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feelingofcontent · 3 years

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DNP Rewatch: My Google Search History 2!

Date video was published: 02/25/2019 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 389

Phil’s first Google Search History video was all the way back in 2013, so he hadn’t used this idea for a while.

0:00 - Phil looks so nice in red

0:08 - “a bit of a risky move” might be an understatement

0:15 - don’t think I want to know. although I tend to use incognito tabs for things I think are just dumb for me to be searching, lol

0:23 - this is the most random insert-clip; there are no others in this video. and I’m pretty sure this is the only time we ever see that particular bed at the second London flat(s). pretty sure it’s not the main bedroom bed or the “AmazingPhil” bed

0:36 - random animal facts from Phil

0:53 - this was just from earlier in the month. he talked about being sick in his last video

1:03 - yikes he was really having all the symptoms; poor Phil

1:18 - this was from the day they filmed the mukbang video, lol

1:30 - really don’t want to know how this discussion started 😳

1:54 - thanks for sharing there Phil...

2:00 - “too much” indeed

2:07 - that does look exactly like something Phil would want

2:20 - I have never seen an episode of Riverdale and I think I’m going to keep it that way

2:23 - that was from before the tour. but some foreshadowing to them eventually getting a fish!

2:33 - I like that he shares some of the results from the searches too

2:40 - he gets distracted so easily 😂

2:48 - important. and disappointing afterwards

2:52 - Dan had been going running in January 2019, but Phil must have also been going with him too 🥺

3:01 - at that point in August they were in Australia, so maybe he was trying to figure out an animal he saw?

3:21 - I always thought that was a cute merch idea from Phil

3:30 - he had several spons from them pretty close together

4:25 - “the most important one” lol of course

4:34 - nope, that was several months after they did the sims dog video...so just looking it up for fun I guess

4:39 - that was the day of their oscars party, so maybe looking for cocktail recipes?

4:53 - ahahaha, that’s great. I wonder how often he googles himself

5:01 - this is so funny. also he sounds like he can’t believe he’s written two books. Vulgar Wasp no longer shows up when you google Phil, but the sequel to it does 😂

5:21 - this feels like a fever-induced accidental search

5:24 - pretty sure this was for editing the final Dan vs. Phil gaming video...peach emoji was for the same bit

5:37 - they had been eating that specific pizza for so many years!

5:52 - that is a dangerous game to use the power of his audience

6:04 - can’t decide if those are cute or not

6:11 - love the annotation call-out of himself

6:13 - this is so sweet 🥺 there were a lot of casual Dan mentions in Phil’s videos at the start of 2019

6:43 - hahaha, that’s just the week before this

6:46 - probably for a spooky week video? too lazy to figure out which one though

6:53 - important! don’t want a smoky candle...what did he think was going to happen sticking his hand in the candle, haha

7:22 - this is probably the weirdest one without context 😂

7:34 - I feel like I would have been happier not knowing this

7:43 - this is when they were in Brazil for the II movie premiere and Q&A

7:53 - “I won...all his...wealth” um. not sure I want to know what he actually won

8:09 - that’s adorable. also, so many “me and Dan”s in this video

8:17 - don’t want to know why he was googling that a couple days after Christmas while still at his parents’ house

8:30 - oh...oh dear

8:36 - I don’t think he talked about this in the previous video

8:57 - root beer really does have a weird flavor when you think about it

9:17 - where did “universe” come from? Phil doesn’t even know what happened in his brain

9:20 - now I want to try something dandelion and burdock flavored to see if it is similar

9:36 - why do they have random face masks in a desk drawer

9:52 - this is disturbing...face masks that are supposed to look like something specific usually are

These videos are entertaining. Although half the time Phil has no idea why he googled something. The ones that he has a story for are good.

Phil also shared some hilarious outtakes of himself posing for the thumbnail of this video.

#dan and phil #dnp #dnpRewatch #amazingphil #phil lester #amazingphil videos #My Google Search History 2!

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the-u-s-s-enterprise · 4 years

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This is a long one, but I love Undertale.

Eighteen-years old, fresh out of their sheltered hometown and onto a liberal arts college with more diverse people than they had ever experienced in their life. They’re nervous about school, the up in ante, the new lifestyle, the new freedom. They found their place with some friends that they wouldn’t think about in a few years time, people that would come and go, and a couple that would stay, but the first step on their journey into adulthood.

This is fall of 2015. Their parents dropped them off with a teary goodbye less than a month ago, and Undertale comes out today. They don’t know about it. At least not until Steam Train plays it not too long later. They watch a cute game played and commentated by a duo from their favorite YouTube gaming channel. It’s exactly their style, a cute, fun game with interesting and lovable characters.

The first episode doesn’t even span the tutorial, and the kid doesn’t bother waiting for the rest. They load up steam and buy it, playing it well into the night, sobbing at the heartbreaking conclusion and not knowing that five years later they would break into tears over hearing “Home” for the first time in years.

I played Undertale because I thought it was cute, the designs were fun, the mechanics were interesting, the story was easy enough to follow. I liked video games, but not enough to spend money on them only to get bored halfway through, so I watched a few Let’s Play YouTube channels to experience them without having to devote my constantly overstimulated brain to playing them.

Undertale was different. I don’t choose the things I become obsessed with (do you think I would be thinking about It: Chapter 2 over a year later if I could?), but when I fall into something, I fall hard.

I played it through, and then I watched Steam Train, and then I watched Press Heart to Continue, and JackSepticEye, and Markiplier, and Dan and Phil, and streamers I don’t even remember the names of in order to see every single reaction and playthrough I could see. Don’t get me wrong, I played again and again, too, even forcing my friends not to play it if I wasn’t there to watch.

In fact, I distinctly remember a friend, I was watching him play and telling him where the secrets were and the background for every little thing that wasn’t explicit in the game. He loved it. We played the entire game in three sessions, the first involved us going through the Ruins and saving after meeting Sans and Papyrus, the second going about halfway through Waterfall, and the third was the rest of the game in a six-hour session.

All in all, I can’t even count how many times I’ve witnessed the game, nor how many times I’ve read the Wiki pages, clicking “random page” over and over again until I had circled back around to the start. If I had to guess, I’ve played the pacifist playthrough about ten times on my own, and watched it anywhere between 20 and 30 between different YouTubers and rewatches of the same playthroughs. I’ve seen the genocide run a fair number of times, likely close to ten, and various neutral runs in the teens.

Not only that, I spent hours in the library with my headphones on doing homework, listening to not the OST, but the ten-hour extended versions of my favorite songs, “Bonetrousle”, “Hopes and Dreams”, “Death by Glamour”, and the ever so aptly named “NGAHHH!!” just to name a few.

And don’t get me started on the glitch characters. The hours I spent looking up information on Gaster because I was too scared to mod my own game are endless.

So, I guess you could say I’m very familiar with the game. It meant a lot to me as a young adult with fresh freedom, a story about a lost child finding a family of their own. My first and only tattoo is of the delta rune (although people will try to tell me it’s from Legend of Zelda).

It’s hard to talk about, but I don’t have the best mental health, with constant long-running depression, social anxiety, and mild OCD, my brain tends to run a mile a minute, and I had a really hard time making friends in high school, which resulted in me not having any friends at all after my friends from middle school decided they were too good for me.

