they say the best way to learn a language is total immersion so I'm excited to announce that I will be spending the next six months in a bacta tank full of french onion soup

Natalie posted 19 November 2024

Warp Tank, or as I call it, Attack Koala

• #ufo 50

Block Koala, or as I call it, Weft Tank

Warp Tank, or as I call it, Attack Koala

Zandra asked:

Who's your favorite background/minor character in Her Majesty The Prince? (named or unnamed)

Ask me this on three different days and you'll probably get three different answers, but right now I'm feelin' Dusty because her metanarrative role as "the not-as-important one" tickles me immensely. Despite originally being envisioned as a way to backfill the flashback/present day chapter structure and flesh out the setting and Lou's character, the maid chapters have ended up introducing some extremely important characters—Sleeves is pivotal in Act 2, Chiffon is a crucial emotional support for Lou and looks to be increasingly relevant in Act 3, even the at-the-time-unnamed guard who stumbled upon Lou in the halls has gone on to be the storied Soixante Douze.

But not Dusty! Sleeves and Chiffon both know Lou's secret, but not Dusty. Sleeves and Chiffon have both left the city to seek adventure, but not Dusty. Dusty just stays Dusty. She's the archetypal friend in the group who's kind of out of the loop, doesn't really participate in the group chat, but who everyone's glad to see during the reunions. Dusty abides. And I love her for that.

I haven't had an ask in a hot minute. *knocking on ask@nex-3.com* is this thing on?

underappreciated aspect of hanging out with friends irl after a long time is reminding yourself of the particular way they speak so you can read their posts in their voice

the coolest thing the UFO 50 guys could do in a couple years would be to release a "definitive edition" that includes manuals for all the games. ideally with a version where you can get a physical copy of all fifty manuals bound together

I love hot drink season. There's something so nice about serving someone a warm drink that's so buttery it's almost a pastry. One recipe I found called for 1/2tsp butter which is just comically small. The one major flaw with this mix is that it puts in all the water first, which makes it too cool by the time everything's all mixed. If I were to make it again (and I will!) I'd mix all the liquid ingredients separately, dissolve the syrup in half the water, mix the two, and then add the last half of the water to get everything nice and toasty for serving.

One cocktail book I have advocates for just shoving a red hot poker into the glass and heating it that way, but I think that's a little too hardcore for me.

sick of all these watch repair channels. I want to watch someone fuck a watch up in new and inventive ways