#there it goes! not a great season imo very mixed bag

[vonlipvig]

and with that, i'm done with black mirror once again! here's my ranking of all the episodes of season 6, from most liked to least liked (and how they stand in my series-wide list):

loch henry (overall #8)

beyond the sea (overall #11)

demon 79 (overall #21)

mazey day (overall #22)

joan is awful (overall #26)

[sothischickshe]

Please rank Buffy seasons from most favorite to least favorite and elaborate whyyyyyyy

Oh thank you sweetie, I love this question!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

So I think it goes:

Season 3: I do like the later seasons too but the high school era is my fave. And this is the best of those seasons for me! Edges out s2 bc FAITH, & also the wishverse

Season 2: also a great season! Spike!!! Points deducted for juliet landau's earscraping accent, and also how on the nose some of the angel/us stuff is

Season 6: THE BIG BAD IS LIFE!!!!! Musical ep! Angsty smutty spuffy! The payoff to a lot of willow/magic/power stuff which had built over several seasons!!!! Def my fave season of the post-high school era, I think you can tell the show was being run by a woman at this point, unfairly maligned, extremely iconic.

Season 1: unfairly maligned! A pretty decent intro season, yes there are some eps which aren't great but that's probs true of every season and w/e it also has bangers like nightmares. Points added for being a short punchy season tbh.

Season 4: what a mixed bag! Several of my fave high concept eps but overall as a season it does flounder. Riley is a very boring character, and the initiative plot wasn't particularly well handled, and the fact the show clearly didn't have enough of a budget to do it well makes it seem an odd choice. Chipped spike was a v fun addition to the gang though!

Season 7: it's OK, overall I like it/s finale as a cap to the show & the first is a pretty engaging big bad. But the eps feel very undifferentiated & a lot of the potential slayers are downright annoying.

Season 5: definitely my least fave season. First of all Dawn is an extremely annoying character, I know she does get better in the later seasons but never enough to justify the sudden inclusion of a young character in a show that was pleasantly becoming one about adults imo (the parallel of conor in Angel probs quadruples my irritation lol). But also suddenly throwing us into ~an au version of the show that we just remain in is SUCH a weird writing choice?? AND riley's still there for a good chunk of the season?? 🙄 bleugh! plus I find glory to be quite an annoying villain, she's a god from some other realm who kinda speaks like a valley girl bc... why? Feels like it was written by Mike schur (derogatory). Ben is such a wet blanket boring love interest too 🙄 and the ~madness stuff is downright offensive. I will add that s5 was v confusing the first time I watched it cos it aired pre watershed on the BBC and they just cut loads of stuff out sdftdfg eg the 'bater' side of the master/bater jokes, or Ben's death 😅 & like i do appreciate that last part isn't exactly the show's fault but maybe that did poison me against it a little extra 😂

Pls tell me yours loopz? 👀

[bespectacled-panda]

after seeing dumpywoof’s post I was inspired to do a tier list of my own!!! and boy howdy do I have some hot takes of the century it turns out,,,

the seasons are more or less organized in descending order within the same row as well (e.g. MC 4 > MC 5). also, shamefully copying dumpywoof & putting a detailed & overly verbose explanation for each season:

S Tier

Terraria 3: For me, absolutely nothing compares to Terraria 3. No other season combines such perfect participant dynamics with such heart-wrenching drama—not to mention the existence of Team New Kids who make me cry on a daily basis, or the incredible fake twist ending. It would be a sin to put this season anywhere but alone at the very top. Also props for being the only (1 of 2) post-show that actually includes all of the cast.

 A Tier

Minecraft 4: This is the best season for shenanigans alone, hands-down. It’s largely just the participants shooting the shit together, especially in the latter half of the season when it gets down to just the four of them. & I have a huge soft spot for men being wholesomely foolish together I suppose, so here it goes fhdhfhd.

Minecraft 5: To be honest, I have not seen this season since it released, which is a crime, I know, I’m sorry :orb: But I remember it being very very good, & I cannot imagine my taste will have changed that dramatically in just a few years, so. in truth, this one might be actually better than MC 4, but as I have not seen it in many years I can’t say that for certain. Either way, though, it’s definitely one of the best seasons out there.

MineZ 1: To me, MineZ 1 is the reverse of MC 4: low on shenanigans & high on drama. It’s pre-Todd era, but the editing in this one is honestly Todd-level, I would say. It’s so incredibly tense, especially the scene with McJones & PBG trying to escape the caves, and I feel like the sheer stress of it all brought out a new side of a lot of the participants, most notably Dean—who sounded genuinely agonized at times. A very very quality season all around, IMO.

Terraria 2: This season probably objectively deserves to be B tier, but I am it giving A tier for personal bias. I just,,, love the dynamics okay. Jeff & McJones especially made for a killer duo. It was a rare instance of McJones being the funny man himself rather than being the straight man to someone else’s funny man; he was super uncharacteristically goofy & almost borderline flirtatious at times, it really made for some good moments fhdhfjd. Plus then you got McJones solo commentary at the end which I greatly enjoyed. Just,, a very enjoyable season, very mid-HC era, very light & easy to watch, all that good stuff.

Diablo II: Man,,,,this absolutely 100% does not deserve A tier, I know, I’m sorry, but I just can’t bring myself to put it lower. I have A tier love for it :orb: Admittedly, the game is horrendously ugly and confusing to watch, but the shenanigans + the cast dynamics win me over in the end. Paul especially was great in this, & I hope he makes a return someday. Loving fathers Paul & Jirard with their sorceress son McJones making their way through the end-game just cannot be beaten. (Anti-shoutouts to Ross though, I don’t know anything about him, I am sure he is a lovely man, but GOD. WHY DID HE KEEP RUNNING OFF ON HIS OWN & GETTING LOST BUT THEN FORCEFULLY REFUSING HELP,,, ROSS YOU ARE THE WORST DHDHFJDJD)

 B Tier

Minecraft 7: Boy,,, this is going to be a controversial take fhhfjdjf. I just don’t know how to explain it, but something about MC7 felt,,,, Very off. I don’t know what it was, just something about the season seemed very,,, almost like you could tell things were falling apart behind the scenes, & they were trying to pull it back together but weren’t quite succeeding. It’s not a bad season in any regards, of course, I just,, don’t enjoy it nearly as much as a lot of others,, it’s missing that crucial spark of life in my opinion,, also Dean leaving to go to work was kind of strange,, I get it, it’s probably difficult to work around his real-life job,, but it felt strange,, he got like temporary immunity. Nothing like that had ever happened before I don’t think. And also they never even explained why Dean wasn’t there for like three episodes fjdjfjhd,,

Minecraft 3: God I feel like I just keep digging myself into a deeper & deeper hole here fhsjfjd,,, but man, I did like MC3 to be honest. It wasn’t the best season, it kind of went nowhere, but I liked the cast & there was a lot of good funnymoments. Smooth & Shane were very good guests who I feel like really rounded out the season, & Jontron did not come off as terribly overbearing as I believe that he has in other seasons. Overall, pretty decent, I’d say.

