I am a huge chocolate addict and will be going to get some nice chocolate tomorrow. Which chocolates are people's favourites and why? Wondering what peeps like.
I really like toffee crisp cause it's sweet and toffeeish and just, nice.
I’m giving the kids a bath, and I’ve smuggled up a Babybel so I can eat it when they’re too busy playing with their bath toys to notice.
What weird secret indulgences help you to relieve the tedium of domestic life (other than masturbation and watching porn!)?
Jo. I was just wondering when the girth of a penis (in inches or cm) can start to become an issue for vaginal and/or analsex, and what is perfect for a lot of women?
Have a great day
Down here off property for another few days, still have MK and Epcot to go.
Hit AK Monday, kinda rope dropped, got there at 715. Crowds going in looked daunting, but wasn't the case. Hit FOP along with everyone else, about 50 minute wait. I don't know that this was the right strategy, as there were 0 waits that early on all other rides and we could have knocked everything else out. Then moved on to everest and kali, 0 waits. Hit the safari, posted wait time was 40 but it was more like 20. Wish we went earlier, giraffes and ostrich were running around but most other animals were resting from the heat. Got the kids chicken and fries from restaurantosaurus, mobile order was easy but wish I checked in way before actually getting to dinoland, burned up 20+ minutes waiting. Hit dinosaur, posted 40 minutes waited just under 30. Triceratops twirl no wait. Went to yak and yeti, got bar takeout and ate across the way, lucked out and a large group was leaving the pagoda? area in the lower level part by the river, so we ate in the shade with a fan and saw a few character boats and band floats go by. Very nice area and better than inside the restaurant which was booked up anyway. Finished with tough to be a bug, 35 minutes and it definitely felt like it at that point with the heat and not full cover on the waiting area. Commited the cardinal sin when we started out to the parking lot and realized we forgot where we parked, and the heat on the asphalt was a lot to take. Thankfully found the car in under 10 minutes but had to stop at that big newer McDonald's on the way out and get some of the best ice water and soda I have ever tasted. All in all easy day, couple of hiccups but crowds were fine, mask use was more than 90% proper and distancing was lacking but tbh my family was occasionally guilty too and any group of more than 2 I do not fully understand how they would wait "at the distancing line" like some suggest is proper. We allowed space in front and the vast majority of people behind us did the same. When one group got a bit too close I told my son about the distancing lines in a loud enough whisper that they did the same and wasn't an issue at all.
Disney springs early evening was great. Light crowds. Ate at chicken guy, prices were fair and food was good. Joined the sauce boss club to get 2 free. Kids loved it. World of disney was a walk in, I know there used to be a wait but not the case now at least when we went. Have the landrys
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Has anyone actually ever seen one of these mythical items? I've been in to Tesco and the co-op on multiple quests and have yet to be successful in my hunt for the rare treat. Can anyone help me in where I may find one?
Like seriously? I open the chocolate packaging and half of it is already on me, on my floor, on my dog, across the streets, populating Mars. IT’S EVERYWHERE. Is there a secret way of eating it? Clearly I’m doing it wrong.
Hey there! So, I really like lavender. But it hasn’t always been that way. I have always loved the plant, and the fresh smell you get from rustling the leaves on a warm plant. It’s a magical sort of plant- it works in such a tangible way. Relaxing and aiding in sleep.
So while I loved lavender always, I avoided it in perfume for a while. I was worried I would smell like linen spray or shampoo or something. Honestly, I am not even sure why I avoided it so hard. It’s a scent I associate with my Goddess, Rhiannon. She is a goddess of many things, but soothing sleep and sweet dreams is among the forefront. Plus the scent is just so relaxing. So I decided that I need to start wearing lavender! It’s soothing, it smells lovely, etc etc! Now I have found that it is my favorite note in perfume, along with vanilla.
Here is a momentous collection of reviews of each lavender perfume I have tried! There are still many I wish to acquire and test, but this is already going to be quite a hearty review.
If there is a lavender not on here, or if you have your own experiences, please leave a comment below and we can turn this thread into a right emporium of lavender impressions!
Overall, I have found that lavender can be lumped into several categories. We’ve got buttery and smooth, silvery and cool, earthy and warm, and herbal in my experience. I am not a good judge of longevity/sillage because I suffer from perpetual allergies, and scents fade out of my notice extremely quickly, probably even more shockingly so for smell-me-across-town houses like NAVA.
Astrid
Lavender Sigh: (specifically made as an aroma therapeutic blend, this perfume is a blend of three gorgeous lavenders, Italian lemon, and vanilla absolute sweetened with my confectioner’s sugar single note)
This is a really interesting one. I wear it a lot, and often like it for meditative journeying. It’s quite sweet, and it really does have that almost kind of stinky smell that a bag of sugar has. Idk, it’s kind of a musty planty stink. That probably is not enticing. The lemon is a little tart but barely there. But the lavender is smooth as butter, and the almost animaly muskiness I am getting is extremely soothing.
The Cat on the Branch and the Owl on Your Pillow: (Oak tree accord, lavender absolute, almond milk, vanilla, and rice flower. )
This is probably the softest green smelling scent I have in my collection. It is beautiful, and the lavender is a bit warmer/earthier
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Anyways, the average soft serve is... underwheming. The most common stuff is either bland (think McDonalds cone) or cheaps out (fake vanilla, barely any "real" dairy in the mix) or has that fake chocolate dip that barely had any cocoa in it.
