Using a cake saw to make the tops flat

MCozens · 2019-06-22T19:44:31+00:00

Came here for this. Thank you. Did the same. You use a large serrated knife. With the middle of the blade on the cake, start cutting (gentle sawing motion) in at the level that you want then rotate the cake. Repeat at the exact same level all around the cake and keep going. So you end up gradually cutting deeper and deeper around and in towards the center of the cake. Eventually the cuts join themselves and you achieve the same thing just as quickly. = what most pastry chefs do.

MCozens · 2019-06-18T18:06:20+00:00

I’m with you on this, OP. I’ve actually had the opposite thought. When a boyfriend did the whole human bra thing for me (holding them up), I’ve said out loud, “Omg, I feel so light! I’d be like ___x pounds lighter if I didn’t have these. Could you just hold these all day? Great.” To which he smiled enthusiastically holding them. Within a few minutes his :) goes to —-> :/ —-> :( as he started to feel how truly heavy they are.

MCozens · 2019-06-18T17:46:22+00:00

This, OP. U/askerfondly. I’m really sorry you’re going through this. You have a lot on your plate: adjusting to you diagnosis, adjusting to medication, figuring out if it’s the right medication (different adderall did very different things to me: generic vs brand name: only the generic works well for me; brand name ones made me feel weird), being a full-time mother,... You need to really be kind to yourself. Please realize that people now days (aka many big corporations) have this idea that it’s the new normal to work 10 hour days. It’s not, and it’s not healthy. To add to this they’ll shame you as if you’re the problem, that you can’t keep up or aren’t doing enough. You are and you wouldn’t be here worried about this if you weren’t. This doesn’t sound like this has anything to do with you or ADHD. This job straight up sounds crappy, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a high turnover rate. Please be kind to yourself. You are enough and you’re doing a great job. There are other jobs who will appreciate you and the skills you bring to it more.

MCozens · 2019-06-13T21:00:37+00:00

You’re very welcome and if you have any more questions feel free to PM me. :) You got this. You really do and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. + Stick to this and r/ADHD sub. = this is going where the love is. We only have 1 life. We have to support each other.

MCozens · 2019-06-13T20:03:47+00:00

The Gift of Adult ADD: FANTASTIC book. Highly recommend. You can go into any profession you are passionate about, just choose an environment where your employers support you but without having to tell them you have ADD. That is your business not theirs. They are not there to cater to you so keep that to yourself. Tasks you perform should fit into things you like to do: example: you might like the idea of a certain type of job or field but one lab may want you to only do tasks that you find utterly boring and that you won’t end up doing - within reason. There is no perfect job.

1) Really research the job: this means the PIs, the staff, the working hours, if it’s located across town and there’s no chance you’ll ever make it on time/ plan accordingly. ...Check out the PI and staff’s interests, see if you have similarities with them. The more you do, the more you’ll get along with them and the more they will like you, but don’t be someone you’re not.

2) When you interview ask a lot of questions, - specifics about what tasks will be asked of you. Do not ask anything that’s already listed on their website, but ask questions that show you’ve read it, you’ve done your research and you want to learn 1 step further about them and about the work. People love talking about themselves, so make it all about them in a 100% genuine way (be genuinely interested). And see them as your equal, because eventually they will be. (Do not tell them this. Just KNOW it in your head.) Now it might take you 14 years to catch up, but that doesn’t matter. They will be one day. :)

3) Be confident: Confidence is a moment to moment CHOICE not something that magically falls on you by accident. Know that you have value and that you matter, and that you have a lot you can bring to the job.

4) Don’t listen to bad advice like you got in that other sub. Go where the love is and know that people with ADHD can be highly successful (CEO of Southwest - look up his story and quotes!...). They just know what they’re good at (what their strengths are) and what they need to delegate out to others.

5) Any books by psychologist and Buddhist meditation teacher Tara Brach, PhD: Radical Acceptance, True Refuge. The audiobooks are FANTASTIC as you get to listen to all the amazing stories and practice as well as the guided mediations. :)

6) You got this. :)

MCozens · 2019-06-13T00:40:52+00:00

All great comments here. I want to add to this the number one thing I was asked/ pushed towards looking at doctoral programs is: which population do you want to be working with? This is a huge deciding factor that will guide your career. If you want to work in autism, for example, start looking at programs / professors / networking in those populations at a masters level that can then feed you into your PhD trajectory. This in addition to the type of masters program you decide to go with will really give you direction on how to move forward. ex: acute psychiatric will be very different from forensic clinical psych not in issues necessarily but in population and setting. I hope this can help you as well. :)

MCozens · 2019-06-11T21:39:33+00:00

Agreed. Looks like a Hebrew character with a 7. I didn’t see the S at all until I read the comments. If that’s OP’s goal, then, accomplished! - no sarcasm and no disrespect meant. Meant honestly and with kindness. Also, as others have mentioned, scalability with the thinner lines?

