Hey, look I finally finished Chapter 6 of Something Wicked!
This was a very, verylong, winding chapter with a lot going on. Over 6,000 words worth, and I’m wondering if I should split it in two, although it does mess up the current pattern I have of two Jade chapters followed by two Caz chapters (which I’m not sure is a great pattern either, but anyway).
There’s quite a few changes I had to make in rewrites, including one extra corpse to dispose of and extending negotiations with Brooks to a scene at a diner.
Anyway, here’s the end of the chapter. TWs for smoking, language, mentions of food, and a sex joke (which may be kind of bad, I’m not sure about keeping it, kind of feels flat).
The ride back in the police SUV was long and painfully silent. As if to make some kind of point to Jade, Caz decided to sit in the backseat with her this time. It only caused more damage to her thighs as his knee continuously pressed into her, since even four feet of upholstery apparently wasn’t enough for him.
Brooks dropped them off where Jade’s truck was still parked near Matt’s apartment. The party had clearly ended a while ago. She wondered how everyone had reacted to the cops showing up following a nearby explosion.
She leaned against her truck and watched Caz hunch over Brooks’ open window. She couldn’t hear what they were saying, but saw Caz put something in his hand and then pat the side of the car before Brooks drove off.
Caz walked over to her. He stood there for a moment, rubbing the back of his neck.
“Well, I can take off from here,” he said. “You’ll be okay getting back?”
“Yeah,” she said. “You didn’t have to ride back with me.”
Caz shrugged and moved over to where light was pooling under a streetlamp.
As a college student, currently really hungry with nothing to eat, I understand how hard it can be to get food. Sometimes you really just don’t have the money to eat and when you do, you waste it all on fast food instead of stocking up on cheap things because you’re so tired of Ramen Noodes and canned food you could barf. So, I’ve composed a list of recipes and resources that will fit a college kid’s budget and appetite. Don’t go hungry! <3
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Tweet 1: “Hello Samantha. There is no way out of this trap. Die.” (posted via Twitter for iPhone, 6:32, 17 Jan 21)
Tweet 2: “Congratulations Judy, you passed my tests. You truly do appreciate life. There’s one last room. Don’t worry there aren’t any more traps, just an optional survey. As a puzzle designer I’m always trying to improve my traps, and your honest feedback would be greatly appreciated. [blushing emoji]” (posted via Twitter for Android, 0:41, 01 Feb 21)
Tweet 3: “Hello Jennifer. If this isn’t Jennifer please disregard and move on to the next cassette tape.” (posted via Twitter for iPhone, 3:34, 31 Jan 21)
Tweet 4: “OH MY GOD did you just cut that guy’s chest open? I said the key was inside his stomach, you just had to make him throw up using the smelly socks, where did you get that knife??? is he ok? is he dead?? I’m gonna call 911 idk what to do oh my god oh no this isn’t happening” (posted via Twitter for Android, 17:26, 26 Jan 21)
Tweet 5: “Before you is a bomb. I, uh. I actually didn’t notice that when I was putting you in there earlier. You might want to take care of that before we start.” (posted via Twitter for iPhone, 0:16, 24 Jan 21)
Tweet 6: “Congratulations Peter, you solved that test in under 5 minutes and unlocked the Secret Treat Room. There’s no traps in here, just a bowl of Reece’s Pieces. Go ahead and relax in here for as long as you like.” (posted via Twitter for Android, 17:21, 23 Jan 21)
Tweet 7: “Hello Jeff Bezos,” (posted via Twitter Web App, 23:13, 02 Feb 21)
Canon to the Mcu, dreams are your variants doing whatever
So what has my variants been up to (all dreams I can remember)
A furby empire attacked an old house they where touring when they where like six
They where running through a very dark woods with their two best friends
They got outted at school cause a kid found their tumblr
I worked at a pet saloon but only from 6-8 am and my parents had to take me in and it pissed them off
My mom chocked my out with my hoodie
It was a dystopian world and me and a bunch of other kids where camping out high up in a building. I was like a leader
I was at a summer camp where my cabin mate had abusive parents. The cabin was yellow with lots of plants
This is a long one, I was in my dads classroom before school, but it was me and girl and a guy. We convinced the girl to sing over the pa. I went outside to the parking lot and a conventionally attractive blonde opposite sex senior asked me in perverted ways if I was gonna date them next year, in real life I know this person and they would never. Next I was in a classroom and a sayter is roaming about, I lean out the window and ask, are you a sayter, ahh you didn’t call me mortal, you must be a clear sited one, pants appeared on him and he walked over, then my alarm went off
I was stuck in a river for fifteen years, like a soul fish, I come out of said river and bricks and metals from the buildings come around me giving me a body. I head to my dads meat/barbecue plant. A majority of the workers are alseep, they’ve been alseep for fifteen years, not aging, some are fine with kids. We start working on getting the plant back up, I’m a bad thing to the local police force so one day when out and about with extended family we here police cars so they are trying to hide me.