 C Tier

Minecraft 2: MC 2 & MC 3 are very similar, but I think MC 2 is slightly worse, both in terms of entertainment & cast. NCS & Kyrak did not hit like Smooth & Shane did,,, and I feel like just everything that happened in this one was fairly forgettable. I was torn as to whether this should be a B or a C, but I put it here in the end just to drive home that I really don’t like it as much as MC 3, I don’t believe.

Minecraft 6: Oh lord, this is a nuclear take fhdjfjd. Again, this isn’t a bad season at all, it has its good moments, especially Chad & Dodger, they are angels & I love them & want them back. But boy,,, just. Many things went wrong here. None of the twists panned out like,, at all, which I know isn’t necessarily anyone’s fault, the concept of this twist & of twists in general is very good. But it fell so flat here, especially with the revival. There was,, no debate at all about what to do. They hyped it up like they had this big decision to make, but then nobody made any effort to dramatize it at all. It was basically just Dean deciding by himself and everyone just sitting back & letting him. For the record, I have no qualms with the fact that Dodger was revived, I fully agree that she deserved it over McJones, but it was not played well at all IMO,,,      I do have to admit, though, with a fair amount of sheepishness, that the thing that most sullies this season for me is McJones’s death. Just,,, his horrible, so so avoidable, insanely early death, coupled with his retirement shortly thereafter & him becoming so jaded with hc that he expressed borderline hostility & hatred towards it just,,, hurts. I kinda don’t wanna see the events of MC 6 now knowing the aftermath. I understand fully that this particular point is not something most people care about to say the least dhfhdjd, but,,, in all honesty, I really don’t have any desire to rewatch this one, as objectively good as it might be. It was a win but it felt like a loss, if that makes sense. Also the post-show lacked all three people I actually wanted to hear from fhdjfjd neither the two people who could’ve been revived nor the actual person who did the reviving were there to share their insight & perspectives on it :pensive: 

 D Tier

Starbound: man,,, starbound. This is a very mixed bag for me. On one hand, I disagree with people who say that it was boring or that nothing happened, I found it very tense, Todd’s editing had me on edge throughout every episode. But on the other hand,,, man. Very few memorable moments, what even happened in this one,, also I feel like the game mechanics/plot weren’t explained very well, I feel like I remember being vaguely confused all the time as to what was happening. Probably will not ever rewatch either.

 Have Not Seen

DayZ: I will not ever be watching this season both because I do not know anything about DayZ & because from what I’ve heard it was an absolute disaster, I’m just not interested in getting involved in that fhdhfjdk

Terraria 1: There’s not really a reason I haven’t watched this one. Just,, I haven’t made my way down to the earliest seasons yet. Although as mentioned before, I have seen a few clips of this season, & Jontron seems to be pretty obnoxious in this one, so I don’t how much I’ll enjoy the parts with him in it, but I definitely do want to watch it someday.

Minecraft 1: The same as Terraria 1, I just happen to not have seen this one by chance. But unlike T1, I am much more looking forward to actually watching it, it seems really good, I want to experience that legendary very first season at last dhdhfjd

MineZ 2: Man,,, many things about the behind-the-scenes of this season make me sort of uncomfortable honestly. Just,,, the visceral second-hand shame & embarrassment of someone in the hc fandom being so rude & bothersome to the cast,, somehow it makes me feel personally responsible even though I didn’t do anything fhdjfj,,, Also,, once again continuing with the trend of me being saddened by McJones expressing dislike for seasons fhdjfjd,, I do recall him saying, regarding this season, something like “I think it would’ve been better if we just never did this,” which,,, ow. That doesn’t make me particularly enthused to watch it fhdjfjd. I probably will end up watching this season someday to be honest, but I’m not looking forward to feeling the cast’s frustration & unhappiness with the situation,, (EDIT: I want to be clear that there is no actual drama surrounding minez 2!!! it is a perfectly fine season, there is nothing wrong with it, it just happens that I personally am bothered by the fact that there was a lot of like,,, frustration coming from the participants regarding the player who was stalking them. this in no way means that minez 2 is an objectively bad or problematic season!! if minez 2 is your favorite season I completely respect you, there is nothing wrong with that!! there is a lot to like about the season as a whole!!! I just personally care too much about mcjones having a bad time in seasons bc it’s what ultimately led to his retirement, & that makes me sad fjdhfjdjd. but it has come to my attention that my wording made it sound like there was drama about minez 2, which there never actually was, I am very very sorry for my unintentional yet poor choice of words.)

[jaybug-jabbers]

Meal Ideas for College Students

Ok, so. As a college student, I’m compiling my own list of easy meal ideas. I have a bad habit of skipping meals, like many students do. A list of ideas helps a lot when you’re busy, stressed, tired, and/or not feeling up for much.

This post will prioritize quick/easy meals, ideas for relieving meal monotony, food that gives energy that sticks with you throughout the day, and meals that are generally healthy and balanced.

Note: This list of ideas was made with myself in mind. Everyone has their own dietary needs and/or preferences to keep in mind! Still, you might find something useful here. :) Also, check out my other post of recipes for more specific ideas.

Lunch/Dinner Ideas

1.) Soup/Salad/Sandwich.

-Not many canned soups are worth eating in my opinion, but a few taste acceptable (split pea’s pretty good), and sometimes grocery stores have containers of fresh soup. Those are almost always better tasting then canned!

-Salads ideally are more then just plain romaine lettuce and croutons/salad dressing. They can have all kinds of crap thrown on: nuts, seeds, tortilla strips, dried fruit, fresh sliced fruit, cheese, chicken, even some pasta noodles.

-It’s better to buy heads of greens and wash them yourself, as the already-washed bags of greens go bad quickly and have been prone to e. coli outbreaks. A little salad washing bowl speeds up cleaning greens. In either case, try to get a mix of darker, vitamin-rich greens.

-Sandwiches can use the healthier lunch meats but also leftover cooked chicken, or just a grilled cheese sandwich. (Use different kinds of sliced cheese.) Fancy mustard, pesto and horseradish can really punch up a sandwich; so can bread that actually tastes good.

2.) Pasta.

There are a lot of options of what to put on top of pasta; just adding some marinara sauce to spaghetti noodles is only the beginning.

