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MCU: Ofinn Börn: War, Vengeance, and Death

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 19:48:49 GMT

Title: War, Vengeance, and Death
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
AU: Ofinn Börn
Word Count: 251
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hulk POV, Possession, Don't Like Don't Read

Free of the ice, Hulk talks to Vali and Nari.

Posted: Squidge, AO3 (next week)

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Poetry: What is the shape of pain?

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 19:51:30 GMT

What is the shape of pain?

It's getting up and splitting wood while crying
(Because the cold just makes it worse)
It's putting on layers of clothes and twitching
(Because the cold just makes it worse)
It's getting up and getting up and getting up
So the fire can't go out
(Because the cold just makes it worse)

Also on Squidge, and will be on AO3 next week.

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Things Simple and Short: From Death to the Stars

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 23:47:39 GMT

Title: From Death to the Stars
Fandom: Highlander
AU: They Who Sleep In Elysium: Time Travel Alt
Word Count: 500
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Drabble Set, Don't Like Don't Read

Five glimpses of Methos in the time travel AU of They Who Sleep In Elysium.

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Things Simple and Short: The Agent and the Widow

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 21:21:30 GMT

Title: The Agent and the Widow
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
AU: Changing Trajectory
Word Count: 1112
Category: Other
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Read at Your Own Risk
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, SHIELD, Hydra, Spies and Assassins, Don't Like Don't Read

Phil Coulson and Natasha Romanov are one of the most effective and terrifying teams in SHIELD.

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Things Simple and Short: Ships, Friends, and Lovers

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 23:14:05 GMT

Title: Ships, Friends, and Lovers
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: Outer Rim Hooligans
Word Count: 1152
Category: F/M
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Time Travel, Force Shenanigans, Social Events, Weddings, sometimes relatives are the worst, Don't Like Don't Read

Veers and Organa become Max and Leia.

(With a side of terrible Clone Wars weapons, Luke/Quinlan, an idiot trying to flirt badly, some world building, and some headcanons regarding color symbolism.)

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Fireside Tales: Jak, not Jack

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:46:17 GMT

Title: Jak, Not Jack
Fandom: Stargate SG-1
AU: Jak ibn Nial
Word Count: 100
Category: Other
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Read at Your Own Risk
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode Related, Episode S06E06 Abyss, Brain Washing, Don't Like Don't Read

He's still more Jak than Jack, even as they're trying to 'fix' him.

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Merry Christmas!

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 01:57:11 GMT

All the fic that should have gotten posted back in August, and I blanked on at the time (it was Pennsic, this happens). So you get it all today! Several chapters of Reliable Vengence stories, and a handful of Fireside Tales.

Title: Death Ship
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
AU: The Queen and the Soldier
Word Count: 312
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Canon-Typical Violence
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Clones, Rescues, Don't Like Don't Read

Sabé and her crew raid another ship heading back to Kamino with clones who have decomission and recondition orders.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: Returned
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: Chorus and Solo
Word Count: 270
Category: Other
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Sith, if you kill me you become me, Ressurection, Dialogue Heavy, Don't Like Don't Read

Maul wakes up. He was not planning on this possibility.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: In Midnight Blue and Vengeance Gold: Healing and Knowledge
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy
AU: Reliable Vengence
Word Count: 727
Category: F/M
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Non-Graphic Injury Description
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Force Healing, Rebels, Don't Like Don't Read

"He's an Imperial General, Shura. There's no such thing as not a problem."

