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americangirlstar · 3 years

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american girl contemporary dolls’ animal crossing islands

bc apparently covid is now canon to the agverse you know they all got new horizons

lindsey bergman: the first contemporary doll also has THE most chaotic island. she does what she wants and nobody can stop her. she only accepts the villagers with the wildest designs, made everyone’s catchphrase either uwu speak or smth like “gay rights,” only wears the most hideous outfit combinations, and buys everything from redd no matter how fake it is. one room of her house is filled with haunted artwork, another has nothing but snapping turtles. she’s figured out how to make memes into clothing patterns and now every pathway on her island is the pogchamp face. best friends with flick. honestly she’s an icon

kailey hopkins: spends 90% of her time swimming or fishing. only 90% because she actually takes her role as island rep seriously and she has worked very hard to get it to five-star. she does abuse her power to make a million rivers and turn her island into basically a waterpark, but that just makes it cooler. died of joy when swimming was enabled and now has two of everything you can collect in the ocean decorating her house, every room of which resembles a beach house. also collects seashells and has very pretty shell arches decorating doorways

marisol luna: she went into the game with a list of who she will and will not allow on her island and is ruthless in kicking out villagers in order to get who she wants to move in. absolute QUEEN at catching tarantulas/scorpions, goes hunting for them on islands with the insane amount of nook miles she collects by doing random quests. loves collecting emotions for her character to do and then making funny videos out it. filled out the fossils in her museum FAST and now just digs up fossils to decorate the lawn with. each room of her house is a different dance studio.

jess mcconnell: QUEEN of fishing and bug-catching but can’t dive for SHIT. she has about three of every fossil because she can’t stand the idea of selling them. is obsessed with gathering every possible DIY recipe even if she doesn’t plan on making anything with them, she just thinks they’re neat. has a shrine on her island for redd and celeste in attempts to get them to come more often. she’s been on her island religiously every day since she got the game, it’s a little scary. thinks murder should be legal on her island

nicki fleming: cannot chose a mean dialogue option to save her life. she can barely stand to kick out villagers she dislikes either, only does it if they ask to leave and then prays to the nintendo gods that bunnie will come visit the island. the main room of her house is reflective of her actual room, the rest of it is absolutely gorgeously decorated, stuff made to look like meadows or snowy mountains. winter is her favorite, she makes a snowboy every day no matter how many times she crashes the snowballs. LIVES for cj and flick because she always hated the idea of her fish/bugs dying for a competition. saves all her new stuff for the museum for nighttime because she feels bad waking up blathers

mia st clair: wants to hack the game so that it’s winter all the time. soon as the winter DIYs dropped she redecorated her entire island and house to be as icy as possible. she’s basically queen elsa at this point. she’s horrible at catching items so her museum is mostly fossils, but even then sometimes she sells fossils before identifying them if she’s short on bells. she visits sable every day in hopes of making her feel happy. she has pretty much every possible clothing wand so that she can carry around one to match each outfit. one time her brothers went on to try and fuck with her island and we don’t speak of what happened following that. fear her

chrissa maxwell: shares an island with gwen and sonali. she’s the one in charge so she’s working very hard to make it a 5-star island so isabelle will stop bugging her about it. also very into DIY and likes to decorate the island with things she’s built. favorite seasonal event was the wedding anniversary one, she can’t get enough of redesigning and taking photos of those funky lil alpacas. plus, she got a lot of neat stuff out of it. goes to the able sisters every day to see what kinds of new outfits they have, and yet somehow cannot make a good fashion decision to save her life. obsessed with swimming and now leaves all other museum donations to her girlfriends so she can spend all her free time looking for crabs

gwen thompson: somehow absolutely brutal. will send clashing-colored toilets in the mail to villagers she doesn’t like to fuck with their home design and hit them with butterfly nets. she’s tried to hit them with axes as well. shakes trees constantly in an effort to catch wasps and has not gotten stung once because she’s that quick with a net. her favorite character is celeste and chrissa and sonali have barely any star stuff because whenever celeste is on gwen is hogging the switch. changes her characters’ hairstyle, like, every five minutes. when she sends her friends gifts the letters will say something like “fuck u, love u <3″ it’s so wildly different than how she normally acts in public that it’s a little scary

sonali matthews: even worse than gwen. has tried to murder villagers she dislikes before. sometimes fucks with parts of the island just to see how people react. would sell her soul to redd just to piss off tom nook. the only thing she takes seriously is gardening, she has a fenced-off area where she breeds flowers and woe befall anyone who messes it up. her house is a hoarder’s nightmare and chrissa and gwen have been begging her to let them redesign it but she refuses. screenshots the worst parts of their island and posts them on twitter with the dreamcode so people can see the graveyard she made to intimidate rodney

lanie holland: still lives in a tent because she thinks it’s cool, refuses to pay up to nook so she doesn’t have to get a house. somehow has the cutest outfits of everyone. her island design is to die for, half the island is full of flowers arranged in rainbow-order and the other half looks like a faerie forest. has filled out her museum’s bug collection and has half the fossils but keeps forgetting to go fishing. her little sister emily joined her island and keeps trying to get lanie to upgrade to a house or expand other stores but lanie refuses, it’ll mess with the aesthetic. emily basically has a huge mansion in the corner of the island while everything else is practically a glorified campsite. leif is lanie’s favorite and she only collects bells in order to buy things from him

kanani akina: the most beautiful island design you’ve ever seen. she also takes the best screencaps and posts them just so her friends know what she’s up to but becomes internet famous for how gorgeous everything is. the best designs, very diverse plants, all the houses are arranged in an aesthetically pleasing way. kanani’s house is on the beach so she can easily swim, fish and collect shells, but the inside is the best part. five of the six rooms are just as beautiful as you’d expect, with soft pastel aesthetics and quiet music playing. then her basement is referred to as the “special room” which holds nothing but several candles in a summoning circle and a single tarantula figure in the center. there’s a skeleton in the corner. whenever anyone asks about it she pretends she doesn’t know what they’re talking about. it’s the funniest thing

mckenna brooks: disastrous. horrible at paying nook back and keeps getting angry letters from the happy home academy. her goal is to find any loopholes in the game and exploit them, no matter that the game is super simple and thus “cheats” aren’t very useful. she found out about island star ratings and now is trying in vain to get a five-star but she can’t get above a three. has been stung by wasps about a million times while shaking trees to try and find loose bells. one time she shook a tree and a toilet fell out and it now has a dedicated podium on her island, and whenever anyone asks she simply tells them that the toilet is the god of the island. hasn’t been able to keep a villager for longer than a few weeks, and also somehow got raymond on accident. still having the time of her life

saige copeland: spends far too much time designing customs and far too little removing weeds. wants to have flowers in rainbow order like lanie but keeps accidentally picking them. has absolutely no rush to do anything, lived in a tent for like three months because she forgot she could pay off loans. only accepts peppy or normal villagers so her island is pretty much all-girl and she refers to it as the amazon island; this is, however, because somehow no horses have shown up on her island yet even though she very much wants them to. likes to dream and go to random islands to get inspiration. she has a room in her house full of rainbow eels because she thinks they’re pretty

isabelle palmer: will not stop buying things from the able sisters. she visits every day, pretty much buys one of everything, and then mixes and matches costumes instead of fixing her island. lives for the days when label visits because she takes her requests very seriously and comes back in outfits that slay™. almost exclusively gives clothing gifts to her villagers so that they have a better fashion sense. has a lot of flowers but can’t figure out how to get them to mix. the bug section of her museum has butterflies and nothing else simply because she only thinks to try and catch butterflies. hits rocks every day to try and find the daily Money Rock™. keeps trying to get raymond but her sister won’t let her pay anyone actual money for him

grace thomas: when she visits the nook store she will solely speak to tommy. constantly checking the wiki to find out which DIYs sell well, and thus only collects shells in order to make shell arches to turn around and sell back. insanely good with bells and with figuring out how to make her island palatable, got a five-star fast. the main room of her house is decorated like a restaurant, with two different kitchen rooms and the upstairs decorated to look very french. she made everyone’s catchphrases french, too. is the only person in the world upset you can no longer eat the fish. goes swimming every day just so she can find a scallop and talk to pascal, she thinks he’s cool

lea clark: there are a lot of plants here. just. far too many plants. of every color too! she’s very proud of it. she has a short attention span though so there’s like fifty different unfinished projects. she is best friends with like three villagers and forgets the names of the rest, but one time she accidentally hit a villager with a butterfly net and cried for an hour. only ever dresses in summer clothes and is awful at saving money so she only has like eight bells at a time. seasonal events are her absolute jam though, she can’t get enough of them. would die for leif. almost got blocked by the animal crossing twitter for constantly begging them to give her the froggy chair (thanks @lesbianleaclark!)

gabriela mcbride: her island is more important than her social life. she is very serious about making it a functioning island, and is obsessed mainly with filling out her museum. every time she catches a sea bass instead of something new she lets out a series of swears not appropriate for a child audience. she is best friends with all of her villagers and cries whenever one of them thinks about leaving. her favorite kk slider song changes by day and she’ll switch the music around everywhere whenever she feels like it. visits other islands in order to gather materials to sell in order to make her house bigger; she’s got a dance room, a poetry corner, a student council room, and the main room looks like the liberty arts center. whenever anyone (who’s not redd) visits her island she cries and tries to figure out how to give them things for free because she loves them so much. whenever redd comes by without genuine art she tries to hack into the game in order to skin him alive

tenney grant: obsessed with getting every kk slider song. every time he shows up to the island she pulls up the list of available songs and picks one she doesn’t have yet to request. she wants to get a different song playing in every area of the island and every room of every house. shares an island with logan, jaya and holliday but she’s in charge, which sucks because holliday is way better at doing island management. she’ll text holliday with what isabelle wants her to do and then go DIY a guitar. she set up a stage area near the beach so they can give concerts for the villagers and honestly it looks gorgeous. she named her island “nashville” but makes no attempt to actually make it look like tennessee. she released her dream code on her twitter and because she’s technically a celebrity people keep coming by and asking her why everything on the island looks good except logan’s house and she’s like “ask logan idk”

logan everett: speaking of which, yeah, logan’s house is a disaster. he cares naught for decorating his place and fills it with random things he thinks are “cool.” likes to run through flowers until they explode. the best diver on the island, though, and is responsible for that area of the museum, while tenney gets fishing, jaya gets bugs, and holliday gets fossils. they all work together to buy everything from redd whether it’s real or not because they think the art is pretty, they find out whether or not it’s real after taking it to blathers. he will place random toilets in the middle of the island and wait for someone else to find it, they have no idea he’s the one doing it and it’s driving them crazy. it’s also the funniest thing he’s ever done and he’s very proud of it. whenever kk shows up he requests a song tenney doesn’t have yet and leaves it outside her door. she didn’t ask him to do this he’s just like that