-If you do use red sauce, I suggest adding mushrooms, sliced sausage or ground meat, or lots of cheese on top to bump up the protein.

-If you do something else, stir-frying some veggies (fresh– zuccini, mushroom, celery, carrot, snappeas, etc. frozen– frozen stir-fry veggie mix) and adding a light sauce is good; even dumping vinegarette salad dressing on it can be tasty.

-Other options include frozen shrimp, meatballs, leftover chicken, tofu or a cheese casserole.

-Try other kinds of pasta noodles, because even that can relieve some food monotomy. You can even use cheap ramen noodles, because why not? Just skip the spice pack they come with and add other things instead.

-Raviolis or tortillinis are also great for a light dinner or lunch.

-Sides for pasta include bread/garlic bread, salad, and fruit.

3.) Tacos/Burritos/Tostadas.

Canned beans, cheese, a bit of shredded lettuce, some jarred salsa, a tortilla, presto. Also great for using leftover ground meat or baked chicken. If you are lucky enough to own an avacado, please use it for this.

4.) Nachos.

This is basically when you have canned beans but you ran out of tortillas. Dump everything on top of corn chips instead.

5.) Enchilada Casserole.

Ground meat (or shredded chicken), canned black beans/red kidney beans, shredded cheese, canned enchilada sauce, corn tortillas, and a casserole dish. Dense and lasts you for a long time. Freezes well, too.

6.) Baked chicken.

There’s about a million different ways to prepare chicken. What’s more, the leftovers are so useful for so many things.

7.) Homemade pizza.

-They sell those kits at the store with the shell and the pizza sauce all ready. Just add your desired toppings and cook. A million times better then frozen pizza and worth the five extra minutes of work. You’ll need to invest in a large cutting-board and a pizza cutter or a large knife, but that’s it.

-If you want emergency personal pizzas, you can even use English Muffins for the task.

8.) Hamburger.

If you don’t care for ground beef, ground turkey or chicken works just as well; you can cook them insanely fast and easily on a Foreman grill, but still cooks pretty fast in a regular pan too. Adding some fixings goes a long way: pickles, cheese, lettuce, tomato, pineapple rings, etc. Good sides: salad, fries/potato, peas or beans.

9.) Baked frozen fish/salmon.

Again, you’re unlikey to have the time to buy and prepare fresh fish, which needs to be cooked and eaten quickly, but you can buy a filet of frozen fish. Good sides: rice, easy risotto, boxed couscous, broccoli, bread, etc.

10.) Fajuitas.

Steak strips/chicken strips that are pan-fried, plus stir-fried mushrooms, asparagus,  zuccini, etc. Lime juice and avacado add a lot of flavor.  

11.) Chicken, mustard, mushroom, garlic, spinach and swiss hot sandwiches.

Bake ‘em after assembling them for melty goodness.

12.) Smoothies/shakes.

This is a great addition to breakfast or lunch if you’re not very hungry or running low on food supplies; only if you have a blender, of course. Ice cubes, plain yogurt, fruit (fresh or frozen), shredded coconut, honey, fruit juice or ice cream, and blend. Experiment to find what works best.

Breakfast Ideas

Bulk up on breakfast if your schedule demands it!

1.) Oatmeal loaded with nuts, dried fruit, powdered proteins, flaxseed, and a dash of maple syrup/honey

2.) A plain yogurt parfait loaded up in a similar manner, plus granola

3.) Bagels or toast with cream cheese, nut butters, jam/honey, or avacado

4.) Stir-fried potatoes, potato pancakes, hashbrowns

5.) Low-sugar muffins

6.) Breakfast burritos

7.) Omlettes

8.) See above for smoothies!

General Tips

1.) Always make large portions when you cook so there are leftovers. When you bake chicken for dinner, you can use the leftovers the next day or make a sandwich or a taco or whatever. If you’re going to invest your precious time and energy into cooking, get the most out of it. If you have TONS of leftovers, freeze them in portions that are easily taken out, bit by bit, to use later on.

2.) See if you can locate a microwave on campus. This expands your options for what to pack for food, in case sandwiches a million times a month gets tiring. Pack things into microwavable tupperware or bring little paper plates and plastic utensils. Plastic bento boxes are also handy ways to pack things other than sandwiches. You can even bring soup, pasta, or ramen with you in a thermos.

3.) Frozen vegetables help a lot. You may not have the time to buy, clean and cook fresh veg, but grabbing a bag of something frozen is easy to make sure you have balanced meals. Steam them in the microwave easily in a bowl with a plate on top; avoid the ‘steamer’ plastic bags if you can, which tend to taste gross imo and may not be super healthy. (zapping plastic may create toxins.)

4.) See what’s in season for fruit. That way you can buy cheaper organic fresh fruit such as grapes, melons, berries or even exotics like kiwi. If you get them in bulk and need to use fresh fruit up before it spoils, try smoothies or put them on cereal/oatmeal or even make a fruit salad.

5.) Consider investing in a crock pot or insta-pot cooker. This opens up options for a lot of low-effort recipes, where you can just toss crap in and come back later and it’s done.

6.) Invest in spices. It’s worth the money and effort to get a variety. Get in the habit of tossing them into things. It can punch up just about anything and is way better then just salt. Even scrambled eggs can be punched up with some Sriracha sauce or some spices, or a little bit of shredded cheese.

This is a repost on a new blog. The original post was on Nov 4, 2019.

[stillinaincrad]

And now we’re here...

1. SSSS.Gridman

I said from the beginning I wasn’t huge into this one but wanted to see where it went. And, I did, but it didn’t change much. All the character intrigue I had in the beginning pancaked well before the end. I really lost interest once the “big reveal” came out of the bag and it was an underwhelming, already-overused abstraction. I know nothing about the Ultra series, so I have to imagine others took a shine to this more than I did, but to me it was just a contrived adaptation of other stories already told without enough originality thrown in to distract me from that. I got flamesprayed following Ep1 for saying it looked like Pacific Rim (giant robot that is called upon to defend a city against kaiju that come out of a rift in the sky... where the hell would I have gotten that impression, eh?), but in the end, it was actually more Dark City than anything. If this helped a franchise continue on, then I am happy for the fans that have been wanting more, because I know how that goes. To me, though? Gridman was pretty lame. I struggled to finish it. 

2. Double Decker! Doug & Kirill

I said it would get old. It got old. Was funny for a while, but I just... eh. 

