#good friends and a good meal

[thehalftrollscholar]

Spent the day hanging in the woods with one of my best friends, ending it with a campfire and brauts.

There really is no better way to end the day!

#camping #campfires #bonfires #best friends #good friends and a good meal #slow living #woods #unintelligible goblin noises #goblincore #just… existing

[foldingfittedsheets]

My mom has this awful friend, Cynthia. My loathing goes deep enough that I’m not even going to change her name. If she ever finds this she knows what she did.

On multiple occasions my mom asked this horrible irresponsible chicken brained woman to watch after our animals while we were away. I don’t know why once wasn’t enough, because the first failure was so spectacular that anyone in their right mind would know she couldn’t be trusted with any level of responsibility or direction following.

You might be thinking to yourself, FFS, this level of antipathy is surely unwarranted! But you’d be wrong.

To set the scene, we were living in downstairs of our house when I was about fifteen. My mom has always wanted more animals than can reasonably be kept indoors which is how we ended up with three cats. When she wanted to kick them all outside I protested, and so all three cats lived in my bedroom with no access to the rest of the house.

That really wasn’t great, so in an attempt to give them options we made a window cutout with a cat door in it to give them access to the outdoors. Looking back on this as an environmentally conscious adult it’s wretched, cats should be indoor only, but at the time I was desperate to give them some freedom because one bedroom is too small for three cats.

So my parents and I went on a week long trip to visit family out of state. We told Cynthia to come feed and water the cats, and to scoop the litter box. Most importantly, don’t lock the handle of the door, because we only have the key to the deadbolt.

I’m sure you can see where this is going.

Cynthia locked us out. We arrived home after 12 hours on the road, desperate for the comfort of our own beds. We were met with an unyielding door. With a sigh I volunteered, “I can punch in the cat door and climb in the window.”

I slipped behind the bamboo outside my window and pushed in the cutout. A horrible insidious reek wafted out at me. I paused, prickling with foreboding. But I had a job to do, and by god I’d see it through. I hefted myself up into the window and my hand immediately landed in something wet.

Skin crawling, I pulled myself up and surveyed the darkened room as a miserable odor of decay and suffering poured out of the room around me. I could see dark shapes littering the carpet and it didn’t take a genius to guess that the cats had taken up hunting in a big way during my absence.

I pulled my hand out of the pile of vomit it had landed in and dropped into my onetime bedroom turned now into a hellpit of decomposing wretchedness. I turned on the light. I wished I had not turned on the light.

My eyes scanned across the floor, tallying as they went. Two dead birds, a dead baby rabbit, five dead mice, and one dead snake. I paused on my alarm clock, perplexed to see a stain of white on it. I stepped closer and saw a furtive movement.

The tally suddenly contained also: one live bird that had shit in several places, probably in pure terror to find itself trapped in a room littered with decomposing woodland creatures, which honestly, fair. I coaxed it out the window and finished the survey with five discrete piles of vomit.

I unlocked the door and let my parents in. They exclaimed in disgust at the horrible smell. We stood together in my doorway floored by the magnitude of neglect. The unscooped litter box was a subtle footnote in the tangible reek my living space. I disposed of the parade of ecological disaster, cleaned vomit, and scooped the box after a brutally long day on the road. The cats were fine, and happy to see me. They had a huge dish or food and water so Cynthia’s neglect at least hadn’t harmed them.

Then I slept on the couch while my bedroom aired out, the windows flung wide to dispel the uneasy ghosts of the hunted. I spent the whole night cursing Cynthia’s name for this evil she’d visited upon me. When my mom asked her, "Cynthia, didn't you see the dead animals?"

Cynthia responded, "Yes, they smelled so bad, I just ran in and out as fast as I could." I fully don't believe she did any caretaking, and I'm personally of the opinion that she locked herself out on the first day and never came back.

The next day my room had returned to a habitable level of smellscape and I gratefully crawled into my bed that night. I stretched out and froze as my foot brushed something cold and wet?

