#and so i did just that and got myself a really yummy pastry and a small bread 🥰

[sungbeam]

BESTIE BAEEEEEEEEE

I’m back 🤭🤭🤭

Tbh its been a rough few weeks 💀 ALSO HELP HOW COME EVERY TIME I DISAPPEAR YOU WHIP OUT SO MANY SCRUMPDILIUMPTIOUS FICS LIKE??? Not that I’m complaining tho 😋😋

Firstly, Occupied… hmmm mhmnn yeahh lemme just say that your impulsive thoughts are so valid 😔🙏 buT J E S U S DID YOU HAVE TO PUT MY HEART IN THE CROSSFIRE- I think I had to stare at my ceiling for a bit afterwards cause like damn… I love my man🗿

Secondly, Rhapsody Anonymous… had my kicking my feet as per usual 🙄🙄 and tbh the fact that both parties were valid in their reasoning for not wanting to out each other and tbh I would also be struggling on deciding whether to spill my identity or not 😭😭 but it was saUR SITIEKR CUTE 😭 man I feel like I set myself up each time I read/re-read the love in unity series cause each time they just call me more and more single and alone 😔💔 BUT FRET NOT I WILL USE THIS AS MOTIVATION AND LECTURE NOTES ON HOW TO GET A GOOD MAN 😤‼️

ALSO OMG DID YOU WATCH BARBIE YET??? Ok I think I gotta calm down I’ve been using too many caps 💀 but Lip Gloss is so Barbie too and the MV is literally a bunch of Kens doing Beach and you can’t convince me otherwise 😤☝️

My personal ranking of the album would be:

1. Fantasize

2. Fire Eyes

3. Passion Fruit

4. Lip Gloss

5. Lighthouse

6. Fairy Tale

But I honestly love all of them and I’ve listened to the album non-stopppppp!

Also yesss I did watch the zeneration behind and tell my whyyyyy New and Kevin ATE 🫣

Also the newest lip gloss mv behind took me OUT esp Changmin wiping TF OUTTTT with the volleyball net like eye- 💀💀

Also just to sneak in a lil abt the pcs… you din’t want to see the Totoro pcs… TRUST 😨😨 not safe for my mental health at ALL

Ouuu also my turn!

1. My fav bread would have to be seed bread! Not like, multigrain bread and idk if the right name is seed bread but it’s just in the name it’s bread made with a bunch of seeds mixed in 😭😭

2. My quirky snow app filter pics… oooooohhhh I hope those never see the light of day again 💀

3. No. 🗿

(But also just like you said, I’m patient but I’m also getting a lil bit impatient at the same time 😔)

4. The Robinson’s kid from meet the Robinsons…. Also Diego,,, and the Kratts broth-*gets shot*

Oh and maybe a few more questions!

1. Are you a tea person or a coffee person? What’s your fav drink?

2. Do you have a sweet tooth? If so, what’s your fav pastry?

3. If you could recommend any MUST HAVE food from your culture, what would it be?

(Can you tell that I’m craving a midnight snack rn 💀)

Oh also! I finally decided to start of my getting-back-into-reading journey with reading a book that has intrigued me and has been floating around a lot, Bunny by Mona Awad! I’ll let you know how it goes in a lil solo book club way 🫡

“I don’t know what they’re called, the spaces between seconds— but I think of you always in those intervals.” (Salvador Plascencia)

- Smooches + Smooches, 🌷 anon

omgg hi bestie 🤧🤧 what's been rough for u 😔 have u started school yet ☹️💔 im like,,, not ready to go back to uni, i wanna be a professional couch potato pls and thanks 😔

LOL pls (´Д⊂ヽ occupied was such a spur of the moment thing 💀 literally was going through MAJOR eric sohn brainrot and just had to get my thoughts down before i Combusted. bro... stared at my ceiling for a good while trying to find the perfect pics for that banner 😭 why's he gotta look that yummy 😭

aknfksnfkdkdk glad u liked rhaps anon bffie !!! bro frfr like this series is just me PROJECTING 💔💔💔 im projecting so VIOLENTLY it's embARRassing 💀 omg low-key i just remembered i pretty much based sunwoo's anonymous situation w how tumblr anons work 😭😭 but yeah for sure, i would also be kind of panicking over secret identities skfnkdnf

OMG I DID WATCH BARBIE I WATCHED IT ON PREMIERE NIGHT AND GOT GLAMMED UP !!! ur sooooooo so right omG??? lip gloss really is just a bunch of Kens doing Beach 😭😭 they're all Kenough for me tbh skcbsjnf but ugh omg im like obsessed w kevins little kick in the beginning of the choreo, and eric's one other jump thing, and chanhee's red light green light skfnkenfkdnfj such a good mv w so much fic potential tbh !!

hmmmm i haven't been listening to it as obsessively as i did be awake tbh 😭 maybe i'm just tired of summer songs 💔 but i would have to say i liked fantasize, fairytale, and fire eyes the most!! the whole album is a bop tho i do agree 🤸‍♀️😋

OH MY GOSH DO U MEAN NYUKEV ON THE STRIPPER POLES WKFNKENFKDNF HELP I SAW THAT CHANGMIN CLIP TOO 💀💀 I LAUGHED SO HARD IM SORRY CHANGMIN DONT HURT ME— omg but they were filming a variety show too and changmin lost a game and abused his gopro 😭😭😭 i felt so bad for that camera, but also low-key....... can that be me...

VRO I ALREADY SAW THE TOTORO ONES AKDNKSNFJD i was debating getting the album or joining a go for those special pcs but i ended up not doing it 😔

LMAO IM SORRY but when i saw seed bread, i just immediately thought of birds 😭😭 unrelated but i got a birb plush from daiso a couple days ago and i named him clyde 😎😎 THE SNOW FILTER APP SJFJKSJDJD I FEKT THAT DW 😭 OMG DIEGO UR SO RIGHT !!! (゜-゜) like sorry dora, ur cousin is much more entertaining ksnfkend

OMGGG i really need to start reading again 😭 it's awful how i can't even pick up a book anymore it's so embarrassing being an english major like this 💔 BUT YES PLS LMK HOW U LIKE IT o7

"& how many times have you loved me without my asking? how often have i loved a thing because you loved it? including me." - D. Smith, acknowledgements

— i love love loved you, and i'll love you all over again too 💖

#sungbeam strikes again #🌷 anon

[ncityzen]

things aren't always great but I'm trying so hard to fall in love with life either way and I'm so proud of myself bc it's making me so much happier

#today I was like you know what I'll just walk extra long to go to this one bakery that's really old and famous #and so i did just that and got myself a really yummy pastry and a small bread 🥰 #and then in the afternoon i saw that it had started snowing so i was able to take a break and just go out for no reason #and it was very cold and the snow got on my face and my hair constantly but it was so pretty with the street lights and the sky getting dark #i could've started crying i take so many pics and videos just like in the middle of the street everyone who walks by thinks I'm crazy #but i don't even caaaare it truly just makes me appreciate the world so much more!! #erola.txt

[forbidden-rain]

Conveying a New Breeze (Kaoru Feature Scout) - 2

(Now I find myself beside Anzu-chan, spending time with her like this. With the way things are going… is this what I think it is–)

Season: Autumn

Kaoru: Ahaha, I’m glad I got it correctly. Or more like, I’m relieved because I wanted to talk to you more or less about the same thing.

You should relax your shoulders a bit more, Anzu-chan. …But I’m not sure if you would want to hear that from the person who got you feeling all troubled.

I’m also glad we can think about my outfit together from here on out.

Since you’re earnest about taking what I want into consideration, I also want you to get to know me better.

So, what can I do to help with my special outfit? Can you tell me what you have in mind?

Kaoru: (She said she wants to listen to me talk about myself one more time.)

(So I suggested that we can take a stroll around ES while we’re at it.)

Kaoru: (Now I find myself beside Anzu-chan, spending time with her like this. With the way things are going… is this what I think it is–)

(N-Nope, nope, I shouldn’t get too ahead of myself! We’re just going to talk about my exclusive outfit… Get yourself together, Kaoru!)

Kaoru: Uhm, I did say I was going to talk but I’m not sure what I should talk about. What's a good topic that could be useful as a reference for making an outfit, anyway?

I guess we can start with something cliche like, things that I like?

Well, I think you already know this but, the fact that I’ve always liked the sea has never changed.

But even though I keep on saying I like the sea, I was so busy this summer that I wasn’t able to go there as much as I would have wanted.

That’s why I really enjoyed myself when we all went to the sea for Kanata-kun’s outfit just recently♪

Things like walking along the shore or making sand castles… I find any activities at the beach really special to me.

…Yup, it’s just exactly as you said. I also love surfing.

Oh, so you read the magazine feature last month. Okay, where were we… You were saying you want to go to a place where it’s famous for surfing?

To be honest, I’ve been eyeing that place too~ Not just to go surfing, but also to simply listen to the sound of the waves or spend my time along the shore at my own leisure.

Now that I think about it, ways of having fun at the beach are changing little by little…Or it’s more like you can do so much more at the beach now.

Besides doing the things I like, I love the thrill of that change; it brings me new ideas and aspirations on how I can spend my time there. I wonder if it’s because I’m all grown up now ♪

Back then, I would get all giddy like a child when I visited tropical places. I felt so free and I can't help but let loose on an unfamiliar island…

—Oh, look over here.

This shop’s display has goods and artwork all lined up. They remind you of the freshness of the seashore for some reason, don’t they?

Just like with interior design, same goes for fashion. It's pretty handy when I can include the things I like into my daily life which makes me appreciate it more often.

Since we were already on the topic of the things I like, I thought that I might as well add that.

I’m staying at a dorm right now, so it might be difficult to put it somewhere in our room. If I had my own room, then maybe…

Oh! Yeah, I was looking at that garland over there. It got your attention too? The motif has this pleasant feeling that really stands out from the rest♪

(Anzu-chan, you’re really taking notes. I thought of presenting myself in an exaggerated way, but it looks like it’s alright to keep on talking about the little things about myself.)

(Hmm, yeah… It’s actually better if she gets to know me like this, little by little.)

(Next, I want to bring her to a place where we can have a longer conversation. Maybe that pastry shop that serves yummy pancakes or the book cafe I recently came across–)

Wanna move on to the next store, Anzu-chan? There’s still a lot I want to tell you…♪

Several days later…

Kaoru: Aa~h, what should I do…! I just can’t choose one from all the designs Anzu-chan gave me. They all look great…

No, no, that wasn’t a compliment! I’m sincerely thinking it through, so I can’t really decide on something. I’m so sorry for taking your time.

But when I think about how Anzu-chan came up with these for me, one design is just as–

(Hm? This one concept in particular is completely different. It looks like a rough draft compared to the others…)

What’s wrong, Anzu-chan? You seem anxious about the sketch I’m looking at right now.

So you didn’t want to give this to me… Is this not included in the list of the designs you initially thought of for the outfit?

…Oh, uhm, I’m sorry for putting you on the spot like that. Okay, but listen to me for a sec.

Is this also a concept you came up with for me?

I see, that’s a relief… I was curious so I thought I’d ask. If this was for another person, I’d feel down about it.

While thinking of ideas, you remembered the stuff we talked about and the things we saw. You wanted to draw it by all means, but all you finished was a sketch…

It just means that you really put your heart into this one, right?

…Say, Anzu-chan. Do I really have to exclude this design from the concepts I’ll choose for my outfit?

Mm, yeah, thought you’d say that. But to be honest, I’ve grown to like it.

What I shared to you on that day, I mean all of it. So if this outfit can capture the memory we had, I think it would best describe my sincere feelings.

I can already picture myself up there on the stage… I can’t wait for everyone to see how I’d look in this outfit.

Seeing as you’re worried with this one, this might not be the outfit but…

I just know I’ll completely pull it off. You do think I’m good-looking, don’t you? 

Hey now, why are you laughing at that~? I’m imagining myself giving a performance where I can steal the hearts of every one of my female fans, I mean it.

(At that moment, I’ll also charm Anzu-chan with my performance. I’m not gonna say that one out loud, of course.)

So, let’s move forward with this direction?

…”If you already have an image of the stage and the performance, then there’s no reason to say no,” you say? Are you okay with it?

“Because more than anything, I want to encourage you as an idol”…?

Me as an idol…

Don’t worry about it. The fact that Anzu-chan believes in me as an idol and gave me an OK is more than enough for me.

Kaoru: Because it’s going to be an outfit that Anzu-chan made for me, I’ll absolutely cherish it. I’m sure I’ll look good in it.

I’m certain I’ll show you something that will exceed your expectations, so look forward to it…♪

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#c:kaoru #c:anzu #t:feature #ensemble stars #ensemble stars translations #kaoruwu youre so cute.... #the tanpopo-chan in me is alive #conveying a new breeze #leia translates

[obey-only-me]

HC the Brothers Take MC on a Coffee Date By: Akuzondelivery

Lucifer:

- couldn’t wait to show you his favorite coffee shop.

