#Geeky Recipes

[barwithnodoors]

Cocktail based on a recipe from Stan Lee Presents: The Mighty Marvel Superheroes’ Cookbook (1977).

ICE CREAM SODA

½  oz Chocolate Syrup

½  oz creme de cacao

½ oz Vodka

8 oz club soda

1 scoops of ice cream

Put chocolate syrup and creme de cacao into a tall glass, add club soda, and stir.  Top with ice cream.

[uwudonoodle]

I just made the best hummus. A trick lets you boil dried chickpeas to nearly mush in 20 minutes, and it's the smoothest hummus ever.

Here's the recipe:

[mrkapao]

Mixed up something deviously delicious while bartending the Strategicon: Gateway 2024 Staff Lounge. Still trying to decide on a name and so far the front runners are 'Spring Time for the Elder Brain' or 'Mindflayer in a Sundress'.

1 1/2 oz Peach & Orange Blossom Ketel One 1/2 oz Lavender Syrup 1/2 oz Yuzu Syrup Splash of Grenadine

Shake vigorously for 5 to 10 seconds. Strain and serve over ice.

[wonderlesch]

12 Days of Geeky Gifts 2023

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Hello and welcome to my latest Blog Post: 12 Days of Geeky Gifts 2023. There’s a song about the 12 days of Christmas, here I am sharing not only what is at the top of any geek’s gift list but where that gift can be purchased as well. Read on to discover a Foldable Drone that’s perfect for someone just starting out in the world of drones (that’s me!). A cell phone holder and iPad stand (helps me…

[lemonisntreal]

TONE DEAF :: Rosita and Norman <3

The first in a [hopefully] series of redesign + headcanon posts where I give you my take on a character for my AU

I'm grouping the two together because a] a lot of fluff headcanons I have, they share [because they're literally husband and wife]. And b] if I made an individual post for every single character, I... would go insane. So yeah. A bunch of characters are gonna get clumped together.

[FULL MASTERPOST HERE [yet to be made <3]]

HEADCANONS // BACKSTORY ⬇️

Me and the bad bitch I pulled by being autistic [also autistic]

Both of them are the same age, mid to late thirties.

In terms of general intelligence: Rosita has gifted IQ, while Norman is at genius level.

I know. I know Norman seems kinda dim in the movies. But guys [LMAO]. "I know it looks like there's nothing happening behind those eyes, but...... he can make entire computers!"

He's so smart yet so stupid. He's that kind of character. Like he can do all of this super impressive shit, and is super talented and can do math like BOOM done, but he's also kinda a "deer-in-the-headlights" when it comes to life [I LOVE HIM 👹]

Both of them worked hard and have their college degrees almost completely paid off at this point because of the scholarships they earned.

Rosita has a degree in engineering, Norman's a computer scientist.

They're both in STEM, it's just that Rosita likes to handle more of the mechanical aspects of things while Norman's better with the technical stuff, which I think is cute af.

Yin and Yang <3

This dynamic is just how they are too. How they act. Like for example, Rosita can be very to-the-point-

She's very much a problem solver and will get right to it once she understands what she's doing. Like yeah, she often takes a very methodical approach to it [see the scene where she's got all the papers laid out to try and learn to dance- very new territory for her], but once she learns, she gos all in. And EATS.

Norman's gotta have a plan before doing anything, meanwhile. He has a morning routine that can't be interrupted or else his whole day and mood will be thrown off. He reads through a recipe twice before even starting. That kind of stuff.

He's a lot more hesitant to even try.

A lot of people find Norman boring. But Rosita is enraptured by every word he says, she LOVES his long spiels about hyper-specific [and often mundane] things.

AAAA--

Norman is also a closeted DORK. He ran a tabletop games club in highschool with a couple other of his geeky ass friends [he's still into D&D to this day and has introduced Rosita to the game too]

[she's fun to play with, but super competitive. This goes for ANY game, actually, not just D&D. She'll kinda accidentally turn everything into a "contest" due to her inability to not do her very best] [it's mostly inspirational, not annoying, if that makes sense?]

I also wanna say Norman was in a weird amount of drama that he didn't want to be in at this time. Like all of his friends had falling-outs, and he was just always caught in the middle of it.

He's afraid of confrontation [UNLESS IT'S FOR HIS WIFE] [HE STANDS UP FOR HER RAHHHH] [this is gonna happen when I get to rewriting Sing 2, he's NOT just gonna take Crystal calling his WIFE "mommy pig"]

They're sooo "excuse me, he asked for no pickles"

Norman and Rosita technically met in high school, in Junior year when Norman first moved to Calatonia.

WHICH, he and his family did this because this was a point in time where laws having to do with the rights of animals were VERY flimsy, and Calatonia was one of the first and only safe places at the time-- for Pigs especially, actually.