I spent the better part of my four years in high school eating lunch alone and not going out on the weekends because no one wanted me to. In senior year, I managed to make friends with a few people, but nothing deep or long lasting.

Cue college, a fresh start where I could be exactly who I was supposed to be. I came out as asexual on the second day there, not knowing that my involvement with the LGBT organization would lead me to realize that I was also nonbinary and a lesbian. But needless to say, I was an outcast looking for a place to call home.

I found it at school, making a couple lifelong friends (I love you girls!) and finding a place in coming to my own leadership abilities and my desire to be a role model and resource for young LGBT people. Always in the background was Undertale.

Here was this game, though with a few flaws, was the greatest game I had ever played, as I remarked on every little detail from the stunning backgrounds to the fun yet challenging fight mechanics to every little piece of witty dialogue.

I remarked on Toby Fox and his ability to create this game almost entirely on his own, coding and designing and writing music. He didn’t do it alone, but so much of the game was him, and seeing someone accomplish something that meant so much to me was an inspiration.

I looked at this game and saw a breathtaking story, hints of the twist being woven into every pixel, parallels at every turn, tidbits that you had to play the game ten times (like I did) to catch pieces of backstory that were so vital to fully understanding a character.

Not only that, but I looked at this game and I saw me. I saw the cute and honestly rather stupid love story between Alphys and Undyne, between a shy (presumably) bisexual lizard girl and a buff (presumably) lesbian fish lady. They were awkward and uncomfortable and bashful and I loved every part of their interactions. They cared for each other and their story being thrown in and accepted, not a word said about it except outside the game. And don’t get me started on the guards.

But beyond that, I saw Frisk, a child without a denoted gender, which many people took to mean you could impose the gender you wanted, but to nonbinary people, to people like me, they saw a main character that used they/them pronouns without it being a joke, without it being asked about, without the characters ever slipping up or even having to guess. They did it because that’s who Frisk is, and they love Frisk.

I see this game, this funny, heart-wrenching, sweet, and wonderful game, and I see found family. I see a child who we know went up Mount Ebbott knowing that children who went up there didn’t come back find people (monsters) that loved them, cared about them, even after only knowing them for what we can assume is a day.

Frisk finds these monsters and they loved them for who they are. The love these characters share meant more to me than I ever could have imagined they would, the background to my introduction to freedom, the meeting of my best friends, the discovery of myself, the growth of my leadership and motivation. They were there. They were always there for me, and now, today, on the day of the five year anniversary of my own self discovery, I listen to “Home” and I cry.

I cry for Toriel, who lived alone in the Ruins for years, I cry for Sans and Papyrus who take care of each other in more way than they know, I cry for Undyne who’s desperate to prove herself and protect her people, I cry for Alphys who lived with the guilt of her mistakes and wanting nothing more than to make amends for the monster she thought she was, I cry for Asgore who was so overcome with grief he became the worst version of himself.

I cry for Asriel for obvious reasons. And I cry for Frisk, a child that wanted love and found it in the journey, just like I did.

I listen to “Home” and I cry because it is home. It’s a story about love in the time I needed it the most, shaping me into the person I am today, even five years later.

Because despite everything, it’s still me.

#undertale

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demolitonlcvers · 6 years

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I found this note on my phone called “My Emo Dreams” and I can’t stop laughing

My Emo Dreams

What is my brain

Ok so I just had a really weird dream that it was Halloween and I was at this "museum" with my parents and my friend Magnolia. We went into the museum and there was a little kids room and we were in there when one kid started chasing the rest of us and we were terrified bc as soon as she touched someone, they turned into an exact replica of her, and so the remaining kids ran and I ended up right in front of a hall of these kids, like ten of them. They saw me and I ran, ending up at this weird playground thingy. Only one of them was still chasing me, and I avoided her like a badass. I found my dad and my uncle at this concert and the people on stage were obviously these clone things. I told my dad and he believed me for some reason. Then again, it's a dream. I went back to the museum to find my mom but couldn't and needed a car, and I saw a group of people in costume. And Brendon Urie was one of them. Which is weird cause I live in Pennsylvania and he lives in Vegas or something? Anyway, I was chasing him like a deranged fangirl or something (which I am tbh), and he tripped over a trash can, and I told him about the clone people. For some reason, he, too, believed me, and I ended up getting a ride from Brendon to get my mom?

What is my brain I mean

But I got to meet Brendon Urie in the dream sooooo...

I had this other dream where I was with Tyler Joseph but I don’t remember it well

Ok so I had another dream this time it was "the Hat Fic" (which I'm never going to read btw) but instead it was this fanfic about Fall Out Boy in which Pete has to kill the other members for some reason

I had another dream where I lived with Dan and Phil and there were unicorns and a girl wearing a Fall Out Boy shirt And I opened the door to the house I lived in with Dan and Phil and they were like "what do you see" and I said "Phan" (even though I don't ship it that much) which freaked them out And then I woke up

I had a dream that I was with a group of killjoys and I had to save the original killjoys and we did and there were people shooting at us but when party poison appeared they were like “oh no it’s party poison” and backed up and then another party poison appeared and we were like “WhO iS tHe ReAl PaRtY pOiSoN??!?” And there were little children and they figured out that the first one was the real one even though his uniform was all messed up but you know the other ones jacket was white and literally said “DeAd pegAsUS” so yeah So we were walking out with party poison and I was like hi party poison and I looked at him and what did I see? THIS KID IN MY GRADE IN A RED WIG WTF

So I’ve had three dreams about warped tour in the past three days and here they are

Don’t remember it that well but my best friend was there and we walked around but it was before anything actually started and I think it was in a library

We saw Falling In Reverse (my best friend was also there) and we were in like the front row and it was great

For some reason the entire family decided to show up and we were eating at a restaurant and we had my dog and my mom was like “go take him to the dog park thing and then hang out with your friends” so I took the dog to the dog park thing but all the dogs were wayyyy bigger than him and so I was like “lol no” and carried him back and he turned into a loaf of bread so I ate the loaf of bread and gave one little piece to my mom and she was like “where’s the dog” and I said “lol what do you think that bread was” and then my dad and my brother got into an argument about whether or not the dog was still alive

I had another dream about warped tour even though its been a few weeks basically I went to warped tour with Sarah and we met Palaye Royale and for some reason they decided to hang out with us so we were like lol sure so we just walked around and talked to Palaye Royale for a few hours fun

I had another dream that I saw Panic! again and Dallon was still there and Brendon flew right over me during Dying in LA. Also my friend Tori was there and I was texting my other friend about it the entire time and then later I went to visit him and then I woke up

I had another dream where we were at a school thing and Gerard Way was there but it was 2017 Gerard Way and he was doing a signing/meet and greet and I got too scared to talk to him but then later he came up to me and we talked a little bit and then the head of the school talked to me, my best friend, and some other girl about making a bi club and I would have to make the promotional video so yay

I had another dream that it was warped tour (I’ve had like five of these smh I’m still not over it) anyway I saw As It Is with my best friend and then met Patty Walters which was pretty cool. And then later I ended up in a school bus and part of a horror movie (????) and then when I got out of that I got wrapped up in this car washing thing for school cause Fall Out Boy was there and Pete started spraying me with a giant hose so I got mad and slapped his car. And then finally I got out of the car washing thing but I got lost and had to help this old guy and watched a few episodes of some show about animated fish. And then I finally got back to warped but Palaye’s set was over and their meet and greet was also almost over. So I got at the end of the line and talked to Emerson for a really long time and hugged Sebastian for like a minute straight and it was fun.