- In-house roasted coffee beans, fair trade imports, locally farmed.

- Lucifer takes his black. You order an iced Americano with a little cream and sugar.

- Scoffs at the sweet drink you order. Teasing you for drinking something kids would like.

- “Hey it’s not like there’s candy in here.” You counter “what’s so great about black coffee?”

- He offers you a sip from his porcelain mug.

- It’s so bitter you put the mug back down immediately, your face giving away how you really felt. Lucifer all the while laughs at your reaction.

- “Here, I’ll give you something sweet to make up for it”, plants a sweet kiss on your lips before turning back to his coffee nonchalantly.

Mammon:

- Took you to a chain coffee shop inside a mall.

- He ordered a sweet seasonal latte and you got your favorite drink.

- Complains about people who drink black coffee like Lucifer.

- “People who drink Black coffee just don’t like themselves or being alive.” You can’t help but laugh at such a dramatic accusation.

- You walk together window shopping. You reach to hold his hand and he jumps with surprise. Instantly he turns red.

- “Let’s go sit at the fountain.” He says after walking for a while, drawing you closer by the hand.

- Wanting to tease him more you put your head on his shoulder while you sipped the last of your coffee. He melted at the contact.

- “Hey...if you’re finished we should head back. Like right away.” “Huh? Why?” “I just...I want to be alone with you alright.” His blush said it all.

Levi:

- Takes you to a maid cafe that just opened. They have plenty of food by you go for just drinks.

- You both ordered an ice cream coffee to share. It was beautiful. Two scoops on ice cream, pokey and fruit garnish.

- Levi spent almost 10 minutes taking photos of it, making you have to wait to enjoy your treat.

- After letting out a small sigh he finally wrapped up his post and took a spoonful of coffee ice cream to feed you.

- “I’m sorry! Please take the first bite.” He said obviously feeling bad for taking so long.

- You pick up a spoon and offer him a similar bite. You both feed each other the rest of the treat.

- “Ah, I really got it all over you!” You said after smearing Ice cream all over his cheek.

- Before he could do anything you brought his face close to wipe it away. You place a small kiss on his cheek when you’re finished. And Levi melts across the table.

Asmo:

- Happens upon a cute cafe while out shopping with you. It was just about to rain so the two of you made a pit stop.

- He ordered a black coffee and your usual coffee order. He found a seat by the window for you two to recap your day.

- When the rain started you sighed, enjoying the relaxing sound and atmosphere.

- “You alright? I’ve never heard a sigh that deep before. Day dreaming about me?” Asmo raises an eyebrow with a sheepish smirk.

- “Pffft, Im already in a day dream with you. And I’m really enjoying this one.”

- Why are you so smooth with him?? His face turns pink, lost for words for once. Forgets he’s at a coffee shop for a second to kiss you.

- Now it’s your turn to blush while several customers whistle. “Asmo!”

- “Sorry...thought I was the one day dreaming...”

Satan:

- The local bookshop opened a small counter for coffee and pastries and Satan was on a hunt for a new book.

- You both walked the rows of books looking for just the right one. As he searched you ended up looking through a section of your own interest.

- You sat in an aisle as he went to grab your drink order. As he walked back he admired you sitting with a book in your lap.

- “MC, did you find something you like?” Satan sat next to you to read over your shoulder. A book of poetry.

- Oh? You read a few of the ones you liked out loud while he drank his coffee. When you finished he read a few random ones out loud.

- It was growing late and you two ended up purchasing a few poetry books. On the walk home Satan took your hand in his.

- “I had so much fun reading with you today MC. Is there any way I could...interest you in more?” He asked implying going back to his room.

- “More reading right?” You ask face slightly flushed. “Among other things sure.” His less than innocent smile really made your cheeks hot but there was no way you were turning down that invite.

Beel:

- A new shop specializing in sweet coffees and treats just opened and Beel was personally invited by the owner, who wanted his feedback.

- You both go to the shop and order one of their house coffees. Beel found a seat for you while he went back to order food.

- Beel returned with several human world delicacies. They all looked really good, one particular treat caught your eye however.

- Picking up that you want said pastry, Beel happily handed it over. Your heart skipped, knowing how he is with food.

- “Thanks Beel! This looks yummy!”

- “Honestly you look more delicious than anything here.”

- Both of your faces grew red as you both realized what he had said. He stammered to find something to say next but you started laughing at how adorable he was being.

- You leaned in to gently kiss him, calming him down instantly. He sighed, still embarrassed. You both talked and laughed until the shop was about to close.

Belphie:

- Pfft, this guy? go out for coffee??Forget it. He ends up picking up coffee one morning and surprising you in your room.

- He ends up crawling under your blankets with you while you watch a movie or play a game.

- When you finish your coffee he makes a simple breakfast.

- “This is so much better than going out. I get you all to myself.” He happily sang while you cuddled.

- He found his favorite spot on your lap, you assumed to take a nap but instead he gazed up at you.

- You met his gaze with a smile but he seemed to be focused.

- “Come here coffee breath” you giggle before leaning down to kiss his cheek.

- “You like my coffee breath.” He retorted, pulling you down for a kiss on the lips.

#obey me #obey me headcanons #lucifer #mammon #leviathan #satan #asmodeus #beelzebub #belphegor

[peachlolitasevillacourtstuff]

Cedrick's birthday, part 3

Attention the characters that appear and will be mentioned are not mine, they are ocs of @autumn2art , @xeo-kunsatan , @ghostbunnyarts , @mq5197 for your attention <3.

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In the Underworld, Betrayus patiently waited for Dr. Buttocks to finish the gift for his nephew Cedrick, until he was visited by the ghosts Yin and Yang, they began to surround him and slightly annoy him.

Yin: Hey Lord betrayus! Why so quiet!?

Betrayus: I'm waiting for stupid dr buttocks to finish his invention for my nephew's birthday!

Yang: oh it's cedrick?...

Betrayus: yup.. wait..How do they know his name, do they know him too!?

Yin: Yes... we always tease him at school, and I also like his friend molly ewe...

Yang: And because we both go to the same school -_-

Betrayus: I heard myself a couple of self-conscious fish! Pacman himself is at that party! and they are going to do something to him, my stupid older brother is screwing me up! >:C *scolding the two black and white ghosts*

Yin and Yang: yes 😰😥

Mitzy: Daddy!... :D

Betrayus: Yes My princess?

Mitzy: I already sent all the gifts for my cousin, I just need that Dr. Buttocks finish with his <3

Betrayus: oh Nice! ^^

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In the round house where the guests were, they had already finished eating the food that sir.c had prepared for everyone, they had all started a game of guessing who it was without seeing, the game consisted that one had to blindfold, and grab someone and guess who the person was.

Jack: *Blindfolded* oh who is?... *touching Aurora *

Aurora: heheje... you have to guess Jack! <3

Jack: Oh.. it's Ryan! :D

Aurora: eh nope...

Ryan: AAAAAWWWW xD

Ellie: Come Jack come here :)... * calling him with his voice *

Jack: Yes...

Cedrick: Aunt, is it okay if my cousin Ellie is with Ryan, and is more than friends? :P

Arimette/molasses: UH.. Yea... I have no problem in the least, besides your uncle would have approved too, he was very close to Zac and sunny :)...

Pac: hey Mrs. Arimette / Molasses, do you still remember something about my parents?

Arimette/molasses: oh yes, I still remember well when your mother came with her husband, accompanying Tohru/Shirou home, we had long talks about our daily lives and thus, even she passed me some pretty good recipes. 😋

Cedrick: I wish I could also meet my uncle Tohru / Shirou and your parents Pacman :(

Molly: Cedrick...

Cedrick: Yes Molly?

Molly: Do you want to play to put the tail on the donkey? :)

Cedrick: Yeah.. <D

Cedrick went where they played to put the donkey's tail, the first player was lexy Soto blindfolded, and with the tail in his hand, the first attempt failed and put the donkey's tail on the donkey's nose.

Lexy: hay no perdí... (there I did not lose)

Victor: tranquilo hombre! (calm man!), I will do better than you! *removes his special vision glasses, and shows his gray, pupilless eyes*

everyone except Victor: 👀👀👀😳😳😲

Victor: *grabs the donkey's tail and puts it on the donkey's butt as it should be by winning the game * lo ven cabrones! No estaba difícil! (you bastards see it! It was not difficult!)

Bradley: You say that because you are blind from birth! 7_7

Stratos: eh... Okay, For winning the game of putting the tail on the donkey, as a reward for having won here you have about $ 100 to spend on whatever you want ^^;...

Victor: Jajajajaja al chile Soy rico! (Hahahahah Nice i'm rich)

Rotunda: You know well that you gave that stinky Latino a lot of money! >:(

Stratos: yes mom.. but you have to admit that you win without cheating.

Rotunda: Bradley should bring people from our class instead of these walkers!..

Stratos: eh yes... -_-;

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Dr.buttocks: I have finished with the gift for your nephew Lord Betrayus! :D

Betrayus: Oh Nice! >:D

Mitzy: I too am prepared with gifts from my cousin cedrick! :3

Dr.buttocks: Remember Princess Mitzy this gift is a bit fragile and is very unnoticed with her uncles and her grandmother. Uwu

Mitzy: it is well I will take it into account.

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The time to distribute the cake arrived, the cake with a soft texture, light blue, and yellow details, there were also some candles that decorated it around, Cedrick blew on the candle, while they took a picture.

sir.c: good time to share our favorite boy's cake! ^^

Spheria: yes.. Yummy...

stratos: hey spheria is not due to recklessness but it is true that Arena is worse in the psychiatrist

Spheria: eh.. yes.. Why the question?

Stratos: The teacher at the school my son attends is Dr. Daniels.

Spheria: Oh really!? for how long?

Stratos: For several months, at first he made me quite suspicious, until I remembered that it was not surprising, he has been recognized as a doctorate and teaching for a long time.

Spheria: oh Of course I also remember him, he was also with us the day we buried all the soldiers who died in the war.

Stratos: that doesn't matter anymore, he must be excellent at his job anyway, I can't complain, now let's eat cake I feel like having dessert right now.

Spheria: oh right.

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Molly: mmmhhh.. Yummy.. *eating his slice of cake *

cedrick: you love it, it is prepared by the best pastry chef in town! :)

Molly: yes it's delicious. 😋

while they were eating bradley's dog, Quartzy approached cedrick with a small gift from bradley.

Cedrick: For me?... :)

Bradley: Yes... Open it I know you will love it, it was a bit expensive but I got it.

Cedrick begins to open it and realizes that it was a mobile music player, at the same time with his own headphones and songs already downloaded.

Cedrick: AAAAAWWWW... Thanks You bradley *hugs him*

Bradley: your welcome uwu

Rotunda: *looking very disapprovingly at bradley's gift, especially Quartzy's presence *

Quartzy: Ggggrrrrrrrr... *growling him to rotunda *

Continué...

#adorable #kawaii #pmatga #pac man and the ghostly adventures #pacman and the ghostly adventures #cedrick

[sleevesareforlosers]

hi jordan!!

ok the place i really want to go to rn on a small scale is the pool i wish it was warm and what i really want to do (for reasons i can’t quite figure out) is to go to the pool or the beach in my favorite swimsuit and hang out poolside or beachside and sunbathe with sunglasses on although last time i did that i fell asleep and got a very weird sunburn. the place on a LARGER scale i would like to go to is a ski resort because if it’s going to be cold i want to go to a ski resort with my family and go skiing and go to the waterpark inside and the arcade and stuff because i haven’t gotten a family vacation like that in a lil bit (it was summer. so ig not that long)

my favorite kind of weather is when it’s sunny and warm out (75F+) but it isn’t humid so i don’t mess up my hair and it’s not SO so hot that i sweat all my hair dye and makeup all over my face but i can still go swimming and go shopping and nap in the hammock in our backyard and it’s perfect

ig the last little treat i got myself was either this bowl/mug set that i got for $5 at target on a whim (it’s for me and pretzel the mug says “i love you” and the bowl says “i woof you”) OR when i got myself some very yummy eclairs from my roommates job yesterday (he works at a french pastry shop)! my next lil treat is just kinda coming in the mail bcs it’s a necklace from etsy and tomorrow im seeing the new scream with my friends from school so that’ll be fun too!

my blorbo………well i am always thinking about fun ghoul but today im going to talk about blorbo from my head which is odile von rothbart but from my version of swan lake where she and odette fall in love and break the curse and escape. i think my favorite things about her character design are 1. the necklace with a swan and her name on it that she gives to odette during the story 2. all her freckles because that’s unconventional for nobility during the time pd it’s set in and i like her :) and 3. her hair because it’s kind of farrah fawcett-y and it’s fun to draw. also i think you would have a lot 2 say abt the historical inaccuracies of her and odettes dresses but um. im going to play the “it’s distinct character design” card so ha (also ik this is more than 20 words i am just so full of things to say)

i love u!! how has your weekend been so far?

oh!!!! thatd be so fun tho just layin out in the sun by the water... wahh yeah i get that. and ski resort oh my god fuck yes. ig where i go skiing isnt a Resort but we stay at my aunts place and get a discount on lift tickets bc shes a local and knows everyone that works at the hill and oughh. yeah. thats a good place to be

yes!!! we are ALL missing being warm in the discussion group tonight

omg thats SO cute!! also fuck yes eclairs. excellent little treats! and fun plans!!! u gotta tell me ALL abt scream

oh odile <3 she sounds so lovely. freckles :} have u drawn her i would LOVE to see her!!

i love u too!! my weekends been very chill but also busy? i had two (!!) medical appts yesterday but no class bc it was a school holiday (but not like. a provincial one or anything its just a dal thing) and i did schoolwork off and on all day and then i got PUMPED out climbing today but i did one (and a half. kinda) of the competition climbs which was super great and i came REALLY close to doing a climb nd a boulder that are. the top of my climbing range rn. and then i did MORE schoolwork. and laundry and groceries! but ive also been just like. watchin succession and designing an oc. so very chill yknow?

