#Salsa Blog

[dimemasazucar]

First Dance: The art of Improvisation

It is always interesting to me when I get asked about my interpretation of a genre of music. A deeply personal overview and even critique of a medium that can bring out deep emotional responses from people while also holding incredible cultural weight and wanting to respect the art and the interpretation equally. It's a bit difficult to do with a genre like Salsa because of my deeply-rooted personal ties with the genre.

Having been raised by practitioners since its inception, both dancers and musicians alike taught me how to use my inherited love of the rhythm to become fluent not only as a dancer but as an expression of myself through dance. Salsa, much like the people it comes from, blends together the best aspects of Afro-Latin culture and stylized the image in a way that differentiated itself from its contemporaries at the time as its own entity.

In Volume II of Salsa Revolution, Willi Colon jokes about playing with the image of the 'gangster' at the time (heavily influenced by the mafia culture within the immigrant communities of New York) and incorporating that confidence alongside bombastic instrumentation and an incredible ear for rhythm. Interestingly this idea can find itself repeated in later generations of Hip-Hop and Jazz music, truly lending credence to the influence our cultures shared with one another during pivotal times of community and expression. These pictures, the hypnotizing clave (bap-bap-bap. BapBAP), the emotion behind it- it was me growing up. When you hear stories of families coming from different parts of any Antiguan Island to New York during a time of strife and evolution, finding their way amongst Italian, Turkish, African and Jewish peers experiencing the same thing you can feel the sense of family amongst conversations between old New Yorkers. The Viejos and Viejas of the world sharing stories of the suits, the dancing. Izzy Zanabria hit it on the head. "Salsa is Latin soul, and started in the heart of Africa. " Eventually flowing through every part of Latin America, receiving many different interpretations and cultural depictions. At its heart is a blending of Jazz, Bambo, African drums (of SEVERAL different cultures), with a sprinkle of the Taino influence. The heart of Salsa is in every Latin person because its in our DNA. The ability to create, to combine, to express. And Salsa is nothing if not a language of expression and improvisation meeting together in perfect harmony. Through its origins, becoming a language and soul of the Latin culture also came with broader representation in the world. While Salsa can find itself eventually as the foundation of reggeton, the evolution is not without its unsung heroes. Within Volume II is also the mention of Chef Feliciano, who is an undisputed legend in the art. Without him, music would not be what it is today. While not a similar scale of impact, I would also give more recognition to Eddie Santiago who created what I think to be one of the best Salsa songs of all time and a clear representation of the genre while it was at a fever pitch. They capture the emotionality, the percussion, the emotion of the genre incredibly well. With that being said, I have been focusing on a lot of what the men have had to say about the genre and not the ultimate representation of the genre at its finest.

Celia Cruz is without a doubt the definition of "often emulated and never duplicated." Many of us have memories (better or worse) of Quimbara being the spring cleaning anthem and also one of the songs that made everybody start dancing at get togethers. Her power as a vocalist was transcendent, her spirit as an artist irreplaceable. I wouldn't change the mixture of fear and joy I feel hearing Cruz on an early Sunday morning for anything. While through these videos I am sure you have seen the power of dance within the genre. Our bodies move, twist, and bend in ways that would have Yuri on Ice jealous in its animation if it ever came (and it should). We explode more than our Spanish Flamenco peers, we have more freestyles than 'traditional' dance forms of more westernized identities, and oftentimes the equal parts confident and provocative nature of our dancing represents our African influences with tight turns, incredible footwork, and group synchronization that will continue to stand the test of time. And, regardless of gender identity we do it in shoes with heels, baby. Equal opportunity flexing. As a cool aside, some of my favorite dancers from France, Les-Twins, have oftentimes referenced and directly have danced various interpretations of salsa during some of their World of Dance and global competitions. The art of improvisation is in the heart of Latin music and Salsa as well as its evolution (and family ties) are reminiscent of how artistry and community can create something spectacular.

