#But i need more reliable dish support so anime seems like a good plan

[noisytenant]

I started watching pmmm today while doing the dishes. it really is that good

[officialleehadan]

Intelligensia

Hello darlings! I hope you're all staying safe if you're in the haze of all the fires. I've definitely been hiding inside a lot!

Today's story was brought to you by Arcanist Lupus! It's always a delight to see your comments, darling. Thank you so much for your support!

Prompt: Fluffy's Master Plan for World Domination with extra points for the Beast in question not being a cat!

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(Day eight hundred and sixty-four of my incarceration. The Human seems to be growing incautious of my daily attempts to escape.)

Isabis casually walked past the huge, floor to ceiling cage housed one of the shelter’s cleverest and most aggressive residents. On her way, she spared a glance at the lock, and pretended not to notice the way the stunning African Grey parrot inside had bitten most of the way through the latch that held the door shut.

She kept telling the head keeper that they needed a metal lock for him. Unfortunately, Hasani was far too clever for anybody’s good, and reliably managed to look cute and harmless whenever anyone inspected his cage for security. Isabis did her best with what she had, but it was hard to convince anyone of the parrot’s evil nature without admitting that she could speak to him. Well, not speak, exactly, but she could hear his thoughts. She could, in fact, understand most birds, but none were as coherent as Hasani.

Or, as it happened, as determined to escape his imprisonment and take over the world.

She wasn’t even sure he could take over the world, but from what she had heard of his pans, she wasn’t about to call it an impossibility.

She didn’t want Hasani as an evil overlord, thanks. The wretched bird had a mean streak a mile wide. He had bit right through the heavy falconer’s glove the vet used the last time he had to be examined.

(I feel she may even become an ally. Certainly, she seems smarter than the rest of her wretched kind.)

Oh boy. The bird. The evil bird, wanted to recruit her.

Her life had gotten a lot weirder since she started hearing the birds. The only ones who knew she could hear them were the owls, but they thought everybody was beneath them or food, and weren’t going to tell any of the others.

She didn’t think she wanted the damn bird recruiting her, all things considered.

(Keep walking human. Keep walking and ignore the signs of my escape, and I may yet permit you to live)

Isabis really didn’t know how to take that. It certainly seemed directed at her, but it might also be nothing more than the bird’s frequently-malicious internal monologue.

(I know you can hear me.)

Not monologue.

“If you try to bite me while I change your water,” Isabis told him politely. “I’m going to change it with a hose tomorrow. You will get wet. I will make sure.”

(A threat? How novel.)

“Bite me and see if I’m bluffing, feather-duster.”

(There is no need for insults.)

“You gonna bite me?”

(Not today.)

Isabis watched him out of the corner of her eye as she cautiously opened the door of the cage. Hasani watched her, puffed and interested, but when he stayed politely on the far side of the cage, Isabis quickly swept out the bottom of his cage and changed his water. His cuttlefish bone was looking pretty thin, so she paused to replace it.

As a reward for good behavior, she pulled a whole handful of macadamia nuts, still in their shells, out of her pocket and left them on top of his food dish where he could crack them at his leisure.

(Always so thoughtful.)

“It’s bribery for good behavior. You don’t bite me, I make your life more comfortable. Square deal?”

(A better deal would to give me my freedom.)

“Not on the table.”

He hissed at her, but Isabis was already outside his cage and was much less cautious of him now that she could negotiate with the evil bird.

(I would improve your would immensely. Clearly, a great many countries need a strong claw on the reigns. I would be that claw.)

“You can see the staffroom TV from here, can’t you.”

(It’s not like you humans tell me what’s happening on the global stage!)

“I’m not letting you out.”

Hasani used to belong to a senator who, after his bird reputedly attempted to murder first his dog, and then his housekeeper, surrendered Hasani to the shelter for rehoming.

Hasani, of course, was nobody’s idea of a good pet, and had immediately made himself hated throughout the whole shelter. He was also, unfortunately, a protected species, and couldn’t be put down, despite his foul temper and vicious intent.

