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thedisneychef · 1 year

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Belgian Waffles With Berry Compote And Whipped Cream – International Food And Wine Festival

Welcome to the next stop on Magical Blogorail Yellow. Today we are sharing Mother’s Day gift ideas, crafts, and recipes. Waffles make for the perfect morning comfort food. Waffles made with beer and topped with berries? Well, that just makes a perfect comfort food for any time of the day. Mother’s Day is fast approaching and so is the panic among children, spouses, and loved ones on what exactly one should get that special mother in their life… Flowers? Chocolate? A card? Jewelry?

As a mother, to that I say… Yes, you should get her all of that. But along with that, maybe consider a special, intimate breakfast to start the day off right? If Mickey Waffles are already on your regular breakfast rotation, then how about a recipe that brings people to their knees at the Epcot International Food and Wine Festival… By which, of course, I mean the famous Belgian Waffles from the Belgium Marketplace. If you haven’t been lucky enough to have these things, let me just tell you, you’re missing out. These waffles are the things of dreams. The line is always long for a reason. The runners at the start of the Wine and Dine Half Marathon start talking about eating these by the plateful on the buses on the way to the race for a reason. They’re just that incredible. Maybe it’s because they’re aged overnight in the fridge, allowing the flavor to really develop. Maybe it’s because they’re yeast-based, which means they’re light and fluffy. Maybe it’s because the secret ingredient is beer… Regardless, I promise you if you slide these in front of Mom on her special day, you’ll be bringing a huge smile to her face. When you tell her they’re a recipe straight from Disney World, she’ll be touched and maybe even fondly reminisce about past trips and happy memories. And when you tell her there’s alcohol in it, then she’ll probably rejoice. Just think how great her day will get when you give her the flowers, chocolates, and jewelry later on. PS – I didn’t use fresh berries, I used frozen. In New Hampshire, our fresh fruit is pretty scarce right now. I think you could probably get away with doing the same… Trust me, I’m a mom. Are you a fan of this recipe and looking for more like it? Then you have to check out: Make sure you’re following me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram! Belgian Waffles with Berry Compote and Whipped Cream - International Food and Wine Festival Author: TheDisneyChef.com Recipe type: Breakfast Cuisine: American As is served at Belgium Marketplace, Epcot's International Food and Wine Festival, Epcot Belgian Waffles Ingredients - Waffles- - 2½ cups all-purpose flour - 2 tablespoons sugar - 1 teaspon dry-active yeast - 1½ cups water - ½ cups milk - 2 tablespoons beer - 1 egg - 1 tablespoon vanilla extract - 1 stick butter, melted - Berry Compote - - 1 tablespoon cornstarch - 1 tablespoon red wine - ½ cup apple or orange juice - ¼ cup sugar - 1 teaspoon lemon juice - 1 cup fresh blueberries - 1 cup fresh blackberries - 1 cup fresh strawberries - 1 cup fresh raspberries Instructions - Sift flour into a bowl, add sugar and yeast. Make a well in the center of the mixture and add water, milk, beer, egg, and vanilla. Stir until dry ingredients are moistened. Do not overmix! Add melted butter and stir. Allow batter to rest overnight in fridge. Batter will be lumpy. - Take batter out of fridge, allow to sit for 20 minutes. Ladle onto a hot waffle iron and cook according to directions on waffle iron. Keep warm. - To make berry compote, combine red wine and cornstarch and allow to dissolve. Combine fruit juice, sugar, lemon juice in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Add red wine, blueberries, and blackberries. When berries have softened and mixture has thickened, add strawberries and fold in raspberries. Serve warm over waffles and top with whipped cream. Here is the map of our Magical Blogorail Yellow |Mother’s Day Crafts, Recipes, & Gift Ideas Loop. Read the full article

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randomingoftherandomness · 3 years

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🍜 babe, hmu with a recipe befitting of my skills in the kitchen (none) 😘

Hello Sarah, beloved 🌸 Okay for you I got three

✨ for the stove

- bread (I know whole meal is like, healthy or whatever but I like them white bread ok)

- sugar (I like brown sugar. There’s something about the way it caramelises)

- butter

1. Ratio of butter to sugar is 2:2 (so if you use two tablespoons of butter, then there is two tablespoons of sugar). Mix it and pretend you’re mixing cement in a cement mixer and be hypnotised.

2. Spread it evenly on both sides of your bread. Put the first side down on a frying pan. Make sure you preheat your pan and cook it on low heat.

3. When the sugar has caramelised, flip & allow it to the same on the second side. Once done, you can dress it with a pinch of cinnamon if you have that, or have it with a bit of yoghurt if you’re keen.

✨ for the microwave

- potatoes and carrots

- an egg 🥚

- dried Italian herbs (or rosemary)

- Salt and pepper

- oil (you can use cooking oil or olive oil)

1. Peel and cut up the potatoes and carrots. I would say make sure that they’re evenly sized. That would be most important I would say…

2. Use a microwave safe container to cook. Add oil, herbs, salt and pepper to taste. The amount of oil you should put in should be enough to at least give your taters and carrots a comfortable base to work from. Mix and toss and give your veggies a bit of a rollercoaster ride.

3. Put your microwave to 750w, set it to 10 mins. Close your container’s lid. Pop it in. Let it start.

4. When it hits the five minute mark, pause it and give it a bit of a mix. Then pop it back in.

5. At the two minute mark, take it out to check the ‘done-ness’ of your veg. If it’s too hard, you may have to let it cook a bit longer, if it is soft, add your egg in and let it cook for the rest of the timer (or if you want your egg a bit soft, one minute)

**if you wanna be fancy, add shredded cheese when you add the egg

✨ no stove, no microwave

- an apple 🍎 red apple

- peanut butter. Chunky.

- granola. Or something crunchy. Weetabix? I hated Weetabix as a kid yergh… Cornflakes would be good

- honey

1. Halve and core your Apple. Hum to yourself and remember that scene in Disney’s Snow White where she made that apple pie with the pretty lattice and wish you had the skill and patience for pastry and resign yourself to store bought ones until you can actually manage a nice crust and then wonder if that’s a tall order for you

2. Mix a tablespoon of peanut butter to a tablespoon of your crunch of choice. Mix well.

3. Ladle out and spread on the separate halves of the apple. Dress with a drizzle of honey.

Bone ape a teeth 👌🏼

#ask meme #send me a 🍜 and i’ll give you a random recipe #hi sarahhhhh #I wanted to do a kitkat recipe but I don’t think you have any at the moment?#recipe

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something-tofightfor · 4 years

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Get to know me a little better?

was tagged by @bella-ciao in *one* of these, but decided to do more!

