#vietnam wild food

[furby-organist]

> "Update from piecing together the original inquirer's comments: she's also been claiming to be a Tajik Afghan princess who escaped the Taliban! He's just now figuring out her entire life story doesn't add up! I'M-- HELLO"

#// there's some unsanitary stuff in these comments re: food tampering and I'm not gonna subject the dash to that #but if you want you can look at OP's comments on the thread. girl this escalated like a youtube comment thread. #the ones that are like 'I like this song.' 'show 337 more replies' 'the US lost the vietnam war bc of cannibal vampires you dumbass' #but like. the speed run version. I was not expecting things to wild out this quick. #hot takes with al (broadcast) #aitaposting

[reiline]

Everyone redrew this long ago, and I also wanted to . .

Shepard’s driving is fine. At least, she never had any problems with the same aircars. But heavy transport is not easy for her. She’s not physically fit enough to be able to handle some Mako with its f**king management, where not every krogan or turian will succeed. Therefore, for everyone who was “lucky enough” to ride with Shepard on a similar trough, such wild trips caused nothing but Vietnam flashbacks.

So the jokes about her driving skill went. Or rather, the lack thereof. It's about the same thing with dancing. Shepard is used to being teased and having someone tactfully offer her to take the passenger seat whenever she tries to drive, while they take the controls themselves. She'll just grumble and then give in. If they ask so much, let them drive, it's better for her.

Despite the fact that they are driving, the main one in the car is still her! So it is her who will order food at the eateries from the aircar, even if she has to bend over her driver ten times. And Garrus, as that regular driver, obviously has nothing against it ;)

#mass effect #garrus vakarian #shepard #f!shepard #shakarian #shepard x garrus #fanart #digital fanart #bioware #artist #game art #video games #sketch #redraw

[silkwhim]

Kopos Kos 🪿 for your travels

(wip content)

Kopos Kos, a proud and quickly developing nation located across what we know as Vietnam and Cambodia. The current emblem is definitely not my proudest work😓

The bird featured is a great cormorant, domesticated by our sophont wallabies (now called Walaba), used to aid in fishing to supply the Kepa-ka-o-o populations which base a lot of seafood in their diet as opposed to Walaba whom are completely herbivorous. The great cormorant represents initiative, resourcefulness and union between peoples, and is worn as a symbol of patriotism in Kopos Kos.

Kopos Kos was originally established as a farming colony, taking advantage of tropical soils and the abundance of wildlife but quickly established itself as a trade center, bringing in many Lau merchants and immigrants who began making their own settlements. The name Kopos Kos originally referred to a single town, though it is now a giant web of interconnected cities and villages across large stretches of land. By human terms it would be a country, however this concept doesn't yet exist on Beatha.

Because Walaba are herbivorous, livestock is generally uneeded in terms of meat, however domestic animals remain a common sight. The water pig, the equivalent of a Central Asian boar, is a new discovery that has been quickly integrated into agricultural life.

While many wild boars are aggressive when threatened or nervous, this domestic species tends to be docile and flees rather than fights if it comes down to it. Water pigs live in forests and jungles, preferring darker environments. Because of their excellent sense of smell, they are particularly good at locating food and water sources in areas that would be almost impossible to navigate through if you were unfamiliar with them, proving helpful to early settlers who often found the pigs near streams which lent them their name. Coincidentally, it was later discovered they have an excellent swimming ability. In Kopos Kos, water pigs are kept for their manure which is an incredibly efficient fertiliser for crops. The pigs also dig up root vegetables, and can be trained not to eat the roots and allow an owner to collect them instead. This process also aerates soil, which means automated tilling of small fields. Of course, even if they're not kept for meat, water pigs will eventually die. The skin can be harvested for leather, bones for jewellery and tools, hair for clothing and paintbrushes, etc, while the meat is sold off to Kepa-ka-o-o and Lau or used as food for meat eating domestic animals.

#Beatha #spec bio #spec evo #speculative biology #speculative evolution #digital art #art #speculative zoology #original species #this should be taken as a given but ignore what any words mean in other languages. olive oil or whatever

[justforbooks]

Long before Dave Myers, one half of the TV duo the Hairy Bikers, was hairy, or a biker, he was a cook. While still a child, he prepared family meals when his mother, a former shipyard crane driver, became so debilitated by multiple sclerosis she was scarcely able to leave her bed. “Dad and I became Mam’s carers, muddling through each day,” said Myers, who has died aged 66. “Sometimes I got out a cookbook and made a pie or a stew out of whatever ingredients we had in.”

His mother had been “a fabulous cook and was often preparing food while I played at her feet”. His father, the foreman of a local paper mill, would put little Dave on the saddle of his motorbike so he could pretend to ride. “I loved the smell of oil and machinery and rubber; just one whiff would set my pulse racing.”

But it was only half a lifetime later that Myers, after many years of working as a television makeup artist, managed to make an onscreen career by combining these two childhood passions. In 2004, when he was 45, Myers and his friend Simon King, a locations manager on the Harry Potter films, pitched their idea for a TV show focusing on motorbikes and food to the BBC. “It was midlife crisis time and you can’t have more of a midlife crisis than going off on a motorbike,” said Myers.

The show’s premise was that two burly, hirsute motorcyclists would visit foreign locales, often getting off their bikes to cook by the roadside. In the first episode of The Hairy Bikers’ Cookbook (2006), the pair motored through Namibia, stopping off to cook crocodile satay and oryx rolls.

This culinary travelogue ran across three series, taking them to Portugal, Vietnam, Turkey and Mexico, and became such a hit with the viewers that a memo circulated the BBC praising the two men for winning over “a difficult-to-reach audience”. “Basically a ‘difficult-to-reach audience’ translates as ‘normal people’,” said King.

