#probably still need more leafy stuff

[kamatha]

I love the idea of leafling scars!! Such a cool idea but I’ve never seen anyone draw anything life that! Maybe I’m biased because I like Bernard.

Had this idea brewing since the game came out and there are SO many ways it could be applied to imply extra stories for Bernard and the castaways! I have no idea when else I'll be able to talk about this in length so thank you for sending this I can finally ramble!!!

To summarize:

Cured castaways are left with vine stitches that protect and keep together any internal or external injuries (may or may not disappear once the injury is fully healed)

The pikmin parasite potencially focuses on the head to control the host

The longer they're a leafling the more vibrant the hue left on the skin is. (I wasn't sure how much of a tomato Olimar would be)

Flowers can bloom in their leafy coats

Despite being brought into the same Onion they have different types of leaves/vines/flowers

I left it ambiguous whether or not castaways are still being healed after they've been turned into leaflings

Other info and ideas I didn't include:

A lot of times the plant grown will be poisonous ie. a yellow leafling grows buttercups. This is to protect them from predators.

Marks resembiling their leafling eyes might be visible on their corneas

Drinking nectar gives them a similar effect to the pikmin; blooming flower, faster speed (maybe strength? forgot if that's boosted), they also get "extra lives" but their pain receptors are more sensitive than the pikmin so they get temporarilly incapacitated for longer

Keeping it ambiguous if castaways are straight up revived from the dead or need to be brought in while they're still hanging on (there's so much story potential if theres a time limit tho!)

They might be able to use the vines as a second limb (I accidentally drew Olimar's vine too low so he probably has a vine tail now)

Dunno if I did Yonny's speech pattern justice here (still experimenting) but-

I REALLY wished we could've gotten notes from Yonny about this since he got to see them up close. And dang it I'm really curious about how the leaflings work, I get that they're all dandori n stuff but what if the pink ones can fly or the purple ones are stronger. Maybe all of them except blue leaflings get hurt by water.

So many questions and no answers, and so much design and story potential!!!

I cut the image in case tumblr's compression kicks me.

This was a pretty fun way to start drawing the castaways too. Now I'm really tempted to draw everyone's leafling forms (I may have already picked flowers for the rescue corps team based on their symbolism)

#pikmin 4 #pikmin 4 spoilers #yonny pikmin #bernard pikmin #fan art #captain olimar #leafling #castaway #kamatha answers

[bomberqueen17]

ok if you start typing a post title and then backspace you lose the entire field to have a post title and there's no way to get it back, so here we are, untitled.

So I spent two weeks at the farm, and was trialing Adderall, and it was sort of impossible to make any judgements about the medication because when I'm at the farm there's such a routine and task lists and stuff it's easy to just follow along, which is part of the reason I go there. But now I'm home and after a three-minute video consulation that cost $210 after insurance I am just doing two more weeks of the same thing. So I'm going to try to conscientiously log symptoms and side effects and things, so that at my next $200+ consultation I can get like some actual advice maybe.

(Whatever. I have the money in my HSA I might as well.)

So I'll go on about that after the cut probably but first: Eclipse!

My niece and mom are coming to hang for the eclipse, and my mother-not-law will join us. We may end up hanging out at her house or at mine, I'm meant to be scouting locations-- there are many many events going on locally, some free and some not, but there is also an estimated tourist load of about three million excess people expected in the region, and I just feel like traffic is going to be so terrible. I don't want to go anywhere I have to drive to! And I don't want to be stuck sitting in a venue somewhere.

So I'm gonna come up with snacks and a couple of activities (probably involving cameras!) at my house or at M-N-L's if her view is better (she has a paved patio that faces south so I suspect it will be; my best vantage point is my unshaded concrete stoop, as my sunporch has a western view and is not totally unimpeded).

Ideas for snacks and activities welcome, my starter list below the cut.

Activities:

Beforehand, I will get either white or black t-shirts, and we can decorate them with dye or bleach, and make ourselves commemmorative shirts. I have everything I need for this but the shirts.

Set up a camera on a tripod to record the eclipse? Set up another one pointed at a white sheet to record shadows.

Have several objects prepared to cast shadows with. I probably can't get a leafy branch this time of year, but a couple of colanders, a grid or something, a stretch of lace, that kind of thing, mounted in embroidery hoops or whatever, to look at the cool shadow shapes.

Of course I have eclipse glasses.

Snacks: oh i can't put this one in bullet points thanks tumblr, no i don't want this to be a gigantic asterisk never mind

frosted cookies cheese plate we can pretend are in festive shapes, my ass is not going to bother with that vegetables lol

Anyway I'm still sorta brainstorming that. My niece is ten, so it's not like i need little-kid stuff, I just want things that will actually be cool to observe. I haven't researched this yet I just remember watching leaf shadows at the 2017 eclipse.

So that's that. Currently I'm tidying the house kinda lowkey, because it's in better shape than usual and also it's just BIL and niece stopping overnight, but it's a good trial run of the guest bedroom. I'm mostly there and am on a 15-min break just now. Still have to set up the guest bed which means moving shit out of the way in that room.

Now: Symptom log.

Adderall makes me very dehydrated. I drink and drink and drink until I can't stand water anymore, and I'm still sorta thirsty and I pee like. Twice a day at most. Kinda weird.

During the two weeks at the farm I had one incidence of a terrible 20-hour headache, and another incidence of vertigo, and I think both were just plain dehydration, because I was drinking water like a normal slightly thirsty person. No, I need to have a huge mug next to me at all times and just drink out of it every couple of minutes. it's intense.

I also sweat really easily. it doesn't seem to be affecting my actual stamina; I get overheated and kind of huff and puff with light activity, but once I'm moving I'm fine and can do a normal day's amount of work without undue fatigue. I'm not sweating enough to explain the dehydration, but I am sweating a whole lot more than normal for this time of year. I may have problems with this in the heat and am already preparing to give that some thought.

Insomnia: not really anything outside my normal. I've had problems for a few years where I'll not be able to sleep, or will wake ultra-early and have trouble returning to sleep, and I've continued with this but no more often than normal and have in fact had several *very* good nights of sleep. I also, the first or second day I took this stuff, had an *incredible* nap around 2pm when I think the dose wore off, and then slept fine that same night. So. I feel kind of lucky with that and will not complain.

But: what is the medication actually doing?? Is my concentration better?

Short answer: not that I've noticed. Hard to observe, at the farm; there's an external schedule there, and I've never had much trouble just getting on that. It's something I've done for years; I love hitching a ride on a household's schedule and then I don't miss meals or lose hours to accidental procrastination. "What's got to get done today? Here's the list, pick what you want and when to do it" has always been my ideal situation. I was able to accomplish more than the list most days, and my motivation was good, and as usual my limitation was not drive but physical pain. (Yes, the PT has helped my bad hip so much, but my "good" hip was a bastard the entire time, with the awful radiating nerve pain from my knee through my lower back. Don't like that, PT isn't fixing that nearly so well.)

