In our family we had the tradition of duelling lasagna. (One made with veggies and mushrooms and one made carnavore with ground meat and sausage and pepperoni.)
I’m forced to eat healthy and exercise ’cause my anxiety has done a number on my libido, and I really hope I can fix it in time for the upcoming slipshine!!! ?
Thanks for the healthy recipe tho, I’m just after tips that can help me specifically with libido.
Laura
You could try the recipes in “Afrodita,” (“Aphrodite” in English)by Isabel Allende. Public library should have it, by interlibrary loan at least.
Other than that: dark cocoa powder or 100% unsweetened baker’s chocolate, cinnamon, cardamom, chili peppers or hot spices, turmeric, roasted onions/garlic, ginger, vanilla, avocados, olives, yoghurt or kefir or labna, red grapes or pomegranate (because of the resveratrol), tart cherry, blueberries, green tea … whatever calms and soothes the soul, reduces inflammation, improves circulation, and boosts the metabolism, can help. (Watch out for the cacao pods, though, as those can sometimes be high in heavy metals.)
Oysters are the go-to, but any seafood will do, mostly because it’s so high in minerals. Salmon may be even better, due to its beneficial effects on the heart and brain.
Good to get your balance of electrolytes — calcium / magnesium / potassium. Spinach has all three, but if you want to turbocharge each one you could try a potato with sour cream. You could have a dessert of greek yogurt and frozen bananas sprinkled with cinnamon, vanilla, and cocoa powder. That’ll catch all your basic electrolyte groups.
People say certain mushrooms also help with the feeling of overall wellbeing and euphoria, but I don’t know the mushrooms as well and wouldn’t want to advise you wrong. Some commercial mushroom preparations have heavy metals in them, too, so be careful.
Putting a whole cardamom pod under your tongue for a full day is supposed to increase your self-confidence and personal magnetism.
I would advise against most caffeine or alcohol, though, because those can exacerbate anxiety. Similarly, I would advise against most of the herbs, since they can interact with medications and have unwanted side effects.
And, of course, relaxation techniques — deep breathing, body scan, listening to ASMR videos or tapes, guided relaxation, calm walking, home EMDR exercises… whatever you need to feel tranquil can help.
Also looking at lots of green stuff (like fullscreen videos of a forest floor, if you can’t get out to nature) and red stuff (like a sunset, or pictures of a sunset) can help put you in a more relaxed state of mind. Or just using rose-tinted blue-light filtering glasses (or just the f.lux or “night shift” setting or warm-color light settings on your electronic devices, to reduce blue light). Those can improve sleep, and regular and sufficient sleep DEFINITELY reduces the anxiety.
I find that my anxiety has been significantly reduced since I started using a CPAP machine for sleep apnea. So getting checked out sure nothing is interfering with regular breathing or circulation or blood pressure can help a person feel like they are on solid footing.
So many of us have been skipping our regular health visits during the pandemic — it can be a big relief just to don your N95 mask and go in for a physical exam or checkup, get some basic bloodwork done, catch up on preventive medicine.
Sometimes good music helps you feel it, too. My favorite is “Havana (remix)” by Camila Cabello and Daddy Yankee. The soundtrack of Buena Vista Social Club helps me relax and feel good too.
I forgot to add coconut water for electrolyte balance. Another fave!
Or just good old Mac n Cheese, or your go-to comfort food. (Mine is Tuna Melts.) Something that brings back happy and safe memories.
Just comes down to what makes you feel most like YOU yourself.
Say, anyone know any nice, healthy recipes involving roasted garlic/onions?
Laura
Just about anything you cook with roasted onions and garlic will be good. I just had roasted brussels sprouts and zucchini with roast onions and garlic (just put it all in a pyrex pie dish, brushed olive oil on the top and bottom, and stuck it in the toaster oven at 450 degrees for 30 minutes). I topped it with greek yoghurt cilantro salad dressing, mustard, mayo, hot sauce, and canned tuna fish. DIVINE! And it took only a few minutes to make (minus the baking).
