#stpauligirl

[glittertrail]

Girl, I just listened to "Introduction (1936)" by Shanghai Restoration Project and it is totally your theme song. But a theme song is not the same thing as an anthem. WHAT IS YOUR ANTHEM?

WHAT IS YOURS

#rn this #we are reevaluating certain choices moving forward and it's a very apropos song plus the music slaps #replies #stpauligirl

[stars-inthe-sky]

So, hey. How did you and your family celebrate Passover when you were a kid? How about now?

My Rhode Island aunt and uncle almost always hosted a big family Seder, and it was the absolute best. A good Seder is educational, food-filled, and legit fun—it's a ritual meal that includes storytelling, singing, prayers, and a general focus on including and teaching everyone involved, regardless of age or even whether attendees are Jewish. (If ever you're invited to a friend's Seder, go! Do not bring a challah, which my actually-bar-mitzvahed brother-in-law did once as an attempt at a thoughtful host gift. We still make fun of him.)

And my uncle (the same one who officiated at my wedding, and the wedding of my other sister) may well be the greatest host/leader there is; over the years he compiled from a medley of sources what added up to his own Haggadah (basically the guidebook to the Seder—there are a million published and informal versions working off the same template, with readings and activities and interpretations that can go kid-centric or feminist or traditional or whatever). It was always just insanely fun, and warm, and joyous, with incredible food and an increasing array of baked-in, just-us traditions.

Since I went to college basically down the street from their house, and then lived just an hour away in Boston for so long, that was pretty much the heart of my and my family's celebration most years—right up until Passover 2020, at which point the pandemic negated what had been plans to travel from our new home in Illinois for it, and they also downsized and had their own kids scatter geographically and gain very little ones, so that particular tradition is at best on hiatus now.

But there are fun Seders everywhere—well, the Zoom ones of the pandemic years were a mixed bag, but we've found friends who've make a good go of it, over the years, too, if not quite as an elaborately planned out hourslong celebration as my uncle would do. When I studied abroad in Denmark, Boyfriend and I went to an Orthodox Seder that was in a mix of Danish and Hebrew, for instance—that was novel, and so much of the procedure and the Hebrew was familiar enough to follow along.

Still working on exactly where we'll be for those two nights this year (we haven't really met any Jewish families in Pittsburgh yet to garner an invite, and none of the Reform or Conservative synagogues seem to have community events, which is surprising? And I don't really want to go to Chabad?) but we'll figure something out.

That said, as fun as the Seders can and should be, the rest of Passover is a slog of not eating bread or adjacent products, and experiencing whatever it is matzah does to one's digestive system over the course of a week. It's a meaningful observance, and the fact that the relevant rabbinical boards have stopped including rice and legumes in the "no" column in recent years has been great, but...it's ultimately a holiday recalling the story of the Exodus, and how we were slaves once, so, like, there are some less-fun elements. But the freedom celebration parts usually outweigh that!

#ask me ask me ask me #stpauligirl #passover #pesach #jews! #jewish holidays generally have fairly set observances and the details come down to your family/community/congregation #as well as interpretation and denomination and general religiosity #but basically anyone celebrating passover will be doing some seders and no bread and lotsa matzah #and no it will never stop being amusing how often goyim seem to enjoy eating matzah and how jews *always* eat an assload and do not enjoy i #i'm sure it's because it's an imposed week out of the year and not a novel cracker alternative but anyway #a potentially amusing sidenote: #boyfriend has been in the picture since the beginning of college and always came to the family seder thereafter #the first time he remembered that his mom told him not to go to someone's house empty-handed and procured (in lieu of flowers or whatever) #a moses action figure which then graced that seder table proudly from 2006 onward #'moshe rabenu' also made an obvious and necessary appearance at our wedding #and another tidbit for the jews here #the first covid seder i'd seen someone do this on the internet somewhere #and so for the zoom seder made a separate account labeled 'eliahu ha'navi' and had it request admittance at the appropriate moment #got a BIG laugh. still pleased about pulling that off.

