#i was goingto say more but i forgot

[003soy]

Do you think Murasaki has to deal with Hedgehog's Dillema

idont really understand it but yeah probably

he wants to be close to other people, but he's been hurt a lot and accidentally hurts others, so he stays guarded and distances himself somewhat (╥﹏╥)

[these-posts-arent-real]

warrior cats dash sim anyone?

#no canon characters #sorray guys thats too much #im just gonna do some made up dudes

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🔲 yourfave-tunnel-guy-deactivat

Guys I hate tunnellers. Lmao.

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By StarClan, I hate this mindset. Tunnellers are such an underappreciated part of WindClan society. Just because we don't do as much running or typical hunting doesn't make us less valuable than you. Op and cats like him are so stupid.

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Crow-food-worth reading comprehension lmao. It was satire (the url clearly states "tunnel.") Also, her*

🌱 dirtdigger-23 Follow

Ok I see where that was probably satire (OP should have made that more clear though) Where are you getting "her" from though lmao. OP's url is "yourfave-tunnel-guy"

🌻 l1llyst3m Follow

I'm getting "her" because I'm OP. This is my new account. I'm trans. Hope this helps.

#i said so in the tags of the last addition #but as i said. crow-food-worth reading comprehension #prev probably didnt even read my tags lmao

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I am goingto fucking kill Jadestar. Lmao.

🌾 barncat-vibes Follow

WRONG BLOG

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Clanblr user barncat-vibes is from rc confirmed??

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Haha I already knew that, I'm mutuals with them on their main, plus we're IRL friends. Forgot that wasn't common knowledge.

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tbh I always assumed they were wc since thats the clan closest 2 the barns...

🪵 i-eat-moss Follow

Uh sorry ar ewe just glossing over how @barncat-vibes and @trouttail-prefers-bass are IRLS???!!!!?

#mutuals i can understand since they have the same ideas on like #social justice stuff... they both post trans stuff sometimes #but #IRLS? #SOMEONE is fucking with me #i met trouttail once at a gathering #nice dude #suuuper weird to imagine him knowing barncat-vibes

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I've decided to make a full post on this, since I've noticed this issue a lot lately. So let me make this clear:

I am NOT comfortable with "transgender" cats using my name suggestions to pick out new names. The service I provide is to help queens who have or are having kits, not confused males who think they're mollies.

STOP using my blog for your delusions.

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Go ahead and unfollow me. I didn't want you 200 transgenders on my blog anyway.

�� carnation-stem-02 Follow

Anyone else find it funny how after this post OP lost 200+ followers? Anyone?

Anyway for a better source of names for trans mollies, toms & enbies, @name-lists-by-theme has much better names, sorted much more cleanly, AND she's not a transphobe.

#trans #fuck transphobia #fuck transphobes #fuck terfs #<- kit-names-inspo is a self-proclaimed radfem&terf btw

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🔁 🐍xviper-the-fagx reblogged

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I can't believe we're being told to "normalize" cats becoming kittypets now. Do you have any idea how many cats would just abandon their families if it became socially acceptable to run off and live with the twolegs???

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Honestly (as someone who left the Clans because I had a mate in the twolegplace), I haven't seen this to be as true as you're saying. I've seen one cat who "abandoned" his family to become a kittypet, if you count his abusive ex-partner, but for the most part, the cats we leave behind are understanding and okay with the fact that we have to move on. I wasn't meant for warrior life, and I left it, and I'm happier for it.

🤍 snwtl Follow

The fact that you would even imply it's okay to abandon your family for a life as a kittypet only serves to prove my point. You make me sick.

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Crow-food-worth reading comprehension

#yeah #snwtl (snowtail i think?) needs to use their eyes lmao #starclan this place gets on my last nerve #thinking of taking a break from clanblr because of shit like this

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Uhh... where am I. My dash looks weird...