“Okay, time to make a deal, and remember that the only thing you have to bargain with is good behavior,” she offered, and leaned against the signpost that warned visitors not to put their fingers anywhere Hasani could get at them. “Since you know I can understand you, I will listen to reasonable requests regarding your cage.”

(My prison cell, you mean?)

“You are a bird. This is a cage. You would have a bigger, nicer cage if you would stop biting your handlers.”

(I don’t want to be in a cage at all.)

“Yeah, your designs on ruling the planet aren’t exactly encouraging me to let you out. Also your species is super protected.”

(Fine. A deal. I want several hours of flight time every week, to be increased as you decide that humanity should really be culled for better health. In exchange, I will allow you, and only you, to see to my health and care in safety.)

It was probably the best deal she was going to get from the parrot.

“Fine. I’ll see about giving you flight time. While you get it, you can’t attack anyone, including other birds and humans, and you need to be good for your vet check in two weeks.”

(I see my choice of minions was well-founded. You drive a hard bargain. Very well. But I want to ride on your shoulder to the flight range.)

“You gonna bit me in the face?”

(Not for now.)

“That’s as good as I’m gonna get, isn’t it?”

(Yes.)

“Okay, fine. Give me a few hours. I need to finish my rounds and get clearance, but I’ll see if I can get permission to use the range this afternoon. Now, try not to terrify the public, and I’ll see you later.”

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Beastly Familiars:

Animals will be animals, no matter how intelligent. Sometimes animals will be… well… Beastly.

Nothing but Trouble

Bad to the Bone

Oil and Water

Master of All

Hunting Practice

Under the Desk, Up on the Bookcase

Mouse Hunters

Hooter

Bandit

In the Walls

Stone’s Throw

Fish Bucket

Caterwaul

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Blue Rings and Crabs

Pounce (Free on Patreon!)

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On Emerald Wings

Hood and Strike

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[very-grownup]

The Year is 2020 and I Watched Neon Genesis Evangelion for the First Time, Part 2

Episode 8.

Misato takes a bunch of teen boys out on a military rendezvous thing because she is at the point in her life where they are the only ones who think she is cool and don't judge her for her terrible lifestyle and alcoholism.

We meet a new friend, Asuka, who has red hair and is German (to contrast with Rei who has blue hair and is Japanese). She establishes her dominance by slapping teen boys and refusing to be embarrassed when the wind blows her dress over her head. She thinks Shinji sucks because he has poor self-esteem and empathy is hard and society does not have an understanding place for teen boys who manifest their issues through passive depression. She has an EVA and she loves getting in the robot because it is cool and powerful and strong. Her EVA is red which does make it objectively the coolest of the giant robots so far. She comes with her own inappropriate adult guardian named Kaji who has poor boundaries, does nothing to deter her crush on him. Kaji sabotages Misato as an authority figure by flirting with her and alluding to a sexual history. I guess it makes sense because fourteen is a prime age to begin noticing people sexually and the combination of that and the adolescent desire of the tantalizingly distant adulthood makes that one hot, relatively young teacher you have a fascinating source of fantasy.

All of the boats are named after Shakespeare plays except for the one called "Over the Rainbow". I like this.

This is the first episode where I notice Shinji is referred to as something which the subtitles have decided to call the "Third Children" so that I know these are bad subtitles that would rather be literal than good even though this is my first time watching the series!

A majestic sea pancake with teeth attacks from the water and basically all these ships are fucked and probably a lot of sailors die and Asuka gets in the robot and makes Shinji also get in the robot because she wants him to know how cool her robot is.

Asuka seems like the kind of girl who doesn't expect her peers to like her and who will pursue the approval of cool adults instead and doesn't mind not being friends with her peers as long as they fear/admire her because those are more reliable feelings than friendship.

Kaji /fucks off/ while the boat is under attack because he's not actually here to protect Asuka and these teens AND the giant robots are super disposable. Misato briefly thinks he's going to be helpful before realizing he's ditching. I feel like that's probably a lot of their dynamic - Kaji letting Misato down even though each time he shows up part of her thinks maybe he won't suck. This is probably Misato's relationship with a lot of people. There's a reason she drinks.