3. Index III (Toaru Majutsu no Index III)

Still ongoing, still good. Was a departure from the fun and innocent that the series had been in the first two installments, and it really threw me for a loop for a few weeks how everybody is dying and not in an endearing kind of way, but moreso the macabre kind of blood and dismemberment. There’s not nearly as much face time with those established characters as what I thought there’d be, either. Some of the scenes have so much dialogue that it feels like an attempt to stall the pace that ends up being just awkward. And, the animation is just enough different compared to Index I/II and Railgun that it becomes a distraction every now and then (Misaka especially!). All that considered, though, the story is still outstanding and compelling, it has intelligent writing and introduces new characters that spark interest, and I am still enjoying this new version of the world of Index. It’s just very different from the version we’ve known so far (though it is following the source material, so it’s not like it’s anything too insane). 

4. Goblin Slayer

I was looking for a reason to hate this one from about halfway through the first episode. I was automatically expecting a depraved ecchi excuse to show goblins fucking young girls like what we were given at that point - which was only maybe five minutes in from start - and I kept watching each week waiting for the other shoe to drop. Instead, what we got was a ride I thoroughly enjoyed. Am not saying there weren’t flaws and a healthy dose of tropes and clichés, but I found it imaginative, there was character development I was not expecting, and I really liked seeing everyone come around. I would watch another season if it started today for sure, but I have to wonder if a second season would ever be in the mix. It just feels too much like a one-off. Still, though, worth watching, and would again. Probably will, someday, too. 

5. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken)

I have to admit, I thought this one was a little childish and cute at the beginning, but MAN, does it deserve some healthy praise from me now. In many ways it is light-hearted and chipper and superfluous, but at the same time, I fell in love with the invention and creativity of this story. The characters are great, and the world creation is beyond fantastic. I especially like how even the harem aspect that could have easily been exploited falls seamlessly into place (looking at you, here, Shion), and doesn’t feel anything like what it really is. Things often feel ridiculously predictable, but I’ve been surprised more than once so far. Datta has been the gem of the season for me, and I wait for the next episode every week. It is a total blast, so fun.

6. Sword Art Online: Alicization

If this latest installment of the SAO story has shown me anything, it’s that I can’t stand this show anymore. The animation has become pedestrian at best, the story seems all over the place, and what story there is in place screams The Matrix, which annoys me more than anything given that I have been dying to see something new out of this series for some time. I’m fed up with the unnecessarily explicit groping/female attack scenes (or, full-on, blurred out extended rape, like we’ve apparently graduated to), the whiny characters that used to be better, the gaping plot holes with zero attempt whatsoever to shore anything up, and most of all with the automagical “it all turns out OK” every time adversity comes a’ knocking. Have said it plenty and will repeat it again, I have not read the light novels and expect some things to be lost in translation, but I can’t get excited to watch any more of this shitshow. As much as I started out loving this concept and these characters five years ago, I think I am altogether done now because of how atrocious Alicization is. I just can’t anymore. I honestly doubt I’ll even finish it. 

7. Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Senpai (Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai)

I wanted this to be better, I wanted the characters to be deeper, I wanted there to be less cutesy humor and more introspective into the trials and hardships that teenagers face that lead to the manifestation of “puberty syndrome”, because I think we all had those times. Anyone who has ever been a teenager has imagined some pretty uncomfortable things about themselves, but what if those thoughts ever came to fruition? I just wanted this show to get into the dermis every once in a while. I wanted a lot of other things that never happened in 2018, too, though lol Rascal of course, did not do any of those things, and ended up being yet another formulaic romcom made for the masses. It actually reminded me a lot of Kotoura-san in that it felt like the meat and potatoes of the show was over in a few short episodes and the rest was just mindless filler to take up space to carry it through the end of the season. The show I was looking forward to the most ended up being the biggest letdown. It had its moments, and I did watch the whole thing, sure, but I can’t say that Rascal was anything more than just that - one that I watched. 

8. Run With the Wind (Kaze ga Tsuyoku Fuiteiru)

Enter the dark horse of the season. If I hadn’t been a runner for years before I developed bad knees, I don’t know that I’d have watched this. If I hadn’t started watching another anime about kids running track and field that pretty much changed my worldview on anime genres as a whole a few years back (Suzuka), I don’t know that I’d have watched this. What I do know is that this is a freaking great show imo. I don’t think it’s all that common to have more than a small handful of characters undergo such development over the course of a show, but Run With the Wind provides fantastic storylines and evolution for almost all of them. I also really like that it’s a collegiate setting instead of pre-to teenagers, because it makes these transformations and maturations that much more believable to me - college is a time where those emotions that made us insane teens finally start to take shape and we start seeing the bigger picture of things. We start to understand the weight of our responsibilities and actions more. And we begin to see the kind of person we want to become. I absolutely believe that these kids can change within the construct of their situations more than a 14 year old could. And, anyone who has ever been a part of a team sport that relies on individuals with widespread levels of talent to come together, I think Run With the Wind really delivers a relatable story. Am not calling it the next great thing - far from it and a few years from now I doubt most will have even heard of it. But I do like how grounded and believable this show is. I can see all of it happening in real life, and I easily could have been teammates with just about any of them.  

[venus-says]

Aikatsu! Episodes 21-25

Basically me.

I’m so exhausted today, I feel like I’ve gone through one of Ran’s intensive training session. I’ll try to give some good cooments today but if I sound bland i’m sorry, I’m just very very very tired. 😅 Anyway, let’s go to the episode.

Another drama episode, yes!!! They're taking the audition as a team of four but just two will pass? This sounds unfair.

Basically me with aikatsu and precure lol I'm sorry guys but the plot of this drama seems pretty horrible. 😅 If they need to train their teamwork, WHY ISN'T YURIKA THERE WITH THEM?

Why is everything in this damn city on top of a mountain? XD

THANK YOU 😂😂😂😂😂😂

WHAT THE FUCK????? They made a operation TO LOCK UP THE GOOD GUYS??????? IF THE POLICE KNEW WHERE'S THE HIDEOUT OF THE DUDES STEALING THE CARDS WHY AREN'T THEY FIGHTING THE ACTUAL BAD GUYS?????? I told yall this plot was horrible, cancel this movie. 😅 Okay even though they lost Ran and Yurika are best girls. Let's go to the next!

This whole thing about smelling the scent of an idol is kinda creepy, don't you think? Stop sniffing around, Raichi. Why this whole deal about Ichigo's aura when we've seen it already in performances??? How convenient that now everyone is showing their auras outside performances when till this point we've only seen it happen with Mizuki. Yeah I call bs on this episode. 😅 But hey at least we got to see Calendar Girl, so I'm happy. Next!

This is a Ran episode, my expectations are high.

Yurika and Ran are the best duo, sorry I don't make the rules. Uhhhh backstory. Okay I don't really see why Ran must surpass her senpai to be Ageha's model, but go for it my sweet child, I got you.

