thus sprach Nikkithustra

drabbling? (a kick in the pants)

anamuan — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:00:37 GMT

So! Let me write you short things!

Things I'll write:
♥ dragon age
♥ captive prince
♥ star wars
♥ harry potter
♥ (any old fandoms?)

Holiday Card Calling

anamuan — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 05:14:39 GMT

Oops, so I'm late! Somehow December not only snuck up on me, it's been going merrily on it's way and I've only just realized it. So! If you would like a holiday card from me, please comment with a name and mailing address that will work to get that card to you! Also please let me know if you have any preferences with regard to the type of holiday card you get (otherwise, you'll get ...something, basically. it'll probably say 'christmas' on it).

Yay!

Also, if you are sending cards and you need my address, let me know! I want a card from you!

Winter Holiday Cards, anyone?

anamuan — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 21:37:23 GMT

It's a little early, but I figure I could use the extra time to really get my act together. For instance, I still haven't sent my host mother the mother's day card I specifically bought months in advance. Uh, and mother's day was in May. Sooooo in an effort to be less of a failure to all of you, who wants a holiday card?

If you do, please put your mailing address in the (screened) comments. Also, let me know if you do or do not want any particular holiday reflected in your card (if you don't specify, you'll get something festively non-denominational)

Satisfaction Brought It Back - Catboy/Catgirl Extravaganza

anamuan — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 03:53:04 GMT

Guys, there a 166 catboy/catgirl fic posted to Ao3. If you are anything like me, that is not enough. But! We don't have to live with that. We can do something about it!

Write! Draw! Cheerlead! Post in the comments below or on your own journals (whatever platform) or a fanwork archive. I'll update the post with any links you share with me.

Why catboys? Svelte, graceful catboys! Big tough tomcatboys!

Also, can we get some catgirls up in here?
+ALL the "pussy" puns ever
+Little sandpaper tongues licking pussy

Still not convinced?
♥ tsundere cat personalities!
♥ those adorable ears
♥ heat
♥ propensity for landing on one's feet
♥ super senses
♥ marking territory
♥ cuddles
♥ tails
♥ fangs & claws
♥ catnaps
♥ penile spines
♥ loveless au for you, and you, and you, and you

Cons
There are no cons. There are no cons.

First official Free! fic posted. i guess i'm in this fandom, then

anamuan — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 01:09:57 GMT

Title: Hot Chocolate Float
Author: anamuan
Fandom, Pairing: Free!, Makoto/Rin
Word Count: 1,999 words
Rating: PG
Summary: Five time Rin gets chocolate for Valentine's Day. Rin doesn't even like sweets.
Note: For enraged

(“Ah, Rin, here you go,” Makoto says when he sees him, holding out a small box)

if you love someone, set them Free!

anamuan — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 19:30:34 GMT

Valentine's Day is coming up, and I've decided to dive right in to Free! fandom, so I am taking requests to write Free! valentine's drabbles. Any pairing (or more-some), any rating.

♥♥♥Valentine's Day Free! for All♥♥♥

☆assassin AU.
☆01.02: flutter. Rin+swimming? (or maybe it's really Nikki+swimming as she voyeuristically enjoys swimming through Rin)
♥02.02: cake. Makoto/Rin. 日本語で。
♥03.02: first swim. Rin/Haru.
♥04.02(a): between you and me. Mako/Haru/Rin
♥04.02(b) between you and me. definitely pairing fic, but use of 1st & 2nd person pronouns makes the pairings vague.
♥09.02: bulletproof. Mako/Rin (because fake boyfriends is my bulletproof)

[recipe]: Gajar Ka Halwa

anamuan — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 22:31:13 GMT

Recipe serves 4

Ingredients:

2 cups shredded carrots
2 cups milk
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
6 chopped roasted cashew nuts (To garnish)

Method:

Roast the cashew nuts and set aside for the garnish.
Boil the milk on medium-high heat in a non-stick pan until it is reduced to about to 1 cup. Stir often to ensure the milk does not burn in the bottom of the pan. Set aside.
Melt the butter in a frying pan on medium heat.
Add the shredded carrots and stir-fry for about seven to eight minutes.
Carrots should be tender and slightly changed in color.
Add the milk and cook until the milk dries. This will take about eight to ten minutes.
Next add the sugar, and cardamom powder and stir-fry for another three to four minutes until the halwa starts to leave the side of frying pan.
Garnish with cashew nuts.