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: Blue Durasteel: Family Drama
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy
AU: Reliable Vengeance
Word Count: 1249
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Imperials, Skywalker Family Drama

Piett would like for one. kriffing. week to go to routine. It would be a delightful holiday from the usual.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: In Midnight Blue and Vengeance Gold: Unexpected Pain
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy
AU: Reliable Vengeance
Word Count: 2130
Category: F/M
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Panic Attack, Frank Discussion of Order 66, Mentioned Character Death
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Don't Like Don't Read

Shaking her head, she steps into her quarters, eyes drawn to Max, sitting on her bunk with his feet on the floor. He's staring back, radiating shock and denial. And something like stark terror.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: Stepping Out of Imperial Gray: Star Wars Original Trilogy/Planetfall
Fandom: Star Wars Original Trilogy
AU: Reliable Vengeance
Word Count: 2104/1623 (3727 total)
Category: F/M
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Panic Attack, Frank Discussion of Order 66, Mentioned Character Death
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Don't Like Don't Read

Veers wakes up on an unfamiliar ship to find familiar faces, and uncomfortable facts.

The planet they land on is empty save for a supply depot. A rebel supply depot.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: Paint Bombs
Fandom: The Witcher (Netflix)
AU: NOS
Word Count: 147
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alterate Universe, Dialogue Heavy, Eavesdropping, Pranks, Don't Like Don't Read

Not everyone appreciates Berwyn's antics, especially not with paint involved as well as his beloved explosives.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: See Them Free
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
AU: The Queen and the Soldier
Word Count: 300
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Clones, Younglings, Slice of Life, Don't Like Don't Read

Slick likes it here, and likes making sure his littlest brothers get to grow up safe and happy and free.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: A Headache Named Skywalker
Fandom: Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
AU: The Queen and the Soldier
Word Count: 185
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Jedi, Headaches, Don't Like Don't Read

He has a headache the size of a Venator, and it's name is Skywalker.

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In Familia Imperatoris: In a Name

Tue, 24 Dec 2024 19:11:36 GMT

Title: In a Name
Fandom: The Witcher (Netflix)
AU: In Familia Imperatoris
Word Count: 1280
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Minor Injury
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Self Indulgent, Self Insert, Names, Politics, Don't Like Don't Read

A pair of discussions of names and related things.

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Fic Dump: lots

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:47:22 GMT

New Fic

Title: A General and a Jedi
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: Reliable Vengence
Word Count: 797
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Don't Like Don't Read

Luke Skywalker meets Maximilian Veers face to face.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: Means of Aid
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: The Queen and the Soldier
Word Count: 448
Category: F/M
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fluff, Domesticity, Don't Like Don't Read

Padmé and Fox talk while on their way to a Kamino.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: Roses In Springtime
Fandom: MCU, Harry Potter
AU: Bucky of the House of Black
Word Count: 100
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Crossover, Drabble, Don't Like Don't Read

Bucky is pleased with his efforts to protect his Tiny Mission.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: Book of Hours
Fandom: 15th Century CE RPF, Star Wars
AU: Blade of the Force
Word Count: 200
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Crossover, Medieval Christianity, Double Drabble, Don't Like Don't Read

Margaret does her best to have some pieces of home in this strange new world she's in.

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Old Fic (Posting to Squidge and AO3)

Title: Stepping Out of Imperial Gray
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: Reliable Vengence
Word Count: 25,000+ (currently has 413 words posted)
Category: F/M
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Major Injury
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Hoth, Clones, Rebels, Jedi, Don't Like Don't Read, Tags and Warnings To Be Updated As Chapters Are Posted

After his AT-AT is brought down by a crashing snow speeder, Veers doesn't expect to survive. He expects less to have his past catch up with him, and all that follows.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: Midnight Blue and Vengence Gold
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: Reliable Vengence
Word Count: 5500+ (732 words posted)
Category: F/M
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Major Injury
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Hoth, Clones, Rebels, Jedi, Don't Like Don't Read, Tags and Warnings To Be Updated As Chapters Are Posted

Shura did not expect to see her husband again, but when the base on Hoth is being evacuated, she follows a draw in the Force, and pulls him from the wreckage of a downed AT-AT. Now she just needs to figure out how things are going to go forward.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

Title: Blue Durasteel
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: Reliable Vengence
Word Count: 3600+
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Hoth, Imperials, Don't Like Don't Read, Tags and Warnings To Be Updated As Chapters Are Posted

Piett would like to have one day where things run smoothly and efficiently and he can have a stress-free shift. He knows this is never going to happen, but it would be nice if he didn't have to deal with a Sith Lord's family drama.

