#I do make really good fried eggs though. Never break the yolk reach the perfect balance between firm whites and runny yolk

[20dollarlolita]

Getting started in lolita fashion: what is a coord and how do we build them?

First of all, and this will become relevant: I am allergic to shellfish. Keep that in the back of your mind.

So you're interested in wearing lolita fashion? That's super cool! It's a really fun fashion to wear, and a really cool community to be a part of.

One of the things that's really cool about lolita fashion is the way that it's structured, and the "rules" of lolita outfits. A lot of mainstream fashion tends to have a sort of general look that you're trying to reach, lolita fashion has some very specific requirements for what should be present in a lolita look. It's a little bit less like how we think of punk fashion, and a bit more about how we think of white tie attire.

Before you bitch about the rules, I just want to say that, once you start following the rules, you'll learn how to effectively break the rules. But you want to start out by using the rules to help you make a look. You can think of it like training wheels on your bicycle when you learned how to ride it. It's also like how the first thing you ever cooked was probably Top Ramen or mac and cheese, and probably wasn't traditional chocolate eclairs or egg yolk ravioli. I want to be nice and welcoming to new people in the fashion, but I also want to be really honest here, because lying to new people doesn't help them. So here is my first piece of tough love: Don't bitch about the rules. Just learn to follow them.

And remember the other rule, and keep this very close to your heart. You're allowed to love looks that you make that aren't lolita. Even if you attempted lolita, and it didn't make the mark, if you love that look, then you love that look. You can be proud of it, and you can wear it, and you can love it. All the love in the world won't make it lolita, but that doesn't mean it can't be loved.

You're allowed to have fashion interests outside of lolita. That's okay.

So let's talk about a lolita outfit. A complete lolita outfit is called a coordinate. It's often shortened "coord" or occasionally "co-ord", though that second phrasing is falling out of fashion.

One of the first things to note is that your first coord will not be perfect. It might even not be good. But it's important that you try to make it a complete coord.

This is not about how to make sure that the elements of your coordinate go together, or how to dress certain ways for certain styles. This is just identifying the components of the lolita coordinate.

This is also a good thing to run past when you're building a coord and think it's almost done. Did you have items 1-7 on it? Can you add them, or at least a thing to indicate that you understand you should have something?

The seven main components of a lolita coord are 1) skirt, 2) petticoat, 3) not shoulders, 4) headgear, 5) socks, 6) wrists, and 7) the rest. In your coordinates, you will want to check all seven of those boxes.

You will want to include all seven of those components, even if you know that what you're putting in that category isn't all that perfect. If you don't have a good headpiece, it will look better to have a less-than-ideal one than it will be to go without one.

Why? Well, let's talk about my shellfish allergy. I can't eat it. At all, period. End of story. My friends and I invite each other over to dinner pretty frequently. One time, I had a friend who had carefully prepared a dinner that she thought was safe for me, but that had scallops in it. She didn't realize that scallops were shellfish, having never seen them not frozen in a bag or prepared on a plate. She was very apologetic, and offered me the other food in her house. Best Ling Ling potstickers and fried Spam I've ever had, btw. I had another friend who cooked shrimp tacos and told me I could just pick out the shrimp (not how food allergies work, btw) because she wanted shrimp tacos. The short version of a long story is that I still eat at friend #1's house, and don't eat at friend #2's house, or really hang out with them anymore. I couldn't eat either meal, but the fact that friend #1 put effort into keeping the food accessible for me means that they earned the right for me to give them a second chance.

Or, if you want a shorter version, putting something IN the checkbox for your coord, even if it's not perfect, tells people who want to help you that you know something should be in that check box. Trying and failing is better than no effort.

So let's talk about what those check boxes are:

disclaimer: these collages are meant to illustrate a point and to make this look pretty. They are not intended to be a representation of the absolute best that lolita could be.

1] Skirt. The main lolita fashion look requires a skirt. Usually this is somewhere in the general area of your knee. You can go a little above or below that point, but knee-length is a good general idea. The skirt has to have enough volume to put your pettioat under, and it needs to start somewhere in the general area of your natural waist. These rules apply both to a standalone skirt, and to the skirt part of a dress.

The skirt is usually one of the parts that is hardest--bordering on impossible--to find in a normal, non-lolita store. If you're buying a premade skirt, it's very likely that you'll need to shop at a place selling skirts specifically for lolita.

The general gathered rectangle skirt we use in lolita fashion is also pretty easy to make yourself, if you want to get into DIY lolita.

