#looking up lox etc

[audible-smiles]

eating salmon: an explanation

lox: thin cuts of salmon (traditionally the fatty belly meat) dry cured with salt, but not smoked. this results in a delicate texture and a very salty taste. lox originated in Scandinavia as a method of preserving fish prior to refrigeration, but the American English word is derived from Yiddish because Jewish delis in New York first popularized it as a bagel topping. since lox is a type of uncooked fish, it is not recommended for pregnant people, immunocompromised people, or seniors, due to the risk of contamination with listeria.

cold-smoked salmon: thin cuts of salmon brined (with less salt than lox) and then smoked below 90 degrees Fahrenheit. results in the same silky texture but a milder, more palatable taste. often called "Nova lox", referring to Nova Scotia but denoting a method of preparation rather than the fish's origin. this is usually what modern Americans are referring to when they use the term "lox". cold-smoking reduces but does not eliminate the risk of listeria.

hot-smoked salmon: salmon brined quickly and then smoked above 120 degrees Fahrenheit. results in a flaky, jerky-liked texture, a hard shiny surface, and a smoky flavor. (as a West-coaster, this is my preferred style!) hot-smoking eliminates listeria during the cooking process, but salmon can be recontaminated during the processing/packaging process if the facility is not sanitary. (really, this is true of all foods- vegetables, dairy products, etc).

salmon candy: a traditional Pacific Northwest hot-smoked salmon recipe where the brine is sweetened with brown sugar, and the smoked fish is glazed with a sauce containing birch or maple syrup.

salmon jerky: cured salmon hot-smoked for longer than usual or processed in a dehydrator until it is tough and chewy.

gravlax: a traditional Scandinavian raw salmon recipe where the brine contains sugar and dill. historically buried in the ground and lightly fermented. sometimes it is still pressed to give it a dense texture.

kippered salmon: thicker cuts of brined salmon hot-smoked above 150 degrees Fahrenheit. results in a texture similar to baked salmon.

salmon sushi/sashimi: completely raw fresh salmon. this didn't exist in traditional Japanese cuisine, where salmon was always cooked, possibly because the local wild salmon had a high burden of parasitic worms (anasakis nematodes). Norwegian fish sellers convinced them to try farmed Atlantic salmon raw in the 80s, and it really took off.

poached salmon: salmon cooked on the stove while submerged in liquid (often white wine with lemon). results in a moist, soft, cooked fish with a pale color. can be bland without sauce.

baked salmon: salmon cooked in an oven, often wrapped in aluminum foil with seasonings to retain moisture and flavor. can result in perfect, flaky fish (as long as you don't overcook it).

dishwasher salmon: look, sometimes white people wrap salmon in aluminum foil like they're going to bake it and then poach it in their dishwasher instead. this can work but is stupid because the temperature dishwashers run at isn't standardized, so you have control over the process and it's easy to over or undercook.

pan-fried salmon: salmon cooked in oil on a stovetop. I've never done this and frankly it sounds wrong, but I bet it makes the skin crunchy.

broiled salmon: salmon cooked under a broiler. as with all broiled foods, you will have to stare at it the whole time or it will burn to a crisp while your back is turned. results in a caramelized exterior.

grilled salmon: to grill salmon people often put it on a Western redcedar plank pre-soaked in water, which supposedly infuses the salmon with a smoky, aromatic flavor while it cooks. I've seen the technique variously credited to the Haida, the Salish, and the Chinook. it seems to be a modern variation of the traditional "salmon on a stick" style of slow-cooking salmon by spearing it on branches and leaning it over the coals of an above-ground pit fire.

deep-fried salmon: this sounds absolutely awful but I simply cannot stop thinking about it

[kai-anderson-whore]

Could you do a fluff imagine where Evan is starting to film Dahmer and his mental health isn’t the best and y/n is helping cheer him by visiting him on set, being there for him at home, etc?

Yes so this is kinda short I wanted to write longer I now have work so I apologise I couldn’t write more like I originally intended to do.

You need a break (Evan peters x Reader)

Summary: Evan’s mental health had took a toll since filming dahmer so you decided to cheer him up

Warnings: fluff, mentions of mental health, filming the dahmer series, mentions of Jeffrey dahmer

Word count, 1.2k

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The cold wind clouded around you as you made your way through the busy streets of lox angeles county. Two cups of coffee secured in a cardboard cup holder in hand. You set out to visit your boyfriend Evan peters on set hoping to cheer him up and make his day somewhat better.

You knew that some of his newer roles took a toll on his mental health after playing Kai Anderson in American horror story, but with his newest role of the infamous serial killer Jeffrey dahmer he was spiralling into the darkness once again. You couldn't blame him when he has a role he researches the role non-stop and detaches himself from his co-workers to get into the character.

It was unhealthy but it was his strategy for this role. You just wished he picked something more healthier for his own mentality. You walked on to the set luckily they were on a break, you searched for Evan but you bumped into Niecy Nash, "hey y/n you looking for Evan" she asked giving you a polite smile. "Hey yeah have you seen him I can't find him" you replied the cups of coffee slowly getting colder in your hand.

"Have you tried his dressing room?" She suggested pointing to the end room you thanked her wishing her luck on set before heading to the dressing room labelled peters, you knocked on the door incase he was busy. "Come in" you heard his voice through the door with your free hand you let yourself in seeing Evan on a chair scrolling through his phone doing more research on his role so he wouldn't miss a thing.

"Hey babe" you smiled placing a chaste kiss on his cheek. "Hey thank you" he smiles as you handed him the Starbucks cup. "So how was it today?" You asked striking up a conversation. "A bit stressful trying to portray the role but got there in the end just doing more research so I get it just right" he sighs clearly in another world right now.

"Maybe take this as a breather to be Evan for a moment instead of focusing on being dahmer for a while". Evan nodded his head at your words but you knew he wouldn't take your advice. "I can't what if I can't get back into the character or mess up the scenes I can't risk it" he protested you let out a soft sigh taking a sip of your bitter caffeinated drink.

"I'm just looking out for you Evan I mean look what happened before and this is a more serious and sinister role, I don't want you to spiral again." Your voice was low almost a whisper. Evan knew that you were looking out for him, he knew it wasn't fair on his own health and for you too but it was his job.

"I know you're just looking out for me and I'm appreciative of that don't think I'm not I am, it's just it's not fair on you having to worry about me" he said running his hand down his face in frustration. "What kind of girlfriend would I be if I wasn't" you teased to lighten the mood a little which kind of worked since he let out a small smile.

"Ryan says we get a break for a few days next week you know for a breather" Evan informed you let out a smile nodding your head. "Well tell you what we'll stay home I'll for a few days off of work and we can just stay at home and relax how does that sound?" You offered since Evan started filming the series you barely had time for yourselves at all. You've been busy with work and Evan with the show only time you both really saw a glimpse of each other was going to bed and waking up in the mornings.

"Sounds great" he smiled at you placing a kiss on your lips. "Right I better get going I was only on an hour break but I'll ask my boss for that little break next week and I'm all yours" you said before placing another gentle goodbye kiss on your boyfriends lips. "I love you" you heard him say behind you. Turning your head facing him once again "I love you too Evan" you smiled leaving him in the dressing room.

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The next week came long you were in the kitchen doing some laundry folding the clean clothes up and throwing the dirty ones in the washing machine. Waiting on Evan finishing filming the final scene before his few days off. You wanted the place to comfortable for him so he can take this time to relax.

You spent the day making sure everything was perfect for him. Buying all his favourite snacks and treats for him coming home, you had planned on spending the evening in bed watching movies and stuffing your faces with food. Once you were finished with all the laundry you had some time to space you decided to order some take out from Evan’s favourite place while you waited for him to come home.

About twenty minutes later Evan walked into the door feeling exhausted. Tossing his keys into the little trinket dish you laid by the door sluggishly walking into the living room running a hand over his face. “Hey babe” he smiled lightly seeing you sat on the sofa with some tea. “Hey how you feeling?” You asked noticing his tired expression. “Alright just want to relax with you for the next few days” he sighs plopping down on the sofa resting his head on your lap.

Your fingers played with his hair, his eyes closed feeling more relaxed leaning into your touch. “I went out and bought your favourite snacks and I got takeout from your favourite place, I was thinking we could watch a movie and just have a very chill night” you said now holding his face in your hand’s running your thumb along his cheek bones. Evan smiled nodding his head at you. “Sound amazing babe”.

And if so it was clockwork the doorbell sung it’s little tune. You and Evan got up to answer. “Evan you sit I’ll get it” you instructed he complied sitting himself back on the sofa. You went to the door thanking the delivery driver and tipping him extra closing the door. “Dinner is served” you said setting the food on the coffee table.

After dinner you and Evan went into bed with all your snacks putting a movie on. You both cuddled up stuffing your faces with popcorn. It was relaxing and you noticed it lifted Evan’s mood his mind wasn’t thinking about work anymore. “Thank you I really needed this” Evan smiled looking down at you.

“No need to thank me Evan, I’m just glad your taking a break you deserve it” you replied meeting his gaze pressing your lips on his momentarily. you focused on the movie for another ten minutes till you heard light snoring you turned your head seeing Evan out cold his arm still over your shoulder. You couldn’t help but smile to yourself gently getting out his grasp to put all the snacks away and turn the tv off. You climbed back into bed cuddling Evan drifting into peaceful slumber.

[contentment-of-cats]

Just give me the coffee, I will do the rest.

Loki is settling in. Mostly, he wants to eat and sleep. The few times I have let him out of the Borg Cube, he's been out for 10 minutes, gets overstimulated, and runs back to his Safe Place. Right now he is learning how to play with toys, and loves his scratching posts and pads. He's been through so much. I have asked that the ex get a visit from his karma.

Unpleasant Subject Ahead

Another thing that this whole thing has driven home is how important it is to get your affairs in order - even if you don't have cancer. Loki's mom was getting a divorce and fell so ill so fast that she was unable to make her own medical decisions within days of admission. Even if you are getting a divorce, even with an actual protective order, your spouse is still the legal default person to make decisions for you. They are your legal heir. If you don't have a legal spouse (marriage certificate), it's your adult children, if you have no kids then your parents make those decisions even if you're a legal adult. If you have no immediate family, then your extended family gets called in.

Power of attorney legal and medical

Will for personal property

Living trust for investments and real estate

Medical orders (supersede those of the POA) such as Do Not Resuscitate

A health care directive like this one.