The 3 Little Pigs is deadass CANON TO SING. So Pigs were/are actually a marginalized species in this universe.

[[during the warring period that I have yet to really talk about, they were often victims of the anarchy and poaching, so stigmas and insults around them still exist to this day]]

[[[[see Jimmy Crystal]]]]

So anyway, they "met" in high school- Norman totally crushed on Rosita from afar whenever he'd catch her in volleyball matches-

Rosita had a major tomboy phase throughout high school, slowly falling out of it during college [still only saves dresses and skirts for special occasions really]

[[Fun fact, Rosita is also sapiosexual [attracted to intelligence] [Roxanne Ritchi ahh] ]]

[[Norman is bi]]

They actually got introduced to eachother and had a proper arc when they went to the same college [which might've been a college in Redshore actually? But I'm not 100% sure on that headcanon. It would line up since Rosita's "wanted to perform in Redshore since she was a little kid" and Redshore is obviously a massive city with a lot of notoriety. Idk though- and it's not really that important to the story anyways]

Norman and Rosita had plans together- they were gonna make it big and live freely. Things were looking up with the lawmakers, who were finally repealing a bunch of nasty stuff that was put in place during the war times. And the two had hope that their dreams could actually be accomplished.

Rosita, who was originally gonna play it safe and become an engineer, was now thinking about attempting to become a performer [which Norman has supported since the beginning, he LOVES her singing, and often tells her that she's "better than some of the people I've heard on TV!"]

But. Life got in the way...

Present day, Norman works in Redshore at Crystal Enterprises. He's the head of some sort of organizational team- not really working on what he loves at this point.

And this is because of their children, who were a very sudden appearance in their lives [which is why we see so much struggle in the chaos at the beginning of the movie in this AU]

Rosita stopped everything, and Norman grabbed the first high-ish paying job he could, spending all his spare time on clocking in overtime hours.

The kids are all adopted, and there's only 6 now: Oldest Caspar [13], twin boys Mickey and Moe [11], middle child Kelly [9], little bro Freddy[8], and Zoey the sweet baby sister [6].

They became foster parents after the death of Rosita's sister [this hc is kinda subject to change, but this is the story rn. I'll specify on this later ☝️]

So Rosita's kinda put her life on hold for these babies. She's such a great mom to them, and they love her and Norman so much

But some of the older kids [Caspar specifically] are kinda in a rough phase since they feel like she resents them [which she doesn't], or that she isn't their "real mom" [which she IS]

This is like an E plot in the story, but definitely's gonna get at least a little bit of focus.

Rosita and Norman's marriage is falling apart just a little bit due to burnout, but it'll get better <3 [I can't do anything tragic to these two they're too sweet]

Norman snuggles up to Rosita in his sleep. Rosita starfishes LMAO

They wake up entangled. This is normal.

"Pig piles" are also a thing- there have been several nights where all six children "had nightmares" and so the family of 8 all slept in the same bed.

Norman has the best bond with the two girls out of all the children. They immediately latched onto him to be their level-headed dad.

Rosita can carry two kids at once easily, and often "relocates" them like this :>

She's probably the strongest out of everyone in the troupe if you don't count the potential Meena has. She solos.

She's constantly taking notes on everyone and everything around her. At the theater, you'll catch her tidying stuff up she spots out of the corner of her vision while you're having a conversation with her [she's still listening]. She knows everyones favorite foods, and allergies, and their preferences in things, etc. She's the most attentive and considerate out of all of them [the mom]

She may have a touch of OCD.

She gives the best hugs.

Rosita is also a FANTASTIC cook [not even a headcanon, I'm pretty sure the entire fandom agrees on this one] and often bakes stuff for her sweet-toothed children [and husband]

This is actually how she initially connected with Caspar, who refused to eat or speak at first when they were all placed with Rosita.

Cinnamon rolls.

Kelly will only eat the frosting off the top, and has ruined an entire pan before by doing this.

Rosita actually isn't the biggest fan of chocolate, small detail.

Idk why she just strikes me as not being an enjoyer.

Loves vanilla though. People are furious when she answers "vanilla" with zero hesitation to the chocolate vs vanilla question.

Norman is kinda a hopeless romantic, or at least really enjoys the aesthetic of it [in a sweet and not shallow way ofc], and goes all out every Valentine's Day: balloons, flowers, the works. He's learned that Rosita prefers strawberries over a box of chocolates, however. Has a tradition of getting a fruit basket for her <3

They also have a tradition from all the way back in college, where they go out to eat at specifically the in-universe equivalent of Olive Garden [which was the fanciest thing they could afford at the time] and eat a shared giant plate of spaghetti.

Norman loves coffee. Insists he likes it black but actually prefers a good 50:50 ratio of creamer and coffee.

