lil-miss-choc:

“What do stars do?”

“They shine.”

I can’t wait to dance with you.

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foodopia: vegetable bibimbap: recipe here I want this. Plus, it has daikon in it. Which means I might be able to convince my boyfriend, who is very enthusiastic about anything Japanese, to make it with me (in three weeks and 16 hours!). Either way, this looks delicious.  *I might be a little excited. 

foodopia:

vegetable bibimbap: recipe here

I want this. Plus, it has daikon in it. Which means I might be able to convince my boyfriend, who is very enthusiastic about anything Japanese, to make it with me (in three weeks and 16 hours!). Either way, this looks delicious. 

*I might be a little excited. 

I LOVE dragon fruit, even though it’s pink.  For first timers, it might take a little getting used to. It doesn’t have an awful lot of flavour, and it picks up the flavours of other things. It’s great on salads and in fondue (chocolate makes everything better).  Personally, I like it on its own. There’s a few in my fridge just waiting to be eaten. /nom

I LOVE dragon fruit, even though it’s pink. 

For first timers, it might take a little getting used to. It doesn’t have an awful lot of flavour, and it picks up the flavours of other things. It’s great on salads and in fondue (chocolate makes everything better). 

Personally, I like it on its own. There’s a few in my fridge just waiting to be eaten. /nom

Women and children first

youmightfindyourself:

For decades the science of child-rearing was guided by patriarchal ideas, but now the cradle rocks to an older rhythm. Eric Michael Johnson, in conversation with eminent evolutionary biologists Sarah Hrdy and Robert Trivers, explores how Mother Nature and the social network that nurtured our past have been remembered at last.

Hrdy believes that for hundreds of thousands of years, mothers and children were given the physical and emotional support that allowed our species to thrive. Hunter-gatherers have always relied on a network of attachments so that, should one caregiver fail, many others could ensure emotionally confident and secure individuals.

“Rates of child mortality were high, but there was no child abuse or emotional neglect,” Hrdy told me. “A child that experienced the kind of emotional neglect it takes to produce the psychopathology of insecure attachment, the kind showed in Bowlby’s and Harlow’s research, simply would not have survived.”

“Never hug and kiss them, never let them sit on your lap. If you must, kiss them once on the forehead when they say good night. Shake hands with them in the morning.” Only now do we realise the full impact of 1920s parenting advice.

An environment that contained a network of support for mothers and children was formative in our species’ development. We have forgotten these memories today and, as a result, deceived ourselves about what children, and our society as a whole, ultimately need to feel secure.

My great-grandmother died a few years ago, and I took care of her the months before her death. She was more affectionate with me and the other grandchildren, but her way of showing love was by giving people money. My grandfather cannot remember a time that she said, “I love you” to him. I can’t imagine growing up like that. 

Now, living with her 92-year-old sister, I’ve “taught” her how to hug and give random kisses and being loving like that. She smiles whenever I walk up to her and just hug her for no reason. It’s nice. :)

I have discovered a new and addictive game …

unobservant:

League of Legends. It’s online and it’s free to boot!

The only downside? So far, I’ve only played in groups of idiots.

The idea of the game (or at least, the one that I’ve been playing, there are other campains you can run), is to play in a team of 5 against 5 enemy players, destroy the other teams turrets, inhibitors and nexus before they destroy yours.

There are three paths you can take (in the campain that I’ve been playing); top, middle and bottom. Each path has a set of turrets to destroy before you finally make it to the other teams base. The middle, “Jungle”, has neutral baddies that attack anyone … or they might not, I’ve never been in there lol

There are also minions for each team, a wave of about 6 or 7 for each path are released from each base every minute or so, so you have a bit of backup. Once you destroy the other teams inhibitor, more powerful minions spawn, which is nice. Minions are basically used as human sheilds … It is what it is lol

Now, it seems to me like the logical thing to do would be to stick together, keep behind a pack of minions (so they take any blasts) and push one path until you get to the other team’s base. If you have any champions on your team that use stealth, obviously it would be good if they went around behind the other team and blocked them in while the others kill them.