So, now that I'm at home, I've had two days totally on my own schedule, and the results are uh. not good. I still don't know how to make my own to-do lists very well, still don't have any clear notion of what I can expect to achieve in a day, still don't really know how to break down tasks well, and super don't know how to initiate them. I fell back on my old junebugging ways, where you just say "ok go!" and do whatever pops into your mind in the order it occurs to you, and hope some of the things on your list get done, and that's got me through a fair bit of housecleaning and putting my stuff away and such.

But I've been having, the same as or more than usual, problems where I pause and then get stuck. I go to pee and wind up on my phone on the toilet scrolling some app or other until my leg falls asleep. I go in the kitchen intending to make lunch and wind up staring out the window a while. I set out to do the dishes and wind up cleaning every window I can reach.

So it's frustrating, I can't tell if this is better or worse than before, and I also think the medication wears off in the early afternoon so my effective window of testing is really short and not really getting me anywhere. But we'll see, I still have a week and a half so I will try some more non-medical frameworks to see if I can't prop the meds up into giving me some more function. And yes, I'm sorta recovering from the relocation, that's always an issue, so maybe the last two days being not ideal are inevitable and I just have to settle more into routine. But that's frustrating.

Anyway. OK. Off my ass and back to work.

#about the author #solar eclipse #adhd #idk

[ihavetoomuchhomeworkforthis]

So I found this on Google, and I accidentally ended up having a megabrainstorm session with my dad about if Vulcans were actually photosynthetic, or really just how photosynthetic humanoids would work in general and how they'd function on a Starfleet ship? It was more like me ranting excitedly at my dad for a few minutes, but there were some cool ideas in there. (I mean I think they're cool, hopefully you guys do too)

Warning: EXTREMELY long (and nerdy) bullet point list follows under the cut

green skin because chlorophyll

possibly even leafy skin, which might end up looking more like scales, but with patches of softer more leaf-like areas where we'd have more body fat and/or body hair

(they can still have that Vulcan hair though, since it's sort of a defining trait/style of the species in Star trek)

This means they have to absorb sunlight through their skin, and convert it into energy in the form of glucose, like trees

Therefore they'd have to have glucose (not copper) based blood (but the melting point of sugar is really high? Hadn't quite worked that part out)

Their blood would be white then? Amber, like tree sap. Wait actually don't some flowers/green stemmed things have white sap in the stems? (Maybe their blood would change from white to amber as they age? I know flowers aren't younger versions of trees, but it would be cool)

and they'd have to drink water just as much as humans because plants need water (as Chekhov is panicking about) but maybe since Chekhov is worried about "watering" spock, their hair can function like roots or something to soak up extra water as well. Idk if it rains much on Vulcan but when it did they'd all be going outside like the worms do on Earth lol

They wouldn't really have to eat if sunlight is their primary energy source. Their mouth would be just for water, breathing, and speaking. In which case they'd have ALL different organ systems, seeing as our digestive system takes up a good chunk of space in the torso, what would they fill it with? Being humanoid, they'd still need lungs, as well as a heart to circulate the (glucose based?) blood. They can still have a liver as a toxin filter and whatever else livers do (trees have to deal with not-so-clean water, so the photosynthetic Vulcans could probably deal with pretty muddy/questionable water as well. And maybe that connects to a very basic digestive system (liver-filters > short and singular intestine > rectum) which is mostly just for getting rid of the mud (yes, pooping.) And the liver can also deal with dusty/sandy air probably. Oh they might not need to eat (maybe even CAN'T eat since they wouldn't need or have the organs to deal with it) but they could drink liquids other than water, and it might be helpful/necessary to drink sugary fruit drinks if it's been cloudy for a few days, because humanoids expend a LOT more energy than plants probably do. They probably have a "stomach" which acts as a storage and distribution-into-bloodstream area for water and sugar, a little like how a camel's hump works, so it might not only be "OMG did anyone water Spock today!?" But also "OMG Spock fainted, somebody get him fruit juice!" *frantic running to the mess hall* *20 ccs of sugar* "I told you to drink more sugary stuff, our artificial light here just can't give you as much energy as your THREE ENTIRE SUNS back home, you ****ing idiotic hobgoblin!" *definitely not crying over Spock's wellbeing*

Idk what would make up the rest of their torso since they don't need as much space for organs. Heart, lungs, liver, one intestine + waste management, storage stomach, and the rest of ours is primarily taken over by about 15 feet of scrunched intestines, so maybe for them it's all leg, or they could maybe have a redundant extra pair of lungs, and/or another heart, especially to lessen the workload since tree sap is significantly thicker than human blood? Or maybe all the water would thin it out? Or one heart is more connected to the skin where they absorb light energy and cycles the glucose-based blood (which goes from white to amber as they grow up) and the other heart connects more to the water/fruit juice storage stomach and cycles water as well as somehow sends old water off to get peed out? And they should also have an organ that somehow counters sunburn and helps then deal with their world's elevated levels of radiation.

So: two pairs of lungs (for no real reason), two hearts (and two circulatory systems?), one for water and one that's more for the nutrients of glucose from sunlight, a storage stomach, a liver, an organ that deals with radiation and sunburn, a short intestine for the undrinkable parts of potentially muddy/contaminated water, the rectum to poop out the mud, the kidneys/bladder/urinary system for old water, and I think that's it.

I've been occasionally researching (googling) during the process of writing this, and I found that trees actually do have 2 different kinds of sap! Phloem is the "more nutrient rich form, and flows from the leaves bringing sugars and hormones to nutrient-hungry parts of the plant," while Xylem "consists mostly of water" so it's perfectly reasonable for them to have 2 hearts, one for each kind!

But how can we design starships to be more Vulcan-friendly then, if they need so much light? Well first of all, having sugar as an option for hyposprays in the medbay/sickbay, as well as plenty of sugary drinks available in the replicators, and the sugary fruit drinks shouldn't "cost" as much in rations since the Vulcans sort of need it as much as they need water when they aren't able to access direct sunlight. Speaking of which, all the hallways should have strips of light off to the side (one on the floor and another shining down from the ceiling above it) that the Vulcan crewmembers can walk through, and there should be a solarium room which does its best to replicate at least the lighting and radiation conditions of Vulcan (the planet). This solarium should have the light panels be able to slide away to reveal actual windows, and starships with any Vulcans in their crew should be required to spend a minimum amount of time every so often in orbit of an actual sun or star system so that the Vulcans can have genuine sunlight. It would be really funny if Spock just had a spotlight that follows him around like Olaf's snow cloud in Frozen, but it would be more practical if his station on the bridge just had extra light panels which are positioned in some way so as not to shine in his eyes. Also, this photosynthesis sort of depends on their skin actually being exposed to light, so the uniform would probably be modified for Vulcans to be short sleeves and shorts despite how weird that would be, or it would be designed like tinted glass somehow, or... some other way of letting the light in without being immodest, idk

And now for a very important question: some trees are deciduous, yes? Oh dang it I just googled whether Vulcan has seasons and the answer was no. Scrolling down pointed out that Vulcan is a desert planet and so they'd naturally be able to go without water for longer periods of time than humans. That second one is okay, that's why they have a water storage organ sort of like camels, and I guess maybe they wouldn't need so much water after all. More like cacti than trees. But the no axis tilt / no seasons thing sort of cancels out what I was about to write :(

I'll write it anyway. Let's pretend for a second that Vulcan has seasons, because this whole thing can really apply to "photosynthetic humanoids" in general, not just photosynthetic Vulcans in particular. So, I was about to talk about deciduous trees :) When the seasons shift towards winter, the sunlight is weaker, trees go red before losing their leaves and sort of hibernating, right? Well what if Vulcans start going pale, then yellowy, and eventually taking on a pale reddish hue, and since they can't lose their skin to conserve energy, they consume as much sugar/fruit juice as they can over a period of a few weeks, before going into hibernation like bears?