Thank you for the tag!

i’m an i-need-to-pull-the-driver-seat-all-the-way-in kind of person // i wear glasses or contacts // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // i have or have had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i wear makeup // i don’t smile often // i am pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

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hobbies and talents

i play a sport // i can play an instrument // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition (spelling bee champ 5th grade!!!) // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

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relationships

i am in a relationship // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long-distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i have met up with someone i met online

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aesthetic

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sunrise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colours // i find mystery in the ocean (if by mystery you mean absolute terror in dark water... sure!) // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favorite season

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miscellaneous

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food // i make up scenarios in my head to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least one dog // i have a cat

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indoor plants or gardens // cloud-watching or star-gazing // water or fire // paperback or hardcover // running or hiking // sleeping with socks or without socks // fruit or vegetables // hanging plants or succulents // dark wood or light wood // handwritten or typed // instagram or pinterest // braids or pigtails // dc or marvel // books or movies // oceans or meadows // forests or fields // sweet or salty // ice cream or chocolate // hoodies or sweaters // piercings or tattoos // summer or winter // boots or sneakers // house or apartment // cars or motorcycles // curls or straight hair // castles or cottages // sunny days or storms // reptiles or birds // disney or nickelodeon // strawberries or watermelon // essays or posters // phones or laptops or desktop // glass or stone // dark or light // photos or paintings // circuses or theatres // reading or writing // dogs or cats // poetry or novels // monsters or ghosts // thrift shops or libraries // fiction or non-fiction

Tagging:

@malionnes @the-blind-assassin-12 @its-my-little-dumpster-fire @suchatinyinfinity @gollyderek @pheedraws @traeumerinsworld @fific7 @alraedesigns @blackhatted @valkblue

#get to know me #this or that #some of these were hard decisions #hmm #do we have anything in common?

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mrsmunsons · 3 years

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@something-tofightfor tagged me (a while ago) to have some fun with these.

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hobbies and talents

i play a sport // i can play an instrument // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

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relationships

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aesthetic

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sunrise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colours // i find mystery in the ocean // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favorite season

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miscellaneous

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food // i make up scenarios in my head to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least one dog // i have a cat

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#about me #rachael!#answers #[ish]#and for anyone who might be wondering: italics mean 'sort of; sometimes; situational; '#etc!#thanks for the tag!

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suchatinyinfinity · 4 years

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Get to know me better?

Thank you for the tag, @something-tofightfor!

i’m an i-need-to-pull-the-driver-seat-all-the-way-in kind of person // i wear glasses or contacts // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // i have or have had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i wear makeup (when i feel like it) // i don’t smile often // i am pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

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hobbies and talents

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relationships

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aesthetic

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sunrise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colours // i find mystery in the ocean (if by mystery you mean absolute terror in dark water… sure!) // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favorite season (i can breathe and not freeze in autumn!)

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miscellaneous

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food // i make up scenarios in my head to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a (bottle) redhead // i own at least one dog // i have a cat

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indoor plants or gardens // cloud-watching or star-gazing // water or fire // paperback or hardcover // running or hiking (NOPE.) // sleeping with socks or without socks // fruit or (and) vegetables // hanging plants or succulents // dark wood or light wood // handwritten or typed // instagram or pinterest // braids or pigtails // dc or marvel // books or movies // oceans or meadows // forests or fields // sweet or salty // ice cream or chocolate // hoodies or sweaters // piercings or tattoos // summer or winter (both too extreme in Lousiana) // boots or sneakers // house or apartment // cars or motorcycles // curls or straight hair // castles or cottages // sunny days or storms // reptiles or birds // disney or nickelodeon // strawberries or watermelon // essays or posters // phones or laptops or desktop // glass or stone // dark or light // photos or paintings // circuses or theatres // reading or writing (never will i choose) // dogs or cats // poetry or novels // monsters or ghosts // thrift shops or libraries // fiction or non-fiction

Tagging (sorry for repeats): @delos-mio @delos-destinations @fific7 @obscurilicious @the-blind-assassin-12 @pheedraws @the-darkling @saintaleksander @dickbaggins

#tag game #get to know me?#@something-tofightfor #tagged

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delos-mio · 4 years

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Get to know me!! Tagged by @suchatinyinfinity 😘

hobbies and talents

relationships

aesthetic

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sunrise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colours // i find mystery in the ocean // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favorite season

miscellaneous

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food // i make up scenarios in my head to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least one dog // i have a cat

This or that

indoor plants or gardens // cloud-watching or star-gazing (again, neither. I hate looking into space) // water or fire // paperback or hardcover // running or hiking // sleeping with socks or without socks // fruit or vegetables // hanging plants or succulents // dark wood or light wood // handwritten or typed // instagram or pinterest // braids or pigtails // dc or marvel // books or movies // oceans or meadows // forests or fields // sweet or salty // ice cream or chocolate // hoodies or sweaters // piercings or tattoos // summer or winter // boots or sneakers // house or apartment // cars or motorcycles // curls or straight hair // castles or cottages // sunny days or storms // reptiles or birds // disney or nickelodeon // strawberries or watermelon // essays or posters // phones or laptops or desktop // glass or stone // dark or light // photos or paintings // circuses or theatres // reading or writing (never will i choose) // dogs or cats // poetry or novels // monsters or ghosts // thrift shops or libraries // fiction or non-fiction

#about me #tag games #tagged #it comes down to dark and woodsy and magical for me

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heychangbin · 4 years

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get to know me better??

was tagged by @something-tofightfor (thanks for the tag!) to do this thing so lets go!

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hobbies and talents

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relationships

i am in a relationship // i have a crush //

i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together (they were until she passed a few months ago, so i’m counting it)

// i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long-distance relationship // i am an only child //

i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend

// i have met up with someone i met online

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aesthetic

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sunrise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colours // i find mystery in the ocean (it’s where the kaiju come from!!) // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favorite season

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miscellaneous

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am was involved in extracurricular activities (was part of my schools robotics club, and leadership) // i enjoy mexican food // i make up scenarios in my head to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least one dog (3, candy, billy, and birdie) // i have a cat

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tagging: @juguitos @suchatinyinfinity @aureate-laureate @dickbaggins @the-blind-assassin-12

#tag games #about me #get to know me

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sanktaleksander · 4 years

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Get to know me better

I’m sorry this took me forever to do but thanks for the tag @suchatinyinfinity

i’m an i-need-to-pull-the-driver-seat-all-the-way-in kind of person // i wear glasses or contacts // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // i have or have had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails (not often anymore) // i wear makeup // i don’t smile often // i am pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

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hobbies and talents

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relationships

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aesthetic

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sunrise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach (not really the beach more like the water itself) // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms (as long as they’re not severe) // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colours // i find mystery in the ocean // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favorite season (my soul just feels lighter during that time of year)

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miscellaneous

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food (i’ve had food from my favorite mexican place the last three times we’ve gotten takeout) // i make up scenarios in my head to fall asleep (i come up with fics, play out some ideas i already have for ones in progress and also just do it for fun) // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game (the idea of living in fable kinda appeals to me) // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least one dog // i have a cat

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indoor plants and gardens // cloud-watching or star-gazing // water and fire // paperback or hardcover // running or hiking // sleeping with socks or without socks // fruit or vegetables // hanging plants and succulents (though i have a soft spot of succulents) // dark wood or light wood // handwritten or typed // instagram or pinterest // braids or pigtails // dc or marvel // books and movies // oceans or meadows // forests or fields // sweet or salty // ice cream and chocolate // hoodies or sweaters // piercings and tattoos // summer or winter (neither. too hot in the summer, too much fucking snow in the winter) // boots (give me all the combat boots) or sneakers // house or apartment (doesn’t really matter if it’s decent sized and in decent shape) // cars (if i like any cars they’re usually those super expensive super cars rich people have, thanks top gear) or motorcycles // curls or straight hair // castles or cottages // sunny days or storms (as long as it’s not like tornado weather) // reptiles and birds // disney or nickelodeon (i don’t really like one over the other, it depends on the content itself) // strawberries or watermelon // essays or posters // phones or laptops or desktop // glass or stone // dark or light // photos or paintings // circuses (only if they don’t use animals) or theatres (really only if it’s the movie type, don’t much care for stage but if someone invited me i’d go) // reading and writing (i am trying to read more because i love books yet don’t read the ones i have but still buy more) // dogs or cats // poetry or novels // monsters (not a big fan of any horror type monster if that makes sense. im more of a kaiju type person) or ghosts // thrift shops and libraries (both make me feel better) // fiction or non-fiction (depends on the subject of the non fiction)

Tagging (totally don’t feel you have to): @dickbaggins @apsychoticfangirl @billyrussosbitch @blush-reincarnated @bendro-pascarnes or literally anyone who sees this and wants to do it

#i hope im not bothering anyone ive tagged #tag games

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disney-busy · 4 years

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This week I have chosen to go for an multi-princess encompassing diet.