Tips:

Gajar Halwa can be refrigerated for up to one week and kept in the freezer for up to two months. When ready to serve just warm.

Suggestion:

Cook the halwa a little more and pour on a greased plate. Spread the halwa until it is flat and 3/4 inch thick. After the halwa cools, cut in squares. Garnish with cashew nuts or sliced almonds.

from here

[recipe] shahi paneer

anamuan — Thu, 16 May 2013 23:08:13 GMT

Ingredients
(Original recipe makes 4 servings)

2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 large onion, thinly sliced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon Kashmiri red chili powder
4 tomatoes, pureed
1/2 pound paneer, cubed
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon white sugar
salt to taste
1/4 cup cream

Directions

1. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook the onion and garlic in the hot oil until the onions are soft and golden brown, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle the cumin, coriander, turmeric, and chili powder over the onion and garlic; continue cooking until the seasonings are fragrant, about 30 seconds.

2. Pour the pureed tomatoes into the skillet; cook until the excess liquid evaporates and the oil separates, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the paneer, water, sugar, and salt to the mixture; stir gently so the paneer does not break apart. Cook until the paneer begins to absorb some of the liquid, about 10 minutes. Stir the cream into the mixture and simmer another 5 minutes. Garnish with cilantro to serve.

PREP 10 mins
COOK 25 mins

original recipe <a href="http://allrecipes.com/recipe/shahi-paneer/>here</a></lj-cut>

this is a

anamuan — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:25:20 GMT

sad and lonely post that isn't being commentspammed for natsukashii riyuu at all.

[recipe] sweet & sour onions

anamuan — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 05:06:38 GMT

saute onions in some butter and oil for about 5 minutes, then you add a little brown sugar and salt, turn down the heat and let them basically melt for about 10 minutes, then at the very end you add some balsamic vinegar and let that simmer out for just a little bit so the onion mixture thickens, then you put the onions on whatever you want! I think I might just make a batch of this to keep in the fridge so I can put it on anything I want, because it is sooo good.

Holiday Cards~

anamuan — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:23:43 GMT

It's that time of year again: the time when I start procrastinating sending holiday cards. And I can't do that unless I have people to send holiday cards out to. So, if you want a card, leave me your address in the comments below! Comments are set to be screened.

If you want a Christmas card, please tell me so, and if you want a not-Christmas holiday card, please tell me so. (If you don't care either way, lol feel free to let me know that too).

[recipe] green tea cookies

anamuan — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:13:45 GMT

Makes about 3 dozen

1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 vanilla bean or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons matcha powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black sesame seeds

Special equipment – round cookie cutter about 2 inches in diameter, or another cookie cutter about the same size

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter with the confectioners’ sugar and granulated sugar. Add the vanilla extract (if using instead of vanilla bean).
If you’re using a vanilla bean instead, slit bean down the middle with a pairing knife and scrape out the black seeds from both sides of the middle. Discard the outer shell or save for another use.
In another bowl, sift together the flour, matcha powder, vanilla bean seeds (if using instead of vanilla extract), and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the sugar butter mixture from step 2. Mix until a smooth dough forms.
Flour a clean working surface and a rolling pin. Roll out the dough until it is between 1/4″ to 1/3″ thick. Use a 2” wide round cookie cutter to cut out circles. (You may need to reroll the dough once or twice more to use up the remainder.) Place the circles on a baking sheet lined with a Silpat or parchment paper, about 2 inches apart. Sprinkle the black sesame seeds on top of each cookie.
Bake until the bottoms are just lightly golden, about 8 to 10 minutes, checking at the 8 minute mark. (Be careful not to overbake.) Transfer to wire racks and cool to room temperature.

from here. Though last time i went to this page, they were square, and didn't have sesame seeds and i think she didn't say we should roll them out. i feel like they were a slice and bake set of cookies.