The two self-taught cooks had a disarmingly unpretentious love of food and easy on-screen banter redolent of Keith Floyd, if less bibulous, or Clarissa Dickson Wright and Jennifer Paterson, if less posh. In a sense, Myers and King were the male northern riposte to the Two Fat Ladies. What’s more, their two fat lads were refreshing fare in the age of telegenic cooks such as Nigella Lawson or angry chefs like Gordon Ramsay.

Spin-off shows followed, including The Hairy Bikers’ Food Tour of Britain (2009), The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best (2010), The Hairy Bikers’ Mississippi Adventure (2012) and The Hairy Bikers’ Asian Adventure (2014), along with allied cookbooks and a 2015 memoir, The Hairy Bikers Blood, Sweat and Tyres.

What was the secret of their success? “We are mates, it’s not something that’s been manufactured,” said Myers. “We’re not snobby about food. We’re very happy with egg and chips, as long as it’s very good-quality eggs and good-quality potatoes. About 95% of good cooking is good shopping.”

They met by chance in a Newcastle pub in the 1990s when Myers was working there as makeup artist and prosthetics technician on an adaptation of Catherine Cookson’s The Gambling Man starring Robson Green. King, an assistant director on the project, was at the bar ordering a curry. The barman told King that if he ordered two curries he would qualify for a special offer: four poppadoms instead of one. “I just stepped up and said, ‘I’ll have the other curry’,” Myers said.

The pair cemented their friendship with road trips up the west coast of Scotland, travelling with a pan, a single-burner stove, some butter, a lemon and some brown bread. “We’d go up round Loch Assynt, up by Lochinver, and catch wild brown trout.” The idea for the television series was born from these trips.

But, while the Hairy Bikers became celebrated and their cookbooks successful, some worried that their recipes were unhealthy. Their banana French toast recipe, consisting of brioche, bananas, peanut butter and cream, was ominously dedicated to Elvis Presley. One critic suggested that their full-English shakshuka, featuring sausages, lardons and black pudding, “looks as if it should come with a diagram on how to administer CPR”.

Indeed, as their fame expanded, so did their waistbands. By 2012, Myers recalled, he was taking tablets for high blood pressure and to lower his cholesterol, and both he and King were diagnosed as being morbidly obese during a medical. He weighed 17st 12lb, with a 49in waist, while King weighed in at 19st 6lb, with a 50in waistline. “I was prediabetic; human foie gras, basically,” Myers said.

The diagnoses pushed them to make the series The Hairy Dieters: How to Love Food and Lose Weight. Both men lost 3st 7lb during filming and published their most successful series of books afterwards under the general title Hairy Dieters. “Doing it publicly was the thing that encouraged us to make it work. People admired the honesty. We sold about 1.3m copies of our first book. We learned an awful lot from it.”

The following year, 2013, Myers appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, performing a “Tartan tango” to the tune of The Proclaimers’ I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) with his dance partner, Karen Hauer, and becoming, in the words of the show’s judge Len Goodman, “the people’s champion”, winning the weekly popular vote despite sometimes low marks from judges and armchair critics deriding his “ungainly boogying”. He didn’t win, but the Hairy Biker received the longest standing ovation for, fittingly enough, a Meat Loaf-themed paso doble.

Myers, the only child of Jim and Margaret, was born in Barrow-in-Furness ( then in Lancashire but now in Cumbria) and attended the town’s grammar school for boys, where an inspirational teacher, Mr Eaton, encouraged him to develop his artistic skills. He took a fine art degree at Goldsmiths, University of London and a master’s degree in art history.

His first job was as a trainee makeup artist at the BBC. He worked there for 23 years, including a stint on Top of the Pops, before the Hairy Bikers got together. While filming the show in Romania, Myers met Liliana Orzac. “In our hotel there was a striking woman on reception. Nudging Si, I whispered: ‘I fancy her!’” They married in 2011.

In 2022, Myers announced on the podcast Hairy Bikers – Agony Uncles that he had been diagnosed with cancer. He and King made a moving return to the screen in The Hairy Bikers: Coming Home for Christmas in December 2023, in which they discussed his illness and treatment; and had filmed a new series, The Hairy Bikers Go West, which is currently screening on BBC Two, and which King described as “a celebration of a joyous and creative friendship”.

Myers is survived by Liliana and her children, Iza and Sergiu.

🔔 David James Myers, chef and television presenter, born 8 September 1957; died 28 February 2024

Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at Just for Books…?

#just for books #dave myers #Hairy bikers #in memoriam

[missmcspooks]

Zanesville's Exotic Animal Massacre

On October 18th, 2011, 50 exotic animals were released from the Muskingum County Animal Farm, free to roam and wreak havoc on the town and its civilians. When deputies later arrived at the farm, they found the owner of these precious animals, Terry Thompson, dead. 49 animals were killed by police officers, and one was never found. 

Terry Thompson was a 62 year-old Vietnam war veteran and exotic animal collector who owned a 73 acre private exotic animal farm. Around 5PM on October 18th, floods of 911 calls came in from frightened citizens about sightings of dangerous animals around the town, and law enforcement urged everyone to stay indoors and not leave their homes until they were positive that all animals were removed from the town. However, no one thought that this would turn into such a deadly massacre.

Deputies killed 18 Bengal tigers, 17 lions, 6 black bears, 3 cougars, 2 grizzly bears, 2 wolves, and 1 baboon. Thankfully, no humans were harmed during this event. However, the gravity of the situation didn’t hit until the next morning when the first responders laid out the bodies of all the deceased animals next to each other as they awaited to be loaded into a bucket loader to be transported to Terry’s farm to be buried. One monkey was never found, and is suspected to have been eaten by one of the other animals. It’s also under assumption that this monkey was carrying the Herpes B Virus, which makes his disappearance concerning. 

“It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen in my life, animals or humans. Period. The smells, the sights, everybody with tears in their eyes. I couldn’t sleep for two weeks. I couldn't stop thinking, ‘this could’ve been stopped’.”  - Tim Harrison, a retired police officer and director of the nonprofit Outreach for Animals. 