These diets typically have one Princess per day, and again, fall under the daily caloric consumption recommendation.

Here’s a calorie guide for my height, age, weight, exercise habits, and current BMI (body mass index, which basically compares fat to muscle in your body).

Maintain weight

2,180 100% Calories/day

Mild weight loss

0.5 lb/week 1,930 89% Calories/day

Weight loss

1 lb/week 1,680 77% Calories/day

Extreme weight loss

2 lb/week 1,180 54% Calories/day

As you can see, the extreme weightloss actually goes below the recommended daily caloric intake for any woman of my age, which is 1,200.

So what should I do?

Previously, I would have just said to myself “yeah but if I only eat 600 calories a day, I can lose 4 pounds a week.”

Not so!

Here’s (one of) the problem(s) with that mentality: it focuses of losing weight rather that gaining muscle.

“But I don’t want to be buff! I want to be slender. I want to be small.”

Gaining muscle does not necessarily mean gaining weight, or bulking up.

Gaining muscle means toning muscles you’ve already got.

So I should eat the 1,200, and not be afraid to keep the extra 2 pounds. Seeing as muscle weighs more than fat, I’m going to need them.

What does all this have to do with my Disney Princess Diet?

Everything

It says on the (misguided attempt of a) food guide that today I should eat only apples and drink water, a.k.a. an apple mono.

I like the idea of incorporating apples for a Snow White theme, but here are the nutritional facts for apples:

YIKES

95 cals? 25 carbs? And only 0.5 protein?

Even for someone disordered eating, this is NOT a good choice.

Obviously it depends on the apple size/type, but any any case, you aren’t getting the nutrients you need.

Here’s my proposition for today’s meals:

Breakfast:

1 cup coffee (I’m trying cold brew)- 0 cal

1 tbs of French Vanilla Coffee creamer- 35 cal

1 tall glass of water (about 2-3 cups)-0 cal

1 medium Granny Smith Apple- 60 cal

2tbs of Peanut butter- 188 cal

Total Cal: 283

Percentage of daily cal (1200): 23.58%

In between: Drink 3 cups of water

Lunch

1 serving Tomato soup made with milk- 142.3 cal

1 piece Whole Wheat Cheese Toast- 140 cal

3 cups of water- 0 cal

Total cal: 282.3

Percentage of daily cal (1200 cal)- 23.5%

In between: Drink 3 cups of water (if still hungry, eat a different piece of fruit— Snow White can’t survive on just poisoned apples!! but not banana, as bananas are high in fat and carbs)

Dinner

3 cups of water

Baked chicken with apples- 410 cal

Recipe: https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchen/honey-mustard-chicken-and-apples-recipe-2105063

Daily percent of daily cal- 34.2%

Leftover cal for dessert: 224.7

The recipe is 250 cal/slice, so if you’re really pressed about the extra cal, just eat a smaller slice, man.

Dessert recipe: https://dessertswithbenefits.com/healthy-key-lime-pie/

That said, don’t be afraid to go just a little bit over, as 1200 is the MINIMUM suggested daily caloric intake.

Good Luck, and have a magical day!!!

#tw #recovery #snow white #walt disney world #disney princess diet #healthy eating #healthy dieting #disney princess #disney #food list #diet plan #day one #weightloss journey

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kin-kitchen · 4 years

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Disney Princess Recipes

Disney themed desserts and drinks, no peanut butter or honey

Tiana’s Beignets

Merida’s Spell Cake (recipe in French but the ingredients are in English in the description, and you can turn on subtitles)

Snow White’s Baked Magic Wishing Apples

“The Grey Stuff”

Elsa’s White Hot Chocolate

Sleeping Beauty Sunrise (Has both a cocktail and mocktail recipe)

#sweets #disney kin #disney princess

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laresearchette · 4 years

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Friday, July 10, 2020 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: GREATNESS CODE (Apple +) GREYHOUND (Apple +) LITTLE VOICE (Apple +)

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT RADIO DISNEY PRESENTS ARDYS SUMMER PLAYLIST (Premiering on July 18 on Disney Channel Canada at 7:00pm) DISNEY CHANNEL SUMMER SING-ALONG (TBD - Disney Channel Canada) OBSESSION: STALKED BY MY LOVER (TBD - Lifetime Canada) PALM SPRINGS (TBD)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME/CRAVE/NETFLIX CANADA/CBC GEM:

AMAZON PRIME BREATHE: INTO THE SHADOWS

CBC GEM TAKEN (Documentary - Season 1, 3-4): A true crime documentary series focusing on solving the mysteries behind Canada’s missing and murdered women.

CRAVE TV HARRIET THE ADDAMS FAMILY VIVARIUM AWKWAFINA IS NORA FROM QUEENS CAMP LAKEBOTTOM AS GOOD AS IT GETS BATMAN (1989) BATMAN AND ROBIN BATMAN FOREVER BATMAN RETURNS CLOSER DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA YA SISTERS HER INTRIGO: DEAR AGNES INTRIGO DEATH OF AN AUTHOR INTRIGO SAMARIA

NETFLIX CANADA THE CLAUDIA KISHI CLUB DATING AROUND: BRAZIL DOWN TO EARTH WITH ZAC EFRON THE EPIC TALES OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS IN SPACE HELLO NINJA (Season 3) O CRUSH PERFEITO (DATING AROUND: BRAZIL) THE OLD GUARD THE TWELVE

KOREAN BASEBALL (TSN3) 5:25am: NC Dinos vs. LG Twins

JUNIOR BAKING SHOW (CBC) 8:00pm: Bakers must create a "biscuit picture of your best day ever."

WATTS ON THE GRILL (CTV Life) 8:00pm: Spencer Watts butters up with a menu featuring some of his favorite recipes.

BANDIT PATROL (Nat Geo Canada) 8:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Caregivers in Kentucky rescue, rehabilitate and release injured and orphaned wild animals.

MLS SOCCER (TSN/TSN4) 9:00pm: Group Stage: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Seattle Sounders FC

MISTER WINNER (BBC Canada) 9:00pm: Jemma is away on a business trip, and Leslie's off to a Doctor Who convention.

SUPERMAN: RED SON (Teletoon) 9:00pm: An alternate take on Superman portrays him as a Soviet hero after his rocket lands in the USSR.

TIL DEATH DO US PART (ID Canada) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): Ashlee and Emmett Corrigan seem to have it all, including true love, five beautiful children and a growing business; however, an explosive encounter blows their lives apart in an instant, revealing their marriage was not what it seemed.

VIVARIUM (Crave) 9:00pm: Hoping to find the perfect place to live, a couple travel to a suburban neighborhood in which all the houses look identical. But when they try to leave the labyrinth-like development, each road mysteriously takes them back to where they started.

