blaming pbpsbffs for this but what’s new.
peter parker who has never been able to enjoy a hobby for more than a few days without pouring himself into it completely because he cannot afford to be anything but amazing at it, enjoying something while being mediocre at it is out of the question— it’s either beyond exceptional or nothing.
he pours himself into whatever hobby catches his interest and keeps it from the people around him until he’s confident in his abilities, may found out he loved knitting three months after peter had gotten into it, his love for photography was a well hidden secret for years and he still refuses to show anyone his work unless it’s perfect.
peter parker who is terrified of being seen as mediocre, who has panic attacks at the thought of failure and obsesses over perfection. he resented tony for discovering spider-man before peter had reached whatever level of perfection he had hoped for, peter who considers every injury a failure and takes any bit of criticism to heart !!
peter parker who disassociates after tony takes the suit away, his body on autopilot working on a thousand different ways to make things better to prove he’s not completely incompetent. getting home safe doesn’t matter anymore, no amount of pain could be considered too much if it meant being seen as perfect again— what’s a building or two if it meant tony wouldn’t think of him as a failure?
peter parker who has never fully enjoyed himself in his classes or during the internship, who is overcome with anxiety before he even approaches a potential interest— who looks over the syllabus and starts teaching it to himself before his classes even start, who refuses to be seen as a student or child.
Cheers - Norm, Is That You?
thinking about postcards as a form of love language, like "hey I'm in this completely different place on earth but I'm still thinking about you. here's a little picture of this thing I saw"
Safe deposit lockers manufactured during 1840. One of the engineering marvel of our ancestors. Great !
everything is about reaching the ending except for the ending which is about wanting to go back to the start
Homemade custard with fresh peaches and double cream by Izzy (youforgottheblueberries_ on instagram)
i can't fucking shut up about the man that people are starting to call "The Claims Adjuster" because he not only shot that evil fucker but:
wrote deny defend depose on the bullets in sharpie
deliberately left behind a backpack in central park full of fucking monopoly money
and the cherry on top (so far) is that he potentially used a gun that was designed for veterinarians to put down sick animals
its art, its amazing, this is the best thing thats happened in like 10 years and he is my hero. Everything has felt so bleak and this is like a ray of light shining through the dark clouds into my soul
may they never catch him, and may we never find out who he was
Source: beth_thefirstyear on Instagram
I have four muffin tips for making bakery style muffins at home.
Tip number one:
Rest your batter for 15 minutes in your mixing bowl after you make it. This is gonna allow the starch molecules to swell and absorb, creating the thicker batter and the thicker batter is known for doming!
Tip number two:
Fill your muffin holes with at least six to eight tablespoons of batter. That’s like a heaping half cup okay. You want them super full so they’re gonna create that dome.
Tip number three:
Kinda goes along with tip number two. You’re only gonna fill every other hole in your muffin pan. And why we do that - that’s so the muffins that are baking can spread and dome without running into their neighbors. Because when they run into their neighbors they get like square edges but we want perfect dome circles.
Tip number four:
You’re to bake your muffins at a high temperature initially. That’s gonna be 425*F for the first seven minutes. And then keep them in the oven and lower the temperature to 350*F for the remaining bake time. Starting the muffins off at a high temperature initially allows the muffins to rise rapidly and it sets the outer surface of the muffin, producing a dome shape.
There you have it. My four muffin tips for creating bakery style muffins.
truly some people have no genre savviness whatsoever. A girl came back from the dead the other day and fresh out of the grave she laughed and laughed and lay down on the grass nearby to watch the sky, dirt still under her nails. I asked her if she’s sad about anything and she asked me why she should be. I asked her if she’s perhaps worried she’s a shadow of who she used to be and she said that if she is a shadow she is a joyous one, and anyway whoever she was she is her, now, and that’s enough. I inquired about revenge, about unfinished business, about what had filled her with the incessant need to claw her way out from beneath but she just said she’s here to live. I told her about ghosts, about zombies, tried to explain to her how her options lie between horror and tragedy but she just said if those are the stories meant for her then she’ll make another one. I said “isn’t it terribly lonely how in your triumph over death nobody was here to greet you?” and she just looked at me funny and said “what do you mean? The whole world was here, waiting”. Some people, I tell you.
i love archeology for the sole reason of knowing that we've always been the same. we've always admired the stars, always wondered about the purpose, the creation, the higher power. we're connected by art, music, dance, laughter we've shared with eachother. i can feel our history in every handshake, in every smile, every tear on my cheek. we've always been human, looking up to the sky, wondering, searching for answers, feeling as alive as ever.