z yang: the god of all things video games. she’s a streamer now and while she mostly streams mario, zelda or sonic games, on holidays she’ll stream her island and take suggestions for what she should do to it. due to this, her island can be a mess at times, but she somehow keeps getting good ratings. every time there’s an update she loads up a report of what’s new so she can be one of the first to try it out. she named her island something like “zworld” and refuses to change it. every room of her house is a different movie set, and she put cameras everywhere on the island “so the villagers don’t get any ideas.” somehow keeps getting rare villagers on the first try and won’t let them leave

luciana vega: would die for celeste. her island is incredibly space-themed and well cared-for, because this game soothes her anxiety so she’s on it 24/7. her town flag is an incredibly accurate constellation. she fills out her museum specifically cause it’s run by celeste’s brother and she’d do anything for that owl; her parents got her a celeste plush for her birthday and now she won’t let go of it. she schedules her life around animal crossing updates. her favorite thing to do is go swimming at night and just look at the animation on the waves under the stars. also wisp’s best friend. won’t accept a villager unless they look like they could potentially be an alien, which means she has the coolest villager collection of everyone

blaire wilson: due to her family’s experience running an inn she knows exactly how to run a village. her island’s almost boring in how well it’s designed and run, but she always has something extra to keep interest, like an island in the middle that’s filled with exotic flowers. went to the wedding picture event every day in order to get every piece of furniture she could and now has a “wedding area” of her island that nobody uses but is great for photos. isabelle is her favorite character and she will do anything for her. somehow able to make the funniest animal crossing memes in the world. once caught a coelacanth without expecting it and screamed and dropped her switch

joss kendrick: the BEST fisher. has never lost a fish once, nobody knows how she does it. best friends with cj and takes his seasports challenges way too seriously. wishes they were able to surf but swimming is good, too, though sometimes she’ll spend upwards of ten minutes chasing a particularly stubborn crab. she is incredibly patient at terraforming and uses this skill for evil, as every time her cheer squad comes to visit her island she has completely changed it around and then has them all play hide-and-seek. nobody knows how to find anything. the only consistent thing is that the beach will be the coolest-looking beach in the whole game. she named her island “lesbos” and accepts villagers that “pass the gay vibe check.” nobody is sure what the gay vibe check is

kira bailey: is horrible at saving bells or getting a good rating on her island but she doesn’t care because her main focus is DIYing her own decor to make her island look like her aunts’ conservatory. as such, will only accept animals that could potentially live there, such as koalas or kangaroos. she’s bad at figuring out where to put houses and buildings so her island’s a mess to navigate, however she knows the routes like the back of her hand and gets confused when people ask her how the hell she finds anything. for some reason absolutely terrified of wisp and refuses to wander her island at night in case they show up

#american girl #american girl dolls #american girls #girl of the year #animal crossing #mine #americangirlstar #contemporary squad

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cakes-books-and-a-cat · 4 years

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Part 1.

As a way to avoid frustration (about constantly failing my job) and stress (with freakingly stubborn almost-seven-year-old and thirty-five-year-old in the household) I decided to start this blog. Because, how else do I remind myself of what I _actually_ enjoy in life (except for dumb scrolling Facebook and getting even more frustrated).

Recently, I had a looooot to deal with, physically and psychologically. And, of course, the question of how to get some distraction was on the foreground.

I always thought, any given minute in life should be productive (in this way or other), and no grief and no life drama was an excuse. Even when I was procrastinating, it must have been creative. (Whatever it is: reading, cooking, painting, making shopping lists, learning new languages, making new friends, grooming the cats.) Did I really get energy and inspiration from escaping to these remote fields, or I was just hunting that satisfaction feeling (of how great I am) without getting an actual relief? I guess, both...

But this time I couldn't even start thinking of going back to watercolor painting (which I did a lot in the last months), even though one piece was still stuck unfinished to my desk. I couldn't do languages; and a bare thought of seeing ANY people would bring nausea.

I went to the local library. It was my last hope. I always get so light-headed when surrounded by books! I took two thrillers in British style by Charlotte Link, one Sue Townsend, and two cookbooks. I couldn't take more because of the give-away box on the ground floor, which offered stuff I just couldn't leave there (like biographies of random French poets and of Jacqueline du Pré).

Charlotte Link was okay for a page-turner (primarily because of a gloomy high moor English landscape), but, you know, you shouldn't read two books of the same author in a row. Even if I could literally NEVER guess who is the killer, in this case I didn't even want to know. But I finished it (because I already made an entry to my book-reading-list and because it just felt so good to be somewhere else than my reality).

My enthusiasm with the Easy British Cookbook didn't go unnoticed by the thirty-five-year-old. First, he said to put it to down while we are having such a nice summer Sunday breakfast on the balcony. We should be concentrating on Here and Now more, he said. (I seemed to be enjoying the book more than I was supposed to be enjoying the sun and the company.)

Then, I asked him to pick a recipe. (Actually, I wanted to make scones, but since it's not so easy to find any clotted cream in Berlin supermarkets, I decided to make something else.) So, I was peeling potatoes for a dull child-friendly fish-fingers-&Co lunch, and hoping for some desert to look forward to.

After browsing for approximately 20 seconds he picked "White and Black Puddings". At that moment, literally anything would be just fine with me. It said: "An individual white chocolate sponge pudding, baked with a hidden centre of molten chocolate and served with cream, is perfect for any special occasion. It is very important to use the best-quality white and dark chocolate you can find."

Ok, looks like we have all the ingredients, he said. And then he read: "melt the chocolate filling, stir in the cream, pour into the ice cube tray...hm hmhm... freeze for at least 1 hour...hmhmhm... melt the white chocolate as above, leave to cool...hmhmhmh... beat the butter, beat in the sugar, eggs, CAREFULLY FOLD IN THE FLOUR... hmmmmmmmm... spoon into the prepared moulds, put dark chocolate cubes into the centre....."

He stopped reading: "God, it´s just way too much work, you need to produce at least three different actions with hours of freezing in between. We will have to start cooking dinner by the time we are finished with this! No, I am out of it!" He stormed out of the kitchen, leaving me alone with my way too complicated British Cookbook.

Yes, mine, because I loved it so much I asked my cousin from London who was visiting shortly before to bring me a copy. German Amazon doesn't have a clue about British food (and I mean it!).

So I gave up. Usually, my husband is a baker and I am a cooker. I own more than 20 cookbooks and developed roughly about 10 dishes all my family members would eat without making a sour face. Not an awesome ratio, but at least I am allowed to add SOME chili pepper into SOME dishes. Ok, basically, there is an Indian cookbook (from which 8 dishes come) and all others cookbooks (which delivered no worthy recipes whatsoever). The 2 other dishes are lasagna and fish fingers.

My husband, to the contrary, has no cookbooks (Okay, he got a Jamie Oliver as a present once, but the amount of fancy ingredients in any recipe makes it almost impossible to use). Traditionally, he bakes two cakes, an apple pie and a cherry pie. But none of them my daughter would approve. She is not much of a cake-eater. Eventually we found out she might take one or two bites of a Norwegian carrot cake. So, Papa had to add that one to his repertoire.

There is this funny thing about the carrot cake: it can absorbe just that much of olive oil (which is normally enough for ca. 20 salad dressings) and taste heavenly moist, but if it is one teaspoon too much, it tastes like fat sauerkraut. By the way, where do Norwegians have the olive oil from?

And why do I never bake? It smells heavenly and even your stubborn kid is having good time helping and anticipating. Well, there was a try for her 4-th birthday. She wished a Pirate Party, so I browsed Internet for cake ideas, and among all those fancy Pinterest-glazed-nightmares the easiest thing I found was a Treasure-Chest-Cake. It just required cutting the ready piece on two and folding those two halves. Sounded easy, but... It looked so horribly disproportional, broken and just ugly... I was frustrated, but thankfully Grandma was visiting, and she suggested covering it with melted chocolate and decorate with Smarties. It went well, kids noticed only Smarties, but since then I am not baking.

So, I went to the bedroom and sat onto the bed. It cannot be that I am not able to bake a simple (ok, not simple, but fitting into one page of instructions) desert. I managed to graduate from four universities. I gave birth to a child. I buried two parents and a cat. Finally, I successfully cook dinner on a daily basis, and only salt is sometimes missing.

I am gonna manage those deserts.

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rosesupposes · 5 years

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Making Chinese Take Out to Propose to My Boyfriend (Newsiestober Day 25)

Albert is a YouTuber with a cooking channel. Finch comes home from work to find the kitchen an absolute mess.

Please enjoy this poorly edited Jenna and Julien inspired Redfinch fic written for Newsiestober Day 25: favorite ship.

Read on AO3.

Finch opened the door to his and Albert's apartment slowly and quietly. Albert had texted him a little camera emoji to let Finch know he was filming, and, while Finch wouldn't interrupt him as long as he was sufficiently quiet, he had startled Albert on more than one occasion by coming into the apartment too fast. The layout of their apartment meant that the front door opened right into the large room that included both their living room and their kitchen, putting it in perfect view of Albert for most of the time he was filming.

Or in this case, giving Finch the perfect view of Albert sitting on the counter and scrolling through his phone next to a camera that was most definitely pointed towards the door. "Al?" he asked, a little unsure, taking in the mess Albert had apparently left the kitchen in as he set down his keys and his work bag. "Why does it look like a tornado went through the kitchen?"

Albert looked up from his phone, grinning. "Finch!" He set his phone down and jumped down from the counter, crossing the living room over to Finch. "Hi, I need you to be in my video, please?" He kissed Finch on the cheek and gave him his best puppy dog eyes.

Finch laughed and let Albert drag him into the kitchen, to the other side of the island counter and Albert's normal filming set up. Albert pulled Finch in front of the camera where they adjusted themselves in the viewfinder until the frame looked about the same as it usually did when Finch joined Albert for his videos. There were various bowls and pans scattered around the countertops and the kitchen smelled vaguely like Asian food. "Don't tell me there's this many bowls and no edible food."

"Shut up, asshole," Albert answered, even as he still grinned up at Finch. "It's in the microwave staying warm because someone was late."

Finch couldn't help but to lean down and kiss his boyfriend. "It's real rude of you to be late to your own video, Al, not sure how you managed it."

Al rolled his eyes but turned toward the camera and and put his hand on Finch's chest. "So now that my Bert is here, we can finish this video."

"Hi! I have no idea why I'm here," Finch told the camera.

"If you don't know, this is my boyfriend, Finch. I call him my Bert because someone made a Albert and Ernie joke once but he's the one who wears vertically striped sweaters." It was more introduction than Finch usually got on Al's channel but he nodded through it and rolled his eyes at Albert's joke. "Okay, you're just tasting what I made so guess what it is.

Finch hummed as he glanced around the kitchen. Despite the open cabinets and otherwise tornado-like mess, Albert had left no actual ingredients or packaging out which meant that Finch had no good clues. "Italian?" he asked, mostly to mess with Albert. Albert's Italian videos almost always came with Race attached.