AOI IS ME. (How many times have I said this already? XD)((also please give me boyish Ran, it must be so adorable I NEED)) Man these girls really need some therapeutic support, because whenever they fail they just go downhill on a spiral that is just not healthy for them. Orihime, fire Johnny and get a team of counselors for you school, that's what these girls need. It's kinda sad that my fave PR from season 1 debuted in such a gloomy episode. But I'm glad not everything is just flowers and cakes and everyone's happy all the time.

And that's why you should fire him. Mixed feelings about this episode. I think I would've liked a little more if the support for Ran didn't came in the last second so she could work a little better about showing her happiness for being on stage, but oh well. ONE THING THAT I CAN'T FORGIVE THOUGH IS THAT TRAP OF LOVE SHOULD'VE BEEN THE SONG HERE, why yall did this to me???? Vacation episode next? Let's see how that goes.

Performance right at the start? That's new. And new song as well??? I'm shookt.

Off time sounds so good right now. I don't have that in a long time.

Those three brands at the bottom sound so cool. I wish they were official. Man Raichi is really creepy. Even for a kid. Food reports sure are boring, aren’t they? 😅 Not even Ichigo (someone who I like) can make them interesting. 😅 The fact that idols can't even have a healthy tan is EXTREMELY sad. Aoi's trunk is basically Hermione's bag at this point. lol A surprisingly good episode for a filler. The title of the next one is "The April Fool's Promise" and these are two things that shouldn't be put together imo. 😅 Oh well let's see.

I just choked on water with this intro. I wasn't expecting an "AMAZING!" so loud in my ears like that. Good April Fool's joke. Honestly I can't believe Orihime and Taichi are treating each other as completely strangers, SHE MUST KNOW WHO HE IS FOR GOD'S SAKE. Sorry if I sound so bitchy about it but it really bothers me this whole situation.

Does anyone believe in Taichi's stories? Because to me they just sound like bs, sorry Ichigo. 😅 Yeah 5 members calendar girl is great. Love their group appeal. And that's pretty much all I could take from this episode. I don't know if is the tiredness finally catching up again, or if I'm just bitter inside, but this episode was pretty boring to me. Oh well. Can you believe I'm already half way into the season in just 5 days??? I hope I can keep up the pace. I gotta go now so, in Ema's words, jyanee bye o/

[canaryatlaw]

alright, I need to get to bed because I have church in the morning, but I slept in till almost 3 pm lol so sleep may not come all that easily. But yeah, I drifted in and out of sleep for a while like I generally do, and ended up getting up at like, 2:50. So I got up and made a blueberry dutch baby because weekends, ate that, then started making caramels that would actually be suitable to send to friends because the first batch I made is like break your teeth trying to eat it couldn’t cut it with a knife had to break it into pieces hard, lol, and I don’t think other people would appreciate it quite like I do. It went a little smoother than last time, I got better with pouring the cream in slowly so it bubbled less violently (that always sounds like such an odd way to describe it but it’s literally the only accurate description, you’d be shook) and I took it off when it reached the designated temperature, instead of leaving it on for a while longer so it got super hard. It was just about 5 when I finished it, because it had to sit for 3 1/2 hours to harden, which would be at 8:30. So I then decided to take on the behemoth that I knew organizing my clothing and switching over to summer clothes was going to be. The deal was I have a bunch of winter clothes in my dresser and closet, and a bunch of summer clothes and other things in my suitcases. a lot of the “other things” were clothes that didn’t fit me anymore, so my goal was to designate things into either keep in my dresser, keep in storage, or donate. So I started with the clothes in my dresser and closet, then went through the suitcases, and putting the winter clothes from my dresser into them as they got empty, and pulled out a bunch of stuff I’m never going to wear again for one reason or another, though I did retain some jeans and such that don’t fit at the moment but are close enough that they’re probably worth hanging on to. So, once I had everything separated into piles, I ended up with like, two garbage bags full of winter clothes that wouldn’t fit into my suitcases, and like a garbage bag and a half full of clothes to donate, which I’ll have to get around to doing at some point, maybe I’ll go thrifting with Jess soon and be able to unload them. So then I started actually putting the summer clothes into my dresser and closet, and I was super impressed that pretty much everything fit exactly and it wasn’t actually totally stuffed, and I mean up to this point almost all my dresser drawers had been hanging open because they were too stuffed with clothes to close, but now they’re closed for the first time in literally months, and my room is much cleaner, so I’m feeling good about all of these things. By the time I finished with all of this it was about 8:30 so I went to cut the caramels and wrap them in parchment paper, I’ll probably send some to my friend on Monday since everything’s closed tomorrow. I then went to get some dinner and watch some tv, starting with the Blindspot season finale that aired last night. Tbf I wasn’t paying all that much attention the entire season, but some of the plots were a bit hard to follow, so I probably wasn’t as engaged as I should’ve been, but oh well. Spoilers ahead- I was surprised they actually killed Roman, he was a very good antagonist, but I guess they felt like he needed to go. Then of course the second plot twist was freaking ZAPATA MAN, I was NOT suspecting that, like how could you???? we all trusted you!!!! Needless to say, I felt rather betrayed. And of course, the final major plot twist, Jane waking up with no memory of her time with the FBI and being back to being basically an enemy combatant. That is going to be interesting, because idk how much of sandstorm is still actually intact for her to collaborate with. I’m glad they were renewed so we can see where that goes. 