2] Petticoat. The lolita silhouette requires the skirt to have a pretty specific shape, and that shape comes from the skirt being supported by a petticoat. Once you know that you want to wear lolita for more than just one coordinate, you will want to get a good petticoat that's made to be the proper shape for your looks. You'll wear a petticoat with all your lolita looks, so it might be worth it to buy a nice one.

I know that having a good petticoat when I started really helped me get into handmade lolita, because the good petticoat made what I made look all that much better.

However, when you're starting, it's a good idea to try to have SOME kind of petticoat. A small petticoat is going to look better than nothing, and it shows that you know what you need to do. I actually have a petticoat I got from Spirit Halloween at the end-of-season clearance, and I get a lot of use out of it. It's nice for wearing under other petticoats, for just a little bit of extra volume. I also wear it under my hooped petticoat, for just a little bit of extra modesty.

3] Not Shoulders. Blouse, cardigan, bolero, sleeves on your dress SOMETHING. It's really hard to pull off a lolita look with bare shoulders. You'll see coords from really hot locations where people go blouseless, but it's still tough to pull off. I'm in a location where it gets very hot, and I've found that sheer blouses are very nice, and allow me to have more flexibility in other areas of my look.

Am i just lazily using the premade templates instead of actually trying? the answer might surprise you

4] Headgear. Put something on your head. It can be a bow or it can be a hat, or it can be a lot of other things, but you want to put something on your head. If your coord's not yet complete and you're just trying it on to get some feedback, tie some ribbons in your hair or something else to indicate that you understand that this is a necessary part of the look. You want to incorporate your whole body into your coord, instead of having a coord that stops at your neck. Your face is important, and you want it to feel like it's part of the look, so continue the lolita details up into your head.

My favorite fast addition to a coord is to get little ribbon bows from the children's hair accessory sections of outlet stores. They come on clips, and you can easily slide them into your hair. I'll usually add them even if I already have a hair accessory.

5] Socks. Or tights. Basically, you want to cover your ankles somehow. Once again, this is about continuing the detail down to your lower body.

Lolita theming is based a lot on the concept of modesty, and in the past that meant covering your entire legs. We've gotten more open about shorter socks in recent times, but you still want to have something to show that you recognize that element of your look.

6] Wrists. This is again about incorporating your entire body into your look. Having something that ties your hands back into your coord is important. We use our hands to communicate our feelings and interact with the world, so we want to incorporate them into our coordinate.

I used to be really bad about leaving wrists uncovered, because I have issues with jingling things or scratchy things on my hands. I recently found that I handle stretchy bracelets pretty well, so it only took me 11 years to figure out the best way to incorporate my wrists into my look. These are nice and really quite cheap, and the background image up there is my collection of non-jangly stretchy bracelets.

7] The rest. So, one of the most important things that builds the lolita look is that it's so much beyond what mainstream fashion is. Every detail in lolita has details in the details, so you don't want to just stop with checking the main 6 boxes. You want to find things to bring your look to be a little bit extra beyond the base expectations. Can you add some jewelry? Can you add some extravagant (but coordinating) makeup? What can you do to dress up your hair? What can you do to dress up your hands? What can you add to make this just a little bit more? Do you have a bag that matches? Do you want to do your nails to match? You don't always need to go 100% extra, but adding just a little additional thing every time you can is nice. Remember, it's a lot harder for a coord to have too many details, versus too few.

Okay but what about shoes? I'm assuming that, if you're going out, you're going to be wearing some shoes. Despite what Madison says, you shouldn't wear stiletto heels with lolita. You also shouldn't wear flip flops. But I assume you own shoes and this is a beginner guide, so just use your best judgement.

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Something that I've been having fun with recently is building fake coords. I take an online photo collage generator (I've been using this one because it doesn't make you pay), take a theme, and then try to build a coord collage using that theme. I had my non-lolita friends suggest themes:

Really expensive pedal harp.

the Jungle Cruise

SPACE!

And, possibly why you shouldn't ask your normie friends for lolita prompts:

Coal Miner.

Anyway, these are really fun, because you can select photo collage templates that have more than seven slots. This means that, once you've selected your dress, blouse, socks, headdress, etc, you still have spaces you need to fill in with extra ideas. This requires you to build a coordinate that's beyond the bare basics. It requires you to think of what additional things you can add, and forces you to articulate what you think lolita fashion should look like.

Making your own collage coords is also free, and allows you to more easily talk to people about what your ideas in lolita are. If you show people what you're thinking, prior to committing to purchasing it, it can save you a lot of money. Also, it's a free exercise, and you can just make a thousand of them. Practice is fun! It lets you be able to talk to people who wear lolita. Make some coords!