Albert tapped the back of his head lightly but didn't actually look annoyed. "Try again."

"Well, something with a lot of soy sauce. Ooh! Did you finally try that egg roll recipe lola sent you?"

"I told you, that's for your birthday. Guess again."

Finch closed his eyes and hummed, a little extra dramatic for the camera and for Al. It really was mostly soy sauce he was smelling but it smelled more like take out than anything else. He turned to Albert and grinned, trying to convey that he was joking. "Did you order take out to prank me for a video?"

Albert rolled his eyes. "No but you're close. I did make Chinese takeout." Albert went to the microwave and pulled out several white takeout containers.

"Did you buy takeout containers for this video?"

"Amazon Prime, baby." Albert set the containers down in front of them and then pulled a wax bag with some spring rolls from the microwave as well. "There's cashew chicken and beef and broccoli," he explained, handing Finch a set of chopsticks. "And some rice, of course."

"Awww, like our first date." Finch grinned at his boyfriend and took the carton of cashew chicken he was offered. He turned back to the camera as Albert opened more cartons, wiggling his eyebrows playfully.

"Wasn't our first date," Albert said.

"Guys," Finch said to the camera, "Chinese food was absolutely our first date and Albert has been wrong about it for the entire seven years of our relationship. He invited me to get Chinese food and go to a movie and he meant to ask as a date but he chickened out. So he wanted it to be a date and I thought it was a date but he still insists it wasn't. It was though."

"Because I didn't ask. And you didn't ask either. It wasn't a date."

Finch rolled his eyes dramatically for the camera's sake and then took a bite of the cashew chicken. "Oh shit- this can't be legal."

"It's good?"

"Yeah, Ern, it's the best cashew chicken I've had since we moved to the city. You have beef and broccoli?"

After Finch had tried the beef and broccoli and the spring rolls- and gone back to the cashew chicken because it was his favorite- Albert turned away from the camera and pulled a tray from the oven. "I made one more thing actually. You can't have Chinese without fortune cookies."

Finch tried not to laugh when Albert set down the tray in front of him, he really did, but it was hard to resist. There was indeed a tray full of fortune cookies but maybe three of them were actually the right shape.

"Go ahead," Albert said. "Laugh. I know they're terrible."

"No, they look great!" Finch assured him. "They look perfectly baked. They're just misshapen."

"Here, you have the good one. They may be the wrong shape but they do have fortunes." Albert handed him just about the only cookie that actually looked like a fortune cookie. "These were way too hard."

Finch took the cookie and snapped it in half. "You didn't learn anything from that episode of the Bake Off- Oh." The little paper in the cookie read Will you marry me? in Albert's neatest handwriting. When Finch turned to Al, he wasn't standing next to him but kneeling on the floor, a ring box open in his hand. "Oh my god."

Albert grinned at him, suddenly a little shy and a little teary. "I had a whole thing I was gonna say but I just forgot all of it. The important part is that I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. And I know we'll do that anyway but it'd be cool if the government knew too. Will you marry me?"

They'd talked about marriage- they'd been together for seven years, of course they'd talked about it- but Finch hadn't thought it'd come so soon or that Al would be the one to get down on one knee and be so emotional about it.

"Yes, of course, Al. I could spend a million lifetimes with you and still be ready for a million more." Finch pulled Albert up from his knee and kissed him. When he pulled back he couldn't help but grin, leaning his forehead against Albert's. "We're getting married."

"You might have to put on the ring first."

Finch laughed and so did Albert. Finch offered his hand and Albert slid on the ring, a darker metal with a streak of gold. It was exactly what Finch had talked to Race and JoJo about wanting- something simple but unique and bright to remind him of Albert. "We're getting married," he repeated and kissed Albert again.

"Heck yeah, we are."

Making Chinese Takeout to Propose to my Boyfriend

October 25, 2019

Albert DaSilva

6.62M Subscribers

October 18, 8:12am

The video opens on Albert, with bedhead and bleary eyes, looking very much like he just woke up. "Hey, guys, welcome to today's video. It's gonna be a vlog one more than anything else. I'm proposing to Finch today, which I'm really excited and nervous about obviously." Al yawned and then looked back to the camera. "Sorry, Finch just left for work and I made him think I was sleeping in but I have a grocery delivery scheduled for half an hour from now and a lot of work to do so I'm going to get in the shower and shave. So yeah. Wish me luck today."

10:04am

Albert slides into the frame, set up like his normal frame for his cooking videos. "Alright," he says, leaning forward on his elbows. "We back. So the plan is basically I'm going to get Finch on camera like he's doing a normal taste test for a video and then I'm going to propose. So I'm making Chinese take out and fortune cookies but I also wanted to do something special for after. You guys know I don't have the patience or the understanding of measuring ingredients to bake but I can work with chocolate so I'm gonna cover some strawberries in chocolate and do some other chocolates and caramels and stuff and I have like champagne and whatever Race said to get so that's the plan. Ooh and I have to charge all the camera batteries. I normally do a two, maybe three, camera set up for my cooking videos but I think I'm gonna use all five of our cameras tonight, so I have to make sure all the batteries are charged. So I'm gonna go do that and then probably time lapse my chocolate making except for the million times I'm going to burn myself with caramel. Okay. Bye."

The frame is empty for a second as Albert walks off but he's back only a few seconds later in time lapse. It only lasts a minute or so before he starts working on caramel and burns himself when the time lapse is interrupted by Albert swearing in real time. It happens four more times during the time lapse before the video changes abruptly to trays of decorated strawberries and other chocolate candies. "These are pretty messy," says Albert. "Finch would have done a way better job but they're done and they'll be good with champagne so they're going in the fridge."

After putting the strawberries and chocolate in the fridge, Al turned back to the camera. "So I'm going to eat lunch because I forget to do that sometimes and Finch just texted me to remind me. I think I'm going to have to start cooking and, unfortunately baking, around 4 so that everything is ready just a little bit before Finch gets home, so I'm gonna clean up the kitchen and get the cameras set up and everything and I'll probably see you guys again when I start that."

3:37pm

Albert's face appears close up to the camera. "So I got a little carried away. I'm feeling pretty nervous so I got everything set up super early and then cleaned the entire apartment. So I cleaned everything." The video swings around to show the kitchen and the living room, looking spotless before moving back to Albert's face. "I mean the kitchen's going to be a mess again because I'm a tornado but I couldn't stop myself. I also got the bedroom set up, which I'm not going to show you, ya nasties, but things at work have been kind of stressful for Finch lately so I have some stuff for like a really relaxing night tonight, like massage oils and bath bombs and shit that I set up. Ooh and I'll show you my camera set up."

The camera turns around to focus on the kitchen. One side is open to the living room with the other three walls covered in cabinets, with the oven and stove top on the back wall, the fridge on the right, and the sink on the left. There's a large island in the center of the kitchen. "So these two are what I normally use for filming while cooking," Albert says from behind the camera. He points to the larger of the two tripod setups. "This is just my normally stationary camera and this," he points to the smaller camera, "is what I use for close ups of cooking and the final dishes. So I'll use that normally while cooking but I'm going to point it towards the door when Finch comes home. And then these two," he points to the cameras on the counters on either side of kitchen, both propped up on small tripods, "are actually Finch's cameras for his photography so let's hope he doesn't notice I'm using them and get suspicious. And then I don't know what I'm going to do with the vlog camera yet because I'm using it right now but I'll figure something out."

The video turns around to Albert's face again. "So yeah. I'm nervous but almost ready. It's a little too early to start cooking so I think I'm going to write some fortunes and pre-measure the ingredients for the fortune cookies so maybe I won't mess up the baking as much with my tornado. Next time you see me will be cooking time so let's hope I don't puke in the next half hour."

4:15pm

Albert is standing behind the kitchen island wearing his chef coat with various materials spread out in front of him. "Alright, guys, if you're here for the cooking and not for the whole proposal thing, this part of the video is for you. On Finch and I's first date, we got Chinese takeout before a movie so I'm trying to recreate that here. Also, don't tell Finch I said that because I like to deny that it was our first date and it annoys him. This is essentially still our takeout order so I'm going to do cashew chicken for him, beef and broccoli for me, and then some spring rolls and fortune cookies. So it's cooking time which unfortunately means baking time."

The video cuts to a side shot of Albert whipping his head around to face it. "As always, you can find all of the recipes and quantities on my blog. Links are in the description."

A shot of Albert whipping his head forward. "Alright, let's do this. Just so you know this is probably going to be a pretty quiet video because I'm getting really nervous. So, yeah. Let's bake, which is a thing I'm terrible at. Great."

Albert goes through the process of making fortune cookies, being uncharacteristically meticulous about following the instructions and measurements. His instructions, as usual, are basic and concise with plenty of jokes thrown in. He stops right before he puts the cookie tray in the oven.

"So I'm doing these 4 at a time because they bake quick and need to be folded pretty quickly. Finch and I were watching Bake Off the other day, which is what inspired me proposing this way, and I know this step has to be done really quickly so I have my fortunes written out and my glass and cupcake pan ready for shaping so let's do this. These are going to go in for five minutes so I'll see you then."

The video cuts to a close up of the cookie sheet going into the oven and then to it coming out, with the edges of the cookies a nice golden brown. The video then cuts back to the normal frame, with Albert looking into the camera disappointed, with 15 or so broken or misshapen cookies in front of him. "So. This has not gone well so far. I've done 4 batches and still haven't gotten one that's the right shape but I am getting closer." He holds up the best looking of the cookies, still not quite a fortune cookie shape. "I've got to move on soon though because I don't want to be cooking when Finch gets home. So I'm gonna put in one more batch of just two and hope those turn out well. All the fortunes say 'Will you marry me?' so it doesn't really matter which one Finch opens."

The camera cuts to a close up of Albert's hands folding a cookie the proper way and then to the regular frame with him explaining the process as he does it. He places the cookie in a muffin tin and turns back to the camera. "Now that we're done with that tragedy, let's move onto the cooking that I will actually enjoy."

"So, we're going to do our beef and broccoli and cashew chicken first but I'm going to prep all the veggies for both before we do anything." Albert lists the ingredients in voice over as the video shows closeups of him preparing each ingredient. He goes through cooking the two dishes, with his instructions interrupted by close ups of the cooking food. He goes through preparing and frying the spring rolls in the same manner- a little quieter than normal but still with a bit of joking and his signature chaotic energy.

After several minutes of the condensed cooking process, the video cuts to Albert with the food laid out in front of him. "Now that this is all done, we have the most important part here on this channel-" He holds up a stack of takeout containers and a package of wax bags. "Presentation! I decided to go extra this time and I ordered these from Amazon, so I'll link them below. Let's hope Finch has been on Prime in the past two days. Oh, and I forgot to tell, I also made some rice in the rice cooker to go along with this."