[mariavlc82]

From an ask game you posted some time ago: favorite tv commercial?

This BMW commercial

Because it was iconic; on one hand it was a success for BMW (sales went up), on the other hand it was superpopular, people my age say Be water my friend because of this TV spot not because we knew a lot about Bruce Lee; the creative team behind it was Spanish (not many people know this) and, finally, Bruce Lee's philosophy is on point.

#Thank you so much for asking #stpauligirl

[vivilove-jonsa]

What are your favorite castles? Real or fictional, ones you have visited or not.

The closest I’ve ever been to an actual castle is Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina 😅. So, I can’t say I have a fave but I loved looking at pictures of European castles in history class!

Thank you for the ask 💕

#ask me stuff #stpauligirl

[majoris]

Have you ever tried to emulate an outfit or look you saw on a tv/movie character?

Oh that is a fun question! But the answer is a rather boring: no hahaha. I think it's a fun idea, but I don't think I'm built for it (read: I'm too lazy to go out of my way to look for specific clothes combos + I don't really get inspired by outfits, I guess I'm more of a ~vibe~ kinda person ?), I applaud people who can manage that tbh and look good and have the look™ of a specific character

BUT on a more fun note, a few months ago I realized that I do have pants similar to Helga's from Atlantis SO that's something ? Maybe ?? I am Helga ?? Who knows 👀

#thank you for the ask 🖤 that was fun to think about #answer #stpauligirl

[aeternamente]

your new profile pic is adorable! ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks! (◡‿◡✿)

(it's from this picrew)

#stpauligirl

[winterrose527]

2023 Reading: Who were the sweetest MCs you've read all year?

I'll go first: MILO LAMOREE AND STEVIE HART from What's Your Vibe? by @katmajik

Sweet baby ANGELS the pair of them

tagging @sansastarkr @semperlitluv @thistle-and-thorn @woodswit @sugaredrhubarb @palominojacoby @saltkettling @arleney @stpauligirl @katmajik and anyone else who wants to share theirs!

#book rec #what's your vibe? #kat majik #writeblr

[gardenarcana]

10 Characters That Make Me Feel Things

thanks for the tag @lj-loveletters !

in no particular order:

Na Hee-do (Twenty-Five Twenty-One)

Gale Dekarios (Baldur's Gate 3)

Sansa Stark (ASOIAF)

Lee Ik-jun (Hospital Playlist)

Benedict Bridgerton (Bridgerton)

Sung Deok-sun (Reply 1988)

Cam Rohan (Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas)

Amelia Hathaway (Mine Till Midnight by Lisa Kleypas)

Rose Tyler (Doctor Who)

Chu Min-ha (Hosptial Playlist)

no pressure tagging ✨: @glittertrail @amillcitygirl @woodswit @stpauligirl @alysonwonderland @winterrose527 @palominojacoby @sousrantings

#gardenarcana answers

[arleney]

url+song game!

Tagged by the lovely @soundsfaebutokay 💙💙💙

Spelling out my url with song titles

A: A Puro Dolor by Son by Four

R: Rest In Peace, from Once More With Feeling (Buffy), sung by James Marsters (Spike)

L: La Camisa Negra by Juanes

E: Endlessly by Muse

N: Nothing Else Matters by Metallica

E: Elsa's Song by The Amazing Devil

Y: Y Hubo Alguien by Marc Anthony

Tagging (no pressure of course): @fullyvisible @colubrina @like-a-million-suns @nanahachikyuu @sproutwings @primruesabcd @stpauligirl @woodswit @winterrose527 @weareasthestars

#scrolling through my music library took me back to the summer I spent listening to muse #thanks for the tag!

[glittertrail]

21. something you’ve kept since childhood?