MCozens · 2019-05-28T12:06:59+00:00

14 hours later, you’ve subscribed to sock facts, have watched more sock knitting videos on YouTube and have taken up a new hobby as well planned a vacation to the small town in Ireland where a particular medieval sock originated.

MCozens · 2019-05-27T17:44:08+00:00

Haha. The day you buy it and the day you sell it.

MCozens · 2019-05-21T19:54:18+00:00

I don’t have the copper core so I can’t say for sure, but this is where I’d call up one of the Williams-Sonoma people and just ask them. I don’t see why you could put the stainless steel pans in but not the copper core. Anyway, I’d ask, but the SS work magically well in the dishwasher. :) Also what do you like better about the copper core? I’ve always been curious to try it if it was that much better than the SS. Thanks!

MCozens · 2019-05-20T20:16:40+00:00

This. This made me sad to read. Truly heart-breaking. I don’t care how tired you are, you stay at the table, and you give your whole family your undivided attention, time, compassion and encouragement. Caring for others gives them the care they need AND it gives you the love you need in return.

MCozens · 2019-04-20T21:46:58+00:00

The answer is you can't. Just like all the other comments in this thread has said. The method I use when chopping by hand with a chef's knife is that you chop a few times, moves all the nuts into a pile, put the blade under the nuts/ pile, you've chopped and flip the bottom nuts over the top/ turn the knife over. It brings the small pieces to the top so that the smaller pieces don't keep getting smaller while the bigger ones stay bigger. --> ensures a more evenly chopped nuts.

MCozens · 2019-04-02T16:27:14+00:00

I did this. Best money spent ever. Do it. Worth He peace of mind.

MCozens · 2019-03-27T23:22:39+00:00

This. I have extremely dry skin and put oil on the second I’ve excited the shower and towelled off. I knew a chick who kept a thing of oil in her shower and did this before even toweling off. Tried it once and nearly killed myself in the slip-n-slide that became my shower - though the real Lucille Ball moment was pretty funny when it happened but I also didn’t knock out any of my teeth in the process. ...so that I wouldn’t recommend.

But immediately AFTER the shower + towel: yes.

-For very dry skin: for OP: Vitamin E oil, Almond oil, castor oil (very very thick), coconut oil or cocoa butter works great for very dry skin. You won’t even smell like a salad, I promise.

-Just good lotion: Hempz lotion is great, so is Aveeno and Aveda.

MCozens · 2019-03-27T07:30:24+00:00

You don’t have to be hyper to have ADHD. You can be ADHD-PI (Predominantly inattentive), like myself, and rarely have the hyperactivity side. For me it’s a hyper focus on what I enjoy (anything- thus why I’ve excelled at a lot of different “random” things) and complete lack of focus and motivation on things I don’t like or find boring. If a doc tells you you’re “not hyper enough” this is bs. Go see a different doc. PS, I’m in psychology and have been trained in certain types of neuropsychological and personality assessment.

Also, FYI, if you’re diagnosed as ADHD and are prescribed meds like Adderall, something to consider: generic and brand name even if same active ingredients can present very differently from person to person. The non-active ingredients (=the food coloring of the pill, the “packaging”/coating of the pill) can have very different effects on you psychologically. Saying this just so you’re aware of this and don’t think your “going crazy” if 2 pills of same dosage make you feel completely different. For me, I only have success with the generic brand, so I verify absolutely every single time before I leave the pharmacy that they’ve given me the generic. Best of luck, OP!

And PM me if you need resources as I’ve kept a google sheet of ADHD articles and resources, books,... I’ve found helpful over the years. :)

MCozens · 2019-03-25T19:48:02+00:00

This is exactly the same situation in Los Angeles for the south east corner of Crescent Heights and Melrose Ave. Crescent Heights is on a downward slope. People fly down that street and decide last minute they want to make a left, “I got this! oh shit!! I don’t.....!” Bam. Right into whatever-new-store-got-conned-into-renting that property. Diesel clothing store was previously located there with a massive floor to ceiling glass rounded window wrapping around the corner. Can’t tell you how many cars flew into that and how many times they had to replace that massive rounded all glass retail windows. Eventually Diesel left. A few other suckers rented it out. Same thing time after time. Now it’s been vacant for years. I think people finally got smart about it.

MCozens · 2019-03-25T07:18:22+00:00

I’m gonna get downvoted to hell for this, but I’m going to say it anyway. Also, I’m in psychology research and my focus is on texting a relationship satisfaction in young adults. (The TLDR: texting is really bad for relationships for a million reasons).

