#but she was sick

[cloudymistedskies]

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[blairtrabbit]

When the Riddle is bad

[rationales]

[inkskinned]

probably time for this story i guess but when i was a kid there was a summer that my brother was really into making smoothies and milkshakes. part of this was that we didn't have AC and couldn't afford to run fans all day so it was kind of important to get good at making Cool Down Concoctions.

we also had a patch of mint, and he had two impressionable little sisters who had the attitude of "fuck it, might as well."

at one point, for fun, this 16 year old boy with a dream in his eye and scientific fervor in heart just wanted to see how far one could push the idea of "vanilla mint smoothie". how much vanilla extract and how much mint can go into a blender before it truly is inedible.

the answer is 3 cups of vanilla extract, 1/2 cup milk alternative, and about 50 sprigs (not leaves, whole spring) of mint. add ice and the courage of a child. idk, it was summer and we were bored.

the word i would use to describe the feeling of drinking it would maybe be "violent" or perhaps, like. "triangular." my nose felt pristine. inhaling following the first sip was like trying to sculpt a new face. i was ensconced in a mesh of horror. it was something beyond taste. for years after, i assumed those commercials that said "this is how it feels to chew five gum" were referencing the exact experience of this singular viscous smoothie.

what's worse is that we knew our mother would hate that we wasted so much vanilla extract. so we had to make it worth it. we had to actually finish the drink. it wasn't "wasting" it if we actually drank it, right? we huddled around outside in the blistering sun, gagging and passing around a single green potion, shivering with disgust. each sip was transcendent, but in a sort of non-euclidean way. i think this is where i lost my binary gender. it eroded certain parts of me in an acidic gut ecology collapse.

here's the thing about love and trust: the next day my brother made a different shake, and i drank it without complaint. it's been like 15 years. he's now a genuinely skilled cook. sometimes one of the three of us will fuck up in the kitchen or find something horrible or make a terrible smoothie mistake and then we pass it to each other, single potion bottle, and we say try it it's delicious. it always smells disgusting. and then, cerimonious, we drink it together. because that's what family does.

[pangur-and-grim]

Grimmy is all medicated up and feeling better!

she's had URI's before, but I guess this stuff hits a lot harder in older cats? I was concerned by her open-mouthed breathing, and by all the nasty gargling sounds she was making, but the vet assured me that her oxygen levels are good and that she was just too congested to properly breathe through her nose.

she received an anti-nausea shot and some appetite stimulants, and contrary to yesterday's hunger/vomit strike, she is now roaming the house like a ravenous sniffly shark. she even felt good enough to bother the people installing a new furnace today! (I had to carry her out so they could work)

[squidsmeister]

dungeon meshi is my favorite road-trip comedy film

[kcrra]

it makes me literally sick to think about alicent's relationship to her children. like. they are all she has. she loves them more than anything and hates them just as much. each of them is a shackle around her neck. they are her babies even though she was a baby herself, forced to be their mother. she'll pick up a knife for them. they are her living prison. everything she ever does is for them. their very existence makes her sick. she understands them and yet doesn't know them at all. they are her future. they stole her past.

she was 15 years old tethered to a rotting body of a man entirely against her will, watching each of her children invade her body as a result of martial rape. how were they ever supposed to have a normal relationship!!!!!!!

[constantine-2005]

when i'm in a "what are we" competition and my opponents are these mfs

[opikiquu]

[gongedtornado]

i was super lazy with this but i needed to get this idea out or i wouldve shrivelled

[gonnadosomethingwmylife]

peter burke is so funny bc he’s a completely normal guy except he’s been obsessed with two people to a point of stalking (his wife and the conman he chased for years) but it’s fine bc they’re just as obsessed with him 😭???

[taojave]

My wife

[liaisun]

losing my damn mind. "why break forever into measurable increments?" OF COURSE THEY MADE IT, NEITHER ONE HAD ANY DOUBT.

[stayatsam]

text from my mom

[l0vely-w0undss]

I’m alive

[pangur-and-grim]

Pangur is so funny. she'll run away from Belphie and monster-growl at him and scratch him, but a liiiiittle part of her is enjoying all this. like she acts up the "I'm being pursued by a horrible monster and it's scary" thing when Belphie is chasing her, but then (when I grab him) she'll keep running around independently. 12 year old cat with the zooms. same thing with her smacking him and screaming when he tries to tussle, only to turn around and start rabbit-kicking the nearest object. consciously, she perceives him as a nasty monster here to ruin her life. subconsciously, she's having just a little bit of fun with the whole thing.