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Yesterday 4 people were killed and many more injured when a man drove through Bourke St Mall in Melbourne. Today, we are shocked, we are angry, our hearts are broken for the loved ones of those lost. There is no justification, nothing that can make sense of this, no way to ensure it won't happen again. Today, we mourn. We cry for the men, women and children hurt and killed. Tomorrow, we remember them and hope for a brighter day.
You turn on your PC to keep working on your novel, but to your surprise, when you open the file, it is writing itself. You read some of what has already been written and it seems your characters have created free will, and the plot is progressing without you.
“oh thank god” says the writer
hi guys ! i never post anthying on here but i made a deal with my mom, if i get 543 notes on here, i get my supernatural hoodie. ❤️ in honor of the 12th season and 11 years of the show (and my birthday next week) can we please get me my 543 notes ? 😭😭
SPN FANDOM TRADITION: ALWAYS. REBLOG. ON. TUESDAY.
DO WANT THIS TRADITION TO STAY FOREVER IN THIS FANDOM
ALWAYS.
iT’S TUESDAY
me and my mom watched this one this morning, along with yellow fever..she laughed so hard OMC
OMC TUESDAY GUYS
Tuesday tradition.
If you reblog this, I’ll draw a doodle of a supernatural character based on your blog’s theme/colour and drop it in your ask. (within the first 48 hours)
I am not joking, 79 people have already received their doodles. Love y’all.
If you’re gonna be rude, if you’re gonna say something mean, if you’re gonna say or do something that you’d never be able to do to your mom or dog or newborn baby or favorite person in the world…DON’T FUCKING DO IT.
Be kind, not a fucking dick.
Just realised I pretty much vanished for a few months there...I’m sorry! I have lots of explanations and stuff and I’ll just hide it under the cut for those of you who don’t want to know. (WARNING: will contain information about medical issues)
my parents aren’t teaching me life lessons.
I’m an adult.
Some shit about life, from a bonafide adult:
Do not buy generic brand spaghetti sauce either.
Always check the type of light bulb that goes in lamps. A 60w is not interchangeable with a 40w.
Dollar store batteries work just as well as store brand.
~~Medications~~
Over the counter medications (stuff you can buy right off the shelf no prescription needed) have a name brand and a generic name. ALWAYS buy generic if it’s available it is literally the same thing and way cheaper usually.
Some names to remember when you’re looking for meds!
Acetaminophen = Tylenol
Used to treat pain and reduce fever. Do not take with Ibuprofen.
Ibuprofen = Advil, Midol, Motrin
Used for pain and fever, is an anti-inflammtory. Is good for period cramps because it is an NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug).
Naproxen = Aleve, Naprosyn
Treats fever, pain, arthritis pain, gout, period cramps, tendinitis, headache, backache, and toothache. Is also an NSAID.
Acetaminophen + Asprin + Caffeine = Excedrin
Usually marketed as “Migraine Relief” as a generic.
Asprin = Bayer
Use for pain, fever, arthritis, and inflammation. Makes you bleed easily so should not be used for periods. Might reduce risk of heart attacks.\
Triple Antibiotic Ointment = Neosporin
Used on cuts, sores, and scrapes to reduce risk of infection and promote healing.
Also a general mutli-vitamin isn’t a bad idea and if you don’t get a lot of fruits or milk/sunshine in your diet you might want to get vitamins C and D specifically for daily use.
if you do accidentally lapse and put dawn in your dishwasher, run it empty and put hair conditioner where the detergent goes. that’ll clean it out (tip given to me by dorm custodian when roommate did the thing).
if you live off ramen, add stuff to it! add veggies you like, don’t use the whole flavor packet to cut down on sodium and msg or don’t use it at all and add your own spices.
if you’re making something with potatoes in it (beans, stew) potatoes are done when you can easily stab a fork through them.
you can microwave a hotdog as long as you put it in a microwave safe container of water. microwaves work by making water molecules vibrate. also, when reheating rice leftovers, add a small amount of water, like maybe a spoonfull, so it doesn’t get hard and crunchy.