There's a cool underwater fight scene which is also a city destroying fight scene because the cities of the 20th century are underwater due to Incidents. They refer to the power plug and the cord Asuka's robot is attached to as the umbilical cord and hey I hate that. The only two remaining battleships get fucking jammed into the sea pancake's mouth simultaneously like hotdogs and then blow up and that's considered a win. /So many sailors are dead from this incident/.

Kaji fucking ditched to bring Shinji's dad a briefcase with some fucking space blob DNA encased in a fancy casserole dish and they refer to it as Adam and fuck you know nothing good ever comes from things named Adam. This concludes my report on Episode 8 of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Episode 9 and 10 behind the cut.

Episode 9.

Asuka hates being in Japan and all her peers hate that she's in Japan. Asuka derives her self-worth from excelling at something she is used to having no competition in (piloting a giant robot) and being homesick just pushes that need harder. Shinji is upset because Asuka's aggressive and enthusiastic approach to the thing he is most frightened of makes him feel like less of a man and also less grownup. Also she has boobs and he is fourteen and girls existing is maybe as distressing as giant robots.

Someone in this episode realizes that having fourteen-year-olds pilot the giant robots is both a stupid and embarrassing decision when Shinji and Asuka's poor teamwork cause an Angel to duplicate itself which is the opposite of giant robots.

There is a lot of giant robot slapstick in this episode and it's very good and I laughed.

Kaji has stuck around to sexually harass Misato and make her workplace awful and make everyone, including Misato, not take his harassment seriously because they used to date so it's not harassment it's just falling into an old bad habit and it's depressingly realistic.

Misato is made entirely responsible for Asuka and Shinji's slapstick failure even though Asuka is supposedly Kaji's responsibility. She comes up with a very stupid plan to help them synchronize via DDR and being humiliated in front of their peers. Humiliating teens IS funny. But it also feels cruel when you consider Misato is the closest thing to an ally Shinji has. How much of Misato's poor decision making (with respect to the kids' emotional wellbeing) is a result of Misato living her best worst life and how much is the result of Misato being stressed out and doubting herself and her decisions and so much else because of Kaji's constant negging and flirtatious presence? She's already in over her head with the Shinji situation.

Shinji and Asuka are forced to live together in Misato's tiny shitty apartment and do everything together and in tandem and it's mostly a comical training montage of how much they hate each other.

There's a night when they're alone and they steal the opportunity for privacy. Asuka sleepwalks onto Shinji's futon and she still has boobs and Shinji is still 14 and he moves in to kiss her while she's asleep, until he realizes she's crying for her mother in her sleep. He removes himself from temptation, realizing that Asuka's just a fucked up kid, too. But it's a realization that comes with resentment: he wanted that fantasy of the peer who is also a sexy, confident grown up because it makes Asuka both an aspirational power fantasy figure and a sexual fantasy and if she's just a messed up kid like Shinji she can't be either.

It's sad because the whole episode encapsulates how NERV is failing these kids as well as why. Misato makes Shinji and Asuka figure out how to synchronize and work together but in a bad shitty way where they don't really understand each other because this is the military. Misato's job is to defeat the Angels and doing that efficiently and quickly takes priority over Shinji and Asuka's well-being as individuals. So, it works in the moment, but they aren't any closer to each other or understanding each other. There is no /time/ for empathy.

Their synchronized battle at the end of the episode against the duplicated monster is visually very cool and exciting and dynamic and a great sixty seconds of animation and it's clearly mostly a light gag episode to support the resources going to those sixty seconds. But that's sort of sad too, isn't it? This concludes my report on Episode 9 of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Episode 10.

Okay so we started Beastars which has some really gorgeous use of colour that manages to echo the distinctive and striking style of the manga while being very much its own thing and we end the night with Madoka where tonight were time loop death pacts, so the Evangelion episode kind of got overwhelmed.