It's hard to think about, but when your surviving extended family is a mess (like mine) you want these things in order. Hell, have them notarized so that a judge can look at the plaintiff and say, "What the hell is the matter with you?"

Golden Treadmill

I'm strapping myself in with another 'write to spec' contract. Yep, it's more porn. I negotiated for one every six weeks from February to November. I need to visit Amazon and stock up on barf bags and brain bleach. I did say that I won't write noncon or (yes, this is a thing) racist tropes. It's hard for me to write hardcore body horror. I might be writing horrible porn in order to pay off my medical bills that makes my pussy slam shut like an angry clam, but I have standards. That being said, the editor delivered the advance to my freelance bank account and the outline to my inbox.

Whoo boy.

In my defense, I did not know that 'monster fucking' was commercially viable.

Cat in the Kitchen

Rediscovering food has been a wonder. As promised, my rearranged innards make it trial and error, but the errors seem to be self-correcting. Gut flora does come back, but I have not been brave enough to venture into my spicy Indian, Chinese, and Mexican foods.

I've been making casseroles/hotdish because they freeze well and sometimes the fatigue renders me incapable of anything other than pushing a button.

For casseroles/hotdish you need:

Vegetables: Frozen works fine. Canned is saltier, so if you go canned use 'less salt' brands. If you are using mushrooms, frozen, fresh or dried is best. I find canned mushrooms have a very weird metallic taste.

Starch: Potatoes, rice, pasta/noodles, bread. Yes, tater tots count.

Protein: Can be vegetable protein, beans, canned tuna or salmon, or meat. Smoked salmon is delicious in casseroles and soup, so I go to my local deli on Friday to get lox ends and trimmings.

Sauce: Canned soups (cream of ____), jarred or canned pasta sauce, or packaged cooking sauces and gravies.

Topping: Cornflakes, tater tots, cheese, potato chips, stuffing, etc.

Flavor: Dried herbs, onion and celery, garlic, spices.

Slowcooker meals are great, too, and follow the same rules as casseroles/hotdish. But my favorite caserole dish is my Gran's Lancashire hotpot - lamb neck chops, potatoes, onions, and more sliced potatoes on top for a crispy lid.

Back to work.

[oh-yes-i-did-not]

Today is the day for people not to forget that vegetarianism exists. Maybe they’re not as “morally pure” as you want them to be, only shunning meat as is, or varying degrees of animal products including or excluding milk, eggs, even fish to some, depending on what your meat avoidance is (red meat, mammals, etc), but vegetarians are still a thing and they’re here. And it’s still a very viable option for people who want to be more aware, but don’t want to throw everything they already have away for containing a small amount of milk or fish product. Like most sauces you might find in your cabinet. Fish sauce is an ingredient in a lot of Asian cuisine sauces, just fyi.

And fuck those people who go “vegan or nothing!” They’re the exact same people who go “NO PAIN NO GAIN” on you on gym, when you can’t perform to perfection. They’re impossible, they expect impossible, they don’t exist in real life and thus they lack empathy, and they lack any awareness of you as a person, living in a situation.

If you want to lessen your consumption of meat or animal products without going scorched earth on them, you can do so. And it’s okay, too. One less piece of any meat consumed is better than none. It doesn’t matter if you can’t keep up with it or lapse once in a while. You as a singular consumer don’t matter quite that much as to bring down a movement with one or two mistakes. That’s actually a lie compounded on by THE industry, trying to shift the blame away from them and it’s not quite as black and white. But if it lessens your guilt then YES, you are not responsible for industries and your lone consumption will not change anything. You just need more people on your side.

...which is where vegeterianism and not being so fucking stubborn hardline comes in. Vegans I’ve seen have done nothing to encourage doing less with meat. They just say YOU NEED TO, NOW. And sharing recipes with fellow vegans, going “oooh, aaah” don’t count.

IN fact, I don’t care who the person who got their vegan lox recipe with carrots and salt shared on a national media is, or if they deserve even more accolades than they got, I’m just saying that anyone who spray painted “go vegan!” on a side of a building did less. They did something alright, some markings on a stuff. Which mostly annoys people in general. And then they think that annoyance or emotional reaction from non-vegans means anything (oooh they feeling guilty oooooh feeling so bad oooooh) and that they did something huge.

IN FACT, anyone just quietly sharing vegan recipes that look and taste good, and maybe even ways to do traditionally meat things as vegan, have done more to their cause than any-single-motherfucker who has ever spray painted shit, or yelled about their cause online, gotten angry at strangers online for their cause, or tried to gatekeep people like vegetarians or less meat people from their cause.

...just saying o.O

[freakdeerr]

tbh I am totally fine with people being too incurious to look up stuff like what lox is, or how to pirate media or whatever

If you are too stupid and lazy (sorry 4 the ableism) to enjoy the beautiful fruits of life then fine! I don't care because I am too busy eating delicious foods and enjoying free & rare media, I am discovering new and wonderful things about life every day while your life remains a small little bubble, and seemingly you are very happy about it despite your endless whining or whatever

you can lead a horse to water etc etc etc

The thing is itls fine if you don't want to even try but why be so loud about it

[amagicdoctor]

with sins of sinister ending not so long ago and it being your first X-Men event, what were your thoughts about it? which series did you prefer following between storm and the brotherhood, immoral X-Men and nightcrawlers?

OOH yeah! Good question! Thanks for asking.

Thing is, SOS isn't my first X-Men event. When I first "started" reading comics (at a massive amount) back in 2016~ the Inhumans vs X-Men and the Civil War 2 series was my first real event. (I forgot which came before which and I don't want to do a quick Google--) But those guys were my first TRUE X-Men event.

Now THAT I liked, and yeah it's a little biased because it was my first. And comparing them to the ENTIRETY of SOS? I did not like SOS that much 🤣.

I actually got severely annoyed with SOS by the end of the run, which was in Nightcrawlers #3 which I'm SO sad about because the Nightcrawlers series was my favorite!! There was just too much crap going on in one little book (in #3) that I couldn't follow along with. In comparison to the Inhumans V X-Men thing, I didn't even read every single story like I did with SOS, yet I still liked it!! As we've mentioned tons and tons of times before on this blog there's just something SO off about this era's writing on the X-Men team that just... doesn't do it for me.

And I think I already answered the second part of your question about the trio SOS series, Nightcrawlers was by FAR my fav. And not just because it was themed around Nightcrawler himself, (which it sort of really wasn't anyway), I just thought the smaller stories it told and the short-lived (literally) characters it introduced were SO cool (bring back Wallcrawler my beloved 😭). Mother Righteous also had a bigger part in this section of SOS, and gave us some lore about what to expect from the end of LOX (and the start of Sons of X) which I really appreciated, because I told ya'll I really liked LOX (even though it was the only side Krakoa series I'm caught up with 😅).

Storm's side of the series was ok and I only looked forward to reading it because it had Storm in it. Didn't have much else that I cared for TBH.

And I completely forgot what happened in Immoral X-Men, but it introduced the bbygirl Rasputin IV, who I'm ALL for and definitely looking forward to her next story.

But now to reflect on the whole of SOS...

I think it accomplished what it came to do. I didn't have fun reading most of it but it did set the stage for future series. Yall did tell me writers have been setting up this series for a long time, and now the fallout is coming back to the current age of Krakoa (which I'm a bit more excited to see now that Rasputin is here, Destiny's role revealed, Mother Righteous is an instigator and greedy, Dominion etc).

This is hopefully going to show everyone in charge that the cracks in their system are more like holes than anything else. And I really do love that. I love that a lot of people are scared now. This is serving as such a big wake up call and I'm so SO excited to see where it goes.

And it goes without saying that this will inevitably effect the rest of the superhero community/earth because ofc mutants have to involve everyone in everything, so let's see where that goes too!

[ltcsplatematerial]

What is LTCS Plate Material, and How is it Used?

Properties of LTCS Plate Material

Low-Temperature Carbon Steel (LTCS) plate material has several qualities that make it suitable for various industries. First, it offers superior strength and durability compared to other types of steel; its tensile strength can reach up to 790 MPa, while its yield strength can reach up to 690 MPa. LTCS plate material is also corrosion-resistant due to its low carbon content and chromium-rich composition. Finally, this type of steel exhibits excellent weldability, allowing for easy connection between components without additional welding procedures.

Industrial Applications For LTCS Plate Material

Due to its unique properties, Low-Temperature Carbon Steel (LTCS) plate material is used in many industries, including transportation, construction, energy production, manufacturing, and more. Some typical applications include pressure vessel components such as tanks and boilers; structural elements such as bridges and buildings; piping systems; exhaust systems; and many more. This type of steel can also be used in low-temperature environments where other materials may not be suitable due to their ability to withstand extremely cold temperatures without becoming brittle or cracking.

LTCS plates are often used in applications involving cryogenic liquids such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquid hydrogen (LH2), and liquid oxygen (LOX). In these cases, the extreme cold temperatures cause traditional metals to become brittle and fail quickly when exposed for extended periods. However, LTCS plates can withstand these conditions without failing or cracking under pressure due to their low-temperature tolerance and high strength levels. Additionally, they can be used in offshore oil rigs, where they protect against water corrosion caused by saltwater exposure. Finally, they're commonly used in shipbuilding applications due to their exceptional strength-to-weight ratio, which allows them to hold up even in harsh oceanic environments.  

Conclusion:

Low-Temperature Carbon Steel (LTCS) plate material has many valuable qualities that make it suitable for various industrial applications. This type of steel offers superior strength and durability while being corrosion-resistant and easily weldable—qualities which make it ideal for use in multiple industries, including transportation, construction, energy production, manufacturing, etc. With its wide range of services, LTCS plate material is an excellent choice for those looking for a strong yet versatile material that can stand up to the rigours of any application or environment.

[mikhalsarah]

The Converts Are Tired (well, this one is):

Reasons To Think Twice About Choosing (Liberal) Jewish Life

Most of the time when you read a popular article about a convert complaining about Judaism it will fall squarely into the genre of “Orthodox Judaism Bad”. This is because (as in most small communities) a tiny, elite, group controls the public discourse. In the case of Judaism this is mostly a cadre of wealthy, educated and firmly progressive-bubble ensconced Ashkenazi Jews who are either secular-atheist ethnic Jews of the “Jews are not a race we’re a culture” variety (Bagels and lox and the reading of Vox). This means they don’t like the religious generally and the Orthodox specifically, and love to publish any story that makes the Orthodox look bad.