#20dollarlolta #beginner lolita #lolita coordinate #long post #lolita fashion #handmade lolita #beginner guide #egl fashion #this post took me three hours and this is the 5th attempt to make it

[rosalynbair]

As Always | AO3 | Masterlist | Buy me a coffee | 

Words: 1824

Warnings: angst (oops?), a loving marriage, honestly a bit painful, injuries, death, I haven’t written in literal months so sorry ya’ll - i’m rusty. Don’t read past the ~ if you want this to end happily

Coffee filtered through the machine, the rough hiss of the coffee pouring into the pot joining the repetitive clunk from deep within the old coffee maker. The sizzle of the eggs as they meet the hot pan echoes in your ears.

The soft light of the street lamps glowed through the front window above the sink, the sky only barely beginning to lighten up from the deep black of night to the milky grey of the cold Colorado winter mornings. A figure walks down the sidewalk, passing the fading yellow bungalow on Washington street that housed a detective and his girlfriend.

The bundled up person pauses by the white fence surrounding the front yard, the shadow of their dog moving along to sniff at each piece of wood before moving along to the next house. A smile tugs at your lips, the wooden spatula in your hand sliding carefully under the egg and flipping it over so not to break the yolk.

Rhiannon plays through the old radio by the fridge, mixing with the static of the fading effort of the speakers. The gravelly voice of Stevie Nicks keeping you company in the quiet kitchen. Your hands were cold on the handle of the spatula, the cool air seeping in the edges of the window that really should have been replaced in the summer.

You set the utensil down, reaching up to turn the stove dial off as you lift the pan up off of the glowing red burner. You pick it back up again, sliding it under the egg and setting it onto a plate that already held two pieces of toast and fried potatoes that were left over from dinner the night before.

The sound of running water cuts off from the bathroom down the hall, replaced instead with the scrape of the rings holding the shower curtain across the metal bar it hung from. Small thumps and a slight curse told you that Flip would be out in a few minutes.

Your movements are almost fluid with the routine that was followed almost on a daily, the bend to grab the two dishes beside the door leading to the living room, setting one on the counter as you dumped and filled the other with fresh water before setting that one down and taking the other and filling it with the dry kibble from the bag under the sink. You grab the other once more and return them to their places by the door.

The bathroom door groans in protest as it’s opened, the top of the door catching on the frame. The light is flicked off, the elongated shadow of the man you shared a home with disappearing from the hardwood floors of the hallway.

“Go get your mom.” Flip grumbles out, his voice still a few octaves deeper than his usual baritone.

With the small command, you hear the gentle clicks of nails along the floor. Moments later, the large dog that had pushed his way into the family padded into the small kitchen. His shiny brown and black coat stood out against the soft green of the walls, his deep eyes meeting yours as he approached you.

You sink down, letting him push his head into your hand. Your thumb rubs the front of his ear where the grey was beginning to come in and show Gryphon’s true age. The seven years of service in the Colorado Springs Police Department had taken a toll on his joints, his movements slowing down to a slow jog on his good days.

You stand once more, your pants releasing slightly around your thighs. Gryphon turns as Flip joins the two of you, his hair still damp and shining under the yellow glow of the light. You smile at the tall man that claimed ownership to so much space in your life, tilting your face upwards as he comes closer to you.

His lips settle on yours in a comfortable yet gentle greeting. His hand rests on your hip while yours reaches up to settle on the flannel covered bicep.

“Good morning.” You breathe, separating your lips from his.

“Morning.” He mumbles, dark brown eyes searching your face with an expression and emotion reserved only for you.

“I made breakfast.” You tell him, stepping away and turning to grab the two plates from the counter. You pass by him, setting them down onto the the table.

“As always.” Flip comments.

“As always.” You repeat, turning away and returning to the counter where two matching mugs of coffee sat waiting to be had. The steam rose from the mug and danced into nothingness through the still air of the morning. They were hot in your hand, the heat radiating from the ceramic dampening your hand with sweat.

You push one of them towards Flip, a loud groan of the unglazed bottom of the mug against the wood table echoing through the distance between you.

The moment you were both seated, Gryphon buries his muzzle into his food bowl.

It’s quiet between the two of you, very few words were spoken in the morning. It was always quiet before Flip left for work in the early shifts. It was an unarranged agreement that nothing serious was to be said, only gentle love exchanged as the sun rose over the horizon. An arrangement that kept emotions safe in case of the worst possible outcome of Flip’s profession. No arguments or harsh words before he leaves, no regrets if he didn’t come home that night.

