I finally watched the YouTube recap that has been aggressively shoved at me for days now and it was set to a Chapelle Roan song, so I'm just assuming the takeaway is that YouTube wants /me/ to know that /it/ knows I'm a big flappy floppy homosexual gay gay.

I don’t really get why Tarantino has decided to go full mean girl (on Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast no less, he himself one of the nastiest and most bitter self-hating homosexuals I’ve ever encountered) but I’m pleased to see so many people waking up to his boring, overrated nonsense.

Christian rock is so homoerotic.

https://youtu.be/h9gePir11ic?si=ajgt3_cv3rw70agq

Honey garlic chicken (this one came from aaronandclaire.com and it's really, really good; took no time at all to cook, too.)

The internet is going to FORCE me to watch this gay hockey show, isn't it?

Finally caught up on the first Stranger Things season five episode dump (Netflix staggering them out this way is deeply irritating) and managed to avoid all but the most superficial of spoilers, blessedly.

I was afraid they'd stick the landing but pleasantly enjoying the season so far.

Hey Albanese, just wondering — what the fuck?

[NDIS plans will be computer-generated, with human involvement dramatically cut under sweeping overhaul]

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/03/ndis-plans-computer-generated

I finally finished Clair Obscur (in my usual fashion I played consistently until I was near the end, and then dropped it entirely for several months). Despite my gripes about the quick time event combat mechanic, it’s a very good game, and I’ll be here sobbing in the corner for the next hour or two.

With Thanksgiving out of the way, I'm unfortunately now feeling crap. I feel flu-adjacent but minus a lot of the symptoms I associate with being sick, so I reckon it's my body demanding I actually stop and take a rest, but Ryan thinks it sounds viral. Who knows, at least I don't have anything to do.

I had to wait for them to cool before I could put the cream cheese icing on. 🤤

You: oh wow Joshua you cooked so much for Thanksgiving yesterday, I bet today you just flomped at home —

Me: Cinnamon scrolls.

You: What?

Me: Cinnamon scrolls.

1 AM, and finished. 🫠 It's a wrap on Thanksgiving 2025, I made seventeen different dishes (not plates, there were maaanyy more than that) themed around Louisiana and New Orleans specifically including gumbo, sweet potato pie, and cornbread. So tired. So sore. So stuffed, but glad to have done it.

Valiant effort by the piece of shit garlic press to survive until the very last clove for the very last dish before cracking and sending metal pieces all over the kitchen. 🫡

Zee bird is in the oven. 🫠

I have cooked everything else except for green beans, which will be done at the end. And then I have to figure out how to reheat seven dishes all at once. 🤣

Prep Day Two: cooked all of the pies (so, so many pies) and did the other make-ahead prep that could be done today. Tomorrow is cooking the things that really can't be done too far in advance and, of course, cooking the turkey itself. I am very excited though, this is going to be sooo good.

Prep Day One: I cooked the two non-turkey mains for Thursday (the flavours will develop over the next two days and be delicious by Thanksgiving), dry-brined the bird (such a gross process), and made a compound butter for turkey-slathering. Tomorrow will be baking and making sides.

Turkey get! Just picked up my very expensive, fresh gobble-gobble from the Queen Victoria Market, and the rest of the day will be spent cooking the mains that will benefit from having flavours develop over two days and dry-brining the bird tonight. 👨‍🍳

Nominations are now open for the Steam Awards and I’d love it if you’d consider nominating Alcyone: The Last City for "Outstanding Story-Rich Game." At nearly 250k words long, I think it qualifies!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1074830/Alcyone_The_Last_City/

Beef gyudon with pickled ginger, fried egg, togarashi, and spring onion over sushi rice.

Hosted thirteen people for Thanksgiving last year, wanted to avoid that size again, am still doing that many this year. (I’m not complaining, excited to do it, but it’s a lot of work).

Finalised the menu and it hit me that it’s less than a week away. I’m going to be cooking three days straight. 😵‍💫