Or they’re liberal Jews who believe exactly the same things as secular Jews but go to synagogue occasionally to learn how the things liberal Gentiles decided to believe only just last week are actually authentic Torah-approved tikkun olam, straight outta Sinai, so Jews really believed them first. 

This last one illustrates the competitive streak in Jews that means that whatever you mention, Jews always believed it first, or had it first, or did it first, and are always much better at it than the Gentiles. In the Orthodox world there are some compensatory attitudes, a sense of awe and humility at having been chosen for the awesome spiritual responsibility of wearing the yoke of heaven, of bringing Light to the Gentiles. There is no such counterweight for the secular and the liberals often end up burying it with the counter-counterweight of pride in their “superior” politics. The result is that a lot of prominent left-leaning Jews today spend most of their time bringing Spite to the Gentiles, instead. (Here’s looking at you, Bette Midler)

That may well be the first thing you get tired of.

That competitive streak also extends to other Jews, like the Sephardim, Mizrahim, Yemeni etc etc. Whatever an Ashkenazi Jew finds to be worthwhile and admirable, you can bet that they will assert that Ashkenazi Jews did it or had it first, or are better at it, or possess that quality in greater amounts than other Jews. Orthodox Ashkenazim value piety, so of course the non-Ashkenazi Jews are never pious enough, their women never cover enough, their halakhahic understanding is deficient. Secular and liberal Jews value progress and modernity and universalism, so the non-Ashkenazi Jews are too religious and superstitious, too backwards, too parochial and clannish.

“Ashkenazi supremacy” might be the second thing you get tired of. There’s so much of it around that perhaps it’s understandable that so many Jews now find it reasonable to assume that “White Supremacy” is lurking about in the Gentile world to the same degree. (White Hegemony perhaps, but having greater numbers and wealth does not equal a widespread attitude that whites are intrinsically superior.)

In a rare instance of agreement, both the frum and frei (religious and liberal/secular) Ashkenazim find non-Ashkenazim to be Not Quite Smart Enough. As you will hear over, and over...and over... in the Ashkenazi-dominated Jewish world, Ashkenazi Jews have an average IQ of 115, the highest of any ethnic group.

That you will not only tire of, but may start to roll your eyes in exasperation at, after the umpteen-millionth time you are informed of the fact.

 If, like me, your IQ has been measured quite a bit higher than that, you may even have to bite your tongue not to sarcastically ask when you can be expected to be appointed the local Pooh-Bah of Judaism due to your superior intellect, since, clearly, they’re implying that IQ scores leads to the right to dominate and rule others and tell them how to go about their business. You’ll get tired of hearing about Freud, and Marx, and famous actors, and Nobel-prize winners and when everyone is praying asking for the merit of their ancestors to accrue to them, you will sincerely hope, for the sake of their descendants, that the Jews of yore had some hardcore leanings toward humility. 

You will get particularly tired, even in Orthodox synogogues, of having the Jews who left Judaism held up in admiration, even when they stabbed Judaism and Jewry in the back, like Karl Marx did. It will soon become clear that many Jews are so interested in admiring others of their race that they would rather have famous atheists like Sarah Silverman or Seth Rogen in their congregation than the most committed converts.

Now, the liberals aren’t completely wrong about the Orthodox, they can be right schmucks sometimes. One poor man, a friend of a friend, who was halakhically Jewish but not raised with any religion, decided to show up unannounced at my local Orthodox shul on the grounds that if he was going to do Jewish, he wanted to do it “right” ie Orthodox. He was asked if he was Jewish (normal at a shul), to which he answered yes, then he was asked his last name. For those who don’t know this is the butt-sniffing phase of Jewish interactions...an attempt to find out what part of the Jewish world, if any, a person descends from, how illustrious their ancestors might have been, and who they are related to that you know, in order to figure out who is above whom in the unwritten hierarchies of Jewish life. As a product of a mixed marriage, he naturally had his father’s non-Jewish last name and was told by the inquirer that the last thing the congregation needed was another “safek mamzer” (a possible bastard). The man had no idea what a safek mamzer was, thus no idea how to defend himself from such a hot mess of a take on Halakhah, but he knew he was being insulted and never returned...to any shul.

The liberal and secular Jewish conceit is that they don’t do any of those boorish and clannish things, and are “open and accepting”. Well, they do. They cloak it better, but they do. The interrogating of names is the start. Then all the questions about education and occupation. In all but the most competitive elite Gentile circles, you will rarely be asked what you do or what your level of education is, mainly because people don’t feel a driving need to know, and at churches it’s a “worldly concern” which interferes with the fellowship of believers. Even in the elite circles, there’s a sense that it will come up naturally in conversation, and that outright asking, or dropping the info like a bomb, is gauche...like asking new acquaintances about their salaries or tax returns.

Then it’s the attacks on anything that smacks too much of Orthodoxy and too little of being on trend with the elite Gentiles, like wearing kipot outside of shul or wearing tallit katan/tzitzit at all, or dressing too modestly if you’re a woman or, chas v’shalom, valuing marriage....or anything that anybody remotely religious or conservative might value.

Then the politics. Oh, you simply must want to joint my Progressive Jews Facebook group! You really need to come to this left-leaning social justice event. What? You’re not a Progressive? You’re a what? A Communitarian? (puzzlement) A conservative? (disgust) You’re not a liberal? You’re a Zionist? (ugh!) You’re not a Zionist? (horror!) You don’t think all Muslims want to kill us? (Are you insane?!) You think some Muslims do want to kill us? (Are you an Islamophobic bigot?!)

Oh yes, you will get very, very tired of the underlying assumption Jews have their their way of doing Jewish, voting, and thinking, is the only possible correct viewpoint to have.

And the intersection of that with being a convert is a fun game called Schrodinger’s Jew. Whenever you agree with another Jew politically you are, to them, a “real Jew”. Whenever you disagree with another Jew politically you are suddenly “not a real Jew anyway”. So for every Jew you meet, you’re a strange cat in a box with a question mark on it, and they’re waiting until you open your mouth to decide whether you deserve (metaphorical Jewish) death or not. 

You will get so tired of this you’d want to puke, if you had the energy.

You will get tired of annoying older Jewish men flirting “harmlessly” with you, if female, or constantly ribbing you if you are male. You will get tired of Jews either completely ignoring you as a dating prospect (with liberal Jews, you’d have stood a better chance of marrying one of them if you’d stayed a Gentile) or foisting every broken misfit Jew or other convert at you, hoping to make a shidduch. I like misfits, I just like to choose the compatible ones myself and not have them awkwardly shoved at me, “This is Aaron, he’s single too. I’ll leave you two to get acquainted”, or more likely stand there red-faced and horrified, before making excuses to escape and never making eye-contact again. Ditto for your natural social contacts with the opposite sex. Some Jew, probably a Boomer man, will spot you and, eyes twinkling, make a beeline right for you to make a Big Deal out of Things and embarrass both participants into avoiding each other like the plague henceforth.

You’ll get tired of sitting alone every Shabbat and holiday, except for some reason Pesach, when everyone suddenly remembers you exist, and that they have unfilled table-places, and invites you to their home. They don’t, of course, remember that you’re trying to be Sabbath-keeping (so quaint!), and that their house is a 3 hour walk away from the synagogue you live 5 minutes from. In fact, it’s actually past city limits in the incorporated adjacent village and there are no sidewalks. Because they don’t keep those mitzvot, they think you shouldn’t bother keeping them either. 

So drive on Pesach you will, because persisting stubbornly with the mitzvot makes them accuse you of thinking you’re better than them. I’ve lived long enough to realize that this is an accusation mostly lobbed by people who spend a great deal of time contemplating who is better than whom, and where they stand in a hierarchy, and can’t imagine that anyone has intrinsic reasons for doing anything. Therefore everything you do is unpacked as attempting to signal superiority and how dare you not know your proper place and try to trump me, a born Jew, or usurp my place!

You’ll get tired of envying those older married Jews who keep sabotaging your dating life, who met at a time when Jews still wanted to marry other Jews, and when liberal Judaism still wanted to help them do so. Thanks to the push to be “inclusive” of intermarried couples, you will tire of envying the Gentile spouses, too. They can’t go up on the bimah like you can, but in every other way they are far more accepted and integrated into the community than you will ever be. They will never want for a place at a Shabbat table, even though they don’t actually want it, or else they’d be a convert, wouldn’t they? Now that we all seem to be allowing all sorts of non-Jews to be synagogue members, not just the intermarried spouses, you will also get tired of wondering why the hell you bothered investing so much time, money and energy in the conversion process at all. The non-Jewish members and spouses have the right education, and the right jobs, and the right politics and you have.... a nice certificate that is worth the water you paid good money to be dunked in.

And you’ll get tired of explaining Jewish behaviour to Gentiles.

Yeah, yeah, the weird Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox stuff because all the Gentiles are watching Unorthodox and My Unorthodox Life on Netflix but that’s a curiousity that will be short-lived and they’ll all move on to the Amish, or Mormons, or the Real Housewives of ISIS or something.

It’s the everyday stuff you’ll tire of. Explaining Zionism, and non-Zionism, and anti-Zionism, and BDS, and whether and to what degree it might be Antisemitism and under what circumstances. Explaining the Israeli government’s latest idiocy even though you don’t live there and most likely never will. Explaining why Jews harp on about it being “the Jewish State” and the center of Jewish life and donate loads of money to it, and lobby their Diaspora governments to support it but still get mad when anyone intimates that they could possibly be in any way associated with or responsible for whatever idiot thing the Israeli government has just done. Explaining the never-ending dramas between different Jewish denominations going back to the Victorian Era, if not the Roman Occupation, between secular and religious Jews, between different ethnicities of Jews, and colours of Jews, and economic classes of Jews. and between Israelis and Diaspora Jews.

And explaining the clueless, classless and classist behaviour of various publicly Jewish celebrities and talking-heads. Explaining the subtle anti-Gentilism and elitism of them...sometimes the not-so-subtle kind. It is difficult to explain to Gentiles how it is that someone who hasn’t done a Jewish thing since their bar-mitzvah in 1950 can still believe that “the worst Jew is better than the best Gentile”, an actual quote, aimed at my Gentile sister-in-law, by her ex-boyfriend’s grandfather, which was the first time I heard the phrase...unfortunately not the last.

