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[littleredsass]

Standby! Just waiting to be cleared to get a seat 🛫 #solotravel #homewardbound #adventure #ineedthiscoffee (at Frankfurt Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByHnF2llaSJ/?igshid=19sbje3lstxgo

[littleredsass]

Apparently it’s bingo night at the @wrightscafebar I’ve never seen a card like this, though, so we’ll see how it goes 😅 #ireland #solotravel #adventure #bingo #wishmeluck (at Wrights Cafe Bar) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByBb9VGlYVn/?igshid=ffjhjuy51ww2

[littleredsass]

And to no one’s surprise, I’m having tea and scones even though I will be going for dinner in an hour #imanadult #ireland #solotravel #teaandscones #nofilter #redhair #redheadsofinstagram #ineversaidimgoodatadulting (at Swords, Dublin) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByA1gvxluoZ/?igshid=1y0jxfojmd3bv

[littleredsass]

At my new B&B I was offered the blue room or the pink room. Not exactly a hard choice for me haha. #ofcourseipickedpink #pinkroom #bedandbreakfast #hospitality #ireland #solotravel #killarney (at Mystical Rose B&B) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx3AM0PF5EX/?igshid=guwf02qripop

[littleredsass]

Highlights from today! #adventure #solotravel #ireland #nofilter #dunguairecastle https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxz1cLtlZat/?igshid=qc4sm9r0yxf5

[littleredsass]

New friends, new adventures! #solotravel #ireland #adventure (at King John's Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxxDj_2l5ej/?igshid=qk2zzuu7cj8x

[littleredsass]

Make friends with chefs and you, too, can get a coffee and cake with a candle on your birthday (close enough, anyway) #ireland #birthdaycake #newfriends #makeawish #cheers (at King John's Castle) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxw0EGmFINz/?igshid=gcfn0vpicnmu

[littleredsass]

While I’m in Ireland with castles and cute accents and pastries, my friend is in Hawaii with tropical beaches and yummy cocktails and beautiful sunsets. Obviously my vacation is better, but I won’t rub it in 😉#ireland #castle #vacation #irelandisbettertganhawaii https://www.instagram.com/p/BxwfmDhFEmR/?igshid=76wgkti8hfqr

[littleredsass]

Saw my first Irish castle today! And subsequently learned that they are not great if you have a significant fear of heights 😅 I calmed myself down with some tea and a delicious scone with butter, jam, and cream (at Bunratty Castle, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxuXyE6F9zt/?igshid=1gm445q05np0k

[littleredsass]

🎵I’m leavin’ on a jet plane🎶 Ireland here I come! 🍀🇨🇮 (at United Airlines - Denver International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxsw6yalm4x/?igshid=rf5yhvz3i1i8

[littleredsass]

Good morning from an unexpected mountain paradise! The air is crisp and clean and the streets are calm and filled with warming sunlight. The post-Mother’s-Day snow that inspired dreams of winter wonderlands is slowly beginning to melt. Thank you for this incredible retreat, @atwulf ❤️ #rockymountains #snowinmay #nature #hiddengem (at Yampa, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxmqizyl9Qr/?igshid=zx5xwns6f0qv

[littleredsass]

Sitting in a sunroom watching the snow fall in the middle of May...? #snow #summer #colorado #deadmayflowers (at Yampa, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxmBpZ4lp95/?igshid=1twh4k50mq01

[littleredsass]

New hair just in time! As always, thank you @erinandrewshair for the beautiful work ❤️ #redhair #redheadsofinstagram #longhair #irelandhereicome https://www.instagram.com/p/BxlIu4GFG6i/?igshid=ma7hpacyw12z

[littleredsass]

Today I went to the Hammond’s Candies Factory and took a tour with @phoenixmetals @rudy_marius and learned that they let their marshmallows rise for days. They are marshmallow perfection sitting atop what I thought was hot cocoa (it’s actually flavored instant coffee) #cheers #marshmallow #mmm #daytrip (at Hammond's Candies since 1920) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvVDNY-lMxz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1es0y1s9drnqe

[littleredsass]

Takeaway: oxytocin gives you -3 to perception for a few turns, but amygdala damage gives you a permanent -5 to perception.

But, hey! Oxytocin also makes you less susceptible to fear! So that’s cool!

Some DM really needs to do something creative with an oxytocin mist and terrifying monsters hiding under beds. Either the oxytocin works and the players are distracted wanting to cuddle/romance each other, or it doesn’t work and the players are too scared of the monsters to get out of bed.

Fear center in the brain protects against illusions

Research involving the rubber hand illusion and twins with Urbach-Wiethe syndrome provides new information about the amygdala’s role in self-perception distortions.

https://neurosciencenews.com/amgydala-temporal-lobe-illusion-10883/

“A protective mechanism against illusory perceptions is amygdala-dependent” by Franny B Spengler, Dirk Scheele, Sabrina Kaiser, Markus Heinrichs, René Hurlemann in Journal of Neuroscience DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2577-18.2019

[littleredsass]

Jobs that I wish existed

(But, honestly, if they did exist I wouldn’t even know how to apply/get into them):

- Living in different lifestyles/parts of the country and writing about what it’s like

- Shadowing people and trying out various jobs for 2-3 weeks each to explain what the job really entails

- Anything that involves traveling the world and seeing sites/experiencing cultures

- Helping other people learn how to make friends and socialize in different settings

- Professional wingman (but not in that skeezy ‘Art of the Game’ douchebag way)

- TBH just something that pays enough for me to pay off my student loans, has good benefits so I can manage my autoimmune disease, and has me waking up in the morning actually wanting to go to work

That last one is a real stretch though.

[littleredsass]

Lovely sunset on a frigid, snowy day in colorful Colorado #sunset #aesthetic #snow #colorado https://www.instagram.com/p/BunWHpiFuiQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jfim0swpx7cs