[on-my-way-to-asgard-blog]

Imagine: Dating Chris Evans, and surprising him on his birthday

A/N I know that I’m a day late for Chris’ actual birthday, because I was super busy yesterday. Also this is my first piece of writing like this. But I hope y’all enjoy! :)

Warnings: fluff, a party obsessed reader (sorry I had to), a minor allusion to smut

Y/N wakes up with Chris' arm draped over her waist. She pokes his side as well as well as his cheek, and he doesn’t budge. She smiles and carefully moves her boyfriend's arm and she tip toes into the kitchen of their shared apartment. Y/N starts making Chris' birthday breakfast, pancakes, when she feels a pair of arms wrap around her waist, and a head resting on her shoulder. "What are you doing babe,"Chris asks. "I'm trying to surprise you with pancakes for your birthday," she says flipping a pancake. "You don't have to do that." "I know, but I want to, because I'm a great girlfriend." "That you are,"he says kissing her cheek. "Do you want some coffee? I could get it-" "I think I can manage Y/N." She turns back to the stove and the pancakes. "What do you have planned for today?" "I'm not going to tell you." "Why not? It's my birthday." "And your point is?" "My point is that I deserve to know what my lovely girlfriend has planned for me,"he says taking her hand. "Well you're not going to find out Evans,"Y/N says in a sass filled tone. He rolls his eyes playfully and goes back to his coffee. Y/N takes out her phone, and texts Sebastian

'You need to get Chris out of the house for a few hours.'

'Okay, just let me know when you need him gone.'

'Thanks Seb.'

'Anytime.'

Y/N puts her phone away, and finishes making breakfast. Chris walks over and makes his plate. Once he is done, Y/N makes hers, and they sit down at the table to eat. "Hey Chris." "Yeah doll?" "Happy Birthday,"she says smiling at her boyfriend. They settle into their breakfast, and into their normal routine like any other day. But it's not a normal day it's Chris' birthday, and Y/N goes all out for people's birthday. "What kind of gift do you want today,"Y/N asks putting her plate in the sink. Chris puts his plate in as well, but as he does that he wraps his arms around her, and pulls her into his body,"All I want today is you, and only you babe." Y/N snakes her arms around his neck, as he pulls her into a kiss. As much as she doesn't want to stop kissing Chris, Y/N has a mission to accomplish, and she can't spend all day making out with Chris, even though she would much rather be doing that. Chris leans back, and smiles brightly at his girlfriend,"That's all I want." She smiles back, and ducks out of his grasp,"Where are you going?" "Can a girl pee peace?" He nods with a blush creeping onto his face. Y/N laughs a little, as she walks into the bathroom. She pulls out her phone to text Seb

'Hey could you come pick up Chris?'

'Yeah, do you want me to call him first?'

'Sure, just tell him that you need him to help you or something'

'Okay, I'll think of something'

'Thanks Sebby'

Y/N flushes to keep up the act, and walks out when Chris' phone rings, it's Sebastian. "Hello?" Y/N sits down on the couch behind Chris, to listen to his conversation. "Well I was going to do something with Y/N. Apparently she has something planned for me." "How long do you think it would take?" "Okay, but I need to be back here by,"he turns and looks at Y/N, who holds up five fingers,"5:00." "Okay, I'll see you then." He hangs up and sits down next to his girlfriends,"So Seb wants to take me out for my birthday, and to help him with something. Do you mind if I go out with him for a few hours?" "Yeah I don't mind at all Chris." "Promise?" "Promise." He smiles at her, and gives her a kiss,"Thanks doll." He goes and get dressed to go out with Seb, while she goes into the list of things that she needs for Chris' paty. About ten minutes later there's a knock on the door, and Y?N gets up to answer it, as Chris walks out of the bedroom.  "Hey Seb." "Hey Y/N, do you mind if I steal Chris away?" "Not at all,"she says smiling. "Bye babe,I'll see you later,"Chris says before giving her a quick kiss. Once the door is shut behind the two men, Y/N springs into action. She gets dressed, and goes to the party store to buy plastic cups, taable cloths etc. Once she is finished there, Y/N goes to the grocery store to get all of the various food for Chris' party. While checking out Y/N gets a text from the other two Chrises

'Hey Y/N I heard that you re planing to suprise Evans, I'm goingto help. What do you need?' - Pratt

'Let me know if you need any help with Evans' party.' - Hemsworth

'Okay thanks guys, if you could be at my house around 4:00 that would be great. Also let everyone else know what's going on. I mentioned it, but just in case they forgot.'

