friendly reminders for the signs:

lamesorry:

aries: you carry a fire inside of you and although the flames are beautiful, you must not let them burn the ones you love.

taurus: it’s never okay to kill parts of yourself just to keep others alive.

gemini: you are art. you are magical and mystical and everything in between. it’s okay if not everyone is able to understand that; learn how to appreciate your own beauty instead of searching for another’s admiration.

cancer: it’s okay to taste your own tears sometimes. after all, saltwater has a funny way of healing all wounds.

leo: you have moved mountains and swam across oceans, so who’s to say you can’t save your own damn self?

virgo: make a fist with your hand and understand that you still have fight left in you. don’t give up on yourself just yet.

libra: erase the battle lines you’ve drawn inside your head. you don’t deserve to be at war with yourself anymore; you never did.

scorpio: do not let your light be extinguished by the dark this world has shown you.

sagittarius: the unknown has always scared you but there is an entire universe inside of you & i promise that it’s worth exploring.

capricorn: you have made mistakes but you are not a hurricane. no, you are as warm and as lovely as the summer rain.

aquarius: rest easy with the knowledge that the people who have done you wrong can’t sleep at night.

pisces: you will not find happiness in the same place that you lost it. stop searching through the wreckage and rebuild the life you’re meant to be living.

aroaceinyourface:

tasteoface:

janeandthehivequeen:

pipergreenmantle:

Holy shit guys read every heart a doorway by seanan mcguire

-the main character is an asexual girl
-the Hottest Guy In School is trans
-its about a school for kids who had amazing adventures in alternate realities and are coping with being back in our world
-the writing style is amazing
-the characters are amazing
-its also a murder mystery
-this is an actual line from it: “Cheese making, for example. The perfect intersection of milk, science, and foolish disregard for the laws of nature.”

Hey this is one of the books I just recommended doesn’t it sound great!?

Read it and I enjoyed it 🙂

I have this book, it’s good!

Gryffindor: Hey, did you do the charms reading?
Ravenclaw: Pffftttt no
Gryffindor: But I thought you liked to read
Ravenclaw: Oh I LOVE to read! That’s why I stayed up reading about the history of broom production
Gryffindor: I’m not even surprised anymore

there are no words for how few shits i give about the oscars i genuinely cannot emphasize enough how much i do not care what a bunch of movie snobs thought about a bunch of movies. wanna know what my favorite film of 2016 was? deadpool. an r-rated superhero movie with the sense of humor of a 13yo boy. i fucking loved it. idgaf that no awards show will ever care about this movie, because it exists and i love it. i also fucking loved hidden figures, which out-grossed la la land domestically. get out has a 99% approval rating on rotten tomatoes. some film companies are going to keep making Arthouse™ movies for my sister and mom to enjoy, but the rest are going to go to where the money is and from where i’m sitting the money is going the right places and i wish i could get worked up on behalf of all my nonwhite friends about the la la land/moonlight fuckery at the oscars but i cant. i just cant. the black ladies at nasa hip-checked nostalgic hipsters into a wall in the box office, money trumps a clique of people who call movies “films”, i am tired and can’t care about this controversy

Coming from a state champion baker:

haberdashing:

leaper182:

meowjorie:

docholligay:

If y’all use a decent box mix and use melted butter instead of vegetable oil, an extra egg, and milk instead of water, no one can tell the difference. I sure as hell can’t. 

Also, if you add a little almond extract to vanilla cake, or a little coffee to chocolate cake, it sends it through the roof. 

This concludes me attempting to be helpful. 

yo I can vouch for this
I’ve done this for the last few cakes I’ve made and holy crap it makes suuuuch a difference
the cake is still fluffy, but it also seems more dense, and it doesn’t dry out
like at all
you can leave it uncovered on the counter all day after being cut into, and it won’t get all crusty and dry
this is an amazing way to take your cakes to the next level

Does this count as cake hacks?

cake: hacked