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30+ / California. Sometimes I write things!

[animentality]

[beautifulterriblequeen]

A sign to tap

[rylandsgrace]

[morhath]

I hate when king arthur has all these fussy little steps in the instructions and you're like "no way do these fussy little steps matter" but you try it and they do. they matter so much.

[bookaddict7342]

I thought you meant Camelot quests and I was like "that's fair, 'never pick a four leaf clover on the last Wednesday of the month' IS a fussy little step that shouldn't matter" but then I was like "wait isn't that also a flour company"

[morhath]

nooo I am not a beleaguered knight of the round table I am making elaborate focaccia 😭

[copperbadge]

"I hate when King Arthur has all these fussy little steps" -- Camelot cleaning staff, probably

[just-let-me-drink]

[childmagazine]

someone from 1997 wished me good luck. it’s like someone from so many years back knows your struggles and i just, i think i’m gonna cry

[that-space-boy]

reblogging for luck from friend in 1997

[memewhore]

[shoresoftheshadowlands]

[turtlepsych0]

a little fengqing for pride 🌈🏹🗡

i love them so much

(please find me on instagram)

[red-garden]

There’s some demon realm politics nonsense worrying Binghe to the point he’s stress cooking more than he, Shizun, or Ning Yingying can reasonably eat. Because wasting food would only make him more upset, Binghe reluctantly agrees to share his food with more people. Shang Qinghua gets the first honor as the only one of Shizun’s friends not trying to steal him away. Binghe is a little miffed his shishu isn’t as blown away as most people— even more so when Shang Qinghua offers to teach him some recipes from his and Shizun’s “hometown”. It turns out shishu is almost as good a cook at him. Horrifying.

Mobei Jun gets to try it next. By coincidence it’s noodles— the only food Binghe has ever seen his right hand cook. Mobei Jun’s stone face crumbles after his first bite. He looks like he wants to cry. “This is what they’re supposed to taste like?” Concerning!

He finds Liu Mingyan and Sha Hualing at the same time. He hadn’t thought to bring them less messy food Liu Mingyan could sneak behind her veil, but watches with wide eyes when she actually removes it. She tears into the rib she’s holding, grease smearing around her mouth, and she smiles at him. “This is delicious, thank you.” Luo Binghe shudders. “Don’t be nice to me without the veil, you look too much like your brother.” Sha Hualing laughs at him.

Mu Qingfang looks like he hasn’t had a break to sleep or eat in days. He’s the only one of Binghe’s martial uncles he has a good opinion of, since he kept Shizun healthy when he got without-a-cure. Binghe offers to share a few of his court doctors with Qian Cao— the best the demon realm has to offer— to lighten the load. Mu Qingfang agrees with a relieved sigh, and lets Binghe take him out of his office to eat. The doctor misses his mouth several times and nearly passes out, but he seems to enjoy the food.

Without Shizun’s encouragement, Binghe would have never set foot on Bai Zhan. He can acknowledge that Liu Qingge has been a good friend to Shizun for over a decade now. It is for that reason alone he brings over a massive platter of food, utilizing the amethyst carp Liu Qingge left on the stoop recently. Liu Qingge looks at the meal with an understandable amount of suspicion, but decided to indulge after being sufficiently goaded. He can’t hide how he enjoys the food, and Luo Binghe takes no small amount of pleasure in hearing the “It’s good.” His shishu grits out. He leaves smiling, knowing that the bed of rice the fish was served on was left out for the better part of a day. That little home-wrecker will be in for a surprise tomorrow.

[eggbuggy]

Little Bingqiu fluff comic from brainworms

[cerusee]

Forced at gunpoint my god

Like eight years ago I had some Luo Binghe thoughts and Mikke thought I should write them up for tumblr, which I didn’t do and then didn’t do some more, and then I wrote a very bad version and then I slunk away in online essay failure because I’d tried to make them clever and I ruined it for me. But they were pretty good Luo Binghe thoughts honestly so here’s the caps:

[mikkeneko]

#VERY VERY GOOD THOUGHTS#SY!SQQ really never acknowledges the effect of the decisions he DID have agency in#and rakes himself over the coals for the ones he didn't which is another interesting window on how he's both placed himself in and outside#the narrative context for most of the book. the story arc rules everything (but he's not really part of the story!) except he IS because#he's the villain (but he isn't that's just his narrative ROLE)#sorry I just have a lot of thoughts about this man's brain. who's doing it like him (no one thank god) - via @noswordinourlake

[dreadpiratemegatron]

Steller’s jay stealing sweetener packets

National Geographic photo contest 2011

[zanmor]

Those are clearly complimentary and thus this isn’t theft. A social faux pas perhaps but that’s all.