[nextgenfoals]

Salsa Spark and Dazzle

firecracker is, as her name suggests, quite a spunky mare with a temper that can be just as fiery as her mane. she's very skilled at pyrotechnics and enjoys coordinating fireworks displays for special events around ponyville. ~ mod honey 🍯

Chili Peach is always coming up with ideas for magical hybrid fruits, like spicy peaches or sweet chilies! He loves experimenting and introducing new plants to the culinary world :) — Mod Charm 🦋

[eat-love-eat]

BBQ Beer Chicken Skewers with Avocado Corn and Feta Salsa

[salsadraws]

rubs my hands together like a fly

[verosvault]

🚨SPOILERS FOR FANTASY HIGH JUNIOR YEAR EPISODE 7🚨

Dimension20 "Fantasy High Junior Year"

Episode 7 "Stress Tested"

Timestamp: 00:25:07

Video Length: 4min. & 58sec.

The Salsa Jump (Pt. 1 | ‣Pt. 2)

Kristen: "But you passed, right?"

Kipperlilly: "Hm?"

Kristen: "You don't even have to take classes."

Kipperlilly: "Studying student government."

Kristen: "Oh, I see. 'Cause I thought that teacher found you so you don't have to take any classes."

Adaine: "Right."

KIPPERLILLY/BRENNAN'S EXPRESSION!!! 😭😭✋✋

THE AWKWARD SILENCE HERE! 😭✋

Gorgug & Fig: *eating chips with Kristen's salsa hat*

Brennan: "You see that"

Kristen: *eats chips from her salsa hat*

Brennan: "she..."

Kristen: *rubs the salsa chip all over her face* 😭✋

(Brennan's laugh! 😭✋ & Ally's laugh! 😭✋)

Brennan: "She looks at you and says,"

Kipperlilly: "It's nice to be able to focus. How are things going with your goddess?"

Kristen: *scoffs* "It's been a lot better. Did you hear? She passed."

The awesome caption team: (all laughing)

(LOU HIDING HIS FACE! + THE CONCERN ON ZAC'S FACE! 😭✋ I CAN'T! 😭✋)

Ally: "I actually meant that seriously."

Brennan: "Yeah."

Ally: "Yeah."

Kristen to Riz: "Is this going well?"

Riz: *shakes his head* "We're gonna head out."

Kristen: "We are gonna head out. I can't move too fast."

Riz: "Good contest."

Ally: "I'm trying to run, but I'm-"

Brennan: "As you walk away, it's like five seconds later, and you see that Kipperlilly now let's you get a little bit away so she can say,"

Kipperlilly: "Your goddess passed?" *echoing* "How can you cast spells?"

Brennan: "And the whole campus hears it."

Riz: "Passed the test."

Kristen: "Passed the test...to give me extra spells."

Ally: "And then I try to Spider-Man web." *laughs*

Murph: "Can I prestidigitation?"

The awesome caption team: (all laughing)

Emily: "I also prestidigitation."

Lou: "I'm gonna cast Pyrotechnics. And I'm just gonna shoot off a 💩 ton of fireworks."

Brennan: "I'm gonna say right now that all of you do whatever you need to do. I'm gonna say the difficulty of covering that is a 40. And you may add all of your checks together."

Murph: "You in a salsa hat."

Siobhan: "I'm gonna cast Nondetection on Kristen so nobody can tell that it's not coming from her."

Zac: "I cast Jump on..." *laughs*

Ally: *laughing* "On the salsa?"

Brennan: "Okay, Nondetection, Jump, you're casting Pyrotechnics."

Lou: "Pyrotechnics, just" *waves his hand in the air*

Emily: "I'm casting-"

Murph: "Prestidigitation."

Ally: "But do we have any Bardics going around that we can try to..."

Emily: "You don't want mine."

Ally: "Okay."

Emily: "I'm gonna cast Fear because it creates an image and I'm just gonna create an image of a huge nefarious spiderweb."

Ally: *spiderweb-shooter noise*

Brennan: "So what everyone sees is Kristen shoots spiderweb that also produces a elephant-sized spider that begins to run amuck on the campus as Kristen ejects from a Jump spell straight over the school into another field."

The awesome caption team: (all laughing)

Lou: "Through fireworks."

Brennan: "Through fireworks."

Lou: "Through fireworks."

Brennan: "Everyone starts screaming."

Ally: "Passed the test to gimme extra spells!"

The Bad Kids chanting: "Kristen! Kristen! Kristen! Kristen!"

Adaine: "Wow, I'm voting for her for sure."

Riz: "You've seen the shrimp jump, and now have you seen the salsa jump?"

Brennan: *laughing*

Adaine: "I'm so wet, it's burning my face."

Brennan: "Food trucks peel out from the ****ing giant spider."

