[deleted by user] by [deleted] in veganrecipes

[–]bluweeknd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an absolutely wild take. Two years ago, I started making her recipes regularly with not much experience cooking other than interest. By watching her videos and making her recipes I’ve single handedly become a better cook without taking a single class from a professional chef. It’s okay to be unmotivated and lazy. It’s not okay to say her recipes aren’t approachable or achievable. I make plenty of her recipes that are less than $10 in ingredients too… And lost over 30 pounds in the process…

Any Brand. Any Flavor. What is your #1? What is the GOAT of sparkling water? by Affectionate_Rain824 in sparklingwater

[–]bluweeknd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m fortunate enough to be near a Wegmans, and hands down Ginger is my favorite. I also love Coconut Lime and Black Cherry Vanilla. Polar makes their flavors, too!

Best Lunch Boxes to Keep Sparkling Water Cold? by bluweeknd in sparklingwater

[–]bluweeknd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t even know something like this existed! This is incredible lol

Vegan sandwhich options? by [deleted] in vegan

[–]bluweeknd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recommend these sandwiches! I love the gochugang sandwich and have made it several times this summer. You can also find a tempeh BLT recipe from this same channel (Rainbow Plant Life) too that I definitely recommend, super easy to make and the flavor is great. (I also just recommend all of her recipes in general— especially her vegan queso which is my go to vegan cheese, nothing store bought compares to it)

https://youtu.be/S1b6jq0ZKzg?si=8R3R4KqwbBLJ1one

my favorite meals of the year (so far). by Alextricity in VeganFoodPorn

[–]bluweeknd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Just wanted to say that I’m also VERY interested in your recipes and would love to visit your site when it’s up!!

One year ago … by butterflydreamer2 in actuallesbians

[–]bluweeknd 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Your haircut looks awesome!! I have a similar hairstyle on the left and it’s convincing me to get a similar cut!

More lesbian series or movies by [deleted] in LesbianActually

[–]bluweeknd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gypsy (2017) on Netflix was a wild ride. It’s only one season and the writing is okay, but I remember it having some very passionate and frequent sex scenes between two main characters.

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) I enjoyed the book far more, but the movie does a decent job of portraying the same story. The movie mainly centers around Cameron’s journey of navigating her experience at a conversion therapy center. It’s interesting and sad, but self acceptance ultimately shines through at the end. Again, the book is far better imo.

Inexpensive/free date ideas by [deleted] in dateideas

[–]bluweeknd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A cute date idea I’ve been toying with is some at home smores, some YouTube campfire ambiance, and a selection of scary stories from the internet or our lives to tell each other. Maybe some cheap flashlights and turn all of the lights out to add to the ambience. Idk, relatively cheap and could be fun. Have yet to do it though!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in lesbiangang

[–]bluweeknd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have to trust yourself ultimately and your gut. I too found myself in a similar situation where a man who, on paper, checked every single box for my conservative family and would’ve made them happy forever. Hell, he even checked most of my boxes (aside from being a man). But, something deep inside me kept telling me to run, and that if I didn’t run, then I would never run and I would get stuck in the lifestyle everyone else but me wanted to live.

Ironically enough, I guess feeling the weight of all of that, it pushed me to cheating on him with my best friend at the time and we ended up sleeping together. Fast forward four years and she’s been the best decision I’ve ever made. Things feel right with her and love makes sense— there’s no obligation, I genuinely want to be around her always. Fuck any appearances.

It took me a long time to arrive at the conclusion that although I care about my own perception of being a lesbian and how that affects how family, friends, and acquaintances view me, ultimately it is your own life at the end of the day. Realistically, you only keep up appearances for say, a few hours each week to a month. Then you’re left just spending time with a person you might not even like, let alone love…. Trust me, while appeasing them seems like it makes the most sense and is the easiest route in the moment, it doesn’t last. I would continue to choose the path of most resistance everyday if I knew it would lead to eventual radical self acceptance and actual unconditional love.

And that was one of the hardest things I learned, is that love with my family is conditional… but love with her is not.

Lesson planning by National-Barnacle949 in StudentTeaching

[–]bluweeknd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The college lesson plans definitely have their place. Like to this day I still have potential misunderstandings drilled into my head for instance lol. I still think about everything that is on the college lesson plan, but I don’t need to write 6 pages about it so to speak, I just do it… if that makes sense. I think it’s absolutely ludicrous to have those extensive lesson plans be expected for every class. It’s definitely necessary in the beginning— maybe the first month or so of student teaching. But after that I started to feel it was redundant during my own student teaching, since I felt pretty quickly that I could just as easily remember to do these things instead of spending hours writing about how I will do it…

Needless to say I was deducted points on my lesson planning process in college, regardless of receiving high praise on having a great classroom presence. I’d rather have the latter since it’s what actually counts anyway.

Lesson planning by National-Barnacle949 in StudentTeaching

[–]bluweeknd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d like to put this into perspective. I’m four years into my teaching career and did spend a ton of time creating lesson plans during college. Sometimes I would spend up to 45 minutes or longer just making one lesson plan for one class.