There's an Angel egg in the depths of an active volcano and Asuka's giant robot has to be put in an adorable space suit so as not to be crushed/melted by the pressure. Asuka's got a box to trap the egg in. I think they want to get the egg out of the volcano because if it hatches in the volcano it'll explode but they don't seem to have a plan for what to do with the egg if they manage to remove it from the volcano (they don't, obviously; egg hatches and has way too much mouth).

The main takeaway is that Shinji's dad is 100% ready to fucking nuke his son if it's necessary to stop the volcano from volcanoing with the Angel? I'm not actually clear on this point, but I am clear that Commander Ikari will nuke his son, possibly for many reasons.

It ends with Misato taking the kids to a hot spring because they couldn't go on their class trip to Okinawa (even though surely all the beaches are radioactive?). Surprisingly, you do not see the ladies in the hot spring, although Shinji gets a boner hearing Misato admire Asuka's breasts and skin. A penguin is the first creature to see Shinji's erect penis. This concludes my report on Episode 10 of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

[dietadviser]

I severely `restrict calories` but I don`t have an eating disorder

What is calorie restriction?

The idea of calorie constraint - often paired with yo-yo weight loss - is absolutely nothing brand-new, yet making use of calorie limitation to ward off aging and illness is something many individuals can't wrap their minds about. When I joined the Calorie Restriction Society, a team committed to the same ideology of restricting calories to prolong life expectancy, the pieces started coming together.

The CR Society International has a lengthy list of research studies that support limiting calories to improve quality and also length of life - like the research study that located long-term calorie limitation to be reliable in reducing threat of atherosclerosis or another research that linked reduced protein intake to anti-cancer and anti-aging intervention, among others. There's likewise a simple Calorie Constraint Overview that clarifies everything.

Bring up calorie constraint among buddies and also you'll get some odd appearances. You'll likewise probably get a couple of quiet judgments that may never ever be spoken to your face: Does she have an eating condition? Why is she on such a severe diet?

Once you dip your toes into the waters of calorie constraint, it's very easy to see that it's greater than a severe lose weight or a new type of disordered eating. True calorie limitation, promoted in books like The Longevity Diet and The CR Way, concentrates on both high quality as well as amount: Limited amount of really, very top notch foods.

Eat better, live longer

This phenomenon is touched on in a recent The New York Times article that goes over the interesting long life secrets of 5 areas worldwide that 'neglect to pass away.' Dan Buettner, writer of The Blue Zones Solution, says people residing in Ikaria, Greece, Ogliastra area, Sardinia, Okinawa, Japan, Loma Linda, California, and the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica outlive a lot of Americans because of the top quality of their diets.

Allison Stowell, signed up dietician for Leading Stars, discusses, 'The people of Sardinia enjoy food - good food and also wine - as well as they live long. It is where you will certainly find the biggest number of individuals living to 100. Their diet is based on entire foods - mostly grains, fruits, veggies and also dairy products - that originated from their own animals (mainly goats and also lamb). They consume meat, however it isn't really the center of their weight loss. They do not avoid carbohydrates, they don't count calories, they just utilize the herbs and also grains from their land to create wholesome dishes and appreciate their food. They also do a crucial thing: move. They are virtually always walking. It is this activity that could have the best influence on them as it allows them to not just profit from the workout, but additionally aids them preserve a perfect body weight (as well as keep their balance of calories in/out in check).'

Practice calorie constraint while consuming these high-quality foods and you have actually got the calorie restriction diet.

Most calorie restriction teams have certain recommendations regarding just how much you should lower your consumption - the major calorie restriction as well as longevity study conducted in 2011 showed a reduction of 10 to 40 percent while eating a nourishing diet plan. Just like any lose weight, it is necessary to talk to your physician prior to making any type of radical cutbacks.