Gorgug: "Get outta here, losers."

The awesome caption team: (all laughing)

Brennan: "And with that, what better not to engage in our very first downtime."

Gorgug: "Phew!" *wipes forehead*

Riz: *laughs*

Fabian: "We gotta get it together." *laughs*

Kristen: "Yeah, I'm so sorry."

Riz: "Kipperlilly knows that your other god died but didn't know that this one just died."

Kristen: "*** **** it!"

Fig: "Well, I actually liked that you played it honest, though. 'Cause she's telling us lies and you just told the truth."

Kristen: "That's true, but-"

Fig: "Well, until you didn't."

Kristen: "Until I lied big time. But you guys really covered it up. Okay?"

Fabian: "Passed the test."

Gorgug: "Hey, do we need to lock it in?"

Fabian: "Yeah, we lock it in."

Kristen: *takes off her hat* "You guys, I'm really sorry."

Riz: "Let's all never talk to Kipperlilly ever again."

Fabian: "Throw this hat away."

Ally: "Can I do an insight check on when I confronted her about the teacher finding her and her not finding the teacher?"

Brennan: "Yeah. Yeah."

Ally: "Did she give me any- Like, did I ice through one little barrier?"

Brennan: "Give me an insight check."

Ally: "Okay."

Ally gets a 14 on the insight check.

Brennan: "Once again, she didn't say anything in response to it, which feels like a confirmation of it to you, but you didn't see it rattle her. You didn't see anything... Like, in other words, on a 14 you can't get any insight into it. But fundamentally, I think maybe Kristen would feel on some level that if you were to say, 'Hey, that was a ******** technicality,' she'd almost be more proud. Do you know what I mean? Like, literally if someone were like, 'Hey, the spirit of that rule is you're supposed to find the Rogue teacher, not have the Rogue teacher find you. She would be like, 'A success against the spirit of the rule is actually more enticing to me.'"

Ally: "She thinks she gamed it and that's actually more impressive."

Brennan: "Yes, precisely."

Ally: "Okay, got it. *** ******."

Siobhan: "I wonder if the Rogue teacher found her to say, 'Hey, grinding is not the way to do this and you actually have to study and you're in trouble.'"

Ally: "Or she like put herself in danger and that's why that person died. The Rogue teacher had to step in and-"

Siobhan: "Oh, 💩."

Ally: "-like try to save someone-"

Siobhan: "Yeah, either way, she sucks."

Ally: "Yeah."

[machiavelli]

Viva il rosé, la cosa migliore fatta dai francesi

[g1rlmusicfm]

𓊆ྀི G1RLMusic.fm 𓊇ྀི

TAKING REQUESTS

for the Artist of the Week playlist, I’m looking singers and artists with smaller followings! if you are a fan or an artist send me a recommendation 🫶🏽

[soncrunning]

What a crazy night,, I was this close to sleeping at the park's bench.. again,,

Anyways, Music Recommendation part 3:

Today I'll talk about Salsa! Another genre from the south-west.

I am NOT good at dancing this. It's so sad because every time I travel around this places you see people constantly dancing, and I can never dance with 'em. It's in my bucket list to learn how to dance salsa, though it is so hard"" 😢😢😅😅

Anyways, here's an album by a famous Salsa artist, Willie Colón. He has other great songs, but so far, this one has the bests. I specially recommend "Buscando Guayaba" (Looking for Guava in english).

[eat-love-eat]

Skirt Steak with Pineapple Salsa

[audaciousamadeus]

Too Many Christmas Parties

The time is here, the time is now, for the most awaited event of the year: The institute winter party! Every year it has a special theme. Last year it was films, and my lab dressed up as Jurassic Park (I was Jeff Goldblum), but this year the theme was London tube/train stations. It was revealed to me spiritually (cough cough I just liked the vibes and wanted an excuse to dress up as a crystal queen cough cough) that I should be Crystal Palace. I got a fancy glittery dress, a purple wig, a crystal crown with actual lights on it, dinosaur hairclips to symbolise the dinosaur statues in the park, and I borrowed a red coat from my Witchy Friend, to symbolise the flames that burned down the palace. Slay.