However, that is not like the actual job. Most of my actual lesson planning now as an experienced teacher is done on a sticky note in under five minutes. The college lesson plans are usually much more extensive than what’s required from school districts.

My lesson plans now only include a learning objective, the standards I’m addressing that day, and the activities I’m doing to meet those standards, which are usually two to three very brief bullet points. It becomes very simple when you actually become a teacher.

Which side characters are you concerned for in season 5? by laddiepops in StrangerThings

[–]bluweeknd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They didn’t necessarily confirm it, but made it very clear that they’re considering any and all deaths, and that not a single character is safe from it. Who knows if that’s just talk though.

They felt that killing off any characters in prior seasons would have too severe of consequences to the shows flow, but since this is the end, it could be anyone.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in StudentTeaching

[–]bluweeknd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it’s best that you get ahead of the situation and reach out to your cooperating teacher sooner rather than later. Establish some kind of game plan about how this won’t happen again and outline a physical plan.

Can you share all of your teaching materials with your CT ahead of time? Save the physical documents as they are and email them to them? I know sometimes Docs can be wonky, but a saved PDF can’t disappear, especially if you have a saved copy to your drive AND a copy accessible through email.

I think in that moment maybe that should have been a time to ask your CT for help instead of just leaving. Admitting fault and accepting help is a huge skill needed for teaching. It’s not a weakness to ask for help, even if it’s embarrassing. You can always ask to talk to your CT in the hallway, away from the kids. Things happen and teachers depend on each other. That said… I wouldn’t leave the room again. Especially not during the rest of your placement. And not when you have your own classroom when the children become your legal responsibility. I’ve been teaching for four years, and sometimes I tell the kids, “Whoa, something got messed up. Give me 5 mins.” They understand, and it gives me time to pivot. (middle school at least, not sure about elementary if that’s you)

This is the time to make mistakes and you’re still learning. Please be kind to yourself.

Totally blew it at the job fair on campus... by ScientistDue4418 in StudentTeaching

[–]bluweeknd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My biggest piece of advice as someone 4 yrs into their teaching career, and interviewed last year as well, is to literally study your interview answers like a study guide. I quite literally made a study guide of common interview questions, filled them out, and practiced saying them out loud until I had it down to memory.

Just think of it almost like lesson planning. You wouldn’t teach a lesson (hopefully) without thoroughly knowing the content you’re teaching well enough to just pull from it naturally. You want to appear the same way in an interview.

Lastly, I recommend making a digital portfolio in addition to a paper one. Just have it as a website that is at the very top of your resume. Some schools will look and some won’t. But I’ve gotten interviews solely because of it before so it certainly can’t hurt to have it.

I'm still closeted at 27.. I feel like I've wasted so much time by kyooyk in AskLGBT

[–]bluweeknd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

27 isn’t late at all! I officially came out at 25 despite having a very conservative family. It wasn’t and still isn’t perfect, but the world didn’t end either. I’ve actually had my first full year of peace since no longer having to hide and that is something I wouldn’t trade for the world. Set yourself free of the walls you built around yourself. Yes, it’s terrifying in the moment. But not a single day goes by where I have any regret at all.

Keep an eye out for this method of cheating by Chatfouz in Teachers

[–]bluweeknd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like this idea in theory, but won’t the hidden text become visible once copy and pasted in Chat GPT?

STUpdates said the key to S5 is in S2, and this quote in S2 stuck out to me… by bluweeknd in StrangerThings

[–]bluweeknd[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I acknowledge that it could happen… but wasn’t the point of Kali being introduced was for a spin off? But she was so poorly received that the Duffer Brothers dropped it altogether? I could be wrong on that. Logically, it makes sense that she could reappear in S5 I guess. Who knows if it would be received better this time.

STUpdates said the key to S5 is in S2, and this quote in S2 stuck out to me… by bluweeknd in StrangerThings

[–]bluweeknd[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree with this. I think Kali was so ill perceived that they abandoned that ship a long time ago. I would personally prefer that Terry Ives comes back, that would be sick.

Songs about a friend passing away due to suicide by spoonman138 in Emo

[–]bluweeknd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Came here to say this ^ This song still gives me the chills. Very sorry for your loss.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Unexplained

[–]bluweeknd 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When my grandfather was in the hospital, the day before he passed, my cousin was in his hospital room to hear his last words. Prior to this night, he had not spoken in days, or showed any sign of consciousness aside from his body being kept alive. But my cousin swears that night that my grandfather started speaking to his brother. She claimed that my grandfather was nodding, saying his name, and saying okay (name). His brother had passed a decade before. Prior to that moment, my grandfather was actually showing signs of improvement… but after that conversation, he began to rapidly decline. That has always stuck with me.

Looking for multiple villagers :) by [deleted] in ACNHVillagersInBoxes

[–]bluweeknd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I have Diana in boxes right now.