The final stop for Y/N was the liquor store, because let's face it, a party for Chris Evans, isn't a party with out booze. Once every thing is purchased, Y/N makes her way home to get everything ready. Food is put into the oven, and Y/N decides to take a shower to freshen up before people start showing up. She lets the water cascade down her body, and she lets the steam surround her body. She steps out, and walks into their room to pick out something that Chris would like. She first picks out a whote lace, bra and pantie set, Chris' favorite, it is his birthday after all. Then Y/N picks out a navy blue dress with short sleeves, and just a pair of silver sandals. She walks out into the kitchen, and takes the food out of the oven, and then puts another tray in. After she does her hair and make-up, there's a knock at the door. Y/N opens it, revealing the entire cast of Avengers, as well as Chris' siblings,"We're here to help,"Downey says with a thumbs up. Y/N smiles, and lets them all into her house. They all go to work, putting food out, and setting up ice buckets with booze. When everything is done its about five minutes to 5:00, and Sebastian texts Y/N.

' We're downstairs.'

"Okay guys, they are in the building they are coming upstairs right now," Y/N announces. Everyone quiets down, and Chris and Sebastian open the door and everyone yells "Surprise!" Which makes Chris smile bigger than Y/N has seen before. Hemsworth hands him a beer, as he walks in. "Is this all you,"he asks his girlfriend. "I had some help,"she says pointing to Sebastian. "You're the best." "I know,"she says, and he kisses her on the forehead. The party goes on, and everyone has fun, and it lasts well into the night. Once everyone leaves Chris embraces Y/N,"This was absolutely amazing doll." "Hold on I have one more gift you you Chris." "No, I don't need anything else." "No I think that you're going to like this one,"she says walking into their room, and grabbing a shoe box from the top of the closet and opens it to pull out the Season Passes to the New England Patriots games. She turns around and see Chris standing behind her,"Happy Birthday,"Y/N says handing him the tickets. "You didn't." "Oh I did." "You are literally the best,"he says kissing her. Hands down that was one of his best birthdays yet.

[semi-personal]

Hey can you update about your appendix tumor? My bf got diagnosed with appendix tumor. They don't know if it's cancerous or not yet. It's quite an early stage but he's worried that it's not curable and that something will happen to him.

hi there! i competley forgot about that bit of my story for a bit there hehe. uuhhmm, my tumor did end up being cancerus. we foud out atfer the surgery and they told us that thankfully it was all taken care of during it. it turned out to only be a very small like lentil sized tumor. (thank god for it) but holy shit that is some terifying news, i know where your bf's head is rn and i completly understand the fears. me and my mom were terified. but i have learned from my experience that it is all goingto be alright in the end. i know that is something very cleche of me to say but it is kinda the only ting i can say. you are both very lucky to be only in early stages. i will not give the false hood of saftey because what ever happens its with you guys and god. ( and im not a doctor-)

with that main word vomit having been put, the more indepth way for me to say things is, i have had many blessings from many people telling me that i will be fine, that god has a much larger plan input that i need to be alive for. so when all was said and done, i had that to lay back on, and after that i had two medical profeshonals clear me as taken care of.  sorry for the inital word vomit, i kinda paniced once i read your ask and just went for my first thoughts as if i was inperson lol. i had to go to my abuela to get help for the second paragragh to soud like i have a head on straight again lol. i hope that this didnt cause more panic or anything! and i hope all is taken care of, i highly recomend a blessing and talking openly with your doctors to get things all taken care of and good luck with all of your guys adventure. 

[taetaeby]

Tiny Circles | I.

> I.

Pairing: Hoseok x Reader

Genre: Fluff, angst.