Once that was over I switched over to netflix and watched the first episode of season 2 of 13 Reasons Why (if you’re avoiding discussion about the show, I’ll split to a new paragraph when I’m done so you can just jump there, and I’ll tag it so you can blacklist the tag if you want). I have very mixed and complicated feelings about the show. I do feel some sense of loyalty towards it because I read the book all those years ago, I feel like I was kind of in on the ground floor here and knew it all before everyone else. And I do think it can work to bring awareness to issues and open people’s eyes to how much the people around them could be struggling- though it’s obviously not something those who are struggling should be watching. However, it majorly bothers me that they blatantly ignored guidelines for portraying suicide in media that would decrease the risk of copycats, that is really inexcusable IMO. But, still, when I was told the second season was about the trial, of course I knew I had to watch it because I mean, that’s kind of my thing. So I watched through the first episode, a few things stood out to me. First, did they up the rating to mature on this season instead of tv-14? Because I didn’t think they were throwing around “fuck” very much in the first season, and they were certainly being more explicit with it. I’m not sure how I feel about Clay now having a girlfriend, I mean she seems great, but I’m not sure how that’s going to fuck with him given all thats coming. I was like oh thank god when his mom was like “I dropped the case because it was a conflict of interest” like IT’S ABOUT FUCKING TIME because all of last season I was screaming THIS IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST YOU NEED TO DROP IT, so better late than never I suppose. I like where they’re going with the Alex plot, it’s interesting, and the Jessica one as well. I really, really fucking hope Bryce gets screwed over by the end of the season, and I think he will. It’s good to see the guidance counselor taking a more active role, at least he knows that he fucked up and is trying to do better. As far as the trial goes, I standby what I said last year, a trial would be a PR NIGHTMARE for the school, and there is nooooooo way they would ever actually take the case to trial, they would do whatever they needed to to keep it all from playing out in court. The mention of a NDA was interesting, as I see why they school would push it, but I don’t think it would be a dealbreaker if they couldn’t get it. Them spreading the story wouldn’t be nearly as damaging as all of it coming out at trial. On the trial itself, the entire defense’s case is complete and utter bullshit, literally all of it is inadmissible 404 character evidence that would never even make it in front of the jury, they literally have no legit argument, so they better end up getting screwed over, and each time that stupid lawyer says something awful and gross I want to scream at the plaintiff’s lawyer to FUCKING OBJECT, argumentative, badgering, facts not in evidence, literally so many things they could do. On the subject of the tapes being admitted into evidence, that’s a bit of a complicated one. The lawyer was right, it would be a best evidence problem, and they would have to admit all the tapes. I’m of the opinion that doing so would likely benefit them more than it would hurt them, but it is a reasonable legal argument to think it would damage the case too much, and it’s better for them to be able to control the narrative, But yeah, that was most of my opinions on the first episode, clearly I had a lot of them lol and I suspect that will be the case going forward. 

After that was done I switched over to SNL, right in time for the weekend update segment, which is always hilarious, and then they did one with Tina Fey as Sarah Palin being joined by various Trump cabinet members set to “What I Did For Love” edited to be “What I did For Trump” and man, it was fucking brilliant. I didn’t want to stay up too late though, so after that I ducked out and started to get ready for bed, because even though I’ve only been awake for like 10 hours, I have to wake up in 7 /12 hours for church so I should be getting to sleep, and that is what I’m going to do now. Goodnight dearies. Hope you had a lovely Saturday.

[alldayieat]

Are you the type of person who loves a light airy cake? Or do you prefer one that’s densely moist with a bit more to each bite? I actually enjoy both! And this chiffon cake is more on the light side! And you know what that airy and super soft texture goes extremely well with? Sencha- Japanese green tea! We started with whole leaves and chopped ’em into itty little bits in my spice grinder. The result? A soft green tea flavor cake that is well-balanced in terms of flavor, texture and goes well with many different toppings.

  Chiffon cake with Sencha (Japanese green tea) 煎茶入りシフォンケーキ

I remember the first time I ever used green tea in food.

It was when I tried to make green tea ice cream.

Not matcha ice cream.

Green tea ice cream.

Slightly different flavor.

It was quite good and I still make it every now and then, like when I get tired of matcha ice cream.

Like I get tired of matcha ice cream, I also get tired of regular (butter based cakes).

My alternative?

Chiffon cake of course!

A chiffon cake is a very light American cake made with vegetable oil, eggs, sugar, flour, and other goods.

Some recipes may call for baking powder, but this one doesn’t.

And today, we’re making it Japanese style with Japanese green tea!

If you’ve been to Japan, it’s one of those desserts that you’ll see at almost every cake bakery.

That, and strawberry shortcake and baumkuchen seem to be pretty popular over there.

Have you noticed?

  My first chiffon cake

The first chiffon cake I actually made was with cocoa, coffee, some rum and a light buttercream.

It was about as fluffy as a chiffon cake can be and set the standard for me. (for homemade chiffon cakes)

Do you remember your first cake?

I don’t remember exactly what it was but I’m pretty sure it was a Betty Crocker mix sometime either in high school or college.

Back when I really didn’t particularly care much about food. 😯

My how times have changed!

Anyways, that first chiffon cake I mentioned – it’s a classic and very much different from today’s version.

Maybe I’ll share that sometime later this year.

So if you’re used to making a regular butter and baking powder based cake…

When making a chiffon cake, there are a few differences you need to keep in mind to make it a success.

Read on for a few of my tips below!

  Serving the sencha chiffon cake

As far as serving this super delicious cake – all you need to do is serve it with some sweet cream!

You can even make it a vanilla whipped cream or ice cream.

You can also serve it with sweet red bean paste -anko (is what it’s called in Japanese) and you’ll have a very Japanese dessert!

You can even serve this with some hot hojicha (which is roasted green tea).

IMO that is the best ! and if you go to a dessert shop while in Japan, you might get a little hojicha with your desserts, it’s a great way to wash down something sweet 🙃

Here’s a short video I made to show you exactly how I made this cake!  Japanese Chiffon Cake with Sencha (Japanese green tea)

  Tips for making this Japanese chiffon cake a success

I have several tips for you

sift the flour and the green tea after you have processed it in your spice grinder. Like I mentioned in the video, you don’t have to process the leaves, but I think that the texture is a little bit more refined when you don’t have chunks of tea in your cake but that’s totally up to you

The key to making this cake a success is definitely making sure that you get soft – stiff peaks from your egg whites. using refrigerator temperature eggs will help. as will adding in the sugar in batches I do 2 to 3 batches.

Another thing is to go easy on the sugar. I don’t really like my cakes too sweet. For me, I think this has the just right amount of sweetness. But, if you like your cake super sweet you might want to increase sugar maybe about 2 tablespoons to 3 tablespoons max. Remember, we’re gonna be serving us with additional whipped cream and anko or alternatively powdered sugar, using one of my favorite wands! So that’s another reason why I don’t like my chiffon cake that sweet. You can always add it later as a topping, but you can’t take it out.

Before you actually bake the cake is to use a chopstick or at wood skewer to go zigzag across the batter to make sure that there aren’t any holes or pockets of air (which can occur if you didn’t fold thoroughly). Also it’ll help to ensure all the cake batter is hitting the bottom of the pan. this is key because when you invert it you want the top part to be completely flat and not have any dips or  pothole that would make an uneven surface!

As far as the baking goes, you should probably use a tube cake pan. like this one with the hole in the center. You don’t want to use a regular cake pan because you can’t invert without having it fall out. Which, if that happened to you would be a disaster.😕literally. you might have to call the ambulance for your cake.