Norman is also ☝️ lactose intolerant LMAO

[[or would be, if traditional milk was widely accessible/a thing. I say "lactose intolerant" but what I really mean is he's allergic to most milk substitutes- like nuts and soy [gives him tummy ache, not anaphylaxis] ]]

God, parenthesis are carrying me so hard rn.

Stopping here because I'm tired, but I could go ON about these two omg-

Normita forever rahhhh <3

[justcruisingaroundrevived]

RANSOM NOTES KEEP FALLING OUT YOUR MOUTH

Summary: Bill’s been successfully cured, and now he reflects on how great life has been

Word count: 437

TW/CWs: Implied Brainwashing, the f slur, brief mentions of vomit

A/N: Saw the TikTok @mischaqueen did for the Mandom Bill, and decided to do a quick Drabble of it!

Reblogs are appreciated!

You stare at the window in your room. Your feet are placed perfectly parallel with each other, your hands clasp together.

150 leaves. That’s how many were left on the tree. Fall’s starting soon, and you know you have to prepare for dinner tonight. Last night was chicken and broccoli with pasta. You mentally pat yourself on the back, your mom praising how absolutely delicious it was!

You didn’t pay attention to how your sister looked at you. Her brown eyes fixated on your robotic movements. She watched you barely have any fluidity between cleaning dishes to making dinner.

“Bill…are you okay?” She asked.

“Why, yes, Jane. I’ve been very chipper! I’ve never had this much energy to do anything really! I’ve finished reading “Jane Eyre”, “Little Women”, and I’ve studied some of Julia’s Child’s recipes for mom’s birthday.”

“That’s great and all, but…are you okay?”

“You keep asking that Jane. I told you, I’m alright.”

“I know, but I'm worried. I mean, you haven’t asked me all week where mom’s money was, you haven’t barged into my room during my programming, and worst of all…I kind of miss seeing your room being geeky. It annoyed me before, but it was the one thing going for you…”

Silence. You do remember that collection of yours; Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Major Violence, Battle Broad, Star Trek, Tasha Yar, The Flash, Shazam, the works.

You remember how it surrounded your room. You’d sit on the floor, flipping through both used and vintage comic books, meticulously picking out each and every detail of the page. You can still remember picking out the little mistakes your favorite comic book artists would make, almost crashing out at how noticeable they were…

You also remember being tied to the chair, vomit on your shirt, crying about the bullying from school. A geek, a nerd…a faggot…your hands still burn from how tightly the rope was on your body, wriggling to be freed.

“We know how you feel, Bill. Let us help you…”

“Bill!”

Jane’s voice snapped you back to reality, her face reading just pure worry (strange. You don’t remember caring this much about you before)

“Jane…I’m okay Jane. You don’t have to worry about me; that’s my job as your big brother. Now, just watch the chicken cook while I use the bathroom.”

You left her at the kitchen table, not noticing how her eyes welted slightly for your safety.

“Bill! Dinner’s ready!” Your mom yells.

135 leaves on the trees now. Falls coming quickly.

You get up, the warm light hitting your face before shutting the bedroom door. It’s dinner time now.

[fangirlynjunk]

Some Paulkins with Richie family headcanons

- Paul never really learned how to cook a lot of meals, when he first got Richie, Bill and Charlotte helped out by sending ready made meals he could stuff in an oven and he eventually learned how to make casseroles from Charlotte, but obviously they don’t want to eat that every day.

- They ate a lot of take out until Richie took an interest in cooking (so he could recreate anime recipes).

- Emma learns this when she moves in and finds like nothing in the fridge, snacks in the cupboard, and a decent array of spices and is genuinely confused about all that.

- Both Paul and Richie are leftovers averse so they don’t make big batches of anything until Emma moves in because she will eat leftovers for lunch

- Emma and Richie are awkward around each other for a week before she hears him being his catty self to Pete and Ruth and she bursts out laughing in the next room

- They start having like a little weekly lunch where they just complain about school and coworkers

- She affectionately refers to him as Paul’s geeky kid ( and eventually /her/ geeky kid too)

- since tgwdlm happens about 2 years prior, she’d feasibly meet him when he’s 16.

- she would be the person actively trying to hunt down whoever was messing with him when she figured out how bad the bullying is. Paul too since I imagine Richie just never bothered saying to him because no one else cared and he figured he wouldn’t either

- Emma would fight a teenager but hopefully she just tells Tom about Max instead if she figures it out

- Family movie night is important in this household. They take turns picking things to watch

[ask-my-ii-ship-kids]

My Shipkid list/Intro post

(This took me literal months (Procrastination bc depression)) These little idiots need their complex ass lore to see the light of day, and I want to be able to yap about them with my buds without feeling awkward bc they don't understand all the context, so here are my guys! Anyway! You'll learn more about them through asking questions (This is your motivation please say things to them pleasepleasepleas-)

Knickle

Cucumber- 17, he/him, gay. He’s chill and pretty punk. Very laid-back and cares nothing for rules. He just lives his life day by day.