So I’ve had two dreams about Hot Topic:

The first one I just walked in and I’m pretty sure they had a bunch of like comforters and bedsheets for sale??? And then I walked down this really creepy staircase to this underground room which was huge and full of records and posters and stuff and I had a lot of fun.

So I had another one just the other day that the mall near my house was closing so me and two of my friends decided to walk around for the last time and we found the Hot Topic and the inside was kinda empty but the outside had all the band merch. We went inside and Awsten Knight was there and he was like “hi I’m going to draw on you” to one of my friends and started drawing on her so we were all sitting together and I talked about warped and Awsten was like “oh cool you saw me at warped have a free poster or two OR THREE give them to your friends” and I was like “thanks” and then he said “no thank you, little teenager Awsten is quaking” and I was like “ohhhh”

I had another dream that I was at this camp thing and Beyoncé was there and me and my best friend went to this other thing with Hayley Kiyoko and she hugged Hayley really awkwardly and then Tom Holland appeared and it turned out there was this like claw machine that lets you pick out celebrities at any age and two kids were playing with it and they brought out 8 year old Frank Iero and he was really mean and hated me for no reason and also highkey looked like a vampire

I had ANOTHER dream about warped Jesus Christ I need to stop Anyway I was on a tower with a bunch of people from school and watching the main stage from there and mcr was the last band playing and Remington was there and he climbed on the stage and they played Surrender the Night and closed with Burn Bright which is cool

I had a dream that I saw Paramore and I was like right in the front and Hayley kept making eye contact with me and then there was an intermission and panic! played and it was a fun time

Why am I like this what has the internet done to me

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salamandergoo · 7 years

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Ninjashipparty 13. This wasn’t meant to be a date, but we’ve had such a good time and now it’s 2 a.m. and I should really go home…

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easyfoodnetwork · 4 years

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Food-Adjacent TV to Stream This Weekend, According to Eater Staff

Actor Sandra Oh, wearing a black chef beanie and a white t-shirt, talks on an iPhone outside a restaurant kitchen. | BBC America

“Killing Eve,” reality TV favorites, classic sitcoms, and more

We at Eater spend a lot of time thinking about food, so when it appears on our TV screen, we take special interest. If you’re looking to stream some non-food TV that happens to be — at least tangentially — about food this weekend, here’s what we recommend.

Terrace House: Tokyo, Episode 11 (available to stream on Netflix)

Terrace House, the Japanese version of The Real World, has had a long history of food-related misdemeanors and crimes, but the most recent one entails broccoli, pasta water, and egg. Ruka, one of the housemates of the Tokyo house, is a complete enigma of a human being and maybe the most naive person to ever grace Terrace House (or the world?). In an attempt to cook broccoli pasta carbonara, he cracks an egg into the pasta water with the pasta, then adds broccoli. It seems he read the ingredient list, skipped the instructions, and simply winged it. Nothing matters, you know?!

In Netflix’s latest batch of episodes (Netflix US runs a couple of months behind Japan), Ruka attempts broccoli pasta carbonara again. I gasped when I saw he was making pasta FROM SCRATCH and squealed when he presented something that not only looked edible, but delicious! His housemates were (understandably) pleasantly shocked and I got very emotional. It’s rare when you see such dramatic growth. I imagine this is what parents feel when they see their children walk for the first time. — Pelin Keskin, Eater associate producer

Community (available to stream on Hulu and Netflix)

In 2009, when Community first aired, I was actually taking classes at a community college. Yet, somehow I’ve made it this long without watching this series created by Dan Harmon and featuring some of the current era’s most memorable actors (See: Donald Glover, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, and Ken Jeong). The first season hinges on narcissistic student Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) starting classes at a Greendale Community College, where he’s pursuing his bachelor’s degree in an attempt to reclaim his suspended law license. Winger joins a Spanish 101 study group (remember when people still gathered in groups?) to incessantly hit on Britta Perry (played by Jacobs). But as the show evolves, episodes become more unhinged, playing into pop culture tropes observed by TV and movie obsessed student Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi). After a while, it becomes easier to view this show as sort of a live-action version of Harmon’s later work Rick and Morty, but with a slightly less noxious fandom attached. This is particularly encapsulated in episodes like Season 2’s “Epidemiology,” in which the whole student body is transformed into zombies after eating expired military rations. Season 2 also features an excellent example of weird TV sponcon in “Basic Rocket Science,” where the study group gets trapped inside a Kentucky Fried Chicken-branded space flight simulator. — Brenna Houck, Eater.com reporter and Eater Detroit editor

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Killing Eve (Season 3, Episode 1, available to stream on BBC America)

Killing Eve, a BBC show that for two seasons has been about feminism, fucking, and fighting, has added a fourth “f” to its roster: food. When we reunite with the show’s titular “Eve” (Sandra Oh), we watch her shopping the aisles of an Asian grocery, grabbing ramen cups and snacks from shelves that seem preposterously well-stocked to my pandemic-warped eyes. The multitudes the store holds are intoxicating. We then discover that since we last saw her — left for dead by Villanelle (Jodie Comer), an assassin with whom she is/was mutually obsessed — Eve’s fled her job at MI5 for a gig as a dumpling chef at an Asian restaurant, a perfect place, perhaps, for an Asian American woman to make herself invisible in a city like London. As audience members, we get to watch her deftly pinch pot sticker after pot sticker as she eavesdrops on her relationship-impaired colleagues (once a spy, always a spy, perhaps), a rote activity that probably has a lot more in common with tradecraft than most espionage-based thrillers would have us believe. It’s a nice job for a perfectionist like Eve, one that’ll do well enough until (one assumes) Villanelle returns to her life and again throws it into chaos. — Eve Batey, senior editor, Eater SF

Difficult People (Season 1, Episode 5, available on Hulu)

Much of this criminally short-lived sitcom starring comedians Billy Eichner (Billy on the Street) and Julie Klausner takes place in a restaurant where a struggling-artist version of Billy works to pay the bills. But this episode stands out for its art-imitating-life plot: Julie, who has “the palate of a seven-year-old” stops by Billy’s place of employment to eat, but finds the menu too fancy for her liking (“everything on [the] menu has some kind of chutney or jus on it,” Julie complains).

So, when Billy’s boss leaves town for a few days, the duo convert the restaurant into a pop-up named the Children’s Menu, serving items that would belong on a kids’ menu someplace like Applebee’s. The pair set about marking up chicken tenders and fish sticks and peddling it to food blogs. And because Difficult People is set in New York, home to many people with poor taste but lots of money, crowds lap it up. It’s a fun skewering of a side of the food world that values creatively bankrupt novelty above all else. Looking at you, “cereal bars” and Museum of Ice Cream. — Tim Forster, editor, Eater Montreal

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Lodge 49 (available to purchase on Amazon Prime)

I‘m not surprised Lodge 49 was cancelled after two seasons on AMC last fall; I’m delighted it aired at all. This shaggy dog show stars Wyatt Russell (the waggish spawn of Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell) as Dud, an adrift surfer in recession-hit Long Beach, who finds connection through a fraternal lodge along the lines of the Freemasons. Meanwhile his sister Liz (Sonya Cassidy) works at a shitty Hooters knockoff called Shamroxx, run by a ghoulish regional corporate conglomerate, Omni Capital. These days, I’m reminded of Liz’s Season 2 story arc: She’s made manager of Omni’s replacement for Shamroxx, a stupid new steakhouse concept called Higher Steaks. When the restaurant struggles, the way Liz sticks up for her colleagues, who are some of the show’s best minor characters, is an inspiring rebuke of winner-takes-all capitalism — no surprise, as the whole show is basically a socialist document. Ironically it’s not streaming for free, but Lodge 49 is special and well worth buying to watch. — Caleb Pershan, Eater.com reporter

Frasier, Season 1, Episode 3 (available to stream on Hulu)

I know I’m incredibly late getting into Fraiser (most of my coworkers are obsessed with it), but it’s been about a week now and I’m already halfway through the second season. I can’t get enough of it. While Frasier’s advice to his listeners can be a little “meh,” it’s absolutely delightful to watch the main characters give each other therapy through their conversations. And watching each episode unfold feels like much needed therapy right now.