' Picking foods that are high in nutritional value is incredibly essential when picking a low calorie diet. 100 calories of broccoli has 11 grams of protein, 11 grams of fiber, in addition to bunches of vitamins as well as minerals (vitamins A, C and E and also minerals iron, calcium and magnesium, etc.). Compare that to 100 calories of steak - 6 grams of healthy protein, 0 grams of fiber as well as really couple of vitamins/minerals,' states Dr. Michael J. Glickert, director of facility operations at The Vanguard Facility. '100 calories of broccoli is regarding 12 ounces, whereas 100 calories of steak has to do with one ounce. The broccoli will certainly load you more and give you more worth in terms of usable web content contrasted to steak.'

Mind over matter

To reap the prospective longevity advantages of the calorie limitation lose weight, it's as straightforward as fundamental mathematics. Plug your day-to-day calories and also nutritional stats right into a calorie counting application to earn sure all your dietary demands are met, without eating excessive. Jeff Cannon, creator of The Basic Reality Job as well as developer of the Conscious Diet - which integrates periodic calorie limitation to reduce the harmful lots on the body - claims efficient calorie constraint has to do with greater than calories in and also calories out.

Cannon explains, 'As someone who has gone through nine mind surgical procedures over the previous 22 years to remove greater than 20 mind tumors, I came across the idea of caloric limitations as a means to help decrease the growth of new lumps. Yes, it helped to bring me to 15 percent body fat, however it did more. It aided to bill my metabolic process, changing the way my body refined the food I consumed and the fat it stored.'

As the name recommends, the Mindful Diet regimen concentrates on a mind-body method that consists of mindful fasting - when calorie limitation and mindfulness satisfy. 'One of the vital approaches behind the Conscious Diet is adopting a reflective and mindful approach to the food you consume as well as the selections you make. A lot of our lives are lived in auto-response to our body's demands. It is why we wind up in the same location so frequently at nourishment,' says Cannon.

Cannon's brand name of calorie restriction advocates one day of mindful fasting, where calories are decreased to 600 to 800 calories to reset and detox the body. Cannon creates in his weight loss guide, 'When you cut back on your caloric consumption, you will certainly begin to understand just how little you in fact need. You will likewise become more familiar with your food cravings and also of just how you have actually been satisfying them. As you become much more comfy with it, your day of fasting will certainly end up being much less regarding food as well as even more concerning the feelings of clarity as well as lightness that you will certainly gain. It's straightforward as well as very easy and identified by an increasing number of wellness experts as a healthy and balanced means to manage your weight and your life.'

Far from a severe lose weight and also acquiring a major following, long-term calorie constraint isn't really a passing fad. It is an individual decision. After about six months on a nutrient-rich, calorie-restricted diet - bolstered by nutrient supplements - I have actually noticed a large modification in myself. I'm thinner, yes, and I'm likewise more well balanced as well as energised. I'm still a mother chasing after 2 kids, but I don't constantly seem like I have to crawl right into a hole and also pass away at the end of the day. If I wind up living longer since I'm eating less today, I would certainly consider that the topping on the (gluten-free) cake.

[mendozaclemmensen2-blog]

Rich Foods.