The final indignity: one last dead snake, inside my very sheets.

Fucking Cynthia.

#ramblies #story #ffs foibles #keep your cats inside #but also looking back like why didn't I change my sheets #I did not have good bed hygiene instilled in me from my parents #later that lady would go on to leave a huge metal dish of dog food in the middle of the yard #despite the fact that we told her over and over not to feed the dog because he was on a diet #and I knew not to trust her so my friend was coming twice a day to feed him his portioned out meals #he gained like ten pounds in the week we were gone eating rained on mushy dog food #that fucking woman was a menace #Cynthia

[sketchz]

molly and anne!

#I wish I rendered them but poses r hard ;-; #I think they'd be good friends! #Can you imagine? Anne roping Molly into various wacky adventures in Amphibia? #also at first glance they're really different to each other #Molly is physically weak and malnourished #While Anne is athletically talented and.. not. malnourished #Molly is quiet and reserved #While Anne is outgoing and outspoken #Molly's observant and smart #While Anne's a bit dense and a bit of a dumbass #But at the end of the day #They are both self sacrificial kids shouldering too many responsibilities and burdens alone #I imagine Anne immediately personally cooked a few meals for her after hearing about her home situation #....would Sprig and Molly gain a bit of a rivalry? #Might explore ideas later or never #epithet erased #amphibia #molly blyndeff #anne boonchuy #sketchz's stuff

[kirby-the-gorb]

#kirby #daily kirby #my art #digital #hal laboratory #nintendo #guess who got the happy meal toys it's meeeeeeeeeee #(partner had a friend of a friend who happened to be in the area) #(also that guy if you see this: thanks and lmk if you want me to draw you a kirby 👍) #they're remarkably good quality considering I'm used to kids meal toys being like #a sheet of cardboard or whatever lol #the hands are even two layers of sewn fabric instead of a single layer of felt #they're very cute and nice and I love them #favorites

[pickled-flowers]

Btw yesterday I met a person named Bean who worked at a sex toys packaging factory and we ate risotto and pie

#whenever i go over to my friend Ciaran's house its always so nice and comfy #hes such a good cook and his partner is my other friend alex who is also a great cook! #like 2 years ago i spent new years eve with them and i ate the best fucking potatoes ive ever had #and walked back home drunk under the snow at midnight it was very nice #anyways everyone brought some kind of bread last night lol #host made buns #roy made focaccia and i brought maple and pecan bread because i forgor my friend is deadly allergic to nuts #so we didnt eat that lol #one of the host roomate ate with us and they won a bet on how long it would take us to bring up One Piece 😭 #one hour btw #anyways enjoy the evening through my ramblings 👍 sometimes you need to eat a full meal with only trans people around the table #oh and also the cats there were very good #theres Pascal the orange cat #hes a slick little guy #and Misha a very fluffy calico #very sweet little girl

[storge]

Did you compose this song? Yeah... Did you mention it to him? No.

Love Me, Love My Voice (2023) 1.10

#love me love my voice #很想很想你 #cdramaedit #userdramas #cdrama #asiandramanet #cdramasource #dailyasiandramas #asiancentral #tan jianci #zhou ye #mymymy #ep 10 #romanticismmmmmm #The way he always picks her songs and likes her music and just dreamy sighhhhhh #he was singing to herrrr like i cant....there is a reason i dont watch moderns often i cant handle itttttttttt #too much for my heartttt #loved this little date that was crashed lolol #trying to get on the good side of her friends and cooked for them the meal he told her he would cook for her #then stayed and played the game with them to reveal all the juicy details of their relationship #sooo goodtttttt

[thebirdandhersong]

Lol. Lol. Lol.

