#about food reminded me to post this

[eraserisms]

Shota + Cheese 🧀 🧀 🧀

Shota isn't a huge fan of cheese. It isn't that he hates it, he's just not a "Imma eat this cheese out the bag" person. Pizza is fine, a sprinkle on pasta is fine but thinking about eating a birrata or feta / anything besides mozzarella & parmesan he's like "I'm alright". Oddly enough, he does like American cheese slices due to him spending his summers in Korea[1]

I've also mentioned before that he doesn't like Mac & Cheese.[2]

[heroesriseandfall]

These panels live rent free in my brain…like not only is it a movie night tradition to make milkshakes and popcorn together but also it’s tradition for Dick and Tim to throw each other the utensils and remote without looking.

Nightwing (1996) #151 / Batman and Robin (2009) #20

[finickyfelix]

I am genuinely quite proud of how the gore scene I wrote yesterday turned out, but no one will get to see any of it at all until Faded Daisy is released to the public because I think it will be most impactful if you see it for the first time in its proper context.

[incesthemes]

the great tragedy of supernatural is that it has lines it's not allowed to cross. it can't depict textual incest or even too much maladaptive affection; it can't show the reality of prolonged homelessness or food insecurity or the actual dangers of fraud and theft; it can't delve too deep into the lasting effects of abuse and neglect or trauma; it can't talk about political issues in any meaningful way—it can't contain anything too morally objectionable or uncomfortable for viewers. it has to build and maintain a fantasy that lets people ignore what they don't like. and that's a shame because of its roots in horror, so instead of being free to explore the themes and elements that form the show's foundation, a lot of it is left to subtext, to subtle nods, to "if you know you know" moments.

what the show does manage to depict on screen is rich and captivating, but at the end of the day it has an image to maintain that doesn't align with the reality of its own themes. the show is at odds with itself and its executives, and over time it gets progressively scrubbed clean just like the gritty, low saturation, high contrast lighting of early seasons. it departs even further from its horror foundation, relegates more and more of its worldbuilding and characterization to subtext, or even just memories of the past.

i just think it's a shame that despite its (original) genre, it faced so much opposition and so much sanitization that it never really had a chance to go all-in with its world and characters, and that what little it was able to depict was sucked away over time until it became a ghost of the american gothic horror it once was.

[braisedhoney]

some tragic love stories be like: if i could bottle the galaxy, i would pour it into a cup so it would be easier for you to drink. do you want them? do you want the stars? or do they suit you better as adornments for your eyes than glitter on your lips?

but they don’t want the stars. they don’t want the galaxy. but how can they not? is that not enough? (it’s too much, that’s the problem. it’s too much.)

[deus-ex-mona]

monachan haul has arrived ✨safely✨

[soov]

is it okay to like n4z1sm but not h1tler because it’s separating the art from the artist??? thought so too!! thanks for coming to my ted talk 💜

[nobodybetterlookatme]

Okay I'm home and I'm ahskalslal I'll post updates later when I've collected myself lmao

[thethingything]

I hate that every so often we'll get excrutiating abdominal pain specifically on the right side, and it matches descriptions of appendicitis pain alarmingly well, and we'll start to panic, and then every single time it ends up being our IBS, but like every time we're like "what if this is the one time where it actually is serious" because I know how many times we've had something seriously wrong end up being left untreated for way too long because we couldn't tell how serious it was

[extemporaneousmusings]

6/11/24

Today I:

-took a day off the job search/Book Work and joined Jules for their work day of dog walks. Some of the dogs were perturbed by my presence (fair. who tf am I?) so for two of them I spent a lot of effort trying to maintain my distance and appear like I wasn't tailing them lmao. It was mostly successful... But those 5 miles of dog walks were trulyyyy necessary for my well being today

-went to our fave brewery/arcade because they had told us that Mars was getting fixed on Sunday, and it had been, and we played pretty poorly (only got 1 replay between the two of us. sad.) but it's always a joy and a pleasure to spend money playing that game. like seriously.

edit: since posting I have decided one more good thing I want to archive is that I am going to bake a pie tonight after my parents go upstairs for the evening. bc walks a good but they aren't making something. and i reblogged something earlier about taking time and energy to create something when in a bad place. our neighbor's been bringing us a fuckton of really amazing apples this fall, and I've been meaning to make a pie, so I shall. I honestly must.

[wolf-twenty-one]

are you being challenged? are you trying new things and getting new experiences? are you different from who you were 5 years ago? are you compromising? are you seeing things from another perspective regularly? are you getting better?

are you stagnating? are you prioritising comfort? are surrounding yourself with people and places that let you stay in place? have you compromised recently? are you aware that yours is not the only way?

[front-facing-pokemon]

[peapod20001]

When I was sick last week (not cough sneeze fever sick like I had some kinda 24/7 anxiety feelings mixed with maybe anemic or sleep deprived or nutrient deficient symptoms hsrthbvf) I would lay down a lot cus I was fatigued and couldn’t breathe or whatever and my FOURTEEN POUND CAT decided that the only way he could help would be to SIT on my chest

And I love him for that

[jamboreeartsupplies]

clown doll listings are unexpectedly abundant on mercari lmao

also i kept getting an offer for one (with the same like, maker/brand as acorn anne and fruitloop freddie) and each time it got lower and this time i just HAD to omg i HAD TO!!!!!!!!

they have no hair !!!! they have a JESTERS HAT and they are YELLOW AND PURPLE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i love clowns i am having a time. i love collecting things and these ones are like. gotta collect em all!! ahsnghdhtjd they are so CUTE ok!!!!

im so excited

[moonlight-at-dawn]

Sigeumchi-Namul/Korean-seasoned Spinach is so damn good and I really need to just start making some and leaving it in the fridge to eat through the week, cause it's so low-spoon and keeps well and is delicious cold~

Just blanch some spinach (boil for 30s-1m minutes then rinse in ice cold water or run under cold water tap), press the excess water out of it (either squeeze it with your hands or find some good weight to press it with. I'm thinking leave the spinch in a strainer in the sink and put a glass bowl full of water on top of it but i haven't tried yet). You might want to bunch it into a cube and chop it a few times (the amount of chops depending on how big a batch you've cooked).

Then season it with soy sauce (or coconut aminos and maybe add salt if soy-free), toasted sesame oil, toasted sesame seeds, minced garlic, chopped green onion, and, optionally, add some gochugaru (Korean red pepper flakes) or silgochu (shredded Korean red pepper) if you want some heat. Even regular black pepper is good in it if you don't like the spicy pepper heat.

I haven't tried, but it probably works well with frozen spinach too, just thaw it according to directions and then season as above. Probably takes longer to thaw than cook, but easier on clean up that way.

The amount of seasoning will depend on how big a batch you make, but start low then add more. Sesame oil is strongly flavored so start with a tsp. Maybe about .25 more soy sauce than sesame oil, but your taste will vary. It should taste nutty from the sesame oil and a bit salty.

[cogcltrcorn]

"old guard spinoff" this, "old guard spinoff" that. and when there are kenstewy parallels in logan/frank. then what