Article: Worrying about falling in love with your friend could cloud your thoughts and feelings about your friendship. If you're feeling attracted to your friend, it may be worth remembering how you became friends and why you value that person's friendship. Then think about everything you would potentially give up if you acted on any romantic urges you have. Lingering romantic feelings have the potential to complicate or even ruin strong friendships. As friends, you should be able to talk about dating other people without feeling jealous or desirous. If you can't do this, you may need to spend some time apart. While you may fear falling in love with your friend, it's much more likely that what you actually experience is attraction or desire. This is a good thing, though, as attraction tends to fade fairly quickly if the feelings are not acted upon. Examine whether you have a history of seeking out unavailable partners. This may give you some insight into your dating patterns and help you learn to break out of those patterns. Change requires action on your part. You will need to actively change the way you think about your friend to stop seeing them as a potential romantic partner. Try to catch yourself whenever you have romantic or sexual thoughts about your friend. Wear a rubber band around your wrist and snap the band against your skin to stop unwanted thoughts as soon as they arise. It may help reduce your attraction to your friend if you think of them as more of a sibling or close family member. Thinking about the person in this way may reduce your feelings of attraction over time. A lack of personal boundaries can quickly make a crush on your friend get intense or even uncomfortable. Remember that your friendship is valuable to you and that engaging in a romantic or sexual relationship with your friend could ruin things. Remain friends, but restrain yourself from doing boyfriend/girlfriend things. For example, avoid holding hands, snuggling intimately, or kissing. Consider limiting your interactions or outings. Try limiting yourself to hanging out once a week. If seeing your friend one-on-one is not a good idea, you may need to spend time together with a group of friends. Being around other people can create more of a social setting while removing some of the temptation and romantic tension that might exist if you and your friend were alone. Make up excuses if your friend wants to get together one-on-one, or stick to spending time alone together in public places. For example, get coffee or go to the park instead of spending time at one another's homes. It's up to you to decide whether you will tell your other friends about your feelings. If there's any chance your other friends would reveal your feelings or make fun of you, you may want to avoid telling them. Revealing your feelings to a friend who doesn't reciprocate could make that friend feel uncomfortable, confused, or even frustrated. Even if you think you could talk to your friend about anything, talking about having romantic feelings for that friend could permanently change the dynamic of your friendship. See if setting some boundaries and spending less time with your friend causes your feelings to start to subside. Your feelings may resolve on your own and you won't need to bring it up with your friend. If your friend is already in a relationship (or you are in a relationship) or has already expressed that they are not interested in you romantically, then you should not reveal your feelings and instead work on moving on to someone else. It may, however, become necessary for you to have an honest discussion with your friend about how you feel. If the feelings won't go away, or your friend has told you they are hurt and confused because you are pulling away, it might be a good idea to tell them what's going on.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Define your friendship. Overcome attraction. Set appropriate boundaries. Spend time in groups. Try keeping your feelings to yourself.
Article: You can purchase rice flour, or sometimes called rice powder, at the grocery store. This item is typically in the organic or health food department and is found in brand's such as Bob's Red Mill. You can also easily make rice flour yourself using a blender. Add two cups of water to one cup of rice flour and mix together. You want there to be no visible lumps and for the mixture to be a liquid, batter-like consistency. Mix in teaspoon cumin seeds and teaspoon salt to the batter. Boil two cups of water. Grease a metal plate with oil. Pour batter on the plate, covering the entirety of it. Put the metal plate on top of the boiling water then put a lid over it. Cook for 2-3 minutes on medium heat. When the papad is finished cooking, take it off of the metal plate carefully with a knife. The papads will change color from white to light brown when they are finished cooking. Lay the papad on a cotton cloth. Continue to put the papad batter on the metal plate. Make one papad at a time. Spread the papads evenly on a cotton cloth. Have multiple plates so you can get one papad ready while the one before it is cooking.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Make or purchase rice flour. Make the rice flour batter. Cook the batter over boiling water. Take the papad off of the plate. Make the rest of the papads.
Article: Major scales figure prominently in flamenco music. If you've already been playing guitar for a while, they are likely some of the first scales you learned as well. Try playing the scales in a way that emulates the basic rhythm and meter of common flamenco styles. For example, the flamenco style Alegrias is typically in C Major. Since this is a fairly simple scale with no sharps or flats, it can be a good place to start. Practice switching between different scales. This will give you the ability to switch keys while you play, a technique known as modulation. This technique figures prominently in pieces performed by many famous flamenco guitarists. Barre chords require significant finger strength, but they are essential to master if you want to play flamenco guitar. Barre chords allow you to play more chords up and down the fretboard, and to transition between those chords more quickly. To make a barre chord, you place your index finger over the fretboard so that you're pressing down all of the strings at the same time. If you're just starting out, placing your middle finger over the top of your index finger can help you understand the pressure required to press down the strings cleanly. Press your thumb into the back of the neck of the guitar and apply even pressure to stabilize your hand. For example, you can make an E Major barre chord by barring the 8th fret with your index finger. Place your ring finger on the 10th fret of the 5th string, and your pinky finger on the 10th fret of the 4th string. Then place your middle finger on the 9th fret of the 3rd string. Strum and adjust your fingers until you have a clean sound. You know how to make chord shapes with your left hand, but you're probably used to just strumming the chord altogether. With an arpeggio, you play each of the notes of the chord individually. You can practice different playing techniques using an arpeggio before you advance to learning flamenco melodies. Arpeggios can also be a good way to stretch and warm up your fingers. For the picado technique, you'll strike the strings of your guitar by alternating your index and middle fingers. If you already know single-line scales, you can use them to practice this flamenco technique. For the picado technique, strike the string downward, rather than plucking the string up as you would in classical guitar. This difference can take some getting used to, especially if you have a lot of experience with classical guitar, so be patient. Even though you're supposed to play picado very fast, start out by playing slowly until your fingers are used to striking the strings correctly.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Focus on Major scales. Practice basic barre chords. Play your chords as arpeggios. Use the picado technique to play scales.