As breakfast was finished and the last drop of coffee was gone from the mugs, Flip stood and collected the dishes, setting them in the sink.

With a quick glance to the clock, he releases a sigh and turns towards you. “I’ll do the dishes tonight when I get back.”

“It’s alright.” You respond, tucking your chair in under the table before leaving the kitchen to the front door where Flip’s holster hung from a hook beside his keys.

The leather was soft and worn in your hands, a perfect fit to Flip’s muscles as you helped it onto his shoulders and back. Your fingers worked the buckles easily, another small routine that had come about in the years you had been together.

Your fingertips trace over the leather once more as Flip reached and grabbed his keys, tucking them into his pocket before pulling on his old but well loved jacket. His lips met yours in another gentle kiss, his head tilted ever so slightly so his nose wasn’t shoved against yours.

“I love you.” He says, the sleep fading from his voice.

“I love you.” You respond with the sweetest of smiles. “Come home safe.”

“Always do.” Flip chuckles.

He straightens up, pressing his lips between your brows. His figure fades into the gentle glow of the morning, the sun barely peeking through the milky clouds.

The truck is loud as it goes down the street, fading ever so slightly as you shut the door and turn back to where Gryphon was now laying in the hall.

“C’mon old boy.” You say, grabbing the faded red leash from the hook.

~

There was nothing different throughout the day. No indication that anything was out of the ordinary. No breaking news over the radio, no distant sirens through the city.

Everything was calm, still. A reflection later on the day would give you an uneasy feeling low in your stomach. The pain doesn’t hit at first.

There’s a shock that radiates through your body at the news, words you had never prepared yourself to hear. You should have prepared yourself, even if you hoped that it would never happened, you hadn’t had the thought that Flip would lose his life on the job since the first year he became a detective. He was too good at his job to ever actually get hurt.

The team was at your door to escort you to the hospital, the captain already there to fill out paperwork for you.

There were no dry eyes, no cheeks that weren’t stained with tears.

Every stage of grief was shown as you stepped into the waiting room that was filled with dark blue uniforms. Denial, anger, acceptance. It all radiated around you. You were numb, though anxiety flew through your lungs with each breath, each step towards where Phillip Zimmerman was resting on a heart monitor.

It was already agreed, he had made the arrangements long before meeting you that he didn’t want to stay if the only thing keeping him there was a machine. There was silence as the doctor began to shut everything down, the loud beeps falling into nothing.

No words were spoken until his casket was lowered.

Teary eyed goodbyes and condolences given to you by the other wives that weren’t picturing Flip in the box, but rather their husbands instead. Gratefulness shown in their eyes when they held hands with their partners. At least it didn’t happen to them.

Gryphon wouldn’t leave your side. The dirt now covering him, his mother holding your hand as the workers left the site. Their jobs done for the day. They wouldn’t be back until spring came and they could lay sod and new grass.

He lay beside his father, long gone from age and a bad heart after years in the force. Both leaving the women who loved them more than anything else.

“It will take a long time to adjust.” His mother says softly, her voice hoarse with loss. “You’ll forget that he’s gone sometimes, you’ll set out a plate on accident, you’ll call him for dinner. You’ll cry every time. You’ll lose touch with the team. But it’s all a part of it. I love you sweet girl.”

She kisses your cheek, her tears mix with yours until she pulls away. “I’ll see you at the house.” she tells you. “Stay as long as you need, I’ll make sure everything is fine at the reception.”

“Thank you.” You whisper, squeezing her hand before letting it go.

You don’t notice her leave, or the chill that came to the air as the sun lowered in the sky. The sky darkened and your hands shook. Though you looked almost like a statue with how long and still you stood there at the base of the mound of dirt.

The stone with his name etched into it seemed too nice, too clean. Too perfect. Under his name were the dates you would now remember and dread every passing year. His photo sketched into the tan marble, his smile permanently shown for all who would pass him.

Your muscles protested as you turned away, tears gathering on your lashes as you tugged Gryphon slightly to get him to come along to the truck. Your guests were waiting for you, to share stories with you, to try to help you grieve while also coming to terms with their own pain.

