Tumblr Blackout
Dec. 16th, 2018 09:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kiralyIt's a few hours early, but I went ahead and logged out of my Tumblr account until December 17th is over. I don't know how much good it'll do - I don't really know how widespread it'll be, or if the douchebags in charge of that site will pay it any mind. It seems like they're already set on their shitty nipple ban and their shitty algorithm to enforce it, so we'll see what happens.
Anyway, the plan is to hang out on here, twitter, and the Synchronised Screaming writers chat for the duration of the 17th. If nothing else, it'll be a good dry run for the worst-case scenario of "Tumblr goes away forever". I won't deny that I'm attached to that site in a way that probably borders on addiction; I'll definitely miss it if it goes away. But I'm hoping to be able to stay connected to the friends I've made there no matter what happens.
For something more cheerful - if you're reading this, maybe hit me up with random life questions or fandom questions or writing prompts? Or tell me a random fact about yourself that I don't know? I know I'm not connected to a lot of people on Dreamwidth, but it'd be cool to get to know the people I am connected to a bit better. :)
Anyway, the plan is to hang out on here, twitter, and the Synchronised Screaming writers chat for the duration of the 17th. If nothing else, it'll be a good dry run for the worst-case scenario of "Tumblr goes away forever". I won't deny that I'm attached to that site in a way that probably borders on addiction; I'll definitely miss it if it goes away. But I'm hoping to be able to stay connected to the friends I've made there no matter what happens.
For something more cheerful - if you're reading this, maybe hit me up with random life questions or fandom questions or writing prompts? Or tell me a random fact about yourself that I don't know? I know I'm not connected to a lot of people on Dreamwidth, but it'd be cool to get to know the people I am connected to a bit better. :)
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Date: 2018-12-17 04:38 am (UTC)My mom is an amazing baker - at Christmas she really pulls out all the stops! Growing up, my parents ran a summer camp, which meant we lived on the grounds and had access to the huge camp kitchen. So every year some family friends would come over, and my mom and her friend would make a ton of cookies - peanut butter blossoms, gingerbread and sugar cookies. The kids (there were always at least four of us, sometimes more) would cut out cookies and then decorate them when they were baked. My friend and I would get all detailed with the decorating, taking forever to make these beautiful cookies. But then of course, by the end people would just have to slap icing on the remaining cookies so we'd get them done, haha! Mom also bakes this amazing Swedish rye bread called limpa, which she's sort of locally famous for. For a while, she'd take orders and spend a whole Saturday baking massive batches to give people at church.
On a less-fun note, I now have celiac disease so I have to eat a gluten-free diet, meaning no rye bread for me. But! My mom still makes sure to bake stuff I can eat, using gluten-free flour and keeping it away from all the normal flour. At Thanksgiving she'll do pumpkin pie without a crust (she makes amazing pie crust too) and since no one else wants to eat the crustless pie, I get the whole thing to myself. :)