 It’s also difficult to explain to the regular, non-liberal-elite Gentiles among whom I live and work why a Jewish singer born in one of the wealthiest American neighbourhoods  who will never need a drop of the Build Back Better money (net worth $250 million) feels so personally betrayed by a politician on her own team, that it justifies mocking all the inhabitants of the poorest state in her country, mocking unemployment, depression and drug addiction, and mocking illiteracy rates that are actually lower than in her own state. And basically blaming them for voting Trump, thereby causing and deserving their situation, as though they haven’t been the poorest state since they joined the Union, and through most of that voted Democrat.

Oh yes, you will get very tired of running interference for the boorish and bigoted atheist Jews, as well, and their smug attacks on Christianity and the Christians who today overwhelming support Jews and Israel. Which extends even to wanting to mock and desecrate and otherwise gleefully ruin Christmas for those who are merely nominally or culturally Christian. And who not only stir up actual pre-existing antisemites, they leave such a bad aftertaste in the mouth of every ordinary Gentile in their orbit, that they overwhelm all the cultural goodwill toward Jews that took decades to build. The privileged secular and atheist and liberal Jews have platforms such that their every flippant temper-tantrum tweets gets far more press than any number of Jews delivering Christmas gifts to first responders or Xmas care packages to poor, sick or elderly Christians .

If you’re working-class yourself you’ll get tired of the subtle awkwardness, exclusion and put-downs that are personal. As in, aimed at you personally. And being treated as much like an exciting curiosity as the ex-ultra-Orthodox are. You are an amusing and flattering but lesser imitation of Jewishness, like the Chimp’s Tea Party at the Zoo. Aren’t you sooo cute all dressed up in your kippah and tallit, tapping away with the yad up on the bimah just like a real Jew!

And the Wokeness... a word which I only use because I am so old and decrepit and out of touch with the youth of today... and also because calling it Critical Social Justice evokes puzzlement from the same people who hate you calling it by the very word they themselves called it until sometime last week, being “Woke”. Even before Wokeness hit, the Conservative Seminary was churning out 20 times as many “activist Rabbis” as ones actually interested in Halakhah and scholarship. Apparently intellectual pursuits just weren’t compelling to the young...yet Orthodox youth who go into the Rabbinate don’t seem to find Talmudic study dry, boring and irrelevant. Hmmm....

Well, maybe I’m wrong about Progressivism and Wokeness, anyway. Maybe if you’re a smugly self-hating elite liberal white person, you will really like joining a synagogue full of smugly self-hating elite liberal Jews who aspire to nothing more than to be smugly self-hating elite white people. Personally I think it’s a lot of work just to come full-circle, but knock yourself out.

You might like being handed a copy of White Fragility on Shabbat. I mean, what convert who has already been treated to the subtle anti-Gentile bigotry, and the anti-convert bigotry, and the classism, already been automatically assumed to be dumber than the average Ashkenazi Jew, worse that the worse Jew, and had a little Rashi quoted at them to remind them that they are a ‘sore’ troubling the pure Jewish people, doesn’t also like to get a little second-hand Black-power bigotry directed at them at shul telling them they’re a “white devil” who needs to be “less white”. If I enjoyed that I’d have tried to join the Nation of Islam or the Black Hebrew Israelites, instead. And how the fuck do I be less of something that is an immutable characteristic involving my dermis? You are conflating race with culture. If being punctual were a racial trait linked to European melanin levels every participant at an Irish or Ashkenazi event would be there on time, which I can tell you as a frequent flyer at shuls and Irish language or music events is laughable, and every Japanese event would start late and UK newspapers would not muse about the excessive Japanese devotion to precise train departure times.

And what convert, sitting amongst Woke Jews, doesn’t feel warmed in the cockles of their heart to hear that “people should stay in their racial, ethnic, cultural, linguistic and religious lanes”? I mean, it’s not like conversion is a MASSIVE life-changing lane change involving peoplehood, religion, language and culture or anything, is it? What’s to be offended by?

Who knows, you might kvell with pleasure when your hyper-Zionist straight-pretending-to-be-Queer Rabbi-couple harangue you, a lesbian, gay or bisexual, and the whole congregation about 2SLGBTQQIAA+*$#!!!! issues, or post up on Facebook about your country “sweeping Indigenous genocide under the rug” on Canada Day, incidentally the same day that Israel had planned to annex the West Bank, which said Rabbis didn’t condemn. You know, that Indigenous genocide that was swept so far under the rug that our Prime Minister apologizes for it publicly at least once a month and for which we just had the flag at half-mast for four months, making it rather convenient that Prince Phillip, the husband of our Head of State, opted to kick the bucket several months beforehand or we’d possibly have had to bury the flag in a shallow grave, which I’m sure the Rabbis would have applauded as appropriate, and Trudeau would’ve made a moving speech about. Of course it’s all performative; his government drags out Indigenous land claims through the courts and has done nothing about housing, clean water or the continuing fallout from the Mercury-poisoning at Grassy Narrows, but if you’re Woke yourself you already know that it’s all virtue-signaling bosh and you’re ok with that. 

It’s not about doing better, it’s about pointing out how others are doing worse. It’s my Plymouth Brethren auntie hitting someone’s car in a parking lot and slinking away to park elsewhere because nobody saw her, but saying Grace at the top of her lungs in a fish and chips shop and exclaiming, “Praise the Lord” every five minutes, as though the Lord somehow doesn’t have the precise measure of people like her, whose lips praise Him but whose hearts might as well have been shot into space with the Voyager 1 probe.

Speaking of hyposcrisy while circling back to the topic, apparently liberal Judaism is no longer abiding by, “ Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper. “ Instead they are publicly attacking and condemning the countries they live in, and calling for them to be “dismantled”. And when the citizens who don’t have another country waiting for them with open arms point to this lack of loyalty with disgust, these same Woke Jews will be quick to scream, “Antisemitism! That’s the canard of the rootless cosmopolitan Jew with no loyalty to Diaspore countries!” 

No mate, a canard is “an unfounded rumour or story”. When you post it up on your public Facebook feed It’s not a canard, it’s a fact.

You might not even mind when your Rabbi tanks the entire shul and the building goes up for sale and you have nowhere to pray. Because who needs a synagogue? You can recite the collected works of Ibram X. Kendi as a congregation anywhere, if that’s your Torah.

You’ll get tired of hypocrisy. Tired of rising antisemitism at both ends of the political spectrum, and tired of making excuses to rightly-offended white, Christian Gentiles, and rightly-offended Black and Brown Gentiles (and Jews) that white and Jewish Wokism infantilizes and subjects to the soft-bigotry of low expectations, or whose religion we insult in our haste to show the goyishe Elites how cool we are by dissing Christianity and Jesus. 

Because guess what? Lots of Black and Brown people in North America, Europe and the Middle-East are Christians. There’s even some in Asia. And a lot of the ones who aren’t are Muslims who consider Jesus an honored Prophet. Christianity is growing rapidly in Africa, and by 2025 there may be some 760 million believers there...and not the wishy-washy liberal sort, either. The great white and Ashkenazi-Jewish Progressive Elite sport of dunking on Jesus and Christianity/Christians, smugly calling them backwards, and superstitious primitives, is going to become racially problematic with astonishing rapidity. One might even say that it will soon be A Very Bad Look.

But indeed, the entire point of conspicuous Wokeness is not to actually be less racist, but to deflect criticism on to others who “aren’t doing the work” (ie saying their approved lines) in the hopes that nobody will notice that you aren’t actually doing any work either. Imagine thinking that when you put up a Black Lives Matter square on your synagogue website people will forget that three years ago the Black French teacher you hired for your day school quit in outrage, after students called him a word which, were I to actually write it out, my writing it even in passing  would generate more Jewish outrage than the students who actually wielded it aggressively in the first place. Imagine thinking I will forget you whispering in my ear that the Moroccan Sephardi cantor and the Bene Israel Torah-reader and their families were “taking over the shul my grandfather built”. Nobody will forget the hypocrisy, especially when it goes viral on Twitter. The chickens, and the tweets, will come home to roost eventually.

It’s one thing to be killed for practicing your religion, or because some liberal Jews helped Syrian refugees. I’d be honored to die for a good cause. Not happy about it mind, but honored. Even dying because the Rothschild’s were super rich, and some moron thinks they still rule the world is merely boring. It’s quite another to think you might one day be murdered because Israel decided to annex the West Bank or invade Gaza, again or drop a bomb on Iran because they volunteered to get roped into another religion’s sectarian proxy-war. Or because another Seth Rogen decided to gleefully poke the bear, and attack Christmas, white people and old men (you know, like my Dad, an old, white Christian) with another abysmally unfunny movie in the genre “White People Bad”, something assured to rile up not just actual white supremacists (for god’s sakes let sleeping bears stay sleeping as much as possible until they die off), but also apt to annoy and offend all sorts of ordinary people (even the Muslims were offended) that he can then cite as proof that white supremacy is everywhere and he is some sort of Jewish St George, out bravely slaying it. In short, that you’re now most likely to be murdered as a Jew because some other Jews decided to be drama-stirring douchebags in as public a way as humanly possible. Or because another Rabbi decided that since you can be anything you want online, he should be an Antisemitic Canard.

And it’s no way to behave. Punching down at the lower classes, the rural, the less educated, ingratitude towards those who’ve supported us, and Israel, making classist, racist, sexist anti-immigrant remarks at people who don’t share your politics, including belittling the opioid epidemic, an utter lack of empathy or forgiveness. This is not just elitism, it’s a chillul haShem (a desecration of God’s name). It makes Judaism, Jews and God look bad. I’d try to help God out here, but for some reason God has seen fit to give the Jews making Him look like a schmuck more money and bigger platforms in this world.

 So this will be my final post on the blog I originally began to document my Jewish life. And it’s not a critique for the liberal secular Jews, who of course are oh so clever Ashkenazim, and could not possibly be on the wrong side of history here. They are about as likely to learn from a critique as the U.S. Democratic party, which is to say, not until they lose everything. They don’t want to hear a bad word about themselves. They only want to hear all the good things that drew converts in, not about the things that alienated and drove us away. The endless gaping hole in the soul of liberal Ashkenazi Jews that always needs to be filled with praise and adulation and goyishe acceptance. That’s why they love interviewing converts and writing books about us. We exist not to serve God alongside them, but to be served to the gnawing pit of collective bad self-esteem. We’re their narcissistic supply. We’re like an Oscar given to Sally Field, proof that they are loved.

This is a warning for other (potential) converts, because if you’re anything like me, and were drawn in by love of God, you will not be happy in Liberal Judaism long. You will regret other paths you could’ve taken, whether to Orthodoxy, or to other religions that would’ve served you better in serving God.