If you’re feeling fancy, split pea soup or lentil soup with salt and pepper can be pretty wonderful with roast onions and garlic. You can roast them on a grill, or in a pan, or in a toaster oven, or even in an oven. Doesn’t really matter how, so long as they get toasty.
Ooo! I was just thinking something like roasted onion and chicken or turkey fried rice style, but that sounds super neat too!
Say, ya think peanuts or chili peppers could somehow fit into that recipe maybe?
Laura
All of the above! Yes please, more please, thank you! ;-9
You are making me so hungry thinking of split pea lentil soup with chicken and turkey fried rice, onions, garlic, peanuts, and just a tiny dash of salt, pepper, and chili pepper! Maybe some yams?
Friend, when it comes to cooking, the only limits are your imagination!
Just thinking of cooking gets me all excited! Euphoria!
Laura
Sorry, sorry, I’ll try to keep it G-rated… Gracious me, that was unexpected!
After all, my goal to fix my libido was kinda why I started this inquiry in the first place ?
Laura
Maybe you don’t think about that as a broken machine to be fixed, but rather like a comfy slipper or a warm blanket that will be there to wrap around you when you need it. Or a warm bath you could slip into. I’ve gone through many “dry spells” and the littlest things — like just thinking about making a delicious soup — can bring it back. It’s like remembering just a few notes of an old song, even if you can’t recall all the lyrics or the melody. It comes flooding back unexpectedly, when you give it time and don’t try to force yourself to remember.
…Hey, I want to thank you for this query and the opportunity to talk about this. It’s good to remember that we are all gorgeous, vivacious, sensuous beings, and that sexuality doesn’t have to be tied to any one particular outlet or object.
Just brushing your hair or wiggling your toes can make you feel sexy. That special feeling can creep up on you any time.
Sexuality can just BE. Like a heavenly aroma hanging in the air after cooking something delicious. Or like the feeling of turning the A/C or the heater on. Just like a feeling of being at home.
This gives me hope, and although not sexual, it’s giving me good feelings already! ?
By the way, before i go, one more thing. Although Mac and Cheese is technically “healthy” as it is, is there any way to make it healthier, maybe by adding less or substituting the instant packet?
There are some variations on Mac n Cheese to make it healthier. Skipping the salt, or using iodized salt, for one. (Getting the right amount of Iodine is especially important for all of us these days, and it plays a role in sexual and mental health too.)
Or using noodles made with whole wheat flour or chick pea flour or lentil flour or rice flour. Some people use a little nutritional yeast for an extra-cheesy flavor and a healthy dose of B vitamins. Your choice of milk can make it healthier too. I like using a healthy margarine made with vegetable oils that are high in Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids, for brain health.
And if you want to experiment with the Mac and Cheese to make it go further, you can use it as the base for a casserole. You can add all sorts of stuff to a macaroni casserole — tuna fish, canned black beans, chick peas, canned corn, canned tomatoes, green beans, zucchini, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, chili peppers, curry powder, cinnamon, garlic, ginger… Sky’s the limit! And so long as you are using the canned stuff, it’s all pretty quick and cheap to mix together.
Not all of these ingredients at once, of course, but mixing and matching is fun. Like, you could do spinach, mushrooms, and Swiss cheese and Italian spices, if you wanted your Mac casserole to taste especially French.
Only thing is that canned foods are very high in sodium, so it’s best to pick the low sodium kinds wherever possible, and drain canned foods (or even rinse them sometimes!) to remove the salt water.
But yeah, Mac and Cheese makes the best base for whatever I want to eat up because it’s healthy and cheap but which would be kind of unexciting on its own. #1 rule: have fun and get a little wild!
Enjoy!
Laura
Hmm, that’s an interesting question, Eh Whatever. Good to see you here! Thank you for asking!