the rice cooking advice above is for long grain rice. if you’re making short or medium grain rice, a 1:1 ratio (one cup water for one cup rice) is better, so the rice doesn’t come out too mushy.
buy a few cans of chicken. wholesale club stores like sam’s, costco, or bj’s tend to carry multipacks for a good price. they’re incredibly useful for when you forget to defrost meat.
buy meat on sale and put it in the freezer. buy vegetables on sale, and put them in the freezer. frozen veggies are often as flavorful and good as fresh ones, keep longer, and often come in microwaveable bags or with microwave directions.
soak ink stains in milk to help get them out or at least lighten them.
soak blood stains in water as soon as possible, with a bit of detergent or stain remover. scrub at them. use cold water, heat binds proteins to fabric. tbh, there’s no real need to change the washer from cold-cold setting unless the thing you’re washing says to wash in warm water.
acetone, found in most nail polish removers, dissolves super glue.
YOU’RE ALL DOING GOD’S WORK BLESS YOU
Takes pictures, have prints made and put them in photo albums. Be IN the pictures, have someone take pictures of you and your friends. Get over not looking perfect in thw picture. Someday that friend might be gone and those pictures might be all you’ll have, you will want to be in them. I made that mistake with my best friend, i always felt weird asking for a picture together… he died of cancer January of 2014 and now i have no pictures of us together. Its my only regret in life.
This is really helpful, thank you all!
I’m the newest of new adults but I’m gonna throw these little tips in there. IF YOU HAVE AN OLD CAR:
-coolant or water if your car overheats (coolant is preferable cause it won’t hurt the engine in the long run but hey i know money is tight)
-flashlight in case you break down at night and need to check under the hood and your phone is dead
-SPARE TIRE.
-jumper cables.you will at some point leave your lights on. you just will.
AAA or any other road side service is never a bad investment i swear. (try to mooch it off your parents as long as you can though)
Know how to change a tire. You’re going to need to do it at some point in time and you can’t always rely on someone else to do it for you.
Don’t be afraid to go to your local food bank. They are there for a reason.
Don’t be ashamed to ask for help period. Life is hard, everyone needs help occasionally.
You can put a LOWER wattage bulb in a lamp that says it’s for a higher one, but don’t put a HIGHER wattage bulb in. Also, watts refer to the amount of electricity used. LUMENS refers to the amount of light put out, and can vary quite a bit between brands, even though the wattage is the same. Look for the one with the highest lumens unless you actually want a slightly dimmer bulb in a certain location. Those dollar store batteries? Fine if they’re alkaline. “Heavy-duty” batteries, however, won’t last nearly as long. You can microwave a hot dog and bun simply by wrapping them in a toweling for a minute, less if you don’t want them scalding hot.
Reblogging to save lives.
Two adulting (kitchen-related) tips from me!
1. Buy a roll of parchment paper from the cooking shit aisle. A big roll will last you for-fucking-ever. Pretty much any time you’re using a baking pan you can line it with that stuff and save yourself A: food sticking to the pan and B: it’s a quick rinse and it’s clean.
2. Bread can get fucking expensive, so make your own. A bigass bag of flour and a bag of active dry yeast (store it in the friiiiidge!!!) works out a FUCK of a lot cheaper than buying bread at the store, and you can do so much more with it. Bread, pizza, rolls, cinnibuns, homemade pizza pockets. It seems intimidating but it’s stupid easy.
Seriously. It’s stupid simple to make, and most of the “3 hours” to make it is sitting around surfing the internet or doing whatever the fuck you want while the dough rises. If you have an afternoon free once a week to sit and play video games or surf the net, you have the time to make your own bread on the cheap. Here’s my simple-as-fuck recipe:
2 ¼ teaspoons active dry yeast (You can buy a bag of this stuff CHEAP in bulk stores, the little packets are hella stupid priced) 1 cup warm water (think a hot bath) 1 ½ teaspoons sugar 2 tablespoons oil (any kind works for the most part) 2 ¼ cups flour 1 teaspoon salt
1. Stir the yeast, water, sugar, and oil up in a bowl. Let it sit for about 10 minutes. It will foam up VERY high, this is the yeast getting happy! If it doesn’t get all foamy, the water may have been too hot or not hot enough. Remember, Yeast is alive! Treat it like a nice girlfriend!