A lot of people wondered, why did the animals have to die? Why were they shot? Why couldn't they have been tranquilized and transported? The answer is sad but simple, as Dan Beetem, director of animal management at The Wilds, the zoo’s conservation park explains: 

“Tranquilizers weren’t an option because unlike in movies, they don’t take effect immediately, must be tailored to an animal's size, and aren’t guaranteed to work.” 

When authorities showed up to Terry’s farm, they found him with a gunshot wound to the head. There’s two theories to this story. Theory one is that Terry let his animals loose before committing suicide due to being in debt and his recent separation from his wife. Theory two is that his farm was invaded, he was murdered, and the killers thought they’d play a sick joke by breaking the locks on the animals cages and releasing them onto the town. I personally lean more towards the second theory, due to 6 animals still being found alive and caged inside his home. They found 3 leopards, a small grizzly bear, and 2 monkeys. If he wanted to release the animals, why would he leave these 6 other animals alone and unable to escape before committing suicide? The animals found in his home were tranquilized and taken to the Columbus Zoo. 

Terry was also reported several times for unsafe living situations for his animals. People also claimed that he didn’t provide sufficient food and water to his animals, and they would often escape his yard due to being poorly fenced, and caused damage to his neighbors property. He was also cited in the past for animal abuse and neglect. Basically, this whole situation could’ve been prevented with proper action being taken, and with better laws towards owning exotic animals. 

In 2011 it wasn’t illegal to own exotic animals in Ohio, but due to this tragedy, laws in Ohio regarding ownership of exotic animals changed in January of 2014. The state now prohibits dozens of species from private ownerships, which are also listed in the link provided: https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-935.01

These laws have been successful and many people use Ohio’s exotic animal laws as a role model for the rest of the country. 

#true story #true crime community #true crime blog #truecrime #true crime #crime #blog #blogpost #blog post #blogger #blogging #writers on tumblr #writing #writing community #animals #animal cruelty #murder #death

[demi-shoggoth]

2023 Reading Log, pt. 15

I am behind on my writeups: the last book here I read the week of Thanksgiving!

71. The Body Fantastic by Frank Gonzalez-Crussi. This book made for a surprisingly relevant pivot from Cult of the Dead, as it starts with talking about how Christianity has made a long history from denying and denigrating the flesh. This book is a miscellany of odd medical trivia and historical beliefs about the human body, from wandering wombs to the curative power of saliva. As someone who’s read a lot of medical history books, this one didn’t stand out so much to me, but it would probably be a good starting point for someone looking to learn some of the odder highways and byways of how people have thought about bodies. The author’s sensibilities are philosophical, leaning mystical, and his personality shines through. This is particularly true in matters of food and drink—he feels disgust over eating competitions having gone hungry in his youth, for example.

72. Eight Bears by Gloria Dickie. As the name suggests, this book covers all of the extant bear species, although more from a cultural and conservation perspective than evolution or ecology. The author travels around the world in an attempt to see all of the bears in the wild, or at least in local captivity (such as going to a panda preserve in China). I think the book’s strongest chapters are the ones in South Asia, where she sees how in India, humans and sloth bears are being pressed into conflict through land use, and the waning in visibility but still strong market in bear bile in Vietnam. I was also pretty surprised about the chapter closest to home—how the black bears in Yosemite National Park were outright fed by park management for decades as a tourist attraction before the realization that, wait, getting large strong omnivores used to associating humans with food is a bad decision.

73. The Delusions of Crowds by William J. Bernstein. This is an odd one. It poses itself essentially as a sequel to Charles Mackay’s Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, a book about mass hysteria and fads from the 1840s. It narrows down Mackay’s wide scope to two major domains—economic bubbles and millenialist religion, and then progresses in a roughly chronological order. The problems are two fold. One, the narrative never really draws much linkage between these two types of “delusions of crowds”, leaving the book feeling disjointed. Second, the author assumes a lot about the reader’s background in economics (possibly because he’s an economist himself), so the explanations of the exact financial chicanery involved in the various bubbles are not always fully comprehensible. I wanted to like this book a lot more than I actually did.

74. Spirit Beings in European Folklore 2 by Benjamin Adamah. The second of four volumes, this covers primarily north-central and north-east Europe. Germany, Finland and the Netherlands get the most attention. The monsters contained within include a lot of house and field spirits, as well as many variations of alps and other sleep paralysis monsters. Again, what monsters the author decides fall into his category of “spirit beings” and which ones don’t is somewhat arbitrary. Tatzelwurms and stollenwurms, for example, are listed, even when more traditional dragons are not. I also think that the author needs to be more careful with their word choice, and/or spend more time studying folklore as a whole. For example, the book talks about the spoukhoas, a ghostly hare from the Netherlands. It talks about the spoukhoas as being a “were-hare”, despite the only lycanthrope-like trait in the entry being its vulnerability to silver… which is not universal to werewolves, and only became inexorably linked to werewolves due to Hollywood. No references to being a person at all!

75. Saurian: A Field Guide to Hell Creek by Tom Parker, Chris Mansa and RJ Palmer. This is an art book, tied into the Saurian video game in which you play as a dinosaur. As such, the book takes an in depth look at the habitat represented by the game, and discusses the flora and fauna of the late Maastrichian South Dakota. The book is, of course, gorgeous. Both in terms of the dinosaur reconstructions and the landscapes, this makes a wonderful coffee table book. This might sound like an odd complain for a coffee table book based on a video game, but I do wish it had a bibliography. The book talks a lot about specific diets and habitat preferences of the animals within, and I want to have some sort of a guide to sorting out what’s supported by evidence, and what’s creative license.