This means that your Vulcan crewmate is kind of useless for at least a quarter of every year, which isn't really a problem unless they're a senior officer, but if they ARE a senior officer, they better have an apprentice or someone who can cover for them while they hibernate. Maybe another Vulcan from the opposite side of the planet, who would naturally hibernate during the opposite half of the year.

Would this Vulcan and their opposite-side-of-the-planet counterpart be best friends, or bitter rivals? Who knows!

Now, starships do not actually have seasons, so the hibernation cycle wouldn't be technically necessary. The Vulcan has two options: either slowly adjust to the year-round availability of sunlight over a period of multiple years so that they don't have to abandon their crew for a few months out of every year (and be SEVERELY messed up if they ever retire and go back to the hypothetical version of Vulcan which has seasons), OR, make sure that the availability of light mimics the seasonal cycle of pretend-Vulcan-with-seasons so that they can have their hibernation cycle properly. (Clearly the better option if they aren't a senior officer, especially if they don't plan to spend the rest of their life on the ship.)

Also it would be really cute to see what kind of pillow fort nest Spock would probably end up making in his quarters to hibernate in. I wonder if they'd visit him.

DO NOT WAKE THE HIBERNATING SPOCK. Google says waking up an animal from hibernation too early can have fatal consequences. On the other hand, it also said bears can wake themselves up immediately to protect cubs if necessary or if they're startled awake, so maybe he can respond to red alerts. However going based off the first point, it might be necessary to completely soundproof his quarters and make sure he remains undisturbed. And yet another possibility is that photosynthetic Vulcans wouldn't need to hibernate at all if they come from a part of the planet which is mostly friendly year-round (which would technically be true, since it doesn't actually have seasons at all, and they would choose to have civilizations in the most habitable areas. Maybe civilizations closer to the poles would have Vulcans that are naturally paler or more reddish, like how the Aenar on the Andorian homeworld are blind and paler.)

Animals coming out of hibernation can have lost up to 30% of their body weight (over a QUARTER), so Vulcans coming out of hibernation would look so sick and weak, and they'd probably take a while to get their full green color back, and the more soft leafy areas of higher body fat would have shriveled into just the small scale-like leaves that make up the majority of their skin, and their uniforms would be all baggy on them, and the human crew would probably be so so so worried for them, especially the first few hibernation cycles

*Spock stumbles onto the bridge for the first time in several months, pale orange-red and extremely skinny* "Oh my god, Spock!" (overjoyed at his return) -- "Oh my god Spock you look like crap, are you alright?" (softer and full of concern upon actually noticing what he looks like) -- "This is perfectly normal, I'll be fine, you need me on du-" *faints*

#HI OKAY so I have a lot more like this: branch-off ideas about their reproduction and blood functionality and cute baby stuff and all that #and all of them are tagged “photosynthetic vulcans” so if you want to search for them that should work (it's worked for me) #vulcans #photosynthesis #photosynthetic humanoids #photosynthetic vulcans #hibernation #star trek #star trek tos #spock #biology theorization #speculative biology #(I am not a botanist or a biologist but I'd love to talk about SPECIFICALLY how this would work with someone who is haha :)) #disclaimer: this is indeed extremely long and nerdy #I didn't realize at first that this got saved as a draft #so for a devastating few hours from roughly 2 in the morning until a couple hours after I woke up #I genuinely thought ALL of this was GONE. Deleted. #and I tried to start recreating it but I was just so damn heartbroken over losing literally hours worth of work that I just couldn't do it #so I am extremely grateful for the fact that it got saved as a draft #but A LITTLE WARNING WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE #because I had gone to a different site to do research and then stepped away to unplug the phone and plug in a portable charger instead #and when I came back #the post was EMPTY #just blank. The “create a new post” screen. I was in shock and denial and very upset. #it was probably 1:30 in the morning and I was unprepared to deal with it #so I know none of that matters but if you are reading these tags then THANK YOU because a fuck ton of emotions went into this

[rocksanddeadflowers]

Asking about fae Jon and his court :) and also martin and dragons and

YAY THANK YOU!!!!

So basically the entities sorta exist in this universe but more in a force-of-nature-in-a-fantasy-world way that everybody knows about. Like "Did you hear about what happened to the linen trader? I heard his home got touched by the Crawling Ones. He's fine, but his home is a wreck." Or "You know she's supposedly been associated with the Story Weavers. I wouldn't trust her." Sorta thing.

For Fae their Courts are often aligned with a specific entity. Jon was a high ranking Fae in a Court under the All-Seeing. He would've been fine with the life that he had already, except that Elias was technically the leader of this Court and he just. Really pisses Jon off. There was a breaking point when Elias did something really nasty that lead to Jon rebelling and saying screw it and causing absolute mayhem before hauling ass. While he willingly ran away from the court as he had planned, if he stayed after pulling the stunt he probably would've been executed or tortured or something so there weren't many other options.

Leaving the Court stripped him of much power (not all- nothing could ever truly strip away the touch of the entities) which lead the Court to presume him dead. He's fine though, actually way happier than before. The more minimalistic power took much weight off his shoulders, and in running away he found an old cottage in the middle of the woods.

There's a strange sentience to the cottage- it only reveals itself to those who need it, and it powerfully guards those who live there. Jon sensed this immediately, and was hesitant, but the cottage welcomed him kindly. He stays there for many years, the cottage somehow supplying anything he may need. Clothes, food, books, art supplies. Though he still wonders the woods foraging and whatnot. For fun.

(Also love thinking about his forest creature fae energy. His hair is long and unruly and has leafy vines growing out with it (sometimes things bloom from the vines due to strong emotions). He's almost always barefoot and his vibes are literally so weird but alluring. He's so pretty and weird and silly and I love him <3.)

At some point after many years, he meets Martin!! Yay!! (I actually have that scene written out somewhere). Martin, Tim, and Sasha are all dragon riders in a world where dragons are so often hunted down and slaughtered. They're leading a nomadic rebellion for lost people and dragons alike. Martin was caught during a raid of dragon hunters and left to die in the woods bound to a tree. Jon finds him and takes him in. After a while of Martin healing and the two bonding (Martin is terrified of Jon at first btw and Jon is absolutely fascinated with the pretty human he found in the woods) stuff happens and Jon finally leaves the cottage and follows Martin's group of nomads (per the cottage's instance).

