love and joy and hijinks

So after submission of vids and insane Tuesday 9:30am to 9:30pm classes (granted with a 2.5 hr break) and essay due on Wed, rewarded self for finishing auction vid by (guess what?) starting a new vid.

Mind o' mine, why is you so one-track'ed?

Meanwhile, adrienne2? Bless you for introducing butter with dill to me, fried up some onions today, and CANNOT STOP EATING THEM OMG. Granted, I'm still at a bit of a loss over how best to use it in other dishes but OMG.

I gotta dig up my recipes catagory once memories are available again; I remember saving lots but never getting a chance to try them...especially hot buttered rum. mmmm.

See, it's all part of my plan to teach myself how to cook outside of my box (Vegan Chocolate Cake!); much aided by the fact that my favorite produce place sells these huge 99cent bags of produce. (me = student = cheap. is why I'm nearly vegetarian at home.) Not only are they hella cheap veggies, but no fear whatsoever of making a mistake and wasting food.

Speaking of which, despite how problematic Disney movies are sometimes, I'm really glad they went ahead and messed with the old fairytales. 'Cause yes, they are sappy happy, unrealistic, and often problematic endings, but you know what?

The girl lives. Not only that, but she won.

I mean, you have Bluebeard where the woman gets killed (or nearly killed, depending on your version of the story) 'cause of her curiousity. The Little Mermaid not only loses her voice, but is killed for being so ambitious as to follow her dream. Sleeping Beauty gets pricked by the spindle for a combination of curiousity and her parent's sins, and wakes up to the suckling of the child that she was knocked up with 'cause she was raped in her sleep.

I mean, not that it isn't good to have the darker and more morbid versions at hand; but just...I'm really glad that I heard the Disney versions first. 'Cause even if it does usually end with the dubious priviledge of being married to a vague Prince Charming, at least she won, yanno?

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Meanwhile, need very very desperately to start cleaning out my link folders:

Fic
- Save Me by daegaer (WK, omi/nagi) Drabbles of crossover DOOM! Also, Omi is looking for a wife...
- Nice Boys by harukami (Saiyuki, 58) Town gossip ;D
- Transpose by aliaswestgate (Saiyuki, implied pairings) mellow and lyrical and bittersweet.

Fannish
- (Saiyuki) Homo Sausage, it DOES exist! ::boggles::
- (HP) On the HP citystate by aubrem
- (SV) meret points out Lex's Teddy Bear
- (general) Communication Styles in Fanfic by pinkdormouse - is neat (for writers)

Funny
- iharthdarth - never fails to be amusing =D
- funny links via yxonomei
- Upton Tea via emungere - which allows you to personalize your tea's. So, question of the day: what tea would Darth Vader get? o.o

Note-Worthy
- Discover the hidden meaning in your name, good for a lark, though I find kabalarians more interesting/complex, probably 'cause it gives the potential negatives of your name as well.
- trensaddiction's thinky thoughts on Deathnote, Crime, Punishment, and Utopias
- yasmin links to many things.
- fadingembers' Very Comprehensive Vibrator Essay (of DOOM)
- via idlerat):

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