I could go on and on about all the episodes I love, but “Dinner at Eight” is my absolute favorite. Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and his brother Niles (David Hyde Pierce) decide to take their father Martin (John Mahoney) out to dinner as a way to spend more quality time with him. When the restaurant loses their reservation, they decide to visit a steakhouse at Martin’s suggestion. His pitch: “You can get a steak this thick for $8.95.”

The Timber Mill is nothing like the trendy, pretentious restaurants Frasier and Niles frequent and the duration of the entire meal is a culinary culture clash. For example, when the beef trolley arrives and everyone at the table has to pick their cut of steak, Frasier asks, “How much extra would I have to pay to get one from the refrigerator?”

It’s absolutely heartbreaking to watch Martin get more and more aggravated as Frasier and Niles make ridiculously elaborate orders (a petite filet mignon “very lean, not so lean that it lacks flavor but not so fat that it leaves drippings on the plate”), poke fun at the restaurant, and give the servers a hard time. That’s why it’s so satisfying to watch Martin skewer Frasier and Niles for their snobbery, leaving them to eat the rest of their dinner alone under the scornful eyes of the Timber Mill’s servers as “Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs” plays in the background. — Esra Erol, senior social media manager, Eater

Real Housewives of New York, Season 8, Episodes 6 & 7

In times of uncertainty, we seek comfort in consistency: The sun will rise in the east, the tides will ebb and flow, and rich women will scream at each other for our enjoyment on Bravo. Recently, I’ve been rewatching old episodes of Real Housewives of New York and am currently in the midst of its landmark eighth season (“Please don’t let it be about Tom.” “It’s about Tom”). Practically every episode is a hit, but “Tipsying Point” and “Air Your Dirty Laundry” conveniently double as a lesson in the booze business. When jack of all trades/master of none Sonja Morgan announces that she’s releasing a signature prosecco called Tipsy Girl, she faces the wrath of Bethenny Frankel, founder of the Skinny Girl brand. As even the most casual Housewives watcher will tell you, Bethenny is famously protective of her business and turns vicious at any perceived attack on it. “I thought the alcohol was a great idea. I really looked up to what you did and I thought it would be a great way for me to get ahead,” Sonja blubbers to Bethenny in her Skinny Girl brand-blazoned office. It’s because of this episode, and this fight in particular, that I know what a “cheater brand” is.

By the way, I’ve tried Tipsy Girl prosecco and it’s... not the worst wine I’ve had. — Madeleine Davies, Eater.com daily editor

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Actor Sandra Oh, wearing a black chef beanie and a white t-shirt, talks on an iPhone outside a restaurant kitchen. | BBC America

“Killing Eve,” reality TV favorites, classic sitcoms, and more

Terrace House: Tokyo, Episode 11 (available to stream on Netflix)

Community (available to stream on Hulu and Netflix)

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Killing Eve (Season 3, Episode 1, available to stream on BBC America)

Difficult People (Season 1, Episode 5, available on Hulu)

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Lodge 49 (available to purchase on Amazon Prime)

Frasier, Season 1, Episode 3 (available to stream on Hulu)

Real Housewives of New York, Season 8, Episodes 6 & 7

By the way, I’ve tried Tipsy Girl prosecco and it’s... not the worst wine I’ve had. — Madeleine Davies, Eater.com daily editor

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ships-sailing-in-the-night · 7 years

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Fic prompt: Marcus invites Chloe to the fasionable restaurant... to eat fugu fish. She is reluctunt but agrees. Maze learns about it and tells Lucifer.

Here ya go, another one complete! Read below or on AO3 here

A knock on her desk pulled Chloe’s attention away from her laptop and up towards the man standing in front of her. He was tall, handsome, had dark brown hair and bluish-gray eyes.

“Afternoon Chloe.” The man gave her a warm smile.

“Afternoon Lt. Pierce.”

“How many times must I tell you, Marcus is just fine….I was uhh, was wondering if you were doing anything later tonight?”

Chloe pursed her lips and thought for a minute. Dan had Trixie tonight, Maze was just going to be watching porn or something, Lucifer was, bring Lucifer…yeah her night was basically free.

“I’m not doing anything really, I was planning on just relaxing and perhaps watching a movie.”

“Well, there is this really good restaurant on Beverly Grove called Matsumoto. I heard they have really good Fugu Fish there and I was wondering if you would like to join me for dinner there?”

“Ummm…sure, I guess it would be nice to get out for a while.”

“Great, is six o’clock ok?”

“Yep, that’s fine.”

“Alright, I will see you then.” With a smile, he turned and walked away. Chloe thought that having dinner with Lieutenant wouldn’t be too much of a big deal, but she wasn’t prepared for the endless questions that came from Maze when she got home later that night.

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“So you’re going on a date with your boss? To some fancy restaurant? To eat fish that is poisonous and really doesn’t taste that good? And you really think that is more ideal then sitting here and watching Netflix with me?” Chloe looked up from what she was reading on her phone and glared at Maze.

“Maze. First; it’s not a date, second; I’ve never tried Fugu fish so who knows, it might actually taste good, and third; you don’t watch anything that isn’t porn.”

“That’s not true.” Maze folded her arms in defense, but Chloe continued to glare at her.

“…Ok maybe it’s not entirely true, but I do enjoy that show Thrones.

“It’s called Game of Thrones.”

“Yeah that one, there is a lot of sex in that show, and I mean a lot. It is just up my alley. Last night I got to the part where-“ Chloe glanced up from her phone and practically put both her hands over Maze’s mouth.

“Don’t say anything, I haven’t had a chance to catch up on all the episodes!” Maze smirked, before taking Chloe’s hands off from her mouth. There were a couple minutes of silence before Maze broke it.

“Anyway, does Lucifer know about this not so-called-date?”

“No, and for the last time, it isn’t a date. I only agreed because I would like to stay in the good graces of the Lieutenant and I was being nice. I would have felt a little bad if I said no…Still, though, I am not telling Lucifer about it and neither are you.” She pointed a finger directly at Maze’s chest before she started to head upstairs to prepare for the dinner.