#reading log #dinosaurs #paleontology #saurian #monster book #mass hysteria #economics #anatomy #history of science #bears #wildlife conservation

[gainerbf]

The One Part IV

CW: WG, FFA/BHM Relationship, Feedism, Female Feeder, Male Feedee, Burping

December 31, 2019

The Vacation

Eddie and Sydney decided to go on a cruise for their 1 year anniversary. Eddie was excited because he liked boats and the sea. Sydney was excited because room service was all you can eat. She was going to have Eddie test that.

Eddie: FINALLY!

He dropped his carry on bag and *carefully* pooled out onto the bed. Huffing and puffing from all the walking he had just done.

Eddie: That’s the most exercise I have gotten since the war

Sydney, walking out of the bathroom smirking: The..war?

Eddie: ‘Yea you know. The war. Nam.’

Sydney: ‘You weren’t alive for the Vietnam war weirdo’

Eddie: ‘But if I was then I would have gotten plenty of exercise 😌’

Sydney threw a snickers at him.

Sydney: You’re not yourself when your hungry.

He undid the candy bar, big belly puffing up and down still and ate his treat.

The walking may have been bad but the plane ride was embarassing. Eddie had gotten so big that he needed two seats. He wasn’t in the best mood because of that but Sydney knew how to calm him.

Sydney: Wait here babe.

Eddie: Where ya going?

Sydney: Just wait here…

Eddie was out immediately. He napped off the jet lag before being woken up by something that made him gasp audibly.

Surrounding the bed was food. Tons of it. Burgers. Fries. Chicken wings. Tenders. Lobster. Steak. A beverage cart. Cake. Shakes. Fudge. Pie. You name it, it was there.

Sydney: SURPRISE!

Eddie was speechless and his mouth was watering

Sydney: Yep that’s the response I expected. Welp, lets get to work!

Sydney had fed Eddie before (Obviously) but this was an extreme amount. Eddie had a huge capacity for food but this was larger than any amount of food they had tried before. Eddie got about halfway through when he finally tapped out.

Eddie: Babe I can’t fit anymore

Sydney dropped her robe. She was wearing a very revealing bikini. Her tummy accentuated by the lovely wrap skirt she was wearing which drove Eddie wild. She leaned over, pretty much teasing eddie with her big boobs in his face and said

Sydney: You know big boy…if you could eat a little more for me…I’d make it REALLY worth your while…

She dropped the bikini. Eddie started scarfing everything.

The burgers were housed. The steak was gone. The beverage cart was half empty. The cake was eaten by hand.

The bed was covered in crumbs and empty plates, leading up to Eddie sitting upright with Pillows propping him up. He was a big bloated burpy mess. Chocolate stained his mouth. He looked so gluttonous

Sydney coiled up beside him, still bare and revealing, and gave him a sensual belly rub.

Sydney: Good boy 😊

Eddie: BBUUUUURRRRRPPPPPPPPPPPPP

He got super red in the face but couldn’t help it. He was fuller than he’d ever been.

Sydney, giggling: Well I guess that’s one way to send compliments to the chef! Nice burp babe.

Eddie was in a food coma induced haze. His belly was massive. It was practically parting his legs.

They laid there, admiring eachother. A girl and her big growing boy. They peacefully slept until a knock at the door woke them.

Sydney threw on a robe and answered the door

‘Wing eating competition starts in 20 minutes! Deck floor! Everyone who wants to join in, head on over!’

Sydney laughed at her miscalculation. If she knew there was a wing eating competition, then she wouldn’t have stuffed Eddie to the brim.

Sydney: Hey babe so what do yo-…

She was dumbfounded by the sight of Eddie washing up and buttoning his 4XL shirt.

Eddie: It’s time to *uuurrrrpppppp* win a wing eating competition babe

Sydney: I. Have never been. More turned on. Than I am. In this moment. Here and now.

Eddie won the competition…by 37 wings.

Eddie, current weight: 274 pounds

#gainer diaries #the one

[jeanjauthor]

Duong successfully weaved a 30 meter long cloth, Prepare to sew your own...

Just to make it clear, this gentleman, Duong, made the entire loom by himself.  He made his spinning wheel entirely by himself.  He grew the cotton and spun it entirely by himself...and he made the metal tools entirely by himself.

Now, when I say he made the metal tools, he dug the ore, he made the smelter, he made the forge, he smelted the bloom (the de-slagged ore), he literally hammered the blades and cut and shaped the wooden handles, and even made metal nails.   Admittedly later on he did start buying metal stock & premade nails, and most of those were salvaged metals...but every tool, excepting the electricity stuff, he at least made a version of it by hand...and you can see in the hoe and the shovel and the chisel and the machete that it’s all hand-forged.

Even all the concrete is from limestone that he dug from the cliff across the river & kilned into quicklime, most of the pottery he uses is homemade and home-kilned, and the sand is literally sifted from the riverbed down below.

(His wife. Huang Hoang, will use a chainsaw and pre-made tools & equpiment, but not only is she less muscular than him, she has a different focus for her channel--farming & selling in the marketplace, along with creating herself a livable off-grid home--than what Duong has developed for his, aka creating a farm using primitive skills, aka everything from scratch that he can safely manage.)

By the way, with the exception of the generator, wires, and lighting for his home, and until he finishes this cloth, the clothes on his back...he’s pretty much made all the buildings & planted all the trees and food plants, dug & built the giant fish pond, and stocked it with wild-caught and carefully bred fish, and eveb caught & tamed wild chickens. (The pigs were bought locally, but come from wild boar stock.)  He even has a water-powered grain mill-hammer, and he had a water wheel for powering the bellows for his forge (though at the moment the waterwheel is broken and in need of major repairs).

Oh, and for those who don’t know, chickens are still living in the wilds of Southeast Asia where they originated, so yes, you can catch & tame genuinely wild chickens in Vietnam!

