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[grubus]

99% sure i oversalted my food, yet i can't taste it

*squints* sus

[linzsaw]

My Monthly Favs What’s in my cup:

Every morning I drink iced coffee made from my one & only Nespresso machine. The past few months I can’t get enough of the double espresso blend, and then I add a bit of whole milk (happy cows only) and sweet cream. I can’t find anything better from Starbucks or anywhere else. Sometimes if I’m craving a hot drink, I’ll head to Dutch Bros for a hot Carmelizer and it is totally worth the cringy 9 minute forced convo with the DB crew. I also start my day with electrolytes, currently in the watermelon flavor. It’s surprisingly really delicious but I miss the Electrolyte Synergy blend that I was drinking for a long time, which has been sold out for almost a year now. :’)

What’s on my plate:

Dinner lately has been the laziest in America. After our trip, Drew & I either have the same ole chicken, rice and veggies, a spicy “mexican bowl” or some form of pasta, usually with Raos Arriabatta sauce. This week we’ve been stuffing our faces with Trader Joe’s frozen meals. We promise to be better next month, but we are really exhausted and the last thing we feel like planning are meals. However, for the last week of December we actually have some things planned for the holiday weekend. On Friday, we’re hitting up the town as we do every year to walk around and see the lights, and find festive little bars to try out new Christmas cocktails. We plan to spend Christmas with just the two of us. For Christmas Eve we are making our annual corn beef, cabbage and carrots because apparently we are super Irish (confirmed by 23&me which btw leaked all my genes to hackers). On Christmas we are having tri-tip, garlic & butter brussel sprouts, and mashed potatoes. The Christmas cookies we’re making this year include White Chocolate Cherry Shortbread cookies, Peanut Butter Blossoms, & Holly Leaves. Okay and now that I’ve told you all that, the Christmas cocktails we decided on this year are The Mistletoe Kiss (a vodka, soda water, rosemary & cranberry drank) and Bad Santa White Russians. I also heard that Moon X Pinot Noir from Trader Joes was really good and lately the Redvolution just isn’t doing it for me.  Let me know if you want any of these recipes, ladies. I will make sure to find GF, DF, and V options. 

What’s on my bookshelf:

I’ve finished two of the Colleen Hoover books, and now I’m reading another one of hers called Verity. It’s kinda depressing but that’s kinda the vibe as of late so I’m into it. 

What’s in my playlist:

We love the Sia Christmas album. It’s so fun and happy. Believe it or not, Andy introduced me to it lol. It’s so good!! Other songs I’ve been into are I remember everything by Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves. It reminds me of a family member rn which is very depressing to me. Fun to cry to. Bubble - STAYC, Surround Sound - JID 21 Savage, Baby Tate, Adora Hills - Doja Cat. 

What I’m up to:

Making our house into a winter wonderland of lights. Watching hella hallmark movies. Being seriously lazy, not working out or eating healthy. Walks with Snoop around the park. Mandala scratch off nightscapes. Reading at 3am when I was jetlagged. I had a sleep study this month too, no sleep apnea for me, back to mouth taping! It really does help with quality of sleep for me. You should try it! Also magnesium spray on my feet (shout out to Aly). This has helped with my restless leg syndrome that we’ve all experienced. This weekend, we’re making all our foods and cocktails, going downtown, driving around with hot choc to look at lights, and heading up to Rocky Mountain to hike a bunch of mountains. 

Skincare Saviors:

My skin gets so dry in Colorado, its TERRIBLE. And now that I’m saving for a house, I had to break up with my amazing esthetician, who by the way I stole this template from. I’m obsessed with Dermlogica thanks to her. I use a miscellar water if I wore any make-up. If not, I just double clease with my face wash. In the AM I’ll use my Rosehip Triple C+E Firming  Oil, followed by COSRX snail mucin essence, and a magical mix of calm water gel and intensive moisture balance. 