[viralfrog]

[thehmn]

Okay so summer is the time to tell ghost stories in Japan which is why so many summer episodes of anime have ghosts in them and even why My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away takes place during summer. And coincidentally it’s also the original spooky season in my own country, Denmark, where we have Sankt Hans in June which is said to be the best time of year to do magic and communicate with the dead.

We all know Halloween by now which takes place during autumn and is said to when the veil between life and death is the thinnest.

In Britain winter, especially Christmas time, is considered spooky and a time for ghost stories which is why British shows always have a spooky Christmas episode and why A Christmas Carol has ghosts in it.

What I’m getting at is, is spring considered a spooky time of year anywhere in the world? You must understand, I need every season to be their own flavor of spooky.

[mikkeneko]

[wenevergotusedtoegypt]

Do you think it's immoral to use chatgpt for college assignments? I think it's unfortunately unavoidable.

It is absolutely immoral, completely counterproductive to the goal of learning things, and turns out incredibly subpar work.

As for unavoidable….you understand that the vast majority of people who have ever graduated college throughout history did so without ever once using AI, right? You understand that?

[wenevergotusedtoegypt]

You understand that the point of writing papers isn’t just to have a paper with words on it, right? You understand that the entire point is to do the mental work necessary to put your learning into organized words, such that you actually learn it? And that if you outsource that to AI you are not learning?

[klapollo]

if youre in the US (especially the northeast + michigan) i would avoid bagged salads/greens and generally wash your produce very thoroughly unless you want the diarrhea parasite

[klapollo]

Outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite grows to more than 1,000 cases

Michigan is experiencing its largest outbreak of a parasitic infection that causes severe diarrhea. Nearly 1,000 people have been diagnosed

this is not life-threatening, but also who wants weeks of diarrhea and a fucking parasite in them lol. if you suspect you've already had this and it's passed, i would see a doctor. you might need an antiparasitic anyway. if you're actively sick, see a doctor and they might be able to prescribe medication to help you get over it faster.

try to avoid eating raw vegetables, scrub fruit with a produce brush and rinse thoroughly with water. again, don't bother with premade greens or bagged salads. if you buy lettuce, remove the outer 2-3 layers of leaves.

there are UNVERIFIED rumors that the greens have been linked to a company that sources to taco bell. some locations have been actively pulling fresh ingredients like lettuce, avocado, and pico de gallo to mitigate the threat, so i would avoid any products from them just in case. considering how vast supply chains are, i'd be wary of any fast food greens in general for now.

[borrelia]

also note this is a PARASITIC infection. most diarrhea-causing pathogens you expect to contaminate your greens are bacteria (e.g. e. coli and salmonella), which are a different domain of organism altogether. cyclospora is a protozoan, which is bigger and more complicated than a bacteria (for reference, malaria is also caused by a protozoan). bacterial diarrhea can be dangerous, but you might also expect to weather it and survive unscathed. do NOT fuck with PARASITIC contamination. you should be scared of this one!

[gourde]

Another note: YOU CAN'T WASH IT OFF!

Only high temperatures will kill cyclospora. It resides in what is like a shell, which is highly resistant to water and most cleaning chemicals. The substance it uses to cling to food is so strong we don't even fully know what its limits are. It may be best to avoid fruits and veggies you can't cook. Scrubbing only works if done hard enough and on foods with no hiding places (Like cucumbers and grapes). Peeling the skin off is your best bet at avoiding it however, scrubbing is not guaranteed.

Thank you OP for posting! Usually washing does work on most sicknesses, just not this one.

[enki2]

[realitymage]

The CEO of Flock also called Deflock, a group dedicated to simply mapping where Flock cameras have been installed, "a terrorist organization".

Just in case you needed any more reason to oppose this company.

[captain-price-returns]

It's not just that they're doing corruption, but they're doing the kind of corruption that is basically "guy hands over a cartoon money sack with dollar signs on it" corruption.

[tomatotext]

and, look, I’m not complaining, not at all, but this is why it’s very important to be abundantly clear and specific with your Etsy witch.