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Happy friday, lightning bugs, and welcome to the Friday Open Thread! A place for photos, a place for GIFs, a place for feelings, a place for weather-related commiseration.
It’s hot. Really hot. I’m catsitting in Ottawa right now (in my former apartment for my former cat, as you do) and when I volunteered a few months ago — back before a week of 35ºC days — I was really excited about the prospect of spending a week cuddling up to what is probably the handsomest cat in existence.
But right now it’s hot and humid and gross out and I have to keep wetting down the cat so he doesn’t get overheated (and also because he doesn’t like drinking water even if someone puts something interesting in it, but he’ll lick water off his fur all day long), and every time I do he brushes against me lovingly, and my sweaty bare legs get covered in cat hair and while it’s definitely a summer look I am not super excited about it being my summer look, even temporarily.
Another side effect of the heat (also of anxiety lately) is that I’ve gone from elaborate kitchen adventures to single-ingredient meals. Eggs. Cabbage. Watermelon. Tomatoes. Kale. Actually the tomatoes and kale were grown on the balcony which I found pretty impressive, but still not very exciting.
Anyway because I’m eating mostly boring things and because the cat is just really into bison-based treats right now and not up for talking about anything else, today I want you to ask yourself one question: what is the best thing I ate this week? Then I want you to show me. Ideally with a photo, maybe with a recipe, possibly with words or a curated series of interpretive GIFs or whatever your heart says. I also want to know what else you’re up to this week! Did something good or something terrible or something terribly good happen? Did you get a job or a girl or a parking fine or a cute look from a barista or something interesting in the mail or to try a new thing? I want to know you; I want to know your soul.
How To Post A Photo In The Comments:
1. Find a photo! This is the easy part. Find a photo on the web, right click (on a Mac, control+click), hit “Copy Image URL” and then…
2. Code it in to your comment! Use the following code, and use a DIRECT LINK to the image. Your image link should end in .JPG or .GIF or .PNG or .CallMeWhateverYouWant even. I don’t care, but it should be an image suffix! KINDA LIKE THIS:
If you need to upload the photo you love from your computer, try using imgur. To learn more about posting photos, check out Ali’s step-by-step guide.
How To Post A Video In The Comments, Too:
1. Find a video on YouTube or Vimeo or WHATEVER and click “embed.” Copy that code, but first make sure it’s for 640 px wide or less. If your player is too large, it will not display properly.
2. Copy the code and paste it directly into your comment.
3. Go forth and jam.