And slay I did indeed. I ended up getting the prize for the best costume! Already drunk at that point, I shared my Champagne prize with the buddies surrounding me like a good communist. I kept the Toblerone that was part of my prize for later at least. Frankly, my competition didn't put a lot of effort so this almost didn't feel like a win, but I'll take it. I do regret the cleavage that my dress had however, as I could definitely feel the looks, and at some point a question about the size of my breasts (from a person who is close enough and is funny, so it's fine but still). The party had the same food as last year with the addition of pizza from Papa Johns', a pub quiz, and lots of karaoke. I sang some ABBA with a cool Swiss ADHD girl from a neighbouring lab, A Whole New World from Aladdin with the Anxious Greek Fairy, In The End by Linkin Park with a bunch of random people, and Mr Brightside by The Killers with Golden Retriever Boy.

More and more people left until there were around ten of us left, a bit of dancing happened until we decided to go to the nearby pub. I was sitting in front of Golden Retriver Boy and we were talking until the point I stumbled upon the topic of ending things with the Freaky Welsh Nerd. Golden Retriver Boy immediately perked up and said twice "So, what went wrong??" with some intense gaze that he does sometimes. I mentioned the split earlier in the week during lunch and he asked the same, but I didn't go into too much detail. I think he could tell, as he can read people well, and kept his thirst for gossip for this moment. Before continuing, he was feeling cold so I offered my red coat, which he took. He looked like I dragged a homeless hobbit out of the streets during winter and did the charity of giving him something warm. It was a vibe, so I told him to pose so I could send the pictures to my Witchy Friend. I proceeded to open up to Hobo Baggins here about aspects of the Freaky Welsh Nerd's psyche and how certain kinks and desires had a deep relationship with his attachment style and how that made him suffer, in addition to how our dynamic was. "Sorry, that is probably a bit too much for coworkers" I said, to which he replied "Nononono, it's fine!". He gave me back my coat and revealed that he actually had an extra coat in his backpack, so I wouldn't die of hypothermia. It didn't take long until we all left and I had some pathetic hiccups that woke up my flatmate before I went to sleep.

The next day I had the first hangover of my life and I don't know how people can live like that. I will never do the mistake of not hydrating when drinking again. I removed my make-up, brushed my teeth and got into proper pyjamas but forgot about drinking some water, like an idiot. I didn't remember taking the pictures of Golden Retriver Boy posing in the red coat, so going through my camera roll I died in laughter when I saw them. With each laugh my head exploded, but I just couldn't stop, they were so cursed!

I tried my best to recover because in the late afternoon my Witchy Friend and the Ginger Goddess would come over for our own little Christmas dinner, provided by my flatmate (although he bought mostly tiny dishes which were not vegan-friendly so I had to make some stuff for my Witchy Friend). I made some cocktail vegan sausages wrapped around fried aubergine with a tamarind sauce, as well as vegan rabanadas for dessert. My flatmate bought lots of cute mini-food, including an adorable mini fish and chips in a mini newspaper wrapping. I wish I could keep up with the party more but I was destroyed and feeling sleepy by 8pm, so I went back to my room as usual to sleep while they stayed in the living room until way later. It was a cute and cozy Christmas party in the end, and compatible with my recovery mood.

On Monday we had my lab's own Christmas party at the Bioinformatic Goddess' fancy penthouse. I made my favourite Christmas food, bacalhau a natas but used lionsmane mushrooms as the substitute for codfish to make it vegetarian, made pão de queijo with a guava-chilli dip, and used the rest of the vegan rabanadas to make bread pudding. The afternoon and evening involved chatting and good food (people had many of my pães de queijo and two to three servings of my vegetarian bacalhau, a few people told me that by the third time they just felt silly but I think that this is what Christmas is all about) to the sound of Japanese City Pop, followed by a very wholesome Secret Santa in which I got a translating monosome in which every aminoacid represented a letter that formed a very special and personal word. The few that remained after secret santa played two rounds of werewolf, in a very dramatic fashion.

At some point we were chatting in small circles and Golden Retriver Boy said that me and my flatmate's interactions were sheer sexual tension. I rebutted that there was absolutely nothing and that it felt like empty threats and friendly bickering, as we both appreciate a certain degree of casual lunacy. He insisted that if this was a romcom this would be a scene in it, of me fervently trying to escape the truth of my undying love. With a heavy and bitter sigh I reminded him that this would've been awfully convenient and would solve a few of my problems and that shut him up. My flatmate openly admited that he felt like the older brother that he never was before, as he grew up an only child, and I absolutely agree that the dynamic feels like what I imagine siblings to be like. It's lovely. And annoying. But in a lovely way.