Warning(s): Mentions of blood (in later chapters), violance, swearing.

Word count: 2845

Description: Shut your mouth. No one can now anything. Shut your thoughts. You’re not supposed to know anything. Don’t be curious, it will only kill you. Be noraml. Noraml, like everyone else. “Why don’t we break the rules? It’s not like they could catch us. They’re too smart for that.”

A/N (more like note to myself): You know you wrote this because you wanted to write it. You love Tae but Hoseok keeps coming back. Embrace those feelings. Don’t hoe around!

In this life, you have to know how to keep things to yourself. Why should anyone know anything about you, even knowing your name is to much. They always said that the curious ones never make it to the end. So the best way was to keep quiet, uninterested in everyday life.

The Government made this decision after that day. No one should ever again share anything to anyone. It should all be a secret to themselvs, no one else. They also went that far to implant little chips behind everyones ear to be able to monitor their behaviour and their emotions.

You learned, like everyone else, to keep your thoughts and actions in place. Not shoving too much of what might make you suspicios, which will lead to them trying to move you out of the way, in fear of you finding out something you’re not supposed to.

As everyone else, you knew that the Government too had some of the best kept secrets in their hands. Some of them so big that it could destroy human kind if it ever gets out. That’s what interested you the most. You wanted to know what they knew, what made them treat you that way in the first place. But, you had to keep your mouth shut.

Always.

The normal routine of your day was slowly coming to an end. Tiding up the mess todays guests made, something that you could do with your eyes closed. They honestly were behaving like pigs everytime they came by, making the place ressemble the lockal bar more then it really was. It ends up like that because of the rage that they have to let out, sometimes ending in puddles of blood. But even that didn’t surprise you anymore.

“I can’t believe they made such mess, again.” The furious voice was coming from no other then your boss. He had a high tolerance on every thing, something that made her succead in this bussines. She seemed angry most of the times, especially when something like this happened, but it never showed with emotion. She really knew how to act like every boring normal human being. “I should really consider bannening them form here.” Her thoughts had a mind of its own, leaving her lips while she didn’t even think.

She surely was someone you admired from afar. She achived every thing she wanted. Just at the age of sixteen, she knew how her life was goingto be. At that time, the implanting of those chips happened and crushed everyones dreams for a better future, but not hers. It was like she knew something that serious would happen, planning every little piece to detail. Maybe she had known someone who was informed about it, who worked in these feilds. Or maybe she was just the most intelegent person you stumbled apon.

“Can you handle it today?” Your thoughts were cut off by the voice you knew by heartbeat. “If it’s too much, just let me know, okay?” As caring as always, her words made you feel a different type of way, like she actually wants to know what her employess think and feel. Without saying a word in return, she already knew the answer to her own question, leaving you with a small smile to continue doing your job.

‘I wonder what is going on inside her head.’ The thoughts you had everyday when you came to work, made their way back inside your head. ‘Is she even human? How can she live life as it is in such a calm way?’ But really, you shouldn’t be so curious about someone else. You should stick to yourself, conssume your mind around your life, what your next step is going to be.

If that thing didn’t happen, and if every thing was like before, you were sure you would faint at the sight of what seemed like blood from ten people, but actually was form one person every time.

Where did those times go?

How did it end up this way?

What are they hiding form us?

It was strange. The night felt colder then usual. The streets were quieter then usual. The Moon was darker then usual. The whole image on the city was different. Upon the dull atmosphere, he just could make it worse.

To be honest, this was the first time you saw his out of the club. Usualy he lingered around, not having an interest in anyone, just being there to relax? No one knows he’s purpose really. One thing people know about him is that he’s here every night.

“Fuck.” As you were taking your turn in the other direction, you felt that the words that left his lips were calling you. Even thogh you never even once exchanged a word, even a glance to each other, something was different about him. You were ready to break the biggert rule set by the Government because he is the only thing that caught your attention and never went away from your mind.