[recipe]: chicken rice

anamuan — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 23:27:33 GMT

a variation of this (there is nothing else i want to add to or take away from this recipe post) was for dinner. Basically, we made the rice, sans the chicken, and instead i made a chicken (thigh) and spinach stirfry (with garlic and ginger) to go with it. Ritz made a variation of the chili sauce, and we ate until we couldn't anymore.

femslash drabble meme

anamuan — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:53:29 GMT

Rewatching Darker than Black with coffeeandice and sad that there's no kirihara/alice fic. so, essentially, femslash drabble meme.

Taking prompts! (also willing to write gwen/morgana, kuroki meisa/horikita maki, and possibly for inception)

[recipe]: falafel

anamuan — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:44:23 GMT

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours
Ingredients:

1 cup dried chickpeas or 16 oz. can of chickpeas or garbanzo beans.
1 large onion, chopped*
2 cloves of garlic, chopped*
~~3 tablespoons of fresh parsley, chopped~~
1 teaspoon coriander*
1 teaspoon cumin*
2 tablespoons flour*
Salt
Pepper
Oil for frying
1 egg

Preparation:
Place dried chickpeas in a bowl, covering with cold water. Allow to soak overnight. Omit this step if using canned beans.

~~Drain chickpeas, and place in pan with fresh water, and bring to a boil. Allow to boil for 5 minutes, then let simmer on low for about an hour.~~ Cover chickpeas with water and microwave for 5 minutes.

Drain and allow to cool for 15 minutes.

Combine chickpeas, garlic, onion, coriander, cumin, salt and pepper (to taste) in medium bowl. Add flour. *I eyeballed all of the spices (and omitted the parsley altogether) and probably put more in than the recipe strictly called for. Same for the flour, totally eyeballed that.

Mash chickpeas, ensuring to mix ingredients together. You can also combine ingredients in a food processor. You want the result to be a thick paste. Mush with egg. Add more flour or bread crumbs as necessary to make it vaguely the right texture.

Form the mixture into small balls, about the size of a ping pong ball. Slightly flatten.

Fry in 2 inches of oil at 350 degrees until golden brown (5-7 minutes).

Serve hot.

[recipe]: curried apple soup

anamuan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:57:05 GMT

Prep Time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Yield Serves 4

Ingredients

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 shallots, minced
2 teaspoons freshly grated ginger
1 1/2 tablespoons curry powder
2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 small russet potato, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 teaspoon coarse salt, plus more for seasoning
3 3/4 cups homemade or low-sodium canned chicken stock
1/2 cup heavy cream or milk
Freshly ground pepper
Sour cream, for garnish

Directions

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots; cook until soft and translucent, about 2 minutes. Add ginger and curry powder; cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add apples, potato, salt, and chicken stock. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, and cook until potato is tender when pierced with a paring knife, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat, and let cool slightly.

Use an immersion blender, or transfer mixture to the jar of a blender, working in batches if necessary so as not to fill more than halfway; puree just until smooth (do not overprocess). Return soup to pan; stir in cream, and season with salt and pepper. Place over medium heat until soup is just heated through; do not let it boil. Divide soup among serving bowls, and garnish with sour cream.

[recipe] fake!risotto

anamuan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:55:52 GMT

it uses leftover rice so it's super fast, as well as super tasty.

put about 1/3 a stick of butter in the bottom of a pot with a little bit of chicken or vegetable stock. melt on medium high heat.

I'm lazy, so I'm almost always guaranteed to use garlic powder and onion powder instead of actual garlic and onion but if you wanted to use the real stuff instead, this is when you'd add the onion and garlic (sliced and minced, respectively) to the bottom of your pot. Then cook on medium high to high heat until the garlic and onion is slightly brown/translucent before adding more soup stock and your leftover rice.

