A Singular Jame

my secondborn (my parents)

7/10

sounds vaguely historical but in the way that I'm going to be sent off to war to prevent a succession crisis

potentially confusing to the listener bc the average conversation has little relation to birth order

my sister's, [name] (my aunt)

9/10

direct and to the point!

still very clear about what our family relationship is. I think we can do away with many nouns if this is any indication

my young adult child (my mom)

4/10

it's giving "20 year old minor"

I promise you can just say my kid. it's ok I don't mind strangers thinking I'm like 5 bc that would make me a prodigy for doing stuff like my laundry and dishes in one day and honestly I could use that kind of support

my liberated one (my grandma)

10/10 THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

completely unclear what my relationship actually is to her. her personal oracle perhaps?

i saw somebody say “what if you’re gone and i haven’t become anything yet” and basically that broke me on a random thursday evening

Amaury starts by pouring liquid sugar into a flat mould and adding decorative motifs formed from spun sugar. He then heats the moulded sugar to form it into a serving dish. He moulds two other pieces to make the base and the final product looks like a fancy Victorian clear glass dish.

Then he rolls out brown dough and cuts a circle. He drags the circle over a mould that adds lines, and then presses it over another mould that curves into into the shape of a walnut shell. After drying, these, of course, look ridiculously accurate.

Now for the fillings. There are two different ones, the second of which includes ground up walnut brittle. These are split between the various shells.

Now another walnut ... concoction. He uses a piping bag to build up walnuts from this - every wiggly, brainlike lobe. These are skewered on toothpicks, dipped into a glaze to ensure the colour and texture is unsettlingly accurate, and added to the walnut shells.

Another shell is placed on top, where it fits perfectly over the walnut. Because of COURSE he made an accurate walnut that could be taken out of its shell. Why WOULDN'T he make perfect walnuts and then cover them up?

A final glaze and painting, so the shells look perfect. Walnuts placed in serving dish, with a few open to see his work. More spread around on the table. Amaury picks one up, opens it, and takes a bite. Breaks it in half so we can so all the delicious, gooey layers. Nods in satisfaction at a job well done.

Just a nice normal Chocolate Guy video!

Do I in fact own shoes?

And let's not forget about

From there it's not actually difficult to get the other soldiers onboard with covering up the fact that poor Ping took one for the team and got afflicted by the vagina curse, especially since it would have been all of them if they hadn't gotten the warning ahead of time. So they agree to help him cover it up, because obviously the army's not going to understand.

Mulan: Uh, what boobs? Huh? Where did these come from?

Mushu: *facepalms and thinks quickly* (speaks from the shadows) I AM THE SPIRIT OF THE LAKE! BEWARE MY CURSED WATERS FOR THEY WILL TURN MEN INTO WOMEN!

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