Dimension is actually such a fascinating factor because somehow, this little small amount possesses the electrical power to determine just how good or even bad our experts really feel regarding ourselves. Take your left leg back to the starting setting and also repeat with your right leg. Ms Saxelby pointed out as is often the situation with restrictive diet plans, giving up whole meals groups like pork and also dairy products implies you are actually possibly certainly not getting all the important nutrients your body needs. She is an on-line health and fitness pro as well as has actually actually been reliable as well as real to me initially! Each physical body reacts to specific substances differently - baseding upon Gill, individuals with meals intolerances usually respond to in between 4 and also 6 ingredients, however this's so necessary not to popularize or think that discussing symptoms means you possess the exact same prejudices. Fertile Grounds is actually a blog site set that analyzes the difficulties and also chances in making sure accessibility to well-balanced, lasting as well as affordable food for all. The assortment from food items serve at my institution includes: club sandwiches, deep deep-fried food items, food items prepare in substantial volume from oil, things that i cannot the calories in. That was my first time at an all inclusive ... and let's simply state that Cassey as well as perpetual food as well as drinks is actually an interesting blend of screening restrictions. I would certainly possess learned that great health and nutrition is consuming effectively As Well As delighting in meals AND nurturing myself. My mother lastly turned up around 2 pm along with 17 extra pounds of food and adequate reading component for a month. Proceed till every one of the blend is actually used up. http://superfit-blog.com/chocolate-slim-pret-si-forum-pareri-farmacii-sau-de-producator/ should help make about 20. Serve a pile from 4 or 5 pancakes per person with a generous spoonful from warm compote. And you could play with the 3d body system by selecting whether the graphic is fat deposits, regular or even match. Sports offer you with a feeling of mastery as well as control, which commonly triggers a feeling of honor and self-confidence. He thinks that food has the electrical power to earn or even damage our health and the wellness from the planet - and our experts couldn't acknowledge even more. Economic experts and expert in nutritions argue that present day commercial food items production methods are actually thus successful they are actually making us obese as well as alarmingly undesirable. Son of a Saint participants participate in staff sports and also various other entertainment activities, while their advisors come in as well as join their nonscholastic activities as well as support them the method a parent figure would. It is a very major diet plan (taking into consideration that in Chile carbohydrates are actually a common meals of our country) but in the end I believe this will work, because I have actually viewed in many study that a diet plan low in carbohydrates and higher in healthy protein, together with medications dependable, may lessen weight and hence cardiovascular risk aspects as well as style 2 diabetic issues mellitus. Ha. I recently took place a travel for organisation and also left mine in your home, as well as validated that no, I could certainly not walk in to any run of the mill retail store and also locate a sports bra that will benefit me. Sigh. 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Consequently everybody just turned off their monitors for the upcoming 24-HOUR, as well as our team started the night using this terrific dish, consumed wine, our company possessed incredible food that was actually increased straight certainly there on the ranch. NATALIE WHITING: Lecturer Drummond is wishing the females's AFL competition can easily aid modify the graphic as well as understanding from the sporting activity. He delivered me a newspaper which apparently is actually the structure for food obsession procedure right now, Knowing and Addressing Food Dependence" by National Fixate Dependence and Chemical abuse. MURRAY DRUMMOND: There's likewise an amount of women which desire to acquire associated with the kind of masculinised sporting activities but once they do they have a hard time to preserve that typically as a result of popular assumptions of exactly what a lady's suggested to do. Simpler times seem to satisfy me merely fine, and also I am self-assured I am actually more healthy because of my hunter-gatherer food selections. This is actually better to cook your meals without body fat, and after that incorporate the fat afterwards when that's cooled some. Therefore in reality our company are sitting in a lovely community landscape, a great deal of meals has actually been developed listed here due to individuals integrating, they all give their spare time to working listed here, so a great deal of the produce will certainly be actually straight off this landscape. It's in fact an excellent headline b/c this permitted's you know to expect both benefits and drawbacks from the sport. The issue goes a great deal further than the heaps from convenience food in every convenience store and also every office breather room-- the incredibly tips regarding meals and also health that control open discussion are actually risked. I recognize exactly how my body will react after cross countries, and this expertise helps with the psychological edge from the sporting activity. I am actually not so positive that authorities and also societies in its entirety understand just how significant the issue is. And our team've come to wake all of them approximately that to ensure there's enough food items for everybody. He's the director and also founder from Yale College's Prevention Research Center, president from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, founder of truth Health Campaign, senior health and nutrition professional for KIND, and also in some way he finds opportunity to create for UNITED STATE Headlines and Globe Document and also The Huffington Post. Clear away the whole basil sprigs from the marijuana and blend the soup utilizing an engagement blender, food mill, or even routine mixer. The university likewise sustains that its own animal meals supports had nothing to do with the pussy-cat meals research and also possessed no bearing on it. I indicate, I adore their meals THIS MUCH, yet I simply am actually certainly never in the mood to go as well as eat that at a restaurant. Below is actually some of the best fads in the exercise globe for 2013 to aid acquire you looking and feeling fab! Laura likewise just so takes place to become the emissary for Always' #LikeAGirl campaign, which motivates girls to stick to sport (duration faff and all), so it was actually rather relevant, truly.