Onion dip or spinach dip.

On occasion and as a treat for myself, I will buy a bag of Ruffles and a thing of sour cream and French onion soup mix (dried), and make French onion dip and then devour as much as I want for a meal. It’s my crack

There’s an album for Simon and Garfunkel live at Madison square garden. I think I only really love it more than most of their other stuff because it’s the album I grew up on and it’s got all the classics. Unfortunately I couldn’t find it on Spotify, but it’s probably out there.

It’s not an album necessarily, but there is a Portugal The Man live sort of half documentary half album that’s done acoustically. It’s awesome, I think it really highlights how eclectic they are as a group.

Similarly, not an album, but there’s a few accoustic songs done by Manchester Orchestra in one sitting that’s on YouTube and it’s just absolutely gorgeous. It’s my favorite songs of theirs and it’s just beautiful.

A lot of the Unplugged concerts are so much better, IMO

Shale. It doesn’t taste like much, but the consistency is like a really good chocolate bar, so it kinda messes with the mind. Thanks I don’t have pica, but that would definitely be my rock of choice

Carbonara or a good Cacio e pepe.

And if I’m feeling really spoiled, a little fillet mignon in addition.

I don’t drink alcohol, so instead of wine or anything, I pair this with a perfect cold sweet tea, southern US style

I back this.

Short form content practically everywhere has fueled this need for quick fixes and it gets so much harder to do anything that actually needs attention.

Gross

We Need to Talk About Kevin comes to mind.

I’m not sure if it counts as a “museum”, but the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh, PA is fantastic. I went during COVID and unfortunately wasn’t able to remove my mask to smell the flowers, but even then it was stunning.

The science museum of Minnesota in Minneapolis is also a great time. There were a ton of hands on exhibits that were super interesting. The tornado simulator was a lot of fun.

Tacoma Glass Museum is short but a stunner. I’ve been to this one and the glass gardens in Seattle and I think the Tacoma museum wins by a decent margin. Plus there’s live demonstrations where you can watch from any angle. Very cool.

Recently out of a long term relationship, and I am maybe almost ready to try again.

But my best friend and I have been getting a lot lot closer and have had a few chats about maybe considering letting a little bit of romance into our relationship. It’s something we’re both being very cautious about, but to be honest, I’m hopeful that it’ll happen. They’re the best person I’ve ever known.

Ruthie Foster has some music that might be what you’re looking for

Otherwise, I suggest poking around Bluegrass. Supposedly bluegrass sort of split off from gospel like an evolutionary branch, so there are a lot of heavier influences in bluegrass like what you’re talking about. Though I assume that most of what you’ll find is probably going to be sort of white people quiet church music, but I know for sure there’s a fair amount of good time stomp and clap.

Yeah!!! I love characters with things that play into how they act.

I’m really interested in the ghost - does the party see her as well? Does she mess with your character? Hahaha

And I love hiding that she’s a fucken furry kitsune. Little tidbits like that - that don’t have to be some grand reason - make me love characters more. Like fuck yes your wizard’s familiar is an inch worm that no one ever notices just because an inch worm once crawled out of a spell book you were learning from and you laughed so hard, you snorted your health potion.

It’s immersive. And I love it. Cute!

Wah! That’s cool!

I don’t feel like it was that long ago, but I guess it was.

I started on 3.5/PF1 and played a loose few games on those. Once 5e came out, we switched over and had a ton of fun with it.

Inevitably I started DMing for 5e. I just… I’m not gifted in the least with Game Design, so I struggled really hard once my players hit 8th level. I couldn’t build a strong enough encounter to challenge them without having to flub so much on my end. It became a source of frustration and I was often harried. Unfortunately big life events ended that campaign. I’ve tried to start up a few more as a DM, but I feel like I’ve lost that little je ne sais quoi that made me a good DM.

After my third DnD campaign crashed and burned, I started looking into PF2e, joined a game, and then another, and another and another. Lol.

Right now we’re going through Fists of the Ruby Phoenix and having so so much fun.

I absolutely adore a lot of what 2e is about, but I do have some things I’m starting to notice grate at me after having been starry eyed for a few years, now. Still, it’s incredibly fun.

I’ve played, in 2e,

• a Champion (before the remaster, and I really wasn’t a fan. I think it’s better now),
• a pirate Drunken Monk (so much fun),
• a ruffian rogue (unfortunately the campaign just wasn’t our favorite, but I was starting to make that build an absolute monster)
• a witch (I had never played a caster prior to this)
• an earth+water Kineticist (so. Much. Fun.)

Monks are my favorite class and have been forever, but the kineticist is making leaps and bounds to be my #2. It might also bee that we’re level 13, so she can do a lot, but still. Fun fun fun.

The kineticist herself is an oread (earth genasi, basically), who was born in a village that was blessed with earth magic, but cursed at the same time by a wicked Dao. Her and her people have little spots of their skin that turns to stone, but it grows and grows and grows to eventually immobilize and kill them. She, herself, has a fair few patches that she’s hiding from the party because she’s a fucking idiot (lovingly). But yeah! She’s very stoic and this is very out of my usual play zone, I typically make jokesters or shit-stirrers with loud attitudes. But being stoic and calm and just ready to silently sacrifice herself for her team is difficult - though a lot of fun.

… Sorry for the rant. I love talking about these things ahaha

Dead Cells for a board game? Is this similar to the video game?

I don’t necessarily have a stutter, as in I don’t need speech therapy.

But sometimes often my mouth is working too fast for my brain or vice versa and I end up stuck on a word before being able to move on. I was embarrassed by it for a little while, but I’ve honestly just stopped caring. People typically don’t mind, despite how frustrated I may get.

I can’t imagine having a true stutter, though. It’s got to be very frustrating.

I’m grateful for being hired on during COVID for this. My job description specifically says remote.

Bonus is that I work for a union and they have our backs. Even as the company tightens down on cyber security and starts forcing people to use the Ethernet or else apps on their personal phones (big no from me) to log into certain things - even with that, the union has our back and is making the company give us options to remain fully remote.

Yona from Yona of the Dawn.

Unfortunately the show didn’t go past a single season, but the manga is incredible. She is THE pinnacle of character growth and strength under pressure.

If one doctor doctors another doctor, does the doctor who doctors the doctor doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does he doctor the doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors?

I am not a dad, nor male, and I snore horribly and have pretty much my whole life.

Unfortunately getting treatment for it has been a massive fucking headache - whether that’s because I’m a woman, I don’t know, but it’s certainly fucking ridiculous

My people!

I don’t mind the occasional movie or show, but I don’t understand how people just sit down and marathon things like that.