I already forgot how long ago is this from 💀 I'm incredibly sorry

BUT

my dragonfly

#replies #stpauligirl

[stars-inthe-sky]

How are things going post-move? How many boxes left unpacked? Anything hung on the walls yet? What’s your kitchen like? Said hi to any neighbors?

So far so good! Bébé's new daycare starts Monday, and I think things will feel a lot more normal and relaxed once we're all truly back in our routines and her various grandparents (who have been heroically covering childcare for the last three weeks) clear out.

There ARE some things hung on the walls, but mainly because the previous tenants left a number of nails and hooks behind, most of them in convenient places. The walls are plaster and I've been finding it unexpectedly difficult to hammer new nails in so far, so we're gonna see if the handyman can work some magic there.

The boxes question is complicated because there are some things we're just not planning to unpack, like gardening supplies (our current landladies are responsible for yard upkeep) and clothes and toys and things Bébé has grown out of but that we'd like to hold onto in the eventual event of a younger sibling—not necessarily in this house, though. Fortunately, we have a TON of space and had planned on storing such things, so nothing's feeling cluttered.

The kitchen is a good size and our stuff seems to fit! It hasn't been updated/renovated in a good few decades, so while I think the appliances might be newer, there's no island (an old IKEA table is doing that job) and generally it just needs some zhushing. But it's comfortable and serviceable.

That's been the case with the whole house, really—great for the year or two we intended to live here but not something we'd want to own, or deal with renovating in its entirety.

We've met a few neighbors (including the landladies, a married couple who live around the corner), and every single person has been lovely and welcoming! One next-door neighbor also has a very friendly gigantic black lab puppy, and Phoebe has seemed to enjoy racing him with the fence betwixt. (Benedict is big enough that I actually think she's more comfortable that way.)

Perhaps also of note is that there is a positively aces corner café literally three houses down from us on the main drag! We have all but moved in there as well.

#stars + steel city #we would really like to buy but also want to wait for rates to come down (if only) and to have our bearings a bit more #before committing to a location and mortgage and all #plus it's ALL old houses in the city so you're either paying for someone else to have done the renovations #or committing to doing so yourself in buying #so we gotta really know what we're getting into in a way that we did not and could not coming from out of town #ideally i'd rather pay for someone else to have done the work #we got VERY lucky in that regard in our last home #but tbd #is this the real life? #stpauligirl #ask me ask me ask me

[mariavlc82]

How did you and your family celebrate Easter when you were a kid? How about now? (Assuming you did/do at all.)

Easter is a religious festival, but we never celebrated it. Some members of my family are believers, some aren't, but none of them are specially religious.

An Eastern tradition where I am from is going to the countryside or the beach to fly kites and eat Panquemaos and Monas de pascua. I never fIew a kite (I don't know how) but I did eat lots of panquemaos with lots of chocolate.

Nowadays I don't do anything special or traditional, I barely eat panquemaos anymore. If possible I travel during the holidays. Last year I visited Granada.

What about you @stpauligirl?

#Thanks for asking #About me #stpauligirl

[stpauligirl]

Present StPauliGirl is thanking Past StPauliGirl for the Ritter Sport chocolate bar she bought last week and stashed in her desk drawer. Bitch finally did something right.

#it me

[vivilove-jonsa]

I have read lots of mutual pining Jonsa fics. Or ones where Jon has pined forever and Sansa never gave him a thought. But do you know of any where Sansa has been the one pining and Jon was unaware?

Hey! Sorry for the delay answering this while I was away but this is a good question. Brother's Best Friend is a popular romance trope for a reason and the pining can definitely go any of these three ways, right?

One story that's sticking out in my memory banks is Reach Out with Both Hands by @thewolvescalledmehome which has Younger Sansa crushing on Jon who goes off to be a football star and then comes back home after a career-ending injury. Her crush comes roaring back when he moves into her basement but it takes him a wee bit longer to be emotionally ready for love and the woman right by his side. Love this one!

