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It's my 5 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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It's my 3 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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Meatloaf to the rescue!!!

What do you get when you have three relatives sick with COVID, crippling guilt that you might be the cause of their illness, and a lot of free time?

Well you get meatloaf!

So….I got sick with Covid (think I got it from my History teacher) so I was sick for a couple of days. I wore a mask. I kept my distance from my family. But did that stop the virus?

Apparently not.

First my sister got sick

Then my dad

And finally my mom

And it was all my fault.

If I had just worn a mask to college. If I had went one day without asking my teacher if I did well in class (spoiler alert: I always do well). If I had just stayed six feet apart, I never would have gotten sick. I never would have gotten my family sick.

Luckily, we’re all vaccinated. So the virus wasn’t serious.

I got better faster, but my family was still sick. Thankfully it was the weekend, and I thought of something epic. Food makes people feel happy, so why not make dinner for everyone?

I wanted to make something that everyone would enjoy. A comfort food that says “Everything will be alright, if you just take a bite.” A meal that is warm and savory, that makes you want seconds. That was the type of meal I wanted to make.

So I made meatloaf. (The picture above)

The recipe I used was from a cook that I got from an anime convention. It’s so cute, it’s from the kawaii egg franchise. Here’s the link of you wanna buy it online.

(I wanna try more recipes from this book. I’ll write my cretic and tips on each recipe)

This book has a meatloaf recipe, and it was really tasty. The recipe called for ground beef and pork, since pork is fatty, used a beef that had less fat.

The glaze to coat the meat, was tangy and sweet. Provide the meatloaf with a delicious moisture that made you want to come back for another bite. To ensure that the glaze seeped deeper into the loaf, I scored the top diagonally with the back of a knife. Not too deep.

One more tip to making a moist meatloaf. Add a little bit of water on the tray. Not too much, about half an inch. The water will keep the loaf from drying up and makes cleaning the tray very easy.

My family really loved the meatloaf and I really liked it too. I give this recipe a 9/10. I hope to cook more family and not just when they are sick. I would love all of us to be healthy, we just need be more careful since Covid is still around.

I’m gonna continue making people happy with my food and writing my opinions and tips on recipes. Maybe make my own one day.

Until then, I wish you guys the best in life. Remember to always wear a mask, and the right comfort meal can make anyone feel better.

Bye!!

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Never bake when your in severe distress

(A.N: This is my first post on Tumblr, and I figured I make it a blog post. So please be nice, thank you.)

I know what you're gonna say. Doesn't baking help with stress? Well, it does but doesn't at the same time.

Sure, it can act as a great stress reliever. Why punch a pillow when you can beat pastry dough? However, there is a saying in my family “Never cook when you're upset.” According to my mom, you’re supposed to cook with love in your heart otherwise the food will taste bitter.

I didn't believe in that old saying. There have been times when I've been cooking with sadness over the death of a character from my favorite anime (*sniff* Rengoku!!!!! 😭😭😭). Anger, whenever my sister and I are cooking together and we have a small argument over folding in egg whites.

I’ve cook and baked with lots of emotions besides love and the food tasted good. So why was it different when I baked last week?

Let me tell you a short story.

Once upon a time, there was a young girl with anxiety issues who thought her dreams were in the theater. but as she went on with her college life, she realized her true passion for writing and cooking. sure, she was good at reciting lines and decent at dancing, but when she was writing plays and papers for English and language classes, she realized her true passion. it was right in front of her face her whole life, as a child, she always liked writing little stories and was told she had strong opinions that needed to be shared. And because she loved cooking and sharing her opinions about food that she has eaten, she thought ‘why not mix both of these things I love together?’.

And so, she decided to become a food critic/chef and changed her major to English to improve her writing skills. Sadly, all stories have a villain, and this story’s villain is called anxiety. Anxiety was a bitch who kept on whispering doubts and fears into the girl’s heart.

What if you fail?

What if you get overwhelmed?

What if you're not good enough?

What if you're writing style isn’t good enough for the teachers?

Yeah, the girl was turning into a nervous wreck, it got to the point where she forgot why she wanted to change her major in the first place. She forgot her dreams. In an attempt to quell her fears she decided to bake an apple pie, a dessert she has made many times in the past. However, her wicked anxieties cast a curse on the pie. Though it looked and smelled tasty on the outside, it held a dark secret on the inside.