The thing you will end up most tired of is getting dragged further from God.

Since I’m officially resigning the Jewishness that Jews who disagree with me tell me I never had anyway, Merry Christmas.

Postscript: I decided to add an addendum to this, as I missed a rather crucial point: In this current climate of antagonism from Gentiles on both political sides exacerbated by the big mouths of Jews on each political side who are too busy virtue signaling and scoring political brownie points with “their side” to forget that all Jews are supposed to be ultimately on the same side, you’ll be exhausted worrying about the Jews you care about. Especially the ones who are visibly Jewish. 

That might be because they are Orthodox or otherwise intentionally dress Jewishly, wear identifying jewelry, have bumper stickers on their car, or mezuzot on their front doors...or it might be because they are like my best friend, who my Dad referred to as “the single most Jewish-looking person I’ve ever met in my life”....which is neither here nor there for my Dad, who’s merely stating a fact, but is definitely here or there for others who I’d rather didn’t notice. Maybe with the beard we could pass him off as a Syriac Orthodox priest but that’s about it. I don’t think even a kilt, a Guiness t-shirt and a MAGA hat would cut it.

Unfortunately that’s the one worry that I won’t be able to lose along with my religion, because I’m keeping the token Jewish friend. 

[surveysonfleek]

1585.

Animated character that was your gay awakening? im not gay but aladdin def gave me my sexual awakening hahaha

Grilled cheese or PB&J? grilled cheese, always

What show/YouTube video(s) do you put on in the background when you don’t have anything to watch but you want something on? podcasts

Your go-to bar order, if you drink? bourbon and coke

What’s your favorite pair of shoes that you own? hmm my pink suede nike air maxes

What was your first word as a child (that wasn’t a variation of “Mom” or “Dad”)? i have no idea, i never asked lol im sure it was yes no or please

What’s a job that you’ve had that people might be surprised to find out you’ve had? ive been a casino dealer

Look up. What’s directly across from you? my wardrobe

Do you own any signed books/memorabilia in general? sadly not. that would be super cool though especially since i used to read a lot as a kid

Preferred way to spend a rainy day? in bed, under the covers, watching netflix

What do you get on your bagels? What WOULD you get if you had access to anything you wanted? id get cream cheese and lox, duh. if i had access to anything, id get the best bagel from nyc and make them add truffle

Brunch or midnight snacks? brunch tbh, i love brunch and cafe food

Fruity or herbal teas? fruity

What’s that one TV show that you’re a little bit embarrassed to watch but you still like nonetheless? big brother

That book you were forced to read for class but actually ended up enjoying? to kill a mockingbird. still one of my fave books til this day Do you match your socks? yes

Have you ever been horseback riding? yes

What was your “phase” when you were younger? (i.e., Mythology Nerd, Horse Girl, Space Geek, etc) i didnt really have one if im honest. i always followed trends but i never went through phases

Have you ever been to jail? no

What’s your opinion on Lazy Susan’s (the spinning tray in the middle of tables)? its great! better than asking everyone to pass dishes

Puzzles? i dont have the patience for them

You can only have one juice for the rest of your life, what is it? cloudy apple juice :)

What section do you immediately head for when you walk into a bookstore? i like going to the best selling shelf to find new books

What’s one thing you’re trying to learn/relearn in your downtime right now? nothing, im not doing anything productive in my free time. there was a week a worked out heaps then i just got over it lol

Where could someone find you in a museum? hmm i love the biology and artsy stuff

What’s that one outfit in your closet you never get the chance to wear but want to? i have this nice long floral dress that im saving for a wedding hahaa

Rainbows, stars, or sunset colored clouds? sunset of course!

How do you dress when you’re home alone? in old tees and pj shorts

Where do you sit in the living room (we all have a preferred spot, and you know it)? in the corner

Pick an old-school Disney Channel Original Movie camp rock

Are you a “Quote that relates to the photos” caption-er, an “explanation of where I took the photos” caption-er, or a no caption kinda person when you post pictures online? i suck at witty captions. i usually do unfunny one liners

Name a classic Vine tori kelly’s ‘i hope u have a really good day’ vine

What’s the freezer food that you stock up on when you go to the grocery store? dumplings

How do you top your ice cream? if i had all the toppings, id base it on a banana split. choc fudge syrup, nuts and banana

Do you like Jello? nah

How are you at climbing trees? i never did this as a kid lol

[roaringup]

I keep having dreams about “Brattleboro” and over time the Brattleboro of the dreams has shifted radically from the actual place and now has its own continuity, businesses, buildings, etc. I haven’t been back since... I don’t even know! like 2016 or something? Bizarre. The dream Brattleboro has certain connotations and types of symbolism embedded in it but I can’t nail many of them down well.

I probably need to get a new therapist and the idea of even beginning to look for one is overwhelming. I keep considering asking for the notes from my current/former/off and on therapist/psychiatrist for the sake of continuity and because there might be some helpful info there, and that idea is also weird/something I am struggling with. All the therapy documentation about myself that I have ever been able to access was like... horrifically off the mark, but that was also all from people who barely knew me, and these notes would be from a therapist I’ve seen for over 10 years. I don’t know how to factor the COBRA stuff in all this so perhaps it is a moot point if I can’t bring myself to get organized enough.

Haven’t done anything job-related for three days really and feeling both a) very guilty b) less crushingly guilty than I’d expected. I will tomorrow, and I’m not just saying that.

I made a kale tart (kale is the most successful crop in the garden by far this year) and the recipe led me astray with regard to the appropriate amount of fennel, imo (far too much). Food hasn’t been enjoyable at all lately. When that’s the case I tend to be able to still like restaurant food for some reason—not an option I feel comfortable spending on rn.

I did order lox from Stop and Shop because it was on sale at $4.50 (if you’re not a lox buyer: that’s real low), even got some bagels, and the lox did NOT arrive with the rest of the food today. (Much more pressingly, no eggs either. Oh well.) I had thought to myself: lox, I always like that!!! A treat to cheer myself up! Things are much better than they might have been, though. A week ago I would have seen “Smoked Salmon: 0 of 1” on the receipt they give us and straight up burst into tears. Silly, maybe, but true.

[teamdoesminecraft]

please any info about ur canon?? tidbits? setting details?

oh BOY whats a canon. @crystalfloe (who i refer to as Mads) and I do a lot of worldbuilding shenanigans, but there is almost no consistency bc i love aus. list of COMMON themes:

DEATH:

players’ dead bodies become zombies/skeletons

most players respawn at the world origin, regardless of where they sleep

bajan is special bc hes an Appropriate Respawner, ie, he respawns where he last went unconscious (hence why he loves murder games)

hardcore mode DOES exist and it’s considered like a chronic illness

a lot of the time Sky is in hardcore mode

PARENTS:

sometimes characters just form together from sentient code, sometimes theyre created by Devs (Jeb/Dinnerbone/etc), sometimes they’re just children of other ppl (it all depends on the lore)

when they ARE children, we follow minecraft mob rules: a baby will just fucken Appear if you love your significant other enough

sky is chronically a skybrine when parents are used (no his eyes aren’t glowy, rip). his other dad is Sterling, a very soft adventurer who looks a lot like him.

the few times we’ve addressed true’s parents, they’ve been like, a farming mother and a space-driven father. in more urban-fantasy settings theyre typically super upper middle class. in at least one mermaid au, they were a forbidden romance between a mer and a human

seto was raised by illagers. he grew up in a woodland mansion and evokers taught him everything he knows

the one time we tried to give ssun a dad he immediately ran away from home so we don’t do that anymore

for jerome/husky not having parents is kind of a trademark bc theyre like, Unique, and jerome specifically is self-sustaining

lox is sometimes raised by endermen. sometimes he isn’t

Mads rly likes yoglabs, so, bajan was raised by a mad scientist and a small dwarf. with their powers combined he is: an unstable maniac who’s too strong and likes to eat

SETTINGS:

generallY, when not urban fantasy (and even when it IS urban fantasy), the world is split into city-state medieval-esque areas, with kingdoms and/or factions

we adhere to MC as our primary lore a lot, ie, it’s normal for ppl to travel around and build their own house every night

“magic” is just manipulation of code. so is science

mods can exist but if we’re literally calling it A Mod, only in designated areas; theyre modifications in the worldcode so severe only a dev could pull it off

klub ice is a mental-warping zone (generally in an Evil Faction(TM)), that doesnt always impact everyone the same (ie, bc husky and mitch are already bastards, they don’t take a big hit)

parkour courses are common attractions, bodil is a well-known architect

the farlands exist, some super-knowledgable characters run off there now and again

hunger games tournaments normally use paired weapons/armor like lasertag to prevent actual murder, esp the casual ones. bajan (bc he can Respawn) actively seeks out the really murderous ones

ssun always has a bakery, when he’s not adventuring

not exactly a setting but sometimes sky runs off into a forest and lives with some quiet villagers and after a few years changes his name to Nobody

SECRETS and/or EDGE:

ssun may have been in an ancient war, or something, we don’t know yet. he’s a secret badass, nobody knows

sometimes bajan and jerome were literally created to murder each other. normally, one of them immediately has that protocol wiped from their mind

hypixel is heavily implied to be a stoic hunger games badass bajan looks up to. hes also heavily implied to be his brother

CAN true talk to animals? it’s a mystery

jerome is sometimes ostracized for being a bear. its sad

some quirks:

true’s vegetarian

sky calls it “butter” to fuck with people

husky and ty hate each other, but like, performatively

ssun just has sensitive eyes

[eldritchsurveys]

1056.

5k Survey LXXVIII

4001. How would you rate your sex drive? >> I wouldn’t “rate” it? I don’t keep tabs on it or anything, it comes and goes at will. 4002. You are sitting alone with a stack of videos and a vcr. Of the following which are you most likely to puut on (1 is most, 10 is least) The good the bad and the ugly, - 5 dracula, - 2 slc punk, - 6 twin peaks fire walk with me, - 1 jerry springer too hot for tv, - definitely not in the running singing in the rain, - 7 flash gordon, - not in the running the matrix, - 4 blade runner, - 3 the muppet movie - not in the running 4003. Are you more likely to get or send random instant messages? >> Neither? 4004. If you were writing an ad telling people to come to your town what would you say about it? >> You lost me at “if you were writing an ad”. 4005. What part of your body can you not stand to get an itch on? >> Any part I can’t easily scratch, of course.