On cue to your thoughts, your motions matched, turning your body in his direction. As always he looked lost, like this was the wrong place for him. But, no matter how much of a mess he was; no matter how broken he was, to you, he had that aura that you wanted to explore, to feel. Every part of him, made your blood flow faster, your heart beat stronger, your skin feel warmer.

“Yah! Could you borrow me a lighter?” You were right, he was talking to you. You were also right about a few other things. He wasn’t really one of the nicer ones, but that was nothing new beacuse of the image he created through his club stays. No one wanted to be the one that has to keep a conversation with him, not because he was intiminadting, but because it was hard to please him. A man who has little joy in anything is hard to satisfie. So, most of the time the owner, Cindy, takes care of him. You, youself, wanted to have a shot with him, but never actually suggested it to her. Maybe you were just the one to meet his standars, considering that you had nothing much for the world felt eighter.

Without a word being said, you pulled the lighter out of your back pocket that always carried it, along with a new box of cigaretes everyday. Lets say that, that was your only “interest” that truely made you drift off into your own world, creating a safe bubble around you. Never have you even dreamed of being that person that’s finding joy in something so destroing, but life didn’t treat you well, so you wanted to treat it the same. Al least you don’t feel anything in the process.

He took the lighter out your hand while keep his gaze on you, and when he lit his joint, he never looked back as to wanting to get a reaction from you. Without a blink, you stared at him back keeping your mind at bay. “Don’t you work here?” He replied while pointing at the club behind you.

To be honest, you didn’t think much of his question, not even bothering to answer it in the first place. He obviously forgot the rules. The rules you were not allowd to break under any circumstances.

“Cat got your thoung?” The air was cold, the only thing visible to you, his warm breath mingling in the air everytime he spoke. He chuckled at the way you were focused on him, not taking time to look anywhere else but him, and he did notice that.

After a minute of silence, just your eyes being glued to each other, he was about to take a step forward, when a police officer came from behind him. “Why are you two in the same place for over 3 minutes? Are you not familiar with the rules?” There it was again. A reminder that you aren’t living in your own free will, but under the control of someone else. “Do you need to be reminded?”

Of course, you didn’t want to be reminded, why would you. Apperently one of the rules was also, that you can’t talk to another person more then 2 minutes because that’s considerated a crime. If that happened, they would question you just like this police officer did now, and if you failed to give them the right answer, they would take you with them to give you your memory back. Which from the feel, told by the people you know experienced it, was the most painfull and terrefing thing that they have ever felt. Being put into a chair, chained to the chair, big needls being put into your scalp and then and electrified robot connecting its electricity to the needls. It's horrible.

"I was on my way home," you looked at the man you know as Hoseok and then back at the officer. "And this customer was just greeting me. Is that a crime? Me being kind to my customer?" The innocence you radiated could change everyones mind in the blink of an eye. By now, you learned how to act infront of different people, how to make them believe what you wanted them to, how to get out of any trouble, you knew it all. That was something you caught up from your job, working at a host club.

The officer couldn't say anything more then a simple "I see." Before he appologized, which didn't seem sincere because no one ever show any emotion, and left you two alone again.

"Well..." Hoseok spoke up, rather quiet this time. "That was smooth." He sure was the first person you weren't able to read just by looking at his face. He was more then anyone. He was the mystery that the Government kept from us, but in human form. You need to get your hands on his mind, his thinking. His experiance.

Not wanting to waist more time, as you already lost enough because of him, and not needing to be approached by the cop again, you decide to leave the conversation hanging. Just like that, you turned on your heels, making your way down the street not spearing a second glance at him.

You thought that he might say, no, you were sure he wouldn’t let you leave like that. You were sure he had more to say then he already did. You were sure he wanted something more from this conversation then this. And, that’s what he thought too. But none of you seemed to care at the moment, maybe because you, and also he, knew that tomorrow night you were going to be where you always were at that time.

In ‘disguise’.

It didn’t take much for you to get to your apartment, on your way passing some people that lost their self control trying to get back in shape. To their unfortune, they got carried aways by the all nighter cops. It was not a nice sight to see. Their break down really wasn’t something you see everyday. Broken was written on their forehead, literally. But, that was none of your concers. That was another rule you should not break, and you knew that very well.

