#taco only household from now on

[plantanarchy]

Truck's been returned to the breeder. I love him and will miss him but shit happens.

[padawansuggest]

The post war Cody and Kenobi household is as follows:

Boga

Boba, Fennec and Din, whom they found in a dumpster and took pity on. Din stole Grogu so that’s actually HIS kid thankyew

Padawan Reva, she bites because she’s learning all of Kenobi’s worst habits, but she also cuddles and steals cookies. BFFs with Fennec and they practice weapons together. The boys cuddle and do each other’s nails.

Two cadets that Cody and Obi-Wan decided to adopt after the war, they call themselves twins, their names are Taco and Bell and no they are not taking criticisms at the moment they WILL cry on you

Wooley, Cody’s first baby. Rex was a little brother from the beginning but Wooley is an infant baby who deserves a cuddle. Cody will not take criticisms about that he WILL cry on you.

Waxer and Boil crashed back into their lives with Numa about 6 months after they adopted her and now they’re being very useful in helping take care of all these damn kids.

Three lothcats that all have the exact same fur pattern, it took Obi-Wan about two weeks to realize they in fact, have three cats, not one. He found this out while Cody was in the shower one morning and Obi-Wan woke up to all three of them on him or napping against him. Cody came out of the shower and nearly went right back in when he realized he’d been found out. Turns out he needn’t worry, as the orange lothcats are getting along with his orange riduur very well. They’re creating a no-braincells club only for other orange idiots. Everyone else in this goddamn house other than Boga and Grogu and Numa is a brunet so no one else is allowed to join. The twins wanna dye their hair but they want pink and blue so they can’t join either.

That spider in the corner that everyone to too afraid to deal with stays with them for a while till Grogu stumbles upon it and eats it.

Anyways. This is my new fave idea. Cody and Obi keep adopting kids and animals so Anakin can’t ask them to babysit his terrors. Obi-Wan would love to babysit them but Cody is afraid of Leia cause after she starts speaking it’s VERY clear she is some sort of evil little mind reader. Obi-Wan has decided she’ll be his next Padawan. Him and Reva spoil her.

[astonmartingf]

YOU'VE BEEN ON MY MIND —

— co-parenting with alonso has been smooth sailing, until he starts dropping hints that he wants to be with you again

SPECIAL ★ ALES AND YNLONSO

amgf after that chapter, this is your gift ig enjoy it because it'll only get better (worse) from here 😀👍

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ALEJANDRO ALONSO (ALES)

born on June 2019, 5 years of age

likes dinosaurs, toy cars, legos, and construction work

likes to eat ice cream, alonso's special tacos, and a specific pizza that yn makes

likes long walks on the beach with his father and mother

likes to add grass in his lego builds

currently raising a succulent with his father, they named it avi

has his own id at the hospital yn works at due to his frequency in visiting

started pre-school recently and spends most of his time in school

his favorite places are the aston martin office and anywhere with his mother and father

playmates with lewis and nico's daughters

his godfather is lance, yn's cousin

YNLONSO — FORMATIVE YEARS

met through lawrence stroll back when yn was volunteering in the medical bay at a few races

alonso would fake injuries just to go to the medical bay whenever he can, and often skipped meetings just to take a few peeks at yn

alonso became extremely jealous when someone else crashed and was brought to the medical bay, so he began to pray for everyone's safety so they don't have to meet yn

when called for mandatory check ups, alonso would always look for yn and hog her for the whole day

the grid became increasingly curious about alonso's relationship with you, despite your attempts in keeping the relationship private

broke up once after a nasty crash in 2016, yn couldn't bear seeing alonso in pain especially since she was the one treating him

yn is a date to marry type, and found a future in alonso when they got engaged in 2018

their first date was in a parking lot outside the hospital when yn was still an intern for residency, and alonso surprised yn with tacos during a night shift

once, alonso planned on surprising yn but she was stuck in a long surgery, so he fell asleep waiting for her

alonso would always stop by the hospital after races and meetings just to see yn and talk to her even if it's just a few seconds

yn prefers it when alonso was in wec due to less racing schedules, also because alonso won the year she gave birth to ales

had a mutual split much to alonso's pleas after he came out from retirement in 2021

started co-parenting at the beginning of 2022 when ales and yn moved back to spain

frequently drives to each other's house and has a spare key of each other's front door and gate

alonso kept yn as his emergency contact even after their split, so she was still getting updates from alonso

yn and alonso both use lance to get updates about each other, and use him to play messenger, which lance didn't really like at the beginning, but now he's holding a lot of their secrets

their weekly routine with ales includes walking to the beach, having one lunch outing, one dinner date and a trip to the grocery

speaking of groceries, they go buy groceries together so ales has the same food in both households

it's also customary for them to invite the other for a meal when picking up ales, but really it's alonso being a mastermind to spend more time with yn

currently, alonso is trying to make it work with yn, and is contemplating on leaving after the 2023 season to be with them

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[what-even-is-thiss]

european here (genuinely curious): in reference to your “american home-cooked food isn’t just fast food, it’s a lot like french/italian food” post, could you give some examples? I don’t know what foods are american home staples, but your post piqued my interest

Well stews and soups for one. When I read recipes for stuff like beef bourguignon it’s quite familiar to me. Less wine perhaps but the principles of the dish are similar.

Italian-American food often also makes for easy quick food on weeknights. Pasta is something that can be just as easy or complicated as you want. You can make it from scratch at every step or just make sauce from canned ingredients and boxed pasta. Tomato paste, flour, pasta, and dried herbs are staples in most kitchens. Pretty much every household has their own way of making pasta sauces.

Roasts are popular during the winter. Both roasted veggies and roasted meat. Potatoes are popular year round but in the summer things like potato salad or fries or bagged chips are more common than stewed, mashed, or boiled potatoes.

Americans commonly cook with butter and olive oil, though canola oil is cheaper. In recent years though there’s been health questions about canola oil and some people only use it for deep frying now.

French cream sauces are pretty similar to American white gravy which we make with cream instead of milk. We do also make white sauce too and will put it on most things. I find it especially good on pizza instead of red sauce. A lot of people also put it on pasta or vegetables.

A lot of the way we eat potatoes is pretty similar to some French dishes. What we call scalloped potatoes is very similar to a French dish called potatoes au gratin. Not identical, but extremely similar.