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER (BBC Canada) 9:30pm: Dad annoys everyone with his old ventriloquist dummy Lord Luck, while Jonny's recently dumped friend Ben comes for dinner in need of cheering up.

NICK CANNON PRESENTS: WILD 'N OUT (Much) 12:30am (SEASON PREMIERE: Nick Cannon, Doja Cat and Big Daddy Kane battle it out in games: Turn Up For What, Talking Spit, Family Reunion and the Wildstyle battle. Doja Cat performs.

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The Raid - Storming Area 51 (2/3)

Band of Brothers

A/N: Listen here, I wrote this over the course of three days in which I consumed an ungodly amount of caffeine so the writing here was pretty decent and then spiraled out of control.

Synopsis: The car ride and the raid on Area 51 doesn’t go as planned, but the men do whatever it takes to see those aliens.

Part 1 Part 3

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“I said I didn’t want to go.”

“Well, Dick—life sucks, and then we die.” Lew kicked up his feet on the backseat of the driver’s seat of Lip’s minivan, stretching his arms and yawning as the Nevada landscape flew past them.

Dick was pretty sure he made it clear that he didn’t want to accompany the men on their voyage to the alien prison. He clocked out early last night, making sure everyone left his residence before midnight. He even double locked his front door and the door of his bedroom, but everyone knows that with Ron Speirs, the man can get everything and anything he wants.

It took less than fifteen minutes for the men to break into Dick’s house, pick the lock of his bedroom door and carefully shove him into the backseat of Lip’s minivan. Not to mention that they stopped by to take Liebgott, Webster, Guarnere, and Toye because in the words of Ronald Speirs—the more the merrier.

Now, they were awfully close to the site of Area 51, and everyone was ecstatic to go and see the aliens. They were like little children on a field trip—fighting over the snacks and singing car ride songs over and over again while Dick sat with his arms crossed looking like the kid whose mom forced him to go.

“Looks like we’re almost there!” Lip exclaimed, pointing at a billboard with grey aliens on it reading Area 51 — Alien Center. “Okay, so make sure you have everything you need before you go. Lew, I have your camera here, so you can take pictures with the aliens and—Ron! Stop eating all of the string cheese!” He leaned over to the passenger seat and wrestled the pack of string cheese out of Ron’s hands, throwing them back into the center console.

“But I’m hungry!” Ron whined.

“Well, I told you to eat a full and hearty breakfast at Dick’s place, and plus, we have guests, so leave some for them.”

“My place?” Dick popped into the question, just now knowing that these men weren’t in his house just to kidnap him but to also eat his food. “You men ate my food?”

“Relax, Dick. We only made six peanut butter sandwiches, and Web ate all of your veggie straws,” Lewis said before out stretching his arm out and around Dick’s shoulders.

God, they kidnapped him and ate his food? And Webster ate his goddamn veggie straws? That was his favorite snack!

He slumped back onto the seat in both anger and annoyance. Not only was he pissed at the fact that his friends took his food and his veggie straws, but they kidnapped him when he said numerous times that he was absolutely, positively not tagging along.

“Oh, cheer up, Dick. Look at the bright side: you’re gonna see some aliens.” Lew drank his bottle of water, definitely not his preferred drink, but Lip said he can’t bring his Vat 69 into his van.

“Aliens?” Web spoke up from the back. “That’s where you’re taking us? I thought we were going to the beach! I even brought my camera to get some pictures of the ocean!”

“Pfft. C’mon Web, get with the program and forget your stupid shark creatures. Aliens are the superior species here,” Liebgott said, and the Harvard graduate merely rolled his eyes and held onto his camera through the bumpy car ride on the verge of tears because he’s trying to convince himself that it’s okay to take pictures of aliens instead of sharks.

Meanwhile, Bill was busy tugging on the back of Joe Toye’s hair just to mess with him and because he was bored. Bill forgot to bring his Mad Libs book where he put dick in the place of every noun.

“Guarno,” Joe warned, but the tugging persisted. Then he snapped and turned around, swatting the square jawed man’s hands away. “Bill, stop! That hurts!”

“What? I’m bored! And you gotta weird hairline, too.”

“Fuck off!”

It was like a school bus there. Dick buried his head into his hands, trying to block out the sound of Joe and Bill fighting and bickering like twelve year olds and the soft whimpers of Webster who really wanted to go to the beach for shark watching while Lew was taking up all the leg space. Dick should have never sat in the middle. He’s hit his head on the roof of the car seven times since they hit Nevada.

“Boys, looks like we’re here!” Lip announced, and almost everyone crowded the mirrors to get a peak of the secret alien storage area.

It was nothing but desert and dust, but not too far away, there was a gate with a big stop sign on it and multiple warning signs. To Dick, it looked like a recipe for life in prison, but to Ron, it looked like a Disney store. He was about to get everything he wanted, shove it into a backpack, and go home with it. Hell, he’d even take a guard home.

As soon as Lip put the car in park, everyone was filing out of the car with their bags, complaining of the hot Nevada sun and the dust of the ground beneath them. Bill cursed especially loud because he dropped his bucket hat, saying something along the lines of Jesus fuck! Look at this Joe! Fuckin’ dust on my hat. I swear I’ll shoot it.

“Alright, boys!” Lip said out loud as he was getting out of the car, hands on his hips. “Make sure to get your snacks! I want all of you to get at least one fruit or else no Area 51.”

All of the men groaned at his announcement. “Aw Lip! Really?” Lew pouted. He’s not much of a fruit guy.

“Yes, Lewis. Here, everyone get an apple,” he said, passing out red apples from his snack box before bringing out the second snack box. “Get your snacks, boys!”

Everyone ran towards Lip, raiding the snack box of its string cheese, trail mix, beef jerky, granola bars, salted nuts, and dried fruit. Web and Lieb got into a brief argument when they both touched the last pack of trail mix—the one with extra M&Ms.

“Boys, stop fighting over the last pack of trail mix! M&Ms are not for men,” Buck said, separating the two and grabbing the packet for himself, “they’re for Buck Compton.”

“Lip! You didn’t pack my mini cinnamon rolls!” Ron whined, tapping his feet on the ground like a toddler throwing a mini tantrum.

Lip shot him a warning look. “Ron, cinnamon rolls are heavy. Wouldn’t want you slowing down on your quest for the aliens.”

“Fine. As long as we get ice cream on the ride back.”

“Of course we will, and that reminds me—boys! Change of plans! I’ll be driving you guys home, so I’ll be waiting here until you’re done!” Lip announced, watching the boys stray further past the gate with the big stop sign. “Okay, stay safe! Ron, I want you to text me every fifteen minutes, okay?”

“Yes, I know! You’ve told me eighty-seven times already!”

“And Lew! Take pictures with the aliens, please! Bill, get a souvenir for Babe! Nothing too scary, though! Stay safe!” he yelled one last time before turning to sit in the car, turning the air conditioning up full blast to beat the hot Nevada sun beating down on him.

He started to eat Ron’s leftover fruit snacks before he saw Dick still standing at the side of the car with his arms crossed, looking defeated and beat down. Rolling down his window, Lip spoke, “Dick? I thought you’re looking for them aliens with the boys?”

Dick simply shook his head, still staring straight at the ground, and Lip invited him into the car to escape the heat.