“Indetification code.” The guard of the apartment complex that you lived in informed you. Already knowing the procedure, you moved your hair out of the way from your right ear. Leanning to the side, he placed his detector device right behind your ear where the chip was.

It was fascinating how they got all the information needed put inside such a small thing. It was smaller than 1 millimetar, and yet the most powerfull piece ever created. They could do anything with it. ‘They packed it with everything that could be of possible use for them and for everyones saftly,’ that’s what they said.

This chips was basically something like a nano chip. You could describe it as a small computer of its own, that has power to wipe out the world if it ever needed to. It navigates every little thing. You could say that it has a life of its own at some point.

There was this familiar sting that flod throught your body at the contact of the chip with the device, something you learned to cope with by now. “Clear. Have a good night ma’am.” One finished, two more to go.

After what seemed like an eternity, you made it to your apartment door, quickly fishing the key out of your bag before unlocking the door to let yourself inside.

The other two security checks you do everyday were longer then usual. Apperently some resident in your complex didn’t just break one rule, but three of the biggest ones. They can’t seem to find him and assume that someone is helping him hide, to not get caught for the death penalty. This is where the chips have one of their uses. They can read if you get in conntact with a rebel, someone who broke the rule, and can take you away for the chip removal to get correct information where that person is.

Pretty crazy what they invented. There really is no point in all this punishment. What do they get from torturing someone who broke their rules? They don’t get the power they need to fuck every thing more up. They are leading the people into the pit of no return with their so called ‘polity’. Why do they think it’s a good idea to punish the one who broke the rules because he couldn’t bear any longer to not be normal like he used to be? Shouldn’t they be focusing on making a cure for the thing that made it like this? No. The only concern they have is someone not behaving the way they want them too. If this continues this way, then it’s just a matter of time before people can’t take this anymore. And what do they plan to do if everyone breaks every single rule that exists, even the smallest one? Are they planning to eliminate everyone, make everyone pay for doing that? No, because they don’t have such power to do that. They just know how to set rules, but don’t follow them themselves.

The reminder for the ‘most best polity set in history’, which will no longer exist, had a great idea to let everyone know how they are supposed to act. Every morning before you’re allowed to leave your apartment, like everyone else, you are met with The Rules that ypu have to go through, every time. And don’t even think about skipping that part because, the chip will dettect that and will send a stright message to the security that you misbehaved.

So, there are a couple of rules you’re supposed to follow. They are divided into two sections, The Higher Rules and The Lower Rules. The Higher Rules are the ones that control your every move, your every word, your every breath intake. They are a part of every person and are accordingly to that, the rule breaker is punished in the most worst way, of which death penalty and elecrtifier are one of them.

As for The Lower Rules, they are looked on like the higher. The only differece being in the punishment. This is set to be a little more berable then when breaking one of the higher rules, and are also the ones that are broken the most.

But, the basic rules are following:

Any type of human contact is forbiden and if broken will not be tolerated.

Emotiones can’t be showen and everyone should be neutral to having feelings.

Conversations between individuals can’t be longer then 2 minutes.

Mental breakdown will not be tolerated and the person may be taken away.

You live alone.

House visits of any kind are forbiden.

And the funny part is, that they were kind enough to think about something so common now: “Mental breakdown will not be tolerated. As for now, researches will be held on the individuals with this diagnoses.” How kind they were to think of that, motherfuckers.

For now this can and will keep going. Once they reach the limit, they’re going to crumble into pieces just like they did with human kind, with everyone that wanted to be their old self, who wanted to be normal.

You should let this rest here. If you don’t keep your thought out of the way, it won’t take long to bread down yourself. Tomorrow is a new day. Some changes may happen, people may change, the city may dissapear. No one know what it might be like. It can be described as the weather, on second it’s sunny and warm, the next it’s rainning and thoundering. The same is with anything else. Nothing is predictable. With that in mind, your eyes start to get heavy as you make them shut completely.