Suitclover

Tote Bag ‘Lucky’- 6, she/her. A pretty good mix of her moms personality wise (Right now at least) She’s compassionate, silly, and generally happy-go-lucky. She’s just a compassionate and loving kid! What more is there to say?

Nickloon

Metal Balloon- 16, he/they, achillean. He’s sarcastic (WONDER WHO HE GETS THAT FROM HMM-) and really good with mediating outside conflict. They have a really strong moral compass, so that can cause him to be very judgemental towards those who are ‘wrong’, and that can cause conflict between him and others.

Marshapplebow

Candy Apple- 16, she/her, pan. Bit of a petty mean girl but she cares fiercely for those close to her. She can acknowledge her faults, like her impulsivity and knack for causing conflict, but doesn’t let go of grudges.

Strawberry Marshmallow- 12, they/them, queer. They’re a bit geeky, and they’re pretty extroverted. However, they are also a bit chaotic. Think Candy Apple Cookie chaos but a good person.

Payjay 

Paper Cup- 16, he/him, bi. He’s going through a big mean streak— prone to making a lot of big, teenage hormone induced mistakes. So, until he grows the fuck up, he’s a dick. He’s only really attached to one person, everyone else can die and he’d barely care.

Cutting Board- 12, she/her, lesbian ace. Headstrong and fierce, she often argues with her older brother. Cutting Board is protective but relatively unempathetic to people they don’t know/don’t like. She holds grudges

Origami- 10, they/them. They’re kinda the only ‘normal’ payjay kid, they’re responsible and kind-hearted, though they get it broken a lot because they wear that heart on their sleeve.

Saltpep (Broken up)

Basil- 9, she/her, questioning. She feels like there's no space for her with her expressive moms, especially Salt, who’s her primary caretaker, so she’s quite timid and awkward. She doesn’t feel like she really fits in, there’s only two people who she feels ‘normal’ around.

Pepaco

Jalapeño- 6, she/her, she’s also disabled (born partially deaf, but became blind in one eye and mute from an incident). Because of the accident, she’s quiet, she’s also nervous around strangers and people who can’t sign due to being unable to communicate with them. Jalapeño is very outgoing and happy with people she knows, however.

Soapmic (Broken up)

Earbud- 15, they/them, sapphic. They're very loud and mischievous, they really enjoy playing the drums with their ‘cousins’. They’re prideful and confident.

Tacomic

Guitar- 13, she/her, ace/aro. She is serious and charismatic, she’s a fantastic actor too, able to play emotional and dark moments in one second and back to fun and silly in the next. Guitar is quite mature too, but she’ll usually be very stubborn; especially when it comes to her viewpoints and opinions.

Comedy Gold

Medal- 15, she/her (uses he/him around adults, she’s not ready to come out yet), pan, poly. She feels… awkward. A lot of her personality pre-realizing she is trans has become muddled, she’s nervous and doesn’t know how to fit in anymore.

Cabby (There’s no other parent. Don’t question it.)

Recipe- 15, she/her, bi. Recipe is really sweet, overly sweet, and she forgives the people who hurt her. She’s also practical, she likes everything organized in a very specific way. She will latch onto people and often develop romantic feelings for them, she’s a hopeless romantic after all! But when she feels rejected she can lash out in various ways, yet quite passively

Silvercandle

Candlestick ‘Sylvia’- 15, she/they, bi, poly. Sylvia is… a bit of a mess. She’s gone through a lot and so she has protective walls up. If you don’t know her, she can be cold as hell and very unforgiving. But she’s also a bit silly when she wants to be, and is pretty compassionate. She’s protective of her loved ones and is pretty fucking scary even at the slightest perceived wronging of them.

Candelabra- 6, she/her. An absolute sunshine child, she’s sweet and outgoing and looks up to her really cool big sister. She loves to come up with games and stories to play with her friends (though she often puts herself as the center of the story). She has bratty moments and is prone to bursting out into tears at the smallest discrepancies, but is otherwise very kind.

Amethyst- 2 months, she/her. Too little to have much of a proper personality

Lightbrush

Lumi- 15, she/fae, pan, poly. Very much like her mom, silly girl but she doesn't have the depression. She’s vibing and incredibly excitable, she’ll drag faer partners around to dates and such because she really likes going out with them. She’s very forgiving, and can be a pushover because she dislikes big conflicts

Lava Lamp- 15, all pronouns, doesn’t know nor care, he’ll date who’ll she’ll date. He’s pretty serious and blunt about things, though a bit more quiet. She isn’t a fan of physical touch unless from their twin sister. Xe’s pretty protective over her in the way only a sibling can be.

