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PRE-OSCARS EDITION

This post has images! If they do not show up for you, please click through! We've been making our way through the Oscars nominees and I will be honest--my favourite part about having watched a movie now is going and reading all the reviews on Letterboxd. How are people so funny?? If I work really hard on comedy every single day for the rest of my life, I will still only be able to dream of being half as funny as the Saltburn reviews page. If you haven't heard of the James Joyce fart letters I suggest you carve out some time with your family to read them aloud. Perhaps over dinner one night. It's worth it. Anyhow, here are my (non-spoiler) reviews of all the Oscars movies we managed to watch! Note: 3 stars is my "this is a competently made movie but it doesn't have much else going for it" baseline. I can't in good conscience give anything a rating below that if it isn't like.. glaringly bad in some way, so they're pretty much all in the 3-5 star range I also watched Oppenheimer and Nimona a while back but did not leave reviews just star ratings (5 and 3.5, respectively). Got as many in as I could before the party. We were going to try to watch Killers of the Flower Moon and Maestro but guess what. We didn't!Anyway! Sunday! I'm excited. We're having pals over--we don't usually watch too closely, I'm not actually a huge…

Read more about the article March Recipe: CHICKEN PICCATA

March Recipe: CHICKEN PICCATA

This post has images! If they do not show up for you, please click through! Happy March! I am retroactively posting this so that I can start linking it in future (present) recipe posts! Yada yada yada, recipe calendar, etc. There's a better way to go about this but who has the time to do everything right? In case you missed them:JanuaryFebruary Ok without further ado: March's recipe! CHICKEN PICCATA Serves 2-430-45 minA “feels more impressive than it is” dish INGREDIENTS 2-4 chicken breastsFlour for dredgingOil or butterLemon juice (fresh or bottled)(1 lemon or 2-3 tablespoons)1/2 cup white wine or chicken brothCapersSalt and pepper to tasteGarlic, minced(optional*) *For real! I usually don’t use it and I tried it the other day just to see, and the difference in flavour was nice but minimal **Sometimes you’ll be advised to rinse your capers—this is only actually important to salt-packed capers, which you should soak before using. Brine-packed capers can be used as-is, although I recommend tasting one first just to make sure it’s not obscenely salty. The capers are why I don’t usually salt this dish until the end, especially if using broth, which is often already salted as well. DIRECTIONS Butterfly (cut flat horizontally: think bagel, not chicken strips) or pound the chicken breasts—you want them to be thin so they cook faster. Make sure your knife (boning or chef knife) is SHARP and be real careful while slicing so you don’t accidentally butterfly the palm of your hand like a…

Read more about the article ART ROUNDUP: FEB 2024

ART ROUNDUP: FEB 2024

This post has images! If they do not show up for you, please click through! Happy Leap Day! So we know that if a year is divisible by 4, we add an extra day in February, but DID YOU KNOW that every 100 years we decide "nah" and skip a leap day UNLESS the year is divisible by 400? I only just learned that recently, because obviously 2000 is divisible by both 4 and 400 so it was in fact a leap century, and as I am only a young lass not yet past my 100th year, it just never came up. Eagerly awaiting 2100 for a fun new experience (a year divisible by 4 and yet NOT a leap year! Wowee! What will they think of next?). Anyhow! Just a little art roundup from February. (Some of this is from Dec-Jan but whatever. Sue me. (please don't i am too poor for a frivolous lawsuit)) i'm so obsessed with wet ham these days. i mean as a concept. but also as a physical item. my god, ham is SO wet!! my first acrylic painting in many many moons. the first of hopefully many to come! I love to share my art and comics, and I'm extremely blessed to be able to do it full-time as a career, in part due to readers like you! If you would like to support my work, please consider subscribing to my Patreon for as little as $1 a month! If you would like…

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not only the audacity to steal my breakfast, but also the audacity to ask me why I'm not eating. unbeliebable. I love to share my art and comics, and I'm extremely blessed to be able to do it full-time as a career, in part due to readers like you! If you would like to support my work, please consider subscribing to my Patreon for as little as $1 a month! If you would like to be notified of new posts, please subscribe below!