Stuff like French onion soup and duck a l’orange is also decently popular here even if not everyday food and are things you’d more commonly make yourself than buy from a restaraunt.

French style breads and pastries are also quite popular here. Baguettes are common things to cut up to eat with dip. Croissants with coffee are common things to eat for a small breakfast or an afternoon snack. French style breads both sweet and not are also common breads used for sandwiches. Italian style coffee is also more and more popular these days but that wasn’t true until relatively recently.

A lot of similarities really lie in the ingredients we use. We often cook things in butter for example. Or add flour to stews to thicken them. Or add milk to things. Or use wine to deglaze pans for the flavor.

A lot of home cooking in the US is affected by other immigrant populations. Tacos or curry are staples in my diet for example. But when you get down to more traditional comfort food it’s potatoes, cream sauces, stews, herbs, roasts, and pasta. Stuff that’s not identical to French or Italian cooking but is very heavily influenced by it.

TLDR: It’s butter!

[hannibals-favourite-meal]

hiii, I'm new to your blog and I love the way you write!!

could we have something with wade wilson/deadpool ? thank you in advance 💗💗

Taco Tuesdays

Wade Wilson x plus size reader

Tuesdays are date nights in the Wilson household and nothing is going to get in the way of Wade and his Mexican food and his woman.

Warnings: Wade Wilson, violence, implied smut, swearing

WC: 894

Minors DNI

Tonight the music seems so loud

I wish that we could lose this crowd

Maybe it's better this way

We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say

Rang out through the cavernous warehouse. “Wait! Wait! Wait! Timeout!” The goons tied up in chairs around the red-clad man went silent, giving each other almost disbelieving looks. His gloved hand flew into the crotch of his weirdly tight pants and started rooting around.

“Where is it? C’mon you slippery bitch. Ah hah!” A beat up flip phone was pulled out, still ringing. “Helloooo~” He answered, pressing the cheap phone tightly to where his ear was located under the red latex. “Hi Wade! Are we still on for dinner tonight?”

“Oh my darling baby girl!” He cooed into the phone, absentmindedly twirling his katana around, the sharp tip getting dangerously close to the eyes of the man restrained closest to him. He heard you giggle through the phone bashfully, still not used to his overwhelming amount of pet names for you. “Of course we’re still having dinner tonight! When have I ever refused your deliciousness?”

“Wade.” You hissed, obviously getting flustered. His lips curled up in a devious smirk that no one could see. “What, everyone should know that my girl has the most delicious, delectable, most incredible little pus-“ 

“Wade!” But he just laughed at your screech, quite pleased with himself. He could practically see you curled in that oversized sweater that you were obsessed with, burying your head in the fabric, trying to hide your face like you always did when you were embarrassed. “You can’t say that!” 

“Of course I can! It’s true!” His blade twirled around his head as he spun around. The various men he had detained each flinched away, trying to get as far away from the deadly weapon as possible. But given how tight they were tied down, they could only crane their necks back a few inches. 

“But it’s not polite!” You insisted, your voice going up in pitch the way it always did when you were annoyed at him. 

“Can you just kill us now?” One of the goons muttered under his breath. Wade’s head whipped around so quickly he almost snapped his neck. “What the fuck did you just say?” The man opened his mouth to respond but Deadpool interrupted him. “No no, I wasn’t asking you to repeat yourself, I was just giving you time to realise how badly you fucked up.”

The katana came to rest on the man’s chest, the tip digging into the soft spot at the base of his neck. “You will die, but I’m about to make it veeeery slow like when I make sweet sweet love to my lady bird.” An indignant splutter came from his phone’s speakers, reminding Wade that said lady bird was still listening in.

“I’m going to hang up now, my precious little gremlin. I’ll be home soon to eat some tacos and then your taco.” He made some kissy noises into the phone and hung up before you could chastise him again. “Now, let’s get started.”

——————

Just as you set the last plate of taco fixings on the table, your front door burst open like it always did when Wade came home (except for the times when he came through the window, or once when he blew up a wall). “Honey! I’m home!”

His suit was a slightly more rusty red than when he left this morning, obviously caked in blood that you would have to rinse off later. There were a couple rips from where he had been injured but thankfully not many today. “Hi Wade.” You replied, still somewhat bashful. 

You could tell he was frowning under his mask. “Now why are you so embarrassed?” He wrapped you up tightly in his arms, your own curling around the back of his neck. Your fingers found the smooth edge of his mask where it met the back of his suit and you gently yanked up. He let you pull the rough material from his head, exposing his face to you.

“Don’t talk about our sex lives in front of other people.” He scoffed at your firm tone and leaned forward so he could nuzzle the tip of his nose against your own.

“It wasn’t like they were going to live to tell anyone else.” You rolled your eyes but smiled anyway. His hands quickly slipped from your lower back to your ass, giving the plump cheeks a firm squeeze.

“I’ve changed my mind, I want your enchilada first.” As his fingers slipped lower, making a b-line for the apex of your thighs, you laughed shyly, wiggling in his hold.

“But I made tacos not enchiladas.” His face fit into the juncture of your neck and shoulders, delicately nipping at your soft skin.

“They’re both the same coming out, hot lips.” You groaned at his crassness but a moan quickly slipped from your lips as he gave a particularly hard bite to your pulse point. “Let’s go to bed.” He pulled you back with him, guiding both of you to the cheap, unmade bed.

“Hey hannibals-favourite-meal?”

*Yes Wade?*

“Fade to black please.”

*But-*

“Don’t think a computer screen will stop me from coming after you for looking at me and my girl doing some fun patootie.”

*Sigh, fine.*

“Thank you.” 

The End.

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[sageistri]

They can scream "GLOBAL POP STAR" as much as they want, but Jungkook--so-far--has failed to capture the imagination of the public they way BTS did. He's not a household name--can people even pronounce his name? And the Taco Bell logo isn't going to help.

I think people severely underestimate what Seven did for him and his solo career and just how far not only this single but his album, reached. Jungkook right now is the biggest name in bts and probably kpop contrary to what people want to believe. Every media outlet was announcing his fan song as if it was this big highly anticipated cb single and people are very much tuned in so much so that i saw blinks fighting eachother because one side finally admitted to being jk solos and the other side calling it embarrassing because of how his fans (armys) treat BP.