2. Mix your flour, salt, and the yeast concoction up in a bowl.
3. Knead that shit for about 5 minutes. It will start sticky as heck, but will come together into a nice dough. If it’s still super sticky, toss in a bit more flour. Here’s how to knead it:
4. Put your dough in a covered, lightly oiled bowl and leave it someplace warmish for an hour. At that point it will have roughly doubled in size, give it a gentle punch to release the gasses that have built up inside. Cover it again and let it sit for a bit longer.
Optional egg-wash: Just crack an egg into a bowl, add a pinch of salt, and mix the bejeebus out of it with a fork. Brush (or if you’re like me, goop it on with said fork) that shit thinly on bread before baking for a nice crust.
Pizza: Stretch it on a pan, stab the fucker all over with a fork, add toppings, bake 425*F 15-20 minutes.
Bread Sticks: Make snake-shapes, let rest on pan 10-ish minutes, bake 400*F 10-20 minutes.
Dinner rolls: Make ball-sized (yes those balls) balls. Place on greased pan, let rest 10-20 minutes to rise. Egg-wash and bake 375*F 25 minutes.
Bread: Lightly score (cut) the top, let sit for 20-ish minutes on/in whatever you’re using to bake it, egg-wash, bake at 375*F for 20-ish minutes. It’s done when it sounds hollow if you knock on the bottom.
You bet your ass you can deep-fry this shit for cheapie yeast doughnuts. Roll that shit in sugar or dip it in whatever, it’s fucking tasty.
Bagels: YES. YOU. CAN. Form bagel-shapes out of the dough and boil them in salty water for about 2 minutes. Egg-wash them and bake them at 400*F for 10 minutes.
Cinnamon Rolls: Roll that shit out into a rectangle. Brush it with a mix of butter, cinnamon, sugar, and a pinch of salt (no exact amounts here, do it to your taste). Roll it up into a log, and cut it into discs. Let them sit 20 minutes in a pan and then bake at 375*F 15-17 minutes.
You can add whatever you want to the dough for some variety, just if it’s dried spices remember you really only need 1-ish tablespoons. I personally like making bread with about 1 tablespoon of dill in the dough. Roll it out flat, sprinkle it with cheddar, roll it into a log, squeeze the ends shut, and bake it like a regular loaf of bread. Cheesy dill bread OMNOMNOM.
*ahem* That got a bit long. But yeah. Bread’s expensive, yo. Save your wallet.
(Also it’s ridiculous amounts of therapeutic to bake, for me anyway)
Being able to bake your own bread is pretty awesome, if you got the time for it.
Just wanting to add some more stuff!
For a quick healthy meal that requires little to no attention:
> Salmon or chicken + any veggies of your choice (i personally like broccoli, carrots, radishes and asparagus)
>Put on a tiny pan and add olive oil (for easier cleaning wrap it in aluminum foil) and add salt+ pepper (i also like to add onion and garlic powder, cayenne and turmeric but its all to your personal preference)
>Pop that in the oven at 350F for 20-25 minutes and you have a nice healthy meal with little to no mess!
There are a lot of one pan recipes very similar to this , Tasty on facebook is the one where I find the most
And also in case your bread or rice is hard from the fridge but still edible (not a lot of days old or mold in it) you can get it soft again by covering it with a wet paper towel and putting it it for 30sec-1min on the microwave depending on how much it is. And voila! Good as new!
Being an adult doesn’t sound as scary now
Adding on a bit.
-If you loooove your ketchup in squeezy bottles, only buy one the first time. Then just buy big old bulk containers, clean out your original squeezy bottle and refill it.
-Always, ALWAYS keep a few changes of clothes in your car. Weather is unpredictable, cars are unpredictable and at some point you will wish you had dry pants/top/a jacket/whatever to change in to
-Buy toilet paper and laundry detergent in bulk whenever there’s a good sale on. You will use it and it saves a fair amount of money in the long run.
