~ Le French Obsessed with To Sir With Love ~

Let me change your life real quick.

Take 1/4 cup rice and 1/4 cup water, put them in a freezer safe container, and freeze them. Short or medium grain rice is better

When you’re feeling sick, take the frozen rice out, put it in a pot with 1.5 cups of water. Add a dash of neutral cooking oil, 1/2 tsp powdered ginger, and 1/4 tsp salt. Throw in a pinch or two of white pepper if you have it. Bring to a boil.

Now chop up one or two preserved eggs, and add them to the boiling rice.

Do not skip this step! I’m serious. Even if you never eat preserved eggs, get some to have on hand for this recipe. They are shelf stable and last basically forever. Even if you only ever eat a single one at a time, and only in this, and only when you are sick, they are worth having in your pantry.

Boil the rice for 15-20 min total.

That’s it. Top with whatever you want – scallions are classic, those fried onion things you can use in a green bean casserole are good. People will sometimes add meat floss, or a fried egg, or pickled vegetables. But honestly when you’re sick, just plain is the way to go.

The keys here are the powdered ginger, the preserved eggs, and the rice itself. Broken-up rice is easier to digest, and soup helps you keep hydrated – this is why chicken soup is such a classic. Ginger is known to have anti-nausea properties and may be somewhat anti-inflammatory as well. And preserved eggs, crucially, are somewhat basic, due to the alkaline process that is used to preserve them. They are the closest thing to a food equivalent of Alka-Seltzer, legitimately, and I promise that adding them makes a huge difference, even if you don’t much care for them.

in 1970, a performance of edward ii, starring ian mckellen as king edward and james laurenson as gaveston, was broadcast on the bbc. this performance made history as it showed the first ever kiss between two men on british television.

like look at Smaug, look at his ears, DON’T YOU JUST WANT TO SCRATCH BEHIND HIS EARS AND TELL HIM HE’S A GOOD BOY

and look at this guy, I guess he’s supposed to be ferocious but it looks more like “whoa man chill out, I’m just saying that those shoes with that helmet was maybe not the greatest fashion decision, just a little friendly advice, no need to get defensive.”

THIS LITTLE BB ALL CURLED UP AND TAKIN’ A NAP

I want this one to live in my pocket and be my sassy talking dragon sidekick

SO SMILEY!! “gonna go terrorize some helpless villagers aw yiss”

but my favorite is this little doodle here

just look at him

Ivan: I am begging you, Miles. For once in your life, go home. Please. Just this once. Go home.

*vague summer travel themes*

for @songxiaoseptember!!!

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What are you even doing? 你在干嘛嘛～？ Nǐ zài gàn má ma~? You doing what mm? Whatchu doin’, hmm~?

What do you even know? 你知道啥呀～？ Nǐ zhīdào shá ya~? You know what eh? What do you even knooow~?

You don’t even care. 你才不在乎嘞～ Nǐ cái bú zàihu lei~ You totally don’t care eh. You don’t even caaare~

This cat has a death wish. 这只猫咪不想活啦！ Zhè zhī māomī bù xiǎng huó la! This kitty doesn’t wanna live anymore! This kitty’s got a death wishhh~!

Trying to trip me, I see. 你是不是想绊倒我哇～？ Nǐ shì bú shì xiǎng bàndǎo wǒ wa~? Are you trying to trip me eh~? You tryin’ to trip me again, huhhh~?

Why are you trying to trip me? 为啥老是想绊妈妈啦？ Wèi shá lǎoshì xiǎng bàn māma la? Why always trying to trip mama~? Why you always trippin’ mamaaa?

She’s a good girl. 她是个乖乖喵～ Tā shì ge guāiguāi miāo~ She’s a good good kitty~ She’s a gooood girl~

She’s just a baby, your honor. 她她她只是个小宝贝嘛，法官大人～ Tā tā tā zhǐshì ge xiǎo bǎobèi ma, fǎguān dàren~ She she she is just a lil baby, Your Honor~ She’s just a widdle baaaby, your hooonor~

She’s just a baby girl. 她是小小女孩呀～ Tā shì xiǎoxiǎo nǚhái ya~ She’s lil-lil girl~ She’s just a baby girrrrl~

I love you so much, cat. 猫猫，我好爱你呦～ Māomāo, wǒ hǎo ài nǐ yōu~ Kitty, I love you so much yo~ I wuv you soooo much, kittyyy~

She’s purring. 她在呼噜噜噜啦～ Tā zài hūlū lūlū la~ She’s purring-purring~ She goin’ purr purr purr~!

Do you want some snacks? 要不要吃小零零呀？ Yào bú yào chī xiǎo línglíng ya? Wanna eat some lil snackies~? You want some snaccies, hmm?

True to form. 你就是你喽～ Nǐ jiùshì nǐ lou~ You just you, huh~ That’s my lil chaos queen~

Come on (the bed). 来嘛，上床床～ Lái ma, shàng chuángchuáng~ Come eh, get on bed-bed~ C’mere, get on the beddy-bed!

Come on, Paz. Paz宝贝，快点儿嘛～ Paz bǎobèi, kuàidiǎnr ma~ Paz baby, hurry up eh~ Come on, Pazzy babyyy~

👶 Notes on Cutesy Mandarin

Reduplication is often used in baby-talk or pet-talk:

床 → 床床 (chuángchuáng – “bed-bed”)

抱 → 抱抱 (bàobào – “hug-hug”)

吃 → 吃吃 (chīchī – “eat-eat”)

Final particles like:

嘛 (ma), 啦 (la), 呀 (ya), 哇 (wa), 呦 (yo), and 喽 (lou) add playfulness or whining/emotive tone

Audio: A recording of Leonard Nimoy reading it on Internet Archive.

Text: A PDF version.

(you do not have to follow the beliefs associated with the style if that style has associated beliefs. The wheel curse does not affect anything like that.)

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