#youtube

[iheartmoons]

asks for you bc i’m bored

fav food?

fav drink?

fav show?

fav subject? (i feel like i already know this one but i might be wrong so)

fav snack?

comfort food?

weirdest food you've ever eaten?

most out of character thing you've ever done?

wallpaper?

if you could have an unlimited supply of one thing for the rest of your life, what would you choose?

any phobias?

is there anything you’d wait in line for a week to do, see, or get?

if you could name your brain, what would you name it?

where do you want to travel the most?

you don’t have to answer all of them or any at all if you don’t want to!! they’re very random lmao

you can answer privately too if you’d like <3

OMG HI i should be sleeping but this is more fun:

(strap in bc it turns out that i cant choose anything for the life of me, and i enjoy oversharing)

fav food: i cant….choose. being a basic bitch id say like chicken curry and rice bc idk 🧍‍♂️it’s good. but uhhh i love chinese food generally, like oh man. duck pancakes w the cucumbers and sauces and uh, the noodles and the pork and chicken and dumplings and bao buns (i am aware this sounds terrible to others, but i am drooling)

fav drink: ooh oreo milkshake, or if we’re talking standard drink from the shop, specifically fanta fruit twist (it’s also the colour i would dye my hair btw). my go-to is always generally water tho 🤭

fav show: i cant choose…. maybe like friday night dinner, she-ra, and strong girl bong soon

fav subject: english <3

fav snack: OH um. i love choc chip muffins or choc chip cookies tbh, also brownies!!!!

comfort food: any type of chicken curry and rice

weirdest food i’ve eaten: i really haven’t eaten anything weird. i don’t eat any red meat very often apart from pork, sooo idk. (i’m thinking meat wise here btw) i guess i’d say pig intestines - look it sounds bad, but if you think abt it, lots of people are eating all the other parts of the pig w/o thinking about it. my bro once ate crocodile at a farm once tho which was pretty wild (apparently it tastes like chicken)

most out of character thing ive ever done: see i cant really answer this because i’m just so different in diff situations or w diff people, but i honest to god think that it’s saying i love you to all my online friends. like. id never ever do that in real life. i find it extremely hard to show my emotions, it’s so awkward and uncomfy.

wallpaper: for a moment there i couldn’t decide whether u were asking abt my literal wallpaper or my phone wallpaper…. i’m still unsure… but my lock screen is reg and sirius, and my home screen is the marauders. and if ur asking abt my bedroom, i got lilac walls 🙈

if i had an unlimited supply of smth, what wld i choose: ohhhhhh oh. fuck idk. ummm money??? lmao 😭😭😭 maybe time with my cousin (she’s my fav person and she doesn’t live in the same city + she’s going to uni after next year so my chances of seeing her are slimming)

phobias: the ocean/any big body of water, death (big big emphasis on this one) and ummm like dolls and clowns- actually i’m scared of so many things, the list could go on and on

smth i’d wait in line to see/do/get: i’d wait in line for a hug from mitski tbh

if i could name my brain, what wld i name it: WHAT SORT OF QUESRIONS ARE THESE 😭😭 good lord. id name it the fucking universe. i had this thing when i was younger where i started this universe and kept building characters upon characters until there were hundreds and i knew each of their intricate storylines and id act them out and it was actually bad bc i couldn’t focus on anything else for literal years (there you go, big moons secret - not rlly a secret, i’ve said it before) so yes. there is an entire universe up in my brain probably.

where do you want to travel the most: i wanna go to the south of france + tokyo + venice, but i heard it’s not all that. my fav places that i’ve been to are vietnam and america which r two very different places and i adored them - vietnam more for the food and culture and surroundings, american more bc of family + tourist attractions + theme parks. so. maybe one of those wins.

#aris tag 💜 #i overshared by a mile #but at least u know me better now 🤗🤗🤗 #moonbars #might be mistakes in this but shhhh

[imreallyloveleee]

Random question and I might be mixing you up with someone else, but you did a lot of traveling around Asia recently right? What were your favorite places? Do you have any recommendations? Have a great day!

hi anon! sorry, i unintentionally sat on this for weeks. you're correct, it was me! i spent a year traveling around. more under the cut >

I visited Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, & Japan. It was wonderful. Most places we spent about a month, some we spent more like a week (Singapore, HK) and some we spent about 2 months (Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan).

It's so hard to pick favorites! Some of mine were:

Traveling around Java, the largest island in Indonesia, was a cool experience. This was last July, pretty soon after they opened post-covid, so there were not many Western tourists around, and it's interesting as a white person to be a very visible minority for once. Some of the highlights were Borobudur and Prambanan temples, which were incredible, and releasing baby turtles on a beach at a turtle sanctuary (which I'm now kind of skeptical about because I think it should have been at a different time of day for maximum turtle safety, but idk, too late now).

I also really loved Borneo. We spent most of our time on the Malaysian side, where we went scuba diving at Sipadan (amazing) and then stayed at the Kinabatangan River for a few days where we got to go wildlife spotting along the river and saw wild orangutans, which are super rare!!

Cambodia is a special place. Angkor Wat really lives up to the hype, visiting the different temple complexes in Siem Reap was one of my favorite things we did on the whole trip. It was also very heartbreaking and moving to visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh and to hear from some of the guides we had about how their own families were impacted by the genocide, or how they themselves were impacted by some of the unexploded cluster bombs dropped by the US. It's humbling, how kindly Americans are treated in ALL of these countries that have suffered greatly as a result of our government's actions.

Luang Prabang in Laos is absolutely gorgeous. Best sunsets I've ever seen in my life. It's touristy, but a nice, relaxed kind of touristy. After that we went to see the Plain of Jars out in Phonsavan, and then went up into the mountains for an overnight wildlife spotting trip, and that was our most off-the-beaten-path part of the trip for sure. Cramming with 30 people into a 12-person van for 8 hours on windy unpaved roads while the lady next to you pukes into a plastic bag then throws it out the window...turns out there are still Experiences to be had in the world, lol.