Posted: Squidge, AO3

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New Fic: Obsession

Sat, 13 Jul 2024 20:36:34 GMT

Title: Obsession
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: The Queen and the Soldier
Word Count: 200
Category: Other
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Unreliable Narrator, Double Drabble, not Anakin friendly, Don't Like Don't Read

Anakin has some very particular thoughts about Padmé and her secret lover.

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Fic Dump: Chorus and Solo; In the Silence and the Dark

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 21:05:16 GMT

New Fic

Title: Consequences of Traps
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: Chorus and Solo
Word Count: 292
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Hallucinations, Traps, Sith

Obi-Wan in a Sith tomb/temple, and the results of springing a trap.

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Old Fic (Porting to Squidge)

Title: Descent
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: In the Silence and the Dark
Word Count: 3469
Category: Gen
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Psychological Torture, Starvation, Force Feeding, Depersonalization, Torture
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Isolation, Mental Manipulation, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat

Qui-Gon is taken by a Sith Lord whose greatest interest in the Jedi lies in breaking him, and in doing, gaining a new Apprentice.

Posted: Squidge

Title: Holding Pattern
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: In the Silence and the Dark
Word Count: 4711
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not to Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Exhaustion, Psychological Trauma

Obi-Wan returns from Mandalore with Satine, and reports the disappearance of Qui-Gon Jinn to the Jedi Council, three months after he's vanished. A month later, Quinlan Vos returns from the mission to find the missing Jedi with a location.

Posted: Squidge

Title: Escalation
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: In the Silence and the Dark
Word Count: 5393
Category: Gen
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Major Character Death, Death Threats, Poison, Slavery
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Faux Hospitality, Jedi, Sith, Surveillance

Vinris and Tholme have located Qui-Gon and sent Quinlan back to the temple to tell Mace. Now they just have to survive long enough to escape. They hope it will be with Qui-Gon in tow, but neither has a good feeling about that.

Posted: Squidge

Title: Cacophany
Fandom: Star Wars
AU: Chorus and Solo
Word Count: 6775
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Major Character Death
Tags: Alternate Universe, Sith, If You Kill Me You Become Me

Two bodies lie on the power generator catwalks, and Obi-Wan is certain he's going mad. The price of killing a Sith, apparently, is to have them all crash down on his head.

Posted: Squidge

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New Fics: The Naboo Fiasco, A Basket of Apples

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 18:26:06 GMT

Title: The Naboo Fiasco
Fandom: Star Wars
Word Count: 788
Category: F/M
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Canon-Typical Violence
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Assassins, Clones, Coitus Interruptus

Fox and Padmé are on Naboo, when the third (fourth) round of assassins for the month interrupt.

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Title: A Basket of Apples
Fandom: Iron Man, Thor
Word Count: 1611
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Chose Not To Warn
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Sneaky!Thor, Idunn's Apples, The Best Lies Are the Truth

Thor is sent to find his sibling. Also to bring Loki back, but Odin didn't say that, so Thor isn't inclined to follow the unspoken instruction. And he likes these mortals his sibling has found. They're good for Loki. Not that he's going to say that out loud either.

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New Fic: Small Comfort

Sat, 06 Jul 2024 18:39:46 GMT

Title: Small Comfort
Fandom: Star Wars
Word Count: 351
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Canon-Typical Violence
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Assassins, Clones, Handmaidens

She makes a mental note to send something to the Guard as a whole as a thank you for their kindness in this latest assassination plot fiasco.

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New Fic: Creche-Brother or Padawan?

