

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**Patreon** -- **Ko-Fi**

[parkchanwoohoo]

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

On the one hand I kind of want 9pm pancakes but on the other hand the kitchen is so cold...

[foolsdiamond]

Nothing will warm the kitchen up quite like running the stove to make 9pm pancakes

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Yeah but then I'll eat too many (it's hard to proportion one person's worth of snack pancakes) and feel all dense and weird inside for the rest of the night.

[sinnahsaint]

Pancake refrigerate surprisingly well. You can cook too many and eat only enough.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I'm just air frying some sausages instead. This means I can leave the kitchen while they cook and I don't have to go for a walk in the dark and wet to pick a lemon from the orchard.

[eater-of-hopes-and-dreams]

Why would you need a lemon to make pancakes?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Gotta put something on the pancakes. I'm not gonna eat a plain dry pancake.

[mugknife]

...but lemon?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Yeah lemon juice and sugar

[queermarzipan]

i see you are experiencing the incomprehensible bluescreen some people have when informed of the Literal Best Pancake Topping Ever (my latvian friend had literally never heard of this before coming to ireland and for like 2 days around pancake tuesday was like "y'all are so fucking weird what even is this combo" about it being the default and beloved configuration here)

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

It's such a good combo that Americans make a whole drink out of it and people don't understand it on pancakes? It's like, THE classic pancake topping second only to maple syrup (which is way too sweet for me).

[noneofchar]

I’ve never heard of this, but it sounds incredible. Do you mix the sugar in with the lemon juice before pouring it on? Is it a lemon juice and powdered sugar on top situation? If you’re mixing the sugar and lemon juice before pouring on, is it enough sugar to make it thick like syrup, or is the texture closer to lemonade (American style like you referenced rather than the soda)?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I squeeze a wedge of lemon over the pancake like you do with chips and then sprinkle on a bit of sugar to take the edge off the sourness of the lemon. You can butter them first or not depending on moisture preference and how much you want the lemon to soak in.

[admiral-crow-is-watching]

Is this the time to share that I grate cheddar cheese into my pancake mix?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

It is never the time to share such horrifying truths

[zombieelmyra]

Wait. Back up. What do you mean, "like you do with chips"?!

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

It's what the lemon is for. You squeeze if over the fish and chips. Or if you're like me and don't like fish, just the chips.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#yank alert#they probs thought you meant Crisps

Confusingly, we also call those chips

[darkenedyeastextract]

also the sugar is commonly icing sugar so it sprinkles properly but I suspect Derin’s using table sugar.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Do I seem like the sort of person whose life is together enough to own more than one type of sugar

[attacus-atlas-the-moth]

YOU ARE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR. that seems like the kinda person to own more than one type of sugar????????

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Writers are not known for high incomes or for generally having our lives together.

"But what about -- " whoever you are thinking of is Spiders Georg. We're disasters, as a group.

[kittenwriter]

I generally have multiple types of sugar and am technically a published author, but I'm also not trying to make a living off the writing, as one can't do that with short stories anymore.

It doesn't make me any less of a disaster, though; I'm just the type of disaster who owns more than 100 cookbooks.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I own one type of sugar, a coffee grinder, and a jar of molasses. So I can make most types of sugar as needed if I happen to be bothered. Which I usually don't.

If a recipe wants raw sugar it can get fucked.

[attacus-atlas-the-moth]

why is the coffee grinder involved here. do you grind molasses to make brown sugar. is that how? inch er esting.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Molasses is a liquid. You grind plain sugar to make caster sugar.

[sayahastoomanyblogs]

Are we just not gonna talk abt the cheddar cheese pancakes?

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

Correct, we're gonna gloss right on past.

[tryingandfailingandlearning]

I love how you call high-income writers Spiders Georg instead of. you know. an outlier.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

As a writer, I know my audience.

[polldermodel]

Je bent niet thuis wanneer er een pakketje wordt geleverd. Wat heb je liever?

Bij een buur achtergelaten

Bij een afhaalpunt bezorgd waar je het zelf moet ophalen

Morgen nog een keer proberen

Leg maar op de deurmat

Ik was WEL thuis verdomme (resultaten)

Je bent niet thuis wanneer er een pakketje wordt geleverd. Wat heb je liever?

Bij een buur achtergelaten

Bij een afhaalpunt bezorgd waar je het zelf moet ophalen

Morgen nog een keer proberen

Leg maar op de deurmat

Ik was WEL thuis verdomme (resultaten)

Voting ended onJul 21