The Philippines had IMO the most beautiful beaches, and the best scuba diving. Oh my god the diving!!! We saw thresher sharks, they are so fucking cool. I want to go back.

Hong Kong was my favorite big city we visited. The Mid-Levels escalators are so fun.

JAPAN. Holy shit. Everywhere we went was beautiful, everything we ate was beautiful, everything there is just beautiful? Some of my favorite food, too. Lodging is expensive-ish, but everything else really isn't. I don't think I'd want to live there but as a visitor, just incredible.

People were so, so, so nice, everywhere we went.

I could go on and on. If you're looking for specific advice on anything, feel free to ask! I hope you're having a great day too <3

#anon #this is my asia trip tag

[not-so-rosyyy]

I was watching a video of this vietnamese vlogger explaining why she believes Vietnam is still very much a socialist country despite white leftists constantly screaming at her and her people that no, they aren't, and when she was talking about community gardens and how it's so wild to her that other countries don't have that and people can actually get arrested for growing food on empty land and how she finds it so crazy to have communitry gardens but then get angry when the hungry or the homeless take the food you're growing there because you think they're stealing from you, I just...started to cry. like a full-on sob that lasted for two whole minutes. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is how I know my period is coming soon.

[psycho-in-hate]

Foodie's Guide to Minneapolis: A Must-Try Restaurants

Minneapolis is a food lover's paradise, with a diverse array of restaurants serving up everything from classic comfort food to contemporary cuisine. Whether you're a local looking for new dining experiences or a tourist looking for a taste of the city, there are plenty of must-try restaurants in Minneapolis.

First on the list is the acclaimed Spoon and Stable. This trendy restaurant is located in the historic North Loop neighborhood and serves up contemporary American cuisine with a focus on local ingredients. The menu features a mix of classic dishes and modern twists, with an emphasis on seasonal flavors. Some must-try dishes include the pan-seared scallops with cauliflower puree, the wood-fired duck breast with wild rice, and the house-made pasta with bacon and egg yolk.

Next up is the highly-rated Tilia. This cozy neighborhood spot serves up modern American fare with a focus on seasonal ingredients and locally-sourced meats and produce. The menu features a variety of small plates and entrees, including the crispy pork belly with apple mostarda and the pan-seared sea bass with fennel and lemon. Tilia also has a great selection of craft cocktails and a well-curated wine list.

For a taste of Minneapolis' thriving international food scene, check out Saffron Restaurant. This family-owned restaurant serves up delicious, authentic Indian cuisine, with a menu featuring a variety of vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. Some must-try dishes include the tikka masala, the lamb vindaloo, and the biryani. Saffron also has a great selection of Indian beers and wines to complement your meal.

If you're in the mood for something a little more casual, check out the popular Red Cow. This neighborhood spot serves up gourmet burgers, craft beers, and cocktails in a laid-back atmosphere. The menu features a variety of toppings and sides, including bacon, avocado, and truffle fries. Red Cow also has a great selection of local and regional beers on tap.

For those looking for a taste of the Midwest, head to the Butcher and the Boar. This popular restaurant serves up classic American comfort food with a focus on locally-sourced meats and produce. The menu features a variety of dishes, including the famous bacon-wrapped meatloaf, the crispy pork belly with apple mostarda, and the house-smoked brisket. The Butcher and the Boar also has a great selection of craft beers and cocktails.

Finally, for a truly unique dining experience, check out the World Street Kitchen. This popular food truck turned brick-and-mortar restaurant serves up street food from around the world, including dishes from Thailand, Vietnam, and Mexico. The menu features a variety of small plates, entrees, and sandwiches, including the famous Yum Yum Rice Bowl, the Banh Mi Tacos, and the Chiang Mai Curry Noodles.

Minneapolis is a food lover's paradise, with a wide variety of restaurants that offer everything from classic comfort food to contemporary cuisine. Whether you're a local looking for new dining experiences or a tourist looking for a taste of the city, there are plenty of must-try restaurants in Minneapolis. From the trendy Spoon and Stable to the cozy Tilia, to the authentic Saffron Restaurant and the casual Red Cow, there's something for every taste and budget in Minneapolis.

#MinneapolisArts #MinneapolisOutdoors #MinneapolisEvents #MinneapolisCulture #MinneapolisBoutiques #MinneapolisFarmersMarket #MinneapolisFoodScene #MinneapolisNeighborhoods

[tallulahowens]

INTRODUCING 𝒯𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓊𝓁𝒶𝒽 𝒪𝓌ℯ𝓃𝓈

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Ally here again! This time with my Texas sweetheart & former Miss America 2009, Tallulah Owens

STATS;

Full Name: Tallulah Jean Owens

Nicknames: Tully, Tul, Lou

Age: thirty-nine

DOB: May 1st

Height: 5’7

Preferred pronouns: she/her

Parents:  John Owens (father), Suzanna Owens (Mother)

Siblings: two older brothers and two younger ones (potential connections perhaps??)

Birthplace: Dillon, Texas

Occupation: Former Miss America, Philanthropist

Sign: Taurus

(+) ; resilient, reliable, kind, organized

(-) ; materialistic, perfectionist, has a rebellious side

Sexuality; heterosexual, bi curious

Character inspo; caroline forbes (vampire diaries), gabrielle solis (desperate housewives), vivian ward (pretty woman), lyla garrity (friday night lights), rebecca pearson (this is us), rayna james (nashville)

HISTORY;

