Oh my fucking god??? I stumbled across a first edition copy of killing time??????
I bought a fuckton of star trek tos books on goodwills website, now that i have them i was just curious to see, since I knew there was the censored and uncensored versions, ta know? Based on this description, everything matches and I just.. oh my god?????
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*in the Akatsuki kitchen*
Sasori, standing next to Deidara at the counter: Okay, now, measure a cup and a half of the flour and pour it into the bowl.
Deidara: Danna … tell me again why we’re doing this? I mean, it’s MY birthday, right? Couldn’t you and Konan have made me this and surprised me, instead of you having me help make my own cake?
Sasori: I could have, yes, but then it wouldn’t mean as much.
Deidara: Eh?
Sasori: *takes the bowl from Deidara and starts stirring the ingredients together* When I was a boy, every year on my birthday, I’d help my mother make my cake. Neither of us were very good bakers, and what we created usually turned out more messy than good, but … it was the time together that mattered, you know? The laughing and the flour in our hair and licking the icing from the bowl.
Sasori, setting the bowl down and readying the cake pan: When mother and father died, so did any celebration of my birthday. And mind you, even as a full organic human, I was never much a fan of sweets. But I still missed the ritual, and the time we had. So I always vowed that if and when I ever had a family of my own, I’d carry on the tradition.
Deidara, quietly putting the cake pan in the oven: So … you’re saying you consider me … family?
Sasori: *lifts Deidara to the counter, sitting him in front of where Sasori is standing* I think you’re my soulmate, Dei. The one created in the stars for me. A gift, maybe, sent from my parents in heaven. But words are just words, aren’t they, until solid action is taken. So …
Sasori: *pulls a small velvet box from his pocket and opens it, revealing a sleek gold ring studded with diamonds and a single large emerald*
Sasori: I love you more than I could possibly tell you. Will you give me the honor of becoming my husband?
Deidara:
Deidara: *starts to cry* S-seriously? You mean it?
Sasori: I mean it. I want you now, I want you tomorrow, I want you forever. Please?
Deidara: *puts his arms around Sasori’s shoulders and hugs him tightly* Y-yes! Of course I’ll marry you, hm!
*the two share a kiss, and Sasori slides Deidara’s new ring onto his finger*
Sasori: You know … *gestures to the oven* We could easily make this cake a wedding cake if you wanted to get Nagato to marry us tonight …
Deidara: *laughs* Nice try, Sasori, but our wedding is going to be a week-long celebration and extravagant affair, hm!
Sasori: … It is?
Deidara: Of course! Fireworks, me exploding a different village every night leading up to the big day, a huge feast, oh and I need Konan’s help because I want us both to wear matching robes with real crystals sewn into the cloth.
Deidara: *jumps down from the counter* This is going to be so much fun! I’m gonna go talk to Konan now; watch that cake, will you? *runs out*
Sasori:
Sasori: *slowly pulls his wallet from his pocket and opens it to reveal just a few small bills*
Kakuzu, from the other room: And after you spent so much on his ring? Tsk. My deepest condolences and prayers are with you, Puppet.
Sasori:
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Regarding the repeating outfit: How do you keep clothes in good condition after repeated wear? they get very worn out after awhile :(
There are a couple answers to this, but please take them with my supposition that you’re not talking about hard-wearing clothing for specific work/activities. I assume that if you're some hottie in overalls at a wolf sanctuary or whatever, you're probably not turning to a fancy femme on tumblr for garment maintenance advice.
First off, where you buy your clothes is important. Fast fashion is not made to last, it is made to degrade like so much spider silk and to be thrown out with each trend cycle. It can be cared for (see my next point), but it takes effort, and you are actively resisting entropy. Buy well-made clothes secondhand, particularly vintage clothes, and you'll be better off. And when I say vintage, I don't mean pinups and victory curls, I mean good solid mall brands from the 90s, like Nine West, Anne Taylor, Old Navy and Gap. The quality dip in many consumer goods over the past twenty years has been horrifying to watch, and all the brands I listed have been victims, but there are still a lot of old, well-made pieces out there in the thrifting market. Or see if your parents / older family members or friends have anything similar in their closet that they wouldn't mind parting with.
(But ALSO even fast fashion used to be better. I have a sweater from Zara that I bought in the year of our lord 2013, and I wore it to dinner just this week. I've spent years making sure it didn't shrink in the wash and hanging it up and spot cleaning it, and it looks as good as it did the day I bought it. On that note --)
Please please please take care of your clothes. Read the labels inside them for washing instructions, go online to learn more about how to launder the specific material, make sure you don't tumble dry things that will shrink or melt, hang them up so they don't wrinkle, iron them carefully, take in buttons to be repaired at your local seamstress or laundromat, the list goes on. It's a little time consuming, but not complicated.
You'll also be more likely to put in the effort if you get a lot of use out of a garment, and don't feel like a dummy for steam-drying a trendy item that's going to be passé in a few months. Think judiciously about trends - will you be able to incorporate a piece into your personal style once the girlies on tiktok stop wearing it? If so, great. If not, you don't want to be stuck hand washing a popcorn crop top. (Idk if those are back in on the y2k train yet, but as a millennial who shopped at Limited Too, I advise my gen z followers that it's only a matter of time.)
Constant trend cycles, low-quality clothes, items sold for loose change during Shein or Fashion Nova sales, a generation brought up so the idea of "outfit repeating" has any social weight whatsoever: this shit is bad for the planet, and TERRIBLE for exploited workers across the world, particularly in the global south. We can all try for a better reality than this; your habits of personal consumption matter.
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Pocketbook (American, 1725–75).
Wool embroidery on linen with wool lining and wool twill tape binding.
Image and text information courtesy MFA Boston.
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This vibrant #crewel #pocketbook was made for Benjamin Stuart #Boston, 1753. @MHS1791 It features a brightly hued #pastoral view w/vining flowers, bird, & goats. Wool thread worked on linen, dazzling interior, lined with yellow silk. More: silkdamask.org/2016/09/a-pock…
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