Sat, 06 Jul 2024 00:59:50 GMT

Title: Creche-Brother or Padawan?
Fandom: Star Wars
Word Count: 337
Category: Gen
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Canon-Typical Violence
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Mandalorian!Obi-Wan Kenobi, Sith!Qui-Gon Jinn

He hates the idea of killing his creche-brother, but not enough not to do what he must to protect his accidentally acquired Padawan.

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Rodney and the Dead Name

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 17:19:44 GMT

The last time I wrote a one-episode AU piece, it was shorter, and sans dialogue. It was also a fix-it AU for a major character death. This one is being more a reframing of the context of the dialogue in the episode, which changes so much. It makes the things which I find deeply unfunny more obviously unfunny, and delves into what makes the episode highly uncomfortable for me. And not in the sense of growth can be uncomfortable.

Depending on how long it takes me to get through it without pitching things at the walls, I might even have it done ~~in the next couple of days. Or a week ago, depending on when people see this.~~

So, the episode does this "his name is Meredith, isn't that so funny for a man to have a girly name?" thing that wasn't funny the first time I saw the episode, and is infuriating on this rewatch. And the whole "here, have a cooler, more confident version of Rodney who has better relationships with everyone, this who he could be if he let go of his ego".... except that everything I see on screen doesn't make me think that Rodney has an ego the size of Atlantis so much as he has never had a place and people where he felt safe and secure, so he pushes them away by being abrasive and arrogant and rude, because than no one notices he's only pretending that their constant attempts to tear him apart don't hurt. And that no one cares unless he can do something for them doesn't hurt like hell.

And this episode just. Makes me so very, very angry.

(It’s still not done yet.)

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Snippet: Tiny Mission and the Guardian Angel (Asset)

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 04:30:57 GMT

The resupply is unstaffed, unlike the first one, and the security is familiar and readily bypassed. He finds less money than he likes, but it will be sufficient for a few weeks. The supply of weapons and ammunition is more acceptable, and there is another stash of the meal bars he's been eating. It all fits easily into the borrowed vehicle, and there are no issues in returning to mission control, and securing the weapons in the garden shed with the new lock installed since his arrival.

After returning the vehicle to its original location, he returns to mission control on foot, and finds Aunt awake when he comes up the stairs. She is at the door to Tiny Mission's room, and a hand raised to kock on it. He takes three long steps, and grabs her wrist with his metal hand, holding it securely.

"No. You will not disturb my mission."

Aunt glares at him, though he can see pain behind the anger and hate in her eyes. He must be holding her wrist too tightly. Oops.

"You're both using resources, and selfishly doing nothing to repay us for the roof over your heads or anything else we have provided." Aunt keeps her voice down to a hissing whisper, though he doesn't think it's for Tiny Mission's sake. More likely for the child in the room on the other side of the hall, as not to wake him. "I won't have it any longer."

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Salmon and Rice with Cherries

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:10:44 GMT

Because it was a successful cooking experiment, so I will share!

Ingredients:

1 frozen salmon fillet (I'm using, in particular, the farmed frozen salmon that Costco sells)
1-1.5 cups of frozen pitted dark sweet cherries
the green parts of one bunch of green onions, chopped
~1/4 teaspoon roasted granulated garlic
~1/4 teaspoon roasted granulated onion
~1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger
~1/4 teaspoon powdered cardamom
~1/4 teaspoon seseme seeds
~1 teaspoon lemon juice
1.5 cup water
~1/4 cup heavy cream
salt to taste

Equipment:
electric pressure cooker

Instructions:

Put everything but the cream and the salt into the electric pressure cooker's inner pot, close up pressure cooker, and set for 12 minutes on low pressure. (Which is what the medium setting on the rice option on my instantpot is.)

Leave it be until it is done, then flip the quick-release valve, and when you can take the lid off safely, stir it up good, add the cream, stir well, and salt to taste.

And the wonder where the food has gone when your spoon unexpectedly scrapes the bottom of the empty bowl.

Nominally it would serve two. Nominally.