Torch- 8, he/him. He’s emotionally sensitive, just not in the angry way like Paintbrush. He cries a lot and has big emotions, and cares very deeply for the people he loves. He is very laid-back in some aspects, however. He’s willing to go with the flow and do whatever. Even disregarding his own wants at times.

Tearing

Peppermint Tea- 15, he/him, Omni (fem pref), ace, poly. They’re incredibly sweet and very oriented to the people close to him. They have a chronic illness that’ll flare up every few months but it makes him feel insecure, like he’s not good enough for his parents (Especially Lifering, despite his dad’s reassurance, Peppermint can’t do too many physical activities and feels like they’re not the son Lifering wanted.) So he has kinda… pulled away from his parents.

Fantube

Database- 14, she/all, sapphic. Database is very silly and goofy, he curses a lot. She took a little bit of both of her parents' nerd interests. She’s fascinated by science, but prefers theorizing about it. However, due to her intelligence, she can be pretty arrogant. She believes that she’s a prodigy. Currently, she likes studying Sylvia and her/her family's abilities. Though she’s calmed down over the years. They enjoy gaming too, and they’re good at singing.

Starchart- 10, he/she. Starchart likes more practical sciences as opposed to her sister, specifically astrology (For obvious reasons) and he’s a good kid. She’s responsible most of the time, but has mischievous moments.

Flask- 7, she/her. Absolute sweetheart, quiet little darling. She enjoys creative things more than her siblings. She’s shy and pretty good at resolving the little kid conflict that sometimes comes up.

(I don’t ship all of these deeply anymore (hence the broken up status, if I don't ship it anymore but I'm attached to the kid, they'll be just broken up and co-parenting. There's also another route where I do ship a pair but I don't have idea's for their kids/I don't think it'll fit into the main timeline so there are one or two canon ships just without kids. You'll find those out along the way)) Hi, itsa me. Mc, your favorite (probably not). I’m the last of the silver spoon simp trio to make a ship kid blog but these guys have been in my head for over a year and I wanna talk about them!!

I will 100% not have art every ask because that will demotivate me faster than Sonic can run, but there will occasionally be art

if you wanna talk to me (who wouldn’t /j) then go to my main blog @mxmc13

Tags:

Funny lil things- non lore related and silly

Lore- self explanatory

Plot- also self explanatory

[barwithnodoors]

Hawkeye Purple Lemonade

1 oz vodka

2 oz Hpnotiq

2 oz Pink Lemonade Syrup

Soda Water

Build a tall glass with ice, pour the ingredients over the ice and stir.

[madegeeky]

I've got this baking book I've been using and, don't get wrong, the recipes I've made in it are very good.

However, you can tell the author basically copy-pasted the recipes in it without really thinking about better explanations or tweaking the ingredients to make them work better. (The recipes are from the 1900s to the 1980s and so some of them desperately need more detailed instructions.)

For example, I'm about to start making a cookie recipe. The ingredients in this recipe are butter, powdered sugar, flour, cornstarch, and baking powder.

There's no vanilla extract or even salt.

I know from my own personal experience of both baking and accidentally forgetting to add salt to recipes, that this cookie is not going to have any depth of flavor. This 100% should have been tweaked and it would have taken very little work to experiment to do so. (I, myself, am going to add a tiny splash of vanilla extract and a pinch of salt.)

Also, the instructions for this recipe involve chilling the dough. However, they don't specify the container (or whatever you call it) that you should be chilling it in and that does make a difference. A dough wrapped in saran wrap and squished somewhat flat will chill faster than one kept on the bowl. If you do keep it in a bowl, are you supposed to cover the bowl or not? Covering the bowl will keep moisture in, thus making a wetter dough, and leaving it open means some of the moisture will escape making the dough less wet. (I'm going to wait and see how wet the dough is and decide what to do from there.)

These seem like small things and they wouldn't matter in cooking but this isn't cooking, this is baking, and usually things are done for very specific reasons.

I dunno, I'm just glad that I'm comfortable and knowledgeable enough about baking that I can see that these are issues and know going into it how I can fix them up but a lot of people aren't. They're going to try this recipe and wonder why their cookies turned out so flavorless or the texture was weird.

Just, if you're writing a recipe book write it as though it's the first baking book the reader has ever picked up because it might actually be. And I hate the idea of people being put off baking not because they're bad bakers but because the books have failed them.

Anyway, off to bake the cookies, will try to remember to let y'all know how it goes.

