I start a new job in a week, I’m a little anxious, so I’m sending out a slightly different letter to you all today. Back to the regular programming in two weeks! Also!! If you wouldn’t mind “liking” the articles that you enjoy— I don’t think you need an account to do it, but it helps me reach people! For now:
a list of romcoms I wanna see produced:
A romcom where the guy likes the girl and the girl likes the guy and it’s just easy and fun and there are no issues. Just something happy. 90 mins of puns and love.
A romcom where two mascots of rival sports teams fall in love. Gritty and the New York Ranger (a mascot that apparently doesn’t exist, which seems like a huge oversight, but I’m not a sports expert). Is it the people in the mascot costumes or the characters themselves that fall in love? I’m not sure. All I know is I once went on a date with a guy who worked for a mascot costume making company, which is a hilarious job, so the whole time I just asked him a lot of questions about the job which made him THINK I was interested in him but I was just interested in his job. To that man, I am sorry, but if you tell me that’s your job, I have a right to ask a thousand questions.
A romcom about me and bathtubs. This is really just an article in Architectural Digest that I hope will be written about me and my future collection of bathtubs.
A romcom about two women, but instead of being set in the past which all lesbian love stories are for some reason, it’s set in… THE FUTURE. Futuristic Lesbian Love. Coincidentally, that is also the name of my band.
A romcom about the potential life that will be discovered on Mars by the rover that landed there last week. This is set in the past, but it’s like the way way past, like a billion years ago, and the lovers are two organisms that were in love on mars but then froze over (!!!!) and then fast forward to today and they’re discovered by the rover and they get brought back to earth and unfrozen and they get to fall back in love holy crap I’m crying I’m so happy for them!!!!!! The movie will be called Perseverance, after the name of the rover and also because their love PERSEVERED DO YOU GET IT?
A love triangle for all my bi women out there who are in love with every nonbinary person they meet, most women, and .000001% of men. This love triangle includes 0 cis men.
A romcom about a bi guy who falls in love with his boyfriend’s best friend, but she’s butch but surprise she’s butch AND bi so she loves him too and the boyfriend doesn’t really care and is like “fine okay whatever” and moves to Paris.
A romcom about a woman who falls in love with her weighted blanket because she has depression. It’s… sad.
A romcom where someone’s two imaginary friends fall in love with each other. The person whose imagination this is happening in is a fighter pilot in world war 2. It’s confusing, but inspiring, and David Tennant wins an Oscar for it.
A romcom about Daniel Kaluuya and me. No questions, please.
Now, here’s a recipe for lava cake, which seems like it would be super hard to make but is super easy!!!
Lava Cake
Adapted from this recipe.
Ingredients
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces, plus more for greasing the molds
Cocoa powder, for dusting
2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1 large egg, plus 1 large egg yolk
3 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon all-purpose flour
powdered sugar for dusting
ramekins or muffin tin
Directions
Position the rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 450 degrees.
Butter and dust two 4-ounce ramekins or 2 muffin slots (muffin slots?) in a muffin tin with cocoa powder, tapping out the excess.
Combine the 4 tbsp butter and chocolate in double boiler (if you don’t have one, just simmer water in a pan and put a heat proof bowl on top of it) and stir.
In a separate bowl, using a whisk or handheld mixer on medium-high, beat together the egg, yolk and sugar until light, thick and pale yellow.
Finish stirring together the chocolate and butter; it should be quite warm. Gradually whisk the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture, then quickly beat in the flour by hand, just until combined.
Divide the batter between the ramekins/muffin slots. (At this point you can refrigerate the desserts for up to several hours. Bring them back to room temperature before baking.)
If using ramekins, put them on a baking sheet. Then bake! 7 to 10 minutes — the longer you bake, the less “sauce” there will be. The center will still be quite soft and slightly dipped, but the sides will be set. Let rest for about a minute.
Place an overturned plate on top of the mold and, holding onto the mold in one hand with a potholder, mitt or dish towel, invert the plate and the mold. Let sit for about 10 seconds. Unmold by lifting up one side of the mold; the cake will fall out onto the plate. It’s okay if you have to tap or gently shake the ramekin to nudge it out. Top with powdered sugar, add ice cream or berries if you have them! Enjoy!!