-Speak to your gas/electricity/phone/internet/water providers about paying a small amount weekly. A lot of the time you’ll end up ahead on some of your bills and even if you don’t, it means you have a much smaller sum to pay out at the end of the billing cycle.
-if you’re renting, RESEARCH YOUR RIGHTS. I can’t stress this enough. Spending half an hour to an hour reading about tenancy law saves a lot of stress in the long run. A lot of real estate agents and landlords try to take advantage of people (not all, but some). Knowing what’s what lets you put a stop to it early.
-Don’t do all your holiday shopping during holiday season. Pick up a few things here and there throughout the year and by the time Christmas (or whatever) rolls around, you’ll have a big old pile of shiny things to throw at people. You CAN be one of those smug “I did my shopping months ago” people.
-Always keep a lighter around. Even if you’re not a smoker, its handy.
-Get whatever you can secondhand. Later, when you’re getting rid of stuff, pass it on if it still has use left in it. Things you don’t need can be lifesavers for other people. Always remember to pay it forward.
Metatron gets a 9.5/10, but poor Lucifer can't even get in the game ? Ermahgerd. xD
OK LUCI HAD 1/10
I FEEL LIKE HES A WHINY LIMP DICKED FRICK IN BED AND I’M SORRY BUT THAT’S HOW IT HAPPENED IN MY DREAMS. MOST RECENT:
Luci: “I’m giving you the best dicking of your life!”
Me: “This is terrible. Just….harder!”
Luci: “HARDER? I’m going like a damn jack rabbit –”
Me: “My turtle runs faster than you fuck, you know what? Screw this”
Luci: “I’M GODS FAVORITE YOU INSOLENT –”
Me: “IF YOU’RE GODS FAVORITE HE CANT FUCK EITHER”
I’m cackling here. Poor Luci.
Also, I’m leaving the house soon and this is NOT HELPING. Goddamn sexy thoughts everywhere and now I want to write Chuck porn cos he’s just sitting in a corner looking so left out
I still don’t known what my favorite part of this screenshot is.
The fact Misha and Rob are kissing Or that Sebastian is having a great time in his own little world, missing out on one of the greatest convention moments
Gils face though...
Dammit. Make it happpen.
A/N: I started writing this so long ago, he didn’t even become human yet
Pairing: Cas/Reader
Warnings: Fluff??
Imagine teaching Cas to slow dance, and it leading to something else (not smut for once in my life)
“Is this really necessary Y/N?” Castiel asked, nervousness evident in his wandering eyes. I smiled and rolled my eyes. "No, it’s not ‘necessary’, but it’d make me really happy if you let me teach you. It’s extremely easy.“
Well, now, this is just adorable!
Cas not believing Dean would want him back.
Crowley wondering if he has to lock those two in a closet before they get it together.
I have a point to prove. For everyone that reblogs this, your URL will be written in a notebook and given to my psychology teacher, who believes that depression is a choice. You have until June 1, 2016.
your teacher sounds like a complete ass hat
My teacher is a complete ass hat. Additionally, his text books imply that not only is having depression a conscious decision people make, but that homosexuality is a disease.
How can they let an idiot teach psychology?
He probably got his book from the 50s
HEY SPN FAMILY!!!! For an art project, I’m doing three different paintings, each having a silhouette of either Jensen, Jared, or Misha. On their faces will be the campaign names (on Jensen- love yourself first, Jared- always keep fighting, misha- you are not alone…. Get the idea?) it’s gonna be really bold, but I was thinking, how cool would it be to put the names of fans (who are still fighting, who have and are struggling with mental illnesses, who have been saved basically because of the show/the cast) in the background. So it’d be the silhouettes of them with the campaign “slogans” on their faces, with all of your names making up the background, make sense? Anyways so I just think this is a really interesting concept, and SO basically after all this, I just wanted to ask that if you want to be a part of this piece (that I want j2m to eventually see or even HAVE) please message me your name or maybe even one little sentence on how you keep fighting/what they mean to you, or something like that. I hope this makes sense. (Sorry I’m so wordy). So yeah just feel free to message me and spread this around!!! I think it’ll be amazing.
This sounds like an awesome idea!!!! Signal boost!