No one cares about how he achieved those numbers except for akgaes. General consensus is he ended his own group and is the only non flop member I mean it's insane. Scooter has really done a number for jungkook and this is with just his solo debut and now with his own "brand"? Man oh man💀

Golden compared to face on paper only did better because golden is a full English album and with 2x more songs. They had to release additional us exclusive versions to get him to crack 200k+ units while face debuted with 160k+ without half the versions golden had, and with half the songs too and not even a quarter of the promo because every single jk released prior were English collabs with western acts. Considering after seven all jk's other songs fell back to being dependent on armys and with no significant increase in chart performance despite extensive promo and the songs still being in English shows that there was in fact no actual growth and The next time he has a song that performs as well as seven would be when they bring out "seven level" promo tactics once again. If seven did anything beyond giving him a billion streams, his streams from songs like 3d and snty wouldn't have gone back to being on par with the streams he got before seven.

Look at BTS and dynamite, the streams and chart performance of their Korean songs released after shows that they did in fact gain a ton of new listeners because despite those songs being ballads it still performed significantly better than their Korean songs before dynamite. Also you see how dynamite debuted with 7m streams and then butter with 11m? Snty and 3d had like a 60% decrease from seven, being on par with left and right, so no growth and still dependent on fandom streaming. Also when or if they do decide to release another seven, I wonder if he's going to debut with 30m streams on global Spotify lol.

Also people care about jk as a solo act just as much as other BTS members, meaning no one who isn't into kpop in one capacity or the other cares about him, saying otherwise would be like pretending 5050 suddenly became a household name after cupid. Akgaes love to act like these media outlets talk about their faves the most or that it means they are the most important, when the least popular member of BTS could announce any kind of music and they'd have just as much people talking about it. No one's talking about these songs because he's so important because they don't even do all that for big western acts especially when it's not a come back single, they make those posts because armys are going to give them engagement. Let's not even talk about the ones that were paid for by scooter because we know that's how he rolls and he lurks on social media too.

Also seven isn't the end of their solo careers Is what y'all don't understand. I am not arguing that jk's name has the most pull right now because... duh, but what I do know is that he's not going to have the biggest solo career in BTS, not even close. Doesn't matter what you think is the truth right now.

[moonlit-escape]

˓˚ ｡⋆ 💗˚ Dante Mystreet headcanons !!

i love this lil stinker we're blue-haired buddies <3

bisexual (woman leaning, for the most part of his life, but nowadays is finding himself more attracted to men than he was)

knows spanish, but only speaks it when he needs to (shopping, mostly)

he has curly hair idc idc

can't grow facial hair it looks ugly as hell when it's first coming in, so every time he tries he ends up immediately shaving it off

along with his peanut allergy, he also has a bunch of others, but he just ignores them all (he's like 'whatever, i have meds' and inhales half a jar of nutella before he throws up)

baby brother friend of the group for sure (even with travis around. he's just the older twin, then)

genuinely wasn't even actually into Aphmau, he just has the younger brother instinct and wanted to annoy the shit outta Garroth and Laurance, bc that's one of the ways he shows affection and bonds

in the Mystreet universe, he is the inventor of the "oh Miku, we're really in it now" meme variant

which also means, yes, he liked The Good Place

i feel like he would like Kero Kero Bonito and Shawn Wasabi

LOVES giant fuckin lizards (Godzilla is one of his favourite movie series)

i cant decide whether he was a Naruto or a Dragon Ball Z kid...

likes pineapple on pizza (the entire household hates him.)

also likes mango in his tacos

he just really likes tropical fruits honestly

bananas can go to hell, though

peace tea drinker

gets cocha bread and melon pan confused all the time and is always momentarily disappointed whenever Nana bakes bread bc he was hoping for concha

THE number one Gene defender.

Gene was always really sweet and caring toward him, apart from the typical petty sibling arguments, and practically had to raise him, too; considering they didn't have a father or any other adult around besides their mom (and, on occasion, their uncle). so, it's no surprise he didn't know how Gene was in highschool

Gene took him to his first concert: a P!ATD concert. it was absolutely incredible and, although neither of them listen to them now, Dante still has the t-shirt and cd Gene bought for him. he sometimes uses the shirt as an extra pillow case

he's 100% the typa guy to buy his partner a bajillion things for valentine's day or just any type of holiday or anniversary. it's honestly lucky for all the girls he's dated that they haven't lasted that long.

he has a very, very cute and round, adoring face. he was a super cute baby, and he still is one now

[changingplumbob]

York Household: Chapter 9, Part 9

Reece comes for a quick stay over and Kelly's first day of high school does not go well.

CW: Unicorn zombie with minor carton gore, mentions of dysphoria

The Yorks are Italian so if you see them using words that don't look like English it's Italian, or what google assures me is Italian. Caro/Cara: Dear Buongiorno: Good morning Piccolo: Little one Tesoro: Treasure Nonno: Grandfather Nonna: Grandmother Si: Yes Grazie: Thank you Per Favore: Please Buon Compleanno: Happy Birthday

The birthday party has ended but there’s someone arriving.

Deanna: Reece? What are you doing here

Reece: Isn’t it obvious? My best friend got dumped. I’m here to make sure you don’t slide into a depressive rut

Deanna: Thanks but what about Samir

Reece: Trust me, he’s capable of surviving a day without me. Now where’s the food? And we can talk about that no good Paris

The pair grab some leftover mac and cheese and head to the patio.

Reece: Have I been blind or did you get a tan

Deanna: It’s the new me, finally looking Italian like the rest of my family now

Calista: So here’s your gift from me

Kelly: A locust?

Calista: There was a plague of them, figured that sounded like a bug you would like

Kelly: Grazie ma

Calista: The gift from your pa is on the porch

Kelly goes out and sees a new teen sized bike waiting for him. Excitedly he hops on and sets off to speed down his favourite hills

After eating Reece and Deanna head out to the nature beside the house. They both love the outdoors so feel more comfortable surrounded by nature than indoors.

Deanna: Can I ask you a serious question

Reece: Of course

Deanna: What do you love about Samir? Something you love that’s not what he looks like or how you look after him?

Reece: Oh, we’re going deep then. Well there’s a bunch related to the stuff you said but separate from that… *smiles* easy, his dedication. He goes after things with his whole heart and doesn’t give up when he comes across hurdles. *laughs* Actually do you know back in high school he’d arrive two hours before the doors got unlocked to run football drills on the field?

