Authentici-Tea

I used to read a lot of webcomics. 

Like, I had 40+ that I checked on a daily basis.

And then I got a life, and that…stopped. 

But! There are a few that are SO AMAZING that I still check them every day, or every couple days. I hope to catch back up on all the others, when I have free time again, but, in the meantime, the four that I currently read are: 

Questionable Content

Girls With Slingshots

Gunnerkrigg Court

and Oglaf

QC, which isn’t necessarily about anything, but features coffee shops, snark, robots, and a lot of dirty jokes as well as an actual plot most of the time and good characters, updates on a weekdaily basis. GWS, which pretty much deserves the same description, except that the coffee shops are replaced with bars and the robots are replaced with a talking, Scottish, moustachioed cactus, updates every day (I think? It might just be every weekday, I don’t actually remember). GC, which is sort of about a school and sort of about robots and sort of about magic and has marvelous art, updates three times a week (MWF, I believe). Oglaf runs on Sundays. Er, Oglaf is sort of…porn, but not really? It’s hilarious and has running jokes and is usually quite clever. If you’re underage, I totally didn’t tell you about it, shhh.

Anyways. Yes. Those are my favorites right now, you should totally read them. 

Also! If you are a slash fan and don’t mind that a webcomic has been finished, I recommend Sandra Fuhr’s Boy Meets Boy and its sequel, Friendly Hostility. Adorable boys and mad shenanigans like woah. BMB was the first webcomic I ever read. 

In the vein of finished webcomics, I also absolutely have to recommend the flawless Narbonic. Mad science! Awesome mad science, handled very well, totally accessible to non-science-y people. Scary Go Round is also good, and finished, but its sequel, Bad Machinery, is up on that site now, and I’m not caught up on it, but I’m sure it’s good. Queen of Wands, another finished one,is an oldie, but a goodie, and deserves a read as well. 

I’m…I’m not giving you a list of the ones I’ve been meaning to catch up on. It’s very long. 

Yes. Er. Go on. Google them! 

No worries! Let me know if you run into this problem again while you’re up here, though„,it’s not as if I don’t live five minutes away. ^_^

Heee, okay, thank you! =^____^=

You want me to ask my mom to run you some tea over tomorrow? I mean, I know between the two of us we have tons of it, and I’m sure there’s something in our house you would like…

Oh man, that is so nice of you! I think my boyfriend is taking me out tomorrow, though! :-/ It’s really sweet of you to offer, though! <3

whitelrabbit asked: Another really crazy poet/poem is Buddy Wakefield - "Convenience Stores" Chills every time. I hope you enjoy them. <3

Oh man, thank you! And for the other recs as well! ^___^ 

whitelrabbit answered: Ever read Taylor Mali, Sarah Kay, or Anis Mojgani?

No! I’ll look them up! Any particular favorite works of theirs? 

It doesn’t have to be new poetry. Just stuff you like. ^__^ 

because I’m not supposed to do caffeine during an adrenal crash— it’s alright when I’m more built back up, but caffeine sort of short-circuits my adrenals, and… yeah. So I’m stuck with herbals, which would normally be fine, really, but all the things we have are all heavy and thick, like India Spice and Mayan Cocoa Spice and… I really just want a solid cup of Blackcurrant Bracer, but I’m out, and it’s kind of expensive and I’m kind of too tired to do the ordering thing, and it certainly wouldn’t get here now, which is when I want it. So I’m stuck with Mom’s fruity, raspberry…stuff. And I like raspberries! But rarely in tea, especially if it’s not iced. This just tastes like wet, sour leaves. :( And I feel bad, because it’s not the tea’s fault, but I don’t like it. My mother loves it, and I feel like I’m wasting it, but I need tea, and the heavy stuff makes my stomach hurt when I’m sick. 

We have a massive, overgrown mint patch out front. I’ll go out and pick some tomorrow, throw together a mint-lavender thing so I don’t have to do this again. -___-; 

foxortea said: good lord, i feel like You’re all magical and delightful as hell, like mary poppins.

Awwwww! That’s so sweet! :3 If only. I’d love to be like Mary Poppins. 

darkmagyk asked: So, this leads to the obvious question, what are the shipping wars and OTPs in the tea fandom?

Oh my god. BRILLIANT QUESTION. Ten points to Ravenclaw! 

Well, my personal OTP is Blackcurrant/Irish Breakfast tea, though I’ll OT3 them with a splash of good whiskey now and again. XD