If you want to make this a little bit more interesting in flavor you could substitute the vegetable oil for extra-virgin olive oil. this’ll add a nice layer of flavor as well as the health benefits of olive oil. Highly recommend by the way, especially if you like the flavor of olive oil! know that if you do use it, you should avoid a super strong and peppery olive oil and instead use one that has a mild flavor.

if you make a large cake you can freeze the extras. it freezes pretty well stored in a airtight container. try to eat it within a few weeks so it doesn’t get freezer burn

 Another thing to consider is that unlike a butter cake or a oil filled cake this chiffon cake will be relatively soft even if it’s served cold. always a plus IMO since i like cold cakes and warm cakes depending on the season!

When you’re cutting the cake make sure you use a serrated knife to get a clean cut other knives may tear

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sencha

folding in egg whites

just before baking

  Overall, this is a pretty classic Japanese style cake with a very delicate flavors.

It has a little bit of tea in there which goes really well with this sort of texture.

It’s soft and fluffy not overly sweet and the only downside is that because it contains tea you may not be able to eat too much of it at night.

Otherwise, you might be staying up late but a good alternative to that is of course eating it earlier!

Also using hojicha (tea that doesn’t have caffeine) so that might be a consideration for next time!

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  So whatcha think?

Have you had Japanese style chiffon cake before? 

Will you be trying this recipe?

     [wpurp-searchable-recipe]Japanese Chiffon Cake with Sencha (Japanese green tea) – Are you the type of person who loves a light airy cake? Or do you prefer one that's densely moist with a bit more to each bite? I actually enjoy both! And this chiffon cake is more on the light side and by pairing that airy and super soft texture, goes extremely welly with sencha. We started with whole leaves and chopped 'em into itty little bits in my spice grinder. The result? A soft green tea flavor cake that is well-balanced in terms of flavor, texture and goes well with many toppings. – hakurikiko (plus 2 Tbsp; alternatively cake flour), sencha (japanese green tea), plus 2 Tbsp sugar (for the meringue), eggs (chilled, separated), sugar (for the egg yolks), vegetable oil (or extra virgin olive oil), water, , Preheat your oven to 340 F.; First separate egg yolks from the whites; Use a stand mixer and add the sugar in 2-3 batches to the egg whites and whisk on high speed until stiff peaks form.; Process tea leaves in a spice grinder to powderize them.; Using a flour sifter or wire mesh strainer sift flour and tea into a mixing bowl.; Combine sugar withe egg yolks and whisk until pastel yellow.; Add in oil and water and whisk into egg yolk mixture until incorporated; Add the egg yolk mixture to the sifted flour and tea, whisk until just combined.; Gently fold the meringue with the flour-tea-yolk mixture until just combined.; Add to your tube cake pan and drop gently on the counter a couple times and/or use a chopstick to zig zag through the batter so the top will be flat (after you invert it); Bake at 340F for 30 minutes.; Once baked, remove and invert. Allow to cool.; Once cooled remove from the tube pan. (make sure to use a slim chopstick or skewer to separate from the sides); Serve with powdered sugar, ice cream or whipped cream with some anko!; ; – I used Japanese flour – hakurikiko. If you can’t find us Japanese flower just use cake flour American or make your own cake flour by substituting 2 tablespoons of cornstarch to 1 cup of all purpose flour and take out 2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour and I have cake flour – dessert – Japanese – Food – dessert – japanese – sponsored[/wpurp-searchable-recipe]

Japanese Chiffon Cake with Sencha (Japanese green tea) Are you the type of person who loves a light airy cake? Or do you prefer one that's densely moist with a bit more to each bite?

[seahawkerspodcast]

3 IN, 3 OUT – Body Blow – Seahawks vs. Cardinals

by fellow 12 Clinton Bonner

OK Flock… this one might be on me. At about the 19min mark of last week's special video edition of #3i3o I implored our beloved ‘Hawks to get out of the desert with a W any way we possibly could. I failed to request to the Hawkra gods that we leave the greater Phoenix area intact… So, I'm administering a self-enforced #DoBetter and asking for a cleansing of our collective Hawkra. I needed to get that off my chest Flockers!!!

With that, this game certainly had it's INs and OUTs… and hey, we got the W, and hey… we are 6 – 3… and hey, we still have one Russell Carrington Wilson! So, all is not lost Flock, let's demand some bacon as we make lemonade outta some of these lemon, shall we?

Deion says, “If you ball, you get the call.” … I think he stole that from us TBH. Because, when we WIN we start with an IN, so let's have it!

IN – Legion of Whom?

First, let's thank Richard Sherman for all he has given to our franchise over the last 7 years. We may even take Big Perm, Big Sherm for granted as crazy as that sounds. He, along with Earl Thomas (yeah #29!!!), are 1st ballot HoF-ers. Big Sherm, you know the Flock loves you… Heal as quickly as you can and we'll see you back on the field in 2018. From every single #12, thank you #25 !!! Hey Seahawks, why don't we dedicate the rest of this year to Sherman… what do we say???

Here's the bottom line. You don't replace Richard Sherman, you learn to play your best football without him. In a Thursday Night tilt that didn't have a lot to offer in terms of enjoyment (we'll get into that in a bit), and with no Earl Thomas on the field for the 2nd straight week, others needed to step up.

This IN is a comic book meal-deal where the IN love gets spread around to a few unlikely heroes.

We all know the X-Men… but remember those a'ight off-shoots like X-Factor, X-Force, and the New Mutants? The Legion of Whom?… is bringing us some new heroes we need to recognize are ready for the primetime love.

1st, McDougald played a very, very solid game. This ‘sneaky good' signing in the offseason was one the boys from the pod talked about in the dog days of August. IMO, McDougald starts at Safety on 2/3rds of other NFL rosters. With Earl literally learning how to walk again in the off-season, McDougald has been a great signing, contributing on ST and playing solid Seahawks football as part of a banged-up LOB. Hat tip to you Bradley… Dilly, Dilly !!!

2nd – Shaq continues his ascent to stardom. If Sherman has to go all Professor X for a few months, then it's time for #26 to step into the Action Green limelight and emerge as our next LOB super hero.

3rd – Kam… OK, he's not new, but he deserves the love here because in a game where Earl was on the sidelines, Kam stood out and had his most impactful game of the year. No Cardinals reception went without a punishing hit from Kam and his presence as a 4th LB during run downs was seen over and over and over again, including his safety-inducing tackle to put our ‘Hawks up 9 – 7 in quarter 2! In a match where the LOB was more than just dinged… the Dark Knight stepped up and made sure we got out of that building with the W.

While we all can surely name multiple members of the X-Men, let's not forget that off-shoots like the New Mutants brought us brand new heroes …

… Right now some of these members might be known as the Legion of Whom? But history tells us, they are ready to step up and step into the natural evolution of the one, the only… Legion of Boom!!! Shaq, your time to shine kid!