Deanna: Dang, when did he sleep

Reece: But of course am in love with his biceps to. And really… we look after each other more than just me looking after him, or the other way around

Deanna: *sighs* Paris said that I was in love with what she was, not who she was. She said I loved that she was an orphan that I could look out for and protect, because she asked me what I asked you and I didn’t have an answer

Reece: You didn’t?

Deanna: No. I’ve been thinking since and… maybe she was right. I loved that she was a cute blonde who was somehow shorter than me. Helping her made me feel good about myself. Did I love her? Did I even know what made her different from any other short blonde out there?

Reece: From the outside you seemed smitten but De… only you know the answer to that. Do you miss her

Deanna is silent for a while, but Reece knows she'll speak when she's figured out what she wants to say.

Deanna: Honestly… not as much as I thought I would

(her sad moodlet lasted a single afternoon it was weird)

Deanna: Maybe it was for the best that she left. I shouldn’t blame her for being the first one to see my heart wasn’t in it

The two lie quietly for a while, watching the clouds change colour in the sunset and smelling the sea on the breeze.

Reece: Look on the bright side. Now you get to go out there and find new women to woohoo

Deanna: Hmm, I suppose I can take your share

Reece: Deal, you have the tacos and I’ll have the sausage

Both of them spend the next few minutes giggling to themselves. They’ve been friends for most of their lives, being together remains easy no matter how complex life gets. After a while Reece pulls Deanna to her feet and they head inside so Deanna can do her university homework.

Kelly wakes up early the next morning, anxious to get ready for his first day of high school even if the watcher will not be accompanying him. He’s started feeling embarrassed about his new teenage body, like it doesn’t fit right. Trying to bush it off he decides to do a dance workout after breakfast. Workouts always seem to make his parents feel good about themselves.

Unfortunately school was rocky. Kelly got in two separate fights and his principal said he would be stood down for a day. Kelly knew his pa would also get a call so rather than head home after the last bell he opted to swing by Atlas’ house.

Atlas: Stupid rain. We could have gone for a bike ride

Kelly: There’s been a lot of stupid today

They head in and while Atlas has some chores Kelly decides to pass the time talking to Atlas’ mum Celeste. She is pretty dubious of him and his evil antics, especially since Atlas got the good trait on age up.

Celeste: Did you two enjoy your first day

Kelly: So many new sims to tor- get to know. And teachers

Celeste: How did you find it Atlas

Atlas: Fine but Kelly was the best entertainment all day

Celeste: Oh?

Kelly: Just a few scraps, no big deal. It's not like anyone had to go to hospital

Atlas: You’ll need to sell it better than that to your lawyer pa

Celeste: Hmm. Better catch that loading screen Kelly. You don’t want the rain to glitch anything

Atlas mouths an apology while Kelly shrugs and tries to look unbothered.

Aaron: Care to explain?

Kelly: It wasn’t my fault! Well, not completely

Aaron: Kelly, we know you have an evil side. We accept it. Per favore, can you be honest with me caro

Kelly: Fine. I was having some trouble in English and this kid beside me, Roger, said I looked like I was dyslexic and laughed so I pulled his chair out from under him. He punched me after that so I hit him back

Aaron: And the second fight

Kelly: *sighs* they split the boys and girls for the health lesson. At lunch I asked Anya what she learned and some girl thought I was being a creep for asking so I stomped on her foot. She wailed and told the duty teacher I’d attacked her

Aaron: *sighs* I see. Grazie for telling me what happened

Kelly: Am I grounded pa

Aaron: Personally I think a day stood down from school is plenty enough punishment. Education is important, it’s stupid to take it away as a punishment

Deanna: So you crashed and burned on your first day? Rough luck

Kelly: Shut up. At least…

Deanna: No comeback?

Kelly: I think I want to talk to Joey

Deanna: *laughs* careful or someone will accuse you of loving your family

Kelly sighs in indignation but calls Joey who is happy to come around and chill (he’s a bro, chilling is what he does best)

Joey: There’s Rocky!

Kelly: There’s who

Joey: Nevermind, clearly before your time. What did you want to chat about

Kelly: I got in some fights today

Joey: Okay and? Because to be honest bro I figured you would

Kelly: I’ve been feeling off since becoming a teen

Joey: We all do, it takes time to adjust. It'll pass

Kelly: I don’t think so

Joey: What makes you think that

Kelly: In health class they were talking about everything puberty does to us and our pixel parts and it just... felt wrong. Like I don’t want any of it to happen to me!

Joey: So you don’t want to be a grown human? You want to be in a kid body forever?

Kelly: I do want to be grown! I just… don’t want to be a grown man

Joey: Oh… I’m a dolt for not realising what you meant, sorry!

Kelly: I was talking to Anya about what the girls learned and honestly, I wish I’d been born a girl so I could go through that instead. Don't laugh but... I want to be a woman one day

Joey: Okay. You were clearly born a girl though if that's what you feel

Kelly: What? My parts aren't-

Joey: *sighs* Someone just got your code wrong on the physical side. Glitches happen all the time. Come here sis, it’ll be fine

Kelly always had a feeling her older brother was open minded but it was nice to have confirmation. As he wrapped her in his arms she felt herself relax a bit. Maybe things wouldn’t be so tough?

(They won’t be Kelly! I pinky promise you this is a transphobia free save!)

Hi, me popping in! I'd just like you to know that Kelly rolled being trans all by herself when she aged up! It was zero percent planned but I am super excited for developing her story. It will be a big change, just like Onyx being non-binary, so please don't beat yourself up if you accidentally misgender my evil bean in a comment while your brain switches her pronouns. Hopefully it can be practice for all of us, and will help us make pronoun switches more easily in the real world. Obviously if you purposely misgender her you should stop following me because I'm not interested in nonsense like that.

Final comment, she will absolutely still be evil. Her next bit of story will be more focused on her gender rather than her terrorising the populace, but you can expect she's still going to be her. So if you go swimming in Tartosa, don't wear polka dots.

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[toasecretsanta]

A gift for @txny-dragon written and drawn by @plumblossom37​ based on the prompt “Meg meets death (or Death)”

The first time she met death, she was with Nero.

The bright yellow tape surrounded the area where her real father lay with huge slash marks across his gut. They were a deep red colour, matching with the rose that her mother gave to them.