The video cuts to close up shots of the finished food in the take out containers, including the handful of fortune cookies that sort of look like they're supposed to, before it cuts back to Albert. "Alright, so that's all the filming I'm gonna do before Finch gets back and we do the damn thing. All the food is in the warmer and I'm just gonna wait for him to get home. I texted him to say I was filming but he's kind of running late so we'll see when he gets home. I'm sorry this isn’t a great cooking video. Sue me, I’m nervous. Wish me luck!"

5:53pm

The video cuts to Finch opening the door. “Al?” He loosens his tie and sets down his bag as he takes off his shoes. He looks incredibly confused. “Why does it look like a tornado went through the kitchen?

The video cuts again to Albert’s normal frame, this time with Finch on the right of the frame. A grinning Albert puts his hand on Finch’s chest. “So now that my Bert is here, we can finish this video.”

Finch still looks very confused but he’s also smiling. "Hi! I have no idea why I'm here.”

"If you don't know, this is my boyfriend, Finch. I call him my Bert because someone made a Albert and Ernie joke once but he's the one who wears vertically striped sweaters.” Finch rolls his eyes. Albert is practically bouncing as he turns to Finch. "Okay, you're just tasting what I made so guess what it is.

The video cuts to a side view with Albert flashing a thumbs up to one of the side cameras behind Finch’s back before the video cuts back to Finch, closing his eyes and humming like he’s taking in his surroundings before making his guess. He grins as he turns to Albert. "Did you order take out to prank me for a video?"

"No but you're close. I did make Chinese takeout." The video cuts to Albert setting the containers down in front of them and handing Finch a set of chopsticks. "There's cashew chicken and beef and broccoli and some rice, of course.”

“Awww, like our first date,” Finch says as he picks up the cashew chicken. He wiggles his eyebrows at the camera.

"Wasn't our first date.” Albert winks at the camera, which Finch seems not to notice.

"Chinese food was absolutely our first date and Albert has been wrong about it for the entire seven years of our relationship. He invited me to get Chinese food and go to a movie and he meant to ask as a date but he chickened out. So he wanted it to be a date and I thought it was a date but he still insists it wasn't. It was though."

"Because I didn't ask. And you didn't ask either. It wasn't a date."

Finch rolls his eyes dramatically and he and Albert both take a bite of their respective food. "Oh shit- this can't be legal."

"It's good?"

Finch turns to Albert, genuinely excited. Albert hasn’t stopped grinning since being in the frame with Frinch. "Yeah, Ern, it's the best cashew chicken I've had since we moved to the city. You have beef and broccoli?"

Finch and Albert both try the rest of the food, with Finch telling Albert it’s all delicious and Albert being hard on his own cooking, not an unfamiliar phenomenon in his cooking videos. It goes on until the video cuts to Albert setting the tray of fortune cookies in front of Finch, who tries not to laugh as he looks them over. “Go ahead, laugh. I know they’re terrible.”

"No, they look great! They look perfectly baked. They're just misshapen,” Finch says as he looks over the cookies, picking one up.

Albert hands him the best one "Here, you have the good one. They may be the wrong shape but they do have fortunes. These were way too hard."

The video cuts to the side as Finch talks, showing Albert pulling a ring box from behind a cup of utensils and getting down on one knee, before cutting back to Finch. "You didn't learn anything from that episode of the Bake Off- Oh." Finch reads the fortune. He turns to Albert and the video cuts to the side, showing a surprised Finch with Albert kneeling in front of him. “Oh my god.”

"I had a whole thing I was gonna say but I just forgot all of it. The important part is that I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. And I know we'll do that anyway but it'd be cool if the government knew too. Will you marry me?"

"Yes, of course, Al. I could spend a million lifetimes with you and still be ready for a million more." Finch pulls Albert up and kisses him. “We’re getting married.”

Finch pulled Albert up from his knee and kissed him. When he pulled back he couldn't help but grin, leaning his forehead against Albert's. "We're getting married.”

The video cuts away from Finch and Albert in the kitchen to an old video of the two of them in front of the camera on a couch. They look younger and Finch is wearing an NYU sweatshirt that looks brand new.

“Hi, guys! Welcome to today’s video. It’s not a cooking video but you’ve been asking for me to do the boyfriend tag with my boyfriend so here we are.” Albert puts his hand on Finch’s chest. “This is my boyfriend. His name is Finch.”

Finch smiles and waves at the camera. “Hi.”

The video continues, a chronological montage of clips of the two of them from Albert’s previous videos. There’s clips from vlogs and tags and challenges but mostly a lot of them laughing and goofing off during taste tests at the end of Albert’s cooking videos. There’s a clip of them dancing wildly after beating Race and Elmer in a round of the newlywed game, a clip of Albert smearing frosting across Finch’s cheek, a clip of them celebrating Finch’s graduation and then Albert’s 1 million subscriber play button. There’s clips of Finch playing guitar and serenading Albert, Albert surprising Finch with breakfast in bed, Finch on his camera while they explore the city. There’s a whole series of clips pulled from the vlog of their 5th anniversary trip to Ireland. There’s taste tests and parties with their friends and lazy days at home, all leading up to the start of the taste test from Albert’s last video, when Finch had snuck up on him and hugged him from behind, resulting in a lot of laughter and Albert leaning back to kiss Finch on the cheek.

The video cuts back to Albert and Finch in the kitchen, standing with Finch’s hand on Albert’s chest so that he’s showing off his ring. “Alright, everyone, thanks for joining me on this very long and stressful day but you know I had to do it to ’em.” Albert puts his hands together and crosses his fingers. Finch rolls his eyes and slaps at his hands. “Finch and I are getting married, which I’m pretty psyched about.”

“Same,” Finch says, leaning over to kiss Albert’s cheek.

Albert grins at the camera, a little lopsided and blinding. “You all know the deal. Recipes are in the description, like, subscribe, find me on the socials, tag me if you make these recipes yourself. This is definitely the sappiest video on my channel but I don’t even care. We’re going to clean up a little and then celebrate. I’ll see you guys next time.”

“Bye!” they say together and the video cuts to an end card, displaying Albert’s first rendition of the boyfriend tag and his latest video, along with all his social media handles.

After the end card, the video blinks back to the kitchen, where Albert and Finch are cleaning up food to be stored in the fridge. “Sniper bet me I couldn’t. Of course I did box jumps during lunch.”

“Did you know I can box jump onto this counter?”

Finch stops cleaning. “Why do you know that?”

“I did it in my last video.”

“Albert, tell me you’re lying.”

“No, watch.”

“Do not-”

The video ends immediately after Albert box jumps onto the island counter.

#newsies #newsies fanfiction #newsies fic #newsiestober #newsiestober 2019 #albert dasilva #albert newsies #finch cortes #finch newsies #redfinch #alfinch #finchal #idk they have like a million tags I've seen #abb writes #this got so much longer than planned

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July Jiffs 2020

This was me all month.

The key word being was. We bought an air conditioner! We’ve been an A/C-free family for some time now, but since we’re spending so much time at home, we figured now was the time to be cool. In other news, everything still blows! What a shock! Here’s how I spent July.

I didn’t even know another Halloween movie was being made but of course I’ll go see it even if it turns out to be trash, you gotta support classic horror franchises, that’s just basic horror etiquette 101.

This is the most basic, boring-sounding sandwich on planet earth, but it tastes incredible I promise you (I didn’t add bacon, but I did add fresh mozzarella) and whatever bread you use, it’ll still be great. I find myself constantly forgetting about the greatness of mayo because I, my dear, am an idiot.

I ordered a bunch of new address labels on Zazzle because they were having a Christmas in July sale, so I bought some seasonally inspired labels to use over the next few months. If you’re not seasonally co-ordinating your return address labels, are you even living?

I’m still doing Nathan’s podcast on Patreon incase you’re interested. (You can find more clips on his Instagram.)

I attempted to watch the new Baby-Sitter’s Club on Netflix and it’s really not meant for me. I was never into the books or the movie or any of it, I never liked the idea of kids caring about making money, it seemed too sad to me. “Just be a kid!” I’d always thought.

Speaking of childhood nostalgia, I have started to watch reruns online of Sweet Valley High, which I loved as a kid. It’s no Breaker High, but it’s still pretty great to rewatch. God, Jessica really was an absolute bitch.

Some other things that I’ve rewatched: Con Air (practically a perfect movie, will always love, *Nic Cage forever* might be the only tattoo I’d ever get), Supermarket Sweep is on American Netflix and I was so excited (for about three episodes) then I moved on with my life, Sleepless in Seattle (still a very nice, average, reliable movie), Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (actually a really great summer movie, will always be a fun time to watch, will forever be a huge Keanu fan, I just feel like I could trust him??), and Dick Tracy (will always love this movie even if it has eight million too many montages, the set design is gorgeous, and this one outfit that Madonna wears makes me question… everything).

Some new movies that I’ve watched: Always Be My Maybe (so, so great! How did it take me so long to see this! So many good scenes, such a good movie), The Karate Kid (insane that I hadn’t seen it before, kids were uncomfortably mean in the 80s, favourite part was when Mr. Miyagi beats up the children, great movie), The Stepfather (pretty fun time, so happy we’ve starting watching horror movies again), Eat Pray Love (ugh, I don’t know, I do love movies about women just leaving and doing fun shit alone and abandoning their lives, but this was pretty lame, I hated James Franco’s character more than life and truly didn’t understand how Julia Roberts was even briefly into him), and finally the original The Hills Have Eyes (which I loved weirdly enough despite being incredibly tense the entire movie, I just thought it was so well done and scary and incredible, the rape scene is of course awful and I shut my eyes for that part, but that was the only thing I hated, it doesn’t make sense that I liked this movie so much).

I don’t know how to word this, but something is off with the reasonably priced (and almost too cheap) parmesan sold at Trader Joe’s. It melts weird. It doesn’t taste like normal cheese. Something is afoot and I won’t buy it any longer. I’m truly dreading and equally anticipating the day that all of Trader Joe’s secrets are exposed. Be warned.

That being said, obviously I’m in love with the seasonal summer candles that TJ just released. We have a complicated relationship.

I made this gruyere mac and cheese with caramelized onions (I used almond milk and it still came out good) and can every recipe just include caramelized onions? The world is ending, let’s just put sweet, tiny, brown onions on everything and call it a day.

Ennio Morricone passed away last month and I find myself listening to the Cinema Paradiso soundtrack on repeat.

Read this great piece about summer blockbuster movies which also has just some great ideas for movies to rewatch right now.

I have to remember that Essie’s vibrant colours just f-ing suck. Only their muted/bland colours are good. They should really just stick to those. And if you’re looking for loud colours that stand out, the summer collection at Urban Outfitters is my go-to (and there’s always a 3 for $10 sale with them).

I listened to Taylor Swift’s new album and so far my favourites are definitely: the 1 and this is me trying.