Going through her closet she realized she didn’t a lot of nice, dressy clothes for a fancy restaurant. She eventually decided on a blue sundress with tan heels. Both were simple but it looked fancy enough for the restaurant. She didn’t put too much makeup on, just touching up here and there, a little neutral lipstick, and she pulled her hair halfway up. She grabbed her summer clutch and her house key as she headed down the steps. Once she reached the bottom of the steps, Maze gave her a quick once over before huffing and turning on her heel to go back to whatever she was doing. A knock at the door signaled that Marcus had arrived to pick her up. She opened the door and saw him wearing a maroon button down and black suit pants. ‘Hmmm, he went a bit on the casual side too, so I guess the restaurant isn’t that fancy,’ she thought to herself. Smiling she allowed him to lead her out the door and to his car.

“What, no motorcycle this time?” She stated jokingly, knowing he always drove everywhere on his precious bike, sort of how Lucifer would take his beloved jet black Corvette everywhere he would go. Instead, Marcus drove his Acura RLX which was a deep blue color, the rays of the sun bouncing off the exterior.

“I didn’t think you would want to ride a motorcycle in a dress at this time of day. You might get cold.” He offered warm smile before opening the passenger door, allowing Chloe to enter the vehicle. The interior was all black, the seats were leather and faux wood paneling outlined some of the compartments. The drive was about half an hour out of town, in the car they chatted about family, work, cases, all small talk really. After a couple moments of silence, Marcus spoke once more.

“I have to ask about your partner if you don’t mind, how did that even come to be?”

“Well, a friend of his was murdered outside of his club. He was the only witness to the murder so I asked him a couple of questions about the victim.” She started to laugh thinking about their conversation.

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“Lucifer Morningstar…is that a stage name or something?” Surely he was joking, out of all the names he could have picked he chose the Devil’s name”….…“God-given, I’m afraid.”……”You like to play cop do you?“…….”No, I just like to play in general detective, what about you?” Man, if looks could kill, and his smile….

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“Aaaannnnd, so how did a club owner named after the Devi go from club owner to civilian consultant?”

“Well, he kept interfering with the Delilah murder so I let him stick around. Together we were able to get the clues to find the murder and put him behind bars…well, or a psychiatric hospital…but yeah. He kept helping me with cases so I put a request in to make him an official consultant of the LAPD.”

“Psychiatric hospital? It seems like a majority of our suspects end up going mad after they a have a quick one-on-one chat with him.”

“Perhaps, but his way gets results, even if it’s not always the most conventional or legal way.”

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They didn’t have to wait long because Marcus had put in a reservation for them for two at six o’clock. The young waiter led them to their table, the table had a blue cloth draped over it with a small vase containing shells and a candle. The atmosphere was a little on the dark side, but the aquariums surrounding the floor brightened up the room a bit. Not too long after an older woman, looking to be in her mid 40’s approached the two.

“Here is your menu, as you might have known our specialty is the Fugu Fish, it is served it a corn hash and a small side salad. This page here shows you our other fresh fish and seafood options. Can I start you two off with something to drink?”

“We would like two glasses of your house red, please,” Marcus told the waitress, whose name tag read Samantha.

“Alright, I will bring you some bread and your drinks should be out shortly.” After writing the order down Samantha turned and left to head towards the kitchen.

“So…” Marcus began.

“What made you want to move to LA? You don’t seem like the big city type of guy.”

“Well, let’s just say LA served up an opportunity for me that I just couldn’t resist. Though I suppose you are right though, I prefer to live in the country. I lived in Colorado for most of my life, I started working in the police department, helping with paperwork mostly in college, and then after graduation, I joined the academy. Then a couple of months ago, something came up and I was offered the opening for Police Lieutenant of the LAPD, so I packed everything and left to move here.” Marcus rested his chin on both of his fisted hands, his elbow’s leaning on the table in front of him.

Samantha returned shortly after with their drinks and some fresh rolls. She placed the bread and glasses of wine down on the table before pulling out her notepad once more.

“Do you two know what you would like to have tonight?”

“I believe we would both like to try the Fugu fish tonight.” He smiled up at Samantha while handing both his and Chloe’s menu to her.

“Alrighty, I will go ahead and put the order in so the cook and get started on it right away. It will take some time but I’ll make sure that as soon as it is done it will be headed your way.” Closing her notepad and grabbing the menus she turned and headed towards the kitchen once more. While waiting for their food, Chloe and Marcus snacked on the bread that was provided while continuing in light conversation.

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“The detective is going to each something called Fugu fish with Lt. Pierce?”

“Yep, she said it wasn’t a date, she just ‘wanted to look good for her boss’.”

“Hmmm, well the Detective is free to do and have dinner with however she pleases, that is the whole concept of free will. Being able to decide what you do and don’t want to do and have control over your choices. It wouldn’t be my place to advise her otherwise.”

“I know, I know, I just thought I would let you know seeming that you don’t like this Marcus very much.”

“I’d take the douche any day over the Lieutenant any day.”

“Alright, I gotta start the next episode of Thrones now otherwise I won’t be able to finish it before Chloe get’s home, and you know how she hates it when I watch it while her child is in the house.”

“Fine, I have to take care of a few things down in LUX anyway, thank you for the information Mazikeen.” Lucifer hung up his cell phone and slipped it back into his pants pocket. He checked his refrigerator to see how many ingredients he had in case the detective decided to drop by later that night for a snack.

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About three hours later Lucifer heard his elevator ding, perhaps one of the Brittney’s was coming up to entertain him. He was about to ask them to leave when he saw a rather familiar face. A smile appeared on his face as he headed toward his kitchen.

“Let me guess, not your type of fish?”

“You could say that. The Fugu was alright, but I am definitely more of an Italian restaurant type of girl than a seafood restaurant person. It was too dark and Marcus just told me all about his days on the farm.”

“Sounds boring if you ask me.” He then headed to his freezer and pulled out two tubs of ice cream, both different flavors. With the ice cream tubs in his hands, he asks,

“Care for some dessert if you are not already too full?”

Chloe smiled and placed her jacket on his bar countertop, she had gone against ordering dessert at the restaurant because all she really wanted to do was to go back home. Fancy, poisonous-if-not-cooked-properly-fish, was not something she would want to eat again in a long time. She used the excuse that the salad had filled up most of her appetite and that she didn’t have much room for the fish. She only ate probably half of the fish and all of her corn hash.

“I think I saved enough room.” She grabbed one of the tubs of ice cream from his hand and headed over to grab two bowls from his cabinet. They spent the night, eating ice cream, chatting and watching a movie on Netflix; Chloe’s definition of a perfect night.

Thanks for the prompt! :)

#anon #ask #answered #lucifer fanfic #deckerstar #marclo #one-shot

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Title: that one sunday in january Rating: Mature Word Count: 1037 Summary: "Nine hours, in one day." Phil stops groping himself and takes his trousers off, letting them pool on the ground by his jacket. "We could have done two days. There would have been butt recovery time."

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Phil hangs his jacket on the hook in his closet door. It falls right to the floor. He stares down at it, contemplates bending it pick it up, then decides against.

"Dan?" He calls out.

He hears the toilet flush. Dan shouts back, "Yeah?"

"I need a butt massage." Phil says.

Dan appears in the doorway. Phil is, in fact, reaching behind him and massaging his own butt with a distressed look on his face. "You cannot be serious."

Phil gives him a wounded look. "Nine hours, Dan. For you."

"You wanted to see it!" Dan says, hands on his hips. "You said so!"

"Nine hours, in one day." Phil stops groping himself and takes his trousers off, letting them pool on the ground by his jacket. "We could have done two days. There would have been butt recovery time."