Tomorrow is a new day.

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How to Make a Green Smoothie with your Vitamix

Lenny: I'm here with Carolyne in the Vitamixstore in Cleveland, and she's gonna show me the right way to make this mango kale smoothiethat I made two years ago when first started Life is NOYOKE.

Carolyne? Carolyne: Well, Lenny, you had a great start.

A great foundation.

Well on your way to perfection.

[music] Carolyne: We're ready.

So, I'm really gonnahighlight the layering method.

So when you blend a smoothie, you really shouldnever need to a tamper.

A lot of times people are tamping away, andit's all about how you load it, and of course, that liquid to frozen ratio.

But the rule of thumb is liquids, soft ingredients,you can do leafy greens and seeds, we're going to show you the tip about the seeds.

Lenny: Okay.

Carolyne: Ah, dense foods.

And then ice andfrozen fruits on top.

Lenny: Okay.

Carolyne: So the key is as you're rampingthat up, you're creating that liquid base and that vortex, so all your dense foods andice push your in-between ingredients down so it all falls into the blade.

So no matter what recipe you're doing, ifyou follow that, you're gonna get a good blend.

Lenny: Right.

Carolyne: And use them as a template.

So youcan always flip-flop and kinda have endless.

You know the best smoothie is called a "What'sin your refrigerator smoothie".

So as long as you have the template down Lenny: Right.

Carolyne: you can.

they say you're a proudVitamix owner when you drink brown sludge with pride, Lenny: [laughing] Carolyne: So as long as you like what youput in there, typically you're gonna like what comes out.

Lenny: Yeah, okay.

Carolyne: So to get started, we're gonna putthat fresh, homemade almond milk, Lenny: mmm! Carolyne: Super creamy.

And then so afterliquids, do you remember what goes next? Lenny: Yes.

Liquids.

And then, umm.

Soft things.

Carolyne: Soft ingredients, so we have halfof our orange, so I'll put that in there.

Lenny: Just be careful putting your fingersinside of the container, though.

Carolyne: Well, make sure it's not on.

Lenny: Makes me a little scared.

Carolyne: We have our honey, here.

So thatcan be considered a liquid, I guess.

Down there at the bottom.

And then next, we're gonna put our leafy greens,so we have our nice fresh kale.

And then lastly would be your frozen fruitsor ice.

If you wanted to put ice, I would just cut back on some of the frozen fruit.

You don't need to add a cup of ice on top of frozen fruit because that ratio would beoff.

And you'd be using the tamper and making a frozen, you know, veggie dessert.

Lenny: Right.

This is like, ya know, I wantto think it through a straw.

Carolyne: Right.

Lenny: Yeah.

Carolyne: So we have everything loaded.

Justto reiterate, we have our liquids which was our almond milk, we have our soft fruits inthere, our banana and our orange, our leafy greens, and then our dense and frozen whichwas the mango is on top.

Lenny: And this is really good, too, becauseI grew up without an ice maker so we have had ice.

So this is great.

You know, you buy,you get frozen fruit at the grocery store and throw it in the freezer, you don't needto use ice.

Carolyne: Absolutely.

And it's not going todilute it.

You're going to get more flavor.

Lenny: Right.

More flavor.

Carolyne: What I want to point out is justblending with the variable speed dial.

So, a lot of people, maybe they're timid, it'stheir first time using it the Vitamix, keep in mind your Vitamix is a race horse, it wantsto run on high, it runs optimal on high, so you're always doing a smoothie in high.

Usually, like a fresh smoothie like this shouldtake, I don't know, 20 or 30 seconds.

If you're compacting a lot of greens, maybe you havedense things such as cucumber, celery, carrots, tons of maybe frozen mixed berries, you wantto run it closer to 45 seconds.

Really, how do you know when it's done? We'relooking to make sure those leafy greens are pulverized and you'll see with the seeds thatthere's pretty much, maybe microscopic little pieces, but the flaxseeds are pretty muchpulverized.