She looked at the body full of horror, disbelief, and guilt. She turned away and sobbed into the purple suit of her father’s murderer; its toxic scent filled her nose. A dark feather flickered in and out of sight on the steps of the New York Public Library.

A change of the light, and it was gone. Swift like the wind.

The second time she met death, she didn’t remember it.

Nero’s imperial household was a palace of toxic. They were forced to train, to kill anyone and anything that their stepfather wanted them to.

It was inevitable.

The third time she met death, it was at the hands of Nero's colleague – Caligula. Only a while before were they all sitting together, eating fish tacos, chilling out on the Santa Barbara shore.

Jason Grace was stabbed twice in the back. She’ll kill him, she’ll kill him-

And her dummy former god nearly faced death, too, because he had the stupid idea of his to stab himself with the talking tree arrow. And all she could do in that cyclone of wind was watch in horror and disbelief.

She faced death countless times in Camp Jupiter. That stinking dead-but-not-really purple skeleton king. Everyone who died in the battle.

And almost that dummy big brother-of-hers-but-not-really, again.

She faced death a lot in those six months. For a daughter of Demeter, who was the goddess of growing plants and stuff, she sure did face a lot of death instead.

Then, she was free.

Nero could cause no more harm. And Apollo rid the world of that big snake, again. So suddenly, she was in charge of her step siblings, and she was back in Aeithales. And Lester was, too. He came by quite often, even when he was all goddy again. She had a feeling that he didn’t really like it up there.

-

The first time she met Death, it was only an accident. Deciding to leave Aeithales for a small while to get away from her step siblings and cool down was a mistake, apparently.

Skipping all the details, she was now faced with this emo-looking guy with large, black, feathery wings. And a tablet. In the middle of Actual Nowhere.

“McCaffrey?” Mr. Emo Bird Guy asked. Warily, she nodded once.

“Hmm.” he tapped some things on that tablet. “Well-”

“Meg!” She heard Apollo's faint voice in the far distance of… nothing.

All of a sudden, she felt her body mending back together, shifting back into place, and then the nothing was replaced with something. She suddenly felt the dry ground underneath her, and squinted open her eyes to see Apollo, with his extremely goddy getup. Ah. That's where the light was coming from.

She lifted her hand to shield her eyes.

“Ugh. too bright.” Meg heard some apologies, then the light faded away. She opened her eyes again, and Lester was there looming over her like a tree in the forest.

“As I was saying,” continued Mr. Emo Bird Guy from the other side, simultaneously giving her whiplash, “it appears that you aren’t on the list.” He looked at Lester. “She’ll be fine this time.”

Lester thanked Mr. Emo Bird Guy, who nodded in response and then disappeared as Lester turned his head back to face her, fussing over her and giving her ambrosia and stuff. Typical dummy Lester.

The second time she met Death, Lester brought him over for both his friends to meet under better, lighter circumstances, or something.

“So!” Lester said. “Thanatos, Meg McCaffrey.” He gestured to Meg. “Meg, Thanatos.” He gestured to Mr. Emo Bird Guy, whose name was apparently Thanatos. They stared at each other for a few moments.

“You’re that Emo Bird Guy from last time?” she asked, crossing her arms. Lester wheezed at the comment (“Emo Bird Guy– Meg, no–”) as Thanatos blinked.

“I… suppose I am,” he said, as Lester laughed even harder in the background. If he continued doubling over any further, she figured he would turn into those koru plants.

“Are you this dummy’s friend?” She jerked a thumb at Lester, who was still busy trying to quell his laughter. (“Give me a second–”)

“Of sorts, yes. We tolerate each other. That idiot stressed the Hades out of me on his trials, however. If I wasn't immortal, he would have taken off a third of my lifespan,” he muttered with exasperation (but Meg could hear fondness in there, too.) She snickered in response.

Oh yeah, she thinks this’ll work out.

[spxcemuses]

@fledermaus-mainblog asked:🎁 Dug gets a present! It's a great big bag of bacon treats and a brand new squeaky toy in the shape of a taco. Who's it from? Who knows!

[ Random Ask ] | Always Accepting

It was a peaceful night at the Fredricksen household, with Carl quietly listening to Christmas music and Dug snoozing by the fireplace. Suddenly there was a knock at the door, and Dug immediately perks his head up, giving out a bark or two and quickly rushing towards the door.

" Poppa, poppa, there's someone at the door! "

" Yea, yea, I hear you, Dug... I'll get it. "

Carl waves a hand to Dug dismissively as he gets up from his chair, walking over and opening it... only to find nobody there. What he did find, though, was a Christmas present that sat neatly on his porch. Dug tries his best to see what his master brought in, but to no avail.

" What is it, what is it? I want to be seeing it! "

" It looks like a Christmas present, Dug... and oh. It's for you. I wonder who gifted this to you. "

He chuckles softly, which only makes Dug more excited. Dug tries to go on his two hind legs, trying to see what it was. Carl notices this and sets the box down, letting Dug sniff it curiously.

" Oh they did, they did?! Let me see, I want to open it! I already smell that there is something good! "

" I hope so. Here, I'll help you. "

Carl crouches down to one knee, unwrapping the box for Dug. Dug grabbed the bow that sat on top, tearing it back in an attempt to assist his master. Once the box was opened, both Carl and Dug looked on in surprise.

" Look, Dug. Someone gave you a big bag of doggy treats, and- "

" A squeaky toy!! "

Dug interrupts with no hesitation, shoving his head in the box and grabbing the shiny new toy. His entire body is wiggling from happiness, his tail wagging as fast as it could go. The retriever prances about the room, making the toy squeak excessively as Carl watched on while laughing. While the sound of the toy was going to get annoying for Carl, he is going to let it slide to let Dug enjoy this moment. Dug stops squeaking the toy after a few moments, putting it down as he approaches Carl and snuggles up to him. Carl sighs, giving his companion a hug and petting him.

" Oh, poppa, this is the bestest Christmas ever! I am so happy right now! "

" I'm glad you're happy, Dug. I couldn't ask for anything more... I've got gifts for you too, but we can open those later. "

[violetfoxsketches]

For both vampire boyos:

🍕(when they were alive) 🍎 and 🎯

🍕 - What is their favorite food? (when they were alive)

Emmy: Raised a vegetarian, Emmy has always been a big eater of salads, fruits, veggies, dairy and and grains/seeds. His favorite go-to fast food was always a Taco Bell cheesy bean and rice burrito with copious amounts of hot sauce.