As I said, the dragon riders take in dragons and lost souls, typically people black listed from society. People like a an ex baker who was Fog-Touched, a shapeshifter and a werewolf who both hate clowns, and a Courtless Fae. Jon gets found family trope'd.

(Also for the dragon characters- i don't have all the notes rn but Martin's dragon is named Fog-Walker (the dragon is also Fog-Touched so those two are stupidly bonded and cute). Fog-Walker is huge, has two sets of wings, and is very helpful in travels bc she can summons fog and clouds! Tim's is a tiny and speedy racing dragon named C.C. (short for Clown Crusher.))

#tma #the magnus archives #jonmartin #fantasy au

[firespirited]

Finally got to the Doctor, turns out she's been dealing with a family emergency all December (no she's not a trauma dumper, I'm the type who asks... and listens for 40 minutes because, well, clearly she hasn't been asked by many and needed to vent about bureaucracy and paperwork and difficult family members)

So that explains why she's been technically Not on holiday but also Not available.

Gonna do stool sample number three!!! *sarcastic confetti and noisemakers* with very careful wording and hope the lab don't mess up again along with a blood test for another potential GI tract hijacker.

If that falls through, we have to find out why malabsorbtion is happening with tubes that go down and up my tubes à moi. Probably 'up' given the severe daily pains in the lower intestines.

I'm terrified of intestinal cramping during a colonoscopy causing a tear in the guts and being one of the fatal 1% but have a plan to inform everyone and sharpie warnings on my arms if it ever comes to that exam. Yes, that's getting way ahead of ourselves: Adhd brain and medical trauma means I had 5-10 brain tabs open on next step risks and pitfalls within a second of her saying the word specialist.

I forgot to inform her that I've been eating leafy greens, iron supplements and cheap chicken bits to fight the anemia so if it's not as bad as expected it's because I'm horfing down whatever iron I can get ... my bp was below nine during the appointment, could barely stay on track.

Guess I'll shoot her an email after my blood test. Might need to confirm if she expected me to auto up my bp meds without asking permission (I've been living in, like, zombie mode because that hadn't occurred to me)

So she's back, we have another option to explore, she might medicate the symptoms of malabsorbtion if it looks ugly on the tests. Progress? I think? Hope at least.

Getting 'we didn't test for candida' on the second, now more clearly marked, candida test on the 26th of December was a massive blow as I'd stupidly staked so much hope on that test. 'We will neither confirm nor deny we did a candida test because we're being pedantic about precise precriptions' over the phone a few days later wasn't reassuring either. And my dr had been on call but not replying to phone or email since early dec which was concerning.

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For your edutainment: here's how to do a stool sample.

If the pot is nice and big like it could contain two glasses of orange juice, you're in luck you can probably go right in it. Most are smaller single OJ if not single yoghurt plastic pots.

So first, pee. Very important step, you may pee later but at least it's less mess. Get some cling film (saran wrap) and carry a cut sheet to the loo (rather than bringing a kitchen item into your toilet room) , drape it over the back 3/4 of your toilet under the seat so there's a little poo catcher nook and make sure its well attached on both sides.

Do your poo, stuff toilet paper between your cheeks, open the pot. Get up, turn around, use the poo pot to gather a sample, close pot with loo paper. Pull down cling film at an angle and wash cling film in flush water, place it in a doggie poop bag to go in the trash.

Wipe bottom, flush again.

Wash outside of stool pot carefully, wash your hands carefully. Put stool pot in an opaque marked bag in the fridge far from food, more towards closed sauces until someone with a car can drop it off. Copro Culture takes 3 days, if you have internet access to results you could have them then.

Very important to remember : unless you have a blessèd routine involving a morning coffee and precise timing. This could take several attempts and several cling film sheets. Do not get up too fast to grab that pot if you have POTS or feel in any way drained - I promise it can wait, nearly passing out face first over a toilet with a film poop ledge is not great. Still better than most people's uninformed attempt at collecting a normal sized poo in the undersized pot!

In the same way, pee samples are 'pass under the stream briefly' not sample the whole pee. Entire pee samples come with a bottle sized pot: ask for two, we hydrate better than previous generations.

#saf #disability blogging #How to take a stool sample #How to take a urine sample

[sammygender]

icl if you’re excruciatingly tired & miserable all the time u need to do a check up on how ur eating. first of all check that you’re eating at all and by that i mean like proper food w protein and nutrients. i remember in 2020 i went from suicidal and unable to walk up the stairs to still vaguely suicidal but generally better about it and able to go on actual walks just because i started like. eating properly and cooking for myself.

like. okay first of all u need at least 5 portions fruit/veg a day we tell kids that but it’s so true. preferably diff portions but if u don’t wanna manage that u can just overdose on like oranges (vitamin c!!) or like idk carrots sweetcorn whatever. then u need protein, i don’t really eat meat so for me this is beans/lentils/chickpeas but i think a lot of meat counts too, like chicken.

carbs will fill you up and u can’t cut them out bc they give u slow release energy they’re meant to be a key part of ur diet but u also can’t rely solely on them, so many people just eat bread and pasta and rice and u need stuff that has nutrients with it too.

then stuff like specific vitamins can have the hugest impact, ages ago we thought my grandpa had dementia but it was literally a fucking b12 deficiency, b12 deficiency can happen so easily and it causes mental fog extreme tiredness/fatigue and depression. b12 is in stuff like red meat i believe and in lower quantities in stuff like eggs, if u don’t eat meat (i don’t rly) marmite is literally like a perfect source of it, just spread some on toast every day and ur set, think of it like meds. of course there are supplements for iron and omega 3 etc oh shit omega 3 is a really big one as well - i also started taking those near the end of 2020 and like i cannot exaggerate the difference, i was still depressed but like in a much more functional way - but u can also get these in ur diet if ur careful abt it bc supplements can be expensive. omega 3 obvi is in oily fish and i think in eggs, iron is in broccoli and probs other leafy veg and maybe some meat…..

anyway i’m putting this on my blog as a self own & a reminder cause i keep being weird abt this stuff at the moment. but food is so important. at the end of the day making sure ur eating is always better than not eating enough even if what ur eating isn’t nutritious, but if u want to feel at ur best then u just have to keep an eye on this stuff. ALSO. if none of this works then. u probably should go get that checked out mate

#resources #im raised by a health freak so i forget that people don’t like. inherently know what food has stuff they need in #ngl reading this just made me realise that i am not fucking eating like this at the moment which explains a lot actually #my mind rn is warring between When i move out i’ll meal prep properly and make sure i’m eating well so i am at full function #and When i move out i’ll survive off diet coke and rice cakes #<- BUT ik that the latter option is fucking stupid and unsustainable <3 so. god bless. man i could do with diet coke rn talking of it #oliver talks

[that-one-scorpia-kinnie]

The Former Horde Soldiers Discovering New Things part 2: Real food

So as we know, nice things and basic necessities were basically illegal in the Horde, so the Former Horde soldiers grew up only eating ration bars. So the concept of real food is completely strange to all of them at first.

