wait until the sun shines through ...

[flamingsword]

I may be visiting Seattle with a friend to get the lay of the land in mid-November? They have a conference to attend, and I want to gtfo for at least a while to see what places are like that are not devolving into barbarism. I am setting aside money, and we're going to fly out there for about a week, hopefully. Wish me luck about being able to deal with the temperatures.

How to make the best grilled cheese sandwiches according to the The Kitchn, which I will be trying out tonight, hopefully.

I might make myself this hood here in this yarn here sometime before I move to the PNW, which I still want to happen even if it takes a year of being away from friends and only near not-particularly-emotionally-healthy family in Winston-Salem NC. I'm going to see if Ghost will let our relationship turn into a long-distance relationship for the time until he decides whether to leave Texas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLfzO7Sbdc4 - How Philosophers Confront Death (ft. Caitlin Doughty [AKA Ask A Mortician]) - PhilosophyTube video on YouTube.

https://www.thestranger.com/ - I'm going to start reading Seattle's only newspaper next year.

Some excellent news in the shifting political landscape: Presidential Campaign Reset: Arizona, Georgia and Nevada move from Lean Republican to Toss Up. Also, according to 538’s poll aggregates, Harris has an edge over Trump in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, and she’s running neck and neck with Trump in North Carolina. This election is making swing states out of red ones, and some polls have Republicans taking deep-red Texas by only five points. Meanwhile Trump is sulking and indulging his dementia over in Florida instead of campaigning like the Harris/Walz team is doing.

Comments

[sabethea]

Fingers crossed you might find a way to somewhere not so very Trumpian to live. And that Harris wins in November or the entire world will be fucked even quicker than it’s likely to be anyway (zie said cheerfully).

Yay for grilled cheese, which can make a lot of things better.

[flamingsword]

I wound up having pizza and ice cream for dinner, but soon there will be a grilled cheese in my future. And thanks for the good wishes re: political stability.

[minoanmiss]

DUDE! I hope you have the BEST time in Seattle!

[flamingsword]

Thanks! I’m going to try!

[minoanmiss]

ahahahaah you can ignore the other half of my comment, it was misaddressed. Have a wonderful time in Seattle.

[flamingsword]

It’s cool! I was so puzzled that I actually had to check my profile to be sure I didn’t have an art community, like, it would be exactly like me to have an ancient icon-making community or something that I had just forgotten about. Very on-brand, lol.

[edit: At least I’m not the only person here whose memory is unreliable😅]

[sabotabby]

Oh you're going to love Seattle. My favourite place to visit!

[flamingsword]

Yay!

[bluapapilio]

Definitely curious to try the mayo & olive oil grilled cheese method.

[flamingsword]

I was lazy and just did the mayo, but it turned out great! Crispy, not too greasy, lightly salted and basically perfect.

[bluapapilio]

Great to hear. <3