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29 January 2021

Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:31:28 GMT

Ok, so we're getting into the most miserable part of winter for headspace, because while the days may be getting longer, there's more cloud cover, so less actual sunlight, and it's often miserably cold, and every bit of lacking light from the darkest days is catching up.

At least, that's how winter is going here.

So I have less spoons for being sociable, I'm more irritable, I'm struggling more to get anything done, and just. Ugh.

Also, this morning's oatmeal did not cook properly because the fucking pot did not do the pressure thing, and now there's a layer of burnt oatmeal on the bottom of the pot, and the rest of it is not cooked quite right, and *throws up hands in frustration*

Fuck this. Loud music and organizational projects is the order of the day.

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26 January 2021

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 17:34:40 GMT

Less out of spoons. It is, though, grey, cold, and wet, and fuck all of that. I'm going to turn the heat up and nest in blankets for the day.

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25 January 2021

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:47:05 GMT

I had a productive weekend! I have a full freezer, my coldbox is likewise full, I'll be roasting a leg of lamb in the toaster oven later, my cats are now good on gooshy food and treats for a while, mom's car is FINALLY getting a recall issue taken care of. After years. I drove dad's car over while he drove mom's, so that he didn't have to idle an hour away at the dealership, and we finished the shopping we didn't get to yesterday.

I am also critically low on spoons at this point, and still have lamb to cook and dishes to get done. So. Not up for being sociable. Not sure I'm up to crossposting this, even.

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22 January 2021

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 17:11:12 GMT

Not as sunny today, but the sun is not absent, so that's good enough.

I got the kitchen floor swept yesterday! And all the organizing that goes with sweeping, and got my laundry done, and I ate breakfast, dinner, and dessert. I finally put away the utensils from the previous load of dishes, and pulled some of the clean dishes out of the dishwasher from this load.

No story words, but also brain will not settle on a fandom, so who knows. I'll see what I get done today, if anything.

I did get more map work done, though, so that's good. Eventually I'll get this all the way down to the very fine-grained map I want. That will also be very massive, and probably split up by continent, just to reduce the size of individual files.

Breakfast this morning is dessert leftovers, because I haven't tested how well these freeze, so the sooner eaten, the better. (I am, though, now entirely out of canned fruit.)

And five things makes a post.

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21 January 2021

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:06:53 GMT

It's sunny and lovely, and a glance at the weather forecast says it should be sunny all weekend, and this is excellent.

My cats continue to demonstrate they want to try to help their human, though Marisol has a better idea when to not attempt to climb into my lap than Sigdis. Meanwhile, Sigdis has figured out how to pet the human, which is also her soliciting pets. And she attempts to groom me when she does get to settle in my lap, which is sweet. She has also figured out that the human has less fur and thus can get cold, but has blankets to keep the cold away, so human, your blanket should be over your arm, really. (She kept pulling at the blanket until I pulled it over my arm, then rested her chin on it. It was adorable.)

I ran my dishwasher yesterday, though I did not get it emptied after. I need to do that today. I'll worry about dishes into it tomorrow. I also should do laundry today, as I am out of trousers, and laundry will take fewer spoons than finish sewing the pair of trousers that's cut out and has one inseam sewn. I would also like to get some more of the clean up done on the deck, but that's heavily dependent on my ability to stay on my feet for more than ten minutes at a time, and how chilly it is outside.

More map work, and some work on a running project, and some reading of fic yesterday. It was good. The fic is decent, though it has some issues that make me not entirely certain I'd want to rec it, and I don't know that I'll bookmark it, either. But the issues aren't enough for me to just say fuck it and close the tab.

Alarm has gone off, so I need to go sort food for me and the cats, and then I can poke at things to get done today. And five things makes a post.

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20 January 2021

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:35:51 GMT

I know today is important, and I am so very glad that we're getting a president - and Congress! - that actually want to do their jobs, and not just run the country into the ground for their own profit.