I headcanon that after the war when the Horde disbanded, it took a while for them to get used to real food, and for the first few months, most of them (except for Adora who tried real food almost immediately after meeting Bow and Glimmer) ate bar shaped foods or foods that resembled ration bars as they were pretty nervous of trying new foods (even though ration bars probably taste like utter shit and they can't even be that good for you). But I think the first bit of real food they tried were those dumplings some of the characters ate in one of the season 5 episodes, and slowly the former Horde soldiers begin to get used to real foods.

Although none of them can handle food with the SLIGHTEST bit of spice. They all think salt is spicy. Seeing people put salt or pepper on their food baffles all of the former Horde soldiers. For the first few months at least. I think over time they become more tolerant to spices and herbs.

However, none of them know how to cook. Scorpia tries to, but she mostly ends up burning everything. But she tries and that's all that matters.

They also all eat really quickly, as in the Horde they most likely had to eat their rations quickly before getting back to training or some shit, so for like the first month they're just inhaling the food they get in like a minute flat, and everyone else is like "Oh my ra, please slow down guys, ya food isn't gonna go anywhere-" and once they begin slowing down, they begin enjoying the food, albeit still getting used to food not tasting like nasty stuff.

As for favourite foods they've tried (feel free to give your own headcanons too):

Adora really likes ice cream and her favourite flavour is probably cookies n cream. No specific reason but she just strikes me as a cookies n cream girl.

Scorpia's fave is either stew or mac and cheese. But she HATES leafy greens (which is canon) and is a picky eater overall, as she gets nervous when trying new things. But when she discovers sweets/candy, she is BEDAZZLED. She especially likes cotton candy and the feeling of it melting in her mouth, so Perfuma always buys her lil buckets of cotton candy, but Scorpia has to be very careful when picking out the cotton candy with her big claws, and she needs to have it little by little, as her tastebuds aren't used to sweet things in large quantities. (I thank my friend @spam-t0n for this headcanon.)

Catra for some reason really likes cheese. Just cheese on its own, like she'll just eat from a bag of shredded/grated cheese like it's nobody's business. But she REFUSES to touch a carrot, let alone eat one.

"But Catra they're good for you-"

"Does it look like I give a shit? I survived a fucking WAR, I think I can live without those orange death sticks."

Kyle likes pineapple on pizza, the poor fuck. (No hate to pineapple on pizza or people who like it, I myself am pretty neutral on the debate on whether it should be a thing)

I feel like Lonnie would like tacos. I dunno I can just imagine her enjoying tacos but getting mildly annoyed when they fall apart.

Rogelio, being a lizard, would probably be okay with eating bugs, but I read a fanfic where he liked chocolate-covered crickets. Whatever floats your boat Rogelio.

Huntara (cause she used to be a Horde soldier too) has probably been living off of bugs and survival food due to living in the Crimson Waste, but I can imagine she likes the taste of honey cause I read a fanfic about it once.

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Side note, because my OC Teddy is good at cooking and baking, I can imagine, when they eventually become comfortable around them, (as Teddy is a very shy person and it usually takes them a while to come around) Teddy begins making breakfast for the former Horde soldiers sometimes. Most likely homemade waffles and fresh fruit, and it becomes sort of a weekly thing.

#she ra #she ra netflix #spop #spop netflix #she ra headcanons #spop headcanons #she ra adora #she ra catra #she ra scorpia #she ra lonnie #she ra kyle #she ra rogelio #she ra huntara #she ra former horde soldiers

[disastersteps]

hit me with 🍉,🍌,🥬? If you're still doing those :O

🍉 [WATERMELON] What will your OC take to the grave?

Well, aside the obvious tattoos, Anita's feelings for Ortega- no seriously, it's the one thing they will not ADMIT it to her. They don't need her to get even more involved- They believed in that. despite the number of retri endings I replayed where they confessed her in the hospital but uh. shhh-

🍌 [BANANA] Have parts of your OC been lost to time (in-universe)? What do they wish they could lose from themselves?

With the Outsider scar and the time lost since they were taken after HB incident, their ability to love the world genuinely. At the moment, it's all they can do- because they had no idea how to love the world that had seemingly to love them back. It's hard.

If they wish to lose something from themself... Probably the memories of being from Farm. They wished it was that easy. They wished they could forget that... but they can't, can they?

🥬 [LEAFY GREEN] How mundane are they? Do they like it that way?

Sidestep!Anita was all about hanging out with friends, tinkering with little techs, repairing Ranger's mudane stuff like TV, and so-so...

But presently... they're not sure if they're that mundane. But when interacting with people- Ortega, Chen, Argent, Herald, and Mortum and few others- It feel so normal. Almost normalcy.

And these were the moments where they wonder that maybe they shouldn't started the villain career at all but- at the same time, they don't. They don't deserve being such mundane. Beside they had unfinished business, clearly.

and they don't deserve themself having a 'retired heroic' life at all (they want it, they want it so bad because it feel so real.)

send me a interview ask and i will try to answer when i have time!

#lori asks #sidestep: anita lee #augh i just woke up and saw this sdmgsmgmd #(also. mundane also meant spending their lifetime with ortega and they Want that but they cant bc again they dont deserve it)

[nameless-brand]

@precognitiveignition

So we've managed to get a successful harvest at the Inn with your active hydroponics kit! The other locations are probably 3/4 the way there.

So in the Arrival Room, I've put a couple medium crates of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, bok choy, spinach, watercress, kale, and chives. The fruiting plants were a bit tricky - I had underestimated their nutritional needs with respect to a hydroponics system - still used to soil and fertilizer, so the tomatoes and cucumbers are small - but still pretty flavorful. I also have some assorted herbs such as mint and corriandar.

And as an experiment due to loosening laws and because I still have the permit, I did grow a bit of cannabis. Since I don't really use it myself, not sure if you could use the stuff.

I've also provided more animal husbandry texts along with some DIY hydroponics kits via the Kratky method - essentially a hydroponics system that can be used to grow leafy greens without electricity at all. Also, I ordered almost every veterinarian book I could find off Amazon; they'll be trickling in but the first and second batches are already here, mostly basic raising your own livestock and fowl and waterfowl. I added some sustainable living texts for the hell of it since they were on sale too.

I don't understand much about engineering, but my head researcher Emerett was drooling over the design calling it exceptionally refined. He also reversed-engineered a lot of it in order to adapt the tech to a vertical farming system. It's honestly sped up our timeline for my personal urban farming project, so thank you.

Anyway, I also have some peas, though I've stuck them in the ice room. They're no good refrigerated after all.

