Hey Caretaker, Can I Get Your Advice On Something? A Girl Asked Me Out A While Ago, But We Havent Been

Hey Caretaker, can I get your advice on something? A girl asked me out a while ago, but we haven’t been able to meet up and actually go out do to her schedule (though it’s obviously out of the question now). We haven’t really talked about it, and she hasn’t reached out to me since. Is it worth it to stay hung up on this, or should I accept it may already be over and move on? I offer distant memories of fruity summer drinks, the false taste of sugar on your tongue, and an abandoned clock

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do you have any recommendations for christmas/advent hymns?

I have a Spotify playlist full of my favorites

Webcomics w/ Black Leads

I was wondering how many webcomics there were out there with black protagonists (for my own reference). Then I figured plenty of other folks would love to see a list. So heeeeere we go! (Please reblog and add more!) 

AGENTS OF THE REALM by Mildred Louis

NIBI by Gyimah Gariba

DEMON STREET by Aliza Layne

VIBE by Dan Ciurczak

BALDERDASH by Victoria Goog

STAR TRIP by Gisele Jobateh

SCHOOL SPIRIT (FRESH ROMANCE) by Kate Leth & Arielle Jovellanos

ALL OUR CUTS AND BRUISES by My Sjögren Blücher

STEVE’S STORY (KHAOS KOMICS) by Tab Kimpton

DEMON HUNTER KAIN by Burrell Gill Jr.

SAFE HAVENS by Bill Holbrook

THE SUBSTITUTES by Myisha Haynes

VALOROUS TALES by Dashawn Mahone

M.F.K. by Nilah Magruder

THE IMMORTAL NADIA GREENE by Jamal Campbell

PRINCESS LOVE PON by Shauna J. Grant

AS THE CROW FLIES by Melanie Gillman

Quarantine Cooking

Stuck at home and in need of simple meals that require little effort and few ingredients? Hopefully you’ve stocked up on some basics. Here are some of my personal favorites.

Tamagohan - Egg rice. In Japan, they crack a raw egg over freshly steamed rice and mix it together. In the U.S., you might be better served to use a fried or soft-boiled egg. Or, in a pinch, make scrambled eggs and mix them into a bowl of rice like I do. Top it with whatever you like and boom. It’s a meal.

Colcannon - Cabbage and potatoes. Peel and boil some potatoes, then mash them with butter and sour cream. Boil chopped green cabbage until just tender, and drain. Mix the two together and add salt, pepper, and crumbled bacon to taste. Keeps well, reheats beautifully, sticks to your ribs. A big scoop of this can be a side dish or a meal by itself. Seven or eight potatoes and half a small head of green cabbage makes enough for several days.

Homemade Chili - Ground beef, peppers, beans, canned tomatoes. Brown the beef and drain most of the fat. Mix with chopped peppers, beans, canned tomatoes, and whatever spices you like. I suggest cumin, chili powder, garlic, and onion powder at the very least. If you like onions, add diced onions to bulk up and flavor the mix. I also use pasta sauce in mine, but if that’s at a premium in your house, save it for the pasta. Simmer it all together for at least two hours in the biggest pot you have, then serve. A big pot of chili will last for several meals and can easily be stretched for as many people as need feeding.

Roasted Veggies - Line a baking tray with foil. Toss vegetables with a light coating of olive oil plus salt and pepper and whatever other spices are appropriate for your chosen food. Lay everything out on the tray in a single layer. Bake until fork-tender and lightly crisped on the edges. Cooking times will vary, check Google for specifics. My personal faves are asparagus and brussels sprouts, but this also works with carrots, parsnips, turnips, and potatoes.

Sausage Mushroom Pasta - Kielbasa, button mushrooms, noodles. Fry sliced kielbasa and lightly pan-sear some mushrooms in the same pan, seasoning with pepper and basil. Mix together and serve over whatever noodles you like. You can also add spinach for extra vitamins or to stretch the dish. This can also be altered for whatever protein you have on hand besides fish.