#this is why i didnt want to move home 😂😂😂😂😂😂 being expected to cook and do the kitchen things #and not a single person cleaning in this house except for mom!!! = also me because i cant let my mother do all the work #anyway im tired lol!!!!! and i want to live with my 2 friends in the city #and meal prep together have my own space and not be subjected to more You should exercise comments #this is weight gained from depressive stress eating mom :-) i am Stressed and im trying not to cope this way but it is a process #anyway i miss my dorm i miss seeing 40+ people at meals i miss having the privacy to sing my heart out #i miss living in a small and manageable space i miss my FRIENDS i miss that boy (this is not a positive thing to miss admittedly) #i miss living right by the coffee shop that sells the Best Sandwich Ever and a honking good lavender vanilla latte #i also miss being able to fit into my favourite jeans. this is a self inflicted issue and it annoys me #anyway i am medium miserable and there is still a HECK TON of things to do #like unpack and go to the grocery store because its my father's birthday and ive committed #to cooking birthday dinner because birthday lunch was an unfortunate flop #o yeah also i miss having access to cheap obscenely strong black tea. that kept me going through finals #im only here a month before im off to my summer job which will be Away from here!! but darn it all its going to be a Month

[skunkes]

didn't know you were a dorm warrior cheye, how' was 'd you like the experience of living away from home?

(general) unfortunately i didnt have a cawr then, and also the kitchen was communal (and had the washer and dryer units in it) so I tried to avoid being spotted in there due to the Embarrassment and Shame of being alive, so it was really not too different than living at home where my room is my entire world...just a bit more quiet and peaceful loafing.

(specific) the college i attended is surrounded by water so was nice to walk around the few times I did. I saw Raccoon in person for the first time in my life ^_^ and many smunks and osprey, pelican my best friend pelican

#skunk mail #Anonymous #there was a bus i took around several times but it never seemed worth it to go #(until i made the friends i did and we'd go on it together to the mall) but ykwim #id eat at dining hall but if they didnt have anything i wanted id have to get creative #not only bc getting to the grocery store by bus was a whole planned ordeal #but also because well id be on edge in the kitchen all the time. like please dont walk in on me making embarrassing meals. #im embarrassed. #but as a whole was good experience #those posts about how the ideal living experience is like a college dorm is true in the way that everything is close together #for ex. i liked that i had to take a long long walk to get my mail from the mail room...forced to get sun

[un-pearable]

big fan of how i completely fall apart the moment i don’t have Structure. i’ve had exactly 3 days since the end of the semester and i’m currently awake at 7am bc i just. wasn’t tired and kept reading 👍

#bad. don’t do that jay rose. #and i’m agonizingggggggggggh over anxiety related existentialism and loneliness bc half my #friends from this semester graduated and the other half i won’t have any classes with #yayyyyyy . i’m sad i genuinely had a good semester wrt in-person socializing and now it’s just. gone #in like a week my body’ll settle into like. 3am-1pm <- bad but at least consistent but first week off is always REALLY bad and i feel shitty #all the time bc of the inconsistency and not eating enough (forget to do 3 meals) :[

[luyo-mi]

Hi Lulu-san!! As promised, here's me cosplaying your butler Leona! Apologies that the color scheme is inaccurate 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️ I also had to edit my eye color cause my lens expired 🥲🥲

Unfortunately, we don't have a good pic that shows the entire outfit but here is the closest that looks presentable:

Apologies that this came in as an ask, your messages are only enabled to those accounts that you follow.

Bomus pic of me and my friend:

YA'LL LOOKK👆👆

I am simply deceased . I don’t know how I’ll ever recover from this literally

#omg look who’s finally getting around to all my ask in a month 🙂 #enough about me omg #y’all #my literal dream #has come to life #you’re cosplay is so good???.? #and scrumptious and a literal 5 course meal #it’s like biting into freshly baked garlic bread 🤌 #the ears are so fluffy looking I just wanna grab them 🤲 #you inspire me to want to cosplay as well #poses are going so hard as well aggghh #And your friend is super slaying as well #thattallpan 🍄

[yujeong]

I will probably create a gifset of White's faces throughout ep10 when I get the chance because holy shit, I can't be the only one who thought this boy was waaaaaay too calm for the situation at hand.

While alone with Fluke he was crying his eyes out, but with everybody else, he was barely making a sound. He barely flinched when Top died and he had the mental capacity to throw shade at Tee for lying to him.

