Thank you so much for sharing.
Blossom Puzzle, October 1 Letters: D E G A N R S My score: 362 points My longest word: 11 letters 🌼 🌻 🌷 🌸 💐 🌺 🏵 💮 🌹 🌼 🌻
Finally hit mega boss.
Your self-destruction doesn't hurt them. Your chaos won't convert them. They're so happy to rebuild it. You never really killed it. Excess ain't rebellion. You're drinking what they're selling.
My best score ever.
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Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton is amazing, although the follow up isn't as good.
Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time is also amazing, though, again, the follow up isn't as good.
If singular books are OK, there's Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr by John Crowley.
I could give more titles because I love books from the animal perspective, but these are my sci-fi/fantasy recs. I also second Watership Down.
I'm not even going to try to type the name of this one. It's Estonia's contribution to this year's Eurovision and it makes me happy every time I hear it.
Apparently the chorus translates roughly to "Why no, officer, those are not our drugs."
So those polled voters indicate what they want in a poll. Yet those same voters elect (choose) the politicians (their representatives who speak for them) who want something different.
By that logic, everyone who votes for Harris supports Israel's genocide against Palestine. Voters make the choice they feel is best out of what they're given.
Because understanding people's motivations is valuable in figuring out how to reach them. But I'm obviously fucking up the circle jerk.
Are you serious? Because they lie. And because they demonize the other side so hard, their base will vote for them no matter what. For example, polling shows most republican voters are not in favor of extreme abortion restrictions. They want abortion up to a certain point and for certain reasons. But when they're told the other side is murdering full-norn babies, they go for what seems to them like the lesser evil.
This is an example of why I think it's important to distinguish between politicians and voters when saying *Republicans want X." Because what they want or believe are often at odds. It would help if we could convince the voters of that.
In one of my best photos 10 years ago I vaguely looked like Lana Parilla, so that would be awesome. Realistically, someone fat.
Inspired by Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby.
Acryllic paint on paper. Part of my series based on whatever fiction I'm reading. This was inspired by CJ Tudor's The Other People.
I've been trying to do abstracts, but since this book evoked no feelings whatsoever, I had to go in a more literal direction. It's a mediocre thriller with a weird paranormal subplot that leads nowhere.
We had a Deadpool theme party, one of the activities was a bunch of unicorn coloring pages. I made this one my own with gouache paint.
Acryllic paint on paper
Part of a series of abstract paintings inspired by whatever fiction book I'm reading. This one is from Paul Tremblay's The Pallbearers Club.
Brief book review: Imagine Stranger Things but the only characters are Robin and the kid that bullied Eleven in season 1, and absolutely nothing supernatural or even interesting happens, whatsoever. If you're not into a lot of navel-gazing by self-admittedly unlikable characters and lots of name dropping bands, give this one a miss.
Recipe. I left off the ganache and pistachios. The cake is delicious, but my butter was too warm and the frosting didn't hold up well. I was also too lazy and cheap to make my own unicorn decorations for this deadpool party.
Ink on paper.
I'm trying a new thing, where I make abstract art based on whatever fiction book I'm reading. This was inspired by Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus.
Brief book review: ignore the blurb, the book is no where near as exciting as it promises. But if you're interested in a slow-paced gothic story, with an almost steampunk style of magic and a beautiful aesthetic, it's worth a read.
Working AC doesn't get installed until Tuesday, so baking is still not happening in this house. I had a couple homemade meringue cookies left in the freezer, so I mixed them into some homemade bourbon dark chocolate ice cream.
Acryllic on paper.
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