#discussion group #ty pi ily #ghostxraven #um yeah hi :> sorry for rambling but you know me

[marmolita]

“vacation” cooking adventures progress report

Beverages:

eggnog: B.  Did not come out correct texture, thickened into pudding.  Kids enjoyed eating the non-alcoholic batch as pudding.  Immersion blender + some milk fixed the other batch into something drinkable, so overall, adequate.

wassail: A.  Every recipe was totally different so I made something up, but it was tasty.  Would drink again.

champurrado: A-.  Came out great, but I burned the crap out of my tongue, and the kids didn’t care for it.  Also made way too much.

Cookies:

sugar cookies: C.  I don’t care for sugar cookies, and monitoring my kids cutting them out and decorating them was a huge pain, but, A for fun for the kids, they had a blast.

coconut macaroons: A-.  Super easy to make, yummy dipped in chocolate, but I cooked them too long and they got too crunchy.

“ooey gooey smores bars”: B+.  Not too hard to make, kids helped and had fun, but they came out kinda more dry than I expected.  Possibly because I subbed regular oats for instant oats...

oatmeal cookies: B.  Made from a mix and decorated with a tub of frosting and sprinkles because it was a girl scouts project.  Would have been better without the decorations and with raisins.

Other:

gingerbread house: A-.  The only kit left at the store was a hanukkah house, which is fine for us.  It was much easier to set up and decorate than usual because since we’re alone this year, it was just my kids doing it, and I did not also have to monitor my two younger nieces who are very messy with food.  Minimum of sugar spilled all over the floor, and both kids were happy with the result.  I wouldn’t eat it though.

beef stew: A+, I love my beef stew recipe, and I am proud of myself for timing it just right and it took exactly the 3 hours I predicted to make it.

Yet to make:

buried cherry cookies, which we make every year and they are great

gonna try cooking a whole beef tenderloin, wish me luck

parmesan brioche rolls?  we shall see

stuffed mushrooms per the recipe from my mom’s 1970s microwave cookbook

twice baked potatoes in the style of how my dad used to make them, except for I don’t have bright yellow margarine so the potatoes will not end up yellow

baked brie, which I’ve done before but not for a long time, but you can’t really get frozen puff pastry, a jar of jam, and a round of brie wrong

red cabbage recipe I’ve made before, we’re good on that one

I’m forgetting what else is in my plan because I just spent an hour on the phone with T-mobile tech support only to end with my case being escalated to level three tech support and not resolved

#lita talks about herself

[hqatato]

Rainy Day

You look out the window as the rain pours outside, the droplets racing down the glass.

"Seriously?" You say to yourself.

The day was already hard enough and it was about to get harder. And colder. And soakier.

"And for your homework, you are to read pages 112-120 and complete questions 1-10. That is all."

You finish up writing down the assignment in your notebook the teacher announced as the bell rings.

Closing your books, you place them in your bag and get up, exiting the class.

"Maybe I should ask someone to share?"

You shake your head and sigh.

"Nah. I'd probably be too much of a bother."

You walk outside and stand under the covering, watching as other students happily go ahead of you.

"I should wait here for a bit. The rain will clear up soon. I hope."

It was Friday. No one wants to stay after school on a Friday.

"Hello?"

You turn and look up to see a boy with (preferred color hair) and (preferred color eyes). He was rather, well, cute.

He smiled down at you, before holding part of the umbrella over your head.

"I'll walk you home if you'd like."

"Oh, um, thank you."

You felt bad for taking up the boy's time, but hey, it's Friday. Not to mention, he did ask first.

Making sure you stayed under the umbrella, the boy kept up with your pace, since his legs were a bit longer than yours.

You look around, the cars passing by splashing water on the sidewalk and little children jumping in the puddles.

All of a sudden, a streak of lightning hits the ground, the little kids running home for safety.

"How about we go inside too?" The boy asks. "I mean, if you really need to get home, we don't have to."

You shake your head.

"It's fine. It'll be safer inside, anyway."

He smiles and you follow him into a little bakery.

The two of you sit at a table and you look out the window.

"So what's your name?"

You turn back to the boy.

"I'm Y/N."

"My name's (preferred boy's name)." He replies. "It's nice to meet you, Y/N."

You smile and shake the boy's hand.

"It's nice to meet you too, B/N."

B/N gets up, and takes out his wallet.

"I'll be right back."

You watch as he orders a couple of pastries, before coming back with a box.

"I got us something to snack on while we wait for the lightning to stop."

He turns the box to you and opens it.

"You can choose anything you like."

"Thank you. That's very sweet of you, B/N."

You reach into the box and take out (your preferred dessert).

You take a bite and nod.

"It's really yummy. Maybe I should get some more."

"Here, I got it."

"Huh?"

Before you could get up, B/N walks back over to the counter and buys another pastry box which consisted of (your preferred dessert).

He walks back over to the table and gently places it in front of you.

"Thank you so much, B/N. But you didn't have to spend your money."

"Well, it's not everyday I get to spend money for a pretty girl."

He smiles and you look down at your hands and feet.

"Pretty? He called me pretty?"

"Uh, um, thank you again."

You couldn't even focus into B/N's eyes after his compliment to you.

He chuckles.

"I see you're rather on the shy side, are you not?"

"I believe I am." You reply.

B/N looks out the window and nods.

"The lightning has stopped. For now, at least. We better get going before it starts back up."

You get up and follow B/N out of the small bakery.

"Are you sure you don't want me to carry any of those boxes for you?"

"It's okay." He says with a smile

For the next couple of minutes, you both talked about your interests and hobbies.

Turns out you and B/N had more in common than you thought.

"We should hang out one day, just the two of us." B/N says, handing you your pastry box as you stood at your front door.

"I think that's a great idea. Just say when and most likely, I'll be available."

The boy tilts his head.

"You don't spend time with any other friends?"

You shake your head.

"The friends I do have always just spend time with others outside of school. So no."

You watch as B/N frowns.

"Don't they ever ask you if you'd want to hang out with them?"

You smile and shake your head.

"I guess they think I'd probably just be too much of a bother. It's okay though, I'm happy with time by myself."

You mentally sigh at that last sentence. Sometimes, it did eat away at you that your friends never asked you to hang out with them.

"Well then! How about tomorrow? We can go to the mall or amusement park or wherever you'd like to go."

You smile.

"How about the (preferred place)?"

B/N nods.

"Sounds good to me! I'll pick you up at around 1 tomorrow. Is that okay?"

You nod.

"That's perfect."

He smiles a toothy smile.

"I'll see you tomorrow at 1 then!"

"Okay. Please stay safe on the way home too!"

B/N turns around.

"I promise you, I'll be alright."

He waves and you wave back, before entering your house.

The boy watches as you walk inside before balling up his fist, an angry look now plastered across the male's face.

"Who the fuck is Y/N's friends?! Why does she even have friends?! It's not like they care for her that fucking much!"

The boy begins to chuckle a little before laughing loudly, others around him giving him a weird look.

B/N glares at them and they turn back to whatever they were doing.

"Well, in the end, it won't matter. They'll be dead. All of them."

#yandere #yandere boy #yandere x reader #x reader #yandere male #psycho #psycho x reader #psycho boy #psycho male #yandere fanfiction

[jovialyouthmusic]

Special Delivery

Fabio and I sample an English delicacy, and I make him an offer he might refuse...

Word Count 2500

No warnings, just a little fluffiness. If you want on or off the taglist let me know x

5 A Proposition

The next day I spent being kind to myself, and went to the other house to do some gardening. Spending time weeding and tidying up helped me ground myself and clear my mind. I practised my Tai Chi on the lawn that Martin had cut the day before. The sky was overcast but it was warm and still. I only went into the house to have a bite to eat at lunchtime, when my phone dinged with an incoming message.

Okay to talk? Sue’s out for a while. Did your new friend get handsy? I rolled my eyes at Martin’s text, and called him.

‘Hi Martin, my virtue is intact. He did hug me though – I lost it big time in Mum’s bedroom, blubbed like a baby.’

‘Did he try and cop a feel? Is he there right now giving you a foot massage?’ Martin asked, his tone making it plain he meant more than he said.

‘Of course not. I’m alone - all he did was comfort me, and any touching was entirely appropriate. You’re so suspicious of Fabio.’

‘I’m helping you keep your feet on the ground.’ He asserted ‘How long is he going to be about?’ I sighed.

‘I know he’s going back to Argentina at some point, but I’m prepared. It’s just a bit of fun.’

‘Not yet it isn’t. Or did he try it on later? Did you wake up alone or did he invite himself into your bed?’

‘Of course not – I drove him back to his place so he could go to work.’

‘There’s a ‘but’ hovering there, Lisa. Come on, spill the beans.’

‘He – he kind of kissed me.’ I heard Martin tutting but I went on before he could interrupt. ‘On the cheek, but he said he’d like – well he’d said he’d act like a brother, but before he got out of the car he said he’d like to be more than that.’

‘Well he’s a fast mover.’ Martin grunted. ‘Keep your legs crossed and your knickers on next time you see him. I take it you are seeing him again?’

‘We’ve not made plans, but he does want to take me out for a meal.’

‘Hmm, well that’s surprisingly chaste, but remember if a guy takes you out to eat he usually expects something in return.’ He paused for a moment ‘Sue’s back – you keep in touch, I’m going to be checking up on you regularly. I don’t want you with a sack over your head in the back of a van and whisked off to some shady brothel in South America.’

‘Make your mind up, last time you said he was a serial killer, not a pimp. You have an overactive imagination.’

‘Someone has to - gotta go – bye!’ I shook my head as I tucked my phone into my pocket. I decided to go home and do some last minute packing before the removal men arrived the next day. Halfway through the afternoon my phone dinged again. This time it was Fabio messaging me.

How are you today?

Good, thanks. Big move tomorrow

I know. Need help?

I sat down on the couch by the window and called him, feeling a little thrill as I heard his voice.

‘Hi Fabricio, thanks for texting. Are you working tonight?’ I thought he might be, but perhaps he would be free, and we could go out to eat. It was worth a try.

‘Yes, but only until eleven o’clock. Do you want company?’

‘I’ll probably be asleep then.’ I said, disappointed. He sighed and I could feel the same emotion in his voice. ‘I’ll call you if I can’t sleep.’ I said rashly. Why had I said that? I asked myself. The truth was, I wanted to see him again, and I missed him – his smile, his imperfect English, his accent, his little jokes. Martin’s warnings just went straight over my head. Something told me I could trust Fabio.

‘Yes’. he said. ‘any time.’

‘But not when you’re working.’

‘No, then I fall off my bike.’ he laughed

‘I don’t want you to end up in hospital.’ There was a short silence. ‘What time do you start work?’

‘At five’ I threw my head back and looked at the ceiling. It was half past three already. The next day I would be busy, and he would probably have a long shift as the weekend kicked off and folk ordered Pizza before going out clubbing, or afterwards when they staggered home drunk. I took my courage in my hands.

‘Do you have time for a cup of tea?’

‘Yes, I come.’ He rang off suddenly and I stared at the phone until the screen shut down. I jumped violently as there was a knock at the window just behind me and I turned to see him grinning at me and waving, a paper bag in his hand. I got up, cursing silently as I was still in the clothes I wore when I was decorating or cleaning. The thought that he had been planning to visit anyway came to me.

‘How did you get here so fast?’ I demanded as I opened the door. He leaned forward and kissed my cheek as he stepped inside.

‘I was close.’ he explained ‘I went for a walk, and found the baker’s shop.’ He waved the bag at me. ‘I have something called Eccles cakes. The woman there told me they are very English.’

‘Oh yummy, I like Eccles cakes.’

‘I hope they are scrumptious.’ he smiled. ‘We have them with tea?’

‘Oh yes, Eccles cakes need something to wash them down with, they’re quite sweet.’ I went to the kitchen to boil the kettle and he followed, leaving the bag on the dining table. He leaned on the door frame as I got the cups out.

‘You are well today?’ he asked. ‘Happy – no crying?’

