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[Yesterday’s prompt was ragged!](https://www.deviantart.com/tereyaglikedi/art/Inktober-2025-Day-15-Ragged-1253005610). The first time I’ve started drawing an animal from the nostrils. Bop.
A while ago I had shared that the “banana fastened to a wall with duct tape” art was sold for several million dollars. I saw in the baking subreddit that [someone made the artwork into banana tartlets](https://www.reddit.com/r/Baking/comments/1o7kvzw/i_made_banana_tartlets_inspired_by_the_infamous_6/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) and it looks so cool.
I have a cooking-related and very grave problem. I have bits of pasta left that’s made for layering or stuffing (like five sheets of lasagna, four tubes of canelloni, and a handful or two of conchiglioni. They’re not enough to make a meal for two and I am hardly going to make a stuffed pasta dish for one (at least seems like I won’t, since they’ve been hanging around for a while). Is it okay to do a mixed Frankenstein’s monster pasta bake, or will the pasta police come get me?
I’m studying History and Spanish in UCC in Ireland in third year I can study abroad in a spanish speaking country I know more Latin-American Spanish than Iberian but should I just study in Barcelona for Erasmus is the Grant worth it?
I watched the Wizard of Oz last night. Spoilers ahead.
Early on after Dorothy’s house comes down from the tornado it lands in Munchkinland right on top of the Wicked Witch of the East killing her. The Munchkins are thus liberated from under the oppressive rule of this evil witch, and immediately start to sing and dance in celebration. Obviously it’s a musical so it’s not supposed to exactly make sense, but I find it so funny that they have all these songs and dances ready right after, lmao.
Like, these Munchkins have been living under the Wicked Witch of the East for presumably years, even decades, and all this time underground cells of Munchkin resistance have been dreaming of the day of liberation, coming up with songs and dances to try and hold on to the last bits of hope. Then the liberation finally comes and immediately they’re like “DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD”. Lmao. “This is a day of independence for all the Munchkins and their descendants. Let the joyous news be spread, the wicked old witch at last is dead!” Great speech, mister mayor. I feel so inspired about the future prosperity of these people. I imagine this is what for example Bagdad was like when they were tearing down those statues of Saddam Hussein or something.
The red slippers in the movie look so fabulous. So sparkly.
[Literally perfect autumn weather today](https://imgur.com/a/P6M0X3O). Autumn is at its best right now pretty much, there’s still enough leaves on the trees for them not to look barren, but still a lot on the ground too.