TW drinking, husband death, domestic violence mention Tallulah Jean Owens wasn’t supposed to make it out of Dillon, TX let alone become the belle of the South. From the moment she was born, the odds were stacked against her, a beautiful wild flower born into a family of chaos. She was the only daughter of four unruly brothers. Her daddy was the local drunk, unable to cope with his time spent in Vietnam while her Momma was a failed pageant queen turned hairdresser making minimum wage. The Owens were trouble, trailer trash, and broke as hell with too many mouths to feed. But Tallulah was their meal ticket. Like her brothers, she had a wild soul but her natural beauty seemed to surpass it all. She was taught to wave and smile, wow the crowd with just the bat of her lashes. By the time Tallulah was six, she was entered into pageants all over the state. At first as a last resort, and to appease her mother’s failed dreams, and then because the girl actually had a knack for the stage and her winnings kept food on the table. Even if she was the dime store contestant draped in her mother’s repurposed hand-me downs while her competitors were dolled up by the pros and donned the latest fashion trends, there was something about the little girl in bedazzled riding boots hidden beneath layers of tulle that judges couldn’t get enough of, a quality that couldn’t be bought and one that earned Tallulah sponsorships that took her all the way to the big show. Tallulah went on to become Miss Teen Texas, Miss Teen America, Miss Texas three years in a row, and at long last the most coveted prize in the Beauty Pageant World. She was twenty- five when she secured her Miss America 2009 crown and caught the eye of James Calloway, cowboy casanova and heir to the Texas oil fortune. It didn’t matter that she may have been sort of into a guy she grew up with or that James would eventually urge to quit the pageant circuit. The family had old money, the kind that demanded respect and bought them class and prestige not to mention summer homes on the coast. Tallulah was no fool to pass that up. For a while, it was magic and they were in love. All roses and champagne, whirlwind rendezvous, and summers on the coast (the Cape May house was always Tallulah’s favorite). Much like the judges, the Calloways loved her, too. Church bells rang not long after she finished her Miss America tour, and they were married in the most lavish country wedding Texas had ever seen. Tallulah not only had a platform now, but access to more wealth she could wrap her head around. At James’ request, Tallulah retired from the pageant circuit to become his trophy wife and raise their daughter. She focused on her philanthropy specifically helping veterans return to civilian life after war, ran the junior league, mentored pageant girls, and was a prominent figure at the country club. From the outside, it all seemed perfect, but there were cracks in this Barbie and Ken, ones that Tallulah occasionally had to hide behind large designer sunglasses. Whiskey and jealousy were to blame, and eventually it got the better of her husband. There’s a certain mystery surrounding the specifics of his death. A part of Tallulah blames herself, that she didn’t stop him when he took the keys to the Mercedes three sheets to the wind. But in the end, she got everything. Widowed three years, Tallulah now resides in the Cape May house she inherited with her twelve year old daughter. She hopes to maintain a quiet life, use the Calloway money to grow the many charities she is involved in, and of course, for world peace. (tldr; church bells by Carrie Underwood gives you a pretty good gist. she’s straight out of a country song)

AESTHETICS;

Million dollar pageant smiles and practiced princess waves, bedazzled riding boots beneath layers of tulle skirts, glittering tiaras under a confetti explosion, cowgirl boots filled with flower bouquets, blue jean queen, country songs,1 oz whiskey 3 parts champagne, barefoot on the beach, oversized sunglasses, white cable knit sweaters, sipping sweet tea out of mason jars on a wrap around porch, more denim, and a fading butterfly tramp stamp

PERSONALITY;

RESILIENT (+): No matter what was thrown her way, broken family, alcoholic husband, daddy issues, Tallulah learned, for better or for worse, how to pick herself up from her riding boots and put on that million dollar smile of hers and wow the crowd. GENEROUS(+): Miss America gave Tallulah a platform and she was recently given access to her late husband’s fortune, so she certainly intends to use it all for good. She is very focused on her philanthropy, specifically helping veterans return to civilian life after war, running the junior league, mentoring prospective pageant girls, and being a prominent figure at the country club and her daughter’s school. MATERIALISTIC(-): Being thrust into the world of pageants at a young age, Tallulah can be superficial at time.s She loves keeping up with the latest fashions and treating herself to a spa day here and there, not to mention the newest pair of Jimmy Choos. REBELLIOUS SIDE (-): Tallulah has a wild soul, one that was tamed at an early age for the pageant circuit. But growing up in Texas Tallulah always had her horses and riding made her feel free. She’s a down home girl at heart who loves a good dive bar, and can shoot whiskey like the best of ‘em. And don’t even get her started at billiards.

HEADCANNONS;

The talent portion was always her favorite part of pageants because she got to let her wild soul show a bit more. Her talent was horseback riding. She now  keeps her horses at her Texas property. They are always the first she goes to see when she visits home. Marigold is her prized horse.

She did actually love James, and it kills her to think that she could love someone with demons like his. She can still picture the first day she met him, posted up against the record machine in some dive bar they wouldn’t have been in. Naturally, she blew him off at first, but he was persistent and she liked that about him.

Still toying with this one BUT I like to think Tallulah wasn’t directly involved in James’ death but it was orchestrated by someone close to her (a brother, her mother, father?? close friend etc.) because they knew she’d never leave him and she deserved better. something along those lines. Potential connection perhaps?

Though Tallulah grew to become eloquent and poised, her southern drawl always comes out when she is angry, upset, or is passionate about something.

She has a 12 year old daughter named Miranda. Tallulah is that mom who’s super involved in the school, junior league, etc. and would do anything for her baby. She calls Miranda her little lucky charm.  

WANTED CONNECTIONS;

coming soon.

#cape.intro

[patreontoken]

Saola

Website

Facts

In the two decades after its discovery, the fascinating saola, sometimes known as the Asian unicorn, has remained a mystery. In captivity, there are none, and this rarely seen species is already critically endangered. Only four times has saola been categorically documented in the wild by scientists.