‘No crying, and I decided to stay in my mothers house. Perhaps I can take a lodger, or perhaps I’ll meet the right man and have children. I’ll make more happy memories there.’

‘That’s good.’ he smiled as I got plates out for the Eccles cakes. He disappeared for a moment and came back with the paper bag, opening it up and peering inside inquisitively at the round pastries.

‘Okay, so this isn’t cake as such – it’s pastry, but inside are currants.’ I explained, and tapped away on my smartphone to look up the translation ‘grosellas – lots of them.’

‘Oh. They are big and very sweet. Lots of energy for me – and for you.’ I felt my face go a little hot thinking of how we might expend energy together, and busied myself with putting them out on the plates. I decided we should sit at the table to eat, as the pastry was delicate and would drop lots of crumbs.

‘Eccles is a place further south in Lancashire – near Manchester.’ I explained ‘In the past, they could only be made in that town, but now anyone can make them and call them Eccles cakes.’

‘You have been to Eccles?’ he asked as he picked it up and looked at it.

‘No, but I went to University in Manchester.’ He took a bite through the thin pastry and into the currant filling, and chewed it thoughtfully. ‘Nice.’ he said through his mouthful, and took a gulp of tea. A plan was formulating in my mind, and it made my stomach churn – or was it the Eccles cake?

‘How was work? Were you very busy?’

‘Not so much. It gets busy tomorrow and the day after. You know, the weekend.’ I nodded.

‘Do you have any days off?’

‘Yes’ he grinned ‘Sunday and Monday. Would you…’ he hesitated ‘Would you like to spend some time with me? Perhaps we go walking again?’ I was glad I was sitting down, as I could feel something inside me melting, and I couldn’t help smiling back at him.

‘Yes Fabricio, I’d like that. I’ll call you when I’ve finished moving house – if not tomorrow, the day after.’ He narrowed his eyes at me.

‘I call you tomorrow.’ he asserted. ‘We just talk.’ I felt my cheeks redden again, and took a bite of my Eccles cake. We ate quietly for a while, just enjoying each others’ company, and my idea carried on forming in my mind – one that started to make me feel dizzy.

‘How are your digs?’ I asked. He made a face.

‘Okay I guess. Big enough. But sometimes the other people are noisy when I sleep’

‘What’s the rent like?’ I asked ‘Pizza delivery can’t pay much’ He finished eating his mouthful.

‘Okay, I tell you.’ He said, gesturing in mid air. ‘I came to model in Spain. A company I hadn’t heard of, but I needed the work. They got into trouble and they can’t pay me yet. So I decided to find somewhere different to stay – you know, the pin in the map. When they pay me, I can look for more work.’

‘Oh. So are you making much right now?’

‘Not really, but it’s okay.’ he shrugged. ‘I miss home, but there are lots of summer shoots coming in Europe. I need enough for the air fare and a little more.’

‘Summer? I asked.

‘You know, the companies bring out their summer clothes, but they have to shoot in winter. I wear summer shirts and shorts, but it’s cold.’ I drew a deep breath.

‘The house I’m moving into – it’s bigger.’ I started. He looked at me expectantly, ‘Although I’ll eventually be renting out this place, I was thinking of taking in a lodger to make a little money until then.’ I paused, taking a deep breath. ‘Would you – Fabio, would you like to stay with me?’ His face lit up.

‘Stay with a real English woman in an English house? With you?’ he said ‘Of course – but are you sure? You don’t want to have the place to yourself? I have to go to work still.’

‘Oh, well either I can run you into town or you can get a bus or a taxi, but if the flat’s better for that…’

‘No, no, I like to stay with you. I will pay you.’

‘That would be okay – but not so much as you’re paying now, to make it worthwhile for you, or if you like you can just help pay the bills.’ In my mind I could hear Martin’s voice as he told me it was all a mistake and I’d regret it. But I pushed it to the back of my mind.

‘Lisa, you make me happy. I want to learn about what it is to be English. We will have fun together, yes?’  His face glowed with happiness and my stomach churned, and not because of the pastry and currants.

‘I guess so, but after next week I’ll be running my classes. But yes, we’ll do some fun things.’ Inside I was going hot and cold wondering what I had just done – but I wanted to take a chance and do something exciting for a change. I had always been cautious and taken few risks in life. Perhaps now that my parents had passed on I felt a little more free to do things I wanted to, I told myself. He sat down again, grinning widely.

‘I wait until you say I can come. The flat – Mario always has people who need somewhere to stay. He will be fine with me moving out. I had to pay extra to have it to myself. I need my beauty sleep.’ He winked at his joke.  

‘So that’s the secret of your success?’ I quipped. ‘Perhaps I should get more sleep, and I’ll soon be walking down the Paris catwalks’ He smiled.

‘Is not easy, you know. I have to be careful. If I want to work, no more chips, no more Eccles cakes.’

‘Well I can’t do that. I guess I’ll never be on the cover of a fashion magazine.’ I sighed in mock sorrow.

‘I go to the gym tomorrow, work hard.’ he said.

‘Hmm.’ I pondered ‘I have a lot of gardening that needs to be done, perhaps that would be a good workout too.’

‘It will be my pleasure.’ he bowed his head. ‘Perhaps I also run to work.’

‘Maybe, no need to pay for expensive gym machines,’ He looked at me expectantly, and suddenly I wondered what ideas he had about staying with me, and I knew Martin would have a field day telling me I was treading on dangerous ground.

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As I had promised, I was indeed in bed at eleven that night, but I lay awake wondering if I had made the right choice. It had all happened so fast, and had I known nothing about my new housemate, maybe I wouldn’t be in the same situation. But I knew him from his Instagram profile, and it seemed a safe bet that someone with a public persona like his was legit. My gut told me he was exactly how he presented himself, and posed no threat to me. I wondered what my mother or my father would have said had they known, but I came up with a blank. They were of their age, and foreigners were looked on with suspicion. I tried balancing that out with them wanting me to be happy, but I couldn’t work it all out.

I jumped as I heard an unfamiliar noise at the window. It came again – a sharp little tap. Ginger, sitting at the foot of the bed, sat up and hissed, his fur standing on end. I wrapped my dressing gown around me and went to the window to look out, as the sound came again. I discovered that the cause was someone throwing stones up from the street below, and I saw Fabio’s face lifted up to the window. I threw it open and leaned out carefully.

‘Fabio, what are you doing?’ I hissed, not wanting to alert the neighbours.

‘I come to see you.’ he called in a low voice. ‘This is the last time I can do this. You move tomorrow.’ I saw him grin lopsidedly. ‘It is romantic, no?’

‘Fabio.’ I scolded, ‘you said like a brother’ He shrugged, and I realised he’d been drinking.

‘I’m sorry senora,’ he whispered, ‘I think of you too much,’

‘Go home, Fabio. Sleep it off’

‘But senora...’ he pleaded.

‘When was the last time anyone said no to you?’ He looked taken aback. ‘Really, I’m not letting you in. You’ve been drinking and I only met you a few days ago’ He swayed a little.

‘Okay, I go’ he said in defeat. I sighed in exasperation.

‘You’ll thank me tomorrow. Just ring me when you get back, don’t drink any more.’ I watched him turn and walk away before I closed the window and got back into bed, Ginger looking at me oddly as I settled down. Iwondered what he thought of it all before I drifted off to sleep.

[laurkamkitchen]

Holy wow, you guys. This is the second time I’ve made this recipe, and thus the second time I’ve been blown away by it. This is seriously the best pastry recipe I have in my arsenal, not even just in vegan pastries, but overall. You’d never in a lifetime guess these were vegan, because they’re so rich and luscious and delectably yummy. They do require a little work, but they’re actually much simpler than you’d think and so, so worth it.

I didn’t want to have to wait an hour for my dough to rise before baking this morning, so I made both it and the filling ahead of time last night. The dough I left outside, which is actually colder and has significantly more space than the tetric situation that is our fridge, to rise overnight, as suggested by the recipe author in the comments; the filling I did I have space for in the fridge, a dangerous place to just prop it in because I could honestly sit with a spoon and eat the entire batch in one sitting.

I used up all our cinnamon in the process of making the filling (including the first ever jar of cinnamon I bought myself over a year ago) and had to improvise by grinding up two cinnamon sticks with our mortar and pestle like a lil pioneer lady. I think I only ended up with a little over 4 teaspoons of cinnamon rather than the full 6, but because half of it was freshly ground, it was able to carry a much stronger cinnamon flavor.

I did notice a discrepancy between the ingredients list and the instructions when it has you add the last bit of flour; I think it should be 1/2 cup rather than 3/4. I started with 1/2 to test it out, and definitely did not need the remaining 1/4, especially when it got to kneading and I started adding more there. 

The slicing and braiding process sounds really intimidating, but if you take your time for the first bun, the others will quickly come together and seem a breeze once you get your rhythm going. These sort of naturally wrap around themselves, and the pride you get in seeing them all assembled on your baking sheet is unmatched.

Mine took about 14 minutes in the oven; they probably could have gone for a minute or so longer, but the tops were turning golden brown already, and, besides, I do like a bit of an underbaked bun. Letting the dough rise slowly overnight gave these a richer yeastiness that was just absolutely phenomenal in taste and texture. I seriously love this recipe so much and highly, highly recommend it if you’ve got a spare few minutes and are really craving a sweet, sticky cinnamon bun.

#cinnamon #vegan #pastries

[kkulmoon]

My extended family celebrates Christmas but I hate it, cuz i'm being force to put up with their sexism and racism among other things haha 😂 probably why I applied to uni far away so I have excuse to not come back lol. This year, it'll probably be just my immediate family (cuz of covid) so it'll be much better 🥰

I'm asian so we don't really care about new year as much as lunar new year. That's when i get money 🤤 and also wear pretty clothes.

I'm a newbie writer so i'm still learning how to build characters and write longer stories so.... Maybe the fic for you won't be out anytime soon cuz i wanna give you something you'll enjoy 🥺 BUT i will reveal myself thru a gift 😤😤 that's a promise 😘

Also, i saw that you felt sick yesterday so I hope you're feeling better!! Sending you ghostie hugs 🥰

And BTS at the Grammy 👀 i'm a little (read a lot) pressed by some of the nomination (cough cough yummy) but i'm happy for the boys nonetheless

Alright so question of the day is... what is your favorite food/dessert? Do you have a comfort food for when you feeling down/sick/ homesick? -Valley's Lilies

ooohhh i’m sorry that you have to deal with shitty relatives ;((( i had christmas with my extended family once and it was like rlly bad, why do people have to ruin such a good holiday with their bad behaviour 😠 but I am so so glad you get to have a better time this year, make sure to enjoy it as much as you can 🥰🥰🥰🥰

O.O lunar new year is a lot of fun!!! i used to celebrate it in high school with my asian friends except i got no money and didn’t wear pretty clothes lol nonetheless it didn’t take away from the fun and the fact that i like to taste food from other countries 😌how was this year’s lunar new year for you? anything you really enjoyed doing?

awwww babe take all the time you need with writing, i want to read something that you’re happy with 🥺 i’ll be waiting patiently for your story and identity reveal hihi 😘

ohhh yeah I am feeling better, i rarely get sick and I tend to recover pretty easily so I’m doing good now, though I should probably rest some more but my self control is running thin 🤡thank u for the hugs sweetie, i’m feeling really warm now 🥺

ughhhh the grammys is a joke (one that i care a bit too much about ngl) i’m beyond pressed too even though I am happy for bts as well, so many poc artists that did well this year were robbed and for what??? 

oohh good i don’t have favourite foods or desserts tbh, what i want to eat is based on my mood, but i tend to stray away from overly sweet food, one thing I love is of course fika (a swedish “tradition”) where u drink coffee/tea with a small pastry or biscuits, so i tend to fika a lot 😩😩😩also i am a big fan of soup but i eat it more when i am sick. homesickness is something I’ve never felt so i don’t have an answer to that. what about you? any favourite food/dessert?

#valley's lilies 💞 #anontrail #asktrail #i'm gonna use triggers in case #tw: racism #tw: sexism

[aahsokaatano]

ITALY????

Y’all I spent one whole week in Italy in 2017 and it was one of the most bizarre fucking weeks of my life

let’s break it down from the beginning

[under a read more for length]

So, fall of 2017 I was studying abroad in London. One of the classes I was taking was specifically for study abroad students, designed to get us engaging in the culture of London or whatever i dont really remember the class itself but my god do i remember the people i met in it

two in particular were these girls, also American. We shall call them Molly and Ally. They had quickly made friends with each other, and after one of the class trips into London, i was friendly with them as well. The “reading week” or fall break was coming up, and they mentioned that they were going to Italy and asked if I wanted to go. I had booked a short tour to Dover, but thought “oh my god Italy???? Fuck yes!” and so I bought my plane tickets then asked them where they had booked hotel rooms so that I could add myself to their itinerary

“Oh,” Molly said, “we haven’t, don’t worry about it”

Me, a seasoned traveler “?????? uh”

I bugged them about this for at LEAST a week and finally, about THREE DAYS from when we were supposed to leave, I just went ahead and booked an assortment of hostels and airbnbs for us in all the cities they wanted to go to and told them to pay me back later

they actually admitted afterwards that that had been a smart move on my part which like????? no SHIT its a smart move to have a plan where you’re gonna sleep every night while in a foreign country. god.

