(@lizajae)

@lizajae

Risky & Chaotic She/her Former Minneapolitan knocking around Toronto

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lizajae@lizajae· 18h

I've assimilated, bitches.

A bag of All Dresssd pretzels,half empty with the top folded and held with a chip clip.

lizajae@lizajae· 1d

Got a pot of cold brew going with orange peel and lemon verbana, and why can't I drink it now?

Looking down into a metal stock pot with coffee grounds, strips of orange peel, and two large sprigs of lemon verbana at the bottom. The peel and herbs reflecting on the sides of the pot look a little wild. I haven't added water yet.

lizajae@lizajae· 9d

Eating sushi in an alley, as one does.

Two sets of legs sitting on a bench in an alley unpacking a bag of take out sushi between them.

Looking down a Toronto lane way lined with wooden benches on a narrow curb, with the wall behind painted graffiti style in blue and white. If you zoom in a small sign with a fish and the words Oroshi Fish Co sticks out from the wall.

lizajae@lizajae· 13d

Being somewhat subtle with my allegiance at Scotiabank arena tonight. Thanks to @dbrauer.net for the shirt!

A white woman with short light blue hair wearing the Minneapolis We Keep Us Safe shirt as well as a face mask and glasses in the stands at a WNBA game.

lizajae@lizajae· 15d

The problem with this article is that flag is a mashup of the US and Canadian flags. I feel like we'd be looking at something more like this:

The Minnesota state flag with a red maple leaf poorly scribbled over the white star.

lizajae@lizajae· 18d

It's not the size, it's that they're clear. It's hard to make clear ice at home and they disappear in cocktails. You wouldn't use a big cube in scotch, you don't want it that cold or dilute. Is it silly? Yes. But it's what you get at cocktail bars so sometimes people want to replicate at home.

A cocktail in a crystal rocks glass with single clear giant ice cube.

lizajae@lizajae· 21d

The Aussie bar down the street is closing, which is sad for many reasons including 1) the drinks are great and 2) it's fun to be called "mate" unironically but especially 3) I fucking love the vinegar wings from the Filipino pop-up that uses their kitchen.

A plate of vinegar chicken wings from Slow Jams at Electric Bill in Toronto, fried wings with bits of fried garlic and chopped scallion scattered on top.

The garlic fried rice from Slow Jams, with a fried egg on top with perfect crispy edges.

lizajae@lizajae· 24d

Oops, I had hojicha creme brulee instead.

A bowl of a deep tan creme brulee with the burnt sugar top, some berries, a dab of like mascapone foam or something, hojicha caramel corn, and a little microgreen garnish.

lizajae@lizajae· 24d

Who do you think is eating my strawberry plant?

A large, leggy green bug next to a chomped out hole on a big leaf. The bug is almost exactly the same color as the leaf.

lizajae@lizajae· 25d

I regret to inform you that these are delicious.

A store display of vlasic pickle balls. They are very green.

A bowl full of pickle balls. They are a puffed snack like cheese balls, but a disturbing lime green.

lizajae@lizajae· 25d

Summertime, and the living is easy....

Blossom flavor bingsu, Korean shave ice with pink grapefruit, peaches, whipped cream on top.

lizajae@lizajae· 29d

Guess it's a not going outside type of day.

The Toronto Younge skyline from the west, with heavy wildfire smoke obscuring the sky. The sun is rising but shows s a dull glow.

lizajae@lizajae· Jul 11

Also at the ROM, considered that if these giant mollusks and crustaceans had survived until modern times they probably would have been hunted to extinction before I got a chance to taste one.

A fossil of a huge mollusk shell on display, probably over 3 feet high.

A fossil of a giant extinct crustaceans.

lizajae@lizajae· Jul 11

Amused myself at the ROM by trying to line up fossil antlers with my head.

A Caucasian woman with faded blue hair, chunky glasses, and a mask standing in front of an exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, lined up so a spiky set of antlers look like they're coming out of her head. The perspective makes them look more like a giant hair ornament than actual weapons, unfortunately.

Same woman in front of a different set of antlers. These are from a stag moose, and are a better size and orientation but another skeleton behind the moose clusters up the background and dampens the effect.

lizajae@lizajae· Jul 10

Oof.

Tumblr post from doubleca5t:
All these tourists having a great time at the World Cup isn't surprising b/c the first rule of America is that this place rules if you have money to blow and it's a nightmare if you don't. The prohibitively high cost of attending the World Cup filtered out all the people who don't have money so all the people who actually made it to the US are basically guaranteed to have fun.

lizajae@lizajae· Jul 8

My Lyft has these awesome look before opening door stickers! What a great thing.

A sticker on the inside of a vehicle window saying "Look before opening door" with the Os of "Look" representing the wheels of a bicycle.

lizajae@lizajae· Jul 7

You have to expand it, the full text is there and a screen reader will read it all.

The screenshot from the OP with the full alt text expanded.

lizajae@lizajae· Jul 5

Delighted that the street conspiracy theorists have decided AI is the new tool of the Illuminati/Elites. The pamphlet had a surprising number of true points scattered throughout the usual crap.

A street conspiracy pamphlet titled what is really behind artificial intelligence that I accepted from a guy with a big "The truth about AI" sign above his head.

lizajae@lizajae· Jul 5

Found my first mangonada since moving to Canada, immediately gave myself brain freeze.

A woman's hand holding a mango slushy with chamomile swirls in front of a street scene.

lizajae@lizajae· Jul 5

Help help, I'm being attacked.

A giant spider sculpture in front of the National Gallery of Canada with a woman sprawled on the ground underneath.

lizajae@lizajae· Jul 5

Just watched them plug this boat it. How long do you suppose it takes to charge a boat?

A long, low, tourist raft on the Rideau canal in Ottawa. The sides are open with glass rails, and there is a cockpit on both ends so it can be steered from either end. There are green panels that tout it is 100% electric, and a red cable not really visible pulled across the deck to plug in to an outlet near the edge.

lizajae@lizajae· Jul 1

There's an a/c vent on the floor in my closet and there's nothing like coming home when it's 35°C out, taking a quick shower, then putting on a linen caftan that's been hanging over it and is approximately icebox temperature.

A round white vent in a wood floor with clothing hanging visible beside it.

lizajae@lizajae· Jun 30

All of our non-refrigerated produce lives under these pop up mesh covers in the summer and it's made a bigger difference than anything else I've tried.

A kitchen counter with two mesh pop-up food covers on a fruit plate and over a large footed glass bowl, plus clutter.

lizajae@lizajae· Jun 27

I don't understand who this kind of bot is for. Why would I want to answer this question from a bot, for one. The answer is in initial post that started the chain, for two. I blocked, obviously, but it just baffles me that it exists.

Screenshot of my response in a conversation saying "the strength training definitely paid off today" and a bot responding to that "Progress in strength training often translates to other areas of fitness, what specific activity or task did find yourself handling better today as a result of your training?"

lizajae@lizajae· Jun 27

I paid extra for white glove delivery 'cause I didn't want to haul two 117# boxes upstairs, but that message didn't get to the delivery company. But I really didn't want to deal with the unboxing mess after Raja gets home tomorrow with his mum, so I gave it a shot and now I feel invincible.