If you're lazy like me, then just add leftover rice and enough soup stock to completely cover it to the pot. Stir gently so that the butter at the bottom gets evenly distributed. Add spices: a lot of garlic powder (like, 2 tea spoons, maybe; possibly more), and a lot of onion powder (like a tablespoon? more?), more black pepper than you think you need (uhh, a 1/4 to 1/2 of a teaspoon perhaps?) and I also used crumbled dry basil (probably something like 20 leaves). You could use fresh basil too, but you'd want to slice that up, and i think basil is supposed to be more aromatic when it's fresh, so you maybe wouldn't need as much. Mix your spices in, and watch the pot with half an eye, in case you need to add more liquid as it simmers. You could add more soup stock, or water, as your prefer. If you add more liquid, you may need to stir this in too so that it's evenly distributed.

Meanwhile, slice up whatever stuff you're adding to your risotto. I've done it with red and yellow peppers and with mushrooms, variously, but I think i've got a preference for peppers. Someday I may work my way up to adding meat.

Then, heat butter in a separate pan (so that everything tastes like butter instead of a weird mix of cooking oils). Dump your veggies in the pan along with whatever spices you used in the risotto and panfry while stirring frequently. When they're mostly done, maybe a bit brown on the edges, dump them into your risotto, and stir everything gently in. Taste, and add additional spices as necessary, and let it simmer for a bit more until your veggies, etc are all the way done (level of crispness up to you!).

Serve and eat!

other things:
♥ You can also add white wine as part of your liquid if you want. You could also probably add cheese (I'd suggest something like parmesan, which is grated very finely, and easy to incorporate.
♥ If you're really lazy, you could probably cook everything in the bottom of your pot before adding more butter and the rice and liquid. I am really lazy, but I tend to mess up the timing of things when I cook them all in one pot like this, so I've always used a pot and a pan.
♥ while i've never tried it, I bet you could do this with brown rice too. Probably by adding more water.

[recipe]: slowcooker apple porkchops

anamuan — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:11:29 GMT

Ingredients

1/2 can Condensed Golden Mushroom Soup
1/8 cup water
3/4 teaspoon packed brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed
2 boneless pork chop, 3/4-inch thick
1 large Granny Smith apple, sliced
1/2 large onion, sliced

Directions

Stir the soup, water, brown sugar, Worcestershire and thyme in a 4-quart slow cooker. Add the pork, apples and onions.

Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 9 hours or until the pork is cooked through.

Time-Saving: This recipe may also be cooked on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours.

Serving Suggestion: Serve with a field greens salad tossed with toasted walnuts, blue cheese crumbles and red wine vinaigrette with Texas toast or garlic bread. For dessert serve a fruit and yogurt parfait: layer strawberry yogurt with chunks of pineapple and green seedless grapes, then sprinkle with granola.

Read more: http://www.kitchendaily.com/recipe/slow-cooker-golden-mushroom-pork-and-apples-77744/#ixzz1qXBKR1kn

(makes 2 servings)

because they are adorable, and i am a dork.

anamuan — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:43:23 GMT

Roses Blu

Ben Kling's Portrait Valentines, including Marx, Troy and Abed, Kant, Napoleon, and Tesla (no thanks).

downton abbey valentines.

inception valentines WHICH ARE ADORABLE.

My year of fic in review.

anamuan — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:23:10 GMT

Fandom: Harry Potter
♥you might not know how to quit him (but boy, do we wish you did), Harry/Draco (but it's really about everyone else), R, 1,766 words.