I’ve never thought about synesthesia. What’s it like? Is it kind of like my little unexpected hot flash from thinking about cooking just now? If so, then probably, yes, I would assume so, maybe.
khn0
I saw you recommended oysters, but tried to look a health hazards due to the presence of heavy metal. Oysters are known to concentate it (a bit like mushrooms), so if you don’t want heavy metals, don’t eat oysters (and most sea shells). I you like heavy metal, Blue Oyster Cult is possible.
Serious and punny recommandations apart, I am tempted to comment on the “soul” or “energetic” aspect just after a comic about a person turned on by science… but whatever works I guess.
Laura
Hi khn0! 🙂 Oh, wow, yes, thank you for that reminder! Yes, seafood can be risky, and especially shellfish. I appreciate your advice! (And the music recommendation, too.)
Yes, it’s always a bit odd mixing up the subjective experience (psychological constructions like libido, hard to quantify and measure) with the scientific (ensuring a diet adequate in nutrients). Nothing is an exact science when it comes to the psychology of the body. Diet and sensuality and sexuality often interrelate via subjective emotional and psychospiritual experience of sensation and memory.
But the messiness and metaphor and deliberate use of belief can be part of what makes the experimentation so much fun, sometimes. 🙂 Remember the old folk tale about the elephant with the “magic feather”? (“The magic was in you, all along!”) Or the story of the Cowardly Lion in Wizard of Oz, whose belief in a “wizard’s” promise motivated him to find his own courage. Or the troops who dosed themselves with “Dutch courage.” (The alcohol didn’t really make them brave, but it lowered their inhibitions, which caused them to feel braver.)
Placebo can be a form of doublethink, or conscious induction of belief. Using one’s own mental associations to gather up confidence and courage and calm. If the project is getting in touch with emotions, all tools are on the table.
__________
Eh Whatever, after your comment, I looked up synesthesia. Doesn’t sound like my experience. Thank you for asking, though!
Delicious Taffy
Lasagna with no noodles and cheese, in soup form? Why not just take the crust and cheese and sauce off a pizza while you’re at it? Just toppings in a bowl.
Lasagna was strictly for Christmas. It takes two days to cook the meatballs the right way so they get the flavor from the homegrown tomatoes. Then you break down the meatballs while building the lasagna, making sure to get enough of the ricotta and parmesan into the corners so the people who get those pieces will be happy.
Geneseepaws
The corners are important, Especially if the cook rushes things, the corners are cooked through first, our of the pan.
I’d never thought I’d say anything like this, but recently I found out that too much lasagna does exist. I am painting my new apartment, and I thought I’d buy a family pack of lasagna so I don’t have to cook for a few days. 3rd day of lasagna was miserable. I was craving salad so hard…
I mean, obviously the ride share driver is wearing her skin. Honestly, you should reserve these comments for the harder to glean underlying themes and stories, not the obvious surface level details we can all immediately see.
Sarah loving and cherishing Liz has never been up to question, let alone from Sarah herself.
But you can’t just be a cantankerous douchebag 90% of your life and then just help out when you feel like it. Han Solo got to be a hero in the end but then he, y’know, stayed one. He didn’t go back to being a smirking douchebag rogue.
This is Sarah’s twin, Sara. They were conjoined at birth, but separated, and took their revenge on the doctors who performed the operation.
There’s some debate about who was the evil one. Sure, Sarah is much meaner, but Sara will claim she doesn’t want fries and then eat like half of yours.
Sarah drove off just far enough to realize the meanest evillest thing she could do to her sister is leave on a good note so Liz can’t even be mad noatter how much she wants to be.
A perfect attack for which there is no defense. A fullscreen unblockable, the kind of shit they’re going to give Lab Coat Android 21 in the next patch.
I’m not saying I’ve debated a tuck and roll at 65 miles per hour due to Lyft conversation, but I’ve definitely debated a tuck and roll at 65 miles per hour due to Lyft conversation.
Haaaa, knew she’d be back. She may be strategically mean, but she does have pretty decent sistering skills. She’s best in a crisis, and that’s when it’s easiest to notice, but she has her moments outside those too.
