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jumping over the space-time
Jun. 7th, 2025 04:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
in_omniaThis week has gone by so fast, and I suppose that makes sense given all the adventures, quiz-related and otherwise, I've packed into the days. It still feels a little strange to know that today is the final opportunity to share Killer Quizzes until next year, though. I wonder what the world and my life will look like by then.
I'm going to sit here in the hot golden hour, sip my cocktail, watch Sev attempt to teach his son catch-and-release fishing in our pond, and just be grateful that I'm here right now and that this is the world I get to sink into. I've folded the parchments into dragonflies today. If you let them dance a little while, they'll come to rest in your hands when they're ready. ( Happy Saturday and happy quizzes! )
I'm going to sit here in the hot golden hour, sip my cocktail, watch Sev attempt to teach his son catch-and-release fishing in our pond, and just be grateful that I'm here right now and that this is the world I get to sink into. I've folded the parchments into dragonflies today. If you let them dance a little while, they'll come to rest in your hands when they're ready. ( Happy Saturday and happy quizzes! )
sky high, sky fly
Jun. 6th, 2025 05:15 pmin_omniaToday's quizzes took a little longer to respond to than usual and have left me feeling in need of a chic cocktail. (And a wardrobe makeover, but let's aim for the goals I can accomplish, shall we?) And since it is Fridayβand I have ice cubes!βa chic cocktail I will have.
Sev is pulling the ingredients together while his son is attempting to eat as many of the cherry garnishes as he can sneak away, so I will leave you to peruse the parchments ( and seek your own post-quiz libation. )
Sev is pulling the ingredients together while his son is attempting to eat as many of the cherry garnishes as he can sneak away, so I will leave you to peruse the parchments ( and seek your own post-quiz libation. )
culinary and other venturings
Jun. 5th, 2025 04:54 pmin_omniaThe tofu tacos turned out very, very well, I am happy to report. (Though I'm grateful I had some extra red bell peppers to toss in, since the recipe definitely needed them.) I've been raving to Sev for the last day or so about how excited I am to get to make more tofu/soy-focused meals in the future. For a long time, I was under the impression that someone with my family's history of hormone-based clotting disorders needed to stay away from soy in large quantities, since the articles my sister found said that the phytoestrogens in soy amplified those hormonal conditions.
The research I did just recently, though, seems to indicate that soy is actually highly beneficial for women, that the phytoestrogens help balance hormonal conditions rather than aggravate them. Add in the ways it improves insulin resistance, lowers cholesterol, and is protective against breast cancer, and I decided I should probably start eating more of it. It's also a completely new ingredient to play around with, which tickles my creativity and culinary curiosity. That's something Sev can appreciate, but I'm sure he's very tired of hearing me talk about it.
If I promise to stop raving about tofu, will you do the honors of sharing the quizzes today, Sev? ::bats eyelashes:: Hmm? Hmmmmmm? ::grumbling rumble and flutter of parchment:: Ooh, I love the vines climbing up the side of the scroll. ( The leaves are so delicate! )
The research I did just recently, though, seems to indicate that soy is actually highly beneficial for women, that the phytoestrogens help balance hormonal conditions rather than aggravate them. Add in the ways it improves insulin resistance, lowers cholesterol, and is protective against breast cancer, and I decided I should probably start eating more of it. It's also a completely new ingredient to play around with, which tickles my creativity and culinary curiosity. That's something Sev can appreciate, but I'm sure he's very tired of hearing me talk about it.
If I promise to stop raving about tofu, will you do the honors of sharing the quizzes today, Sev? ::bats eyelashes:: Hmm? Hmmmmmm? ::grumbling rumble and flutter of parchment:: Ooh, I love the vines climbing up the side of the scroll. ( The leaves are so delicate! )
into the weirdmageddon?
Jun. 4th, 2025 05:54 pmin_omniaI'm gearing up to make tofu tacos for the first time, and I'm both excited and a little impatient for them to just be fixed and ready to eat, already. This, in a nutshell, may be one of the reasons why I will never be a truly joyful cook. Do I take pride in being a capable and occasionally creative chef? I do indeed. Would I also just rather someone else do that work so I can concentrate on eating it? Yes. So much yes.
But enough of those impossible daydreams! Let me get to the quizzes so I can get to the tacos. Sev and his son are out enjoying today's gorgeous weather, and I'm focused on cookery, so there's no fanciful origami today. I did tidy my library table, though, so today's parchments ( should be easy to find. )
But enough of those impossible daydreams! Let me get to the quizzes so I can get to the tacos. Sev and his son are out enjoying today's gorgeous weather, and I'm focused on cookery, so there's no fanciful origami today. I did tidy my library table, though, so today's parchments ( should be easy to find. )
a dust that lightly drifts in the air
Jun. 3rd, 2025 06:01 pmin_omniaIce cubes are in the freezer, Sev and his son are coloring at the library table, my brand new copy of BTS' The Most Beautiful Moment in Life: Young Forever is playing, and I have an evening of watching fun things with ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ° to look forward to tonight. Not bad for a Tuesday. I'm even feeling energetic enough to fold today's quiz parchments into butterflies. ( Best of luck in catching them! )
in living the days given to us
Jun. 2nd, 2025 04:58 pmin_omniaI've been remarkably productive for a Monday, which means that now all I want to do is find a hammock to flop in and a Mai Tai to drink. Alas, there are no hammock-suitable trees nearby, and though I've mostly made the transition to summertime foodstuffs, I haven't stocked my freezer with ice trays yet. I shall have to make doβfitting for a Monday.
Sev and I are still taking it easy, though, enjoying the blustery heat before it becomes unbearable in the next few weeks, so feel free to pick through today's quizzes on your own. The scrolls are tucked under the flowerpot in the corner, ( but you can probably hear them fluttering. )
Sev and I are still taking it easy, though, enjoying the blustery heat before it becomes unbearable in the next few weeks, so feel free to pick through today's quizzes on your own. The scrolls are tucked under the flowerpot in the corner, ( but you can probably hear them fluttering. )
a flycatcher evening
Jun. 1st, 2025 04:55 pmin_omniaI can't quite believe we're already at the Week of the Killer Quizzes. Partly that's due to the weather, which has been unseasonably cool and lovely lately, but mostly it just seems odd to arrive at a June again when the person I was, and the world as I knew it, last June is so different as to almost belong in another era. I've had a number of wonderful experiences in the last year, but many of the changes around me have been very negative, and both cases have demanded a lot of adjustment and growth. I am still myself, or so the quizzes tell me, but the person taking last year's quizzes feels very far away at the moment.
I'm thankful Sev and his son are still here, at least, to add a touch of continuity to the proceedings. Though he, too, is deeply grateful for the gentle weather as we ease further into this mad year. We're going to sit on the porch and listen to the phoebes sing their names as you dive into the quizzes. ( Feel free to join us whenever you like. )
I'm thankful Sev and his son are still here, at least, to add a touch of continuity to the proceedings. Though he, too, is deeply grateful for the gentle weather as we ease further into this mad year. We're going to sit on the porch and listen to the phoebes sing their names as you dive into the quizzes. ( Feel free to join us whenever you like. )