Personally, however, today is a clothes are too much, most sounds are too much, and the light is the only thing that isn't too much, and I suspect that's only sheer fucking luck. And considering that this happens both when under a lot of emotional stress, or when that stress gets released, well. That it hits today is really not a surprise.

I'm going to go hide under a blanket and bask in the sunlight, and then possibly terrify the cats by cleaning the kitchen. (The human is moving ALL THE THINGS! AAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHH!)

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Pineapple Rice with Sweet Custard and Butter

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:49:16 GMT

A recipe for a lack of a stovetop and a craving for a sweet dessert, and being frustrated with what’s in my apartment to make noms with. Also, not in the mood for chocolate.

Equipment:

1 microwave oven
1 electric pressure cooker or rice pot
2 microwave safe bowls, able to hold up to 2 cups of liquid to be safe
1 fork
1 standard sized spoon
at least 2 hot pads and a place to put a hot pot

Ingredients:

2 large eggs
1 20oz can of crushed pineapple
2/3 cup of heavy cream (might be called whipping cream. No, milk is not a good substitute. Half and half maybe if it’s actually half and half and not any of the abomination called “low fat” half and half. The fat content is actually important)
granulated sugar (brown sugar might do, but it changes the moisture content and thus the chemistry. On the other hand, if you want to experiment with that, go for it!)
1 cup of medium or short grain rice (long grain rice will do in a pinch, extra-long grain is Right Out)
salt (table salt, sea salt, comes in colors, just not flavored)
water
4-6 tablespoons of butter (if you can’t do dairy, try coconut oil or other oils, but do. not. use. margerine.)

How to make this:

Into your cooker’s inner pot goes the rice and the pineapple (juice and all!), and however much water your cooker says for that much rice (my pressure cooker says 1.5 cups). Set that to cook.

Cream goes into one microwave safe bowl and goes into the microwave for 60 seconds or until it gets hot, whichever comes second.

While the cream is in the microwave, crack your eggs into the second bowl, and use the fork to turn them into lightly beaten eggs that are all vaguely homogenized.

Take the cream out of the microwave and add 2.5 spoons of sugar. Using the eating spoon, because I did not bother to use an actual measuring spoon to come up with this.

Stir the sugar into the cream until it’s dissolved. Then take one spoon of the hot cream and pour it into your eggs, and use the fork to incorporate it fully. Lather rinse repeat until you can’t spoon more cream that way, even tilting the bowl up to concentrate the remainder. Than pour that last bit in. Keep stirring the entire time. If you need to rest, do it after you’ve gotten whatever spoonful you were stirring in fully incorporated.

Stick it back in the microwave for 10-15 seconds. Stir thoroughly. Continue until you get the first curdles, then leave it be.

Wait for the rice and pineapple to finish cooking. Do not recommend scrolling tumblr while waiting. (... first time my pineapple and rice were waiting for fifteen minutes past finished cooking when I did that.)

Take inner pot out of cooker after turning it off.

Stir in custard and butter. Pretend you’re Gollum with the One Ring and hiss at anyone who attempts to take away your precious treat. Salt to taste.

Omnomnomnom.

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19 January 2021

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:57:16 GMT

Tha cats have learned that if I get the shrimp out of the freezer, they can follow me back to the other room for a treat once my food's ready. Marisol is polite and waits, Sigdis is a little more in my face about want shrimp. Which doesn't get her shrimp until she pulls back and waits.

I did map work and a thing which should make doing up one of my projects a little easier yesterday, and I am planning to poke at some words today.

I should have some rice that dad ordered for me arrive today, and my steel cut oats should be here by Friday, so that will work with the current batch of food. (The curry, if I make up a pot of rice, is enough for all day. And the oatmeal is often split between dessert one night and breakfast the next morning.)

I need to finish emptying the dishwasher at some point today. I'll worry about dishes in AFTER I get that done.

It's being pretty sunny this morning, and I'm loving it. Hopefully the sun sticks around most of the day, I need that sunlight.

And five things makes a post, and I'm going to get my day started.

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