#a lot of good living dads too

[driftingballoons]

Mixed feelings about the cat

[ryuseitai]

ii quite enjoy cooking although i dont know a whole lot about it but it is fun and i like to experiment and just wing stuff.. i also dont have a lot of like, resources bc my house is fucked up and nothing works and we own one pot, ive wanted to try baking out for a long time but the oven doesnt work yadda yadda yadda But well one day, whenever i live somewhere else, i can try it out.. but i liike doing what i can do here and it is so nice when i make food and its yummy :] esp if other people eat it too and also like it. i made cinnamony soft apple thing and my momma said is really good she liked it

[mer-se]

I could cry

[spearxwind]

feeling solidarity these holidays with everyone not allowed to talk about their partner with the family

[penisbilt]

the bittersweet but absolute flood of relief that comes from admitting defeat at living independently, to have to move back in with parents. we tried! we gave it our best shot for almost 3 years! but living like this (being on our own) is just not possible for us at this time of our lives. we've finally proved it to ourselves that we can't do it. it'll be okay to let ourselves rest now

[bearsinpotatosacks]

Update on my Whumptober thoughts: Not all the prompts will be posted, I have all 31 planned out but I found out that you don't have to post all 31. If a fic is finished, I'll post it but there's some big beasts that I want to write properly instead of rush. Also, I might not even write all 31. I want the completionist title but I don't have the time nor energy to force myself to write all the prompts and I did it last year and it wasn't like life-changing. I like Whumptober because the prompts help my creativity, spark some inspiration (talking about my Delancey Brothers Fic) but the perfectionist in me just beats myself up about not getting enough fics done before October or not writing enough each day to get them finished and then writing fics that all sound the same or the ideas being kind of shitty because I'm forcing them. I want to do my ideas justice rather than mass produce shit I don't like because I feel I need to, it's a constant line I walk between "I want to write something well and that I'm proud of so might be inactive for a while on AO3" and "I want to get this idea out there so need to post a bunch of stuff now"

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[sweetdreamspootypie]

Wish I had read more historical literature stuff. I need some etiquette scripts.

I slept from about 04:45 to 07:30

So about 2 hours

Want some quiet time and watch Netflix while I eat breakfast before I do big socializing

But the thing is we are here specifically to have quality time with my grandmother

And the kitchen is the core place people spend time here

So can't exactly just sit on my phone

I don't think there is actually a polite way to not want to socialise yet

Also don't know if it's socially acceptable to want to just have a day to wander around and explore by myself, when we haven't done 'enough' bonding yet

But at some point I'm going to have to? Don't need my dad to say whether it's the plan or not

I'm just going to have to get up regardless

how do people live with their families

Idk. Just that conflict of interests between feeling like I'm supposed to 'be here' for Dadi Vs I need to do my own thing and explore. just here as a tourist Vs here as a helper.

I think also doesn't help that because the normal family home is rural, I'm accustomed to feeling like if I'm at a family home then I can't leave

But there's a bus stop right outside here.

[morningmask27]

I feel like November will be a difficult month for me again and I'm not looking for it

[rexbolt]

every minute of my life is health scare health scare health scare and now my stupidass dad is coughing and shit and going on a weekend trip just before my (only) big convention of the year I am going to blow up

[mer-se]

lil hiatus away

[nexus-nebulae]

another childhood bucket list item obtained: i finally have a snuggie

[asherthehimbo]

anyway little rant(?) under the cut feel free to ignore

when I say im San and Changbin I MEAN IT

I don’t think you guys understand

like they're ME, IM THEM, our personality's, fears, mottos, goals, values are all so similar, it's actually terrifying ngl. Like SO much of my life was things I couldn't put into words until they verbalized them and I was like "BRO THATS LITERALLY ME WHAT"

[matineemonsters]

I know my period's about to start when I get really mad at my mom for stupid reasons out of the blue

but like, who else was out there forcing a 7th grader to read the fucking Epic of Gilgamesh

[supercantaloupe]

because i know you have food opinions and i am thinking about it being in the carolinas this weekend. opinions on barbecuing?

my personal taste preference leans towards a dry rub on the meat and a vinegar based sauce. i like the way the acid pairs with the fattiness of the meat. but i also think the meat itself should taste really good on its own. i don't like when the meat comes pre-sauced when it's served, i prefer to dose sauce out myself, cause i want to be able to taste the meat on its own too. and because i think pre-saucing everything up front might be a way to try and hide what might be a bland or dry or otherwise not preferred piece of meat. i'm not a huge fan of the thick, sweet sauces that are based on molasses or tomato. i tend to find them too sweet and gloopy, and i generally avoid store/chain brand bbq sauces for that reason, but i won't outright turn up a house made sauce without trying it first. i think pork is my favorite meat for barbecue because it's got good flavor and lots of fat to stay juicy, yet it's not so strongly flavored that strong spice or sauce covers it up. though i prefer a cut like shoulder to ribs. beef brisket is good barbecued, i think that's a texas specialty, but i've had some really dry smoked brisket before, and also i'm very partial to brisket prepared other ways like braised or cured into pastrami. and as far as chicken goes, it CAN be quite good, but for me it's gotta be dark meat and it's gotta be cooked competently. i've had too much "barbecue" chicken that is either just plain roasted chicken drowned in mediocre sauce or overcooked so badly it's like chewing on linen fibers. but a nice, simple, salt cured/brined and dry rubbed chicken leg quarter smoked and served with a good sauce on the side? now that's a great dinner. gimme some cornbread and fried okra to go with. yummy

[silouvertongues]

gotta get up early for class tomorrow im so sleepy but i suddenly felt the urge to calculate how much money's been spent on my post secondary education till now and i literally feel nauseous