[instantpansies]

Haiii againn :3

Uhmmmm

I was wondering what your general mml hcs are :p

okay i think i'm finally prepared to answer this question!!! i'll preface this by saying i'm much more obsessed w phineas and ferb than milo murphy's law. i love mml very much but i don't have nearly as many Thoughts(tm) about it as i do pnf... even so here's what i've got

i'm not just saying this bc he's the voice actor, i think milo would listen to weird al. that and like '90s-'00s pop hits (basically canon anyway)

melissa has adhd and can't function without variety. she's always multitasking, fiddling, taking hard classes to keep herself occupied

definitely she's the type to really want one of those treadmill desks

that's part of why she gets along so well with milo, it's never the same with him. he's exciting

melissa is the most online of the main kids i think. she probably plays fps games and argues with people who disagree with her on twitter

i think melissa would be a vocaloid fan, lydia got her into it and she passed it on to amanda

btw lydia has been a miku stan since third grade

also melissa likes metal. i have no proof of this but i think she'd like it. good for studying

zack cannot stand metal though, it's grating and he can't hear the lyrics

on the topic of the main kids, i'm not super into shipping or anything but my philosophy is, they all have two hands. so casually speaking i really like the dynamic of simultaneous milo/amanda, amanda/melissa, melissa/zack (i'm not wild about them but if we don't go overboard zalissa is fine), zack/bradley, bradley/milo. they are in a circle holding hands and i like them a lot :3

however like i said that's just for funsies and i dont really really ship anyone there. i do like the dynamics of that particular arrangement though lol!

sara was a tumblr user during the equivalent of superwholock, now that that's not really a thing anymore she's gotten more into analysis and the more geeky side of dr zone fandom. she still watches the old edits though

okayyy i'm kind of obsessed w cavendish and dakota so they r always spinning around in my brain

i think brick and savannah are newer agents than dakavendish, which is why cav is kinda bitter. despite working for the agency for longer, he got stuck with the worst equipment and the most unfulfilling job possible

cav is probably a little frustrated at dakota because of this, but i'd think after so long working w him he's realized that it's not dakota's fault they can't seem to climb the ladder. they're just like that. but obviously he hasn't accepted his fate as we see in the show

dakavendish have been in the same semi-romantic semi-platonic situationship forever. neither of them has said a word. if they knew what a qpr was they'd really like that but they've never heard of it so instead they're just stuck Like That. hopeless idiots my beloved

cavendish watches ancient aliens and all those other sorts of shows about supernatural conspiracies. he half believes them. dakota watches them with him, ironically.

anyways back to the kids. lydia and buford met once at a concert for some famous orchestra, they don't really hang out but they email back and forth sometimes and exchange recipes.

lydia and amanda have been best friends for as long as anyone can remember. it sometimes seems like lydia is just amanda's sidekick, but she just prefers to step out of the way and do her part from behind the scenes. it's less stressful for both of them.

amanda hates candles. just can't stand them. they smell too strong, or never smell right, or they pose a fire hazard, or the shape doesn't fit the vibe she's going for.

related to that i think amanda has some pretty strong sensory aversions, especially to smells and certain textures

milo's backpack is essentially a pocket dimension. it's his hammerspace, so he doesn't need to think too much about what fits or not. he packs it every morning, but the stuff basically comes from already in that hammerspace. there are times when he packs the wrong things (which we see in one episode), but that's because they aren't stored in the backpack and are instead inaccessible to him

basically im saying milo is mary poppins and he can hypothetically access anything he needs at any time. issues only arise when he is caught unaware and unprepared, and that is very rare

milo and sara really like going to creeks. especially when they were little they would go to the nearest creek or pond and wade and look for creatures in the water

baljeet ran a boy bands fan blog back when the lumberzacks were active. he was shouted out once on their old social media and it's still one of his proudest accomplishments.

this isn't really an mml hc but baljeet kind of reminds me of a friend who runs a blog and a youtube channel about some really niche tech and programming stuff, and is also just a normal guy on the internet, so i think baljeet probably does smth similar

amanda and melissa have been academic rivals for a long time, but they have a mutual understanding and it's never gotten nasty. bradley thinks he's melissa's academic rival but honestly she doesn't see him as competition at all

bradley has a pretty big sweet tooth. i'm basing this off the whole carla thing if it wasn't obvious, but he definitely stops by coffee shops after school and gets the sweetest drink he can. ice cream fan as well

tbh i unfortunately do not think much about mort or chad. i dont have any hcs about them

same with the murphy parents :( i like them a lot but i dont have any thoughts abt them rn

elliot is bradley's older cousin who never really got along with him but their parents made them hang out when they were little. i'm going off vibes only here

okay so yeah that's all i can think of for now!!! i'm sure i will think of more later lmao but anyways. mml is such a good show

[fuckinghomepage]

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

IT'S FUCKING WEDNESDAY.