"This is what I'm going to expose next," Dan says. He starts stripping, leaving his clothes on Phil's floor, too. "Your diva side."

"I sacrificed my butt comfort for you!" Phil says, full of indignant offense. "I did it for love."

"I'll do you for love," Dan says. It's the weirdest threat he's issued in approximately... nine hours.

Phil sighs, one cheek smooshed into the pillow. "That feels amazing."

Dan is straddling him, hands coated in oil. His thumbs are digging into the muscle just at the small of Phil's back.

"You're doing me next," he tries to order.

It doesn't seem to take. Phil just laughs, then moans a little as Dan strokes his hands up all the way to Phil's shoulderblades and then back down.

The moan is nice. Really nice, nice enough that Dan has to shift a little when his dick starts to thicken in his pants. He'd really been looking forward to watching the last Sherlock episode and finishing off the snacks from the theater he stowed in his pockets, but...

He slides his thumbs down Phil's ass, spreading the cheeks apart and teasing just at his hole. It's a slow exploration, a tease...

Phil clenches up. "No."

"Come on," Dan whines, and lets his dick rub against Phil's left cheek, a grind with intent but just shy of fully humping.

"Nine hours!" Phil says, bumping his butt back against Dan like he's trying to buck him off.

"It wasn't really," Dan says. "There was a break."

"In which we still sat," Phil points out. "No sex. I'm tired. I'm old. I'm infirm."

"No, you're just plain awful and you don't love me at all." Dan leans down and bites Phil's ass. The taste of the oil he's using is gross enough that he screws his face up in disgust, but it's worth it for how Phil yelps.

Dan's sat on the sofa in just his underwear with the quilt piled around him and the television remote in his hand. He's got the episode loaded and ready, just waiting, to hit play.

"Phil!" He does sort of a shouty-whine. "Hurry up!"

"Bad boy." Phil says, walking in balancing a plate loaded with snacks and two glasses of Ribena. “Be good.”

"Fuck off." Dan snaps his teeth together. "Puppy bites when he's hungry."

"Sit like I told you to and you get a treat," Phil says, putting a biscuit on the top of Dan's head.

Dan tips his head back and trying to catch the biscuit in his mouth. It falls sideways instead, landing between the arm of the sofa and the cushion. He fishes it out, inspects it for lint, and then takes a bite. "Where were you hiding these? I thought we - and by we, I mean you - ate them all."

"Bought a second packet at the store last week," Phil says. He gets comfortable beside Dan, tugging half the blanket for himself. Somehow Dan's legs end up going with it, draping across Phil's lap. Dan wiggles his whole body in closer to match, his back in a not-chiropractor-approved slump but his head ending up on Phil's shoulder. "And then I hid them so they'd last until tonight, I know they're your favorites for eating your television related feelings."

"You do love me," Dan says, leaning up. The besotted look he gives Phil is a truth hidden in a joke that fools no one, least of all Phil.

"Once in a while." Phil meets him smiling with a kiss. "Every other Tuesday, at least. Now come on, lets get on with this. I want to see if they get together."

"They're never getting together," Dan immediately mumbles as he hits play. The age-old argument that feels just as warm and nice as the blanket around them or Phil's fingers in his hair.

"Good day?" Phil asks, yawning into the back of his hand.

He's already got his contacts out, glasses on to better see the pages of the book propped against his bent knees.

"Eight point five."

Phil smiles, pleased with himself. There's a shuffle as Phil puts his book away and plugs his phone in.

"Ten if we had sex," Dan mumbles. His head hits the pillow and it's a beautiful feeling.

Then another feeling: Phil's hand, stroking over his side and around to his stomach, tickling lightly just under his belly button.

"Phil!" Dan squirms. "What are you... oh, really? Now?"

He's exasperated as Phil palms him through his underwear. "I want to see if we can make it a ten. I strive for perfection, you know."

"No," Dan says, laughing. "You don't, and now I'm tired. Maybe tomorrow."

Phil sighs and flops halfway onto Dan. "Fine. Gonna sleep then."

He starts to fake snore. Dan kicks a foot back. Phil catches it between his calves and giggles into Dan's shoulder.

"I hate you," Dan says, in a voice that means he really doesn't. "And now I'm going to sleep."

Phil pulls back just the right amount to actually be able to sleep and says, "Fiiiiine. Love you. Every-"

"Other Tuesday? Yeah, yeah. We did that routine already." Dan asks. "Go to sleep, you idiot."

He doesn't say it but everything feels like 'I love you' to Dan right now anyway and in the back of his mind just before he sleeps he thinks, maybe a nine after all.

#phan #phanfic

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Penny’s Legendary B-Day Celebrations (2011)

Well, the first part of them. The Dublin story’s going to have to wait it appears.

We had Spring Fest during the day yesterday so we got to Richmond around 1 PM with water bottles of vodka in out bags. I literally had one drink and Penny had a ton. It was her actual birthday so I wanted her to have fun. I didn’t mind being sober while at Spring Fest. The weather wasn’t amazing so that kind of sucked. We ate cotton candy and played human foosball and ran around on the lawn for a while until we had to leave to go get ready for the night. We walked into town with Ang, one of the women who work in the canteen at Richmond, who is easily the sweetest person on the planet. We talked to her for a good forty minutes and then went to Rev and did a shot for old time’s sake. We then got appetizers at Wagamama and took curries to go.

We got back to the flat with barely enough time to get ready, eat, and leave. A nap would have been amazing but no such luck. We got to TGIF’s and found it void of anyone we were supposed to be meeting. Jules was supposed to be there as well as Myles and this guy Dan that he works with. We were going laser tagging and Penny and I had suited up for the occasion. Myles and Dan eventually got there and Myles was starving ordered cheese sticks. We had to be at the place at 9 and it was 8:30. He ordered us drinks and I went outside and called Jules for a second time. Penny was convinced he wasn’t coming. She was sitting there going. “I’m gonna kill him. I’m gonna kill him.” We knew he didn’t have credit and the first time I called him it had gone straight to voicemail so I was hoping that meant he was on the Tube.

I went outside and called him again. He answered with, “Oh thank god, I have no money on my phone.” He had no idea where he was. He said he was in Leicester so I told him to walk towards Picadilly. No clue. He said he was outside the Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum. Which is in Picadilly, not Leicester. Dork. So I’m walking around trying to find him when he goes, “I see you.” I turned my head to the right and there he was in this horrible brown patterned jacket, suit pants, and this horrendous navy blue and white checker tie. It was amazing. I’ve never seen a more horrible outfit but he did suit up, so that was incredibly sweet of him. I brought him back to TGIF’s and Penny was literally jumping up and down she was so excited that he’d suited up. We finished out drinks and Myles threw the cheese sticks down his throat and at anyone who would eat them before crossing the street to the Trocadero. We ran around trying to find where we were going before arriving at Star Command. Oh yes.

Laser tag was unbelievable amounts of fun. We ended up playing two games and worked up a major sweat running around. Everyone got really, really, into it. It was unbelievably hilarious. The second game went smoother than the first because we all knew what we were doing. We’d worked out strategies and knew how the use the different settings on the guns. I don’t think I’ve sworn that much in a while and I def have never been sworn at that much. Everyone in that room was so competitive. It was amazing. Myles won both games and flirted horribly with the girl who worked there. Outside of laser tag, that boy has no game.

