I heard about Blaugust on Mastodon and decided to join, because why not! No intro, since that’s on my about me page =p I’m jumping right in with blogging about what I want to! 🦇

Family stuff

Family-related anxieties are easing up as things get better for my peeps back home. I do this weird thing where I pluck at my eyelashes when stressed out… It’s called trichotillomania. I’d have episodes after phoning home to catch up on what was going on with the house and the million things it needs. Only up until recently, ya girl had no eyelashes. And eyelashes do so much for the face! 😩 I do have one of those popper toys, but sometimes by the time I realized what I was doing, it’d be too late. 🥴

My sister recovered from her scary bout with a sciatica flare up. They had to take our dog to the vet, and I don’t know what possessed her to do this, but she lifted our doggy (certified chonker) down off the table and messed up her back…

Luckily, everything subsided after a lot of rest. Then after all that, her finger got messed up somehow. Thankfully, that turned out to just be an infection, which antibiotics already cured. The latest update with everyone is that they’ll be getting AC units soon. Literally a must in the Caribbean these days, but so expensive.

Tasty and lazy recipes

Ordering takeout is convenient, but I know that if I want to save money and save on calories, I just make food myself. I welcome any and all lazy, one-pot recipes because I dislike cooking. Although, I guess the prep/cooking part is fine; it’s the cleanup after that kills me. Here are a few recent favorites that are quick, easy to remember, and don’t require too much cleanup. 👇 Sugar (just a little) in everything because I am a fiend.

1) Thai curry (with white rice) Ingredients are Thai red (or other) curry paste, coconut milk, fish sauce, chicken, potato, broccoli, sugar. Just fry the chicken up with the paste and let everything simmer for 10-20 mins.

2) Beef & mushroom stir fry (with white rice) Ingredients are thin beef strips, garlic, onion, king oyster mushrooms, soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar. Fry the things, pour the sauce, let simmer.

3) Cucumber with tangy sauce: Thank you, cucumber obsessed dude on tiktok. Ingredients are cucumber, soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar, msg, sugar. Goes perfectly with a few strips of roasted & seasoned seaweed on the side.

US election stuff

It’s wild how it was literally doom and gloom just a few weeks ago and then Genocide Joe steps down. Finally feeling some sense of hope for the friends and family in the US. No Trump means no Project 2025, which would be a sad loss for psychopaths and religious death cultists. Harris/Waltz seems to actually have people excited. A million sidenotes and disclaimers aside, the whole convicted felon vs prosecutor thing is kind of funny. 🤧 The right has nothing to attack Kamala Harris on and it’s glorious. Nothing’s set in stone yet, and she’s not my ideal candidate lol, buuuut things are definitely looking up. 🤷‍♀️

Too hot for walking

I’m only getting around 5k steps in a day instead of my intended, and arbitrary, 10k steps. Walking while drenched in sweat is just too unpleasant. I am not built for this and do not wish to suffer more than I have to. 😭 There’s about another month to go until it’s not a sauna outside anymore. I really regret buying a stationary bike years Also, I’m never buying white fabric sneakers again.

Rap beef

Megan Thee Stallion had the town talking first with Hiss. She didn’t drop any names, but boy did hit dogs holler. Nicki Minaj went off the deep end out of nowhere after hearing that one line about PDF files AKA her husband. Cringe city. Funny thing is, the line could have applied to anyone. 😶 Nicki ended up having multiple drunken episodes on social media and releasing the worst song of her entire career, and Megan did the right thing by not responding to any of it lol.

Megan also gathered Drake all the way up since he loves talking trash about women, unprovoked, because he’s a weirdo.

Then a little later on, the Kendrick vs Drake stuff happened, and it was cathartic. Cat’s out of the bag; Drake’s been exposed for being a creep and a poser. I remember bringing this up to my sister and she was confused and thought Kendrick’s main thing is that he doesn’t see Drake as really black, but I had to let her in on the many reasons why Drake actually sucks. Him being half white is not the issue lol.

Project Zomboid

I only just heard of this game a week ago when my sister brought it up. The three of us haven’t been able to game like we used to for years. But for my birthday, I was gifted a copy and we finally got to play something together. The game’s graphics are…charming. 😂 I like it! To me, art direction >>> graphics. It reminds me of the Sims 1 mixed with something like Runescape.

Gameplay-wise, it’s waaay more complex than it appears. There’s so much you can do and create that it’s overwhelming. Your goal is just to survive the zombie apocalypse, so you have to go from house to house looting wisely, craft stuff, manage wounds, and fight off zombies. It’s quite difficult as it’s fairly easy to die.