WORDS OF WISDOM OF THE FUCKING DAY:

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EDUCATE YOUR IGNORANT ASS:

THE TEEN SLANG DICTIONARY FOR DUMBASS PARENTS. more>>

FUCKING MIND-BLOWING BOOK OF THE DAY:

HOW TO BUILD A WELL-LIVED LIFE. more>>

USEFUL SHIT OF THE GODDAMN DAY:

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[pretzel-mansion]

Everyone should love french onion soup as much as me.

Everyone should go to this one specific restaurant in my state and have their very first french onion soup there. Everyone should go to this restaurant with their family multiple times over and over without ever touching the soup, but seeing them enjoy it each time. Everyone should eventually be convinced to try 'just a little bite' and find that they love the soup and regret avoiding it until then. Everyone should appreciate the soup's wonderfully meaty broth, its jammy onions, mushy bread, and its layers on layers of funky cheese overflowing and frying to a nice crisp onto its bowl.

Everyone should order it every time they go to that restaurant, even if it makes them too full for the entree.

Everyone should try ordering french onion soup at a different restaurant, and be terribly disappointed about how bad it was. Everyone should wonder how this restaurant could have messed up such an admittedly time-consuming but simple soup. Everyone should order the french onion soup at another restaurant, and another, and another, trying to find one that reaches the glorious heights of the first restaurant. Everyone should find that the search for the perfect soup hardly ever proves fruitful.

Everyone should be willing to try another restaurant.

Everyone should be able to describe why each restaurant failed to make the soup well: poor broth, cheap bread, not enough cheese, the wrong type of cheese, sometimes even rotten cheese (How can you even mess up the cheese?). Everyone should be able to tell if the soup is good or not before they even taste it, the smell and look tells much. Everyone should make this search for the perfect soup known to their friends, even though it may make them seem odd and particular. Everyone should try to express the beauty of the first restaurant's french onion soup, and fail to have their words hit their friends tongues. Everyone should try expressing to their friends why the current soup they're having could have been better.

Everyone should find that the waitress was right next to them this entire time - "No, everything's fine."

Everyone should listen to this one specific podcast, which was supposed to be a ttrpg game, but temporarily became a love song for the glorious soup. Everyone's stomach should beg for that soup as they listen, doing sweaty groundskeeping work in the blazing summer heat. Everyone should end up at a geeky restaurant in Toronto, and find it is serving a french onion soup as a reference to that very podcast.

Everyone should be told by the waiter, "We're out".

Everyone should learn to cook, not necessarily for the soup, but because it's a good skill to learn and an art to master. Everyone should realize along their cooking journey, that they have gained the proper knowledge and skills to make french onion soup. Everyone should cry, and cry, and cry as they cut, and cut, and cut the exorbitant amount of onions required for this soup. Everyone should stare at the pot, terrified those precious onions may burn and ruin the soup. Everyone should forget the 100% necessary fancy brown miniature bowl that every french onion soup seems to come in, and settle for a mug instead. Everyone should serve it to an excited group of fellow french onion soup lovers, but leave them in a hungry wait as the cheese broils. Everyone should be able to see that the soup looks amazing, but have their smell disagree. Everyone should be crushed to discover, on tasting, that they used the wrong type of cheese (You can mess up the cheese.).

Everyone should be willing to try another recipe.

[annabthesolitarywriter]

For the Headcanons Game

♦ - quirks/hobbies headcanon

OC: Imrolas

Thank you for the ask!

So...quirks/hobbies headcanon and Imrolas.

I have to say that, at the moment, I don't have too much going for him and he's not extremely well-characterized either. I only know that he's Aragorn's helper and serves him the way Beregil (another one of my Gondorian OCs) serves Faramir. He's essentially the guy that does all the work and rarely gets recognized. He's very loyal and, contrarily to many courtiers, genuinely respects Aragorn. I daresay he's in awe of him, even. Aragorn chastises him more than he actually deserves, but Imrolas doesn't really care and is honored to a part of the king's household. I'll try to remember all the information I'm typing here so that I can actually include it in the story. So, back to your ask.

Quirks and hobbies.

I imagine Imrolas to be very geeky. He is a nerd. He enjoys playing cards but he's not very good at it and actually lost quite a bit of money to some people he believed he would beat. He's very confident in his abilities but you could also call him reckless and it would pretty much be the truth (also, Aragorn does not know about the money and the bets he took part in and I really hope no one tells him so, please, don't rat him out. He's a very good person, he's just not a realist and lives in his own world most of the time. The real question here is how he got to be the High King's personal assistant, but I fear it is something I will have to figure out for myself sooner than later). While he admittedly sucks at playing cards, he is, however, excellent at chess and checkers. He plays the recorder and loves a good book whenever he has some spare time. He also collects rocks and likes plants, though he has no idea how basic gardening works. He originally wanted to be a musician and would love to learn how to play the fiddle and the harp since everybody keeps telling him the recorder is an instrument for kids. He truly loves the sound of the fiddle, which is why I suppose is into the songs of Rohan. His parents are both from Gondor, but he spent his early years in Meduseld as an old aunt sent him there while his parents recovered from an unspecified illness. He also had a Rohirrim girlfriend/love interest—she was more of a childhood crush, actually—and vowed to learn to learn to play fiddle (or the viola or any other similar instrument) in the hopes of actually getting her to fall in love with him. Ah, sweet Imrolas. Of course he never told anyone about this. The funny thing is, he doesn't even remember what her name was because his memory kind of sucks. Poor Imrolas pt. 2