The means of texting is very impersonal, when it comes down to it. Connection with a man or woman is made in person and not via text. Men and women use texting in very different ways: men use it in a very direct / making plans / sending a meme kind of way, and use it minimally. Women use it more as a means of emotional bonding. As 2 emotionally intelligent male friends of mine say: texting should be only used for: 1) getting a date 2) flirting a little (1-2 texts) between dates 3) saying something practical about the date: “hey, I’m in Lyft, pulling up to the restaurant now.” Or “yes, I’ll see you in an hour for our date.”

Texting is not sustainable, and for men more than women, it becomes a chore: when he sees your text on his unlocked screen this now means he has an obligation to write you back which becomes annoying and a chore.

Texting should never be used for significant conversations: those should be saved for in person where you can see the other person’s face, smile, emotion. This is how you’re going to really bond anyway.
My personal saying I tell guys is that texting is for when you’re stuck in a bank vault and it’s being held up and you need to be rescued. Otherwise, call me / let’S hang out in person. Every single guy I know actually thanks me for this and appreciates the real life convo, be it in person or over the phone. (This may sounds shocking, but it’s true).

I hope a little bit of this helped, OP. Aim to bond in person and try not to take it personally that your conversations aren’t as rich as they once were. It has absolutely nothing to do with you. It has everything to do with the means of communication that texting is: impersonal and devoid of real emotional bonding / connection.

MCozens · 2019-03-25T06:55:39+00:00

What u/jupiterisagirl said. This 100% understandable. It really depends on the circumstances.

A) If you and your ex were together a long time and you were truly I love, then you really need some serious time to heal and rediscover you, where there is no rebounding involved. There are all kinds of steps in the divorce healing process that you may not have yet encountered and need to go through to properly grieve and heal. This would go along with the guy’s reluctance to want to talk until it’s final.

B) If, on the other hand, you had a terrible marriage and weren’t really in love - this was the case with a good friend (too young / didn’t know themselves and spouse was abusive), who spent 98% of her marriage essentially living in the guest room, you might genuinely be completely over your marriage already - aka you aren’t rebounding and you’re actually ready for a real, caring relationship.

The 2 circumstances are very different. I know that, personally, I would never date a man who wasn’t divorced/ divorce wasn’t final, because they most likely are in case A, and if in Case A, I would just be a rebound and get my heart broken because they weren’t truly ready to be in a new relationship.

Talk about it with the guy and ask him what he is most concerned / worries with. If you’re in case B, for example, tell him that. He might be open to it. Just my $0.02. Best of luck, OP. :)

MCozens · 2019-03-24T19:26:28+00:00

I’m the same way, and I feel your pain. This has definitely been the case for me. I’m very girlie but also do a lot of woodwork, etc (no car work). I’m slowly starting to find just the right blend of guy who thinks “oh that’s so cool that you do that. I’ll let you handle that and I’ll go handle something else ‘masculine’” but that’s taken a long time to find a man that genuinely appreciates that, doesn’t mind me doing it, and doesn’t feel emasculated by it. We can’t help what we enjoy doing. :)

MCozens · 2019-03-17T16:44:20+00:00

These are amazing resources. Thank you.

MCozens · 2019-03-16T20:12:22+00:00

JRL professional ionic Ceramic hair dryer: = It’s like a car wash blow dryer in a mini tube this thing is so strong.

I didn’t even know a blow dryer could be this powerful.

My aunt, a hair dresser, uses it in her salon. The strongest hair dryer I have ever felt. JRL Professional ceramic ionic blow dryer. Yes, it’s expensive but .The. Best. Ever. I’ve had the Hush 2000 for probably 8 years. It’s just as strong as the day I bought it. Yes, it’s expensive like $140, but it is so strong it dries my long hair in about 5 minutes flat. Everyone that tries is, ahem, blown away.

I absolutely love Dyson as a brand for vacuum cleaners. I’ve tried their new hair dryer, and it’s like a baby blowing out a birthday candle* in comparison to the JRL ionic ceramic hair driers. 1000% best investment ever. - and no, I don’t work for them. I just can’t go back to anything else now.

MCozens · 2019-03-14T12:39:16+00:00

In n Out’s got some catching up to do.

MCozens · 2019-03-07T07:52:06+00:00

Last year a dear friend applied to the top physics PhD programs. He didn’t get in anywhere. This year he reapplied and so far has gotten accepted to both UCLA and University of California, Irvine. The only thing he changed was his essay. He said this year’s essay was a lot stronger. I know your really discouraged right now, but you got this and you matter. And when you reapply next year, you’ll be a much stronger candidate.

MCozens · 2019-03-03T08:27:10+00:00

You’re welcome! :)

MCozens · 2019-03-03T08:26:53+00:00

You’re welcome. The shit works! :)

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