Ugh, Astoriaaaaaa, DO BETTER.

I’ve been thinking about cancelling my Ipsy subscription again (because I think I don’t care about makeup at this current moment in time) and when I logged on to cancel, they let me choose one of the items being sent next month as if they knew I wanted to leave! So I chose a Sunday Riley product (because any sample I’ve tried from them, I’ve loved) so maybe I’ll cancel next month?

I tried a sample of Drunk Elephant’s shampoo & conditioner (which smelled so lovely) and my hair did seem softer the next day. There’s something about this brand though, I feel like they might be tricking us with their beautiful packaging and minimalist persona.

I bought and tried the ancient Biore Strips and I have absolutely no idea if they did what they’re supposed to do. Are you supposed to see the blackheads or whiteheads come off onto the strip? It felt like it just tried to peel my face off. No idea what’s going on with these.

I have been in love with the Peter Thomas Roth Correction Pads, I use one pad before bed each night and I think they’re doing something good because I always wake up with no new pimples. It has even started erasing all of the redness I’ve been experiencing lately from the summer heat and sweat and mask-wearing. At this point, I can definitely see myself rebuying when I run out, and if I do then I’ll definitely not get them from Sephora because you can get them way cheaper at other online retailers.

I’ve also started using this Dr. Dennis Gross All-In-One face cleanser and I think it’s a good one. It’s hard to tell because I started using it the same day at the correction pads I mentioned above (yes that was a bad idea but here we are), so maybe they’re working together to make my face good? We’ll revisit this.

I finally opened up this Belif set I bought a few months ago and it’s really nothing special. I think the face cream is probably the best item in there because you truly don’t need to use a lot to feel moisturized. But the face cleanser? Meh. I don’t think it does very much, it definitely didn’t help any redness. And the toner? Don’t get me started on how I kind of think toner might be a scam. And the “eye moisturizer”? Seems superfluous. My eye area is plenty moist, thanks.

Perfect summer soap scent: Fresh Rainfall. If I can’t travel this year, I will escape into this scent. (Send help.)

Very excited to hear about Lindy West’s new book.

So I heard that Lady M now ships their cakes to Canada and I was able to scream in excitement for approx. four seconds before looking into it and seeing that it’ll cost you over $100 to get ONE cake sent. THE GALL, I tell you. THE GALL.

I briefly looked into the app Sweatcoin after hearing good things, but it really just seems like an app where its main goal is to track you. And yes, your phone already does that whether you’re aware or not, but I think I’ll pass on the extra tracking.

I heard that the upcoming Halloween Bob’s Burgers episode will “follow the kids as they try to deliver a burger to the hotel on their street.” It’s such a sad little bit of tiny information, but I love their seasonal episodes so much that I’ll take any crumbs available.

Actually helpful tips on how to clean your home efficiently.

Christ, why do I keep forgetting that Bareburger is absolutely nothing special? Why in the good fuck is it taking so long for a Shake Shack to come to Astoria?!

I ate on the patio at Hoja Santa in Astoria and the tacos were nothing to write home about. The service, drinks and chips were outstanding though, so I may have just ordered badly.

New favourite beer alert.

Best tweets of the month over here.

I tried Thai iced coffee and it was so wildly sweet and too aromatic, I probably wouldn’t get it again. And I also tried a Vietnamese iced coffee and it was the perfect level of sweet! What’s the difference between the two, you ask?

I finally tried the katsu sandwich at Hi-Collar as takeout in the East Village and it was absolutely nothing special. No idea why people are so into it.

I haven’t been to Bite in so many months, so it was nice to get takeout earlier this week. God how I’ve missed their ciabatta bread. They use it on their sandwiches and it comes from Balthazar each morning and it’s always heavenly.

I have found the perfect, light summer blanket and I’m trying not to focus on the fact that it came from Amazon.

I tried a grapefruit shandy and holy shit, it might be my favourite new summer drink.

I ate on the patio at L’Artusi since it just reopened and good god, that carbonara will change you. So psyched to see they have the wagyu steak tartare on the menu now, too. The burger, the panzanella salad and the charred corn were all great, but that carbonara was the standout.

Some things I’d like to do this month: I’d love to try this tomato toast with blue cheese mayo, I’m going to start using a new clothes steamer I just bought with the hopes of getting rid of my iron & ironing board, I rebought a tube of Revitalash because of how great my lashes were looking when I used it a few years ago so I’ll start using it on August 1st and track my progress to prove how great this product is, I can’t wait for Moesha to be coming to Netflix this month, and I am waiting waiting waiting until I can find time to return to Lilia (on the patio) to eat this incredible tomato focaccia & garlic butter (shown below).

If you’ve got any interest in reading last month’s roundup, you can see what went down in June over here.

#monthly post #this is liz heather #Liz Heather #July 2020

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Paul McCartney's Meat Free Monday Mission

June 25, 2009 -- The Telegraph

Sir Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney are leading the Meat Free Monday campaign to persuade people to avoid meat once a week. It is not an attempt to turn the world vegetarian, one day at a time, but a crucial step in the fight against climate change.

There is a charming, seemingly random video on YouTube of Paul McCartney demonstrating how to make mashed potatoes. It's a recipe from Linda McCartney's On Tour book (he is following the instructions from his own well-thumbed copy) and there is something quite endearing about the way he shows you Linda's tip of how to chop an onion, as he hacks away with the knife the way no professional chef would. He is no Jamie Oliver. Obviously, Sir Paul has many other talents and his guide to making mash the Macca way, a video he made as president of the Vegetarian Society, is just a bit of fun – the perfect accompaniment to a couple of Linda McCartney's vegetarian sausages.

Food was a key part of Paul and Linda's relationship and when they decided to go vegetarian in the seventies, it was a spontaneous and joint decision. "Linda and I, we were on the farm and we saw lambs gambolling and we were eating leg of lamb…so it was a compassionate thing. That seems to be the least important thing to people these days. It seems to have gone right out of the window, the whole idea, unfortunately, because it's rather a nice thing, a bit of compassion."

What was it that made this man hate us? These days, Linda's food still brings the family together. They are actively involved in Linda McCartney Foods, which recently had a bit of a dust off and a rebrand. The family all taste and approve any new recipes, and I imagine, their freezers are well stocked with Linda's burgers and sausages. It is important to them, their way of keeping Linda's legacy alive. So when Paul decided to launch a new campaign, Meat Free Monday, it was the perfect opportunity to get together for a rare public group hug.

As he muses over a suitable recipe for another cookery video to promote the new campaign, he remembers one of his father's favourite recipes. "Pea sandwiches," he recalls. "I remember my dad making one for John once." But his daughters groan. "It has to be mum's lasagne," says Mary.

While Mary prepares to take the photographs for this story, Paul takes a tiny mouth organ from his pocket and plays as Stella sings along. "This is why Bob Dylan wants to write songs with you," she laughs. It's a family joke. Despite the news reports that the two musicians are about to record together, Paul tells me later that the rumour is totally unfounded. "No, that's a newspaper thing. He just said some very complimentary things about me in some interviews and I love him. I think he's a great poet and writer so I've always admired him. I don't rule it out and I admire him. But we're not the kind of people who would ring each other up." Mary takes her place in the picture, arranges her dad's hair which is blowing in the wind, and presses the shutter.

The family is famously vegetarian, but Stella says for this particular debate, she wishes they weren't. This is not an evangelical mission to make the world a veggie but an attempt to do their bit to slow climate change. "It's an environmental conversation, not a vegetarian one," says Stella. "It's ok to just give up meat for one day, it doesn't make you a vegetarian if you hate vegetarians, it doesn't make you cranky, hemp wearing pot smoker. It's alright, it's allowed - it doesn't make you a kind of the person you don't want to be. It just means you are doing something positive."

Paul read about the campaign in America and decided he needed to get involved. Over the past year, he has been talking about it, writing letters to celebrities and chefs, talking to schools, and galvanising support from as many people as he can, including Woody Harrelson, Doris Day, and Ricky Gervais. Two weeks ago [Monday 15 June], he held a press conference to launch the campaign at Oliver Peyton's restaurant Inn the Park. Peyton himself – a fully fledged bone marrow sucking carnivore - has agreed to promote meat free dishes every Monday at the restaurant.

The campaign has some weighty research behind it, not least from the UN. "Dad got the report," says Mary, who is softly spoken but has a cool air of authority about her. "You were sent the report weren't you?" She looks at Paul who has joined us round the table at the Portobello Hotel in west London, quietly whistling to himself. "Yeah, I was originally sent it. Livestock's Long Shadow it was called. The UN, who are our appointed global watchdog, said 'hey, cattle rearing is more harmful than ALL transport.' That is the statistic I thought was shocking because until then I thought it was aeroplanes, cars and trucks…"

According to the report, livestock are responsible for 18 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, which is indeed a bigger share than that of transport which accounts for 13 per cent. "We're not just talking about a few cows," says Paul. "We're talking billions. I took a drive from Santa Fe down to El Paso, a road trip I was on, and you go past I think about 15-20 miles of cattle as you drive down the motorway and it's the same cow; it's a brown and white cow. There are billions of them! And that's where it comes home. That's where the methane is coming from, this is the problem, not just a couple of cows on a farm. It's not just Daisy and Buttercup any more."

It seems the world is coming round to the Macca point of view and this is too good an opportunity to miss. It's the first time not eating meat is being promoted by scientists – 'traditional eaters,' as Paul calls them, not vegetarians with a vested interest. For Stella and Mary, following their father's lead is perfectly natural. Linda would certainly have been there, waving her placard. She was already talking about the relationship between food and the environment long before the UN decided it was time to act. This is part of the family's way of keeping Linda's legacy alive. "Ideally yes, be vegetarian," says Mary. "But if not, just reduce your meat intake to make it fun do a meat free Monday."

Listening to them running through the arguments and the statistics backing up their campaign, you feel this is a typical discussion that would happen over a family nut roast. Occasionally, they talk over each other and finish each other's sentences. "It can be so overwhelming," admits Stella. "And you can feel so …oh god, but I've got to get that plane there and I've got to drive my car with my three kids here. You are led to believe that transport is the main problem, but actually it's diet. To be honest we could sit and bang on about it…"

Paul: "But we don't want to bang on, we don't want to say to you look, you have to go veggie. The idea of this is for the environment, for your children's future, would you consider just one day a week changing your habits? And then if you decide to do two days, three, four, then so much the better, but if people would do it, it would have a huge impact."

Stella: "If everyone gave it up on a Monday it would be more effective than everyone stopping driving their car on a Monday. We are not perfect. It's so important to get that across because it's like oh, those bloody Maccas, talking again about not killing cows! It is boring. But the reality is, I like to think I am trying to do my little bit. I will turn off the lights when I leave a room; I will turn off a socket if I don't want to be using the socket. And those are tiny little things."

Paul: "Even President Obama tells you to do that."