The rest of the week I felt very productive, downloading and processing public datasets, doing experiments that I planned to do since the conference in Denmark, and making some more neurons out of my stem cells so that I would come in only once a week to feed them while they matured to the point that I could use them. Since I'm the only one staying here, I agreed to also feed Golden Retriever Boy's and his research assistant's neurons. I also decided that for New Years I would take up on the offer of the Bosnian Bride to take part in a Murder Mystery game that she would host. Exciting!

I managed to do everything I wanted by that Friday and registered to go dancing at the Salsa Temple by myself for the plot as a start of the holidays. That evening was....interesting. I arrived a bit early so it seemed quite empty, but soon enough the place was full and I had to dodge suspiscious old men left and right for most of the night. This stopped a bit once a German man who worked at the place noticed by discomfort and agreed to dance with me. Our communication shifted between Spanish and German, and soon enough he got a bit too much into teaching me how to dance, escalating to the point that he seemed to get annoyed when I was not understanding some of his instructions. By the end of this he did acknowledge though that I had already improved a bit and this made me happy enough to consider having a break and getting a drink.

When I was finishing my cider some random banker invited me to dance and he seemed respectful enough that I agreed. He was decent but soon enough it seemed like he was just coming on to me and when we stopped dancing he offered to buy me drinks. I replied "I'm not interested romantically, but we can still chat if you'd like", to which he replied "No worries, I wanted to talk to you about neuroscience anyway". He then proceeded to tell me how after a trip to India with his mom and his brother, his mom died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. "Sorry you came to a Salsa evening and I'm making you talk about neuroscience". He was interested in the sort of treatments we were working on, and I briefly told him about things people in the building were working on, such as antisense oligo therapies for ALS-FTD, but unfortunately I had to tell him that none of that would be compatible with how fast the progression of a prion disease is. He lost his mother within two weeks of the start of the symptoms, and his brother who is a neurologist felt absolutely powerless in the field that he devoted his life to. He seemed unsatisfied at how we would define "sporadic" and wanted to identify more factors that could contribute to that so we spoke a bit about that. He then went to the classic topic of AI and consciousness, followed by the even more classic discussion about consciousness itself. At the very end he chuckled and said "Well, how about your dating life?". I gave him a brief overview of 2024 before taking my leave. But not before he got my number, since I sensed that he would not make any moves on me (at least not in a rude manner).

May the holiday season commence!

Seasonal greetings,

Amadeus

[verosvault]

🚨SPOILERS FOR FANTASY HIGH JUNIOR YEAR EPISODE 7🚨

Dimension20 "Fantasy High Junior Year"

Episode 7 "Stress Tested"

Timestamp: 00:20:30

Video Length: 4min. & 37sec.

The Salsa Jump (‣Pt. 1 | Pt. 2)

Murph: "Does anyone have like a detect magic or something? Make sure this food isn't like charming people or something."

Siobhan: "Ooo, good idea. Yeah, I'll cast Detect Magic as a ritual."

Riz: "People are after us, everyone!"

Kristen: "You're so smart."

Emily: "I think it's a really good thing that you're thinking."

Ally: "Am I still in like a kinda cowboy suit? I'm still in the Wranglers and the dress shirt?" 😂😂💀💀

XD BRENNAN'S FACE! 😂🤣💀

Brennan: "You must simply tell me what you are wearing."

Ally: "Am I?"

Brennan: "How would I know?! I've never had control over that before!" 😂🤣💀

Murph: "Brennan has never said 'Wranglers' on this show!" 😭😭✋✋

Fig: "I'm just saying, Kristen, if you took that cowboy hat-

Siobhan to Ally: "Since when were you wearing Wranglers?"

Ally: "This happened last episode!

Murph: "It did last episode." 😂😂💀💀

Ally: "This happened last episode!"

Fig: "If you took that cowboy hat, filled it up with salsa, let people dip."

Riz: "Let's do that."

Kristen loves the idea and agrees to do it! 😂🤣💀

Kristen: "All right. All right, guys. All right, pour the salsa in. I'm ready."

Murph: "Wait, let's first Detect Magic."

Ally: "Oh, right, right, right."

Murph: "Let's not get charmed. Let's find out if Gorgug is charmed"

Kristen: "Oh, wait, Gorgug. You might be charmed. Let's find out. Can we do this?"