So, lets go through this day by day

Day 1 - London to Milan

we flew from London to Milan in the evening, getting there pretty late at night. and it was only once we were actually IN Italy that I learned that 1) none of us spoke Italian and 2) despite having grown up in two areas with large Hispanic populations, neither Molly or Ally spoke a lick of Spanish, which is close enough to Italian that you can kind of limp through a conversation of one if you know the other.

so, somehow, I ended up being our Italian translator for the week, armed with nothing but a translator website, a handful of Italian music terms, and the ability to roll my r’s fairly well for a white person. Literally, i figured out where the bus stop was outside of the airport because I saw the word “fermata” painted on the pavement and I knew that meant “long pause” in sheet music terms so I hazarded a guess it meant stop or similar in regular Italian

(sidenote I almost got in a fight with some random Italian dude on the bus because Molly was going on about how excited she was to try the pizza and I told her it wasn’t going to be the same because “the pizza you’re used to is an American invention” and he turned around and started going on about the tradition of pizza in Italy and I was like I just mean that American pizza is different from real Italian pizza i did not mean to offend i’m sorry!!!!!! anyways)

the bus dropped us in a square in the middle of Milan and we got out and i’m lookin at my airbnb app trying to figure out where we need to go and i said “okay we need to get a cab” and Molly and Ally are arguing about something and this RANDOM ASS DUDE walks up to us and is like “you need taxi?” and i said yes to he leads us back to his REGULAR ASS CAR, NOT A TAXI and tells us to get in, and for some unknown fucking reason I do and Molly and Ally follow me and shut up real fast because this is sketchy as fuck but the guy did take us to the airbnb without murdering us so thats a win i guess

The airbnb by the way was more like a mini hostel - it was this apartment where pretty much every room except the bathroom had been converted into a bedroom and so probably not entirely legal but whatever. whatever. 

Day 2 - Milan to Venice

i woke up early the next morning and went to take a shower at the bathroom at the end of the hall and found out that the lights didn’t work. Whatever, I’m mostly blind without my glasses anyways so i just showered in the dark, no biggie

we had an early bus to catch from Milan to Venice, so we headed out to the bus station. I’ll be honest, I do not remember how we got there. I think we walked, because I ended up with a coffee at some point so I probably got it from some cafe on the way? But idk. I was so tired.

We get on the bus, I found two empty seats far away from Molly and Ally, and immediately stretched out and fell asleep.

Ally woke me a little later and said “c’mon, we’re here!”

I was confused as all hell because it had not been nearly long enough for us to get all the way to Venice, but I got off the bus and was greeted by Molly stretching her arms out and proclaiming “Welcome to Venice!” underneath a sign that said we were at the Verona bus station.

They did not believe me when I said Verona and Venice were two different places. “Venice has canals, Verona is where Romeo & Juliet is set. There are no canals in R&J, they’re two different places!” I literally had to pull out my phone, go to google maps, and zoom out until they could see that Venice was still several hours away before they believed me.

The bus driver almost didn’t let us back on but I was able to show him on the tickets that our end destination was, in fact, Venice.

Venice itself was pretty neat. We got to go on a gondola ride and I ate an entire pizza by myself at dinner lmao.

Day 3 - Venice to Florence

we took a train from Venice to Florence the next morning, and that’s when I discovered that Italian train stations have lovely little cafes with AMAZING coffee and really good pastries. The other two didn’t drink coffee but like, their loss. it was fantastic. 

Florence was great, we found a little shop that sold really yummy gelato for only 1 Euro a scoop - Geletaria La Carraia. If you ever end up in Florence, definitely check it out!

We wandered around for a while, took a lot of pictures. There was some famous church that was undergoing some renovations, but as we walked up to it Molly gasped and said “I’ve climbed that in Assassin’s Creed!” which was pretty funny. 

We went to a museum that had made a bunch of models of some of Leonardo DaVinci’s inventions. We went to an art museum and stumbled across Michaelangelo’s David on accident, so that was the big “wtf” moment of the day. Also that night Molly decided to buy a bottle of wine to take home to a friend of her’s back in America, but realized after buying it that her backpack wasn’t big enough to cart it around for the rest of the week so I ended up carrying an entire fucking bottle of wine for the rest of the trip because I was the only one smart enough to bring a proper backpacking backpack and not just my school bag.

Also the hostel we were in had actual skeleton keys for their rooms and actual goddamn keyholes that one could clearly see through so i left the key in the lock all night AND hung my sweatshirt from the door handle so that no one could peek in at us

Day 4 - Florence to Pisa

once again, I woke up early, went into the bathroom attached to our room (the hostel had had a cancellation and so we ended up in a private room instead of a dorm style) and discovered that the lights didn’t work so I had a second shower in the dark

we took another train from Florence to Pisa, and there we ran into our only bit of bad weather

What’s the big draw in Pisa? The Leaning Tower, right?

What was the only day it rained, non-fucking-stop, the entire time we were in Italy? THE DAY WE WERE IN PISA

I got so soaked that I actually bought a new sweatshirt because the one I was wearing was DRIPPING

anyways, after we had taken several dumb touristy pictures and grabbed an early dinner at a nearby restaurant, we decided to head over to the room I had booked. The cheapest place I could find was a tiny cabin at a campground nearby. According to the map on my phone, it was a short walk away.

A solid hour later, we finally trudged up to the main office of the campground, shivering and soaked, and got the keys to our cabin. We set our stuff down, and Ally and Molly decided to go back out to the grocery store we had passed coming in. I waved them off and went to take a shower in the bathroom with fully functioning lights! hooray!

Day 5 - Pisa to Rome

another morning, another train station with excellent coffee. We got into Rome and, at this point, we were all so tired from travelling that I was finally able to take charge. up until this point, Molly had been railroading us, even sort of bullying Ally in the process, but now she was exhausted and I, through a combination of practice in functioning while dead on my feet, lots of travel experience, and Mom Friend Instincts, took the reins. We got to Rome and I said “we’re going to the church with the big hole in the roof (its a thing, look it up) and then we’re going to eat.... at this place around the corner and then we’re going to to go our hostel and check in”

they didn’t argue, and that’s a true testament to how fucking tired the two of them were, especially Molly, because she would argue about anything and everything given half a chance. We also went to the military museum that day, mostly because it was free and also air conditioned

(also while looking through my pictures of this trip i just discovered that i still have the picture i took of the Rome hostel FAQ page that had by the front desk, which i now remember i did because it had the wifi password on it and we weren’t in our room for 30 seconds before one of the other two asked what the wifi password was so, once again, i show that i am a very good traveler/travelling buddy)

Day 6 - Rome

so we had the next full day in Rome, and we got up early to get in line for the Vatican. I wanted to be there by 7am, Molly was like “it doesn’t even open until 9!” and we compromised at 8 and it was STILL an enormous line so i was like “see? this is why i wanted to get here early”

Oh, but before we went to the Vatican, i took a shower. IN. THE. DARK. BECAUSE ALL OF ITALY EXCEPT FOR PISA DECIDED THAT I DIDN’T DESERVE TO HAVE A SHOWER WHERE I DIDN’T HAVE TO FUMBLE AROUND BLINDLY LIKE AN ASSHOLE

ALSO on the way to the Vatican, I asked if the two of them had their passports. Ally said yes. Molly said yes, why?

And I had to then explain to Molly, a 20 year old RELIGIOUS STUDIES MAJOR, who was RAISED CATHOLIC and who had FAMILY IN THE CLERGY, that the Vatican, THE CENTER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, is it’s own country. 

she, again, did not believe me until i pulled it up on google for her

turned out that we didn’t need our passports stamped to enter the Vatican but still! still!!!!!

so it turned out that whatever day we were there on, the Sistine Chapel isn’t open that day, so we just walked through the cathedral and then headed out to the Colosseum and the ruins of the Senate behind it, both of which were very cool

Day 7 - Rome to Milan to London

we got up even EARLIER on our last day, I took another shower in the dark, and we rushed over to the Vatican, speedwalked through most of the museum, and finally got into the Sistine Chapel, which was absolutely breathtaking. Then we hauled ass back to the train station to catch our train back to Milan.

At this point in the trip, I was so fucking done with the two of them, but especially Molly. Ally was sweet and naive, but she was also willing to listen to new information. Molly was just a stubborn ass with a mean streak a mile wide and I was COMPLETELY done associating with her.

Luckily, since I had booked my flights separately, while we had flown into Milan on the same plane, I had a completely different flight back to London - to a different airport, even. They were going back to London City, but I was heading to London Gatwick. Both planes were set to depart around the same time, from two gates that were next to each other though, so i couldn’t really escape them until - uh oh! My flight was delayed. 

Molly and Ally were fretting about it but i was like “it’s fine. it’s fine. I’ve been flying since i was literally 3 months old and I s o m e h o w know more Italian AND Spanish than the two of you combined, even though I would never say that I speak EITHER of those languages. Just go.”

The flight ended up being delayed like 5 hours due to mechanical issues. They finally just got another plane for us, and we finally took off from Milan. When we went over Paris, the captain, obviously feeling bad about the delay, made sure to tilt the plane in both directions so that everyone could see the Eiffel Tower lit up, it was really neat.

We finally got back to London at literally like 230 in the morning. The busses and some of the trains weren’t even running at that point - certainly not all the way out to the fancy little liberal arts college I was going to. I went up to some security guard at the airport and said “just tell me how close I can get to the University of Roehampton on the trains” and he told me to take the train to Black Friars so I got out there and there was a bus, but it was like 40 minutes out. It’s now pass 3am, I am exhausted after a long, weird week in Italy, I texted my dad and he said “just get an Uber i’ll pay for it”

The Uber driver was very nice and as soon as I got in he said “you look really cold! do you want the heat on?” i could have fucking kissed him. he was super nice. actually made sure that I was still texting my dad (i had mentioned it when I got in because I almost dropped my bag while trying to text and maneuver at the same time) every few minutes. offered to let me take and send a picture of him to my dad. otherwise didn’t really speak and just let the music play. I tipped him literally whatever was in my pocket at that time, i don’t remember how much it was, but it was at least 20% and probably more. Really great guy. 

Random London Uber driver from 2017, you remain the best Uber driver and I love you

i finally crawled into my shitty little dorm bed at about 4am, exhausted and utterly bewildered by the past week

honestly??? I’m still bewildered by my week in Italy.

wtf even happened in all that mess.

#italy #venice #florence #rome #pisa #tales from the hill #chris #thebubbledragon

[forehead-enthusiast]

A Buncha Tag Games (and yet not all of them)

tagged by: @eggyukhei mwah

tagging: this is a LOT of games so i’ll only tag @atinyphobe @nsheetee and @veonjun for the SECOND (2nd) game. if they or anybody wants to do any of the other games, absolutely go for it and say i tagged you <3 i’d love to see what you guys say!! (also, tk if you felt like you wanted to answer my questions from the second game i’d be interested to see!)

One:

tell me the first song that made you stan your current fave group and why did your faves attract you so much?

ok SO the song that probably got me into rv 100% (also yes ik this blog is 99% nct but rv is my forever fave no question) was probably ice cream cake!! i had been a casual listener of many groups up until that point and had never really stanned anyone, but icc was so infectious i found myself watching it over and over. i had heard happiness and be natural before but hadn’t really listened too closely, so icc was the song that captured me. after that, dumb dumb only cemented my love for them more, and the red is still one of my favorite kpop albums to date. rv attracted me primarily because of their incredible vocals and their versatility in genres and concepts. i still get so excited wondering what they’ll tackle next!! they’re just soooo unique and have one of, if not the best discographies of any group. i cannot stress enough, I. Love. RV!! also they’re funny and gay so. anyway stream monster once it drops uwu

Two:

rule: answer the ten questions and write your own!

1. what is your favorite song that’s been released during quarantine? ooooo honestly??? probably something off of Sawayama. literally every song bangs so hard i highly recommend that album to anyone!! i can’t pick a favorite off it but who’s gonna save you now is awesome and xs is just,,, chef’s kiss

2. what is your greatest mishap when you tried cooking? (or something you’ve witnessed) one time, while making soup at my late grandmother’s house on her like gas stove, i put a lid on a pot and somehow that led the pot to be engulfed in flames. IN MY DEFENSE i was like 7, and i’m great at cooking/baking now

3. what’s your go-to outfit or article of clothing? oh i love a nice dress. they can be casual or formal, and you look like you put effort into your outfit except i didn’t because i didn’t have to match anything yo!!!! also shorts have trouble fitting me cause i’m a weird body type so dresses tend to be very comfy for me

4. what is your comfort food? am i allowed to say like all food??? eating in itself is comforting,,, that sounds depressing but also i just like eating yummy food. i guess i’d say like my dad’s fried rice?? its my fave and no one makes it like him soooo

5. what singular moment in your life would you like to relive? i couldn’t tell if this meant like, a good moment you want to re-experience or go back in time and redo a moment and fix it. it’s kind of a hard question so i might cop out and go with a bit of a silly answer: i want to relive the hi touch with astro...... i wanna look at rocky’s beautiful eyes and touch moonbin’s hand ok,,,,

6. what is your favorite line and/or character from a movie, show, or book? i got a bunch but a few off the top of my head are genie lo (the epic crush of genie lo), ty lee, suki (atla), klaus, and ben (umbrella academy) 

7. if you could only choose one ice cream flavor and pizza topping/style for the rest of your life, what would it be? ice cream flavor: this very specific one from a local store that is banana ice cream with strawberries and oreo mixed in. it is heaaaavenly. as for pizza topping, i love a breakfast type pizza with an egg on top and like sausage and stuff!!!