It’s not the fact that they’re literally breaking into top-secret private government property that bothers him, they can do whatever they want. It’s them breaking into his home, kidnapping him, and taking him to the middle of nowhere that makes him so annoyed. He thought was so clear with his distaste in accompanying them on a death wish, but he really should have planned more accordingly. I mean, we’re talking about Ronald Speirs and Lewis Nixon—two men of spontaneous tastes and interests who will do anything to get whatever they want. Even worse, Dick’s probably going to forgive them for this entire ordeal because he just can’t keep a grudge against them for longer than ten minutes.

“They took me even though I said I didn’t want to go,” he sighed, crossing his arms across his chest. “I told them at least seven times last night that I didn’t want to go on their alien adventure. I locked all of my doors, and they still managed to break in.”

“Well, you’re also dealing with Ron Speirs, and the man knows how to pick a lock when he needs to. What he wants, he gets,” Lip said, cracking open a pack of crackers and cheese and then offering it to Dick. “Want some?”

At first, he didn’t reply. Dick was too angry to even pick up his head and look at Lip, let alone grab the pack of crackers and cheese.

“He ate my veggie straws, too.”

“Who?”

“Web. Those were my favorite.”

“Ah, that’s alright, Dick. We’re getting ice cream after this anyways,” Lip smiled, and Dick felt okay for once. Sure, his friends were going to get into a load of trouble breaking into top secret government property, but they were probably going to get away with it anyways. Well, Ron will. He’s not so sure about Nix but deep down, Dick does worry about his wellbeing during the raid.

Meanwhile, the boys were busy getting into Area 51 and running around trying to find the aliens after successfully distracting the guard by shoving Web into one of the guards because Web won’t do anything. Why did we bring him? He’s useless. The distraction allowed the boys to make a run for it into three totally different directions even though Harry literally screamed for them to follow him.

“Man, did we really have to ditch Web like that?” Lieb asked. He was the only person upset after seeing Ron shove Web into the guards. It was like watching a horror movie. “Like, I know he’s useless, but we really have to leave him? Couldn’t we have just waited for him?”

“Son, your friend thought we were going to the beach,” Buck said, taking lead of the group that was him, Lieb, and Harry. They took a left when the group splintered off into different directions and ended up in pitch black room with Buck holding a flashlight to light the way.

“He’s gullible!”

“So what are we lookin’ for anyways?” Harry asked and yawned from looking at the shelves of metal parts probably used to make the spaceships. He reached over and took five metal parts even though he had no idea what they were used for. He plans to give them to Kitty once they get home and display it on the bookshelf. “We buildin’ a spaceship of something?”

“The aliens,” Buck said, “but looks like we went the wrong way.”

“This sucks!” Liebgott huffed, hunched over and crossed his arms, looking like a skinny hunchback of Notre Dame as he followed Buck and Harry through the dark hallway. He tried to make it look like he was still pissed for having left Web to elements of the security guards, but in reality, he was really scared of the parts and pieces displayed on the shelves. I mean, why does the US government even have this many probes? Just looking at them made the cab driver shiver. “Wish we had Web’s camera, then we coulda taken pictures of this shit, but nooooo! We gave him away to the fuckin’ guards! Like, who does that? We’re a team!”

Buck rolled his eyes and sighed. This was like babysitting an eight year old. “Shut up, Joe, or I’ll nail it to your head.”

“You said the same thing to Malarkey!”

“‘Cause it made him close his damn mouth. Now shut up.”

Putting Harry, Buck, and Liebgott maybe wasn’t the best decision, but it was one of the directions the men took after running past the guards during a quick adrenaline rush. While they were busy looking in and taking things from the shelves, the group that consisted of Lew, Joe Toye, and Bill went ran into the direction of the aliens, but it wasn’t quite what they were expecting.

“Boo!”

Bill flinched back, his hands almost reaching over and strangling Joe after he jumped out at him out of the blue in an attempt to scare him. “I swear, Joe. I swear I’ll shoot you if you do that again. Fuckin’ bastard.”

“Hey, guys! No fighting!” Lewis said in a hushed voice, trying so hard not to yell and give away their position.

“You’re the one who’s drunk at least twice everyday.”

“It’s actually three times a day, and I’m very content with that statistic, thank you very much.”

Joe rolled his eyes. What did Lewis know? He might even be drunk right now! “So, these are the fancy little aliens that we’ve been raving about for the past seventy million hours in that damn car,” he said, touching the jars on the shelves until Lewis swatted his hands away.

“Don’t touch that! Do you know what’s in those?”

Joe blinked. “No.”

Lewis opened his mouth to speak, but Bill spoke for him instead, pushing him to the side with his hips and taking ahold on Joe’s shoulders.

“Alien juice! Goddamn fuckin’ alien juice!” Bill whispered, almost on the verge of yelling. “You drink that and you’ll become an alien, and if you become an alien, we’re leavin’ you. You belong here now.”

They had taken the path that was way more interesting than just shelves of metals but also way more creepier than anticipated. It was shelves upon shelves of jars filled with alien specimen in some sort of juice that had Bill muttering alien juice, alien juice, alien juice over and over again. It was beyond creepy—more creepy than those unsolved mysteries Bill likes to watch at two in the morning in an empty house.

It was the fact that these aliens were just looking at you, as if they were waiting for the right moment to pounce on you and eat your guts. That was what made all three men shine their flashlights in a 360 degree angle every two minutes, making sure that it didn’t suddenly become like the movie Cloverfield.

Lew was especially scared, and he wasn’t even drunk. Actually, if he was drunk, then he probably would have tried to open the jars of alien specimen and shove the contents into his pockets. “I miss Dick.”

“Yeah, yeah, you miss your boyfriend, but can you please tell us what we’re lookin’ for?” Bill groaned, and Lewis turned around faster than Sobel revoking weekend passes.

“He is not my boyfriend! He can never have my body!”

“You’ve literally said that you miss him eight times already.”

“You will never understand the connection between us, Bill,” Lew huffed before shoving his camera into the hands of Joe and standing next to the biggest jar of alien specimen. “Here, take a picture of me with the alien. I wanna show Dick what he missed out on so I can make him jealous.”

He put on his best smile and a peace sign—something that became part of his natural reflexes without any good reason. Dick was going to be so jealous, he would probably be all over Nix and his Area 51 souvenirs like a fangirl meeting their favorite boy band. That’s probably not going to happen, but Lewis has dreams. He has dreams.

Joe snapped a picture of Lewis and the alien, and then handed the camera back. “So, you aren’t dating Dick?”

“Pfft. Of course not. He is too good for me. Shit, that reminds me—I need to get a souvenir.” He shoved the camera back into his backpack. “You two, help me find the perfect alien souvenir. The best one for Dick, of course.”

Whatever an alien souvenir is, Bill and Joe had no idea and they were one hundred percent sure that Nix had the biggest crush on Dick and was really, really bad at pretending that he didn’t. It was him taking pictures of him and the alien specimen claiming that he was going to print it out and frame it in his home, but everyone knew he just wanted to make Dick jealous. He's really not that good at handling his own feelings, and even the aliens could tell.

As they scoured all over the dark and eerie room for things they can bring home, Ronald Speirs was having the best luck out of the eight men that entered the restricted area.

He had run on his own path which caused the initial split within the group. He had run over so many of his friends that by the time they got back on their feet, he was gone. Lewis was the one he actually ran over, knocking him down with the force of his body running faster than the speed of light, faster than the bullets ringing out from the guns of the guards trying to stop him from entering the jackpot.

It was a huge, dimly lit room filled with full sized aliens.