His absolute favorite dish would have to be a sweet chili lime grilled mango salad. It has all of his favorite flavors in a single dish: Grilled mangos with plenty of cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, red onions and mint leaves drizzled in sweet chili lime sauce.

Javier: On the opposite end of the spectrum, you have a man from Tennessee who loves the home cookin' of his mother. Javier would kill to be able to eat his mother's chicken and dumplings with a side of Mexican cornbread again. But alas, human food tastes like licking an ashtray to him now and the Beast makes him immediately empty his stomach if he dares to try and swallow it.

🍎 - What is the OC’s relationship w/their parents like?

Emmy: Oh buddy, where to even start...

Emmy was born out of wedlock and raised the first eight years of his life the child of his single father, Orion Acero. Emmy was constantly vying for his father’s attention, but Orion’s job at the local university and endless events to attend as a vehicle to get his name established in Phoenix always left Emmy wanting.

Orion eventually started dating again and got married when Emmy was nine. Emmy, in a fit of jealousy, tried his damndest to ruin the occasion by swallowing the wedding bands and waited until after a two-hour search to own up to his deed. his new stepparent was furious and swore to the boy that they will not tolerate bad behavior from him. Em’s new stepparent and permanent resident of the household became a more prominent and far stricter figure of authority than Orion to Emmy and the two grew to resent each other.

At fifteen, Emmy became a reluctant older brother to what he could only assume was his replacement. His dad and stepparent stop having time for him, too preoccupied with the new baby girl and Emmy is largely left to his own devices.

As an adult, Emmy largely avoids having much to do with his family. Forced to attend the same university his father is now the chancellor of, Emmy barely attended class and spent most of time enjoying the partyboy nightlife. After meeting and eventually dating Javier, Orion tried to separate the two and threatened to have the police called on Javier if he was ever found on the property again. It's no surprise that just one night after the threat, Emmy ran away with Javier, hit the road, and never turned back.

Orion has regretted his actions that finally pushed Emmy away for good and continues to hope one day his son will come back if he gives Emmy enough space and keeps paying his credit cards. It's been almost seven months since Emmy disappeared with Javier and the only sign Orion has that his son is still (apparently) doing well is the string of credit card charges that follow Emmy's travels all over the country.

Emmy doesn't know his other father, Lucian Torres; he's only ever been told that the man was a 'deadbeat musician' and Emmy should take caution not to end up just like him. In reality, the man doesn't even know he has a son, lives comfortably on royalties for a theme song he composed decades ago, and teaches guitar lessons in Los Angeles, California.

Javier: Javier was born the only child of Celestina and Sebastián Peña. In life, Javier was very much a mama's boy at heart. Despite his gruff attitude and punk demeanor, he was always a Good Catholic Boy to his ma.

His father... was a bit of a different story. He was a military man and a war veteran, and the ghosts of the warfront never really gave him any peace. He was very keen on making sure Javier looked and dressed like a Proper Young Man, which was to say he made Javier look exactly like a smaller version of himself.

(tw suicide, ptsd) When Javier was a teenager, his father grew more and more distant as the events of his time overseas plagued him day and night, and eventually Sebastián committed suicide. It was Halloween night and Javier had been out very late with his best friend, therefore Javier was the one to discover his father in the early hours of the morning.

Javier resented his father's passing, as well as the entire Halloween season. To this day he still refuses to celebrate it. With no one left but each other, Javier and his mother grew even closer. It kills him that he can no longer have contact with her. Javier's sire, Riley, faked Javier's death after she turned him, so his dear old ma thinks she's now buried her husband and her son...

🎯 -What do they do best?

Emmy: [I answered this one over here!]

Javier: Honestly, his character sheet sums up his talents quite nicely:

Knowing how to sew might come as a surprise to most folks, but as someone who went headlong into the punk movement in the late 70s, Javier took the sewing knowledge his ma passed down to him to DIY his own battle jacket. Also it is astonishing how often you need to mend clothing as an undead creature of the night.

As for the grand theft auto... Well, after getting dumped on his ass with no money and no hope, Javier had to find some way to scrape enough together to find shelter from the sun every day. And it just so happened to be he was very good at jimmying locks and hotwiring.

He is also quite the dancer, especially when it comes to more classic dances, and commands quite the presence on the dancefloor, often entrancing others with his display. Just ask Emmy.

[nickgerlich]

Southern Fried

The job of the marketer has always been to shout a little louder than the next guy. As evidence of this, we need only look to the 1940s through 1960s, when one of the primary means of communication was the sign out front. At a time when neon, chaser bulbs, and huge arrows were the visual equivalent of SHOUTING, marketers had one choice: Make them bigger and bolder, or go home.

And if you Google Main Street images from that era, you will see exactly what I mean. Amarillo Boulevard, while not exactly center city, was Route 66, and that’s where all the interstate traffic was. It looked like Las Vegas lit up at night. “Stay here!” “Eat over here!” “No…over here!”

Television then augmented and forever changed the way we communicate, and it was during the 60s that TVs became common household appliances, sometimes with more than one in a house. Sneaky advertisers and broadcasters collaborated to make sure the audio was just a little bit louder on the adverts.

Skip forward to the early internet era, banner ads and other display communications relied on movement to get our attention. A static image is not going to snag eyeballs as well as dancing or flashing letters or video. It all became so much visual clutter, just like some municipalities decreed about all those neon signs.

And now, in the fully digital era, marketers have a slew of options available, but just like many decades ago, it all boils down to the attention economy. You must find a way to stand out among the crowd, whether you do it through your app, or sophisticated geo-fencing. But apps are a dime a dozen, and our phones are filling up. Contrary to what some may think, there is an upper limit to how many apps you can save, and the one you downloaded years ago for Taco Bell may be lost amid dozens of others. Geo-fencing brings its own hazards, such as distracting people while driving.

But then there is text messaging, something that is now considered soooo-20th century (the first SMS text message was sent in 1992). Since texting is a primary means of communication between us and family, friends, and colleagues, it remains open as an important channel. It catches our attention with a ding and a screen notification.

KFC franchisee KBP brands is relying on the ability of text messages to rise above the clutter, and just launched a new customer engagement tool to all of its 847 KFC franchises. It will allow for narrowcasting to the demographics of a particular restaurant’s area, and carry promos, regionalized menu preferences, and even recognize nearby competition.