It is a small thing they are asking us all to do. Very few of us eat meat every day of the week, but by cutting back on what we eat, we can make a difference. On average we are eating twice the amount of meat we ate in 1961, the year the Beatles first performed at the Cavern club in Liverpool. "The idea of having one type of meat for your breakfast and another type of meat for your lunch, and then another type for your dinner, and in between having your sandwiches with another kind of meat, we really do eat too much of it," says Paul. To produce a single kilogram of beef, farmers have to feed a cow 15 kg of grain and 30 kg of forage. It is a highly intensive business that is ultimately not sustainable. Livestock production is responsible for 70 per cent of the deforestation of the Amazon jungle and by 2050, the world's livestock population is expected to rise from 60 billion farm animals to 120 billion. It is a scary fact when you consider that a single cow can produce 500 litres of methane per day, which has around 25 times the global warming impact of CO2.

"I think we forget more and more that we are animals," says Stella, "and we are part of a planetary system where all of the animals are on this planet together and you are made to feel like a hippy dippy jerk that should go and live in a tipi for even making a point of remembering."

Despite the fact that she rarely gives interviews, Stella is the most vocal of the three, passionately backing up her father, shaking her head, saying 'it's all money, money, money!' about the projected growth of the meat industry (world demand for meat is estimated to double by 2050) and butting in with the odd comment like: 'Greed is not a good look. I was brought up to think this was not a good look. Everything in moderation.' And she knows her stuff. She urges me (and you) to watch a film called Home that was made by the aerial photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, and launched the previous week on World Environment Day. You can link to it from her website.

As she says, she tries to do her bit. Although she already incorporates sustainable and organic fabrics in her mainline collection, she also designs a capsule Green Collection which is as purely ethical and sustainable as she can make it and is sold at Barneys in New York and Harvey Nichols in London. On her website, in between pictures of models looking supremely cool and confident in her clothes, if you click on the 'Green me' button, you can read Stella's eco tips – small things we can all do to help slow down global warming. Her London shop is powered by Ecotricity. Her skincare range, Care, is made using 100 percent organic active ingredients and is Ecocert –certified. And of course, she tells her celebrity friends off for wearing fur and doesn't use leather.

"In my industry, there is no alternative in people's minds to leather shoes. Now I'm not making a leather shoe. I'm doing alright. We can get by. Things change. Humans are the best animals - the best adapters on the planet. We adapt quicker than a tree does in the rainforest. We adapt, that's what we do."

In March, she was given an award by the Natural Resources Defence Council (which works to protect wildlife and wild places) in New York. "I was lucky enough to present that to her," says Paul. "I said that when she joined the fashion world, she first of all was employed by Gucci and my first thought, and Linda's, was uh-oh Gucci is leather city. When you think of Gucci, you think of leather. We thought about how long is it going to be before she caves in on her principles? And we waited, and we waited, and we waited, and she never did. That is a fantastic achievement… and that's what's great about new ideas, different ideas, people catch the fire, they get excited with the stuff. It's just thinking about it instead of just becoming a Gucci slave. Took a little bit of guts to do that."

Despite the fact that Stella feels she has been pilloried for her beliefs and principles, it seems to have paid off. Just as the fashion world has finally come round to her big idea of wearing jumpsuits and your boyfriend's jacket, we seem to have arrived at a moment when having principles – and a bit of compassion – is not such a bad thing. It is perhaps no coincidence that she is the only fashion person to be included in Time magazine's annual 100 most influential people list this year, an achievement she is obviously proud of, giving me a high five when I mention it. Just as any father would, Paul admits to having the magazine on his kitchen table, open at the relevant page – a tribute written by Stella's mate, Gwyneth Paltrow. "Even if you are not vegetarian somehow Stella gets you to believe," she writes. "She manages to convince you (never sanctimoniously from a soapbox) that killing animals is needless and cruel and bad for the environment."

Paul says she didn't have to be that way. "She could have caved in and we almost would have forgiven her. The pressures were so huge but the fact that she did not…" Stella cuts in. "I'm very lucky. I don't think that I am magnificent, I just think I've been very lucky. I think I've been brought up in a certain way. Mary's like that, my brother [James, a musician] and sisters [Heather from Linda's first marriage, and Beatrice from her father's second] are like that. My husband's like that. I think that you do stand out if you stand out against things. It was very hard in my industry especially to have those kind of principles and I did have the mickey taken out of me probably up to about a year ago. And people will probably read this and chuck it on their barbie and cook beef on it but the reality is I'm more impressed by people who take a risk and who stand up to good beliefs and I think in this day and age…"

Paul: "It's how the world changes."

Stella: 'The main thing is not to bang on about it too much. We don't generally bang on about it, I try to keep my head down and get on with it and design pretty frocks, that's my job. And dad makes pretty good records when he's given half an hour in between his potato mashing, and Mary's a fantastic photographer. But I don't think we want to come across as forcing people to think a certain way, I think it's just a very valid issue and life's too short to not do something you believe in. You've only got a short period on the planet to make something of your life."

With all of this passion and desire for change, I wonder if Paul will be writing a Dylan style protest song to promote their cause. "I do have a few sort of animal awareness songs, but they are very difficult to write. I wrote one called Looking For Changes that was applauded by PETA, which started off with 'I saw a cat with a machine in its brain', you know that picture? A hardcore picture. That made me write that, but it's very very hard to do and it's not my forte. I wish it was, that would be kind of nice to be driven in that direction. Songs aren't always what you are passionate about. You'd like to think that they all were but sometimes it's just about I love you, or you're great."

And with that, our time is up. Stella's phone has been ringing non-stop. "We're going to get a bit of flack for this," says Paul, who can't resist singing into my Dictaphone before turning it off. "Why do we feel we need to do it? You know what, because Meat Free Monday is a damn good idea. I mean, what are you going to tell your kids? That we can do something about it. This is one of those things that you can do."

#article #meat free Monday #vegetarian #mary McCartney #environment #Paul McCartney #stella mccartney #family #Heather McCartney #Beatrice McCartney #James McCartney #charity

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It’s time to grow up

AppleTV jailbreaks, for those who were even aware of their existance, have always been seen as novel at best. And justifiably so! Compared to iOS the changes that can be made to your device are minimal. It should come as no surprise then that the single most common question we see when announcing a new AppleTV jailbreak is: Why?

Why jailbreak the AppleTV? For me the answer has always been the same, freedom. “This feature or behavior is missing from my favorite system on my TV or my phone, let me add it!” You may be motivated to tinker with your devices because you enjoy it and are passionate about contributing to a community that has such a rich history of drastically changing the ecosystem of a variety of Apple (or other companies) products. Our community had an App Store before Apple, we had copy and paste first, mobile notifier was a tweak Peter Hajas sold on the Cydia store before Apple hired him and a version of his solution became the de-facto way to receive notifications in iOS.

Even pop culture has given at least two pretty awesome nods to jailbreaking:

Futurama in Attack of the killer App

Mom: The new eyePhone is wonderful. I use it to check recipes and send threatening e-mails to unauthorized third party app developers.

or Tiffy in Archer during Sea Tunt II

Eugene: Well, now there’s no signal at all.

Tiffy: Wow! Oh my God! I’m having the weirdest deja vu right now.

Eugene: Ya know….

Tiffy: Here, let me jailbreak your phone. It’s a totally reversible process. Oh, bricked it!

Awesome pop culture references aside, up to the present day a product like nControl came first (as did many things that made it into *OS 13, and even Controllers for All came before nControl), this helps me pivot to the next point.

The availability of alternate 'jailbreak' stores throughout iOS history has always been a huge boon to the community and arguably is the main reason it still thrives. None of these stores ever adapted to tvOS, which gave us a fantastic opportunity to make one on our own.

We have been, for a long time, and have fought through many challenges to get here, but:

WE FINALLY LAUNCHED THE tvOS APP STORE!!

I know, I know, it's 'old' news because I already announced it earlier this week on twitter, however, this is still the inaugural post to officially announce it anyways!

nControl is the lone product right now, but in the very near future we will extend an invitation to *OS developers to join the party. We strongly believe tvOS has the most untapped potential out of any Apple device and we want your help to actualize this potential!!

Down to brass tacks, right now it isn't possible for us to accept other developers, most of the infrastructure is there, but not enough to open the door just yet. When this does happen we have some cool features that we think you will like, among them is ability to provide Package Discounts and Payout percentage calculation (two developers on same project).

In conjuction with the next phase of the store launch (inviting more developers) there will be a FREE class I will be teaching ASAP to anyone who is interested in learning how to code for this platform. Varying levels of experience will be accepted! We will be offering ideas for commercial products, and will help you create them!

Examples include:

Picture in picture apps,

tweak to customize home screen style,

quick jump to an app via remote button,

adjust bitrate settings, add user profiles,

deep save video position for later,

web widgets via an iOS or Mac app to crop out just the useful part,

dashboard for mail/weather/calendar events,

Siri tweaks,

audio enhacement (customized routing etc),

VNC

Airplay FROM your AppleTV (similar to VNC idea)

Ad Blockers

the possabilities are endless! nitoTV had Pizza on Demand on the first generation of AppleTV sometime between 2007-2010, LONG before an App Store ever existed for the AppleTV, or before the nito.tv App Store was launched for that matter, its time for us to set the curve again.

Store Tutorial

NOTE: This requires a jailbroken AppleTV if you aren’t currently jailbroken head over to the wiki for instructions on jailbreaking with ChimeraTV

We use a 4 digit pin system (similar to plex and a variety of other applications) to authenticate an account you create with us. The payment processing is done through Amazon pay, which means an amazon.com account is needed as well as a valid credit card+billing address on record with them.

NOTE: Currently 2FA on Amazon accounts is not supported (OTP passwords are, but not 2FA). If you have that enabled on your account you will need to temporarily disable it to make purchases on the nito.tv store. We will rectify this as soon as possible.

1. Sign up for an account on amazon.com (or sign in to your existing amazon account - they do our payment processing)

2. Add a valid credit card to your account (if you don't already have one)

3. Make sure your credit card has a billing address associated to it, or you will not be able to use it.

1. Sign up for a brand new account

2. After you sign up you will receive an email with a link to verify your account works. If you do NOT get this email, send an email to [email protected] and he will get you sorted out. (a message like the one below will advertise said email)

3. Click the link in the email and then you should appear back at nito.tv with a similar page. notice authorized is circled, you can click that link now to get ready for the next step on the AppleTV itself

3. Open the nitoTV application on your AppleTV and navigate to Settings -> Accounts -> App Store - > Sign In

4. At this point you will get a screen with a 4 digit code to enter on another device with a web browser. After entering this code you will be signed in to the nito.tv store.