Whether or not these aliens were alive and actually saw Ron looking at them with eyes the size of pinheads is unknown, but Ron was definitely going to take one of these home. How was he going remove and take them? Well, that was up to him.

Ronald Speirs was so full of surprises, you can never tell what the man was going to do. Once, he wanted sweet tea from the supermarket but it was closed, so he went to Alabama and made his own tea from organic ingredients. How he managed to find the ingredients and a kitchen at two in the morning will remain a mystery. Even more, how he managed to do all of that and come home with a pitcher of sweet tea by dawn is something never to be discussed. He just does as he pleases. There are no rules.

His eyes scanned each of the aliens, deciding on which one he wanted to take.

He wants the perfect alien. Nice and lean with a gorgeous turquoise color. Big eyes, too. He doesn’t want to worry about getting them glasses because they can’t see shit. They also have to be experienced in combat, specifically running in the middle of a battle and making it out alive. It has to be a super alien.

It’s been approximately forty minutes since Ron reached the vault, and he was still making up his mind.

So many aliens, yet just one Ron. He can only carry on, but if he could, he would free all of them and make his house into an alien sanctuary. Not even PETA can stop him.

It was until he heard the yells and screams of the other guys outside of the vault that he made up his mind, a shit-eating smirk dancing on his lips as he broke the glass of the incubator with his knife.

“Get your hands off my friend you filthy animals! Web! C’mon, we’re goin’ to the beach!”

“Lieb, please get off of him.”

“Guarno, I swear I will strangle you if you tie my shoelaces together again.”

“Eat shit, Joe. I have your souvenir, so think about that next time you threaten me.”

The pterodactyl screeches coming just feet outside the vault didn’t stir Ron even one bit. His eyes and hands were concentrated on taking the green alien out and onto the floor, waiting for it to invoke a reaction.

Please. Please be alive.

“Ron! Where are you buddy?” The voice of Lewis echoed throughout the facility, but Ron’s eyes were fixated on the extraterrestrial in front of him that was slowly but surely moving its fingers. “We’re leaving soon!”

Leaving soon? Ron Speirs leaves whenever he wants to.

Once he saw the alien blink and wave, Ron swore he could cry. He smiled and wiped a nonexistent tears from his cheeks. “Let’s go home, alien.”

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December 2019

Maxim calling out of the blue, inviting me to the Mine concert later that month.

Stumbling upon great inspiration for plant-based buddha bowls.

@shitgothssay memes.

Zotter salted caramel chocolate.

Finding out about the fact that you can just add the letter A to some words to transform them into adjectives. Like aglitter or aglow and aglisten.

Ayurvedic Kapha tea with some black tea, honey and milk. Sonnentor Gute Laune tea. Green tea with toasted coconut.

Isana shower oil. Works wonders for dry skin. Such a smooth and creamy texture. Great for shaving, too.

Winning the pub quiz - again! I played with Maggie, Dennis, Daniel and Steffen (Team name: Three geese in a trenchcoat) and we won 178€. However, the best thing about this was when I finally solved the anagram after thinking about it for 10 minutes. It was Greta Thunberg! Winning is lovely, of course, but solving the anagram is already a personal win for me each time.

Tuesdays. Coming home early, sleeping it off.

Being super rested after a nap, cooking a huge pot of veggie stew and my ratatouille signature recipe, even preparing a batch of butter bean hummus and salad dressing. Listening to folk music, singing along, even dancing at some point. Standing there, peeling the potatos… Happy moment.

Signature manicure. Always. This time: bluish iridescent lilac with the obligatory black dot.

A personal realisation. I’ve been massively out of touch with myself. I’ve stopped journaling, stopped doing things for myself because they’re beneficial and not because they’re convenient and numb everything. And why is that a good thing? Well, only being at this point and realising what’s wrong with me makes it possible to do something against it. To come up a self-care plan. To make myself feel better.

Semi-deleting Facebook.

Spending time with Manu for the first time in three months. Watching a documentary about black holes and a cheesy Christmas movie. Ordering south Indian food, cuddling up in bed. Sometimes I don’t know why I keep isolation myself. Being around people can be really lovely and soothing if you can be yourself around them. It’s just that I often feel the presence of other living beings drains my energy.

The best massage I ever had. From now on I’ll always request Yaya as my massage therapist. She is SICK. Strong, merciless, forces me into weird poses and makes my back crack.

Also: the chocolate-filled mint hard candy they hand out at the massage studio. I used to hate mint-infused chocolate but somehow I think these are delicious. Perfect after-torture-treat.

Persimmons. Obsessed.

My eye colour in artificial light. A dark moss green with caramel-coloured speckles and a dark rim.

The National playing a 2-hour-long concert and including some of my favourite songs from the High Violet album. Fangirling with Anika.

The smell of cold. You know, that whiff of cool air you get when you’re sniffing a jacket that’s been hanging on the balcony for a few hours to air out.

Learning more about Claire Saffitz from this article - she likes arts and crafts, is a homebody and has degrees in history and literature! She basically enrolled in culinary school because she was bored after graduation. She’s an enigma of a quirky kind. Not brilliant and scattered, but determined and aimless. Not brave and rebellious, but anxious and creative. She hates change yet pursues it, wants order but trades in chaos. She’s loved because she hates stuff; performs well because she can’t perform. And above all, she’s aggressively regular—and something about this makes the crowd go wild.

Fresh laundry smell on my blankets and pillows. And my new gravity blanket. It weighs 11kg which feels crazy heavy when you carry it but the weight evenly distributes over the body when you’re lying down. Apparently the pressure triggers the release of stress hormones. So far I’m sleeping like a baby and I don’t seem to wake up or move much at night.

Stephanie Madewell. I love everything she writes, her blog is such a godsend of beautiful, important, eclectic ideas. One thing I especially like are her imaginary outfits.

Princess Margaret’s limerick contest with President Lyndon B. Johnson in The Crown. Pure comedy. “There was a young lady from Dallas / who used a dynamite stick as a phallus / they found her vagina in North Carolina / and her asshole in Buckingham Palace.”

Little pieces of string in the corners of a duvet cover. It’s the first time I’ve seen those. So practical for big blankets!

Mental health days. I needed this. So much. Mornings in bed, reading for hours. Drinking a whole pot of tea.

Partner yoga. Chanting the closing mantra together.

Making vegan energy balls for my brother. I adapted the recipe and made my own versions so I ended up with a batch of pistachio/cherry and mango/sesame.

Freaking out whenever I see a cute cat. Damn, I really need to spend more time with animals. My highlight: breakfast in bed, watching a video of an adorable cat giving birth. I cried. Yup.

Going swimming for the first time in, man, I don’t even know. Forever. I didn’t swim for a long time, maybe half an hour, but muscle memory kicked in immediately. Water is totally my element. And, as if it had been destiny: I chose the day they cut the hanging plants in the main hall and the guy gave me a variety of five different cuttings to take home!! He made me a very happy girl.

The ink blue sky right after sunset. / The morning after the full moon in Gemini (the moon still bright and huge, visible in the bluish-grey Western sky). / When the sun suddenly comes out after a very dark and gloomy morning.

Buying a new phone. The old one was broken beyond repair. I even got a nice cork protective case. How could I ever live without an uncracked screen? The battery now actually lasts for more than a day. Nice.

