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so whats IN with the anime crowd these days alright so basically a few of my friends and i got a booth in the artist's alley at an upcoming con and i'm supposed to draw some stuff to print on stickers/post cards/pins ect that part shouldn't be a problem at all but well HEREs the kikcer i'm not really up-to-date with anime at all and well i've never actually been like super in touch with it anyways. i'm a casual fan and i've watched maybe like 10 series but only one of them has been recent (ano hana). i'm more into things like comics and games so that's why i'm going before anybody asks why i'm even going if i don't really like the animes so i'm just trying to figure out what is popular/what sells a lot at conventions basically, if you went

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need help from anybody experienced with baking i want to make chokladbollar but i don't really like cocoa and the recipe calls for cocoa powder so i'm trying to find a way to use white chocolate. the only way to buy white cocoa-powder is to buy it through this brand that only sells it in 3 pound tins and it's like $12 so i'm not going to do that. here's the recipe: 1 1/2 c quick-cooking oatmeal 1/4 c sugar 6 Tbsp butter, softened 2 Tbsp cocoa powder 1/2 Tbsp vanilla extract 1 Tbsp coffee coconut or pearl sugar for rolling in how exactly would i go about substituting white chocolate for cocoa powder?

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my neighbor totoro not sure how many people have seen this, but i just read this and i am literally mentally disturbed and shocked. (might be better to read along here because there are pictures) text from source: The story is far from a happy one. According to him, and apparently a popular urban legend in itself, Totoro and his magical friends are in fact death gods, that is to say the gods of death, the grim reaper. Pretty cute for a grim reaper, huh? It begins with the susuwatari (a.k.a. makkurokurosuke), those little black balls that they find in the kitchen. The story goes that if you see the susuwatari or Totoro, death is close. The old woman says that adults can't see the susuwatari or the other mystical beasts. Unexplained though, i