Niku  

Basically me right now

WHAT

I’m SITTING HERE WITH MY. MOUTH OPEN GAPING BECAUSE

NUMBER ONE HOW THE FUCK DID MIDOSUJI GET LONGER SOMEHOW HE’S ALREADY TALL ENOUGH AND how DID HIS CLOTHES RELEASE ALL THIS

WhoooaHooo My NECK is long. Business

THIS BOY IS SIX FOOT SEVEN WHAT THE LORD ALMIGHTY

Finished old picture again. Tancred and Lysander brofist. :3 Charlie and Blue boa fanart.

Broke af?

But still interested in feeding yourself? What if I told you that there’s a woman with a blog who had to feed both herself and her young son…on 10 British pounds ($15/14 Euro) per week?

Let me tell you a thing.

This woman saved my life last year. Actually saved my life. I had a piggy bank full of change and that’s it. Many people in my fandom might remember that dark time as when I had to hock my writing skills in exchange for donations. I cried a lot then. 

This is real talk, people: I marked down exactly what I needed to buy, totaled it, counted out that exact change, and then went to three different stores to buy what I needed so I didn’t have to dump a load of change on just one person. I was already embarrassed, but to feel people staring? Utter shame suffused me. The reasons behind that are another post all together. 

AgirlcalledJack.com is run by a British woman who was on benefits for years. Things got desperate. She had to find a way to feed herself and her son using just the basics that could be found at the supermarket. But the recipes she came up with are amazing. 

You have to consider the differing costs of things between countries, but if you just have three ingredients in your cupboard, this woman will tell you what to do with it. Check what you already have. Chances are you have the basics of a filling meal already. 

Here’s her list of kitchen basics. 

Bake your own bread. It’s easier than you think. Here’s a list of many recipes, each using some variation of just plain flour, yeast, some oil, maybe water or lemon juice. And kneading bread is therapeutic. 

Make your own pasta–gluten free. 

She gets it. She really does. This is the article that started it all. It’s called “Hunger Hurts”.

She has vegan recipes.

A carrot, a can of kidney beans, and some cumin will get you a really filling soup…or throw in some flour for binding and you’ve got yourself a burger. 

Don’t have an oven or the stove isn’t available? She covers that in her Microwave Cooking section. 

She has a book, but many recipes can be found on her blog for free. She prices her recipes down to the cent, and every year she participates in a project called “Living Below the Line” where she has to live on 1 BP per day of food for five days. 

Things improved for me a little, but her website is my go to. I learned how to bake bread (using my crockpot, but that was my own twist), and I have a little cart full of things that saved me back then, just in case I need them again. She gives you the tools to feed yourself, for very little money, and that’s a fabulous feeling. 

Tip: Whenever you have a little extra money, buy a 10 dollar/pound/euro giftcard from your discount grocer. Stash it. That’s your super emergency money. Make sure they don’t charge by the month for lack of use, though.

I don’t care if it sounds like an advertisement–you won’t be buying anything from the site. What I DO care about is your mental, emotional, and physical health–and dammit, food’s right in the center of that. 

If you don’t need this now, pass it on to someone who does. Pass it on anyway, because do you REALLY know which of the people in your life is in need? Which follower might be staring at their own piggy bank? Trust me: someone out there needs to see this. 

Love the contrast between the Americans’ “Apollo” and the Soviets’ “Sputnik.” You got the Americans naming their rocket after a Greek god trying to communicate the grandness and importance of this rocket. And you got the Soviets naming their rocket “fellow traveler.” Like a friend you go on an  adventure with together. This rocket is our little friend lol 

does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver

The first one proved to be effective

Ummmmm? uhM?

WHAT

I'm SITTING HERE WITH MY. MOUTH OPEN GAPING BECAUSE

NUMBER ONE HOW THE FUCK DID MIDOSUJI GET LONGER SOMEHOW HE'S ALREADY TALL ENOUGH AND how DID HIS CLOTHES RELEASE ALL THIS

WhoooaHooo My NECK is long. Business

Hakoda would totally fucking adopt Zuko upon sight of him.

Seeing the scar. (Remembering that time that he had to take Sokka's boomerang away from him - he had made it stick into the ice deep enough that he hurt himself trying to pull it out - and even that broke his heart)

Watching him go without a blanket because Toph is cold. (He says he's had worse. Hakota doesn't doubt it really, but honestly the boy is what...eighteen?)

Seeing him smile, as if he really doesn't know how to. (Hakota tells all the jokes that drove Kya insane. Zuko it turns out, has just the right sense of humor.)

@yumekuimono