Found on the Streets (Philippines) (2) (3) (4) (5) by Gem
Via Flickr:
(1) Fairview, Quezon City
(2) chilies being dried in the street
(3) New Toho Food Center, Binondo, Manila's Chinatown
(4) (5) Binondo, Manila's Chinatown
I had a dream about Smooch where I was in my childhood home in the room that used to be mine and I picked him up and he was all frail and bony and I held him in my arms and rocked him and he was purring and I told him "you're too thin, you're too thin" and he slowly filled out again until he looked as he had when he first came to me, so big and strong and powerfully-built, and I realized it was a dream and said "just a little longer" and he stayed and I got another minute of just holding him in a liminal space I knew would end and the goodness of it was indescribable. I had asked last night before bed if I could see him again and I don't know what survives after we die or if it is just that our hidden mind sometimes answers the pleas of the heart to soothe our pain but I guess something heard me.
spaghetti aglio e olio last night that I added broccoli to (managed to get the broccoli to the doneness I like and I didn't overcook the garlic and I didn't over-salt or over-oil it)
hey. hey. did you know if you buy a rotisserie chicken ($5-10 depending on where you get it) you can dig into it like a rat, then strip and save the rest of the meat, then make as much stock as you can fit in your largest pot by simply simmering the bones with herbs and veggies or veggie scraps for 6-8 hours, thereby easily doubling the value of your purchase and making the best soup base ever?
So dogs also get a version of morning sickness? :o
some do! ponzu’s had it pretty bad. she’s not throwing up, but i can tell she doesn’t feel good. i just got her some ground turkey to hopefully entice her to eat some more.
literally i went into this show going "ok i'm not gonna relate to ANOTHER robot character and then hit them with the queerification beam, i do that to every robot/android i see" and then the show hit robot jones with the queerification beam for me, i didn't have to do a single thing
ok i was gonna take a pic like look at my sad pathetic noodles boy but i took one bite and inhaled them so fast it completely slipped my mind. this is the best textured thing i have ever tried it's like ricecakes but long and potatoie
Ghost gifts a single tiny ear loop to Soap one day. Says he noticed Soap had pierced ears. That rings keep from handling a gun or a knife properly. He doesn't make eye contact, tries to hide his face, even as he's already wearing his balaclava.
Soap blinks. Ghost has already given him gifts and only behaved that way for the very first one. He doesn't understand. The earring is very simple, but seems to be made of expensive material and not only covered with a thin leaf of gold.
"Didnae it come with another one?" he says, jokingly.
But Ghost flushes, turns his head, and lifts his mask, only enough for Soap to see the glinting of the other earring on his ear. Suddenly he understands that it's not simply a gift. Ghost favoured practicality, but he wanted to give him a ring.
He grabs his hand as it falls back down.
"Simon, what is this?" he asks softly, not daring to be hopeful just yet.
With his other hand, he reaches out to gently turn Simon's head back towards him. His cheeks and his nose are flushed, it makes the warmth of his dark eyes, generally hidden behind a sneer or a bored expression, undeniable.
He looks nervous. Johnny's heart is beating faster. Could it really be...?
"I know", Simon starts then pauses, uncertain. "I know I'm probably not what you thought you'd have, when you were younger" Soap wants to interrupt, to scoff, to protest that Simon is way better than anyone he could have hoped for, but doesn't. He never wants to cut off his love when he's barely starting to open up.
"I know that I'm not easy to be with some days, that I'm not friendly and easy going like you, like someone you'd deserved to be with." he continues, unconsciously pushing his face more into Soap's hand. "But... I love you, more than I thought I could, and I'd like... I'd like to be with you, for as long as you'd have me..."
Johnny's heart is soaring. He has no idea how to react. He'd have to get all the giddiness out first, and the moment doesn't seem appropriate for jumping around and squealing.
"Officially," Simon continues, voice quieter, out of breath. "If you want to."
A gigantic grin splits Johnny's face. All of his limbs are buzzing, he needs to stand up, to run, to explode something. But he's terrified to spook Simon so instead he just squeezes the hand he's holding rhythmically and moves his feet back and forth.
"Baby, are ye asking me tae marry ye?" Johnny says. He's pretty sure his voice is wobbly, but can't really hear it himself as the blood in his ears is louder than the rest.
Simon's eyes do something, what is visible of his face looks like he has an expression on but Johnny can't analyze it now, doesn't dare to see the hope in his eyes, the pleading in his brows.
"I... Yes, I guess I am," the love of his life says finally. "If you want to. You don't have to."
Soap can't keep himself in check any longer. He's making a high pitched noise, jumping up and down where he's seating on the bed, and throws himself at Simon.
"Of course ah fooking want tae!!!"
Simon lets out an excited giggle, swept in Johnny's mood, and tightens his arms around his lover. No, his fiancé.
This is the best day of his life. He just has to deal with this mission tomorrow, and then they can start to plan everything.
It occurred to me that we don't actually know that Lilith is in Heaven. All we saw was her lounging on a beach. We saw it after a scene that takes place in Heaven, and Lute was there so we're primed to think it's Heaven, but there's nothing about the scene itself that marks it as definitively a location in Heaven. We know the exorcists can open a portal to Hell so that beach could theoretically be anywhere, maybe even on Earth. Who's to say that beach is even in one of the three dimensions we know of? No I haven't slept in three days, why do you ask?
A new sculpture! Finally... I feel like I never sculpt anymore since I'm always sick or have some 500 other things going on or projects to finish, but I'm trying to schedule time to do it more often this year hopefully..! Just a generic fantasy creature as usual, but did try making the eyes a little more sparkly this time.. hrmm..