But no, every team I’ve been in so far seems to have other ideas. The last game I played this morning, every player went off in opposite directions and kept getting their asses handed to them! Also, the lowest level player kept rushing off whenever the enemy attacked on of our turrets … Which is useless when you’re so low level that the enemy can one-shot you!

I actually got so frustrated and sick of shouting “STAY TOGETHER YOU IDIOTS!” that I logged off before the match was actually finished.

Other than that, it’s a great game. I’ve been trying to stave off the urge to play World of Warcraft again and this seems to be doing the trick.

Also, you earn points for each battle, which you can then use to buy more hereos to use. The champions are very cool look (at least in the concept are anyway lol).

I usually use Graves…

Because his gun is kickass and does massive damage used in the right way.

I also just spent my points on Caitlyn…

And Miss Fortune…

And now I’m saving my points to get LuLu … because she’s just so darn cute!

Someone should come play with me!

Username: ScreamPretty

I LOVE this game. Spent wayyy too much money it. 

Caitlyn is currently one of my favourites for Dominion pvp. Teemo is up there, too.

Lulu is a lot of fun for Summoner’s Rift.

And the new mafia Graves skin? It’s awesome. 

Quite happy to see a tumblr person playing!

dstroym:

thearchtivist:

Bathroom with glass floor, overlooking a 15 story elevator shaft. 

no.

Never. 

Just imagining being in there makes me come near to tears. 

Feel free to not pack any pants. 

Yankee Test

freckles04:

phnuuby:

siribear:

casecous:

sabrea:

poisonlollipop:

bolining:

fergusoned:

softshinythings:

18% Dixie. Wow! You are a Duke of Yankeedom!

I’m such a Yankee that I live north of the border hurrr

52% Dixie. Barely in Dixie

87% Dixie.  Do you still use Confederate money?

what

45% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

Never have I been so proud to be born in California. Thank you soda and frontage roads.

63% Dixie.  Well south of the Mason-Dixon line.

36% Dixie. You are definitely a Yankee.

This is a pretty good result considering a lot of Ohians are wayyyy more Dixie.

45% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom.

crying. i guess that’s what 8 years in the south will do. i need to go back north.

41% Dixie. Barely in Yankeedom. HAHA ! I live in Maine =D ! But my grass roots show ! I was born in Georgia

23% Dixie. You are a dandy Yankee Doodle.

This amuses me, because I am Canadian. But I guess there are a lot of commonalities between the northern States and Ontario.

9% Dixie. Need help digging out of the snow?

Grew up in Upstate NY, at the foot of the Adirondacks. Guess I’m a little bit Yankee. :-p

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Oh, the extra cheese ones! I think they’re the only vegetarian ones, too. /nom

Oh, the extra cheese ones! I think they’re the only vegetarian ones, too. /nom

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lemonlove: filigreeandflowers: This is an image from the movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.  From the movie clip and images I’ve seen on Collider, it looks like it’ll be a beautiful movie.  Dude, it came out in the US last November!? Have you not seen it? It’s really gorgeous! Yar, I realised that minutes after putting it in my queue. Although, I do live in a quite rural part of Canada and don’t watch tv. It was pre-tumblr, and stuff like that tends not to show up on my radar. It’s now on my to-watch list. 

lemonlove:

filigreeandflowers:

This is an image from the movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. 

From the movie clip and images I’ve seen on Collider, it looks like it’ll be a beautiful movie. 

Dude, it came out in the US last November!? Have you not seen it? It’s really gorgeous!

Yar, I realised that minutes after putting it in my queue. Although, I do live in a quite rural part of Canada and don’t watch tv. It was pre-tumblr, and stuff like that tends not to show up on my radar. It’s now on my to-watch list. 

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