If you’ve been watching the noise and paying attention to California, you’ve heard about the Camp Fire.
In a matter of hours, the fire jumped to 20,000 acres. This morning it reached 70,000. My town of Paradise, where I’ve lived my entire life, was consumed entirely. Very little containment has been reached and the situation is absolute hell.
My house was one of the first to go.
My mom and my sisters and I barely got out, in separate cars, and we got separated for 10 hours. My mom and little sister were stuck in Paradise with all my pets in the flames until my stepdad was able to get gas to them so they could get out. My cat was lost, and I personally was only able to grab an extremely small amount of my own belongings because I was helping my mom to grab important documents and photos and to get the pets situated.
We are now homeless, with no clue where to go from here, and desperately in need of help to get food, clothes, supplies, anything. My mom has been disabled for 3 years and we survive on a single income from my stepdad, who is a firefighter. His friends have been hurt trying to fight this. We have a dog with us, and two guinea pigs, and a bearded dragon.
My mom set up a fundraiser, even though we are not at all the type to ask for so much help.
☝️ That’s the last image of our house that I took this morning. It is now ashes and rubble.
If you can donate, it would mean the world to us, to help us get back on our feet. If you can’t, please share. Anything helps no matter how small.
I’m having a f**king panic attack right now because of a f**king screamer…hey, MostAmazingTop10, get your sh*t straight and never do that again…because you just have an unexpecting, anxiety ridden teen who has nightmares a lot a d*mn panic attack…I hope you’re proud of yourselves…
If any of you see this video, do NOT click on it…you’ll get jumpscared almost immediately…I learned the hard way…I’m crying and shaking and sweating…due to that f**king video…I hope you’re happy you stupid f**king YouTube channel…because you just scarred someone for the rest of her f**king life…
Gather round kids while I explain this manipulation tactic that men perpetually try to use and why it’s bullshit.
If someone is openly showing interest in you by making disparaging or disappointed comments about your age, they’re trying to put you on the defensive. This guy wants me to try to quell his discomfort, to bring up that I’m only a month shy of 20, etc. - he wants me to try to prove myself to him, that I’m mature and adult enough for a man like him.
His goal is to establish a power imbalance right off the bat. If we were to date, I would constantly be on the defensive, constantly striving to be an equal, constantly trying to prove my “adult” credentials. Anything he says or does or wants from this point on that I object to would just be seen as a strike against my age, proof that he was right and that I’m not mature enough for him. This is how SO MANY men pressure younger individuals (primarily women and girls) into situations and relationships they aren’t comfortable with. If he truly thought I was too young for him, he wouldn’t have messaged me. This is a very calculated move, and it’s fucking gross.
Adult relationships with age gaps are completely fine, but only if all parties view each other as equals. If someone is trying to set you up in a way that ensures that’s never a possibility, run far away.
1 ½ cups blueberries, thawed, ½ cup raspberries, thawed
½ cup maple syrup
1 ½ tsp lemon juice
Instructions
1. Grease a 6” springform pan with coconut oil or line with parchment paper greased with coconut oil.
Add the base ingredients to a food processor or high-powered blender and mix until it forms a sticky dough. Press the dough evenly into the prepared pan.
Combine all of the filling ingredients except for the blueberries and blend until the mixture is silky smooth. Set aside a portion of this raspberry mixture for the raspberry swirl (about ½ cup). Add in blueberries and mix until smooth. Adjust sweetness/tartness/spice levels of the mixture to taste.
Pour the filling into the pan over the crust. Place in the freezer until completely firm. Swirl on top raspberry mixture then put it back in the freezer until this layer also becomes firm before serving. It helps to run your knife under hot water (then dry with a toilette) before cutting the cheesecake
Serve frozen or thawed at room temperature for 10-15 minutes before serving. Store in the freezer for up to 2 weeks!