STATUS: Critically Endangered

POPULATION: Unknown

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pseudoryx nghetinhensis

HEIGHT: Average 33 inches at the shoulder

WEIGHT: 176-220 lbs

HABITATS: Evergreen forests with little or no dry seaso

The saola was discovered in north-central Vietnam in May 1992 during a joint survey conducted by the Ministry of Forestry of Vietnam and the World Wildlife Fund. When the team discovered a skull in a hunter's cabin with unusually large, straight horns, they recognized it was something special. The discovery was one of the most dramatic zoological discoveries of the twentieth century, as it was the first huge mammal discovered in more than 50 years.

Two parallel horns with pointed points, which can reach 20 inches in length and are seen on both males and females, distinguish Saola (pronounced sow-la). They are a cousin of cattle with antelope-like horns, and their name means "spindle horns" in Vietnamese. Saola have eye-catching white markings on their faces and big maxillary glands on their muzzles, which they may use to indicate territory or attract mates. They can only be found in Vietnam and Laos' Annamite Mountains.

Why They Matter

The exact number of people who remain is uncertain. Because of its rarity, uniqueness, and vulnerability, it is one of the region's top conservation priorities. The present population is estimated to be a few hundred at most, and probably as few as a few dozen at the most.

The saola is a significant emblem for biodiversity in Laos and Vietnam, with its exceptionally tall horns and white markings on the face.

Habitat Loss

Saola are being forced into smaller spaces as forests are cut down to make way for agriculture, crops, and infrastructure. The increased pressure from the region's quick and large-scale infrastructure is fragmenting saola habitat. Conservationists are concerned that this may provide hunters easy access to the saola's once-untouched habitat, potentially reducing genetic variety.

Hunting

Snares set in the forest for wild boar, sambar, or muntjac deer frequently catch Saola. Snares were set up by local villagers for subsistence and crop protection. The demand for traditional medicine in China, as well as restaurant and food markets in Vietnam and Laos, has led to a tremendous surge in lowland people hunting to supply the illicit wildlife trade.

Website

#saola #animals #animal welfare #animal #animal protection #save the environment #save the planet #nature protection #nature welfare #nature #vietnam #laos #china #wildlife

[allthingsvegan]

"The commercial wild meat trade is emptying forests in Africa and around the globe. Studies show that bushmeat consumption threatens more than 300 species of terrestrial mammals with extinction. Hunters target 200 species in the Amazon Basin, amounting to more than a million tons of meat annually. In Asia, rising demand in cities has created a booming market. In Vietnam, affluent men want wild meat as a way of signaling prestige and gaining social status, according to studies published during the past decade. In Madagascar, lemurs, which draw tourists from around the world, also appear on dinner tables in rural households. A shift to luxury consumption in cities, where bushmeat sells for twice the price, could threaten the survival of certain lemur species.

Wild meat can be found even in major European and U.S. cities. In 2019 the U.K.’s Border Force, the agency that secures the country’s ports, seized more than 2,200 pounds of wild meat, including chimpanzee and giraffe, from travelers entering the country. During the Christmas season in 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport confiscated more than a hundred pounds of wild meat in one week."

#nationalgeographic #vegan #veganism #other #wildlife

[the-al-chemist]

Happy FFWF! Artemis' dream road trip, so to speak? [ellie-e-marcovitz 😊]

Happy FFWF! 🧡 Artemis is one of my more widely travelled OCs. Exploring new places is one of her favourite things to do, and here’s a selection of her top picks…

London - Artemis grew up in London, and it will forever feel like a sort of home to her. She’d recommend Camden, Notting Hill, and Soho.

Prague - I went to Prague earlier this month. Artemis has decided that she would like to live there. What Artemis wants, she invariably gets. She’s a bohemian now.

Istanbul - Artemis’ second placement during her Gringotts training was in Turkey, and she visited Istanbul for one weekend during her time there. She adored the Grand Bazaar. And the Baklava. Yum.

Southern Spain - Artemis would particularly recommend Sevilla for the tapas and flamenco, but she also liked Cadiz, the beaches, and the Alhambra.

Morocco - it’s not hard to get across to Morocco from the south of Spain, as Artemis discovered during her time there. She loved Marrakech and Chefchaouen, but the highlight was getting to ride on a camel, so she would suggest doing that. You can also get more baklava.

Peru - Artemis spent three months here during the summer/autumn of 1992. She loved Macchu Picchu and the rainbow mountain, but more than anything, she loved the alpacas.

Vietnam - her favourite place in South-East Asia. It was here she developed a taste for spicy food, and has since destroyed the tastebuds of almost anyone she has ever cooked for. She found it difficult to choose a favourite place in Asia (beaches and good food are Artemis’ favourite things) but the lantern city of Hoi An tipped the scales in Vietnam’s favour.

Transylvania - Artemis met a vampire here once. Also, after spending a year living in the Carpathian Mountains, she has a soft spot for the Romanian countryside.

Ireland - Artemis went to Dublin when she attended the wedding of Barnaby Lee and her former Quidditch teammate Ellie Hopper in Ireland. Other former teammate Lizzie Jameson happened to be doing the same thing, and she and Artemis had a very fun spontaneous night out, fuelled by Guinness and shots. Artemis has returned to Dublin a few times since, she loves the bustle of the city, its lively bars and good music. @thatravenpuffwitch @lifeofkaze

Norway - Artemis wasn’t in a position to fully enjoy Norway on her first visit in 1997, but has since returned and appreciated it more. She would recommend the island of Svalbard for the Northern lights, the fjords of the countryside, and the Viking town of Skalafell. Just try not to take some of its inhabitants too seriously. @kathrynalicemc

USA - after years of estrangement, Artemis actually visited some of her American relatives in the noughties. She loved California, especially the beaches on the West Coast, the vineyards in the North, and Yosemite National Park. She’d go back there again. Her favourite place in the States was Hawaii, however.

Mexico - again, go for the food. Stay for the festivals - particularly the Day of the Dead and the 5th of May.

The one place Artemis has never been but is desperate to go is Madagascar. She’s seen lemurs at the zoo before, but never in the wild.

#artemis hexley #happy ffwf!