#just like the ones at costco

[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.

[ikenoklasm]

let them eat (storebought) muffin

[dsm--v]

102733636k notes and i’ll stop tying people to railroad tracks while i twirl my mustache

[naomiknight-17]

Managed to get some brownies in the oven. I used a box mix, I don't even care. Hopefully I can find the strength to make some rice krispie squares in case anyone doesn't like/can't have chocolate

[seafoam-taide]

Absurd that dreams can just play pretend at being memories. Me when I have to actually take a moment to go 'no, that's insane, there was no point in the real world where several small spiders made homes in the gaps between your fingers. Why did you think that was real and why did we have to think about it this long.'

[illusion-of-sea-axes]

Hey, mind posting more about your Kai ice emperor (Red Shogun?) AU? I'm really interested and might actually write something like it.

It's called the Burning Shogun AU and I'm actually still working on some art for it rn! A comic and a normal illustration. I can't guarantee how long till those are finished and posted though, especially because college is about to start up again.

Here are some fun bits from it though in the meantime;

Kai basically introduces the concepts of snakes to the Never Realm, because of his Slither Pit tattoo and because snakes wouldn't be able to survive in the Never Realm because of how intensely cold it is.

The Shogun's dragon is a lot more serpent-like and similar to the traditional idea of a Chinese Dragon. It's name is Ardor!

Kai is given a lot of nicknames by the Never Realm people, since he doesn't remember his own. Fireward, Fire-maker like in the show, Brandr, Brother (potential variations would be the Finnish "Veli" or the Old Norse "Bróðir"pronounced either as "brower" or "brow-vir" from what i can find), Wanderer/Stigandr (old Norse for "'stepping, treading one" aka wanderer), Odd (both for our understanding of the word and the old Norse meaning of "edge of a blade"), and Magne.

The children of the Never Realm nickname Zane and Nya 'fire fighters' in an attempt to give them a badass nickname but because of the preexisting knowledge of what that word means, it's actually really funny to Cole and Jay.

Based on how similar a lot of the names used for Never Realm characters (except for the Formlings) have a lot of similarities with North Germanic names (Sorla- Sørli, Grimfax - Grimfrid) a lot of the nicknames are drawn from there and Old Norse.

Here's some really early, initial concept for Kai as the Burning Shogun (under the cut due to drawings of an intensely burnt arm)

(Also if you do write fic based/inspired by this idea, please send me the link, that'd be so cool; I would probably implode)

[chambers003]

does anyone know if the tim tam slam concept works with pocky or am i going to have to experiment myself

[medicinemane]

It's amazing how quickly you can make someone turn on your company by making a stupid and insulting move

Force me to go through the front door and scan my card when I have backdoor business that never needed a card before (what? ...I was going to somehow... sneak in and... purchase things with a borrowed card? ...which I totally can't do from the front door after scanning it?)

Or like... twitterify your layout right after your users give you a bunch of money just cause they like you, and then refuse to walk it back

...or all the other things companies do that just kinda piss people off and then they refuse to acknowledge maybe it sucks and is stupid cause "hey, the customers didn't leave"... yeah... yet

[reflectionsofgalaxies]

i’ve been cursed by beautiful wide hips that i do not want, and thick thighs that make finding pants that fit near fucking impossible.

if dresses weren’t seen by most people as inherently feminine and i wasn’t wildly uncomfortable being seen in them most of the time, i would wear dresses and nothing else simply for ease of not having to find pants that fit or match my shirts.

[jackies-ear]

New bed frame and mattress are supposed to arrive Friday but neither have shipped yet…

[organized-chaotic-disaster]

Beyond all the societal beauty standards bullshit, there's one thing that really is just annoying about being a fat/heavier person and that's the fact that you need a heavier weighted blanket, which are often hard to find and expensive as fuck, to REALLY have that Weighted Blanket Experience™

[dsm--v]

hey guys back with more negativity i fucking hate when people edit the equestria girls to be wearing bikinis and have big breasts and creepy fucking expressions. HI! KEEP THAT WEIRD SHIT OFF PINTEREST! THANKS.

[naomiknight-17]

I agreed to go to Costco with Mom and Dad today, but both bro Duck and hubby Jon were busy and couldn't come. So I was the sole helper for shopping, which was a lot. But I said I would go, and I needed soap refills and Advil, so I went

After exhausting myself running around Costco, we stopped at Canadian Tire real quick so I could grab a couple little things I missed on my last trip there. Took like 10 minutes tops, but I was already running on fumes

Then. THEN. Mom decides we're also going to Giant Tiger. She did not ask if I had the energy, she just dragged us there. I was woozy, had a headache brewing, and my wallet was empty. But we went.

By the time we finished at GT and got back in the car, my head was pounding. In fact, I had trouble even getting in the damn car because my knees and hips did not want to work together to lift my legs high enough to step into the van.

Then we went to Tim Hortons, where I flat-out refused to be the one to stand in line. Mom had a mobility scooter at Costco, I didn't. Mom had planned to hit multiple stores, I hadn't. I was fucking exhausted - Mom wasn't! So she can buy the damn coffee!!

I am gonna be useless for days now, I can feel it. Taken both Tylenol Arthritis strength and Extra Strength Advil and I am still aching.

I'm gonna. Get ready for bed

[faerymercy]

had a minor procedure done on both of my feet today and got a doctor's note saying i need to sit as much as possible for a week and my job is me basically standing in the same spot for 7 hours so i texted my boss about letting me use a chair (ive seen other people have them) but i have to submit a form online and have some random person in a corporate office across the country approve it and THEN a chair has to be shipped to my store and the whole process takes a few weeks lmao. what a dumb fucking system

[todayisafridaynight]

I’m fine with how DE mine would look since i don’t think it’ll look that different from unreal engine (literally gorgeous) but god that pallete dude IM AFRAID. get that gross purple color AWAYYYY not to mention his official plushie also had black hair and a purple suit like stop??????why are they gaslighting is this is evil mine

kiryu and majima's unreal models differ. Significantly (To Me) from their DE models, so that's what makes me Interested to see how mine's model in yk3 would look compared to his model in ishin. the model used in the RGGO cards dont look TERRIBLE but idk how i feel bout it

above all else tho i need them to abandon that purple and black palette YESTERDAY ..... maybe thats why im so hesitant on the rggo model ..

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: April 15

"Something in the Way She Moves" by James Taylor