So, yeah. That's the story of what’s been happening in my for the past few days. I ran out of anxiety medication and look what happened!But there is hope. Just when you think the villains are too powerful to defeat, even stronger heroes will arise to save the day.

I have my family, who believes in me.

I have a website called ‘Rate my professor’, which allows me to look at the ratings of the professor of the classes I need to take and find the ones that would help me grow.

I have a teacher who gave me incredible advice on something that will help me in the future.

I have a friend who’s also an English major. I asked him a lot of questions and he put many of my fears to rest.

But most importantly, I have me. I have overcome so many challenges in the past. I have written papers, learned from my experiences, and managed my time correctly. I’ve felt this fear before, back when I was starting college and I was scared of the change. The life that was so used to, aka high school, was over and I was entering a new chapter in my life. It was scary at first, but I overcame it. And it’s the same thing for this situation.

So, what did I learn from this? I learned that though something may seem scary at first glance if you have faith in yourself and work hard, you can accomplish anything. I also learned that if you were afraid it helps to talk about it with somebody instead of keeping it inside you. I talked about my fears with my friend and my parents and they really helped me get over them. You can also talk to a therapist, they can help a lot.

Now I'm sure you’re still wondering, “What about the pie?” Well, turns out my phrase of cooking with only love in your heart actually has some truth to it. I served the pie to my family and one of my friends and they love it, their reactions reminded me of the dream that I have, and that made me very happy. However, when I took a bite, I tasted nothing but bitterness and felt anxiety again. I guess the emotions that were feeling that day stuck to the pie, which sucks! Told my mom about it, but she said it tasted good and she's not one to lie to her kids.

I think what I tasted was psychological. I'll do some research. Until then, thank you very much for reading my first post. And remember, cook with love in your heart!

Bye!!

Sincerely me.



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What’s art fight??

I was hoping I’d get an ask like this so I had an excuse to go all out like this! Artfight is an annual art event that surrounds giving and getting art for a whole month!

once you make an account you can upload all your ocs and their information on your own page! This should include stuff like references and small bits of character info (enough for someone to draw them accurately). You need to have at least one OC uploaded to participate so people can draw art for you during Artfight (although i would say upload about 3 so people have choice.)

All people who sign up for Artfight that year get separated into two teams once the event begins (I’m using red and blue as an example but they are usually stuff like sun vs moon, technology vs nature, coffee vs tea etc)

Once that happens people can make art of your OCs in exchange for points for their team! Yep! You get free art of your OCs!

But that means your team is now down a good few points so its not without consequence.

By drawing an OC that belongs to the opposite team for more points than the piece you were given your team is able to stay on top of the game and you also put some good out in the world in the process.

if you draw something for the person of the opposite team and they attack back you can get extra points for your team by starting a “revenge chain” its one of the best ways to get a point multiplier going and to start a friendship with someone who has cool characters!

So what happens when your team wins?

Your team all get a nifty little digital trophy, all the art development that comes with drawing competitively, the knowledge that you’ve put a lot of good and happiness into the world by drawing peoples ocs, and complete ownership of bragging rights! (I personally developed my art style a whole lot during artfight last year! it was super fun!)

So what about when your team looses?

Well the reason why the other team won is because they gave your team the most art of your teams characters! So statistically you just got a whole bunch more free art than they did! Even if you don’t get all the celebration and bragging rights you now have so much more amazing art of your characters!

So basically…

I totally implore everyone who loves to do visual art to participate in artfight! It’s an amazing event that challenges you in a great way and you get to be introduced to a lot of really amazing artists and make alliances with people on your team!

Here’s the link to the website

Here’s the link to my account on art fight if you want to check me out!

Keep in mind you don’t have to participate in artfight once you make an account, you need to opt in for that year at any point during the month so you can absolutely just make an account to watch and look at the good art!

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Stop the anon hate!!! Spread the love!!!

YES! THANK YOU! After all, it’s just like what the Funk Fam said:

🎶It’s All Love🎶

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OMG!!! I love it😆😆😆😆

THANK YOU!!!!

My half of an art trade with @broadwaygeek1318

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This is my first post on tumblr and I’m super excited. It’s an art trade I did wit @miwachan2!