I figured she’d come back, but I’m kinda surprised we didn’t see her change her mind directly. Makes me really wonder what made her decide to come back.
The entire rest of DoA will keep cutting between the two of them ping-ponging between IU and Ball, each taking turns being the responsible sister who drags the other home against their will.
I’ve mentioned it before but I really hope the big twist is there’s no twist at all. There’s no horrific tragedy for Liz, she’s just feeling the effects of peer pressure and the fear of disappointing her friends who AREN’T religious fanatics but just cheerfully faithful.
Basically, Liz is living Saved by the Bell and everyone else has been living HBO.
The effects of peer pressure are that she’s being expected to remain a dumb naive churchy girl because the people around her think it’s funny and more convenient to them.
Also Christian sexual puritanism convinced her that touching a penis would defile her for the rest of her life.
I think part of the issue is that she views church people as dumb and naive which is something that is hopefully not.
The encounter with Joe ended up horribly and is the biggest evidence there’s something genuinely wrong but we’ll have to see more.
Spencer
You tend to have poor feelings for the massive cultural institution you’re part of when being in it makes you miserable, especially when that misery started with your peers treating you like a naive idiot baby.
There’s nothing really more to see about Liz’s entirely Christian sexual guilt complex, she was taught that if she touched a penis she’d be a hellbound slut.
C.T. Phipps
Perhaps but I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more.
Spencer
Okay but the “more” in this case would be more Christian-brand sexual puritanism guilt.
Just the ordinary pressure a young woman feels from friends and family to act a certain way, be a certain way, and believe a certain thing. Liz doesn’t know about the horrible trauma that estranged Joyce from her family and community, she only sees the relative freedom Joyce and others enjoy at IU.
maybe she’ll intentionally/’stategically’ come off as bongoy to juanita so anything liz does after she leaves for real will look better in comparison lol
139 thoughts on “Strategically”
Ana Chronistic
ok so like
did the ride share driver sneak off and kill Sarah off-panel and is currently wearing her skin in order to
uh
eat lunch with Liz and Juanita
bc I swear that’s not Sarah
Ana Chronistic
funny thing is we had lasagna on Monday
I’m always down for more tho
True Survivor
I love lasagna so very much. Enough that would I kill somebody and wear their skin in order to get their kin to by me some? Yes, yes I do.
Thag Simmons
Lasagna is good, Garfield’s right about that much.
Stephen Bierce
In our family we had the tradition of duelling lasagna. (One made with veggies and mushrooms and one made carnavore with ground meat and sausage and pepperoni.)
The Wellerman
I’m jealous!!!
I’m forced to eat healthy and exercise ’cause my anxiety has done a number on my libido, and I really hope I can fix it in time for the upcoming slipshine!!! ?
The Wellerman
Seriously, anyone got any tips? I’m desperate here!!! ?
Ava-Ann
Lasagna soup? It has all the fixins, but you could just not add noodles and less salt and cheese (oh man I kinda want some…)
The Wellerman
Lasagna soup is an aphrodisiac?
The Wellerman
Oops sorry, kinda neurotic here! ?
Thanks for the healthy recipe tho, I’m just after tips that can help me specifically with libido.
Laura
You could try the recipes in “Afrodita,” (“Aphrodite” in English)by Isabel Allende. Public library should have it, by interlibrary loan at least.
Other than that: dark cocoa powder or 100% unsweetened baker’s chocolate, cinnamon, cardamom, chili peppers or hot spices, turmeric, roasted onions/garlic, ginger, vanilla, avocados, olives, yoghurt or kefir or labna, red grapes or pomegranate (because of the resveratrol), tart cherry, blueberries, green tea … whatever calms and soothes the soul, reduces inflammation, improves circulation, and boosts the metabolism, can help. (Watch out for the cacao pods, though, as those can sometimes be high in heavy metals.)
Oysters are the go-to, but any seafood will do, mostly because it’s so high in minerals. Salmon may be even better, due to its beneficial effects on the heart and brain.