White, baby, what is going on with you? How am I supposed to wait for a whole week in order to find out?

#DFF pls give me a good backstory for White I'm begging #the TeeWhite crumbs we've gotten so far are the most delicious meal I've ever eaten in my life #this back and forth in their dynamic #Tee on top of White on top of Tee #the d/s dynamics with them are driving me INSANE #cursed with second couple syndrome once again #fuck you BOC how could you? #dead friend forever #white dff #teewhite

[untouchedsoap]

okay the forgetting how much eggsy wanted to fuck harry post was like half a joke but what's not a joke is that i did fully forget that they killed roxy and jb and one of eggsy's friends in golden circle and let me tell you on my rewatch my mouth dropped

#like sorry that was a crime. i can excuse the friend who was introduced in that movie alone. i can even excuse jb as painful as that is. #i canNOT excuse killing roxy like that like. what was it for. what was it for. why does matthew vaughn hate women. #kingsman #golden circle #roxy and eggsy's friendship is so good and we got CRUMBS #and the crumbs we got were fucking delicious and now we will never have the full course meal #her helping him on his date. his encouragement of her through her fears with heights. 'good girl'???!! #like i'll never forgive it.

[soldier-poet-king]

Tattoo session officially booked for Sept 2!!! Had the hour long in person consult this morning, artist was super sweet and seemed genuinely really excited to do the project. It's a full day (8 hr) session so it's not the cheapest, but not unreasonable given artist experience, selected style, HEALTH AND SAFETY STUFF, time spent on design, etc

Like I am so fuckin nervous and almost threw up this morning but the artist was SO kind and lovely and non judgemental, of this goes well I'll want her to do my whole half sleeve tbh

#franposting #also like. it's a lot of money but ive been saving for eons and its only a tiny fraction of what i have saved #and when you compare it to like. rent prices. its like. oh. well in the grand scheme of things this isnt even half a months rent so #if i have to live with my parents im at least spending SOME of the money ive saved #esp worth paying well for health/safety and also smthn that will yknow. be on my body forever #its at the same studio a friend had work done at recently and she had a fantastic experience #so im comfortable going there #im just!!!!! #parents will be unhappy but oh fuckin well! i know i can never be good enough for them anyway #also like. go big or go home. this is a significantly sized upper arm piece to anchor my eventual half sleeve #upper arm tho so its easy coverage with a rolled sleeve cardigan during the warmer months #bc yknow. workplaces. all that bullshit #after my consult my friends came over we drank and watch part of s2 sab and bitched about terrible fantasy novels #and how from blood and ash is basically just sjm tropes but worse so ofc we have to read it for trashy bookclub #ive already been warned about all the nsff (not safe for fran) scenes im gonna have to skip lmao #but we love sitting around tipsy garbage talking mediocre books #anyway off to play bg3. tmrw is church. nonnas. grocery store(?). pathfinder #still havent meal planned whoops

[simply-sithel]

I went to Texas to see the eclipse. Saw a couple other things while I was there.

#friends! unphotographed friends were seen! a number of them! #I ate THE SAME MEAL at 3 different Torchy's - so good #road a mini train - weeee! #saw some public art - paid to see some private art #enjoyed nature #enjoyed live music #enjoyed the weather (swam!) #our AirBnB had a back yard and the back yard had a dead bird and the dead bird made me think of my Renegade homies 😂 (affectionately)

[kickthecan-revolution]

#Santa Cruz is magical. birthday friend trip. wonderful. dolphins #red tailed hawk eating a meal #surfer tribute #hugs and dancing and laughter #I made some delicious meals without anxiety #good for my soul

[seldomsee]

In the past I’ve been too intimidated by bread to try it but today I made homemade pita for the first time & it was actually so fun to make and it turned out great :)

#that’s hummus and whipped feta (both also homemade) i’ve made those before though #maybei’ll make this when my friends come to visit it’s a good meal for a lot of people :)