Siobhan: "Yeah."

Ally: "Okay, we go outside to all the food and we each grab a different thing and can we cast?"

Brennan: "Yeah, and you cast Detect Magic on everything."

Siobhan: "Yeah."

Brennan: "You detect faint magic coming from gear that Kipperlilly and Mary Ann have, similar to what you guys have. You detect magic within the food trucks. That seems all very minor artificer stuff, that's like magical chafing dishes or some like Prestidigitations that are effectively like seasonings and stuff like that. Looking at the food, I don't think you see anything, but I think if you are doing Detect Magic, I'm gonna say give me an investigation with advantage from your Detect Magic."

Adaine gets a 14! 😁

Brennan: "I think you're looking very close at the food, and you just noticed that all of the trucks have the same graphic design on it, even though they're all different businesses, for the wax paper in the little baskets or whatever's in the tinfoil. And as you're looking at it, it looks like a company. And on a 14, I think you see the word, sort of over and over, the logo of whatever the wax paper is. It just says, 'Okay,' with a little green check mark in the 'O.'

Siobhan: "Okay, so that's maybe...the K stands for Copperkettle?"

Brennan: "I think on that, on a 14, as you Siobhan say that, you see that the O and K of Okay, and the faded green check mark in the O, it's a bubble next to the letter K. So there's some kind of subliminal-"

Emily: "Oh, like vote, like choose on the ballot."

Brennan: "Mm-hmm."

Emily: "Okay. That's fine."

Ally: "It's fine."

Emily: "It's just subliminal messaging."

Kristen: "Would you guys back me up if I go say hi to her and try to like, kinda-"

Fig: "Yeah, totally."

Adaine: "Yeah, shake her hand."

Kristen: "Yeah. Rough her up a little."

Ally: "Can I go up and get some enchiladas, and then go say hi to her?"

Brennan: "Yeah, absolutely."

Kristen: "Can you guys fill my hat with salsa?"

Lou: "Are we sure we wanna run that bit?"

Gorgug: *pouring salsa onto Kristen's hat* 😭✋

Ally: "We don't have to."

Kristen: "Okay. Okay."

Siobhan: "Salsa is such a wet food to eat."

Fig: "Oh, no, it's dripping."

Kristen: "It's so heavy. It's so heavy."

Riz: "That is so thick."

Oh gosh! 😭✋

Kristen: "Can you hand me..."

Fabian: "You're so muscular now."

Kristen: "Can you hand me the enchiladas?"

Fig: "Yeah, yeah, yeah."

Kristen: "Do I look good?"

Riz: "You look really good."

Adaine: "You look really cool."

Gorgug: "The last one's mild."

Kristen: "Would you hold a big bowl of chips so she can dip it in? I think that would be a power move if she'll do it."

Fig: "I'll tilt it toward her."

Ally: "We walk up to her."

Kristen: "Hey... Girlie."

Brennan: "She has the bullhorn up and she says,"

Kipperlilly: "Hi, Kristen. How are you?"

Kristen: "Hey, I'm doing great. This is awesome."

Kipperlilly: "You're covered in salsa."

Kristen: "No, no, no."

Riz: "The hat's covered in salsa."

Kristen: "It's a bowl. It's like kind of a dip."

Emily: "I dip one to give her the idea of how it works."

Kristen: "So that's how it works, milady." *tilts salsa hat towards Kipperlilly*

the awesome caption and sound effects team: (salsa sloshing)

Adaine: "Wow, so random. So cool, Kristen."

Kristen: "Thank you."

Adaine: "You got my vote for sure."

Kristen: "This is awesome. How'd you put all this on?"

Kipperlilly: "Oh, this? This is nothing. This is just, like, I don't know, it's like a fun little thing. I mean, I heard that you guys had an amazing party on Saturday."

Kristen: "I thought I saw you there."

Kipperlilly: "You did? I wasn't able to make it. I was studying."

Kristen: "Oh, dang."

Emily: "Insight! Insight!"

Adaine: "How come you were studying? You don't have anything to study."

Emily: "Come on!"

Adaine: "You already passed this whole year."

Fig gets a 21 insight on Kipperlilly!

Brennan: "I'm not even gonna say that you think she's telling the truth. I think what you see is a ****ing polished steel orb of a personality."

Emily: "Okay."