8. what is the worst injury you’ve ever had or witnessed? funny enough, i’ve actually gotten badly injured quite a few times, and always on the face!! god hates me. the worst was probably when i hit a metal bench with my face and it took a chunk out of my cheek. i still have the scar! as for “witnessed” i accidentally broke a grown man’s rib once as a child, so i guess that would count.

9. would you rather explore the unknown of space or the bottom of the ocean? oceaaaan!! i answered this in some other game, but i like how mysterious and yet close the ocean is. like proximity wise it’s so near, yet there’s an insane amount we know nothing about. that’s so frightening but so intriguing

10. if you could be any cartoon character, who would you be? my first thought was literally “kirby. eat fast” GOD my followers are gonna think i’m just a glutton and they’re not even gonna be wrong im dying. but uhh idk mulan or smth?

my questions:

what is your go-to feel good movie?

are you the type of person who’s indecisive about buying, or the type to impulse buy once you see something you like?

do you prefer chocolate-y or fruity candy?

what idol do you think is most similar to you? (not your bias necessarily)

do you have any silly dealbreakers? if so, what are they?

what do you do to unwind?

what is a small thing you like to do for people you love? (be it sending memes, remembering their favorite shows, etc)

what’s/who’s your favorite myth/mythological being?

what is a non-typical pet you would want to have?

do you say pronounce data as day-ta or dah-ta?

THREE

rule: bold the statements that apply to you, italicize your aspirations, then tag nine people. 

AIR ༉⋆͙̈

i have small hands / i love the night sky / i watch animals and birds when i pass them by / i drink herbal tea / i wake to see the dawn / the smell of dust is comforting / i’m valued for being wise / i prefer books to music / i meditate / i find joy in learning new truths from the world around me

FIRE ༉⋆͙̈

i don’t have straight hair / i like to wear ripped jeans and overalls / i play an organized sport / i love dogs / i am not afraid of adventure / i love to talk to strangers / i always try new foods / i enjoy road trips / summer is my favorite season / my radio is always playing

WATER ༉⋆͙̈

i wear bracelets on my wrists / i love the bustle of the city / i have more than one set of piercings / i read poetry / i love the sound of a thunderstorm / i want to travel the world / i sleep past midday most days / i love simply lit dinners and fluorescent signs / i rewatch kids shows out of nostalgia / i see emotions in colors not words

EARTH ༉⋆͙̈

i wear glasses or contacts / i enjoy doing the laundry / i am a vegetarian or vegan / i have an excellent sense of time / my humor is very cheerful / i am a valued advisor to my friends / i believe in true love / i love this chill of mountain air / i’m always listening to music / i am highly trusted by the people in my life

AETHER ༉⋆͙̈

i go without makeup in my daily life / i make my own artwork / i keep on track of my tasks and time / i always know true north / i see beauty in everything / i can always smell flowers / i smile at everyone i pass by / i always fear history repeating itself / i have recovered from a mental disorder / i can love unconditionally

FOUR

the ultimate tag: answer whichever ones you want to because there are a lot and then tag a few blogs you’d like to get to know better! 

PERSONAL

name: sarah

nickname: bells

birthday: april 17th

zodiac: aries

nationality: chinese american

languages: english, some spanish, some korean

gender: female

sexuality: baby bi bi bi~

height: 5′10

BLOG STUFF

inspiration for muse: i suppose nct since i write for them the most?? but i feel like sometimes i come up with the idea before i think of a member so sometimes the muse is just my own fantasies oops

meaning behind my url: i made it at a time where loads of idols were getting bangs and honestly i believe most of them look infinitely better without them, thus i was and still am enthusiastic about foreheads.

blog established: like winter of 2018...?? i think

followers: over 2.5k but most deactivated/left during my hiatus lol

FAVORITES

favourite animals: sharks, chickens, snakes, cats, penguins

favourite books: the epic crush of genie lo and then iron will of genie lo, PERIOD

favourite colour: pink and purple!!

favourite fictional characters: lol, again, genie lo, ty lee, suki, klaus, ben, and just a few more: richard and evelyn o’connell (the mummy), dave (dave), michael (the good place)

favourite flower: sunflower

favourite scent: baking chocolate, heating butter, blackberry, wisteria

favourite season: probably spring! i like warmth but not HEAT

RANDOM

average hours of sleep: ugh idek i sleep horribly

cats or dogs: both, but unfortunately i’ve never had either

coffee, tea or hot chocolate: tea but then hot chocolate

current time: 5:29pm

dream trip: go to paris and eat loads of pastries and enjoy the fashions and beauty of the city, and also learn to bake better maybe?

dream job: actress

hobbies: making jewelry, drawing, singing, reading comics

hogwarts house: according to the quizzes, all of them. people who have just met me think slytherin or gryffindor, people who i’m friends with think ravenclaw or hufflepuff, people who know me really well know you can’t box a person into oversimplified archetypes :’) in my assessment of myself, it varies by the day, but i think perhaps gryffindor today?

last movie watched: hot fuzz (a classic)

last song listened to: summer breeze by sf9

no. of blankets you sleep with: like 2

random fact(s): i won lego building competitions as a child, one of my dream roles is anastasia from the musical named after her, i played violin for a very short time, i bake the cakes for all my family and friends’ birthdays, i have strangely strong grip strength

SIX

10 songs i can’t stop listening to:

love me 4 me- rina sawayama

cherry- rina sawayama

in & out- red velvet

crush culture- conan gray

manic- conan gray

the king- conan gray

summer- pentagon

told you now- jeremy jordan (originally sung by sam smith)

fuck this world (interlude)- rina sawayama

someone who loves me- sara bareilles

#these were sooooooooooo fun!! #thank you for tagging me eggy #i feel like i maybe exposed myself for being a gluttonous fool tho #lmaoooo #fr tho try these games out!! so fun #sarah.tmi #tag games

[tessabltheorist]

Meandering in Red's mind or "Red, in his own words." Part 3: Why is he like fried butter?

In part 1 I followed the quotes, from a man away from home, in darkness, in despair, to a job that gives meaning to his life. In part 2, I followed an ascent from the darkness, from believing Katarina's reasons were weakness and shame, to understanding she saw no other options. He can see a path home, because he now understand that Katarina had loved him, and her actions were the product of desperation, not disdain for his suffering.

But even when we meet him, and the insights we get about who he was before 2013, we see a man who even in his dark world, finds fun and enjoyment. He has a love of food and drink,

Janice, my sincerest apologies. I’ll take a rain check on the Stroganoff. It smells delicious.

Mmm! This piroshki is delicious.

You really should try the peaches. They’re perfectly ripe– and freestone.

Concierge: It’s nice to have you back, Mr. Howe. Your rib eye is on its way to your room along with a complimentary bottle of ‘82 Margaux.

From the heart of the rum-soaked, rose-petal Paczki.... I’ve been dreaming of Paczki. I tried to curb my cravings in this little shop in the West Village in New York, but they fill them with prune jelly.  Can you imagine?**... Ahhhhh. Mmm! Tastes just like Patty Sutton.

I suppose it isn’t any wonder you can justify cramming all this grease-drenched gristle into your face given that you’ve already paid to replace that rotted nub you call a heart.

I want another meal in Paris at L'Ambroisie in the Place des Vosges. I want another bottle of wine. And then another. I want the warmth of a woman in a cool set of sheets. One more night of jazz at the vanguard…. I want to stand on summits and smoke Cubans and feel the sun on my face for as long as I can.… I want to sit in the garden and read one more good book.

I agree with you completely. But it is a restaurant, and it is dinnertime.

Oui, monsieur? S'il vous plait, apportez-nous une bouteille quatre vingt deux chateau latour.

No. Where’s that woman with the mushroom puffs?

Ahh, gracias. Mmm. pastelitos de guayaba (guava pastries)

A bottle of beer and a pork sandwich.

Those Navajo tacos– Oh!

Last night, I got up for a scoop of orange sherbet, and she caught my eye.

The smell of the tree and the fire, oyster stew on the stove.

I come bearing gifts– pimento cheese sandwiches, toasted with the crusts cut off. Eartha Kitt’s recipe. It’s a fantastic story.

Well, let’s go back to the hotel. I think I saw some yogurt pretzels in your mini bar .…. Dembe, I’ll get her downstairs. After you’re finished, grab the pretzels.

Oh, my gosh. You have no idea what you’re missing. Try a grapefruit gusher. It’s just like you today a little sour.

But the point is the old boy didn’t eat for 74 days. Imagine that. I wouldn’t have the discipline. My weakness is sausage and Peppers.

She’s gonna miss the most tantalizingly delicious khorem baklava.

You haven’t touched your baklava. Just one bite.

I was in Steven Bash’s rec room down in the basement, eating fried egg and bologna sandwich when he did it.

However, truth be told, I do love fried chicken.

It requires a great deal of courage and intestinal fortitude for a man to take that first step toward sobriety. I couldn’t do it myself.

The best item on the menu is the pecan pie, right? ... Lizzy, please. Take a seat. I’ll have Chui bring you a piece of pie. I promise you’ll thank me..... Chui, be a pal. Wrap up two slices of that delicious pecan pie..... You have no idea what I’ve offered Chui to divulge the secret of this recipe.He won’t say. I suspect it has something to do with how he beats his eggs. I wonder if he uses a whisk.

Our journey begins in the home of the double-bacon corn dog.

Bistecca alla Fiorentina, sourced from a breed of cattle in southern Tuscany. The ultimate expression of beef, with a bowl of fagioli, a '96, '97 Barolo. These need another month to cure.

Everybody loves apples!

God, it’s god-awful. If they’d only switch to a good Burgundy, people would be much more devout.

Brenda and I were just catching up. She’s not hungry, but I noticed you packed some bratwurst and couldn’t resist. I do love a good cookout.

Do you have any cookies?  Ah.  These are yummy. It’s the nutmeg, isn’t it?

Cynthia, is that a touch of Cayenne in there? What a nice little kick*.*

In my experience, caramel sauce is an excellent lubricant when it comes to awkward introductions. Skyler, any chance I could convince you to go thirds with us on these?

May I pour you a glass of this delicious Aglianico?

Try Ginny’s Cheeseburger Chowder. The ground chuck and spices, the melted cheese. I highly recommend it for the inaugural balls.

And then, on the 48th day, they swung the cell door wide and handed me a package. Half a dozen tins of chilled Beluga caviar and a note. "Love, Marvin. “ When I think of it– guards on two continents– the bribes alone must have cost you a fortune. I still cannot fathom how you managed to pull it off from inside a federal prison.

I have such a fondness for the little snacks from the bar car, the crackers and cheeses, the sausages. It’s like camping. Try the peppered one there. It’s surprisingly good.

Has enjoyed the company of women, and even a relationship or two that seemed more serious, like Madeline and Josephine.

His taste in women seem to go to fun and dangerous women. This is how he describes Madeline:

a thief and a woman of singular talents.

The Madeline Pratt you know fosters relationships with incredibly powerful people. The one you don't exploits those relationships in ways that impact national security.

My relationship with Madeline is nuanced. Confounding, yet captivating, she's a singular woman, and the world is far more interesting with her in it.

Her betrayal and her games he calls "Foreplay."

We have seen and heard of the doctor in microbiology, Dr. Kimberly, Dr. Melissa Lomay, the "doctors without conscience", and he was making overtures to the Judge during his trial, citing a fascination he rather discuss in chambers. We have seen him confront the problems of his relationships with Baldomero's mother in Iztapalapa, as with Fadila, Vlad's wife. We hear a humber of stories, some sexual, such as the women in the Expo, and some not, such as the landless Moken sea gypsy.

And Josephine, which seemed to be a different kind of relationship, gentler. Yet, he never married her, even though he avenged her.

Red seems fascinated with relationships that are not what most people describe as healthy, with no secrets and no danger. 

The women who fascinate him are mostly dangerous. Madeline, Katarina Rostova, and likely this woman we will meet in 7B. Since I do believe he was married to the woman we met in 2.01, I will say seeing the punch she gave him, that Naomi Hyland was also a dangerous woman, if we look past the "miserable housewife" gloss she put when her husband was present. We see the way he describes a negotiation:

At the outset, they are opponents. Each has something the other wants. They size one another up, assessing risk, setting boundaries, challenging each other to breach them. A sensuous battle-- violence and sex balanced on the blade of a knife. Nothing given that is not earned-- nothing taken that is not given.

