Lake Lewisia #582

It had all started with a second-hand crockpot with runes scratched into the bottom of the enamel insert, which produced the best food she had ever tasted. Eventually, she figured out it was adding spices from her largely neglected and slightly dusty collection of jars, all on its own, when she left it bubbling away all day. Once she knew what to look for, she started tracking down more enhanced cookware, from coffee percolators to steamer baskets, and soon had a kitchen that cooked better than she ever could and only demanded payment in fresh ingredients.

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LL#582

Today's Keyboard Smash

Hrrrk... We had our yearly anti-harassment training at work today. Boy howdy, you know what's really not fun if you have anxiety and an embarrassment squick? Being made to watch a half-hour video of actors displaying more enthusiasm than skill as they portray various ways in which people can be shamefully awful to each other! The process of then answering a quiz about what we saw, collectively and with very little actual audience participation, was just the cherry on top. So awkward!

ON THE OTHER HAND! After extensive delay due to first a packaging error and then endless shipping problems, the black hair dye I ordered has finally arrived. This weekend just became Halloween Hair Weekend! I've done some of the preliminary bleaching for the orange stripe, but I'll lighten it up a bit more. Then I'll dye the black sections, carefully separated out. And finally, I'll overdye all of it with the orange, which will (I hope) give the black a warm tone as well as giving me my coveted orange stripe.

Excite!!!!