Odd bits of knowledge: A galanthophile is an enthusiastic collector and identifier of snowdrop (Galanthus) species and cultivars. (Wikipedia) // Scientists theorize the Universe might have cracks in it: long thin boundaries that formed as space cooled after the Big Bang. 95 billion lightyears long and a few femtometers thin, these wrinkles in space-time would hold enough energy to bend light and destroy entire planets. (PHD comics) // the word to bloviate (German meaning: schwafeln, langatmig vortragen) // In Japan we have three rituals: HANAMI, TSUKIMI, and YUKIMI. HANAMI is watching the flowers. TSUKIMI is watching the moon, YUKIMI is watching the snow. It’s a beautiful tradition when you invite people to watch with you. I remember them all. (Yoko Ono) // In linguistics, prosody is concerned with those elements of speech that are not individual phonetic segments (vowels and consonants) but are properties of syllables and larger units of speech, including linguistic functions such as intonation, tone, stress, and rhythm. Such elements are known as suprasegmentals. Prosody may reflect various features of the speaker or the utterance: the emotional state of the speaker; the form of the utterance (statement, question, or command); the presence of irony or sarcasm; emphasis, contrast, and focus. It may otherwise reflect other elements of language that may not be encoded by grammar or by choice of vocabulary. (Wikipedia) //

I know I mention this a lot but the first olfactory whiff of a freshly cut open passion fruit is one of the best smells I know.

When my breakfast tastes like a candy bar. Which it immediately does whenever I add almond butter and cocoa nibs to porridge.

Yoga at home on a sunny Saturday afternoon. I’m often too lazy to get out my yoga mat but whenever I do afterwards I’m always so glad I practiced. Also: going to yoga class despite being extremely stressed out. It actually helped me silence some of these tormenting thoughts in my head.

Cutting my own hair. It’s kinda ridiculous and layered but I love the new bounce.

Michael Nyman - Musique à grande vitesse x // feels like it makes my pulse quicker, it’s urging and forceful.

My adventures in psychedelia - an article about the therapeutic effect of psychoactive drugs. I’m going to get Michael Pollan’s book about the topic from the library next week. So interesting.

People who are still writing letters.

My pupils. I realised that some of them have become very fine people. Open, compassionate, motivated, interested, bright, polite. Like the students who attended our first school magazine meeting in their spare time - on the last school day before the Christmas holidays - and had all these amazing ideas. Victor, being able to hold a conversation like an adult. Marks cuddling that dog in front of the supermarket. My tenth-graders being really reasonable, managable, easy to talk to.

Liza Weil’s role as Shy Baldwin’s bass player in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. It took me three episodes to recognize her.

A little embroidery set. I love keeping my hands busy when I’m watching movies.

Making vegan walnut lebkuchen and a very good batch of crisp bread in one go.

Roast apples with candied almonds and marzipan for Christmas dinner. Some buckwheat chocolate cookies. Actually helping out my mum in the kitchen.

Sitting at the piano with my brother, singing tunes from our childhood series, Disney songs, pop songs… We both had sore throats afterwards.

Visiting Sash’s parents over Christmas. Her mum cooked a pretty great lunch and we played board games.

Learning how to make a monkey fist knot.

Finding a new spot I like in my apartment. The chair right next to the window at the kitchen table. It’s nice and warm because you can sit beside the heater and while you have breakfast or browse through a cookbook you can see what’s going on outside.

Seeing the incredible gobelins at Kunsthalle / Fäden der Moderne exhibition. I loved the Le Corbusier ones.

Visiting Manu at his parents' place. Playing board games together, his mum feeding me with parsley potatoes and a weird _bird's milk_ dessert. Lying on the sofa, watching old movies. It's weirdly nice to be part of a normal family dynamic once in a while.

Andre saving my New Year’s Eve at the very last minute. Out of the blue he suggested a trip to Czech Republic right after midnight the day before. I was like… okay, let’s do this! So I met up with him and three people I had never met before in Regensburg and we drove to Český Krumlov, checked into our fancy hotel and walked down to the city centre. Czech food for dinner, a band playing at the city square. We climbed up to the castle for the turn of the year. This must have been the first year that started out with a proper New Year’s kiss. Afterwards we went to a weird music bar and - apparently - one of the best clubs in the country. I had a lot of fun. Even though getting Andre home was quite a challenge.

#things i love #personal #present perfect #december #2019 #december 2019

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drowning-in-dennor · 5 years

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To Know

Henrik and Stellan answer questions about each other. (Warning: Crass jokes, sappiness, many, many innuendos.) All the questions were taken from here.

[Stellan picks up the sheet of paper, glaring at it as though personally offended. Henrik, laughing, swipes it out of his hand and adjusts the camera.]

Henrik: Hey, everyone! Today we’re doing some sort of challenge. I honestly don’t know what this is, but... yeah! Let’s do this!

[Staring nervously at the camera, Stellan reaches over to take Henrik’s hand.]

Stellan: Yeah, let’s get this over with.

Question One: Describe them when you first met.

Henrik: Cute!

Stellan: Annoying.

[Henrik pouts and stares at Stellan.]

Stellan: You walked up to me while I was reading and went, “yo, is that H.C. Andersen?”, then proceeded to grab the book out of my hands. Asshole.

Question Two: How tall are they?

Stellan: A hundred and eighty-three centimetres.

Henrik: One seventy-nine.

Question Three: What’s their ancestry background?

Stellan: Yeah, this one’s obvious.

Henrik: Easy.

Stellan: Danish-Swedish, born on Gotland.

Henrik: And Stell’s Norwegian-Icelandic, grew up on Svalbard.

Question Four: When’s their birthday?

Henrik: May seventeenth.

Stellan: June fifth.

[They look at each other. Henrik cracks a grin.]

Henrik: Don’t ask about the year. We don’t remember.

Question Five: What’s the first thing they’d buy if they won the lottery?

Stellan: Enough cloth and thread to clothe an army, along with probably all the embroidery supplies the world has to offer.

Henrik: A butter factory.

[Stellan groans, smacking his forehead.]

Stellan: No.

Henrik: Hold up, what?

Stellan: I’d probably use it to buy some land and grow stuff. Or I’d buy those big oil companies and order them to switch to natural resources.

Henrik: That’s my Stell, always caring about the environment.

[Henrik leans over to kiss Stellan on the cheek.]

Question Six: What’s their favourite band?

Henrik: Stellan’s not a band person.

[Stellan rolls his eyes.]

Stellan: Our band. And yes, we have a band.

Henrik: You bet your ass we have a band! It’s the best one in Europe, if you ask me.

Stellan: Please don’t remind me.

Question Seven: What’s their favourite meal?

[Henrik grins suggestively.]

Stellan: I know what you’re going to say, don’t say it.

Henrik: My a-

Stellan: Don’t you dare.

Henrik: My apple tarts. Seriously, he asks me to make them all the time.

[Stellan hides his face in his hands and mumbles something.]

Henrik: We can’t hear you, babe!

Stellan: Sosekjøtt. This fucker next to me really likes it when I make sosekjøtt.

[Pincing Stellan’s cheeks, Henrik laughs as his hands are swatted away.]

Question Eight: What’s their favourite physical feature about you?

[Stellan turns red.]

[Henrik laughs, nuzzling Stellan and dodging a poke to his nose.]

Henrik: Aww, no need to be shy about it! You know you like my hands, especially when they’re-

[Stellan gestures at the camera.]

Stellan: Apparently Henrik likes my smile, so I’d say my... mouth?

Henrik: Yeah, they look great when you’re-

[Henrik yelps as Stellan kicks him from under the table.]

Question Nine: What’s their favourite personality trait about you?