4006. How many people do you suppose have stolen that System of a Down album called 'steal this album'? >> I don’t know. 4007. Name a band you like: What are/were this band's roots and influences? >> I don’t know the roots and influences of bands. 4008. would you rather have a poster of john lennon or a cute fuzzy black cat? >> I’m not interested in either of these posters. I’d rather have a bare wall. 4009. make a public service announcement: >> No. 4010. What makes you feel the need to escape? >> My own brain. 4011. You and your signifigant other, crush, interest etc...who is the ernie and who is the bert? >> --- 4012. When was the last time you did something and later asked yourself 'did I do the right thing?'? >> I don’t remember. 4013. What do you find it hard to say goodbye to? >> Er... 4014. What is your fantasy valentine's day like? >> I don’t have a fantasy for Valentine’s Day. 4015. If you had to have a color for a name, what color would it be? >> --- 4016. Should preference be given to minority students during the college admission process? >> You know, I’ve read a lot of arguments for and against affirmative action over the years, and while I see where multiple sides are coming from, I think that the most important thing to me would be people of all backgrounds being given opportunity. And since this country has proven time and time again that when left to its own devices, it will let systems of privilege and oppression stand without contest, there needs to be a check-and-balance system in place. Which, in this case, would be affirmative action. It’s awkward and has its own ramifications, but it provides opportunity where there was none (or hardly any) before, and I think it opens the door for further discussions and adaptations.

4017. Sweet wine, fresh crisp appples, bagles with creme cheese and lox...what is the most incredibly luxurious food? >> I’m not sure. 4018. Is there really anything to fear in communism? >> ???? 4019. Best sesame street character: most annoying sesame street character: >> --- 4020. feast or famine? >> Wh... I mean, which one do you think I’d choose??? 4021. Write a poem right here in five minutes or less: >> No. 4022. Do you stay and help clean up after a party? >> At someone else’s place? No. 4023. Why was the teddy bear named after teddy roosevelt? >> As far as I’m aware, it’s because some guy saw the bears at a World’s Fair or something and bought a bunch of them to use as promotions for Roosevelt’s campaign. If I’m wrong, there’s always your friendly neighbourhood search engine to clear it up for you. 4024. What are you the prince or princess of? >> I am the Red Prince, inheritor of the Tower and doom of the White! Thank you for asking. 4025. Some people think that Christmas should be taken off of public school calanders because it is politically incorrect. What aould you say to this? >> I don’t know what that means, so I would have to ask for clarification about Christmas’ political incorrectness. Personally, I think more holidays should be added, for students of different cultures and religions, and some of the “American civic religion” type holidays like Presidents’ Day and shit should probably be removed. That’d balance it out. 4026. Would you rather go to an exorcism or a step aerobics class? >> First of all, those are completely different events, so it’d depend on what kind of experience I was looking to have. And whether I felt like exercising. Which I usually do not. 4027. Do you believe in spells and curses? >> Do I think that spells and curses work? Sure, somehow. I mean, people do them for a reason... 4028. What tv show does your family watch together? >> --- 4029. What's on your calander this year? >> Dates? 4030. Is anything ruining your life? What? >> No. 4031. How was life meant to be lived? >> --- 4032. What is your usual breakfast? >> A Morningstar veggie burger and chips. 4033. If you had kids, would you worry about what they did online? >> Of course I’d worry. 4034. Will you be maxin and relaxin this weekend? If not, what are your weekend plans? >> It’s Monday, man, I have no idea what’s going to happen next weekend aside from the usual. 4035. Who has the most interesting story to tell: someone who used to fly to asia as a drug trader the ceo of Nike a nyc homeless person a preacher's wife >> I was a homeless person in NYC and I think my stories are plenty interesting. Regardless, I think most (if not all) people have interesting stories to tell, if one is willing to listen. 4036. What do you have a bad feeling about? >> I am not having a bad feeling at this very moment so I would like to keep it that way. 4037. Do you have a lot to say? >> I don’t know. Do I? 4038. If a smallpox vaccine was offered to you, would you take it? >> ??? Don’t we get those as children? I’m confused. 4039. Would you ever work at a kissing booth? how about a dunking booth? >> No. 4040. There is a woman who paints by stripping naked, rolling around in paint and then pressing her body against the canvas. What do you think of her art? >> That’s pretty neat. 4041. Have you ever bought something you saw on tv? >> Like, on an infomercial? No. 4042. Name a relative: that relative dies unexpectedly. On the same day 9/11 happens. You can either bring back your relative or bring back 1/2 the people who dies on 9/11. What do you do? >> --- 4043. Have you gone mental? >> Frequently. 4044. What do you think of jews for jesus? >> I’m not sure what to think, since according to some reports they’re not even Jews, but Christians masquerading as such in order to convert Jews (or undermine the “official” Jewish stance on Christ being a cool dude but not the Messiah). Which is pretty messed up, in my opinion. But if a Jewish person interprets their holy texts in such a way that they wish to adopt Christ as the Messiah, then I’d imagine that’s their business. 4045. Has anyone ever tried to 'save' you? >> Evangelical Christian style? Yeah, plenty of times. Fortunately, I seem to be immune to that particular sort of manipulation. 4046. Quick! picture santa clause in your head... Was he black or white when you pictured him? >> White. All Santa is good Santa and of course as a Black person I’m definitely interested in Black Santa, but almost all of my visual references up until now have been white. 4047. Would you ever buy a black santa clause? >> I mean, duh??? Also, we have a Black angel for our Christmas tree; they’d go together perfectly. 4048. or take your kids to vist a black santa clause? why or why not? >> --- 4049. What do you smell like? >> Right now, I smell like jojoba and lavender and opium oil (and tea tree oil, on my head) because I just showered and moisturised. It’s very nice. 4050. What kind of soup do you eat? >> I don’t usually go for soup. But last night I had chicken and wild rice soup because Sparrow made it for her meal prep this week, and it was pretty damn good.

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I’m in a lot pain from some weird ear tube thing so I’m going to distract myself and just answer all the ones I haven’t yet on that ask meme i reblogged earlier

Animated character that was your gay awakening? Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing Though to go much earlier the fact that I found Jack Skellington, a literal skeleton so damn appealing was probably a good sign that I’m ace as hell

Grilled cheese or PB&J? Answered earlier

What show/YouTube video(s) do you put on in the background when you when you don’t have anything to watch but you want something on? Answered earlier

Your go-to bar order, if you drink? I like sweet wine and Sake best. but I’ll drink a Pina Colada or an whiskey sour in a pinch. I however hate bars and don’t go to them.

What’s your favorite pair of shoes that you own? I have these cute af little oxford pumps that are my faves, but I love all my shoes... I have a shoe problem

Top three cuisines? Japanese (including sushi and pastries), American-Irish pub food, and hmmm I really love Greek? I also love Indian food but it does not love me in return =(

What was your first word as a child (that wasn’t a variation of “Mom” or “Dad”)? My first word was actually ‘Kitty!’ while I attempted to chase a kitten.

What’s a job that you’ve had that people might be surprised to find out you’ve had? lol yeeeahhhhh can’t think of anything sadly

Look up. What’s directly across from you? A recliner currently covered in a sheet to protect it’s usual occupant from the heat of sitting in a fuzzy chair in a house without central air.

Do you own any signed books/memorabilia in general? Answered

Preferred way to spend a rainy day? Walking in it. I love walking in the rain

What do you get on your bagels? What WOULD you get if you had access to anything you wanted? Plain effing cream cheese. I don’t really like anything else on them... maybe sometimes some lox?

Brunch or midnight snacks? Midnight snack. Always.

Favorite mug you own I have a beautiful double walled bodum mug that has pretty flecks of gold inside the glass. it’s my favorite mug.

What coffee drink would you describe yourself as? french pressed with cream and sugar.

Pick a song lyric to describe your current mood (and drop the name and artist!) PAIN MADE ME A BELIEVER (imagine dragons)

Fruity or herbal teas? Herbal. i’m not actually a big fan of fruity teas, though there are exceptions.

What’s that one TV show that you’re a little bit embarrassed to watch but you still like nonetheless? Ummm I watch a lot of shows with my mom because we like to watch things together. Many of these are shows I probably wouldn’t normally watch on my own but have come to like all the same. Like Chicago Med and Chicago Fire. Or the new Reboot of Magnum P.I. (Jay hernandez is way better looking than tom sellick and the new Higgins is a babe)

That book you were forced to read for class but actually ended up enjoying? To Kill a Mockingbird. Great book. Almost every other one I was forced to read I hated lol

Do you match your socks? Answered

Have you ever been horseback riding? Answered

What was your “phase” when you were younger? (i.e., Mythology Nerd, Horse Girl, Space Geek, etc) Well first there was the obsession with Egyptology. And then I was just a great big Weeb. the biggest of Anime Nerds. if it was anime I watched it. All of it.

Have you ever been to jail? Not yet lol I hope not to

What’s your opinion on Lazy Susan’s (the spinning tray in the middle of tables)? Well i have one in my cabinet for bottles and spices so... positive?

Puzzles? Loooove puzzles. All kinds. Not geat at them but I have fun

You can only have one juice for the rest of your life, what is it? Pineapple Juice.

What section do you immediately head for when you walk into a bookstore? Answered

What’s one thing you’re trying to learn/relearn in your downtime right now? Uhhh nothing? is that something we were supposed to be doing?

Who’s your go-to musical artist when you’re feeling upbeat? Daft Punk

Where could someone find you in a museum? Looking at Stuff? That’s what museums are for. Possibly having an existential crisis over someones exquisite brush strokes depending on what kind of museum

What’s that one outfit in your closet you never get the chance to wear but want to? A) I have an amazing dress right now that I haven't gotten to wear anywhere because I got it right before quarantine B) I have a jedi tunic now and need to wear it

Rainbows, stars, or sunset colored clouds? all but... I do love sunset clouds perhaps a little bit more

If you could own any non-traditional pet (dogs, cats, fish, rodents, etc), what would it be? Answered

Do you have more art on your walls or more photographs? Me personally? Art. In my house? there are more photos

You have to get one meme tattooed on your body, what meme is it and where does it go? ‘Grandma It’s me Anastasia’ only with Obi-wan dropping his robes and it’s a tramp stamp

Pick a superhero sidekick to hang out with ROBIN ROBIN ROBIN, ALL THE ROBINS, EVERY ROBIN

Lakes, rivers, or oceans? I have no strong feelings about any or of them I’m afraid? I have a fondness and but respect for all large bodies of water. I was raised in the Desert.

