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i was confused as to how i had thirteen posts because i don’t even have that many thoughts in a day, but then i remembered reblogging was a thing. yay

#says the girl that just made three posts in less than an hour #why can't i write my essays at the rate that my brain produces utter bullcrap

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skim milk is just sad cow water. cow tears. stop telling me it’s healthier karen, if i wanted skim milk i would be one of those people that drinks a glass of water out of the same glass that they just drunk milk out of and left a little at the bottom without rinsing it out. 

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Is it just me, or is pasta basically cold cereal? Because it’s made of grain, it comes in cool shapes, and you could probably pour milk on it. People eat it raw. 

#it would probably be gross but there's a lot of gross cereal anyway #monch cronch

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How to make mac n’ cheese in the microwave (or at least cook the pasta noodles, anyway)

What you need:

a microwave safe cooking container, a big mug will work but you’ll be living on the edge in terms of boiling over

noodles of choice (something smallish like tiny shells, rigatoni, elbows, or penne is your best bet here)

agua

salt (optional)

1) Pour how much pasta you think you will eat into your cooking vessel of choice. 

2) Pour enough water on top of the noodles that it covers them by about an inch. Give your noodles a little stir with a fork or something to combat the initial stickage. 

3) Pop the thing in the microwave (do not leave your stirring utensil in there!!! or do, start an electrical fire. spice up life) and microwave for three minutes. Stir the noodles.

4) Repeat this process about three to four times until your noodles are cooked to your desired texture. 

5) Carefully drain your pasta noodles into the sink. Pour slowly, and use a fork as sort of a dam/rudimentary strainer to keep your noodles from going flying.

6) Congrats you have not-raw noodles now. Don’t burn yourself.

WATCH THE NOODLES SO THE WATER DOESN’T BOIL OVER. If the bubbles reach the rim of the mug, stop the microwave and let it cool down for a bit (30 seconds to 1 min. Don’t worry, that water will still be hot and your noodles should cook). If it does boil over, you’ll have to clean up a gross starchy mess out of the microwave and you’ll never get that time back ever. 

#microwave cooking #dorm cooking #when you're too lazy to make actual food and you have a big bag of pasta that you have to eat plain heck yeah

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Plants are rude

I loved gardening when I was smol, and one of the tenets that I followed religiously when helping transplant was NEVER EXPOSE THE ROOTS TO THE SUN OR THE PLANT WILL DIE. Around this time, I also found out that strands of hair had roots. If hair had roots and plants had roots, why weren’t there hair plants? Conclusion: planting hair in the ground was illegal. So eight-year-old me would carefully collect the hair she shedded at recess and quickly shove it in the ground, (bc we didn’t want the hair roots to die), when nobody was looking. In case you were wondering, no hair plants grew. I was sad. I blamed it on the harsh Canadian winter. 

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if you are 13 and there is a 17/18 year old showing interest in you: please run away and never look back. i understand that you feel special; that older person will tell you how mature you are and make you feel special. but please. run away from that person. stay away from them. they do not love you. an 18 year old should not have ANY interest in a 13 year old. please. please be safe. please do not let them manipulate you. they are dangerous. stay away from them

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the only reason I put on makeup these days is so the girl in the mirror can catfish me into thinking I have my act together

#please i need sleep #why is college so hard #painnnn

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your local procrastination station

right now I’m eating boxed mac and cheese that I made in the microwave with chopsticks out of a paper cup. if that’s not the peak of college existence idk what is. 

#mac and cheese for the win #finals start this week #aaaaaaah

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:)

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When I was little, we lived with my great-grandma and took care of her. She was the sweetest lady ever. She would have coughing fits and end up spitting out her dentures. I didn’t understand what they were, and thought they were her real teeth so I would try to cough up my teeth too. She thought I was making fun of her. I just wanted my teeth to pop out and make cool click-clack noises like grandma’s. °_°

#weird childhood stories #please don’t ask why I was obsessed with dentures #yes I have all my teeth #ngl click clack teeth would be cool tho

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If ur arabic ur great If ur arabic and muslim ur great If ur arabic and queer ur great If ur arabic and muslim and queer ur great I know it seems hard to believe but you’re not bad you’re not awful

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Breakfast!!

One fun part about being a college student is that you’re hecka broke! As I said earlier, there’s not a lot of breakfast options that I can eat in the dining hall (and snacks and other meals too but that’s for another time lol). Not wanting to use the sketchy communal kitchen downstairs, I opted for instant oatmeal. Even though oats are naturally gluten free, often they are processed in facilities where gluten-containing grains are also handled, which means that there is a risk of cross contamination. This meant that I had to buy oatmeal packets that were certified gluten free. They tasted all right, but my wallet did not agree bc they are muy expensive. The next time we got groceries, I bought a canister of Quaker’s gf quick oats for $2.58. 

Basic cooking instructions:

6ish spoonfuls (like your standard small spoon size) of dry oats + enough water to go 1 cm above the oats makes about as much as one of those packets. Microwave for 1 1/2 to 2 mins. Watch to make sure it doesn’t escape whatever dish you’re nuking it in. Add less/more water depending on the consistency you want (but beware, if you add less water you  run the risk of crunchy particles)

Add ins:

slice up a banana (or any fruit you have access to. sometimes the dining hall has apples, pears, or oranges as well.)

chocolate chips

cocoa powder

nuts or seeds 

cinnamon

brown sugar 

fruit cup (like one of those plastic thingies that you took in your lunch in elementary school with the juice that goes everywhere)

almond butter (or any nut butter)

nutella

yogurt

#microwave cooking #dorm life #college student #college #celiac #breakfast #i still feel dumb using tags help me

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About me, sort of. I’m kinda using tumblr as a journal.

This semester I was lucky enough to be able to attend college in person. Yay!!! They’ve done an excellent job establishing healthy protocols. We’ve only had 0.6% of the school test positive for the vid (out of around 2500ish people). 

So, onto the fun stuff. I have celiac disease, which means I have to follow a strict gluten-free diet. I don’t usually feel like I’m missing out. That said, there isn’t a lot of stuff I can eat in the dining hall, particularly regarding breakfast foods. Half a cup of honeydew does not get me through until lunch. (Believe me, I’ve tried). If you’re one of those people that doesn’t eat breakfast, I’m not judging, but please try it. It doesn’t even have to be a big breakfast, especially if it makes you nauseous to eat first thing in the morning. It’ll work wonders on your mood and energy levels. I don’t know how I went through high school without breakfast. In my next couple of posts, I’m gonna share some things I’ve discovered making breakfast (and cooking) in my dorm room microwave.

#college student #in person classes #dorm life #i feel dumb using tags #celiac