Now, I fully understand that text messages are an imperfect medium, as are all the rest. We are already inundated with text messages from a variety of contacts, including restaurants with whom we previously opted-in. I still receive periodic texts from Chipotle, something I signed up for years ago, but as I noted recently, have not been back in years.

Then there are the spam and phishing texts we receive, hoping that we will fall for the urgency of the message. KBP Brands will have to work hard to overcome these weaknesses, although their test market at 162 of their shops (kudos to them for doing this the right way) showed a 30% growth rate in subscribers. Of courses, when you start at zero, monthly growth rates can look pretty impressive. The bottom line is whether those messages generate sales, repeat visits, and brand loyalty.

Another feature of the messages is that they can include coupons as well as ties to a user’s digital wallet. Now you’re talking! Coupons can easily be redeemed regardless of how an order is placed, and tying it to my Apple Pay, for example, is just smart.

The beauty of text message programs is that they are cheap to implement. Someone has to write the message copy and load it, but sending them out is effectively free. Increased customer engagement is an intangible that has value, but added sales is something that goes straight to the bottom line.

To be fair, the long-term success of this program depends in large part on how many people opt-in, their response to the calls-to-action, and then—ultimately—staying above the din. If competitors see the program being successful, it will breed copycats.

For now, though, this seems like a wise move for KBP, the largest KFC franchisee in the US. As for KFC, it is one of the largest fast-food chains, and although owned by Yum! Brands these days, loves to harken back to the old days when Col. Harlan Sanders was frying chicken in his home state. It’s quite a story and tradition, and if you ever find yourself in Corbin Kentucky, I highly recommend stopping by for an extended visit to the Harlan Sanders Cafe & Museum.

I would have sent y’all a text with words and pics last summer when I visited, but I didn’t know most of you then, and didn’t have your number.

Dr “But You Can Still Enjoy My Photo Now“ Gerlich

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I posted 1,412 times in 2022

That's 1,085 more posts than 2021!

36 posts created (3%)

1,376 posts reblogged (97%)

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I tagged 310 of my posts in 2022

#big love - 25 posts

#share - 12 posts

#murdoc - 10 posts

#&lt;3 - 8 posts

#artists on tumblr - 7 posts

#love - 5 posts

#cute - 4 posts

#artfight - 4 posts

#for later - 3 posts

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I just had the absolute weirdest shit happen in the Sims 3??? It has never happened before??? I have the Master Controller mod as well as a few others for minor things, so maybe that caused it???

I adopted a child. A girl toddler. I named her something the game would never choose (Sonic Hedgeho). My dude was teaching the girl to walk, but then he got a goal to teach a different baby to walk? A boy this time? I accidentally clicked for it to go away so I didn't see any major details besides the fact that it was a totally different baby.

I left my daughter downstairs to play, and went upstairs to work, but my dude had a negative moodlet from a crying baby??? I have needs static, so I knew it wasn't my daughter. Then the icon popped up of the same mystery baby as before????

So I checked his relationships and the mystery baby was there with the same name as my daughter???? But he wasn't listed as my son! He was just an acquaintance. Also, he didn't live with me! He wasn't even in my town at all???

I ended up feeling super bad for this poor, apparently crying ghost baby, so I cheated to add him to my household, and he was wearing the same clothes as my daughter, and spawned in my house in the same place she'd been before I told her to go play???

Anyway. I'm attached to him now, so I downloaded another mod that will allow me to change my family tree so he's my son, and I'm gonna come up with a new name for him. Maybe Knuckles Echidna.

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#4

Jasper (mine) and Cupid (belongs to @krikidilly​ ) Jasper isn’t so much a slasher as a mad scientist, but he kills people, so it still counts, I think.

Bonus:

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7 notes - Posted February 15, 2022

#3

I HAVE DONE 61 ARTFIGHT ATTACKS. JESUS CHRIST.

I'm not done yet, but I'm very proud because I did 47 last year. I'm gonna try and keep going. The stretch goal is 100, but I think I could at least get to 80!

8 notes - Posted July 23, 2022

#2

Murdoc (my best friend) is being mean to me online. :(

9 notes - Posted January 31, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

So, I've never done this before, but I got some interest for commissions! For now, I'm only offering colored headshots/busts for $10, but if this picks up any interest, I'll put more work into practicing half and full bodies!

DM me with any questions or to order one! I will refuse any commissions that make me uncomfortable, or that I don't think I'm skilled enough for, but I'll try my very best for most of them! I need a reference from you though! I'm not quite good at drawing characters just from descriptions yet!

The characters drawn are not mine! The original creators' links are below!

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56 notes - Posted July 25, 2022

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[purplesurveys]

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What was the last upsetting thing that happened to you? I got sick, again...that's two very high fevers in the short and sweet span of 1.5 months and I can almost certainly tell you it's because of work. Bright side is it's putting everything in a much clearer perspective and it'll probably be the first thing I'll raise to Trina the next time she has a check-in with me.

What was the last thing you ordered from Starbucks? I think it was their iced brown sugar blahblah espresso (why does it have to be such a mouthful?) and my favorite off their menu, the chicken barbecue sandwich.

Do you trust your doctor? I just have natural trust for all doctors in general because they're supposed to be experts at their field. It's just a matter of whether they're an asshole/condescending or not.

Do you ever question if your mother loves you? Sometimes. Last week she and dad got into an argument but made sure the rest of the household was put through hell in the most childish way you can imagine a 50 year old throwing a fit. I will never understand that about her.

Do you ever feel scared or unsafe around your dad? Not at all.

Do you have a pastor you can trust and talk to whenever you need to? Nope.

Do you have a best friend who always has your back? Yes. Just last Wednesday I had a bit of a scare because my car wouldn't start while I was stranded in the middle of BGC, and the first two people I called were Angela and Hans because I knew they'd have my back in an instant and would know how to help me. :(

What is missing in your life? Career fulfillment. I'm making good money but ugh am I miserable and getting more and more physically unwell. Two fevers in less than two months is ridiculous and I know damn well this has little to do with the flu bug that's been going around.

What color shirt are you wearing? It's white with some pink accents.

Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? The delivery rider assigned to me for a work-related booking.