Favorite mid-2000s song Answered

How do you dress when you’re home alone? Same pjs until they smell bad and sometimes lounging in a pretty dress.

Where do you sit in the living room (we all have a preferred spot, and you know it)? On the lounge end of the sectional. i like to stretch out my legs

Knives or swords? Daggers. I have 20

A song you didn’t think you’d enjoy but ended up loving Uh hard to say I tend to be unapologetic in my liking all kings of music

Pick an old-school Disney Channel Original Movie I was always fond of Luck of the Irish. You know where the kid starts turning into a leprechaun?  Also Zenon.

Are you a “Quote that relates to the photos” caption-er, an “explanation of where I took the photos” caption-er, or a no caption kinda person when you post pictures online? Uh where does ‘rambles and/or tries to be funny’ land?

Name a classic Vine I AM THE SAND GUARDIAN GUARDIAN OF THE SAND

What’s the freezer food that you stock up on when you go to the grocery store? pepperoni hot pockets and ling ling potstickers

How do you top your ice cream? You... I... Well... I put seasalt on vanilla ice cream then mix it in really good. it’s amazing.

Do you like Jello? Answered

What’s something that you don’t have a picture of that you wish you did? The fort my brothers built out in the woods when i was little.

How are you at climbing trees? Bad, but I sometimes try anyway

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5,000 questions survey series–part forty-two

These surveys always take me so long to get through, hence why I took such a long break from them. The questions are just too much at times and some are just plain annoying. But, I’ll try and finish it eventually. A couple of you have been taking it lately, so I figured I’d start up again.

4001. How would you rate your sex drive? It’s been non-existent the past few years, honestly.  4002. You are sitting alone with a stack of videos and a vcr. Of the following which are you most likely to puut on (1 is most, 10 is least) I’m just gonna bold which one I’d likely watch out of all of ‘em...

The good the bad and the ugly, dracula, slc punk, twin peaks fire walk with me, jerry springer too hot for tv, singing in the rain, flash gordon, the matrix, blade runner, the muppet movie 4003. Are you more likley to get or send random instant messages? I receive nice messages more often than I receive random ones. I got a rude one recently; however, about how I’m still a 31 year old virgin. Does it affect their life? No. So, don’t worry about it. *eye roll* I do get a lot of random comments on my surveys from su*ar da**ies, though... super annoying. 4004. If you were writing an ad telling people to come to your town what would you say about it? I wouldn’t write such an ad. My town sucks. 4005. What part of your body can you not stand to get an itch on? One that’s hard to reach.

4006. How many people do you suppose have stolen that System of a Down album called 'steal this album'? I haven’t heard anything about that, I’m not even familiar with that album of theirs. I’m there were people who tried/did.  4007. Name a band you like: Linkin Park. What are/were this band's roots and influences? Zeppelin, Run DMC, Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine, Depeche Mode. 4008. would you rather have a poster of john lennon or a cute fuzzy black cat? Cute fuzzy black cat. 4009. make a public service announcement: Wear a mask! 4010. What makes you feel the need to escape? Just the need for a change of scenery and to help take my mind off things a bit for a little while. I’m sad I couldn’t go to the beach at all this summer because that’s my one place where I’m able to relax at all and just zone out. 4011. You and your signifigant other, crush, interest etc...who is the ernie and who is the bert? I don’t have any of those. 4012. When was the last time you did something and later asked yourself 'did I do the right thing?'? I hate when I forget if I took my medicine or not. I end up taking it, questioning and hoping that I didn’t already take it. I feel so robotic at times and like I’m just living life on autopilot, so things like that tend to happen. 4013. What do you find it hard to say goodbye to? I have a hard time getting rid of things because of my emotional attachment to them. 4014. What is your fantasy valentine's day like? I’ll admit it, it would be nice to experience a Valentine’s Day with someone and actually do something. It’s always been just another day for me. 4015. If you had to have a color for a name, what color would it be? Jade. 4016. Should preference be given to minority students during the college admission process? I think everyone should have the same opportunity.  4017. Sweet wine, fresh crisp appples, bagles with creme cheese and lox...what is the most incredibly luxurious food? I don’t know about those options, but if I were to think of luxurious foods I’d think of like expensive wine, cheeses, fresh fruits, and seafood like caviar and lobster and whatnot. I’m picky so I personally don’t care for fancy foods. 4018. Is there really anything to fear in communism? I don’t know enough about communism and socialism and all that to speak on it. 4019. Best sesame street character: Uhh, Big Bird. most annoying sesame street character: Elmo can be a little annoying sometimes. 4020. feast or famine? I don’t need to overindulge and have excess, I just would like to be able to have food.  4021. Write a poem right here in five minutes or less: Nah. 4022. Do you stay and help clean up after a party? I usually was one to leave early. 4023. Why was the teddy bear named after teddy roosevelt? His name was Theodore, Teddy for short, and apparently while out on a hunting trip he refused to kill a bear and someone dedicated a bear stuffed animal to him and called it Teddy’s Bear. Then it was just called a teddy bear and the rest was history. 4024. What are you the prince or princess of? Uhhh. 4025. Some people think that Christmas should be taken off of public school calanders because it is politically incorrect. What aould you say to this? I say no. It can still be winter break for those who don’t celebrate. 4026. Would you rather go to an excorcism or a step aerobics class? Uh, I think an aerobics class sounds a lot better than an exorcism. I wouldn’t be able to participate in a step aerobics class, though. I’d have to do something else. 4027. Do you believe in spells and curses? No. 4028. What tv show does your family watch together? There isn’t really one all 4 of us watch, but there’s several that 2 or 3 of us watch together. I guess Family Guy or American Dad could be one all 4 of us could watch, although I don’t really care for either one much. 4029. What's on your calander this year? Nothing. 4030. Is anything ruining your life? It has felt that way with my health issues. 4031. How was life meant to be lived? “We were meant to live for so much moreeee.” 🎶

4032. What is your usual breakfast? I rarely have breakfast, but I like breakfast foods like eggs and hash browns. And country gravy, yum. 4033. If you had kids, would you worry about what they did online? Of course.  4034. Will you be maxin and relaxin this weekend? Sure. If not, what are your weekened plans? 4035. Who has the most interesting story to tell: someone who used to fly to asia as a drug trader the ceo of Nike a nyc homeless person a preacher's wife

^^^They all would. 4036. What do you have a bad feeling about? The future regarding this virus. 4037. Do you have a lot to say? No. 4038. If a smallpox vaccine was offered to you, would you take it? Wasn’t that one of the ones given as a baby or child? I should mention I live in the US. 4039. Would you ever work at a kissing booth? No. how about a dunking booth? No. 4040. There is a woman who paints by stripping naked, rolling around in paint and then pressing her body against the canvas. What do you think of her art? I’ve never seen it, but hey do your thing. 4041. Have you ever bought something you saw on tv? Yeah, I mean that’s what commercials are intended to do. However, I’ve never called the number for a product advertisement to order something that way. Like those as seen on TV products. There have been some of those products sold in actual stores, though, that I’ve got like the Snuggie and that Finishing Touch Flawless Razor. 4042. Name a relative:  that relative dies unexpectedly. On the same day 9/11 happens. You can either bring back your relative or bring back 1/2 the people who dies on 9/11. What do you do? I don’t like these type of questions. 4043. Have you gone mental? I’ve definitely felt like that. 4044. What do you think of jews for jesus? You word this like it’s the name of a group or something. Okay, so I Googled it and see that it’s an organization.  4045. Has anyone ever tried to 'save' you? Yes. 4046. Quick! picture santa clause in your head... ...Okay. Was he black or white when you pictured him? White. That’s just how I’ve often seen him portrayed. 4047. Would you ever buy a black santa clause? Sure. Santa isn’t real, you can make him look any way you want. 4048. or take your kids to vist a black santa clause? Yeah? why or why not? Santa is Santa.  4049. What do you smell like? I just smell my clothes laundry detergent scent. 4050. What kind of soup do you eat? I’m a ramen girl all the way. 4051. What have you heard about the next Harry Potter book? Will you pre-order it? I know this is old, but I haven’t read any of the Harry Potter books. 4052. Would you rather go out or stay in? I’m a hermit crab.  4053. What's your favorite song to hear on halloween? I like the classics like Monster Mash. Oh, and the Halloween movie theme music for spooky vibes. 4054. What song makes you feel all tingly like you want to laugh and scream and cry? Uhh I don’t feel that way about any song. 4055. If you were starting a website that was not about you, what Would it be about? Nah. 4056. Do you ever take the long way just for fun? I don’t drive. 4057. '..and god said let there be ____and there I was.' Fill in the blank, as if if you were talking about yourself. ‘...and God said let there be Stephanie and there I was.’ 4058. What do you think of when you hear the word 'mill'? A million.  4059. What do you think of when you hear the name: weird al? Parodies. bob dylan? Music. michael jackson? Moon dance. henry rollins? billy idol? White wedding. gary numan? will smith? Fresh Prince of Bel Air. paul mcartney? Black Bird. alice cooper? Rock and roll. J Lo? Jenny from the Block. 4060. What is one social disater you have had? It was really embarrassing getting sick in front of everyone at my party 7 years ago aka the last time I drank alcohol. I just threw up on myself in front of everyone and sat there and my friend had to help clean me up. What really messes me up is that I don’t remember drinking that much, so I don’t know how I got so drunk. 4061. Can you moonwalk? No. 4062. If a presidential candidate went on late night tv, picked up a guitar and rocked out on it and could really play, would that influence you to like/respect them more? I’d probably be like wow that’s cool, but no I wouldn’t let that influence my vote. Them being able to play an instrument doesn’t say shit about their policies or whether they’d make a good fit for the job. 4064. If it was possible for people to instantly change from one sex to another, would everyone be straight in the end? Uhh just cause they could switch their gender it doesn’t change their brain/sexual preference.  Would you change your sex? No. 4065. Finish the sentance: nobody broke your heart, if you're alone... I don’t know. 4066. Would you rather have a best friend OR a boyfriend/girlfriend on a Friday night? I’d rather stay at home and do my own thing, ha. 4067. Would a woman rather be complimented about her intelligence OR her looks? Depends on the individual.  4068. Do you tend to think of the right thing to say after the moment is gone? Always. Super annoying. 4069. Would you rather a potential mate have nice hair OR nice legs? Nice hair out of the two. 4070. Okay,…. nice hair OR a nice rack/bulge? I don’t look for a “nice bulge” when I look at guys. 4071. What is one thing you thought you would enjoy, but actually didn’t? Hmm. I’m blanking at the moment. 4072. Be in the spotlight OR in the shadows? In the shadows. 4073. What is your favorite part of the newspaper? I haven’t read a newspaper in several years. When I was a kid I loved the comics, though. 4074. What in your life has been an “acquired taste” for you? Alcohol. I never really cared for it, honestly. I drank because my friends were and felt like that’s what people in their early 20s liked to do. And because it was fun sometimes, though I more often just felt like crap. It’s been 7 years since I last drank and I truly haven’t missed it. 4075. Do you find sunlight makes you happier? No. 4076. If you could conquer one fear, it would be...? I’d take care of some health related things. 4077. What's the dumbest thing you've ever seen someone do or heard anyone has done? There’s been a lot of things. 4078. How do you feel about the fact that J-Lo earns 37 million dollars a year? Is that actually true? This survey is also like a decade or so old. Do you buy anything that contributes to her salary? I haven’t bought any JLO related in several years. Is J Lo the ultimate ideal of what a woman should be? To some people. 4079. What is unforgettable beauty? I don’t know. 4080. Worst fashion mistake EVER: I don’t know or care. 4081. What is your advice to someone on their first date? Ha, I’m definitely not one to ask for dating advice. 4082. Is there a musical performer more ridiculous than Avril Lavigne (I don't think there is)? I didn’t think she was ridiculous.  4083. What is the best: daytime talk show? Dr. Phil. late night talk show? I don’t watch any anymore. 4084. Are you afraid of total freedom? What would that mean? 4085. Do you live in an invisible prison? I feel that way with my mind and health. 4086. Who do you feel distant from, that you used to be close to? I’m not close to anyone anymore outside of my immediate family.  4087. Rate the following song lyrics (1 = you like it the most, 9 = you like it the least). Nah, I really hate the rating questions. Maybe you shouldn't care/throw away those dreams/& dare Eden lets me in/I find the seeds of love/And climb upon the highwire/I kiss and tell all my fears I know the pressure is on/In a race for the life of endless love/If it seems to much/Remember/All these things are endless I see the wind, oh I see the trees/Everything is clear in my heart/I see the clouds, oh I see the sky/Everything is clear in our world Inflatable doll/Lover ungrateful/I blew up your body/But you blew my mind Well I jumped into the river/too many times to make it home/I'm out here on my own/drifting all alone/and if it doesn't show/ give it time/to read between the lines The very thought of you makes/My heart sing/Like an April breeze/On the wings of spring/And you appear in all your splendor/My one and only love now I've had lots of girls/most of them from other worlds/but lookin through the galaxey/the valley girls are the ones for me I'm the dandy highwayman so sick of easy fashion/the clumsy boots, peek-a-boo roots that people think so dashing/so what's the point of robbery when nothing is worth taking?/it's kind of tough to tell a scruff the big mistake he's making 4088. Can you name any of the nine bands/songs above? I didn’t even read any of the lyrics. 4089. What would your reaction be if a total stranger called to say s/he loved you and told you that you were to pass the message on to others in a telephone call you make yourself? Uh, I wouldn’t answer a call from a total stranger first of all and even if I actually did, I would be like wtf and hang up.  4090. Would you like to take a journey to jupiter? No. I have no desire to take any trip to outer space. 4091. Can you crack nuts in your bare hands? I’ve never tried, but I’m going to assume that I couldn’t.  4092. Do you take walks at night? No. Or ever. 4093. Beavis and Butthead or daria? Neither. 4094. Cow or chicken? Chicken. 4095. Do you think you will visit China in this life? I don’t see that happening, but who knows.  4096. Are you having a happy day? No. 4097. When was or will be your 'golden birthday' (when your age is the same as your birthdate, like turning 17 on the 17th)? My golden birthday was 3 years ago. 4098. Enlighten everyone with something profound: Nah. 4099. When has the third time been the charm for you? Hmm. 4100. What is kinda sick, but fun? Uhhh.