Good to get your balance of electrolytes — calcium / magnesium / potassium. Spinach has all three, but if you want to turbocharge each one you could try a potato with sour cream. You could have a dessert of greek yogurt and frozen bananas sprinkled with cinnamon, vanilla, and cocoa powder. That’ll catch all your basic electrolyte groups.
People say certain mushrooms also help with the feeling of overall wellbeing and euphoria, but I don’t know the mushrooms as well and wouldn’t want to advise you wrong. Some commercial mushroom preparations have heavy metals in them, too, so be careful.
Putting a whole cardamom pod under your tongue for a full day is supposed to increase your self-confidence and personal magnetism.
I would advise against most caffeine or alcohol, though, because those can exacerbate anxiety. Similarly, I would advise against most of the herbs, since they can interact with medications and have unwanted side effects.
And, of course, relaxation techniques — deep breathing, body scan, listening to ASMR videos or tapes, guided relaxation, calm walking, home EMDR exercises… whatever you need to feel tranquil can help.
Also looking at lots of green stuff (like fullscreen videos of a forest floor, if you can’t get out to nature) and red stuff (like a sunset, or pictures of a sunset) can help put you in a more relaxed state of mind. Or just using rose-tinted blue-light filtering glasses (or just the f.lux or “night shift” setting or warm-color light settings on your electronic devices, to reduce blue light). Those can improve sleep, and regular and sufficient sleep DEFINITELY reduces the anxiety.
I find that my anxiety has been significantly reduced since I started using a CPAP machine for sleep apnea. So getting checked out sure nothing is interfering with regular breathing or circulation or blood pressure can help a person feel like they are on solid footing.
So many of us have been skipping our regular health visits during the pandemic — it can be a big relief just to don your N95 mask and go in for a physical exam or checkup, get some basic bloodwork done, catch up on preventive medicine.
If you don’t have a regular health care provider, you can sign up for health coverage at https://www.healthcare.gov/ or find a low-cost community clinic at https://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/
Good luck feeling your best!
Laura
And of course a hot bath or shower does no harm…
Laura
Sometimes good music helps you feel it, too. My favorite is “Havana (remix)” by Camila Cabello and Daddy Yankee. The soundtrack of Buena Vista Social Club helps me relax and feel good too.
I forgot to add coconut water for electrolyte balance. Another fave!
Or just good old Mac n Cheese, or your go-to comfort food. (Mine is Tuna Melts.) Something that brings back happy and safe memories.
Just comes down to what makes you feel most like YOU yourself.
The Wellerman
Thanks for all the wonderful suggestions Laura, means so much!!! ?
I’m also quitting caffeine and cannabis till Saturday to see if that helps!
Laura
That’s great, The Wellerman! Good luck! I’m really glad you are focusing on your health and wellbeing.
The Wellerman
Say, anyone know any nice, healthy recipes involving roasted garlic/onions?
Laura
Just about anything you cook with roasted onions and garlic will be good. I just had roasted brussels sprouts and zucchini with roast onions and garlic (just put it all in a pyrex pie dish, brushed olive oil on the top and bottom, and stuck it in the toaster oven at 450 degrees for 30 minutes). I topped it with greek yoghurt cilantro salad dressing, mustard, mayo, hot sauce, and canned tuna fish. DIVINE! And it took only a few minutes to make (minus the baking).
If you’re feeling fancy, split pea soup or lentil soup with salt and pepper can be pretty wonderful with roast onions and garlic. You can roast them on a grill, or in a pan, or in a toaster oven, or even in an oven. Doesn’t really matter how, so long as they get toasty.
Laura
(You roast the onions and garlic, not the soup.)
The Wellerman
Ooo! I was just thinking something like roasted onion and chicken or turkey fried rice style, but that sounds super neat too!
Say, ya think peanuts or chili peppers could somehow fit into that recipe maybe?