Who is your least favorite doctor you’ve been to? I'm not even sure if they were a doctor but it was that psychologist(?) or therapist(?) or whatever the hell she was who was doing a mental health check on me as part of my college admissions. She was just very rude and seemed very judgmental from the get-go, so I said nothing about my depression because I knew she was 100% going to make it worse and more embarrassing.

Who is your least favorite nurse? I don't think I've had encounters with bad nurses.

What is your favorite type of Lunchables? Idk what those are. I mean I have a vague idea of them, but I didn't grow up with them.

What gives you migraines? My job, and every itty bitty thing about my job.

What is the worst medication side effect you’ve ever had? Not a medication, but I've always gotten horrible fevers from all my Covid vaccines and boosters.

When was the last time you remember your life being good? My horrible day-to-day at my job notwithstanding, my life is pretty fuckin sweet right now given that CM Punk has returned to WWE. Anyone here know me since 2013/14? HAHAHAHA THAT ROBYN IS BACK AND HOPEFULLY SHE'S HERE TO STAY FOR A WHILE

What makes you forgetful? Stress or trauma, I would say.

Do you block stupid, ignorant people on Facebook? I'll sometimes block actual profiles, but most of the time if I see something I don't like I either just pettily report the thing or have the post hidden from my feed.

What is your favorite magazine to read? I have not read one in yearsss, and the only exception is if a magazine covers BTS or one of the BTS members and does a profile feature on them. Sometimes the stories come out great and sometimes they are ass.

What is your favorite thing to order at Taco Bell? I just get the first burrito I see on the menu. I've never been familiar with their items. I'm not a Taco Bell regular because there's only like 3 of them here and all of them are too far and I'd never go out of the way just for some foreign fast food hahaha.

What was the first color you dyed your hair? Ash brown. I wanted to go all-in off the bat and tried to ask for green, but the salon was super protective of my soon-to-be-bleached virgin hair hahaha and insisted I go a mild shade first, so ash brown it was. I never did get around to dyeing my hair green.

Do you trust your parents completely? No.

Do you have someone you feel completely safe around? Sure.

What church do you go to? My family attends Sunday mass at our local parish.

Have you made a lot of mistakes? Is there anyone who would actually say no to this?

Do you take risks often? Eh, not really. I don't have a lot of safety nets in the first place, so it's smarter for me to play it safe for the most part.

Who was the last person you called on the phone? The aforementioned delivery rider.

What color is your favorite whiteboard marker? I don't use markers much.

[cranberryiii]

working from home has immediately put me back in my summer break era. I'm still in an ingredient household, the only difference is that it's my house now. I open the fridge and nothing is easily prepared or appetizing. I microwave some expired tortillas rolled up with shredded cheese inside. top with hot sauce. call it taco bell.

[pbandjesse]

Today was a sleepy day. I fell asleep really easily last night. Before James even came to bed I think. I don't remember honestly. I woke up a few times but I didn't get as overheated with the windows cracked so I felt better when I woke up.

Jess was brushing her teeth and James was already dressed. It didn't take me long to get washed and dressed. I wore my new jumpsuit. And it's great but I absolutely understand why someone got rid of it. The sleeves do not want to stay up. But it's very comfy and I'm sure I can pin it in the future.

We all got in the car to go to the Golden West for brunch. We were all so tired. So there wasn't much chatting but we were all happy to be there.

Jess got breakfast tacos and tater tots, James got a hopi pancake with bacon and sweet potato fries, and I got breakfast quesadillas with black beans and hash browns. Honestly the best breakfast. We would start talking more once we had caffeine and food. I was for sure the most checked out and tired but I tried to be present.

It was nice to be with my two favorite people. But man was I tired. I only ate some of my food. Some because I was to tired, some because the seat I was on was to low and soft and I was having trouble eating comfortably. But that was okay. We got a box to go.

We got back to the apartment and me and James carried down all Jess's stuff. Hugs all around. And then time for Jess to go home.

I got in bed pretty much right away. I would fall asleep for a while. Just watching stuff on my phone. But eventually I slept and I slept hard.

I woke up as Jess was getting home. And James came and laid in bed with me. But I wanted to get up and actually do some stuff.

James and me made a grocery list but they would go without me. I would stay behind and get to work on my prints.

I made 30 prints. I would take a break in the middle to attempt to melt some candles but it didn't do it correctly so I gave up on that for now. I will have to read the instructions again another day.

I also worked on reading all the stuff for puhtok for this week. And it was a lot. I watched half of the videos. I will get it all together but it was a lot and I'm still not 100% on my role for the Native American program. But I am feeling pretty ready for the nature programs. I am glad we are doing trainings tomorrow. I am excited to get back into work.

James got back from the store when I was half done my planned prints. I think I need to do 50 more? I'm not positive because I think we are doing them by household and not person but I will check with James. I really love how they are coming out though. I also am just excited to start pulling more prints. I have an idea for my birthday countdown but I want to do other things too!! It's going to be nice to be working again and having a schedule.

I would start working on my wooden sword as well. I drew out the whole one side and I'm really pleased. I'm not positive what I will do on the back. I want it to have a floral vibe but I am thinking I may play with a Celtic knot idea. Who knows. It was a lot of fun drawing it out and eventually I will get the wood burner out but for now I am just pleased with what I've started.

Me and James sat down and started chosing out wedding photos. Which was difficult. There were so many good ones. So many silly faces that I loved. I wanted to get lots of moments. From the 1003 photos we chose 308. We should get it down to 250 but it is very hard!! It felt really good looking at them though. Like seeing real moments. There are like a dozen I would for sure say are my favorite favorites. Ones with my parents. Ones with James. Ones with Jess and the bridesmaids. But I want to have them all tell a story. I also want to get them printed in a book. That will be a fun project.

Brandon came over for James and him to watch another episode of their show. I had one of my quesadillas for a late dinner. I also got to use our soda stream to make their version of diet Dr pepper. And while it has a sort of strange smell it tastes good. So I'm really pleased about that. And after my dinner I took a bath. It was a nice and chill night.

And now me and James are in bed. Feeling good. I am looking forward to work. And having both the musuem and puhtok. It's going to be fun.

I am trying to just feel positive because an actor I liked died today and he was such a bright soul, and the same age as my parents, so it feels very painful and easy to spiral into sadness. And that's not what that nice man's memory needs to be attached to. I hurt for his family. But his memory will be a blessing.

Goodnight everyone. Take care of each other.