5. That's it, you should now be able to purchase items!

Conclusion

Time to circle back to the question of 'Why jailbreak' It may seem like I never directly answered the question. Here's a direct answer, the future. Right now there isn't a ton of earth shattering reasons, I think nControl is awesome, and I also think its a better fit for the AppleTV than any other Apple device. Maybe games aren't your cup of tea, outside of AirMagic a few assorted tweaks and freedom, there aren't a ton of answers that will fill an immediate need for an answer, the store can help catalyze this community to grow into what it has the potential to be. I know the pieces fit. The metamorphosis is almost complete, it’s time to for the AppleTV to discard it’s awkward phase and to become an adult.

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Grill Sandwich Recipe 2019

on this episode we make a super quick

barbecue chicken sandwich hey guys

welcome to live cast vicuna as you've

just heard it barbeque chicken sandwich

like super quick because max has got to

go home what as as fixed-line mistakes

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know how I feel about using up leftovers

this was a deli roasted chicken

two days ago well I suppose it still is

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it's just deli roasted chicken but this

plus one two three four five whatever

things is going to make a great sandwich

let's start by doing this I'm just going

to take this leftover chicken and put it

right here just get it sizzling just

shred it a little bit more get it

sizzling in the pan cool cool

there's that king of dill nervous I love

the deli roasted chicken I could do a

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too much shit ah ah a bubble away a

little vinegar because it makes it like

tangy like a like a proper pulled pork

pulled chicken kind of sandwich that's

how I go so that's going to be fine and

then a little Chipotle and I think the

only way to do this is I got to cut one

of these totally pepper

right here I could just have used the

sauce that was in there but honestly I'm

almost down to B moles down to the end

of it it really wasn't very much sauce

yet left so that goes in watch this role

watch this we cut put a little butter on

it just to get some color of course that

is smelling like pulled pork right now

except as we know it's chicken so nail

this mix that Chipotle in there

oh no the sauce is fine you want it a

little saucy and now the most extra

sauce is just kind of going to burn away

a little bit

okay that's doing its thing this is

doing its thing we need some lettuce I

think the basic iceberg is the perfect

one for this it's cool it's crunchy it's

gonna be delicious

iceberg that

fine cheese monster come on man oh my

goodness oh my goodness

see what's happening here

now we'll just do this I could probably

get two out of here I'm just going to

throw one piece of cheese in here see

most of that sauce is sort of gone let

that do its thing

I'm not getting any color on this done

but a lid to help that ah sorry one more

time mayonnaise

Japanese mayonnaise I try not to use

crazy ingredients and I don't Japanese

mayonnaise is one that I think you

should get it's delicious it's tangy fat

is fat if you're gonna use a fat like

mayonnaise should use a fat with flavor

and that's this Japanese one available

online from like Amazon or something but

definitely much cheaper from like a

Chinese or Japanese market and by the

way it's Japanese

but the Chinese markets will have I'll

have it look it look at that gooeyness

that's perfect that's perfect I can turn

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this guy's now nice so we go like this I

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that's it she cut it yeah and there you

have it and the taste test

look at that you see the gooeyness oh

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picture right there

God all right

leftover deli chicken barbecue sauce

little Chipotle a little bit of spice on

a bond crispy lettuce just make it

please I implore you I implore you make

this and the smokiness from the

Chipotle's so good in the sweet barb so

it all works all right thanks for

hanging out don't eat the same crappy

#Traeger renegade elite grill

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god it’s 1 am and I just started typing and man am I fucking tired. Today was pretty good as far as these things go. I woke up to my alarm at 8 and dragged myself out of bed, and got ready to get to interview number 1. Left in an uber at like 8:45 and got there about an hour later (it was a bit of a hike, but if I got hired I wouldn’t be working out of that location), spent a few minutes standing outside so I wouldn’t be *too* early before walking in. they have a super cool older building with a lot of like relics and shit that was pretty cool. I had to wait for a while because apparently the guy who was supposed to interview me that I had spoken to on the phone had gotten stuck in court, so they wanted to know if I had a copy of my resume to give to the person who was going to interview me now and I didn’t, at which point I started internally freaking out because the guy who had sounded super interested on the phone wasn’t here and they wouldn’t have my resume to base anything off. Thankfully they must’ve found the copy of my resume I had sent to the other guy, so that was taken care of. I met with the head trial attorney of the firm, which was of course very cool. I talked a lot about growing up very involved with my dad’s practice handling these types of cases and how familiar with them I was, and he seemed to be very impressed with that. The two inevitable questions did come up, number one from looking at my resume they’re always like “so, did you actually want to go into family law?” at which point I have to be like well yes but I can’t get a job there right now and if I started working here I would make a commitment to them, which at that point I started feeling a little doubtful that if I committed to a firm and then OPG started hiring shortly after I’d be fucked. but anyway. The second question, which was particularly relevant here since my dad does basically the same work they do, was of course why aren’t you working for your dad? to which I basically say I wanted to go out and do this on my own, I want my name to be known for me, not my dad or my brother, and they seemed to like that. Overall I thought it went pretty well, he said he would meet with the other guy who was supposed to do the interview and chat and then see if they had office space, because apparently they’ve been expanding very quickly so they had to make sure they had something available. So overall pretty good. I headed out and took an uber to the apple store to hopefully solve the laptop charging problem (spoiler: it didn’t work) and upon arriving I was soon directed to the cords I would need and found it rather quickly, so I bought that and headed out. Ubered the rest of the way home and plugged my computer in, only for nothing to happen. So I tried and tried and tried everything I could think of, but it wasn’t working. So I ended up calling apple support and told them the situation and they were basically like yeah that sounds like a hardware problem and you’d have to take it in for repair. the Chicago apple stores didn’t have an opening till like sometime on thursday and like fuck that shit so I ended up with an appointment for tomorrow night in one of the suburbs that’s not too far out, so hopefully that will work. I dug out the chromebook and have been working from that for the rest of the day. But yeah, I was between my two interviews so I watched some GoT before getting ready again and heading out. I wasn’t expecting much from this interview and tbh I really didn’t want to go but I know it’s good to keep my options open. It’s just like, real estate law which is already like yawn but it also involves like no court time so that’s not really what I want. But I went in and basically the only argument I can make is I really don’t know anything about this area of law but I’m always eager to learn and I can pick up on things very easily, which is of course not a terribly strong argument but it’s the only one I got. So the interview didn’t last very long which was fine with me because I really didn’t want to be there anyway. From there I got an uber and was dropped off around the corner from my apartment to where Jess and I meet up when we’re getting food, and she joined me shortly after. We decided to just go to the corner place which we’ve been to a couple times and has pretty good food. I ended up getting a basil pesto flatbread which was basically just a pizza, though it had some element I couldn’t place that was like, slightly spicy, so I really only ate like half of it before it became too much, but whatever, Jess took it home so at least it won’t go to waste. Afterwards we parted ways and when I got back to my place my amazon stuff had came, so I set off to finish the frosting for the macarons I started on Thursday and never finished. I didn’t have any milk and the frosting recipe calls for a few tablespoons to make the frosting kinda softer so I was trying to just not use it but the frosting was way too thick and wasn’t able to be piped, so I had to stick it back in the bowl and open the heavy cream I have in my fridge and add some of that which worked like a charm, then I got to assemble the macarons and stick them in the fridge to chill. This batch isn’t quite as good as the others, not sure why, but I can definitely taste the nuttiness in the cookies more which I’m not crazy about given my aversion to nuts. But once I finished that I watched more Game of Thrones and that was pretty much my night, did I mention I’m really fucking tired? definitely time for bed now. Goodnight lovelies. Sleep well (I certianly hope I will as well).

#daily journal #August 2018 #Jess tag

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🐶 anon! (1/3) Ahah thank you I’m really trying my best but man being a student is not the easiest 🥴 I’m taking a psychology, korean, and a nutrition course. All of them are either electives or classes that aren’t the most important so I’m tryna get rid of them as fast as I can but seriously online courses are so hard!! Not only does it suck that you can’t physically talk to your teachers but motivating myself to go to class is hard...

🐶 (2/3) I don’t need that many only a couple credits but I’m doing a lot right now so I won’t be behind!! I’ve done her 2 week, 4 week, and the slim thigh challenges and they suck so much at first like I was dying but the more you do them the better you get at it! It gets fun after a few days cause you can actually follow along without dying and you see results! I totally recommend just be prepared to be sore and uncomfy for the first couple days 😖omg five break ups seems like a lot!!

🐶 (3/3) no they don’t wear anything!! 😤 It’s so annoying cause my state’s one of the worst rn and so many people think it’s fine to go around as much as they like without following rules and everyone is being so entitled and acting like the virus is gone I’m so mad and frustrated 😒 I’ve been learning a lot of korean recipes from my mom and we’ve also been exploring a lot so I made Japanese ramen the other day! I definitely recommend it cause it’s very customizable and not extremely hard :))

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oh yeah definitely, being a student is a struggle. i’m not gonna miss juggling so many classes and exams while trying to maintain a social life and decent sleep schedule at all kasdfasasdf all those classes sound really cool though! is this a general psych course or will you be focusing on a certain study of it? 💓 oh god yeah, do your teachers record lectures for you to watch later? or do they do a live zoom session so you can participate in them? not gonna lie, i was half asleep in bed sometimes as i logged into my class sessions last quarter, so motivation is definitely a major struggle askdfjhaslf and that’s awesome that you’re staying ahead with your studies!!! 🤍

omg i watched some youtube videos of people trying out her challenges, and it looks grueling, but the results are all really good :o omg you did three of her challenges already?? woah, fitness goals 🤩🤩 okay, you’ve motivated me to try them out! i’m gonna go dig around the house tomorrow to hopefully find an exercise mat and start the two week challenge!! or maybe order one on amazon if i can’t find it 😅 and i guess it’s breakup season rip 😬

asjkdfhalskjd omg that’s horrible!!!! 😦 we might be in the same state because my state is the same askjdfhlaks the cases keep increasing, and i think they’re gonna have to close some stores that just reopened because people are completely disregarding social distancing. it was absolutely crazy over the weekend for 4th of July /: omg korean food and japanese ramen sounds sooo good! 💗 what toppings do you put on your ramen? and what kind of broth did you make for it? :o i’ve been craving other asian foods so badly because we’ve mostly been eating viet food at home, so i taught myself how to make kimchi and then cooked my own kimchi fried rice with an egg on top :’)

#asks #anonymous #🐶 anon

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We Interrupt our regularly scheduled content to share this post by the author of Anne & God:

15 Things To Do If You're Stuck At Home In Quarantine

1) Waste time on social media - well this is a given isn't it? I mean we already waste plenty of time on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram so we will surely be spending even more time there now. Just promise not to "share" bogus coronavirus info and start a mad panic. Oh, wait, too late for that....

2) Binge watch Netflix - Now is the perfect time to get caught up on the third season of "The Crown" and all those other shows you've been meaning to watch. While you are at it - if you like The Crown - you should sign up for the streaming service "Britbox". I've already spent too many hours glued to British mysteries and comedies - now I get to rationalize it.