Siobhan: "Terrifying."

Kipperlilly: "Yeah, home studying. You know, I'm sure you know how it is." *looks at Riz*

Riz: *nods* 💀

Murph's face during the head nod! 😂🤣💀 He thinks Kipperlilly is SO SUS (CAUSE SHE IS)! 😂🤣😭💀✋

[amarantoestrella]

I need to stress that this blog is by and for brown people. I don’t use inclusive language or descriptors, reader is always POC. I dunno what to say if that bothers you other than there are plenty of writers and fics tailored to white people. I don’t need to be one of them.

[busyabuelita]

Spicy Black Bean Corn Salsa

Are you looking for a quick and easy dish to impress your guests at the next cookout? Look no further than our mouth-watering corn and black bean salsa!

[fullscoreshenanigans]

#RAYBERT?!?! oh they really love him #and Ray loves them if he accepts this XD #they so have to love it ruining *the mood*™ calling him like this... (via @officersnickers)

kljlkflsd Emma knows she's only going to get away with that one once for full effect so she's got to make it count.

NE does favor Raymond for their playful full-name ultimatums, but ultimately this is them playing the long game to make him open to the usage of Sunray and Chief, which eventually come to be used for more sincere emotional exchanges just as often as thrown into lighthearted banter.

This is key, though. While Ray can be very easy to rile up (and he very much allows himself to be, when it comes to them 🧡🖤🤍), if they pick up on the subtle fluctuations in mood/conversation, they're quick to drop it as they become even more familiar with each other's tells.

#Norman the laundry king! yes yes I so see him putting away stuff and letting his mind wander while doing so #he just loves the smell of fresh and clean laundry... reminds him of old innocent days putting up laundry in his childhood home

Yeeessss I've talked about this before, but after listening to the "Sister Krone's Welcome to Grace Field House" sound drama, specifically this bit:

Krone: When doing laundry, different types of personalities come out…I wonder how [Norman] dries clothes…ah~ so gentle, he dries the clothes very neatly~ The style of drying, the spacing between the clothes, it looks beautiful! This way, the wind flows into clothes properly, and the sunlight is shared uniformly. An efficient way of drying clothes. Good job! Gilda: Norman's way of doing laundry is also perfect. Don: A genius is a is a genius no matter what he does, huh? Norman: It's nothing like that! I just like doing laundry. The snowy white clothes being blown by the breeze is a sight I really love. That's why I try to be gentle when hanging the laundry.

(S1 Episode 6 | S1 Episode 11)

It adds an extra soft layer of intimacy to these scenes for me that I like to think he would carry with him into adulthood to help himself relax and decompress. In the similar way to how Ray falls into being the chef of the trio, Norman falls into handling the bulk of the laundry (and ofc just like NE help Ray out in the kitchen, RE assist Norman with this)

#also love how Emma takes her time realizing the 🤍🖤🧡 #but is the first to initiate it with the boys

Sometimes I go back and forth with this with Emma realizing it earlier but keeping it to herself so the boys have more time to digest and put a name to their feelings so as not to pressure them. She has a very acute emotional awareness.

…except maybe when it comes to herself, lol. Feel like the comparative obliviousness on the matter is the final roadblock for most of her ships with her Type A personality. If she’s aware of it and knows it’s mutual, it’s so hard to see her not just going for it, especially with these two with how badly they can get stuck in their own heads.

(I'm always dropping @salsae fic snippets but ough do I adore this exchange in to have and to hold)

As someone who's made the impossible happen multiple times over, it's all just so unfathomable to Emma when everything is so starkly clear in her mind. She's gonna go for it, unabashed and unwavering.

(But also, "I don't understand how two geniuses could be so stupid," said with the utmost affection lol)

Stealing @just-like-playing-tag's ship chart with a few tweaks but my general leanings for the trio

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Packing For A "Local" Salsa Festival (Falls Church, VA)

Here is how I packed for my first Salsa festival in United States! I hope you guys find it useful!

I packed this for a “local” salsa festival in Falls Church, VA (my FIRST Salsa Festival in the USA). As a dancer, it is always essential to bring multiple shoes, but what about other minor details? Care to know? Check out this video I made for you! Do keep in mind that the festival was only for the weekend, so I didn’t have to pack as much. If you’d like the name or link to the items on this…

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Si de bañar la pasta se trata, destacan las salsas tradicionales 

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