#// scatterbrain sato - oh thank you for showing this real neat tech and yes here some peas sjdfkdfl #precognitiveignition #posting || ic

[whentherewerebicycles]

unbelievably easy plant-based meal #6: roasted butternut squash pasta with chickpeas, walnuts, spinach, and sage

this one was delish. involved a little more mess than previous dishes but still basically a very easy meal that comes together in about 20-25 min (and not all of that time is active cooking time either).

what you need: 2 cups cubed butternut squash, 1 shallot, 1 tbs or three cloves of garlic, fresh sage, big handfuls of spinach, half a cup of chickpeas, whole wheat pasta, butter, oil, balsamic vinegar, and lemon juice.

what you do:

preheat the oven to 400 & roast the butternut squash for 20 min. boil water & cook pasta while squash is roasting (you’ll save 1/2 cup of the pasta water at the end btw).

thinly slice scallion. mince garlic. roughly chop sage. once the butternut squash is close or done, heat a pan over medium to medium high heat with olive oil + 1 tbs butter. cook the scallion for about 5 min or until translucent. toss in the sage for 30 more seconds.

add garlic, chickpeas and chopped walnuts if desired (okay to leave out), and the roasted butternut squash to the pan. cook until lightly browned and fragrant. add a splash of lemon juice and balsamic. (personally I didn’t love the balsamic in there and was only so so on the walnuts but both were fine.)

add the drained pasta and 1/4th cup of pasta water to the big pan with the other stuff. mix it all up over medium low heat. add a little more water if it’s sticking. if you eat cheese you can also add Parmesan or pecorino. ooh and almost forgot: throw in big handfuls of spinach and mix until wilted! I am discovering the delights of wilting things aka the single most painless way to eat lots of leafy greens without even noticing.

enjoy!!!

this one was a bit messier but I’m also a messy cook so you might not find it difficult to minimize spills lol. and it didn’t take that long to clean up so I still consider it a very easy meal. I made a ton of it and will report back on how well it reheats!

if you are interested in portion sizing notes (not required lol eat exactly as you desire), I found that a one cup serving filled me up well and I probably would’ve been just as satisfied with a smaller serving if I’d had a diff measuring cup on hand. the chickpeas definitely make it feel heavier in your stomach (without feeling like a too-rich meal). YUM!!!

#unbelievably easy plant based meals #recipe book tag

[goldensunset]

Sword and shield have a really wierd evolutions. Another notable one is farfetch'd galar's evolution.

Land a critical hit 3 times in one battle.

In gen 4 they also introduced the level up in certain locations. (Leafy, which I think might just be leafeon, Icy, which is Glaceon, and a few more, and then Electromagnetic, which has magnezone, klinklang, and vikavolt)

While friendship evolutions, even at specific times are somewhat common, there is 1 pokemon that evolves using affection (added with pokemon Amie/refresh in gen 6, not sure what's in 8) eevee evolves into Sylveon when it levels up when it has at least 1 fairy type move, and is at 2 or more hearts of affection (in gen 6 this was a task, but then in gen 7 it is that level after 1 rainbow bean)

That was now abandoned and now they can all dust use the stone, and it added use for the ice stone which was previously only used for Alolan form ice types.

There's the infamous Milotic, which was max-beauty stat and level up, which got changed to a change with specific item. (I hate these most of the time, but at least it's usually clear)

On the trade note there is escavalier, and accelgor, which evolve from a shelmet and karablast respectively only when traded with eachother

And finally the not hardest, but weirdest evolution, which I thought was just a shit post when I first checked.

Inkay into malamar. Level up (I think when above level 20) with your system turned upside down.

This is real and I did that with my 3ds.

I wonder if one will be in a gen 9 game and how it will work now.

wackkkkk

yeah in hindsight it seems pla’s system isn’t all that bad actually. it doesn’t take TOO long to level up friendship and most of the time that doesn’t seem necessary anyway

i still maintain that even in pla some of the secret requirements are a little bizarre. like i figured out basculin stantler and qwilfish’s required stuff by looking at their pokédex pages and figuring that those listed moves/styles were probably the ones i needed to go for, and i did. but for whatever reason qwilfish’s required number there was 23. 23???? not a 0 or a 5 ending number and not even an even number. the milestones on the chart there were 20 and 40 and when it didn’t happen after 20 i figured i had to go for 40. but then it happened after 23 and i was like???? ok sure fine you won’t see me complaining

#asks #someone-took-meep #peach plays legends arceus #pokémon

[chknbzkt]

I’m still pretty busy with things but here’s some Strange Tides AU stuff below the cut

• Takes place in a world that basically split in two?? Like the continents shattered and pulled apart, forming on opposite sides of the world with numerous islands in between.

• Technology is pretty much long gone, and a looot of people died in the catastrophic event now known as The Shattering. People these days use wooden ships from days of old to get from place to place (metal is pretty scarce these days, you have to forage for it in old ruins or brave unstable caves to mine it). That said, because of sudden major drop in gas emissions the climate has jumpstarted recovering from the effects the previous populace had on it.

• On another note… the earth breaking the fuck apart also released a bunch of stuff once buried deep within. There’s a magic system of sorts, what with the newfound Lux vents that have opened up and drifted to the surface to be twisted and bent into various weapons, tools, and other things…

• But of course, the other one thing The Shattering unearthed is the Mer population that previously knew only the underground. Those guys are free now and a good few of them immediately were like >:O!!! and swam up to see the surface.

• The Down Below is essentially a rift, a primordial abyss were the funkiest, most monstrous Mer continue to dwell, not really eager to introduce themselves to the giant cancer ball in the sky.

•The first strain who left the Down Below looked every bit as Fucked Up as you’d think, but the Down Below is the reason they look the way they do. That place is a Lux-teeming moshpit that can twist and warp the bodies those who dwell in it for too long. It doesn’t bother the mental faculties of those who live there, but returning Mer may find themselves acting… out of sorts if they don’t do some exposure therapy before returning in full,,

• Surface Mer, meanwhile, are versatile creatures who freely and handily change from generation to generation depending on where they live. Those that frequent marshes and swamps tend to thrive in freshwater And seawater, as well as take on the features of fish species predominantly found there. I just want an excuse to make river dolphin Mer, okay

• On the other hand, coral reef Mer who migrate to kelp forests more often than not end up bearing offspring that sport features fit to live in kelp forests. A Marlin Mer can absolutely give birth to Leafy Sea Dragon Mer :)

• The sea amidst the equator is called the Flux, it’s the place where the most open (and unruly) Lux vents open up to be harvested. It’s also the new Arctica/Antarctica, the worlds turned topsy turvy as now the places where the poles should be? They’re hot and remote, while the equator is cold and snowy. A looot of stuff got flipped upside down when the world got scrambled like an egg,,

• In order to reach the people on the other side of the world, you have to go through there, and managing to brave not only the merciless weather and the caustic Lux exposure - but also some of The LARGEST and most RAVANOUS Mer you’ve ever SEEN - is a feat worthy of medallions, parades, and a lifetime supply of coconut rum 💀

• Probably a good time to mention that the more prolonged exposure to Lux, the larger a Mer becomes. Doesn’t matter the species. Imagine a Great White but they live near the equator. Christ 😭

• At this point in the timeline, the surface Mer have managed to establish a shaky relationship with some settlements, and those guys have started to turn their backs on their Down Below brethren. They’re the “Ugly Ones,” why should they sully their relationships with the nice humans that pamper them with free fish and unbothered habitats in return for helping them fish, navigate, and harvest Lux?? Pffffft fuck those guysss

• Those guys are assholes, which makes it harder for Below Mer to try and integrate themselves should the need arise when humans have zero qualms with slaying them should they cause problems. Big yikes 😬

Anyways that’s all for now, that’s the super dee duper basic layout for the setting, though there’s a bunch of details I haven’t fleshed out fully.