3) Clean your house - I mean REALLY clean your house. As in all the stuff behind and inside that sofa that you pretend isn't really there

4) Organize your last 10 years of photos - the ones that are on your phone and your computer and your tablet and maybe even an SD card or two. Forget the other 14 things on this list - you could easily spend two weeks on nothing but the photos.

5) Clean up your email - Do you really need all those emails from 8 years ago? Now might be a good time to thin things out. If you are like me you have more than one email account so this could take as long as the photos.

6) Clean up your computer - If you think you have a lot of photos and emails they are probably nothing compared to the 10 zillion files on your computer. You might actually need longer than two weeks for this one....

7) Play with your dog - you know, that cute furry thing that stares at you with bored forlorn eyes as you are glued to all your devices.

8) Knit or crochet or build a birdhouse - This is a perfect opportunity to turn all that yarn you bought into something useful like a scarf. Or 10 scarves. If yarn isn't your thing I'm sure there's something like woodworking or scrapbooking you can do. Is Scrapbooking still a thing?

9) Spend some quality time with your partner (and kids if you've got them) - you know, those other people in your house/apartment who sit next to you and are also glued to their devices. There are things called board games - play some.

10) Do jigsaw puzzles - I'm sure you have a few stashed in a closet somewhere. Get out the one with 5000 pieces. That are all autumn leaves. That should keep you busy for a while.

11) Bake - You always say you have no time for baking. Well now you have nothing but time. And if you want some tips on baking and cooking and pie you can follow me as I'm baking my way through the 1950 Betty Crocker Picture Cookbook (visit overbookedandunderpaid.com and click Back To Betty in the sidebar for the posts so far)

12) Cook your own food for a change - why stop with baking? Give the golden arches and the frozen food section a break and go poking around the internet for cool recipes - start with Pinterest since you are going to be doing all that social media stuff anyway.

13) Call family and friends - you know, the ones you are always texting and sending photos to but don't actually speak to. Yes, phones can actually be used for talking.

14) Build a fort out of all the toilet paper rolls you're hoarding - we know very well you went out last week and bought enough toilet paper to last until 2022 - turn it into a cool little retreat. Sit inside it with your Netflix and some popcorn.

15) Make stress purchases on amazon - yes, I know this is terrible advice. But you were going to do it anyway, weren't you? While you are there pick up this book by Amy Sidaris:

https://www.amazon.com/Simple-Times-Crafts-Poor-People/dp/B0062GM3YC

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MBGLNB: ❓! (矢川)

Fri 09/15/2017 | 15:25 (JST) - ? ! (Yagawa Aoi)

I got 4 times the comments than I expected on last week’s blog.

Now your answers in return

Q: Where would you go in a drive?

A: To see the ocean? Maybe? To Tokyo or Enoshima bay? I’m not sure but, once I’m there- all I’d want to do is eat Ice cream~

Q: What Fall foods do you like?

A: Sweet Potato, Squash, Mackerel

Q: How do you protect yourself from sunburn? A: Bring a parasol! I always thought those girls that would carry white parasols long ago were cute so when I go to school- I too carry a white parasol, with sore arms too!

Q: What is you recently thought about buying?

A: This Etude House lip tint! The packaging is a shark and it’s name is “Shark bar”. It was too cute, I had to buy the pack.

[Photo of Etude House - Dear Darling Tint collection “Shark Bar”]

Q: I want to come to a live in Fukuoka! [A MBG live]

A: I want go, I want to go! But the interest in Fukuoka is still pretty low so please keep trying!

Q: Why are you such an angel?

A: My mom and dads are probably gods.

Q: Preferred Hairstyle?

A: For girls- Short blonde hair and Bob cut black hair.

For Men - something like Micchi’s (Mitsuhiro Oikawa) recent one- if I can meet someone like that <3

Q: What is your best impression?

A: I can make my face look like Nyan-chu! [A star puppet character from the NHK children’s show of the same name]

Ah, a Hello Kitty trend!

Yosajii (A MBG roadie) ’s Watabe Atsurou impression lol I can see it now.

Q: What’s your favorite food as of late

A: I loooove Vegetable Life 100’s Soymilk Banana smoothie- but that’s a drink huh

Q: Are you the type to look after what gets use in the media for your interviews?

A: I never get to see the stuff, but I want to! I’m interested on how the quality of the pictures turn out and how things get edited when from the the conversation before publishing the interview!

Q: Do you cook for yourself? [I wanna know too lol]

A: On days I’m free I do! Recently I made salt boiled shirataki.

This is a tofu burger, Okura Ohitashi with an egg soup. It may not looks so good- but it tasted so.

[Picture of her Tofu burger, Ohitashi, egg soup dish. Next to the tofu is the Ohitashi, soy sauce boiled greens]

Q: What is snack weakness?

A: Any type of convenient store ice

[They seem pretty bomb in japan, The amount of 7/11 icee and ice cream flavors are deep. There is tons of them]

Q: What’s your favorite town in Osaka?

A: For leisure- Umeda, The town and that my grandmother’s home is close by. (I won’t go into further detail for privacy sake). I don’t want to disturb the peace at home lol

Q: What song do you like to listen to after work? [I guess they mean what do you like to listen to to wind down]

A: (Seiko Matsuda’s) Komugiiro no Mermaid (Cocoa Mermaid) for one! It’s always a slow night after work so I enjoy listing to Seiko’s Ryuusei Night (Shooting Star Night) on the way home!

Q: Why won’t you give up on short hair?

A: I look like a delicious nigiri recipe, no? lol

I even got a bad rep amongst the members so I think I’m being childishly defiant to their comments! I think! Perhaps! But I’m growing a little tired of the bob cut too, what to do…?

Q: What would you do with a 3 day weekend?

A: I’d take a trip back home!

Q: What Sanrio character would you recommend for a guy?

A: Badtz-maru! Pochacco’s cool too but Badtz-maru and I have the same birthday (April 1st) so I prefer him! Also he has tons of black merchandise which I think is fitting for guys.

Q: What song would you like for MBG to cover?

A: I want us to try Harada Tomoyo’s Ame no Planetarium (Rainy Planetarium)! I’d love to see how Sakurai’s arrangement works out, I think it will sound cool so I want to give it a shot!

Q: What habits or gestures do you like to pay attention to in men?

A: They way they turn the steering wheel while driving! I can’t explain why! But that one for sure!

Q: What Pink eyeshadow do you recommend?

A: Fasio’s PK-8, but it’s a pretty old product and they might not sell it anymore. I got it from my mom a long time ago and use it all the time.

Q: Which song do you wish you can re-record?

A: “remove”! I think the “Keshiki wasureteku~” part can be sung a little more smoothly now.

Q: What do you do to relax?

A: Recently I’ve been taking bubble baths to relax.

Q: What’s Koshoji to you?

A: My super fun dog, my pet dog

Q: What new things have you tried lately?

A: I thought I’d pick up taking walks as a pastime, but I never walk up in the morning, it is too hot in the afternoon, and it’s too scary at night- so I haven’t started yet…but I will try.

Q: What make up sets would you recommend?

A: Kailijumei’s flower lip has is such a nice color, doesn’t run out fast and looks cute so I recommend that! There has been a awful lot of questions about what I’ve been using, surprised I only mentioned this now.

Q: How have you grown since last summer?

A: I started doing simple weight training so I don’t get so exhausted by the end of lives now. I had 0 endurance before- but now it’s about a 5!

Q: This summer, what has been your favorite Seiko (Matsuda) song?

A: This summer, it has been Akai kutsu no Ballerina (Red shoes Ballerina) and Eien no motto hate made (Till the very end of Eternity) all summer long!

Q: When you were a kid, what type towel side you use during hot weather?

A: Hello Kitty of course! But I had to feel like it that day.

Q: What is the most expensive thing you’ve brought recently?

A: For my mom’s birthday- I got her a n expensive necklace! But I never get stuff like this from people lol.

Q: Favorite recent highlight?

A: Our ZeppDiverCity 4th One Man has sold out! A huge accomplishment! I can’t think of anything else better this year!

Q: Do you have Idol friends?

A: I went out to eat with Nozomi Manaka (formerly of petit pas!)

I’ll see you again soon!

Q: Favorite Dog breed?

A: White Pomeranian with ball like groomed fur are my favorite! Chiwawas are my 2nd fav!

Q: Do you look into how do wotagei?

A: It’s a little tiresome too, but it’s interesting! I guess :/

The flailing glow sticks part- I want to try that!

Q: Skincare regimine?

A: Usually lotion and serum, occasionally when I get back from campaigning- if I feel my skin is dry, I’ll use a face mask. I use a spray bottle for the lotion since I don’t only apply to my face, I can put it on all over easily this way. I just brought it recently (should have got it sooner).

Q: Favorite Animal?

A: I have some tropical fish, so Fish. With the exception of bugs- I like most animals.

Q: The most sacred thing in life?

A: Fun, cute, beautiful things? Right?

This question is hard lol

Q: Your most memorable live?

A: This is such a refreshing comment! My most memorable live has to still be our recent Akasaka Blitz one man. But since we been constantly improving, Our Zepp show in December might become the most memorable! I worry like if someone get way too excited- what should I do? I worry about not knowing what to do! (This isn’t like with mixes or calls or anything like that, this is in regards to the heckling sort) But whether people quietly watch, or get hyped up for us, that is all fine! I too have had times where thing go great and I’m excessively happy! I know the feel!

[Might presumptuous, but this what I think she was trying to express with what little she actually said lol]

Q: What call out to you, which way makes you the happiest?

A: When I’m called Aoi-chan! But when I googled myself, I saw Yagawa so Yagawa Aoi-chan so now that became kind of cute when people use my full name when they tweet to me.

Q: How do you apply your make up?

A: I have pretty standard way off applying but because I’m such a pride person I don’t tell people how lol. Because my eyes are pretty narrow, I’ve gotten pretty good at doing my eyelashes and extending the area around my eyes. After I read the “To be placed into the hall of fame” Manga, Cardcaptor Sakura. I’m reading the Clear card issue too!

[Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear card is the new arc that started July 2016, it continues the series right from where it originally ended 16 yrs ago.]

Q: Your favorite word?

A: 忍耐/にんたい/Nintai [perservance]

Q: What music have you been listening to lately?

A: Hayashibara Megumi’s discography. The other I went with Koshoji and First Summer Uika to karaoke and love how cool Uika sounded singing her song and I came to like the original too!

Q: Something you want to do in the Fall?

A: For Fall clothes I want to hurry and buy some hot pink knitted stuff! lol Ocean blue and Pink I can’t really choice between, but if I really want to play helplessly innocent. I want to with pink. It’s still kind of warm so I can’t wear it yet, hurry up and cool down!!

So! If you don’t get a reply from me on twitter, it be because I addressed your question in this blog! That’s for the questions about me for now!

I’ll see you at ZeppDiverCity on Dec. 28th?

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