Laura
All of the above! Yes please, more please, thank you! ;-9
You are making me so hungry thinking of split pea lentil soup with chicken and turkey fried rice, onions, garlic, peanuts, and just a tiny dash of salt, pepper, and chili pepper! Maybe some yams?
Friend, when it comes to cooking, the only limits are your imagination!
Just thinking of cooking gets me all excited! Euphoria!
Laura
Sorry, sorry, I’ll try to keep it G-rated… Gracious me, that was unexpected!
The Wellerman
Thank you so much for sharing! ?
And by the way, no real need to keep it G-rated.
After all, my goal to fix my libido was kinda why I started this inquiry in the first place ?
Laura
Maybe you don’t think about that as a broken machine to be fixed, but rather like a comfy slipper or a warm blanket that will be there to wrap around you when you need it. Or a warm bath you could slip into. I’ve gone through many “dry spells” and the littlest things — like just thinking about making a delicious soup — can bring it back. It’s like remembering just a few notes of an old song, even if you can’t recall all the lyrics or the melody. It comes flooding back unexpectedly, when you give it time and don’t try to force yourself to remember.
…Hey, I want to thank you for this query and the opportunity to talk about this. It’s good to remember that we are all gorgeous, vivacious, sensuous beings, and that sexuality doesn’t have to be tied to any one particular outlet or object.
Just brushing your hair or wiggling your toes can make you feel sexy. That special feeling can creep up on you any time.
Sexuality can just BE. Like a heavenly aroma hanging in the air after cooking something delicious. Or like the feeling of turning the A/C or the heater on. Just like a feeling of being at home.
The Wellerman
Thank you once more Laura! ?
This gives me hope, and although not sexual, it’s giving me good feelings already! ?
By the way, before i go, one more thing. Although Mac and Cheese is technically “healthy” as it is, is there any way to make it healthier, maybe by adding less or substituting the instant packet?
eh, whatever
Laura, you have synesthesia, don’t you?
Laura
So glad, friend!
BTW, I just saw this and it looked delicious (albeit a tad too gendered for my taste…):
https://www.berries.com/blog/aphrodisiac-foods
There are some variations on Mac n Cheese to make it healthier. Skipping the salt, or using iodized salt, for one. (Getting the right amount of Iodine is especially important for all of us these days, and it plays a role in sexual and mental health too.)
Or using noodles made with whole wheat flour or chick pea flour or lentil flour or rice flour. Some people use a little nutritional yeast for an extra-cheesy flavor and a healthy dose of B vitamins. Your choice of milk can make it healthier too. I like using a healthy margarine made with vegetable oils that are high in Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids, for brain health.
And if you want to experiment with the Mac and Cheese to make it go further, you can use it as the base for a casserole. You can add all sorts of stuff to a macaroni casserole — tuna fish, canned black beans, chick peas, canned corn, canned tomatoes, green beans, zucchini, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, chili peppers, curry powder, cinnamon, garlic, ginger… Sky’s the limit! And so long as you are using the canned stuff, it’s all pretty quick and cheap to mix together.
Not all of these ingredients at once, of course, but mixing and matching is fun. Like, you could do spinach, mushrooms, and Swiss cheese and Italian spices, if you wanted your Mac casserole to taste especially French.
Only thing is that canned foods are very high in sodium, so it’s best to pick the low sodium kinds wherever possible, and drain canned foods (or even rinse them sometimes!) to remove the salt water.
But yeah, Mac and Cheese makes the best base for whatever I want to eat up because it’s healthy and cheap but which would be kind of unexciting on its own. #1 rule: have fun and get a little wild!
Enjoy!
Laura
Hmm, that’s an interesting question, Eh Whatever. Good to see you here! Thank you for asking!
I’ve never thought about synesthesia. What’s it like? Is it kind of like my little unexpected hot flash from thinking about cooking just now? If so, then probably, yes, I would assume so, maybe.
khn0
I saw you recommended oysters, but tried to look a health hazards due to the presence of heavy metal. Oysters are known to concentate it (a bit like mushrooms), so if you don’t want heavy metals, don’t eat oysters (and most sea shells). I you like heavy metal, Blue Oyster Cult is possible.
