#kittywings01

“Oh, no,” Tony started as he waved his hands, “no. No no. No.”

“Please,” Darcy drew out the word as she gave him full-fledged puppy dog eyes. “I want a pet.”

“You can get a dog. Or a cat. A snake? Llama? I don’t know! Just...something normal people get!” Tony was backing up with each animal he listed, trying to put space between him and Darcy.

Darcy, who was holding an egg. 

A dinosaur egg.

Probably a raptor egg. 

“Where did you even get that?!” he practically screeched.

Darcy smiled, seemingly proud of herself. “Blue gave it to me.”

He didn’t even want to think about how that was possible given that fact that, supposedly (!), all the animals on this godforsaken island were females. Unless the existing raptors went through what was left? And found an egg? Were they looking for eggs? Yeah, no. He wasn’t going to even begin to fathom that kind of intelligence. 

And they gave Darcy one. 

“Aw, come on, Tony,” Steve called from where he was feeding the animals in the petting zoo.

“Yeah, c’mon, Tony,” Bucky snickered. “She wants a pet.”

Tony scowled. “I hate you all.” Taking a breath, he looked back at the dark haired woman who was still holding a fucking raptor egg. “You cannot take that back with us. We don’t...I mean...There’s no way we can take care of it! We have no place to put it! Oh god, stop looking at me like that!”

She sighed, trying to sound as forlorn as possible. “Okay.”

Tony breathed a deep sigh of relief. “Oh, thank - ”

Okay, first - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

And now for some fluffy fic after the cut!!

Have fun! The Husband is taking Weeble (almost 5) on his first backpacking trip this weekend to an abandoned mining facility in the mountains. Cue hyperventilating about how this is a horror movie in the making...

Oh my god, taking a five year old backpacking, that must be like...an endurance trial all on its own. Not even that I’m assuming your kid is a troublemaker, just, a five-year-old can’t haul that much shit, so even granted the Weeble doesn’t take up much room, your husband’s still hauling for two, five-year-olds need a lot of stuff. On the other hand I suppose he’s probably not hauling it that far, how far can a five-year-old hike. 

You look so pleased with yourself! I love it! :) I am forever pleased with my ten dollar bag of fresh kettlecorn. It was still hot when they gave it to me. It’s the highlight of the festival every year. If I have to sit at my troupes booth in a shitty location, not being able to hear, I’m going to do it with the largest bag of popcorn possible.

kayquimi replied to your photo “Dinner is certainly not a giant bag of kettle corn from the sweet corn...”

My breakfast/lunch was a bag of cheddar-caramel popcorn so you'd be in good company. ;)

Oooooo chicago style, good choice

littleblueartist replied to your photo “Dinner is certainly not a giant bag of kettle corn from the sweet corn...”

YOU. STUNNING. HUMAN.