OUT – Terrible REFerences

Sorry Flockers… I know nobody wants to read about some poor old sot bi$%h*%^ about the refs, but this goes deeper than our ‘Hawks losing a game… obviously we won.

The point here is that this game should NEVER have been close. Of course some of that is on our offense that can't run block at all, but the ONLY way the Cardinals were allowed to stay in this game was via terrible, terrible defensive penalties called against our ‘Hawks in the first half.

PIs, Hands to the Face, and other calls that simply were complete and utter #FakeNews ‘sustained' 2 Cardinals drives, kept our defense on the field for approximately 10 extra minutes in the 1st half, and ultimately lead to this game being close deep into the 3rd quarter.

Calls like this are an abomination to the sport …

Here's the pass interference penalty that extended ARI's drive on 3rd down and led to only ARI points. If this is pass interference, how are players supposed to play defense? http://pic.twitter.com/Dxmj2hNz7i

— Ben Baldwin (@guga31bb) November 10, 2017

Now you might be saying Flock… so what? We still won… Yes, we won in spite of a disgusting display by the NFL, but my anger flows downstream a bit more than just the game.

This was the type of game that should have been an absolute blowout by the mid-3rd quarter where the Cardinals, maybe, would have scratched together 3 points at that time.

The refs (combined with some offensive ineptitude) kept the Cardinals in this game. This kept our defense on the field deep, deep into the match and IMO directly lead to the batch of injuries we witnessed our defense suffer.

The mob has turned on TNF in general… I don't love these color-enhanced games by any means, but to me, it's a much greater/deeper problem for the NFL that due to terrible officiating, many games, including this one, are simply a bad product, and very, very difficult to stomach. NFL … #DoBetter !!!

OK, swing to the positive… we need it!

  IN – K to the J

If we are the X-Men, then KJ Wright is Iceman … and no, not Val Kilmer's “You can be my wingman” Iceman… let's keep our pop-culture references tight Flock!!! Mind you this is no knock to KJ, but on a team with Wagz, Kam, Bennett, Avril, Sherm, Earl and others… hey, we all can't be Wolverine.

KJ Wright was a monster on this day. I didn't embed this tweet above to celebrate Kam's 2-point tackle because I wanted to save it for K to the J!!! KJ blew up this play, clearing a huge lane for Bam Bam Kam to fill… and then watch KJ stick with the play until we were all assured that AP was going nowhere but backwards on this futile attempt to escape his own End Zone.

#Seahawks defense = brick wall

That's a SAFETY, and the second in two weeks for the @Seahawks!#TNF #SEAvsAZ http://pic.twitter.com/2j2l7dGpsn

— NFL (@NFL) November 10, 2017

This wasn't KJ'S only highlight by a long stretch.

AP averaged 1.4 yards per carry… 1.4 !!!

KJ ended up with 9 tackles on the day, with big tackles for a loss or right at the line on repeat! He may be our Iceman of the group, but dang KJ is a huge part of why we win… The IN to you KJ !!!

  OUT – Downright Offensive

This OUT will be short and sour. Germain Ifedi isn't cutting it. About a quarter of the way through the season our pass-blocking was starting to gel. Joeckel got dinged, we moved some pieces around and it's been a mixed-bag since. It's almost as if when Duane Brown took Ifedi's #76, he took Ifedi's abilities with him. Call it a reverse Spinal Tap if you will as 76 – 65 = 11… only this time, ‘going to 11' has resulted in Ifedi forgetting how to play football.

At one point both Ifedi and Rawls combined for 1/2 a terrible chip block, resulting in another Red Birds sack of RCW.

  Ifedi + Rawls = half a chip block???

— Clinton Bonner (@clintonbon) November 10, 2017

And let's not discuss our run blocking … because it just doesn't exist. Like I said: short and sour.

IN – The RedZone Barron

Jimmy.

Somewhat despised, certainly kicked around by many a 12… not me.

Look now… Jimmy is tied for TDs by TEs in 2017. He's ahead of Gronk, he's ahead of Kelce.

In our last 5 rumbles Jimmy has:

24 receptions

6 TDs

And perhaps most importantly … Russell Carrington Wilson is learning to hit Jimmy from within 10 yards and routes that aren't low-probability fade routes!!!

  No tenía oportunidad de parar a Jimmy Graham (Lleva 5 TD's en sus últimos 5 juegos)http://pic.twitter.com/qud2GurWt0

— Cobertura NFL (@CoberturaNFL) November 10, 2017

  As our schedule turns up down the stretch, we'll need Jimmy to be this big if we're going to turn out!

We hear you Jimmy!!!

  OUT – Just Beat It

Ooooof toofie Flock … 2 separate members of our O-Line ending up on the wrong side of the ledger in the same week against a bad football team… Que lastima!

But, the truth shall set us free… right?

Pocic has gotten a bit of a pass this season and I think it's been fair. He's a rookie who has been asked to play and practice at every position on the O-Line and when he's been plugged in, he's done OK enough to not be signaled out.

Well… Thursday night wasn't a good showing for the young Padawan. When Brown went down, I expected Tobin to get pushed around (boy did he)… but I didn't expect Pocic to be routinely beat on running downs… yet here we are.

Pocic is in year 1 and has been asked to do a ton… we recognize that. But Thursday he was mostly bad… let's clean that up and get prepped to take on the Dirty Birds at the CLink next Monday night !!!

  From the Flock!

Our fave section because it's all about the Little Flockers getting their opinions heard, word! Let's see what members of the Flock waxed poetic this Thursday night!

Ross Bell brought the VERY late night, UK snark to us all on TNF – a-thank-you Ross!

  The one plus to #skycam is watching AP repeatedly running in to his own blockers and/or Bobby Wagner #3I3O #in (I think)

— Ross Bell (@RossBell1984) November 10, 2017

  Well done Young Choi…

  DCH = Always Wise !!!

  The Pod and Ash combined to remind us all that apparently a catch, 3 steps and a fumble… is… an incomplete pass??? Once again NFL #DoBetter !!!

#3i3o. Apparently 3 steps after catching the ball is out.

— Ash (@ashthecuz) November 10, 2017

  1,2,3… What's Next!???

Dirty, dirty birds come to our house on Monday night!

Mamma Cleo likes our chances.

Mamma Cleo likes Dwight Freeney to get to Matty Ice and surpass his sack total all of last year with ‘dem dirty birds.

Mamma Cleo likes a more aggressive LB core to cause more pressure with Big Perm, Big Sherm sidelined.

Mamma Cleo likes Russ to carry the night in primetime.

Get the W and stay healthy boys… Go ‘Hawks!!!

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