Serious and punny recommandations apart, I am tempted to comment on the “soul” or “energetic” aspect just after a comic about a person turned on by science… but whatever works I guess.
Laura
Hi khn0! 🙂 Oh, wow, yes, thank you for that reminder! Yes, seafood can be risky, and especially shellfish. I appreciate your advice! (And the music recommendation, too.)
Yes, it’s always a bit odd mixing up the subjective experience (psychological constructions like libido, hard to quantify and measure) with the scientific (ensuring a diet adequate in nutrients). Nothing is an exact science when it comes to the psychology of the body. Diet and sensuality and sexuality often interrelate via subjective emotional and psychospiritual experience of sensation and memory.
But the messiness and metaphor and deliberate use of belief can be part of what makes the experimentation so much fun, sometimes. 🙂 Remember the old folk tale about the elephant with the “magic feather”? (“The magic was in you, all along!”) Or the story of the Cowardly Lion in Wizard of Oz, whose belief in a “wizard’s” promise motivated him to find his own courage. Or the troops who dosed themselves with “Dutch courage.” (The alcohol didn’t really make them brave, but it lowered their inhibitions, which caused them to feel braver.)
Placebo can be a form of doublethink, or conscious induction of belief. Using one’s own mental associations to gather up confidence and courage and calm. If the project is getting in touch with emotions, all tools are on the table.
__________
Eh Whatever, after your comment, I looked up synesthesia. Doesn’t sound like my experience. Thank you for asking, though!
Delicious Taffy
Lasagna with no noodles and cheese, in soup form? Why not just take the crust and cheese and sauce off a pizza while you’re at it? Just toppings in a bowl.
Laura
Well, that’s basically ratatouille, no? Delish! :-9
Al
Lasagna was strictly for Christmas. It takes two days to cook the meatballs the right way so they get the flavor from the homegrown tomatoes. Then you break down the meatballs while building the lasagna, making sure to get enough of the ricotta and parmesan into the corners so the people who get those pieces will be happy.
Geneseepaws
The corners are important, Especially if the cook rushes things, the corners are cooked through first, our of the pan.
missilentmurmur
I’d never thought I’d say anything like this, but recently I found out that too much lasagna does exist. I am painting my new apartment, and I thought I’d buy a family pack of lasagna so I don’t have to cook for a few days. 3rd day of lasagna was miserable. I was craving salad so hard…
Kyrik Michalowski
Come on, Sarah can have nice moments too you know? I think being around Joyce has made Sarah happier over all.
Doctor_Who
That driver? Garfield himself.
drs
Ah, but Liz doesn’t want to have lunch with Sarah. Therefore this is indeed Sarah.
nothri
I mean, obviously the ride share driver is wearing her skin. Honestly, you should reserve these comments for the harder to glean underlying themes and stories, not the obvious surface level details we can all immediately see.
Kyrik Michalowski
See Liz? Sarah doesn’t dislike you, she just wants you to do your best.
Spencer
Sarah loving and cherishing Liz has never been up to question, let alone from Sarah herself.
But you can’t just be a cantankerous douchebag 90% of your life and then just help out when you feel like it. Han Solo got to be a hero in the end but then he, y’know, stayed one. He didn’t go back to being a smirking douchebag rogue.
misanthropope
you gotta watch out for the guy who has exacting standards for other peoples’ behavior.
Schpoonman
WHAT
Doctor_Who
This is Sarah’s twin, Sara. They were conjoined at birth, but separated, and took their revenge on the doctors who performed the operation.
There’s some debate about who was the evil one. Sure, Sarah is much meaner, but Sara will claim she doesn’t want fries and then eat like half of yours.
Schpoonman
As a foodie I literally cannot decide which would be worse.
The Wellerman
Ooo! You’re a foodie? ?
Do you have a blog? Had anything interesting lately? ?