Stellan: That’s a lot to choose from, but I think he likes that I’m calm and collected.

Henrik: You’re right! And, uh, I know you like that I’m funny, don’t you?

[Reluctantly, Stellan smiles at Henrik and nods.]

Question Ten: What type of clothing looks best on them?

Henrik: Stellan really, really likes it when I wear suits, even when he steps on my feet and messes up my nice shoes.

Stellan: One look at Henrik’s camera roll will tell you that he goes batshit when he sees me wearing his jackets or scarves.

[Henrik scrolls through his phone, showing the screen to the camera. An album, titled ‘Stell wearing my stuff’, is shown.]

[Stellan grabs Henrik’s phone.]

Stellan: You have an entire six-hundred-and-eighty-eight-photo album of me? Why am I asleep in so many of these?

Henrik: I couldn’t resist, you look so cute!

Stellan: Why do I have on nothing but - delete those!

Question Eleven: What word describes them best first thing in the morning?

Stellan: Bleary. Once, he thought I was having a nightmare, yelled in Danish and ‘reassuringly’ grabbed my face, the dumb shit.

Henrik: Dopey.

Stellan: Excuse me?

Henrik: You’re like a confused kitten!

[Stellan kicks him under the table again.]

Question Twelve: What would they say is their worst physical feature?

Henrik: Stell complains about his left middle finger a lot. It’s crooked from holding a pen all the time, but it just makes it even more dramatic when he flips people off.

Stellan: He doesn’t like how pointy his nose is, which I never get.

Question Thirteen: What’s their best talent?

Stellan: Embroidery.

Henrik: Writing.

Stellan: Henrik’s tapestries are amazing. He works so hard on them and they’re all masterpieces, and-

[He suddenly remembers that he’s being filmed, and looks down, flustered.]

Question Fourteen: What are they terrible at?

Henrik: Huh, that’s a hard question.

Stellan: Oh, I’ve got many answers.

Henrik: Hey!

Stellan: Saying the right things at the right times.

Henrik: Keeping his desk clean.

Stellan: Once, Tino was venting to me about how he lost his favourite book, and Henrik just burst in and was like, “’tis I, the guy who wants to die.”

[Henrik slams his head down on the table.]

Henrik: Yeah... let’s not talk about that.

Question Fifteen: What’s their perfect pizza?

Stellan: We don’t eat pizza.

Henrik: Yeah, Stell would sooner go hungry than order it.

Question Sixteen: What’s their favourite alcoholic beverage?

Henrik: Most of the time Stell gets akvavit, but I know he really likes champagne when we can get it.

Stellan: Beer. If not for the health risks, I’m pretty sure Henrik could drink beer all the time.

Henrik: My favourite’s Gammel Dansk, actually, but you’re not far off!

[Stellan claps the table, his other hand going to cover his mouth.]

Stellan: Fuck!

Question Seventeen: What’s their favourite cuisine?

Stellan: Pretty sure it’s Dutch.

Henrik: Norwegian...?

Stellan: You’re wrong.

[Henrik stares at him.]

Henrik: But it’s all you cook!

Stellan: They’re family recipes, dummy. My favourite’s Japanese.

Henrik: Well, I eat Norwegian almost every night!

[Stellan glares at Henrik and gets up from his chair, walking away.]

Henrik: Wait, come back!

Question Eighteen: What’s their favourite Disney movie?

Henrik: The Little Mermaid.

Stellan: Frozen, even though people think it’s my favourite.

Henrik: I thought you’d like it because of the trolls!

Stellan: You all are delusional if you think trolls are going to give you valid relationship advice.

[Henrik laughs, clapping Stellan on the shoulder.]

Question Nineteen: What’s their most-used curse word?

Stellan: Dammit, fuck it, or anything with an “it”.

Henrik: Shit.

[Stellan looks at Henrik as though enlightened.]

Stellan: Shit, you’re right.

Henrik: HA!

Question Twenty: What adjective describes them in the bedroom?

[Henrik grins perversely and leans over to whisper to Stellan, who glares at him and desperately tries to cool down his reddening face.]

Henrik: Contained. Wild, but the controlled type. Does that make sense?

Stellan: ...dangerous.

[Stellan tries not to fall off his chair.]

Henrik: Aw, yeah, my danger makes stuff really exciting!

Stellan: Shush.

Question Twenty-One: Which one’s funnier?

[Stellan points at Henrik.]

[Henrik points at Stellan.]

[They both stare at each other for a moment before laughing.]

Question Twenty-Two: Who dances better?

Henrik: Stell, hands-down. He teaches ballet at the local studio.

[Stellan shows a video of Henrik dancing to the camera, stifling his laughter.]

Stellan: The only type of dance Henrik can do is awkward dad dancing, solely to embarrass Harald.

Question Twenty-Three: What nicknames do they give you?

Stellan: No.

Henrik: Come on, just tell ‘em!

Stellan: Nei.

[Henrik whispers to him again, and he sighs.]

Stellan: Kanin. It means ‘bunny’, apparently.

Henrik: He’s so old-fashioned! Sometimes when I’m working on my tapestries, I hear Stell go, “darling, can you get me some coffee?” or something like that, and it’s so cute. But again, at night he calls me ‘Mas’-”

Stellan: NO.

Question Twenty-Four: Who uses the Internet more?

Henrik: He shitposts. A lot. For a bestselling author who writes for Disney, you wouldn’t imagine him to be on the Internet a lot posting stuff like “I brewed some leaf juice”.

Stellan: Henrik really only goes online to look for photos or buy stuff.

Question Twenty-Five: If they’re on YouTube, what are they watching?

Stellan: Videos of the songs I wrote lyrics to, or dead memes. I caught him playing the ten-hour loop of “Yee” the other day.

Henrik: He listens to ancient music.

[Stellan crosses his arms indignantly.]

Stellan: They’re from the nineteen hundreds, that’s hardly old. Uncultured pencil.

Henrik: Pencil?

Stellan: Uncultured shit, if that’s what you prefer.

Question Twenty-Six: If they could travel back in time, where would they go?

Henrik: The fifties.

Stellan: The Viking age, clearly.

Question Twenty-Seven: What do they have too much of?

Stellan: Photos, most of them of me.

Henrik: Notebooks.

Stellan: Those notebooks are filled with important drafts!

Henrik: Well, those photos are of important people!

[Henrik sniggers as Stellan blushes for the umpteenth time.]

Question Twenty-Eight: Which of their pickup lines really got you?

Henrik: “You’re amazing.”

Stellan: You still remember that from ten years ago? That’s barely even a pickup line.

Henrik: Of course!

Stellan: “If you need somebody to cuddle with, I’m always down for it!”

[Henrik grins and wraps his arms around Stellan.]

Question Twenty-Nine: What’s their favourite emoji?

[They both take out their phones to type.]

[Stellan shows his first.]

Stellan: ♡. He’s ridiculously sappy.

[Henrik shows the emoji on his screen.]

Henrik: Stell doesn’t use emojis, but the emoticon he sends the most is (._.).

Question Thirty: Draw your partner.

[Henrik draws a simple sketch, displaying it proudly.]

[Stellan draws a stick figure.]

Henrik: Holy crap!

Stellan: I’m good at writing, not drawing. Now shut up.

...

Henrik: So, that’s the end of the challenge, and I hope you liked it!

Stellan: I certainly didn’t.

Henrik: Bye!

Stellan: Thank goodness it’s over.

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