Poppy Seed Chicken - Chicken, cream soup, sour cream, poppy seeds, buttery crackers. Cook bite-sized pieces of chicken in a pan, with white wine, minced garlic, and lemon juice if you have it. Add to a ceramic baking dish, including the cooking juices. Mix in a can of cream soup (chicken, mushroom, celery, or broccoli work best), a big scoop of sour cream, and a heaping spoonful of blue poppy seeds. Top with crumbled crackers (like Ritz or Town House) and sprinkle with a little bit of melted butter. Bake at 325F for about 30min until the crackers are slightly browned. Keeps well, reheats well, easy to stretch with the addition of vegetables or by serving it over rice.

Sesame Ginger Chicken - Chicken, sesame seeds, ginger, garlic, orange juice. Coat the bottom of a big frying pan with cooking oil. Toss in some sesame seeds and wait until they crackle. Cook bite-sized slices of chicken with ginger and garlic, tossing with more sesame seeds. Mix in a spoonful of orange marmalade if you have it. When the chicken is just about done, add a cup of orange juice to the pan and reduce the heat to a simmer. Allow the sauce to thicken, then serve over rice.

Additional Pro-Tip: If you’re able to shop for groceries or have them delivered, make sure you plan your shopping. Make a two-week meal plan and try to keep the ingredients as simple as you can. Overlap where you can and cook so that you have leftovers where possible. Have a backup or two in case the store is out of something. This will help you reduce costs and give you a schedule to stick to so you know what you’ll be preparing each night.

Good luck, everyone!

types of nap, ranked by me (an experienced napper)

the siesta: the oldest and most reliable form of nap! you go to sleep around noon. you wake up an hour or two later feeling well-rested and prepared to face the rest of the day. this is the pinnacle of nap perfection. 10/10

the businessman’s nap: you have a limited amount of time on your hands, so you schedule a nap into your packed timetable and set an alarm. you spend half the duration of the nap worrying that you’re wasting valuable nap time by lying awake, and the other half sunk into a torpor so deep that when your alarm rings, it takes you a good few minutes to remember your own name. once you’ve splashed some cold water on your face you feel much better. 7/10

EW STICKY: you were cold at first, so you piled on the blankets and wriggled into your favourite comfy sweater. this was nice. now you are awake and trapped in a horrible sweaty gordian knot of your own devising. this is not nice. when you peel off the sweater you find to your horror that you have left an actual damp patch behind on the bed, like some sort of giant dead fish that can’t stop leaking its gross fish juice everywhere. 5/10 it was at least cosy to start with

the interrupted nap: someone barges into your room and starts talking to you. “wtsfhggl?” you enquire. they give you a judgemental look, and ask why you are sleeping in the middle of the day. “ghhfshsxkls,” you reply, graciously. they tell you to get up. you get up. the rest of the day feels like an extension of whatever dream you are having before you were disturbed. you boil with quiet resentment and shame. 4/10

the unsuccessful nap: you are tired. you want to take a nap. you lie down. you wait. you wait. time moves sluggishly forwards. you wait. your brain feels like a cup of mushy porridge but your eyes refuse to close. the noise of your fan is infuriating. you wait. eventually, you are forced to accept that this nap is simply not going to happen, and you have wasted 45 minutes doing absolutely nothing. god fucking dammit. 2/10

the handy-dandy fast-forward button: you really just want this day to be over as soon as possible, and the best way you can think of to do that is to take a nap. you only meant to sleep for an hour, but when you wake up it is already evening. the day is over. you glean no satisfaction from this. you kill time until you feel justified in going back to bed again, and spend the rest of the night tossing and turning, unable to sink back into the blissful stupor from which you so recently emerged. 0/10

The Unpleasantness: when you fall asleep, it is dark. when you awaken, it is light. this is the natural order of sleep, but perverted into a form that is frightening and wrong. you feel deeply unsettled and do not know why. are you sick? what does time mean? what does anything mean? maximum despair. -1000/10.

this exchange between me and my sister about animal crossing reads like two comrades bleeding out on the battlefield