Fandom: Inception
♠Come When You're Called, Arthur/Eames, NC-17, 4,313 words.
   Pavlovian orgasm response.
   My first inception fic, and the start of a beautiful, beautiful year.
♦Right as the fresshe, rede rose newe, ayen the somer-sonne coloured is, Arthur/Eames, PG, 1,769 words.
   Arthur and Eames do not celebrate Valentine's Day.
♣Arthur/Eames porn, NC-17, 672 words.
   Arthur has a come kink. (Eames may have an Arthur kink.)
♥Not Quite the Top Ten, Arthur/Eames, NC-17, 1,320 words.
   Arthur makes lists.
♠Maybe in the Morning, Arthur/Eames, NC-17, 762 words.
♦I'll Know It When I See You, Arthur/Eames, PG-13, 4,975 words.
   Ten ways Arthur and Eames could have met, and one way they actually do.
♣Ride It Like You Stole It, Arthur/Eames, NC-17, 1,528 words.
♥Fix My Heart to the Line, Arthur/Eames, NC-17, 952 words.
♠Cobb's Catchphrase of the Week, gen, PG, 915 words.
♦Play Me and Put Me Away, Arthur/Eames, NC-17, 1,582 words.
♣Aren't Like Other Fans, Arthur/Eames (but arguably Arthur/Hockey), PG-13, 882 words.
♥The warp and weft that hold life together, Arthur/Eames, NC-17, 21,484 words.
♠1/2 Cup Sugar, Arthur/Eames, PG-13, 1,005 words.
  Cookie-baking fluffy time stamp for Warp & Weft
♦Esurience, Arthur/Eames, NC-17, 2,216 words.
Various Inception Drabbles, Arthur/Eames, G~PG.

Fandom: J-Actresses (? J-dramas?)
♣I bet it sounds even better when I'm not bleeding out, hitwoman!Kuroki Meisa/Tsurara!Horikita Maki, NC-17, 1,591 words.
   (This PWP is in the process of spawning a much longer fic that I'm really excited to eventually get to post)

[recipe] Hong Kong Egg Waffle

anamuan — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 04:34:52 GMT

5 eggs (separated)
3/4 cup milk
1 1/4 cup flour
1 Tb vanilla
3/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 ts baking powder
3/4 stick (6 Tb) butter (melted)

half sugar added to egg whites -- whip to medium peaks
half sugar added to egg yolks.
add melted butter to yolk+sugar mixture
then add milk and vanilla. mix
add flour and baking powder. mix well, until there are no lumps.

fold in whipped egg whites in two stages until fully incorporated.

preheat pans on medium heat. brush with oil (or coat with pam).

add approx 3/4s of a cup of batter to middle of fancy egg waffle pan, put the two half of the pan together, and flip. cook for 1.5 - 2 min. flip. cook on other side approx same time.

put waffle on cooling rack approx 1 min to crisp up.

final plug!

anamuan — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:23:46 GMT

GetYourWordsOut: Back for a 4th Year!
Pledges & Requirements | GYWO.net

it's been so long since last we met...

anamuan — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:41:17 GMT

(please spam here)

really, really really all Ritz's fault.

anamuan — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:41:31 GMT

Title: you might not know how to quit him (but boy, do we wish you did)
Author: anamuan
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Word Count: 1,766 words
Rating: R, for sexual content.
Summary: We've all been the friend who gets to play witness to the car-crash relationship. Having magic doesn't get you out of it.
Warnings:: Possible domestic violence triggers but er. it's mutual? I wouldn't say anyone is actually being abused, but if this is touchy for you, you may want to stay clear anyway.
Note: This is coffeeandice's fault in every way imaginable. Prompt was: Calling it quits is always an option. Diverges from canon at some point, god only knows where.

(There's a bad break-up, and there's driving everyone around you crazy)

\o/ \o/ \o/ \o/

anamuan — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:23:21 GMT

I've got 10% left of my word count for the year, so to celebrate, ficlets for everyone!

Pick a fandom (pairing optional): Darker than Black | Generation Kill | Gundam Wing | Inception | J2 | JE | Merlin | Saiyuki | H50 (other fandoms or original fic open to discussion)
Leave a prompt: one word to one sentence.
Tell me if there's something you don't want (e.g., no porn, no angst) or something you do (fluff, gen, etc.)

and i'll do my best to write it for you <3