I forgot to post this before I went off for the weekend, but <3He's five sheets to the wind. Normally, there would be three sheets, but Clint's enough of both an overachiever and a fuck up, that he's moved himself up to five.  Five whole sheets and he's about to get down to the business at hand.He's going to have to break up with Darcy.Clint has given this a lot of thought, and it's just the right thing to do. Darcy doesn't deserve this shit. This shit being him. She's too...she's just...so Darcy. So, he's gathered his fifth sheet and he's going to break up with her.At least he thought he was going to."No." Darcy says. To his face. Right in his face. Clint had said, "I think we should break out... I mean up." and Darcy just says no."I'm pretty sure breaking up is something that is unilateral. You can't say no to a breakup.""Tell me that again when you are sober," Darcy says patiently, "Because I don't think you really mean it."Clint slumps down in his chair, thinking hard, and he hates this. He had to work himself into the mess just to be able to let this wonderful woman go. Let her go before he ruins things or she realizes that he's not going to get any better than what he's got."I'm not a millionaire." he says."Ok." Darcy answers with a somewhat confused expression. It's cute. He can't do this to her."And I don't have superpowers.""I think you might have a sixth sense for cushy things to fall on." Darcy snorts, "What does any of that have to do with you thinking you might want to break up with me.""Because I ain't the kind of guy you should be with, alright? You deserve someone with like, an asshole's worth of money, or that's better than a regular human. Instead you've got a guy creeping up in years with a finite amount draws left in his quiver." Clint tries not to yell, but he doesn't really succeed. Maybe if he yells, Darcy will...she will want to go away.But Darcy doesn't go away. She blinks a few times before smiling, "Aww, you're in love with me, aren't you? That's what happened. We've been dating a few months and you woke up and went 'Shit, I love Darcy Lewis. This is terrible. I must save her from myself.' without really thinking too hard about it, huh?"That is, in fact, something he was thinking about just before he started getting his first sheet hoisted up to the wind. "Uhhhh....""Then you probably should know that about two weeks ago, Jane had to talk me out of me flying out to see you because 'this is getting way too serious way too fast,' and breaking up when I realized I totally fell in love with you like a crazy person." Darcy bobs her head as she speaks, and her voice just keeps getting faster and faster as she keeps going. "So, yeah, I'm pretty sure we are the both the crazy people here. We might just be made for each other."Clint gapes before breaking out in laughter. They really might be, "Ok, I'm full on sailing drunk right now, so why don't I just pass out in your bed and forget this ever happened?"

Am I the only one uncomfortable with the idea of you and a hatchet in the same sentence?

I’m usually pretty good with bladed objects! It’s been years since I cut myself with a kitchen knife, anyhow....

mxmachina replied to your post“interestinggin replied to your photo“My parents recently bought a...”

Sam, would almond milk be ok to use with this recipe?

(For reference it’s the corndog recipe)

It should be. I’m a little shaky on the chemistry, but I believe the milk is added just to give wetness to the batter, and milk is used because it’s more flavorful than water. We used skim milk, so the fat content isn’t the important part, which leads me to believe almond milk would be fine! 

dorismith replied to your post“missbuster replied to your post“spaci1701 replied to your photo“A few...”

Didja get to the part of the article where it talked about the food truck court? With the mobile pizza kitchen? Named (honesttogod) Stony's?

I skipped it because the South Terminal flies basically no carriers, but now re-reading it I am DYING. 

A “proper food truck court” with a ROTATING SELECTION OF TWO FOOD TRUCKS. You know what that means, that means there is ONE FOOD TRUCK. :D Which is there Monday, Thursday, Friday, or Sunday, according to their website. Oh god, it’s just sad. I mean, Austin has a really weird take on how food trucks should work in any case, but this is a whole new level of what the fuck.

Also, the outdoor dining area is like, some upscale Pottery Barn patio furniture on a concrete slab, surrounded by an eight-foot steel fence. Now I want to fly somewhere on Allegiant just so I can visit the south terminal. 

Stony’s is pretty funny, though :D 

kittywings01 replied to your post“missbuster replied to your post“spaci1701 replied to your photo“A few...”

Gah! How is there a Salt Lick at the airport? Isn't that the opposite of their tag line, "Way the heck out there but worth every mile!"? (It is, by the way. Both way the heck out there and also worth every mile.)

Ooh! We LOVE REI Garage Sales! Any other awesome finds? Also, compression stuff sack or storage, because the compression stuff sacks are AMAZING for camping/backpacking and conserving space!

Nah, I just got a regular stuff sack -- that’s what was available, and I’ve got an ultralight/thin sleeping bag (second hand) so it’s reasonably sized to begin with, fits a 10L sack.  

There was a lot of cool stuff -- backpacks, bikes, tents, etc -- but I was looking for some pretty specific stuff, so I didn’t find as many deals as someone else might have. Still a fun experience. I got there pretty early so I was close to the front of the line, got the first pick of stuff :D

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chopped steak for burgers?