Afterwards, we went back to TGIF’s because Myles had ordered two orders of cheese sticks and his second order was waiting for him. We got a round of drinks and Dan took off. Jules recomposed himself in his suit (even if I did have to undo his top button before the second game of laser tag and then confiscated his tie so he couldn’t put it back on) and I ordered a round of shots for Penny and I. They were huge shot glasses, like it’s ridiculous. Myles videotaped us doing them. The video’s hilarious. As soon as we did the shot, Penny leaned over and God Save the Queen-ed me. I could of killed her. I killed my drink instead and then fished the penny out and tossed it into Jules’s mostly full Godfather. It was hilarious watching him down it when he doesn’t even like whiskey. Eventually, the bar closed and Myles had to get home. He said good bye and we tried to figure out where to go next. I talked to one of the bartenders, Sasha, who was Serbian. My grandmother’s 100% Serbian so we talked all about that and he asked for her full maiden name and smiled approvingly when I told him. He said something in Serbian to another bartender, a younger cute one, who answered in the same language. Sasha told me that he was Serbian as well and the younger one high-fived me for being Serbian. It was hilarious.

Eventually, we decided to go to King’s Cross and do Ruby Lounge and Big Chill. On the Tube there we encountered an Australian guy, from Melbourne, who worked in a bar in Soho and his friends who were going to Egg. We talked to them and I made fun of a French guy with them. That was fun. Jules looked like he wanted to die though. Penny and I were talking and flirting with these guys and Jules one hundred percent thought we were going to like leave him or something. We got off at King’s Cross and told the guys to have a good night. We walked to Ruby Lounge and ordered drinks. Penny got a phone call so Jules covered that round and we got a table. The bartender is the one who knows us and comped Penny’s drink and gave us a discount. It was awesome. Jules and I sat and talked while Penny was outside.

I got all sorts of hilarious information from Jules last night. When he was in Greece last summer, for example, George stayed in his room while he was gone for over a week. George actually had people over in Jules’s room. I was dying. We were also talking about the plans we’d made to go to Oceana and he goes, “Yeah, last time you guys all ended up with different guys.” I mumbled something and he goes, “Feel free to do that this time.” I assured him that we could never, ever hook up with randoms when we were out with him. We’d talked about that a long, long time ago and agreed it would be crazy awkward. I’d originally been talking to George about it and he’d said there should be no rules for when we were hanging out, just do what you want. He very quickly changed his mind when he’d thought about what it would actually be like to watch us hook up with randoms. Jules thought it was a horrible decision from the beginning. We agreed for the second time then that it would be horrible to watch. He then said that he didn’t think he’d ever hooked up anyone at the ball (I know he hadn’t) but he’d hooked up with “a load of mingers” at Oceana. I was dying. His impression of what it would be like if we hooked up with a random in front of each other was hilarious. So, so funny. We also got a great story from my birthday. Apparently, Massimo had walked up to him while drunk and gone, “I don’t know why I didn’t like you” and hugged him. Penny was on the floor. Oh, and here’s some awesome news (note the sarcasm), Jules was almost entirely sober at Studio Valbonne which means he remembers the night in high definition. Beautiful. He was crying laughing recounting my inability to stay on my feet that night. He also mocked Penny for trying to convince him to come back with us when we went home. She’d assigned George to me and Esam apparently was really down with the decision. He was incredibly keen to come with us which I have no recollection of.

We also got the full story of his wallet getting stolen. Turns out, he’d left it on the bar at Oceana. Someone turned it in so he has to go get it. So, so hilarious. Penny and I were sitting there looking at him going, “That’s not the same as getting it stolen you retard!”. He’s decided that once he turns 20 in October he’s going to stop going to clubs in Kingston, “’cause then it’s just creepy”. Love him. When he emptied his pockets that night before bed he literally had filled the arm of the couch with his stuff. Penny looks at it and goes, “How much stuff is in your pockets?!” I was crying I was laughing so hard. Jules has a habit of finding random things in his pockets the morning after being drunk. He found someone else’s keys once. Penny and I were joking around about getting him shitfaced and putting really random stuff in his pockets just to add to his confusion. The fact that he managed to fill his pockets all by himself was amazing.

Eventually, we were joined by one of Penny’s course mates, Robsta, his girlfriend, and this random German guy that was with them. They were a lot, a lot of fun. We sat and kept drinking at Ruby Lounge until they closed somewhere around 2:30 AM. Robsta and them were going to Egg but Penny, Jules, and I looked like we could have fallen asleep on the table so we headed home. We walked past Big Chill, which was supposed to have closed at midnight and there were people spilling out the door. They had just closed, apparently. We stopped at the chicken place where we were informed that they were out of chips, but they would give us a side of chicken with our chicken. Penny’s was free. It was hilarious. We got back to the flat and put on HIMYM. We’ve all seen all the episodes so we just started a random season. We watched three or four episodes and then turned off the tv and just talked for a while. I really can’t put enough emphasis on how much I love Jules. I especially love where we are in our friendship with him. It’s only taken an entire year but he can now talk to Penny about members of the opposite sex without the awkwardness being tangible. And I know he’s incredibly comfortable with me. I love having a guy friend that I’ve never had a thing for. It makes everything so much easier.

Around 5 AM, we all agreed we should probably go to bed. We were all exhausted and Jules had like an eight hour shift the next day working with small children. We told him for the third time that night to wake us up before he left. He once again said he wouldn’t. Penny and I both slept with our doors open so we heard his first and second alarms go off in the morning. I got out of bed when I heard him put his keys in his pocket and went and got Penny. We walked into the living room to find Jules sitting on the couch. He looked up at us and goes, “Do you know what’s wrong with my sleeve?” He’d managed to completely fail at buttoning his cuffs. It was adorable. We sat and talked to him for about forty minutes before he really did have to go to work. Jules hugged us both goodbye and ventured out into the sunshine. Penny and I crawled back into bed until 2 PM.

