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Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.

So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.

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. 

Here’s an up to date link

Jack’s site is now a wordpress, which can be found here:

Naww this came up on my Pinterest 😭

God, voiced by Frances McDormand, has not been heard from since season 1. The God who appears in the bookshop at the end of season 3 was summoned by Aziraphale writing in the new Book of Life. She is the embodiment of Aziraphale's hopes and fears about what God really is, and she does everything exactly as Aziraphale would hope -- she obeys Crowley's command to pause in destroying them. She answers their questions sincerely, not in riddles. She allows them true choice. And she honors their wishes.

Aziraphale brings here there, and she does as Aziraphale wills, for once. One interpretation could be that this is not actually God (the God who was shuffling the cards in season 1) but Aziraphale's manifestation of God.

Season 1, as an adaptation of the book, resolves the problems of season 1 and the book, and does so in a way that really doesn't need a sequel. Season 2 reopens all of the same problems, and creates an ever-recurring repetion of these same problems, within the system it creates. As long as Heaven and Hell exist, the same crisis will repeat. The finale ends the cycle of crisis by ending the system of Heaven and Hell, at Az & Crowley's choice.

Aziraphale and Crowley end up together, on their own side. They end up with Aziraphale being ready to give up the earth to just be with Crowley -- you can see the disappointment on his face when Crowley says the opposite, until he realizes Crowley is right. And Crowley is finally willing to sacrifice being with Aziraphale, for humanity, which is what Aziraphale was trying to do at the end of season 2. They both come around to seeing each other's point of view, together. That is their happy ending. They're finally on the same side. For real. For good.