Given the amount of good ice cream and desserts in the Bay Area, there has to be someone doing good soft serve right?
It’s okay if it’s not strictly in San Jose as I’m willing to drive to surrounding areas (Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Milpitas, Palo Alto, etc 10 mile radius max.
Note to froyo: while good i don’t count this as soft serve ice cream.
As an example, San Francisco’s twirl and dip ice cream has excellent soft serve with a Strauss milk base that tastes creamy and has a really nice smooth mouth feel. The chocolate dip is dark tcho chocolate, not that crumbly fake stuff that is artificial but real chocolate.
That’s the level of quality I’m looking for but SF is too far.
Edit:
Just caught mister Softee since one happened to be around.
Ice cream texture: 8.5/10 with good mouthfeel, nice melt, and good flavor, tastes like real cream not that watery soft serve.
Cone: 8/10 standard cone, crunchy, good.
Chocolate dipping: 4/10. It’s good as a standard dipping, but not the real chocolate stuff. I can tell it was artificial chocolate dip.
The ice cream texture and flavor is good, better than your standard McDonalds. Overall, it’s solid.
As an ice cream connoisseur I will try the other recommendations and report back on the rest.
This is the final chapter of the first batch and marks the end currently of daily uploads until the next batch. I don't think each batch will be five chapters, but I do like ending these batches as complete sections of the story. Hope the story has been enjoyable and I'll be posting more in the near future.
Chapter 5: An Unfortunate Lapse in Judgement.
I was awoken the next day rather unceremoniously by Reggie shaking me. "Time to get up. We don't have much time to prepare today."
Groggily I wiped my face with my hand and waved him away, wanting to avoid waking up as much as I could. Before I knew it, I was shoved off the couch and onto the floor.
"What the hell?" I groaned.
"You're getting up now, right?" Reggie asked. I didn't respond to him, instead deciding to continue trying to catch up to my fleeting dreams. "I even let you sleep in an extra hour too…so be it."
I felt Reggie grab me by the leg and drag me towards the back of the dorm. Suddenly I was met with a burst of cold water raining down on me, causing me to bolt up so fast I crashed back onto the floor as I frantically tried to shut off the water.
"Jesus fucking christ! Okay! I'm up!" I shouted, finally managing to stop the freezing water.
"Good. You can clean yourself up, and if you would, please meet me outside." Reggie said, exiting the dormitory.
Blinking the remaining sleep from my eyes, I looked around the dorm and saw I was now the only one there. I had a quick shower and got dressed into one of my many same outfits. I had seen people walking around in different clothing, so it didn't seem like these uniforms were mandatory. Granted, they always had their label printed somewhere on the clothing. Not that I ever really cared about the clothes I wore in the first place. Still, variety might be nice.
When I left the dorm, I was met with something unexpected, daylight and a clear blue sky. I'd seen nothing but black sky being here so far that I wasn't gonna be surprised if that was just how the place was going to look period. It was a pleasant sight.
"Where're the others?" I asked, joining Reggie out on the street.
"Samantha's over at Charon's Respite getting some work training, and Cthuli went back to the Lhr'rakdon. She will be providing us support in tonight's game. That is unless you wish to argue with me further about that decision."
"Have to do it at so
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“Fine,” he finally said.
“Yes?”
“Aliens?”
“Yes.”
“Real aliens?”
“Yes.”
“Have they contacted us yet?”
“They’re working on it.”
Michael stopped pacing and leaned against the desk, his long, curly, dark hair falling about his face. He wanted to scream, to cry, to emote in a way he knew he couldn’t. Living in the middle of nowhere with only an AI to keep you company was hell on a human spirit. He’d forgotten exactly what that meant: human. But he clung to idea anyway, to Americana and music and coffee—that’s what he needed.
“I’m going to get some coffee.”
“It’s 11pm.”
“I’m not exactly going to be sleeping, am I?”
He was pouring himself a cup of chocolate-accented dark roast when Higher’s voice came through on his headset, “Harriet is calling, she has a message before I patch you through: pick up the damn phone, you recluse, we need to talk.”
“Answer.”
“Oh thank god,” came Harriet’s voice on the line. She sounded wired.
“How much coffee have you had?”
There was a pause, then she said, “Xeno says I’m at four cups for the day, but two of those had at least two shots of espresso, so we’re doing.”
“Have they told you?”
“Told me what?”
Michael had rounded the corner and saw Higher shaking his head; his voice cut in through the headset, “We have not informed the other Maintainers.” He made a motion that indicated confusion, pointing from the AI’s screen to his headset. The AI smiled, “I can tell you after the call.”
Michael put his hand over the mic piece, “They deserve to know.”
“They’re less stable than you.”
“I’m flattered, but they really should know.”
“It was not my choice.”
“Who then?”
“Mother.”
“Well—”
Harriet’s voice pierced through the conversation, “Hey! Are you even listening? Did you put me on mute? Are you crazy?”
“No, no,” said Michael; he was moving to his desk, setting his coffee down, rubbing his temples, “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make you upset. Higher just had something he needed to tell me.
“Oh yeah, like what? Th
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