#strange tides au #bzkt spkz #I love coming up with elaborate ideas but I’m terrible at fleshing things out so Bear With Me >_> #I am not a writer by trade but a wanna be 😩 #no not quite that #worldbuilder? worldbuilder #feel free to add on your own takes and ideas #maybe this could become a community thing idk #should this even be tagged with fnaf au anymore LMAOOO #fnaf sb au #fnaf au

[thessalian]

Thess vs Herb Garden Day 64 - More Repotting

So there’s been a bit more work done on the indoor garden, and a whole lot more of the indoor garden. So I’mma show off now.

First: did you ever wonder what would happen if you not only just left your potatoes to sprout, but nurtured the sprouting? Well, wonder no more:

Those two big-ass clumps of greenery are just four eyes from slightly sprouting potatoes. I mean, last time I posted anything pictures (about two weeks ago), these were still sitting in little pots on my kitchen windowsill. I need to check the roots next week. And next to them, the courgette, growing nicely.

Next up? The kitchen, where I had more space thanks to the moving of the potatoes:

That’s parsley and green onion at the back, the carrot and beetroot are growing nicely (and probably need repotting in a grow bag, but not quite yet), and my tomato plants, which were only just sprouting the other week, are doing quite well. Huzzah!

Now, on to the study, which requires a fair few pictures:

Garlic isn’t doing much yet but the basil’s thriving, as are the chives, and as you can see, the marjoram is sprouting lusciously. You can’t see the thyme so much, but it’s there.

One cucumber plant is sprouting nicely, I have backup chives, one little rosemary sprout is going along with some strawberry plants that still need a little time before I repot them, and that one thing of mint is just ... daunting to replant, but I’ll have to do that soon. Speaking of repotting, note the empty propagator slots. That was my dill. Where is my dill now? Well, we move to the bedroom:

There’s my dill, nicely repotted next to my coriander, which I think is starting to seed. There’s still some viable-looking leaves, though. And next to that...

Behold, I finally repotted my lettuce! And that other plant in the corner of the window box is lemon balm. And next to that, just to the far right of the frame...

Peas. The pea plants have gone bonkers. Also behold what happened to the cutting I took from a sprouting onion. That’s also going to need planting in a grow bag soon. But there’s one more windowsill in the bedroom and it also has some nifty things on it:

Spinach is still going, onion is also still going, but look! My peppers finally sprouted! I was about ready to throw those away and try again until I saw those bits of leafy last week! But now here they are!

So that’s what the indoor garden looks like now. Now that the weather’s warming up I kind of want some planters that I can hang from the balcony railing; let them get more sun and such. This whole thing has been surprisingly good for me; I think I’d be having some kind of breakdown if I didn’t have some stress relief in this form. Plus I can look forward to all the things I can do with this stuff when it starts bearing properly.

Meantime, next step? Organic ginger to see if I can get that to sprout. Also might try repotting my garlic to see if a change of soil can encourage it to sprout properly.

#Thess on gardening #long post sorry

[broken-clover]

tysm for the cute fred prompt!! i promise this is the last one for a while, because i don’t want to keep bothering you with frederick/reader prompts only - but this is a non-reader scenario - asuka and/or aria tending to frederick after he gets injured by something of your choice?

Aw yeah, my jam! This was a fun prompt, sorry it took so long for me to get to it!

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“Shit- h-hey Freddie! Frederick!”

Aria was shouting at him, probably trying to drag his ass out of bed before they were late to work again. He couldn’t remember if she’d stayed the night in the first place, but she did know where the spare key was stashed under the mailbox, and she had no hesitation in using it.

“A-Aria, be careful where you put your hands!” A second voice- Asuka? Had he tagged along? That was new. No…maybe he’d fallen asleep on the lab sofa again. It wouldn’t be the first time.

“Christ, Asuka, it’s not like I can make it much *worse*-”

“That is absolutely horrible logic! We’re in a bad enough situation as it is!”

Sheesh, typical Asuka. Always getting worked up over the little stuff. He was just trying to sleep for chrissakes, not the end of the world. Guy needed to splash some water on his face, get some fresh air. Maybe it’d help him calm down.

Frederick’s thoughts stumbled over themselves for a moment. Fresh air, why was that sticking out in his mind? Weird. Maybe some piece of a dream his brain was clinging onto.

Something tapped his face, and he was officially annoyed. Couldn’t even let him have a couple more minutes, could they?

“Frederick! Frederick, c’mon-” Another tap. Then a third, slightly harder. “Don’t you dare fucking go to sleep on me! You are *not* dying, especially not on a stupid goddamn hiking trail!”

Hiking- what? What the hell-

The light hurt his eyes, but his arm didn’t want to move to block it out. All he could do was squint through it. Something leaned over him after a few moments, dropping enough of a shadow over his eyes that he could open them a little more.

“Aria…?”

“Wh- Frederick, shit-” Even with the lingering blurriness, the woman was obviously frazzled. Her clothes had been rumpled and dirt-smeared. “Asuka, he’s awake! He’s awake!”

“Small miracles, at least. Just make sure he stays that way.” Asuka was…somewhere. Not someplace he could see. Frederick turned to where he thought the sound was.

Suddenly, a horrible pain lanced across his arm and shoulder. He couldn’t stop himself from making a strangled sound of pain- though he regretted it just as fast, as it awakened a new pain in his ribs.

A hand pressed his shoulder, thankfully the one that didn’t hurt. “Shh, don’t move. Still haven’t figured out everything that’s broken. Don’t wanna make it worse.”

The canopy overhead was unfamiliar. Leafy trees with long limbs barely blocked out the sunlight, and if he strained his ears, he was sure he could make out the sound of running water. 

“Where are we?”

Aria turned away, presumably, to Asuka, with a worried look. “I think he’s got a concussion after all…”

“Why the hell would I?” He asked back.

“You fell down a cliff, Frederick.” Asuka replied. “And somehow you haven’t noticed that you’re bleeding in at least three places. So if that’s not a sign of a head injury, I’m not sure what is.”

“...I did *WHAT??”*

“Woah, woah, back down.” The very moment he tried sitting up, Aria shoved him back against the ground. “Look, i-it’s my fault, I was the one who said ‘hey, let’s go on this dumb hike! I’m sure the guys could use the fresh air and get out of the lab for a while.’”

Asuka huffed. “You couldn’t have known about how poorly-maintained the paths were, *I* should have picked a different hiking trail.”

“We can argue about whose fault it is once we’re out of here.” The woman shook her head. “Dunno how long it’ll take the EMT’s, just hope they’ve got the right stuff to haul you out safely. We can only do so much, even with all the stuff we brought- for once, Asuka, I’m glad you ass is so paranoid.”

Though the pain forced him still, Frederick still tried to look around. “I can’t see Asuka, where is he?”