He actually probably convinced himself he doesn't remember her because she rejected him and poor guy was madly in love with her and couldn't handle the pain. Poor Imrolas pt. 3

I suppose he's also the kind of guy to take up poetry (and probably fail miserably at it). As far as quirks go, he has a habit of chewing his nails to the bone and wears a handkerchief around his neck because...he likes it? He doesn't follow fashion trends, that's for sure. He doesn't really care about fashion, I feel like. I suppose he's kind of hyperactive in a sense that he cannot keep still for more than five seconds and he also happens to be an extremely nervous individual. He often talks too much (a bit like Wyn), but he's learned to shut up since he entered Aragorn's service. You kind of have to shut up if the king is talking to you, I suppose. I would say he's an overgrown Hobbit in a way. He doesn't smoke though. He hates it. And something tells me he's a vegetarian.

He loves buttered potatoes and could have them at any time. (Sam will definitely give him a couple recipes from old cookbooks of his. They'll probably bond over potatoes and cooking if they ever meet). Also, he doesn't like riding horses (that's probably one of the many reasons why his Rohirrim girl rejected him. Again, poor thing)

That's it for now, I think.

Thank you again for the ask!

[antonymphdraws]

MySims content? In 2024? It's more likely than you think.

"Sherry's secret recipe for a successful bakery are as follows: A sweet attitude, patience, and a passionate disdain for fondant."

Sheryl Baker, often called just "Sherry", is a commercial sim that is unlocked when your town reaches Star Level 3. As her name would imply, her shop is her bakery known as "Sherry's Jubilee". In terms of tasks, she will ask for a stand mixer. Her primary interest is Tasty, her secondary interest is Cute, and her disliked interest is Geeky. And of course becoming her best friend will give you her outfit.

In Kingdom, she is Duchess Beverly's royal baker. In Agents, her bakery is situated on Main Street and she gives a dispatch mission.

Quotes and dispatch mission down below

"Hey there, [Player Name]! I'm Sheryl, but you can call me Sherry. This town is pretty sweet! But you know what would make it sweeter? My bakery!" - Hotel Introduction

"Oh how sweet of you! While you work on the bakery, I'll be here whipping up some scrumptious cherry pie!" - Accept Move-in

"[Player Name], give a warm welcome to "Sherry's Jubilee! Your one-stop shop for all things sweet!" - After building her bakery

"Hey there, [Player Name]! Would you like an extra Tasty cake? With sprinkles on top?" - Request for more stuff

Star Level 3 Quotes

"Did you know sweets are good for those long study sessions? Turns out your brain consumes sugar while you're deep in thought."

Star Level 4 Quotes

"I'll let you in on a secret of mine: I NEVER use fondant for any of my cakes. A little bit here-and-there is fine, but the moment you start slathering it in the stuff, you might as well be eating plastic!"

"Baking is so much more than just putting ingredients in a bowl, stirring them, and putting them in the oven. It takes precision and patience to make your treats just right!"

"Always remember to label your ingredients like sugar and salt. When I first started baking, I learned that the hard way..."

Star Level 5 Quotes

"This town is wonderful, [Player Name]! Five layers of the best Sims and buildings all in one place!

"I love cherry pie, but not just for the taste. When I was a little girl, it was the first thing I ever baked to perfection! It's become my pride and joy out of all the things I make.

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Bake It 'Till You Make It

Difficulty: 3

Interests: Charm and Smarts

"The community bake sale is tomorrow and I could use some extra hands in the kitchen. Pretty please? With a cherry on top?"

[musings-of-a-rose]

for the 'questions I think would be fun to be asked' asks:

do you collect anything?

how many tabs do you have open right now?

Hi!

Do you collect anything?

I have so much random things from various interests (thanks ADHD!) But I definitely collect orca whale things. I just got a funko pop of Namor purely because he was on an orca! I also have random geeky/nerdy stuff. Like action figures and plushies, funkos and Star Wars ships.

How many tabs do you have open right now?

Ha! I'm on my phone so none! But my browser has...17 tabs in it 🤣 but some of them are references for bread recipes and logins for like my Ao3 and Ko-fi.

Ask me random fun things