#Dec 14

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

The Clash - Lover's Rock

[namekian-maoh]

GUYS 👀

[fe-smashorpass]

Narshe - Final Fantasy VI

[mistfunk]

Mistigram: for this date in last year's ADVENT23 #AdventCalendar, Cthulu manually made an #ANSIart reproduction of #pixelart sprites from Chris Pirih's #SkiFree, first included in 1991's Microsoft Entertainment Pack 3.

[pxtitxrosx]

Who: @postapocalypsemalone Where: Rosie's Diner When: Early morning, Dec 14

"Your coffee is waiting there." Eyes lifting from the place where her cloth was doing it's best to team with her elbow grease to get a particularly stubborn spot off one of the tables, Charlie locked a warm smile on Mal, and nodded her chin toward the bar top, where a to go cup was already waiting and steaming. "Just the way you like it."

Giving up for now, the back of one wrist pushed her hair from her face as she turned her full attention to them. "Are you hungry? I haven't started breakfast rations yet, but I could whip you something up. I'm guessing it's gunna be a busy day for you and the others who are doing prep for the big run, huh?"

[emberwexley]

Who: @postapocalypsemalone Where: Third Floor Hallway When: Morning of Dec 14

"Oh, Mal!" Though she'd never admit it, Ember didn't know which suite was the Caretaker's and she'd spent most of the morning hovering next to her apartment door, peeking out each time she heard a door open until finally spotting who she wanted. "Thank goodness you're here, I need your help so bad!"

Not even thinking about personal space, Ember reached out to grab her so she could tug her into her suite. "My toilet isn't flushing and I have no idea what to do. I can't like... touch it... you know... the water. Blech."

[mrwexleysr]

Who: @postapocalypsemalone Where: The boiler room When: Dec 14

"So, you're saying it's bad" Staring at the plumbing that he himself couldn't make heads nor tails of, a deep sigh pulled from his chest as he nodded to himself. "Well, when it rains it pours... or... when it snows it blizzards, I suppose." A hand lifting to rub along the scruff of his chin while he processed the information Mal had given him, Tobias had to admit the timing was absolutely terrible. Though, maybe it was better now, before the run, than later when they were snowed in.

"We're going to need fuel for furnace, anyway... so we'll just have to add parts to the lists for the teams. Can you write down exactly what it is you'll need?" He'd ask if they were joining the away teams, but part of him truly hoped that wasn't the case. Mal was an integral part of the continuing function of the building not only before, but especially now, and the emotional risk of losing them was far too high for his comfort.

"For now we may have to start thinking about encouraging everyone toward the lower floors for the winter. Maybe we can block off and turn off all the vents and water to the higher floors then and direct it back to the Atrium level and the lowest floors. Then the furnace hopefully won't need to work as hard."

[msbarrows]

Dec 14 - FINALLY got some baking done. Did a pan of shortbread, which is probably about the simplest cookie on earth to make, using only three ingredients (butter, sugar, and flour). Hopefully I can get pfeffernuesse tackled tomorrow or Saturday; they're a touch more complicated.

Played more LotRO and TS4, and checked NMS to see if the next expedition was up yet (nope, they were still running Utopia - should roll over tonight).

For supper I did pork chops, boiled potatoes, and steamed mix veg. Sounds kind of plain until you take into account the fennel-juniper-allspice based rub used on the pork, the butter and smoked paprika the potatoes were shaken with, and the dribble of toasted sesame seed oil on the vegetables. None of which took more than a minute to do, but adds so much flavour.

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Nirvana - Aneurysm

[namekian-maoh]

This looks amazing 🤯

[fe-smashorpass]

Sea Winds and Travelers - Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

[mistfunk]

Mistigram: I don't know when exactly you expected the monkeys to have their day, but turns out December 14th is it! You'd better pause the Christmas baking long enough to go find a banana somewhere. This #ANSIart screen was drawn by AdeptApril.

[mrwexleysr]

Who: @rioreeve Where: Mr. W's Office When: Dec 14, 2023

"Thank you for coming in, Zach. Now, let's go chat in my office, there's business to be had." Motioning for the younger man to follow him, Tobias headed toward his office, chatting as he went. "Also thank you for bringing coffee. I haven't managed to get downstairs for one and it's been a long morning. Somehow it's harder to wake up with how quiet it is now that Ember is living downstairs."

[msbarrows]

Been procrastinating on my Thing A Day posts again - this time for over a week, which I'm mostly blaming on obsessively playing Timberborn and Planet Crafter rather than getting other things done (such as doing Christmas baking, which I have yet to do any of).

Things I know I've done in the last week and a half: laundry, partial cleaning of the upstairs bathroom, some tidying and reorganization in both my bedroom and the room where my computer is, baked bread. Got downtown to the pharmacy and refilled prescriptions. Most of the way through crocheting another scarf.

Suppers from this same time period, which I'm only able to remember this far back since I'm currently keeping a food diary for a while so I'm more aware of what I'm eating throughout the day (it's definitely helping me to cut back on carbs as snacks):

Dec 7 - Tuna rice with green peas.

Dec 8 - Grilled cheese sandwich, apple strudel (just me for supper so made a lazy meal)

Dec 9 - Beef stewed with onions and mushrooms, served with boiled potatoes, steamed carrots, and green peas.

Dec 10 - Roast chicken, with mashed potatoes and steamed mixed veg

Dec 11 - Chicken strips with potatoes hashed in duck fat with sweet peppers, corn, and green onions

Dec 12 - Beef vindaloo with barberry rice and steamed mixed veg

Dec 13 - Taco salad

Dec 14 - Hamburger patties with potato wedges, corn and tomatoes

Dec 15 - Pasta with meat sauce and meatballs

[pxtitxrosx]

"Hmmm....." Tapping her lower lip with a finger as she pondered over what hint she could give him, Charlie studied his face trying to assess what wouldn't give it away, before being distracted by his silliness.

"Don't you dare start that mister, I am not beyond throwing something at you." Doing her best to be non-theateningly threatening with a pointed finger at him and an even more pointed look, chestnut strands escaped the clip that held her hair back as she shook her head at him. "Do you want your clue or not?"

Challenging him with a a wave of her hand as she opened the door to the stairwell, leaning back against it to hold it open while she waited for him to step through.

"Well... About.... Hmmm... Four years ago to the day, something happened for the first time, and then about a million times after that. And... if we're honest.... is still happening to. this. very. day." Grinning at him as she put on a suspenseful tone for the last few words, wriggling her eyebrows at him with a sort of knowing little negging, starting to take the steps backwards with an ease that said it wasn't nearly the first time she'd gone up them that way.

they walked together in the oddly comforting hallways of the wexley. perhaps familiarity was supposed to breed contempt, but the winter months spent within these walls had brought solace instead. it no doubt had something to do with them being shut off from the outside world, how easy it was to pretend that those problems no longer existed.

it was too cold to go outside so there was no point in worrying about what may or may not be happening out there. there was no point in holding on to the frustration and fear for his family, so for now he'd compartmentalized those feelings to be dealt with when the snow melted.

"do i get a hint?"

before she could answer he turned to hold up a finger in questioning, "did someone finally find the other discs for the andy griffith show?" he'd been quoting the handful of episodes they'd been able to watch relentlessly much to everyone's disappointment. finding the other discs would probably be a gift to everyone else as much as him.

in a painfully exaggerated old timey accent he quoted, "daylight’s precious when your a youngen’."

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Nirvana - Hairspray queen