I'm sure there's some other good fics out there that fit the bill so I'll pop this in the tag and see if anyone wants to reblog with additions.

Thanks for the ask!

#jonsa fic #jonsa #stpauligirl #asks

[majoris]

✨tag games merger✨

was tagged by @kakinou🖤 thank you!

Are you named after anyone? No, my parents just fell in love with the name When was the last you cried? hmm, a long time ago. It is time to schedule another crying session probably Do you have kids? no What sports do you play/have you played? played volleyball but it's been years tbh Do you use sarcasm? it would seem so, yes What is the first thing you notice about people? level of openness What is your eye color? blue going on grey when suits Scary movies or happy endings? if it's between the two then happy endings, I don't really do scary movies Any talents? honestly idk ? maybe remembering situations in excruciating detail - mostly those that do not matter much 👀 but if you talk to me and then try to gaslight me into thinking you did not say that then better think again Where were you born? hospital ?????? What are your hobbies? writing (questionable), reading, graphics, walking, watching good stuff, being weird, gazing, daydreaming (old people hobbies) Do you have any pets? no How tall are you? 170/5'7 Favorite subject at school? literature Dream job? ? headwriter/screenwriter/writer/film editor ?

tagging (as always, feel free to ignore 🖤): @carlithiel, @bourbon-ontherocks, @lesbiangabriellle, @fatalgift, @stpauligirl

was tagged by @stpauligirl 🖤 thank youu

Age when you joined Tumblr: around 17 I think ?? Favorite coffee mug or tea cup: I got a few in rotation (because of the size), currently it's a big boi (over half a liter) with flying golden cranes on it Morning showers or night showers: depends a lot, percentage-wise probably morning Pets sleeping on your bed, yes or no: no (but I've been persuaded before) Favorite type of vacation (relaxing, adventure, educational, staycation): being somewhere new with people I adore, exploring, relaxing etc etc (or being alone, everyone leaving me alone, moss absorbing me etc etc) Can you keep plants alive: depends 👀 I've tended huge gardens with no problems but I've also managed to kill 'unkillable' plants SO Type of kid you were (sport kid, art kid, music kid): as stpauligirl I was a reading/books kid (also a writing kid, can't deny that) Your current ringtone: part of this song

tagging (feel free to ignore ofc 🖤): @sothischickshe, @sarahlancashire, @lonely-night, @inyoursheets, @nynazenik, @kakinou

was tagged by @bourbon-ontherocks 🖤 (thank youu) to put a link or a screenshot of what you're listening to rn or the last song you listened to: it's been a good few days of listening to Strange Times by Until the Ribbon Breaks tbh

for the music rec purposes tagging all tagged before so: @carlithiel, @bourbon-ontherocks, @lesbiangabriellle, @fatalgift, @stpauligirl, @kakinou, @sothischickshe, @sarahlancashire, @lonely-night, @nynazenik, @inyoursheets 🖤

#tag thingy #thank you all lovely people for tagging me in stuff 🖤 #tagging people as always cause I think it's nice but obviously feel free to ignore #tumblr is testing me with this post 🙃 is there a mention limit now or what

[winterrose527]

tagged by my precious little pilgrim @thistle-and-thorn

3 ships you like: Katie Kontent & Tinker Grey (Rules of Civility), Margaery Tyrell & Jaime Lannister (in the show or if Margaery was aged up so that it wasn't creepy), and Donna & Josh (The West Wing)

First ship ever: Probably Dmitry & Anastasia

Last song you heard: Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?, Taylor Swift

Favourite childhood book: Little Women

Currently reading: The Familiar, Leigh Bardugo (and loving it)

Currently watching: I'm not watching anything at the minute, I haven't had the attention for television recently

Currently consuming: sunlight through my window

Currently craving: I just got my period so what am I not craving???

tagging @woodswit @sansastarkr @arleney @stpauligirl @semperlitluv @saltkettling