Andy
Sarah drove off just far enough to realize the meanest evillest thing she could do to her sister is leave on a good note so Liz can’t even be mad noatter how much she wants to be.
Schpoonman
A perfect attack for which there is no defense. A fullscreen unblockable, the kind of shit they’re going to give Lab Coat Android 21 in the next patch.
alongcameaspider
The driver started trying to make conversation, Sarah had to take drastic measures
Schpoonman
I’m not saying I’ve debated a tuck and roll at 65 miles per hour due to Lyft conversation, but I’ve definitely debated a tuck and roll at 65 miles per hour due to Lyft conversation.
Ava-Ann
This would not surprise me if this was somehow tomorrow’s punchline
AntJ
“this time I will eat TWO toasts”
DailyBrad
This is a very interesting twist, hmm.
BBCC
Haaaa, knew she’d be back. She may be strategically mean, but she does have pretty decent sistering skills. She’s best in a crisis, and that’s when it’s easiest to notice, but she has her moments outside those too.
RassilonTDavros
I figured she’d come back, but I’m kinda surprised we didn’t see her change her mind directly. Makes me really wonder what made her decide to come back.
Clif
Strategic meanness.
alongcameaspider
And now Sarah hangs out, plays some Mario, almost has an ill advised hook up, and has to be dragged back to IU after a couple days
Or they just get lunch and Sarah begrudgingly helps Liz through her own insecurities
Doctor_Who
The entire rest of DoA will keep cutting between the two of them ping-ponging between IU and Ball, each taking turns being the responsible sister who drags the other home against their will.
That Zoomr driver is gonna be rich.
C.T. Phipps
I’ve mentioned it before but I really hope the big twist is there’s no twist at all. There’s no horrific tragedy for Liz, she’s just feeling the effects of peer pressure and the fear of disappointing her friends who AREN’T religious fanatics but just cheerfully faithful.
Basically, Liz is living Saved by the Bell and everyone else has been living HBO.
StClair
yeah, I figure this is just regular school drama. but because it’s happening to her, of course it’s the Worst Thing Ever.
King Daniel
That’s what I’ve been thinking, more or less.
Spencer
The effects of peer pressure are that she’s being expected to remain a dumb naive churchy girl because the people around her think it’s funny and more convenient to them.
Also Christian sexual puritanism convinced her that touching a penis would defile her for the rest of her life.
Those feel like real issues to me.
C.T. Phipps
I think part of the issue is that she views church people as dumb and naive which is something that is hopefully not.
The encounter with Joe ended up horribly and is the biggest evidence there’s something genuinely wrong but we’ll have to see more.
Spencer
You tend to have poor feelings for the massive cultural institution you’re part of when being in it makes you miserable, especially when that misery started with your peers treating you like a naive idiot baby.
There’s nothing really more to see about Liz’s entirely Christian sexual guilt complex, she was taught that if she touched a penis she’d be a hellbound slut.
C.T. Phipps
Perhaps but I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s more.
Spencer
Okay but the “more” in this case would be more Christian-brand sexual puritanism guilt.
Blue
Just the ordinary pressure a young woman feels from friends and family to act a certain way, be a certain way, and believe a certain thing. Liz doesn’t know about the horrible trauma that estranged Joyce from her family and community, she only sees the relative freedom Joyce and others enjoy at IU.
PB
Oh!
Well this is good.
Robbie
PLOT TWIST
I gasped.
….is Sarah ok though she’s not trapped here she’s genuinely just trying to connect, right?
Mr. Random
Even when she’s being nice, it has the side-effect of undercutting.
Well played.
Sav
Is she being nice, or is she planning on telling Liz’s friends about what Liz was up to/saying?
Likely in an effort to make Liz confront her own beliefs in a healthier way, but still.
Blue
Smile says she’s being nice. Although there may be further strategic meanness in the way you predict.
newlland(Henryvolt)
The heck is she pulling a switcheroo?
anon
maybe she’ll intentionally/’stategically’ come off as bongoy to juanita so anything liz does after she leaves for real will look better in comparison lol