That very much sounds like the way he describes his relationship with Katarina, even in court: "Would it surprise you to learn that she and I had quite a complicated history? Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll. Did I say "sex"? Sex."

he also remembered in the hospital with Sam a woman: "Oh, my God. I've never been more scared of a woman in my life. She was thrilling in bed. What a pair of legs. I think she played field hockey in college." one that obviously both Sam and him had met.

Red is clearly a thrill seeker. He loves a heist, thrives in dangerous situations, and in the comic describes how he loved the chase:

I remember the name of the baker I stole the strawberry bismark from when I was 11 years old and his wife– Trudy Svoboda.

However appalled he was that Liz crossed the threshold when she killed Connolly and shot a cop:

when you did that, you crossed a threshold, leaving your world, entering mine. Bad things are gonna find you now, Lizzy. This life has a mind and a momentum of its own. That's a reality you need to accept. Bad things happen to good people.

He finds himself, like the hideous fish, thriving in that danger.

We have seen Red is: "perfectly comfortable with what I am." While he can be man immersed in violence:

I'm a violent man, a terrible, powerful, violent man.

"I get angry sometimes." No. I get even.

my bed is made, and I assure you my bed accommodates a broad spectrum of behavior

That violence (that he does not like:"This may seem ironic considering the circumstances, but I abhor violence. I only resort to it in times of extreme necessity," takes a toll, one he acknowledges:

I'm a violent man. I've taken on a life that requires it. I hurt people. I kill people. And each time I do, in that moment, another part of me dies along with them. When I was young, I romanticized the life of an outlaw. Bad guys. That was a long time ago.

Somewhere along that road, he finds his niche as the concierge of crime, he recovers his joie de vivre, the pleasure in the little things. Of all the quotes, things that are fun are the most numerous for him, and I offer only a small number of them:

Donald. I find him so stiff so much of the time. He doesn't appreciate life's trimmings

it's important for me to keep up appearances. I can't go around looking like a party pooper.

Well, this was fun. Let's do it again. Really, let's do it again. Understand, Zamani was only the first.

You make it sound so fun.... robbing the next President of the United States, this is gonna be a gas.

This is gonna be a gas.

"Planned"? I don't have the foggiest idea how to get you back. That's what makes it fun-- the surprises.

This is fun. Out and about, a glass of bubbles.

Oh, don't be such a spoilsport.

This could be such fun! Where's your sense of adventure?

Last time I was there, we had a great deal of fun, until she tried to strangle me with her stocking

I couldn't care less about saving the President's life. I'm just trying to get your old job back. Have some fun. It's gonna be a riot.

Dembe, this could be fun. We haven't been to a race since Smarty Jones cost us a bundle at Belmont. Perhaps Dame Fortune is ready to smile on us after all.

Raleigh, are those new spectacles, or is that a twinkle in your eye? That's the spirit. Let's have a little fun.

He also enjoy eluding his pursuers,

to Gale: When was the last time you and I saw each other? London? No. Cape Town? No, that's not right. Don't tell me. It'll come.... Ho Chi Minh City! That's it. I got away from you aboard that catfish trawler on the Saigon River. My God, the humidity. But fun times indeed. More to come, Agent Gale. More to come.

To Ressler: it wasn't to revisit all the times I eluded your little coterie of door-kickers who pursued me with such fervor and zeal.

Bad things happened to him when he entered that dark world. A criminal on the run. Even though he seemed to have always relished the chase, the thrills. Red likes treasure hunting, too, and loves a charade,

We're fine. Keep working. [with Ressler and Samar already on the building]

This is the life, Lizzy. Someone's always one step behind.

I haven't felt this giddy since Herbie Hunnicutt and I pooled our box tops and sent away for the decoder ring and periscope. Why is that? What is this feeling? ... Everyone loves hidden treasures Yamashits Gold, the Oak Island Money Pit. Hell, even DB Cooper, which was more of a mystery and less of a treasure hunt, really.

The impossible odds:

Time to storm the castle. It's a heavily armed compound, and there is only five of us. You're right. Even the Magnificent Seven had seven. Slim chance of survival. Impossible odds. This'll be fun.

He tells Liz about the need to find normalcy, to never let the fear control her:

You have every right to be afraid. Just don't let it control you. Poor Sok learned that the hard way.... You're in a storm, Lizzy. You need to find the peace below the winds.

He knows his own power, his mix of fun and threat: "like deep-fried butter, I am unhealthy and yet irresistible," and he disguises a lot of things in this fun, like working with Liz

Oh, that's not the end of the story. I'm confident you'll come to see that. But in the meantime, we need to find a way to move past this. Because for me, there's just no fun in it unless you're there. And if there's no fun to be had, I'm not interested.

He is extravagant and generous,

And, Dariush, if it's not too presumptuous, I'd like pay for drinks at tonight's social hour. I'm feeling flush.

Instead of being depressed about losing his money and influence, he seems to enjoy the simple pleasures of stealing cars and eluding the cops:

I feel pretty good... I feel alive. Zipping off in that car, bullets flying. What a thrill. And the driving. Dembe's always driving. I should do more driving

As Liz tells him: "I was wrong. You're not at all scared of the future. You're actually loving this."

His strenght is information and foresight. When he gets to jail, his first thought is find his enemies, a way to survive until he can eliminate the threat. When he loses his immunity agreement, he gets another one flying by the seat of his pants.

He finds opportunities in the chaos, and that surprised me, because I did not remember that season 7 was not the first time Red has expressed his feelings about chaos, he did it first in season 4, after Kate destroyed his empire:

For the time being, we'll have to be comfortable with chaos.

I try to leave nothing to fate, but I'm perfectly comfortable with chaos. That's why I trust that whatever happens is probably meant to be.

He also seems to enjoy tales of shapeshifter, "I don’t know how you do it, the duplicity. How does the devil in you contend with the angel? I would have kicked her out years ago."

Especially those who appear to be good but are not: "She’s not the woman you think she is. She preyed on the weak and the innocent while dressed in the wings of a savior. I detested everything about her."

Also his friend Perl: "The evidence of your guilt is convoluted but irrefutable. I simply cannot fathom the journey, the moral detours necessary to change a man who cherished all creatures great and small into one who profits from their slaughter."

A fascination that comes from childhood: "When I was young, I loved fairy tales. I was always partial to shapeshifters, who seemed good and sweet, but they were full of unimaginable darkness.”

And he seems prepared to accept the consequences of his actions, perhaps the reason he always tries to protect and spare the innocent:

Geoff that was breathtaking an operatic perversion of righteous intent. But your strategy, no matter how noble the rhetoric, is betrayed and, inevitably, defined by your actions. This isn’t about conservation It’s about consolidation. We are what we do, Ace.

He shares with Ressler having an likelihood with addiction to opium:

I admire the way you're dealing with your addiction, Donald. I tried NA once after an opium den in Kuala Lumpur got the best of me. Didn't stick

As for consumption, I must admit to a fondness for any well-appointed opium den, and a bit of hashish goes well with just about anything. But stimulants, I have no taste for. I prefer that slight curve at the small of the back, the swell of a breast, the soft nape of the neck to quicken my heartbeat

I've made arrangements to be cremated. Have my ashes placed into Mama Lu's opium pipes. The users won't mind, and on the off chance there is an afterlife, I'd like to be high in it.

We see him in the opium den, Mama Lu's, when he thinks Liz died, being there so long Mama Lu kicked him out.

Among interesting things, he seems to share a dislike for being too warm at night with Agnes:

Mr. Homan, it’s awfully nice to have you back. There’s complimentary Champagne. As usual, the bed’s made up with blankets instead of a comforter.

She loves Cheerios, and Thomas the Train in the morning. And she gets so cranky if she's hot at night, so just a light blanket.

He pays extraordinary attention to what people say. In 1.02 Liz mentions a hole in the wall: "You're very comfortable here with your glass of scotch, but you're just as comfortable sleeping in a cave with rebels or sharing dinner in some hole-in-the-wall noodle shop." He then goes to one to have dinner at the end of 1.02,

and mentions one in 2.11: “We’ll have dinner. I know a wonderful little hole in the wall that’s actually in a hole in the wall.”

In 1.02 Liz mentions wanting wine, especifically chardonnay: "I'll have wine. Chardonnay?" Then, in 1.04 he advises Liz: "You should go home, Lizzy. Pour yourself a Chardonnay and move on," and in 2.04 he tells Liz and Naomi, who are having a little conservation, which he interrupts : "Well. Look at the two of you. I should have brought a bottle of chardonnay."

He loves puzzles:

Borakove, I hate sarcasm, and I love puzzles.

It's all just pieces of a much larger puzzle, and until all the pieces are laying in front of you, it won't go together.

Haskell's quite a puzzle man. Spends his days combing through thousands of pages of redacted government documents, comparing them to defense-authorization reports, executive orders. He's found a way to read between the lines. I wouldn't have the patience.

Relax. Have a drink. Help me finish this infuriating puzzle

The Corsican is the last piece of a very complicated puzzle.

I'd think I'd solved the puzzle when I'd only gotten one piece.

Red is an extraordinarily observant man, who likes fun, and finds fun in the chase, impossible odds, heists, as well as food and drink. He makes friends easily, prefers the carrot than the stick:

From the The Gambler graphic novel: "It's not enough to be feared, my friend. It's easy to grab for power wielding a stick, but they can always take that stick and use it against you. Be patient."

In the party after the jail business, we see all sorts of people, all of whom seem to love him (and his influence).

Red likes to project an image of omniscience and infallibility, and is comfortable with chaos, tries to remain optimist and believe that the universe will bring him what he needs. He remains, however, distrustful of noble motives:

You know what my problem with religion is? Man. Like anything that has a potential to be beautiful, man will turn it into something ugly. For every saint, there are two million sinners.

Red makes a point of remembering names:

You know what the key to finding your enemies is? Remembering everyone's name. It's critical to my survival. Anyone knows the head of some drug cartel in Colombia, some politician in Paris. But I know their wives, girlfriends, children, their enemies, their friends. I know their favorite bartender, their butcher.

Of reading body language and expressions:

one of the reasons I'm still alive is due to my love of reading, whether it be words on a page that reveal the author's thoughts, emotions, imagination, or whether it be people in conversation, to ignore what they say and instead read their expression, posture, their gesture.

he knows every little thing about a vast number of people

the man who actually stole he painting-- Rogelio's cousin was his gardener. How is Tony?

Wendy, dear, your ears must be burning. Dembe and I were just talking about you.... How are the boys?... Almost enough to make a woman hope Larry gets early parole

Be well, Edgar, and tell Lucinda if she ever leaves you, I'd like to marry her.

Red keeps a code, not always about power:

There are much easier ways to earn a dollar than moving migrants. I did it because someone will, and if it's going to be done, it should be done well by someone who holds to certain standards.

Red abhors drug dealers:

I generally practice willful ignorance when it comes to certain drug trade.

I'm not in the methamphetamine business. It's a poison.

Normally, I wouldn't give him the time of day. He's a vicious, little drug-lord thug

BUT not the opium ones:

LIZ: You're talking about a drug dealer."

RED: I'm talking about a friend, a philosopher who practices an ancient ritual going back thousands of years.

We have learned a lot from Red.  Next, his view of the world.

Part 1: The darkness

Part 2: Ascent from darkness

Part 3: Why is he like fried butter?

Part 4: His worldview

Part 5: His stories

Part 6: Red loves the arts

Part 7: Miscellaneous

#The Blacklist #meandering in red's mind #red in his own words

[loiswolf]

Day 37 July 8 Chepstow - Bridgend 82kms

Day 37 July 8 Chepstow - Bridgend 82kms

Yesterday as I was posting my blog I had the door to my shoebox jammed open with a stool to let some air in. A couple of cyclists wandered by ( they were carrying their helmets so I knew they were cyclists ) so I popped out to talk to them. Moments later I had an invitation to join Irish cyclists, Mark and Dominic for dinner. I had just been boasting to you all how cheaply I eat then I went out and paid quite a lot more than usual for dinner. I prefer not to go out by myself mainly because it’s always awkward eating it alone ....not just to save money.

Mark and Dominic cycled from their home down to the bottom point of England, now they are on their way to the top of Scotland, then they will cycle most of the way home again. Like me, they don’t camp and they like to do big kms every day. They are actually doing longer days than me because they have a time limit, however they are travelling much lighter. I think the hills have been killing them too.

Somehow I had the impression that they would be shooting off quickly after their breakfast this morning. Not so! I had time to talk to my daughter and grandchildren, my friend Siggy, eat breakfast, pack up and load Shirley then sit and watch them get ready. I guess I liked having someone to talk to and check out how other people do things. I had to quickly remove Shirley from the function room where all three bikes spent the night. Dominic was carefully cleaning and oiling his bike. I didn’t want Shirley getting any funny ideas!