Love you long time,

Li

[pippin-katz]

Yeah, this could totally work to, that's also a funny way to look at it! Totally down with it! Totally fine with this concept...

BUT!

In defense of the sweetheart that is Charles Rowland, Crystal laughs at him because he uses 80s’ slang! Not because what he means by it doesn't land/work!

Post Writing Note: This turned into an essay, I'm sorry 🥲

“We’ve met psychics before, but none as fit as you.” - Using the word “fit” as a means of calling someone attractive is very dated, and it feels like it. There's some slang from other decades that can be said, knowing and recognizing its' intended era, but still lands as well, if that makes any sense?

I was actually super curious about it and looked up '80s' slang, and almost everything is still commonly used today, that I never knew apparently originated in the 80s'.

Just to name a few of the most common ones, cause a lot of them are used, but these stand out:

Leaving quickly - bounce, split, book it, dip

Descriptors meaning "cool" - awesome, excellent, stellar, wicked

Saying "yes" or agreeing - big time, for sure, I kid you not, most definitely

Emphasis & comparison - like (like, you know, how we add it in the middle of sentences, like, randomly), mad (it was mad hot outside), major (something important, rather than actually large in size), scarf (scarfing down food, not a literal scarf), peg (i didn't peg you as a [blank] person),

Positive descriptors for people/things - BFF, fave, fine, legit, chill

Negative descriptors for people/things - airhead, chicken, harsh, lame

Various phrases - freak out, bite me, clutch (like coming in clutch),

Class & culture related - boy toy, chocoholic, couch potato, hacker, jock, nerd, valley girl

Hip Hop terms - beatbox, dope, hood, hype

This is the list I found BTW if you're wondering.

“It would be a shame if dandelions exploded out of your face. Because I think your face is pretty mint.” - Again, the word “mint” is so weird in today’s context; we don’t really use it to mean appearance or quality anymore, only for like, vintage collectible items like “mint condition”.

“Right, that’s all true. But your case is still our favorite, Crystal.” - Her smile in response to that one is not mocking/pitying like the others, it's genuinely, she seems to think that one was kind of sweet; she knows what he’s doing, but also knows he’s not being ingenuine about it

"I will always hit a demon with a cricket bat for you." - Not even sure if this counts as flirting since he would probably say this platonically anyway, but pretty sure this one is supposed to be worded a little silly to help cheer her up after so much negative emotion.

"He's wrong, you know. You're still pretty damn special." - This could also be said platonically, but looking at it romantically, it doesn't not work; she's just overwhelmed after having an emotional breakdown caused by her demon ex-boyfriend, and they're in the middle of a forest with a ghost-eating mushroom monster on the loose. This not the place, nor do they have the time for "emotional bullshit" as Crystal calls it. It's clear that she's knows he means it, and she's touched by it, which on top of all the other emotions she was feeling was too much for that moment.

Crystal does end up reciprocating, so all of this to say that Charles has rizz! While I think that would be an interesting direction, my heart just cried out when you suggested Charles gets ignored and laughed at. I can't handle more of this boy being made to feel inadequate 😭

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everyone is talking about zero rizz edwin. which is fair. but i would like to raise you: zero rizz charles.

of course everyone loves charles, but when he actively tries to flirt with crystal, she just laughs at him. edwin, on the other hand, has been feeling much bolder ever since the events of port townsend, and has taken to “harmlessly” charming some of the fitter men they encounter on the job. no matter what, charles just can’t seem to replicate it, and most of them ignore charles completely.

obviously, charles’ first instinct is to get protective over edwin. he’s thrilled that his best mate has learned to accept himself, but he can’t shake this sinking, horrid, feeling in his gut whenever edwin gives their newest interviewee a look that he’s never seen before; something flirtatious and absolutely stunning on him.

he’s probably just jealous that everyone likes edwin more right? he’s just not used to his mate being the one doing the charming