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3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 42, 45, 48

I love trios!

3. What show/YouTube video(s) do you put on in the background when you when you don’t have anything to watch but you want something on?

I don’t usually have a lot of background noises or tv becauseI find it distracting. But it would probably be something like Say Yes to the Dress because I can critique while I do something else.

6. Top three cuisines?

Vietnamese, Indian, and plain ol’ American.

9. Look up. What’s directly across from you?

The television.

12. What do you get on your bagels? What WOULD you get if you had access to anything you wanted?

My favorite bagel is a cheese bagel with garlic cream cheese - if you add some lox, that really takes it places. Or a blueberry with regular cream cheese. 

15. What coffee drink would you describe yourself as?

I’m pretty sure that I really am a hot chai latte. Discovering those changed my life.

18. What’s that one TV show that you’re a little bit embarrassed to watch but you still like nonetheless?

SYTTD is definitely one of my guilty pleasures. It’s everything that I don’t believe in. I don’t believe that a wedding should be this extravagant event and there is way too much focus on weight and it can be the opposite of body positivity or feminism. But I really love it. I love the pretty dresses. 

21. Have you ever been horseback riding?

Once when I was younger. And I once rode a donkey in Guatemala. 

24. What’s your opinion on Lazy Susan’s (the spinning tray in the middle of tables)?

I think there should be a restaurant called Lazy Susan which replaces earth, with chefs and giant claws. (Miracle Workers is a fantastic show, have I mentioned that?)

27. What section do you immediately head for when you walk into a bookstore?

Probably young adults.

30. Where could someone find you in a museum?

I start in the front and make my way around the entire thing. So everywhere.

33. If you could own any non-traditional pet (dogs, cats, fish, rodents, etc), what would it be?

I don’t really want any pets. But I could go for a baby polar bear. 

36. Pick a superhero sidekick to hang out with

I had to google to find sidekicks, so I guess Jimmy Olson? He was cute on Lois and Clark. 

39. How do you dress when you’re home alone?

Shirt and underwear. I have nudist tendencies. 

42. A song you didn’t think you’d enjoy but ended up loving

Oh good question. Nothing’s really coming to mind, so I’ll just say, Amber Riley’s cover of Someone You Loved is gorgeous and you should listen to it, even if you aren’t a fan of hers. 

45. Name a classic Vine.

This was awesome: https://redheadgleek.tumblr.com/post/181670186096/elodieunderglass-plumwildflowers-i-forgot-i#notes

48. Do you like Jello?

Hello - post-Mormon here. I love jello with whipped cream or jello with fruit. I put my foot down to jello with carrots or celery though. 

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Noodles, all of the quarantine asks. :))

All of them! Whoo!

Animated character that was your gay awakening? Mulan, probably!

Grilled cheese or PB&J? Grilled cheese!

What show/YouTube video(s) do you put on in the background when you when you don’t have anything to watch but you want something on? Sanders Sides ;)

Your go-to bar order, if you drink? I don’t drink

What’s your favorite pair of shoes that you own? I’m not a shoe person. My sneakers are good!

Top three cuisines? *confusion and panic*

What was your first word as a child (that wasn’t a variation of “Mom” or “Dad”)? I think ‘cookie’?

What’s a job that you’ve had that people might be surprised to find out you’ve had? I haven’t had any jobs :’)

Look up. What’s directly across from you? Wall

Do you own any signed books/memorabilia in general? Yup! I have a few childhood books signed.

Preferred way to spend a rainy day? Lounging with a cat.

What do you get on your bagels? What WOULD you get if you had access to anything you wanted? Cream cheese and lox is the best bagel combination and you cannot convince me otherwise.

Brunch or midnight snacks? Midnight snacks

Favorite mug you own? Its yellow with a ladybug on it!

What coffee drink would you describe yourself as? ??? Coffee??

Pick a song lyric to describe your current mood (and drop the name and artist!) The rap from the new Sanders Sides video!

Fruity or herbal teas? Fruit!

What’s that one TV show that you’re a little bit embarrassed to watch but you still like nonetheless? *flashbacks to the MLP phase*

That book you were forced to read for class but actually ended up enjoying? Greta Thunberg biography

Do you match your socks? Sometimes

Have you ever been horseback riding? YES AND I LOVE IT

What was your “phase” when you were younger? (i.e., Mythology Nerd, Horse Girl, Space Geek, etc) I had the worst mermaid phase

Have you ever been to jail? Nope!

What’s your opinion on Lazy Susan’s (the spinning tray in the middle of tables)? ??? Am I supposed to ??

Puzzles? PUZZLES!

You can only have one juice for the rest of your life, what is it? Apple juice

What section do you immediately head for when you walk into a bookstore? Fantasy!

What’s one thing you’re trying to learn/relearn in your downtime right now? Drawing!

Who’s your go-to musical artist when you’re feeling upbeat? Dear Evan Hansen

Where could someone find you in a museum? Nowhere

What’s that one outfit in your closet you never get the chance to wear but want to? Black hoodie

Rainbows, stars, or sunset colored clouds? Stars right now

If you could own any non-traditional pet (dogs, cats, fish, rodents, etc), what would it be? ferret? Are those traditional?

Do you have more art on your walls or more photographs? Photos of my pets! 

You have to get one meme tattooed on your body, what meme is it and where does it go? YeEt on my arm

Pick a superhero sidekick to hang out with: uhhhhhh

Lakes, rivers, or oceans? Lakes!

Favorite mid-2000s song: Part Of Me, Katy Perry!

How do you dress when you’re home alone? Hoodie and jeans, no change from outside

Where do you sit in the living room (we all have a preferred spot, and you know it)? The edge of the couch, next to an arm

Knives or swords? SWORD

A song you didn’t think you’d enjoy but ended up loving: Most of the music I’ve listened too

Pick an old-school Disney Channel Original Movie: Phineas And Ferb, across the second dimention. My brother and I had the video game!

Are you a “Quote that relates to the photos” caption-er, an “explanation of where I took the photos” caption-er, or a no caption kinda person when you post pictures online? No caption

Name a classic Vine:  Road work ahead? Uhh yeah I sure HOPE it does.

What’s the freezer food that you stock up on when you go to the grocery store? Ice cream

How do you top your ice cream? No toppings... except more ice cream!

Do you like Jello? When I have a sore throat its good, but not otherwise

What’s something that you don’t have a picture of that you wish you did? *flashbacks to The Royal Bellyflop at summer camp*

How are you at climbing trees? Really good, actually! Being tall and skinny really gives you a boost in that department!

Thanks Worm!