#I have rebranded though

[the-starlit-authoress]

Prompt #2

"You're fired."

Hero stared at villain in confusion. "I'm- what?"

"Fired."

"You can't fire me! You're my nemesis, not my boss!"

"Yeah and I want a new nemesis, so you're fired."

[tariah23]

I’m not rooting for Candace Owens just because she spoke out about israel and Zionists, man.

[airyairyaucontraire]

It's strange how much, when I have time off (e.g. tomorrow is ANZAC Day and I've booked the Friday after as annual leave so I can have a four-day weekend), I feel like "ah, normal life for a bit," because work-day life never really feels like life.

Anyway, this weekend is my mother's 70th birthday and she's having a party (catered ladies' lunch) and she's sad because her sister is sick and can't come but on the other hand her best friend has flown over from Australia for it, and I will spend a chunk of tomorrow baking two large and sumptuous carrot cakes for the occasion.

The best carrot cake recipe I've ever found btw: Carrot Cake III from Allrecipes.com. I make it without the pecans, because my sister's allergic to nuts, and instead of plain cinnamon I use mixed spice (called pudding spice in the UK and pumpkin pie spice in the USA). Otherwise, I just follow the recipe and I really cannot over-emphasise how nice this cake is. My sister and mother request it for their birthday cakes pretty much every year.

It's so moist you can make it a couple of days in advance with no noticeable deterioration (provided you store it wrapped up or in an airtight container, of course). The original recipe is for a 9x13 rectangular pan but it works pretty perfectly if you divide the batter equally between two medium-size round cake pans and then layer the baked cakes with the cream cheese icing, which is my normal method. This time, however, I'm making the rectangular version for ease of cutting and serving to a lot of different people.

And it's easy. You don't actually need an electric mixer, if you have a whisk or an egg-beater and some gumption that's just as good. I speed things up by grating the carrots in a food processor - as well as being quicker, I find this results in tidier grated carrots that don't leak and slop their juice so much. In my experience, three medium-size carrots usually yield three cups of the grated stuff, and I would recommend using a grater or food processor disc with smaller holes - thinner strands of carrot give you a better-textured cake.

And as you may know if you know me, I like carrot cake to be a simple and honest CARROT cake, and this one is. There is no secret, sneaky fruit involved.* Carrot it says and carrot it is and carrot it ever shall be.

I once made this with heirloom purple carrots as an experiment. It looked simply disgusting and tasted exactly the same.

*I don't mind if you want a carrot and pineapple cake! I just think you should call it a carrot and pineapple cake. Stuff you if you put sultanas or raisins in it though.

[citrlet]

i miss you guys

[glamournessmygod]

i feel obliged to inform everyone that kaarija sadly deleted his song kaarija from his official youtube account and only has his current content now.

[bread-tab]

i bought a cheap squishy toy and it smells like something i should definitely not be inhaling at all (kind of like gas/petrol but more factory-plasticky? i'm a retail drone not a chemist) and, of course, it was made in china.

("of course" not so much because of the price or quality but because everything is. at every price range and standard, tbh. i'm not trying to say everything made in china sucks. for the tumblr-pedantic record. rip to the workers in the stinky plastic factory though. :/)

so i was like "if this was made in america i could figure out where. we put the company address on everything here. but can i do that with an overseas company?" and the answer is yes maybe (i found the import/middleman companies and there are "trading" websites that track this stuff) but also no because i can't read mandarin. (sorry ancestors)

anyway that's how i find out about this place

yiwu "market" aka "international trade city." alleged "world's largest wholesale market." the mall to end all malls. this place sells stuff to the entire world by the shipping container. didn't even slightly exist in 1980; now does billions of dollars in trade annually which supports a city of 2 million people. which previously was just. like. a farming village.

(btw take this info with a grain of salt *please* i got it from youtube, google and wikipedia and i'm existing in an incredulous sleep-deprived haze)

literally miles of showrooms of every random manufactured item you can imagine. toys, clothes, electronics, household goods, christmas decorations...

i cannot stress enough that we do not have this kind of thing here. (... do we?) but. we have the stuff. this is where all the stuff is from. all roads lead to yiwu, apparently

sometimes you just get reminded... world big. but also. world interconnected. not so small after all. but so connected.

[bomnun]

today shinwon shared that he hasn’t formally renewed yet and is technically a free agent, but unless something huge happens very soon he is staying, they just haven’t finalized the contract yet. he says it’s both for group and solo activities, and my assumption based on his words and tone is that it’s important to him to have a future plan and not total unknown when he comes back from the enlistment. he’s probably enlisting in december or early january.

[thehealingsystem]

nate please please please please I am shaking you by the shoulders right now no one needs to do this please you can make a actual thought provoking interesting thumbnail for the song you don't need to appeal to clickbait algorithms anymore you're still letting yourself be bound to it people loved your early original songs for what they were without this. please stop doing this please stop changing thumbnails I am going to cry

[gorillagluegrower]

The borgerpearl era has come to a close. I just don’t post enough about su for it to be relevant anymore but thank you to everyone who was a part of my silly antics like 6-7 years ago.

[seagreenstardust]

riacarroll >>>>>>>> seagreenstardust

Time for a change friends

[dullanyan]

i keep side-eyeing neopets now that its going back to normal, apparently...

[taxolotl]

Its been an honor to see all of your works and being in the fandom with you. I don't think I would have grown as much as digital artist if it wasn't for your dtiys and just generally being inspired by your work to continue experimenting even if I wasn't confident in how it looked.

I found out everything that's going on through tumblr last night after i got off work (I don't have a Twitter) and im feeling really lost at the moment. I hope you're holding up okay (and everyone else too).

When you do move, I'll look forward to seeing your lovely art again. I'd be glad to fall into another fandom with you.

this is so heartwarming thank you so much 😭😭💓💓💓

[nymphilily]

Something dangerous is going to happen soon

[shittymspareaderdaily]

im gonna actually revive this blog soon 👍 still not daily but ill do some fun things

[formulapisces]

keep a hold of this name on another account, that way it will still be yours if you change your mind 🦇

that’s what i am planning on doing 🤗 my sideblog which i never use is named ‘thedevilwearspapaya’ so you can see i have amazing taste 😭

[numetaljackdog]

The funniest part of your rebrand is the way you replaced your posts tag

lmao i'm inclined to agree with that. i did just that part as an april fool's bit last year too, with a post saying that i thought haunted was actually a mid song. everything else for this year's thing was like a last-minute thought