I’m a scientist, maybe not. But I’m part of an important experiment. Like really important. The numbers on the pages keep blurring off
The world is cracking apart like ice age. We are all gonna die. I’m cussing up a storm and still being told to watch my language. My and my family had a falling out but I wanna say good bye. They are in a Greek like pavilion I’m trying to get there but the earth cracks apart. People are cheering every time it happens a bit more and enjoying their last sun set. I notice I have my dads golden watch. I see a kid from my chemistry class and through it at him and tell him to please take it to my dad. He says no he wants to watch the sunset and throughs it back
this part seemed relevant to this blue hellsite ⤵️
It’s safe to say that a bunch of people bonding over 100-year-old recipes is not what typically comes to mind when you imagine TikTok food content. But, also, Hollis’s current online popularity isn’t solely thanks to TikTok. He’s also attracted a sizable fandom on the sometimes forgotten, but immensely powerful corner of the internet known as Tumblr. In fact, he’s so popular that, in April, he entered into the site’s top-20 list of web celebrities, according to Cates Holderness, head of editorial at Tumblr. Holderness told Eater the spike was likely because Hollis did a live video where he finally acknowledged his growing fandom on Tumblr.
“It was really funny to see people freaking out in an excited way, like, ‘Oh my gosh, this guy that we love has acknowledged us and thanked us in this really sweet and sincere way’,” she said. “He’s aware that the Tumblr audience is there, but he’s very nervous to interact with it.”
Hollis’s videos are regularly downloaded from TikTok and re-uploaded on Tumblr, where they have long, very viral second lives, which is actually common for popular TikTok, in general. But, according to Holderness, the thing that really ignited Hollis’s fandom on the platform was a text post from 2021 written by a user named @thestuffedalligator. It was shared 25,000 times and reads:
The main thing I get from Dylan Hollis cooking old recipes is this:
Recipes from the 1910s and the Great Depression are great, and I suspect it’s because they were made by someone with limited resources. But they found a way to make something good, maybe even something fantastic with those limited resources, and they wanted to write it down and share with their friends so that they could also make something out of saltines and potatoes. Recipes from the 1910s and the Great Depression are written down and shared in love.
The recipes you should fear come from the 1950s and 1960s, which I’m pretty sure are written down and shared as a form of McCarthyism.
“The history side of Tumblr is a very large community,” Holderness said. “So it’s kind of not surprising that a lot of the recipes that he makes, the older recipes, from the '20s, from the Great Depression, tend to be very popular. The recipes that are either extremely good or extremely terrible, in general, get the most traction.”
For what it’s worth, Hollis agreed with @thestuffedalligator’s post, saying the Great Depression recipes are his favorite and the ones from the '60s are his least favorite; though he doesn’t think that McCarthyism is to blame for why recipes from that era are so inedible. Instead, he thinks it was because bringing Jell-O to a potluck was a way to signify that you had enough money to own a refrigerator, and gelatin was marketed to women as a way to stay slim.
Tips to stay healthy for people struggling with eating disorders and or body dysmorphia (side note: I know that this won’t be very easy, just remember to take your time and try not to be too hard on yourself)
1. Stay hydrated, remember to drink plenty of fluids/water
2. If you have a hard time eating daily meals, when you do eat try to eat foods that are higher in protein and or are nutritious (for example protein bars, kale, dark greens, avocados, apples, blueberries, bananas, etc) to stay healthy, and to avoid malnourishment
3. Try to not yourself compare yourself to others
4. Try saying three positive affirmations every day (for example “I am enough” “I am vaild” “I am strong” and “I am beautiful”
4. Remember that you are not alone, and if you ever need help or someone to talk to don’t hesitate to reach out to someone you can trust. (Therapy is highly recommended)
5. If you begin to feel light headed, hunger pains, etc please try to eat something (preferably something higher in protein and nutritious) even if it’s small
6. If your workouts are in the red zone try to not work out longer than recommended below to avoid possible injury
7. Remember that when it comes to losing weight it’s a lot more complicated then simply having a high metabolism, eating healthy, and working out. Everyone is different, everyone has different genes, and some people are genetically predisposed to have certain things
8. Write down a list containing at least 4 things you like about yourself when ever you feel upset or insecure
9. You don’t have to have a flat stomach to be beautiful. Having a uterus can make your stomach appear to not be as flat as it really is.
10. Make sure to get plenty of sleep
11. Do something positive that makes you happy at least once a day
12. When you get positive compliments write them down and read them when you are feeling upset or insecure
13. Everyday try to have at least one reasonable and realistic thing you want to do or achieve by the end of the day even if it’s small (For example, today I want to clean my room some)
14. Remember that eds and body dysmorphia isn’t a girl thing, anyone can experience and struggle with it. And experiencing it doesn’t make you any less valid in your gender identity
15. As tempting as it may be, try to limit your time on the scale as much as you can
16. If you make any changes to your appearance do it because that’s what YOU want, remember the only one that needs to approve of the way you look and the only one whose opinion matters is your own
17. Wear warm clothes to keep you from getting too cold
one time i (jokingly!!) told my friend she would die of scurvy if she didn’t eat more vegetables and she believed me and got really scared and ate wayyy too many vegetables,
but then she got a cold or something and googled her symptoms and went “oh my god i think i have scurvy” and i thought she was joking and i was like “yea ur gonna die” BUT SHE BELIEVED ME and actually thought she was gonna die of scurvy
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