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Actor Sandra Oh, wearing a black chef beanie and a white t-shirt, talks on an iPhone outside a restaurant kitchen. | BBC America “Killing Eve,” reality TV favorites, classic sitcoms, and more We at Eater spend a lot of time thinking about food, so when it appears on our TV screen, we take special interest. If you’re looking to stream some non-food TV that happens to be — at least tangentially — about food this weekend, here’s what we recommend. Terrace House: Tokyo, Episode 11 (available to stream on Netflix) Terrace House, the Japanese version of The Real World, has had a long history of food-related misdemeanors and crimes, but the most recent one entails broccoli, pasta water, and egg. Ruka, one of the housemates of the Tokyo house, is a complete enigma of a human being and maybe the most naive person to ever grace Terrace House (or the world?). In an attempt to cook broccoli pasta carbonara, he cracks an egg into the pasta water with the pasta, then adds broccoli. It seems he read the ingredient list, skipped the instructions, and simply winged it. Nothing matters, you know?! In Netflix’s latest batch of episodes (Netflix US runs a couple of months behind Japan), Ruka attempts broccoli pasta carbonara again. I gasped when I saw he was making pasta FROM SCRATCH and squealed when he presented something that not only looked edible, but delicious! His housemates were (understandably) pleasantly shocked and I got very emotional. It’s rare when you see such dramatic growth. I imagine this is what parents feel when they see their children walk for the first time. — Pelin Keskin, Eater associate producer Community (available to stream on Hulu and Netflix) In 2009, when Community first aired, I was actually taking classes at a community college. Yet, somehow I’ve made it this long without watching this series created by Dan Harmon and featuring some of the current era’s most memorable actors (See: Donald Glover, Alison Brie, Gillian Jacobs, and Ken Jeong). The first season hinges on narcissistic student Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) starting classes at a Greendale Community College, where he’s pursuing his bachelor’s degree in an attempt to reclaim his suspended law license. Winger joins a Spanish 101 study group (remember when people still gathered in groups?) to incessantly hit on Britta Perry (played by Jacobs). But as the show evolves, episodes become more unhinged, playing into pop culture tropes observed by TV and movie obsessed student Abed Nadir (Danny Pudi). After a while, it becomes easier to view this show as sort of a live-action version of Harmon’s later work Rick and Morty, but with a slightly less noxious fandom attached. This is particularly encapsulated in episodes like Season 2’s “Epidemiology,” in which the whole student body is transformed into zombies after eating expired military rations. Season 2 also features an excellent example of weird TV sponcon in “Basic Rocket Science,” where the study group gets trapped inside a Kentucky Fried Chicken-branded space flight simulator. — Brenna Houck, Eater.com reporter and Eater Detroit editor Killing Eve (Season 3, Episode 1, available to stream on BBC America) Killing Eve, a BBC show that for two seasons has been about feminism, fucking, and fighting, has added a fourth “f” to its roster: food. When we reunite with the show’s titular “Eve” (Sandra Oh), we watch her shopping the aisles of an Asian grocery, grabbing ramen cups and snacks from shelves that seem preposterously well-stocked to my pandemic-warped eyes. The multitudes the store holds are intoxicating. We then discover that since we last saw her — left for dead by Villanelle (Jodie Comer), an assassin with whom she is/was mutually obsessed — Eve’s fled her job at MI5 for a gig as a dumpling chef at an Asian restaurant, a perfect place, perhaps, for an Asian American woman to make herself invisible in a city like London. As audience members, we get to watch her deftly pinch pot sticker after pot sticker as she eavesdrops on her relationship-impaired colleagues (once a spy, always a spy, perhaps), a rote activity that probably has a lot more in common with tradecraft than most espionage-based thrillers would have us believe. It’s a nice job for a perfectionist like Eve, one that’ll do well enough until (one assumes) Villanelle returns to her life and again throws it into chaos. — Eve Batey, senior editor, Eater SF Difficult People (Season 1, Episode 5, available on Hulu) Much of this criminally short-lived sitcom starring comedians Billy Eichner (Billy on the Street) and Julie Klausner takes place in a restaurant where a struggling-artist version of Billy works to pay the bills. But this episode stands out for its art-imitating-life plot: Julie, who has “the palate of a seven-year-old” stops by Billy’s place of employment to eat, but finds the menu too fancy for her liking (“everything on [the] menu has some kind of chutney or jus on it,” Julie complains). So, when Billy’s boss leaves town for a few days, the duo convert the restaurant into a pop-up named the Children’s Menu, serving items that would belong on a kids’ menu someplace like Applebee’s. The pair set about marking up chicken tenders and fish sticks and peddling it to food blogs. And because Difficult People is set in New York, home to many people with poor taste but lots of money, crowds lap it up. It’s a fun skewering of a side of the food world that values creatively bankrupt novelty above all else. Looking at you, “cereal bars” and Museum of Ice Cream. — Tim Forster, editor, Eater Montreal Lodge 49 (available to purchase on Amazon Prime) I‘m not surprised Lodge 49 was cancelled after two seasons on AMC last fall; I’m delighted it aired at all. This shaggy dog show stars Wyatt Russell (the waggish spawn of Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell) as Dud, an adrift surfer in recession-hit Long Beach, who finds connection through a fraternal lodge along the lines of the Freemasons. Meanwhile his sister Liz (Sonya Cassidy) works at a shitty Hooters knockoff called Shamroxx, run by a ghoulish regional corporate conglomerate, Omni Capital. These days, I’m reminded of Liz’s Season 2 story arc: She’s made manager of Omni’s replacement for Shamroxx, a stupid new steakhouse concept called Higher Steaks. When the restaurant struggles, the way Liz sticks up for her colleagues, who are some of the show’s best minor characters, is an inspiring rebuke of winner-takes-all capitalism — no surprise, as the whole show is basically a socialist document. Ironically it’s not streaming for free, but Lodge 49 is special and well worth buying to watch. — Caleb Pershan, Eater.com reporter Frasier, Season 1, Episode 3 (available to stream on Hulu) I know I’m incredibly late getting into Fraiser (most of my coworkers are obsessed with it), but it’s been about a week now and I’m already halfway through the second season. I can’t get enough of it. While Frasier’s advice to his listeners can be a little “meh,” it’s absolutely delightful to watch the main characters give each other therapy through their conversations. And watching each episode unfold feels like much needed therapy right now. I could go on and on about all the episodes I love, but “Dinner at Eight” is my absolute favorite. Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and his brother Niles (David Hyde Pierce) decide to take their father Martin (John Mahoney) out to dinner as a way to spend more quality time with him. When the restaurant loses their reservation, they decide to visit a steakhouse at Martin’s suggestion. His pitch: “You can get a steak this thick for $8.95.” The Timber Mill is nothing like the trendy, pretentious restaurants Frasier and Niles frequent and the duration of the entire meal is a culinary culture clash. For example, when the beef trolley arrives and everyone at the table has to pick their cut of steak, Frasier asks, “How much extra would I have to pay to get one from the refrigerator?” It’s absolutely heartbreaking to watch Martin get more and more aggravated as Frasier and Niles make ridiculously elaborate orders (a petite filet mignon “very lean, not so lean that it lacks flavor but not so fat that it leaves drippings on the plate”), poke fun at the restaurant, and give the servers a hard time. That’s why it’s so satisfying to watch Martin skewer Frasier and Niles for their snobbery, leaving them to eat the rest of their dinner alone under the scornful eyes of the Timber Mill’s servers as “Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs” plays in the background. — Esra Erol, senior social media manager, Eater Real Housewives of New York, Season 8, Episodes 6 & 7 In times of uncertainty, we seek comfort in consistency: The sun will rise in the east, the tides will ebb and flow, and rich women will scream at each other for our enjoyment on Bravo. Recently, I’ve been rewatching old episodes of Real Housewives of New York and am currently in the midst of its landmark eighth season (“Please don’t let it be about Tom.” “It’s about Tom”). Practically every episode is a hit, but “Tipsying Point” and “Air Your Dirty Laundry” conveniently double as a lesson in the booze business. When jack of all trades/master of none Sonja Morgan announces that she’s releasing a signature prosecco called Tipsy Girl, she faces the wrath of Bethenny Frankel, founder of the Skinny Girl brand. As even the most casual Housewives watcher will tell you, Bethenny is famously protective of her business and turns vicious at any perceived attack on it. “I thought the alcohol was a great idea. I really looked up to what you did and I thought it would be a great way for me to get ahead,” Sonja blubbers to Bethenny in her Skinny Girl brand-blazoned office. It’s because of this episode, and this fight in particular, that I know what a “cheater brand” is. By the way, I’ve tried Tipsy Girl prosecco and it’s... not the worst wine I’ve had. — Madeleine Davies, Eater.com daily editor from Eater - All https://ift.tt/3eoMvVY

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