#flip zimmerman #flip zimmerman imagine #flip imagine #angst #ros writes #rosalynbair

[jaredreitzin]

Food preparation - Improv Cooking or perhaps Cooking Without A Internet

Preparing food - Improv Cooking or Cooking Without A World wide web

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Puddings instructions A difficult process to help solve because of typically the wide range of food items which might be called puddings. #3 Understand the Relationships involving Aroma, Flavor, Texture in addition to Colour The relationships associated with bouquet, flavor, texture as well as colouring are possibly typically the most important aspect of enhanc cooking. In order intended for just about any dish to always be cooked very well, the food must be entire. That must appeal to almost all the feels completely and with harmony. Webster's Thesaurus describes these elements inside the following way; Aroma : A pleasant characteristic smell Quality - the flavor experience if a savory sauce is obtained into the actual mouth Texture - Typically the distinctive physical composition or maybe structure of something, specifically with respect to the actual size, shape, in addition to option of its pieces. Color - That area of stuff that is caused simply by differing qualities of typically the light mirrored or emitted by these people. To make all of this work inside harmony is no small task. Whether from recipes as well as you're imaginations it's the crux regarding all cooking. To ignore or diminish anyone these elements would result inside a food that's certainly not complete. And by contrast, to enhance or over emphasize everyone of these types of elements as well will result in a meal that is down balance and probably not incredibly appealing. So how carry out you know once you acquire it right? Is there a food or program of measuring these components that can insure all the pieces of the puzzle tend to be in area? No, an individual just know with regards to works. Even though the equilibrium of the elements is important, the right respond to will be up to you. Allow your home go along with become the meal or even as was first mentioned in Caddyshack "Be often the ball! " Let your personal sensory faculties tell you what's happening because pot or perhaps pan. Smell, taste, appearance and even focus on typically the food as it wanna-be cooks. Within the great story to be able to tell if you let that. #4 Learn the Art of Backing Very few things all of us cook stand-alone. Even the actual almost all well-crafted stew or perhaps broth becomes even far more complete in addition to interesting by what it is served with. The gamut involving choices can range via aspect dishes to assaisonnement for you to beverages and even to the personal choice of lighting or music. In reality there are too many alternatives go over in detail. The particular best way to technique this kind of dilemma is to help first be familiar with goal. Due to the fact there are huge locations these as well, a simple lunch break for a pair of suggests a different range of choices from a large family gathering or a good elegant supper. Throw this kind of into the combination along with your own degree of capability or relaxation with particular techniques in addition to dishes as well as well I think you get my point. Perhaps the finest way to be able to approach that step towards Improv Cooking food is to begin along with everything you know, because only as the ideal accompaniments can easily make a meal, a bad ones can just while simply destroy it. #5 Cook With Others "One can acquire everything in solitude other than character. micron Stendhal, About Love, 1822 Unlike jazz music, comedy or perhaps any of the some other improvisational arts, where the act of improv is actually seldom done alone, you actually hardly ever think of preparing as something that can in addition to should be done together with others. Yet there usually are typically the accidental improvisational periods that happen all the time. While building the actual skills of Improv cooking food, you should plan many intentional cooking sessions based on a certain dish as well as meal which two or even more people can prepare together. Cooking with another person can magically open a new door to your imagination. #6 Taste Analytically My partner and i started off cooking because I actually wanted to know the secret behind the food I got eating. Tasting smelling along with analyzing ingredients to understand the effects each can have got within a dish is usually an essential improvisational expertise. The more you accomplish it the easier it can be to unlock the secret of a dish. This expertise as well as a solid comprehension of technique will probably make it possible for you to accomplish great stuff in the kitchen area. #7 Break the laws. With no a sense of search, which is the unmistakable rule breaker, we would have never walked for the moon or experienced Toute derniere Cuisine. The space program made hundreds of current conveniences we like today. However many meals writers in addition to Chefs seem upon Inedite Cuisine with the same disdain as the embarrassingly wide collars and cotton apparel of the day. Insolite Cooking left us along with a legacy of music of pushing the envelope. Unlike some other period in cooking, Cooks were taking the estimated as well as giving us the whole fresh way for you to see it. The foods, approaches and presentations that appeared far out as well as strange then have nowadays become but not only the convention for many Chefs, although a jumping off specify even wilder ways for you to prepare food. Breaking the policies is the rule within many kitchens today. Gustatory gustful strong gamy palatable foams, laser printed ready-to-eat paper, carnival midway treats served in the r�sidence great for cuisine are just simply a few of the techniques rules are staying broken. In case something feels like a principle often the next time you're in the kitchen, subsequently split it. You may produce something inedible, but anyone will learn a valuable lesson. I can't point out enough that once you merge your increased knowledge connected with strategies, flavors and design your own personal imagination will possibly be free to see brand-new avenues to explore. Soon the rules will start disappearing.