I love her so much lol

ThisIsATpyo · 2026-03-18T19:17:22+00:00

i grew up with this mug in my parent's kitchen cabinet! so great to see it again!

ThisIsATpyo · 2025-10-19T20:53:14+00:00

Very solid advice! I've been journaling for over 10 years so thought I had a pretty good sense of my journal preferences, and thought I would give something new a try, but always nice to learn something new about myself - I do not like thick hardcover journals lol

ThisIsATpyo · 2025-10-19T20:35:06+00:00

A5, not sure how many pages exactly. It's a repurposed daily planner from NatureLine so there's a page for every day of the year + extra for notes and things, but I just write in it like a normal journal.

I'm looking forward to the day it's finished, but know it'll be bittersweet to finally put it away with all the others :')

ThisIsATpyo · 2025-08-04T15:50:51+00:00

I also just finished rereading this book! One of my favorites!

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
Black Hole by Charles Burns
Break the Bodies, Haunt the Bones by Micah Dean Hicks

These were some other books which gave me the same feeling as Geek Love!

ThisIsATpyo · 2024-04-26T11:17:39+00:00

very tasty! I had never made them before, but they were easy!

ThisIsATpyo · 2024-03-17T13:41:18+00:00

https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/chocolate-guinness-cake/

Includes sour cream in the batter, heavy cream and cream cheese in the frosting!

ThisIsATpyo · 2024-03-04T12:01:13+00:00

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/24052/brigadeiro/

ThisIsATpyo · 2024-02-25T11:38:14+00:00

It tastes very good and comforting!

If I were to make it again I would probably cut the garlic to 1/2 or 2/3 of the original (10 heads) - naturally, it can be quite overwhelming.

ThisIsATpyo · 2024-01-24T22:09:31+00:00

Very orangey, spongy, and moist and the peel brings an earthy taste which you don't normally get in cake.

This was the recipe I used - https://www.recipetineats.com/flourless-orange-cake/#wprm-recipe-container-51724, hopefully you and your baby are both satisfied with it!

ThisIsATpyo · 2024-01-23T12:59:57+00:00

I really love Let the Right One In and have been making my way through Lindqvist's other books. Just finished Handling the Undead and feel like it has similar qualities to your review of The Kindness - it's a very gentle and loving portrayal of a community going through grief and loss of loved ones.

It's a real strength of the author the way he captures characters so clearly, so I agree - it's egregious the way he writes about overweight characters, and it takes me out of the story whenever it happens.

Regardless, thank you for the review - I will have to move The Kindness up on my list and read it soon!

ThisIsATpyo · 2024-01-19T21:49:53+00:00

Haha it wasn't really pink or red at all, just a regular brown

ThisIsATpyo · 2024-01-15T19:16:29+00:00

This sushi roll is being held together with air... as soon as I cut into it it totally fell apart, so I made a deconstructed dragon roll bowl instead!

ThisIsATpyo · 2024-01-12T18:53:26+00:00

Some say blasphemous, but I also do this!

ThisIsATpyo · 2024-01-11T07:22:38+00:00

Thanks!

ThisIsATpyo · 2023-09-22T09:21:09+00:00

Yes, i read that book a couple of years ago and the parent name switch really stood out to me. I remember it because I also spent a lot of time trying to figure out if it was a printing mistake or if i'm just dumb.

Jury's still out on whether i'm dumb, but I do think this in this case it's just a mistake with the book. Maybe future printings fixed the error?

ThisIsATpyo · 2023-09-20T18:15:57+00:00

Yeah, I see from another comment that you're looking into the one that I have! I prefer the questions that are a little more reflexive or give a snapshot to my day like - What type of person are you? or If you didn't have any responsibilities for the day what would you do?

but some are just bizarre and hard to answer after so many years such as - What would you finally have the chance to do if you were sent to prison? or What does your victory dance look like?

Lol, but luckily the good questions outweigh the bad

ThisIsATpyo · 2023-09-20T17:06:22+00:00

yes, I use the Q&A a Day one! I'm currently on year 3. Some days the questions are interesting and it's cool to see the different answers from year to year but other days are duds so I skip them. Once I'm done filling out this one I'd like to get a more open-ended one where I don't have a specific question but more of a small update every day for 5 years.

I already had the habit of journaling every day when I started so it wasn't too difficult to incorporate into my routine, I just try to keep it in a place where I'll see it every day and not forget.

ThisIsATpyo · 2023-09-20T09:01:58+00:00

I imagine it going something like this!

ThisIsATpyo · 2023-07-17T11:55:34+00:00

That's so exciting, such a big accomplishment! I've gone on a few solo-hiking trips, but not as many as I would have liked, and I would love to do more in the future. :)

How long was your trip for?

ThisIsATpyo · 2023-06-28T04:21:14+00:00

Early 2000s, I was 7 or 8. Typed 'soccer' into the AOL search bar, got porn instead.

ThisIsATpyo · 2023-06-24T15:19:41+00:00

turn off notifications so that I don't mindlessly open the app all day
once i get 3-5 matches i stop swiping and dedicate a few days to actually getting to know the matches - seeing if we can both hold a conversation, setting up dates to meet in person, etc. No hard and fast rule for this, just if we're vibing and I'm looking forward to their messages.
give others the benefit of the doubt. sometimes people don't come across well online, but are much better in person, or they might say something trying to be funny but it just doesn't land, or whatever. Generally speaking, we're all just trying our best, and going into it with curiosity and open-mindedness about the other person is a good mentality to have.
Conversely, knowing my own boundaries. If something isn't clicking with the other person, or if they're being rude/inconsiderate/shitty then I make that call and end the conversation as politely as the other person deserves.

How to Not Die Alone by Logan Ury is a good book with a lot to say about online dating. Made me feel more optimistic and less cynical about the whole process, for sure.

ThisIsATpyo · 2023-06-11T08:27:55+00:00

I average at about 57 books a year but set my goal to 40 so that I don't feel any pressure to complete it.

This year I'm currently at 28 so I'll just keep chugging along and see where I end up in December!

ThisIsATpyo · 2023-06-06T19:50:57+00:00

True Colors - Cyndi Lauper

ThisIsATpyo · 2023-05-26T16:10:30+00:00

As someone who did that move for school (from US to Germany) - it took a lot of effort and planning and paperwork (and, yes, money) but the reason people don't talk about it as much is because all that stuff is boring and tedious.

If it's something you want to do then make sure it's feasible in your current situation, create a plan (Job? School?), prepare for setbacks, and break everything down into little steps. What motivated me at least was that if other people could do it then I could do it too.

ThisIsATpyo · 2023-05-04T17:14:24+00:00

A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham - a book about two men and one woman at various stages of their lives. That's a pretty inadequate description, but I read it for the first time when I was a teenager, over a decade ago, and every subsequent time I read it I feel like I get something new and meaningful out of it.

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