At about 8:15 I took their photo and cycled off up the hill.

The plan today was to mostly follow the A48. It was really a very easy day with only a moderate amount of hills. Unsurprisingly the terrain was a little like home, New South Wales.

This photo was somewhere I actually stopped to do a wee. I looked around when I was finished and thought it was quite pretty.

I would like to say I had my morning tea at this lovely looking place but it wasn’t open yet and I passed it too early to stop anyway. I just liked the words and the writing.

Morning tea was actually just before Newport at a big shopping complex. There are Costa coffee places everywhere so I thought I’d patronise one for a change. The cake was good!

Somehow I slipped off the A48 ( the roundabouts are huge here) and found myself heading to Cardiff. The plan had been to avoid it but I decided just to go through it and have a look rather than double back up to the very busy A48. I knew the roads would meet up later anyway.

Cardiff is the capital of Wales and really not very big. All the traffic lights meant it was slow getting through but I enjoyed having a look. It’s always fun to roll through the mall in the middle and look at the people, checkout the shops and listen to the buskers. There is a big castle in the centre but I didn’t want to stop in the middle of traffic so I cycled into the park next to it to get a photo.

I was wishing I had bought something for lunch but I hadn’t. A little way up the road I saw a ‘Spar’ supermarket so I ran in and grabbed some pastries. I had been hoping for a Lidl because all their bakery items are baked fresh and yesterday I got some delicious twisted donut things with caramel in them. They were yummy! Another few kms along and I saw the Lidl. Oh well, there was no hurry today so I stopped again and bought a few more things including the donuts!  When I came out there was a rather large man trying to park his little bike behind Shirley. He was shocked that I hadn’t chained Shirley up so I explained that it was pretty hard to make a quick getaway on something that heavy. Maybe I should chain her in future. I have seen a few suspicious looking characters around.

On the way out of Cardiff I took a photo of these houses since I’ve have posted photos of houses in the other countries I’ve cycled.

On the lookout for a nice park to sit and eat my lunch I could only find this.

A slightly unusual lunch venue but there was a nice bench to sit on, it was very quiet and the outlook was not unpleasant.

Just up the road from lunch I rejoined the A48 hoping it would get a bit quieter. Eventually it did and in spite of the before mentioned hills it was a pleasant afternoon ride into Bridgend.

My accommodation is a very old style motel but it has a little fridge so I am happy. Once again I was greeted with the note in the window advising me to call on arrival. I sent an email and the owner was there in a few minutes. Shirley is in the ground floor room with me so maybe I should lavish on her some of the attention Dominic’s bike was getting this morning. Maybe....

[putschki1969]

Japan ~ Summer 2018 #2 🎌🚅

Quick introduction: Hello my lovlies!! As most of you might already know, I went to Japan this summer. It was a rather spontaneous decision based on the fact that both Hikaru and Wakana had announced their solo lives. At that point I was suffering from a serious case of Kalafina withdrawal so I felt like I had no choice but to go. I just needed to see them. Also, it was my 30th birthday so I thought I would treat myself. You only turn 30 once, right? On a side note, the timing finally gave me the opportunity to do something I had wanted to do for a few years now. Climb Mount Fuji. o(〃＾▽＾〃)o So yeah, that’s the backstory of my trip. I stayed in Japan from July 30 till August 14 and pretty much my entire trip was dedicated to Kalafina Pilgrimage. Let me tell you this, it was by far the best summer vacation of my life, worth each and every penny! And believe me, there were a LOT of pennies involved XD

Notes: Once again this is coming pretty late but not as late as my previous travel report so that’s a good thing. It took some time to gather my thoughts and put them all into words. This report will be a bit different from the last one since I thought it would be nice to include some travel tips here and there. I guess you could see this as some sort of travel guide/Kala-guide. Many of my followers have never been to Japan so I guess some general info would be useful to make things easier for you if you ever decide to travel to Japan.

Please note that this is Part 2 of my report. It is dedicated to my time in Toyama. Part 1 can be found HERE!

Without further ado, let’s get to it 〈(•ˇ‿ˇ•)-→

Aug 4 (Sat) ~ Toyama Trip

I decided I would dedicate that entire day to a Toyama trip. I made the mistake of not reserving a seat in advance for the shinkansen. I usually always do that but for some reason I didn’t think the train to Toyama would be that frequented. Turns out I was wrong (at least when it comes to the fast bullet train - the Kagayaki). When I got to Ueno that morning I was planning to take one of the earlier trains but it was already completely booked out. Later on I found out that Aug 4/5 was the Toyama Matsuri weekend so it's really no surprise that all the shinkansen seats had already been reserved. I ended up getting a ticket for the 10:14 Kagayaki which meant I would arrive in Toyama around noon (a little later than planned but oh well, there was nothing that could be done about it). It was my first time taking the Hokuriku Shinkansen so I splurged a little on a fancy ekiben °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖° For those of you who don’t know, ekibens are bento boxes sold at train stations. You can eat them on a long shinkansen ride. There are so many different types to choose from. But I’d personally recommend the one I got. The E7 Bento Box. Like many others, the Hokuriku shinkansen has a very distinctive look so of course, it also has its very own bento box XD And boy, is it a cute box! Perfect to keep as a souvenir. And the good thing about it, there’s mostly stuff in it that I actually eat (I am a VERY picky eater!). The special Ueno Coca Cola bottle is also cute as hell btw!

The ride to Toyama takes a little over two hours I think. I arrived around noon (maybe at 12:30 or something). Shortly before I arrived I realised that I had forgotten my USB cable. I brought my charging battery but it was useless to me without a USB cable At that point I had already used my phone quite extensively and my battery was at around 60%. I was already starting to panic a little because I had all these plans for Toyama but they required me to use google maps, without google maps to rely on, I wouldn’t be able to find ANY of the places I wanted to visit. When I arrived I was greeted by a gorgeous little street festival, right outside of Toyama Station there were lots of people gathering around a handful of dance groups. It was quite pretty and spectacular. But at that point I was already scared to use my phone for anything except google maps so I didn’t take any pictures. *sobs* Such a shame. First I made my way to the Nanakosi shop that sells those pastries Hikaru mentioned in the 10th Anniversary Film. It’s located inside the Sōgawa Ferio Grand Plaza which is about a 20 min walk away from Toyama Station. Usually 20 min is nothing for me and I always try to explore new areas on foot but man, it was hell to go there. It was really hot that day and my battery was dropping faster than expected in the heat. Google maps was constantly crashing on me and it didn’t seem to work properly. I kept going the wrong way (please note that I have no sense of direction whatsoever). So yeah, I was a mess. Frantically I was trying to find a shop that sold USB cables but for some reason I had a really hard time finding one. Usually they sell those in conbinis but I couldn’t even find one of those. Plus, I was scared to venture too far away from my route since I thought I might get lost. Thank God I eventually managed to find a 100 yen shop. They have everything, including USB cables. After that I was able to relax and focus on my Hikaru pilgrimage.

So yeah, like I said, I was walking towards Ferio Grand Plaza. On my way there I passed Toyama Castle. It’s a nice little castle with a small garden but nothing to write home about. When I arrived at Grand Plaza I was greeted by yet another festival. A nice little wind ensemble was playing popular songs such as “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid, it was quite epic. They were all wearing uniforms, it was some sort of commemorative event to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Toyama police department band or something .

Grand Plaza is a really nice gathering place that’s protected by a glass ceiling but it’s still outdoors. It’s a wide open space and often used as venue for events like the one mentioned above. While enjoying the concert I bought myself one of those infamous Nanakosi pastries.

I got the one with custard because I am not a fan of the standard bean filling. I’ll be real with you, it wasn’t all that great (sorry, Pika-chan T_T). I think it might be more enjoyable in winter but during a hot summer day it was just too much (and that’s coming from someone who can usually eat a lot of sweet stuff). There was just too much filling. It was a struggle to finish it. Afterwards I walked around the Ferio Grand Plaza area a bit to find the Doutor Coffee shop that Hikaru had worked at in her student days. It’s very close to the Nanakosi shop so everyone should be able to find it quickly. It’s the Toyama Sōgawa shop in case any of you want to check it out ( 〒930-0083 Toyama-ken, Toyama-shi, Sōgawa, 3 Chome−5−４ アキオビル 1F).

My next stop was the Yamaha Music Center which was also mentioned in the 10th Anniversary Film. It’s only a 10-minute walk from Grand Plaza (although I took a lot longer because google maps was messing with me again or maybe I was just too stupid to follow the directions, I don’t know). At any rate, the center is a little hidden away in the backstreets of Toyama so it wasn’t exactly easy to find. Of course the heat made everything seem a lot worse XD. Here’s the address for those of you who want to go there one day => 富山音楽センター 〒930-0049 富山県富山市豊川町５-６

Then it was time to head north, to Kansui Park. You simply follow the river for about 30 minutes and then you are there, it felt really nice to walk along the riverside, the trees were providing some shade, there was a nice breeze so close to the water and you could listen to the cicadas singing. Oh boy, I underestimated how loud they could actually get. I had never heard them before because I always travel to Japan in the winter time.

Kansui Park is absolutely gorgeous! This is where Kalafina performed during the Stardust Illusion Festival. I summarised Hikaru’s blog post from that day. She talks about how that was one of the most special lives for her so of course I had to go and see where it took place. Hikaru also mentioned the infamous Kansui Park Starbucks which is known for its lovely terrace views. And really, it DID have some nice views. I took a little break there and tried to cool down with a cold drink. Afterwards I headed to Aubade Hall, the venue of Hikaru’s dreams. She has mentioned in a couple of blog posts that ever since she was little she always wanted to perform there. And Kalafina did end up performing there twice. Once back in 2015 for their fotw tour and then last year for their 9+ONE tour. It’s about 10 minutes away from Kansui park, pretty close to Toyama Station actually. Here’s the address => Aubade Hall (Toyama City Art and Culture Hall), 9-28 Ushijimacho, Toyama, Toyama Prefecture 930-0858, Japan

Then I wanted to have some dinner and I thought about going to the Izakaya that Kalafina always go to when they are in Toyama. It’s called Soratobu Usagi which pretty much means Flying Bunny XD. You can even check out their signatures at the bar. It’s quite cool. BUT I decided against it since they only have seafood and I don’t really eat seafood. So I slowly headed back to the station and ordered some gyoza (because I always crave gyoza XD) at a random restaurant. I finally got to relax after walking around in the heat (I didn’t really walk that much but it felt like I had run a marathon due to the humidity). While watching the sunset I ate my yummy giant gyoza and then I took the train back to Tokyo.

❗ Some tips ❗ 

Always bring your charging battery AND a USB cable

Conbinis and 100 yen stores have everything in case you are ever in need of a random product

Always reserve your shinkansen seat tickets in advance. It’s best to reserve them at least a day ahead if you are planning to travel during communiting hours or during the weekend.

Prepare an itinerary so you don’t waste your time going back and forth between locations. I started with the lower part of Toyama and visited all the places in that area. Then my plan was to head north where another bunch of places were located. Do your research before you travel and life will become so much easier. You can lose track of all the places you wanna visit if you don’t have an itinerary and then you might end up having regrets because you didn’t get to see everything you wanted to see. I mean, you don’t have to strictly stick to your plan but just see it as a sort of guideline.

When you are taking the shinkansen splurge on an ekiben. Yes, I know they are totally overpriced but really, they are pertty delicious most of the time and it’s just part of the shinkansen experience.

Aug 5 (Sun) ~ Lazy Shopping Day

I didn’t actually do much on that day. After all I wanted it to be a relaxing holiday and not just one exhausting trip after the other. Plus, the heat really took a toll on me so I felt like I needed some downtime. So yeah, I just did some shopping (mostly window shopping) and eating. I walked around Tokyo Station and happened across an IENA store. Guess what I found there? Yup, Hikaru’s blouse, right in front of me. In my previous post I mentioned that I originally wasn’t planning to buy it since it was just way too expensive. But after climbing Mount Fuji and after celebrating my 30th birthday I just felt like I deserved a treat. I realise I have said the same thing about my nail salon appointment but oh well, you only live once. So yup, that’s the story of how I ended up buying the blouse even though I was initially not intending to.

This was me during the entire trip.👇

The rest of the day was spent in all kinds of shopping malls in Shibuya/Shinjuku. I am actually quite proud that I didn’t buy anything else. But on this trip I really wanted to focus on Kalafina so I didn’t feel the need to spend money on random clothes or accessories. But I always enjoy just looking at stuff. We don’t have any of these malls here in Vienna (at least not in those huge dimensions) so it’s a cool experience to check everything out. To wrap up the day, I had some yummy dinner and then I headed back to the hotel to pack for my upcoming trip to Fukuoka.

#kalafina #personal #kalafina guide #food guide #toyama #tokyo #japan #travel diary #these posts always turn out longer than expected #this series is gonna have so many parts #it might take me till next year to finish #but I think it's a nice way to forever treasure these memories