Lenny: What do you say to someone who is afraidof using high speed, like my mother? Carolyne: I would say face the fear and doit anyway.

Lenny: Just do it, right? Carolyne: Yes! Lenny: Because it's better for the machine,it's better for the blend.

Carolyne: Exactly.

And it will be well worthit once they taste that smoothie.

Lenny: Right, I can hear it from, like, theliving room.

Like, I don't live with my mother.

Carolyne: Right.

Lenny: Aright, like, c'mon, like, the Vitamixis struggling, Mah, like go to high speed.

Yeah.

Carolyne: So what I'm gonna do with this isI'll simply, I'm working with the standard model, commonly known as the 5200, I'm goingto turn it on, I'm going to ramp it up to variable ten, and then I'm going to placeit into high.

So we talked about that slow ramp, maybe theyhave a programmed setting, it's gonna do that for them, by ramping it up to high.

But what we're doing with that slow ramp.

And this is a ramp.

Sometimes people wait ten seconds, 20 seconds, 30, I mean, thisis a ramp.

We're just trying to create a liquid basethere so that that frozen mango can push all of our in-between ingredients down.

Once I'm in high, I'm going to see a nicevortex.

Whenever you see a vortex, and we'll point it out, you know that you can add tothe smoothie.

So we have the flaxseeds, I'm actually gonna drop them in.

And what a lot of people don't know is thattheir lid plug is a two ounce measuring cup.

Lenny: Yeah, I love that.

Carolyne: So, protein powder, seeds, nuts,all that kind of stuff — Lenny: Tequila! Carolyne: Yes, tequila.

So again, we'll turn this on, ramp it up toten, place it into high, and when we see that vortex, we'll add that flaxseed, and thenwhat we're going to do when it's done is we're gonna put it back into variable, ramp it downto one and turn it off.

Lenny: Cool.

Carolyne: And we always recommend people dothat, most importantly so the last time you made peanut butter or somebody in the familydid and they didn't put the lid plug back in, maybe your lid is not on secure, the forcealone, it's happened to me.

Lenny: Oh yeah.

Carolyne: It's kind of your initiation processinto the Vitamix family.

But you do, it will go everywhere.

So to ensure that's not goingto happen, we always take it back down, so that if you bump it, or you forgot to addsomething when you turn it on it's not in high.

Lenny: Perfect.

Good to know.

Carolyne: Alright, so we'll turn it on.

We'regonna ramp it up.

Lenny: Ramp it up.

Carolyne: And put it into high.

So now you see that vortex.

Lenny: Yup.

So it's kinda going in.

Carolyne: So I'm going to take out my lidplug, and I'm going to add my flaxseed.

Lenny: It's going to go right into the vortex.

Carolyne: Right in.

Lenny: Okay, that's great.

Carolyne: Do you see any flaxseed? Lenny: None! Carolyne: It's a nice, thick, luscious blend.

Lenny: Luscious.

The luscious smoothie.

Carolyne: Yeah.

Lenny: Carolyne's luscious smoothie.

Carolyne: Exactly.

Carolyne and Lenny's.

There you go.

You'll see that there's no flaxseed stuckon the sides of the container.

Lenny: Yeah! Carolyne: It's completely pulverized.

Lenny: It looks delicious.

And I'm thirsty! Carolyne: So, cheers.

Lenny: Cheers.

Carolyne's green smoothie.

Carolyne: And Lenny's.

Lenny: If you're not making something likethis, that's totally cool.

But just remember, Life is NOYOKE.

Cheers! Okay, this is really good.

I don't like to just take sips.

I like to chug.

Carolyne: You gulp it.

Just go to town.

Lenny: Yeah.

Mmm! I can't wait to update the website.

And doa redirect.

Carolyne's smoothie.

[beep] How's my hair? Carolyne: It looks great.

Although you haveanother stray.

Lenny: See! Thank you.

Carolyne: We're gonna need a lint brush thenext time.

Lenny: I know.

This is a clean shirt, I assure you.

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