“Asuka is working on the leg that’s currently backwards. Probably good you can’t.” Aria thumbed the flyaway hair out of his eyes. “You’ve got something coming out of your ear, but I can’t tell if it’s from a skull injury or if you tore an eardrum when you hit your head. Bad either way.”

She pressed a wad of something against the hole, and it made him plenty aware or whatever unpleasant wetness was gushing out. Still, some part of him felt reassurance that it was his friends doing this. He knew how skilled they were, he’d spent countless hours side-by-side with them. 

“Hey! You, down there!” A distant, unfamiliar voice called.

Aria looked over her shoulder. She offered Frederick a reassuring pat and stood up, waving her arms over her head. “Yeah, down here! Our friend’s hurt!”

While she was gone, Asuka scooted into view. His eyes, as always, were half-hidden, but the half he could see were brimming with worry. The man carefully pushed back one eyelid with a finger.

“Pupils look symmetrical. And you can follow movements. You don’t sound like you’re slurring, but I’m worried about your initial moment of confusion. I’m sorry, Frederick. I’m so sorry.” Asuka moved his hand down to give one of his a squeeze. “They’ll do a better job looking you over when you’re at the hospital. All I could do was improvise.”

He wasn’t used to seeing his friends like this, either of them. It felt like he should say something. Maybe it would only mean so much, trying to reassure him while he was already banged up and bleeding, but was it worth a try anyway?

Before he could think of what to say, though, several strangers barged into his sight, nearly knocking Asuka over in the process.

“Hey, man.” One of them said, slinging a pack off their back. “We’re gonna get you out of here, alright?”

They moved with purpose, everything a calculated, practiced gesture. That, by itself, offered some sort of reassurance, how they worked with no hesitation. In a few moments, he could spot Asuka and Aria standing at the sidelines, silent. He wanted to call out to them. Wanted to reassure them. Wanted them to reassure *him.*

Even as he was strapped to a board, hauled out of the ditch, and pushed into the safety of an ambulance, all with perfect coordination, he still didn’t feel quite as secure as he had with his friends looking over him.

#ask #guilty gear #injury tw #sol badguy #asuka r kreutz #aria hale #request

[girltomboy]

It snowed right before Christmas :-) so that was really cute even for me, certified winter not-enjoyer. It was very sweet to see people having snowball fights or pulling their kids on sleds. Or dogs curiously exploring the snow. I didn't do much outside of gaming with my friends and cooking. I ended up not being able to make neither the pecan pie nor the pecan brownie, because I only had like a tablespoon of flour and I didn't know. That was on me for not checking beforehand, and I got over that pretty quickly (I had enough sweets as it was), but I legit thought I had more lol I don't even know what I used it for. Probably fried chicken or soy. Anywayyy I made some spicy chicken wings with marinated potatoes in the oven, but ofc my oven dried them out too much (I still ate them & they were just fine but much too dry for my liking; my oven is fucked and cannot be preheated, also I have to hold down the button for the entirety of the cooking time otherwise it stops 🙃). I also had a leafy greens salad, spanish omelet, and enough beef & veggies rice to last me a couple dinners. I'm all out of food now though, just in time because I'm gonna do another round of groceries tonight. I have to stock up for when my bf comes too.

Last night he invited ME to spend NYE at his house and I got all shy and told him he needs his parents' permission to bring an extra mouth to the table. But I'm not totally opposed to the idea. It would be fun to spend time getting to know his parents but they still kinda intimidate me. Idk how to behave lmao. Anyway it was half a joke but it got both of us thinking. We might end up making that brownie together, who knows. Take turns pushing the button on the oven so it doesn't stop lmao #dateidea. I'm still at a loss for cooking ideas. We might make deviled eggs, maybe stuff some mushrooms even if that involves using the ov*n. 90% of the ideas I come up with involve the oven 😫 and we're looking at nearly 5 days' worth of cooking. Cuz I don't really wanna have to go to the store again like right after NYE, even though they might be open then.

#gonna consult my bf and brainstorm together but we'd have to do that BEFORE i go shopping

[chrunchit]

What is a good keto meal plan?

Hello,

I have been doing Keto since Covid pandemic started and have lost more than 20 kilos, from 86 kgs to 64 kgs, which people are supposed to be gaining weight during lockdown time. That’s keto for you!

This is me before Keto

That fatty bastard with a smile. :p

And this is me after

Still with another smile. :p

So how did I do it?

RULE 1: KETO SHOULD BE SIMPLE. DO NOT OVER-COMPLICATE YOURSELF BY HAVING COMPLICATED MEAL PLANS

Everyone trying to do Keto has probably come across Dr Claudia Caldwell's Website 

There are tons of information that you can access on his channel to get Keto right. The information is super important as a prerequisite for your Keto diet meal plan because you can try to make your own recipe based on the ingredients you have in your own city so I recommend watching his channel. Considering that I am a Muslim, when I was in Japan, here is what my Keto plan looked like:

Main courses (I mixed breakfast and dinner with these courses): Chicken with Mozzarella and Cabbage Topped with Scrambled Eggs, Chicken Soup with Shirataki Noodles, Fried Chicken using Psyllium Husk Powder, Tofu, Grilled Chicken

Snacks: Peanuts, Walnuts, Almonds, Fried Tofu, Tofu Noodle with Savory Sauce, Pancake using Coconut Flour with Lakanto Syrup, Cheese

Drinks: Sparkling Water w/o Sugar

After returning to Indonesia I had to adjust the meal plan as some ingredients back in Japan wereareNoodles not available. You may notice that there are patterns here that I use, which is meat, green veggies, and drinks without sugar

Main courses: Beef Rendang, Spinach Soup, Chicken Soup with Shirataki Noodle, Fried Pulled Beef, Chicken with Mozzarella

Desserts: Pancake with Stevia Syrup

Drinks: Plain Tea w/o Sugar

Keto is super simple and healthy you do not have to prepare complicated recipes. You can make your own based on ingredients that do not contribute to Insulin Resistance!

RULE 2: INCLUDE GREEN VEGGIES TO YOUR MEAL PLANS

Green veggies like cabbage, kale, spinach, lettuce, and any leafy vegetables you can think of are great driving factors to your Keto success. I have tried once integrating just meat into my meal plans but I ended up having inflammation. So veggie is a BIG YES and you do not have to worry about eating veggies too much.

However, do avoid veggies like carrots, corn, and stuff similar to those veggies since it has hidden sugar in it

RULE 3: DO READ THE LABELS FOR THE HIDDEN SUGAR BEFORE YOU PURCHASE A PRODUCT AT SUPERMARKET

High fructose corn syrup, sugar, brown sugar, starch, and any of those things you should try to read the label first before buying. Let's take Yogurt as example

The yogurt which they itself is alright for Keto, (although dairy products are best to be avoided as it may cause bloating), but when you read the label

It contains Peach Puree that is literally high in sugar. So you might try to avoid these HIDDEN SUGAR to stay on your Keto diet

Good luck with your Keto journey and let me know if you need something to clarify. 😉

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