#I got a volunteer position at my local zoo

[virtie333]

hello there! i noticed in your most recent ask you stated that you used to train raptors and parrots for a zoo. as someone who’s incredibly interested in that career, i was wondering if you had any tips or tricks for getting started?

i’ve been consistently volunteering at a local wildlife shelter, and im working to join the education program they have so that i can begin to work with their raptors. is there anything else that people interested in this career can do?

thank you!

I'm going to be honest with you, I got very lucky to get into the world of birds. When I applied for a summer job at the small zoo in the Black Hills, which actually specializes in reptiles, my desire was to work with the miniature horses they also raised. I spent my first summer giving pony rides to kids!

However, the area we gave rides looked over the weathering area, the place they kept the raptors, and I would see the person run back to get the eagle they used as the final bird for every show. When they asked me that winter if there was any other department I was interested in, I told them the birds. I spent my winter break getting introduced to them and spent the next four summers working with them.

My boss was a falconer and a licensed wildlife rehabilitator. All her staff were temporarily licensed as well, so we could handle all the raptors. We performed shows (that's Skyler above, a Harris' Hawk), took care of sick and injured raptors, and took care of the parrots that were on display in the Sky Dome.

Moche, the blue and gold Macaw I helped raise from a baby, is still there, almost 30 years later.

I'm going to assume you live in the U.S. (or at least North America)?My suggestion would be to keep volunteering, keep getting whatever experience you can. If you know of a licensed rehabber in your area, volunteer to help them. If you can find any falconers, ask to shadow them as they care for, train, and hunt their birds. The more experience you get and the more professionals you can use as references, the more likely you'll be able to find a job in the field.

Are there any zoos/theme parks nearby? The smaller the zoo, the more likely you'll be able to get a position with limited experience, as I did. Obviously, the bigger zoos and theme parks will want professional experience. My boss worked for Bush Gardens before she came to us, and she is now the Education Director at the Minnesota Raptor Center.

If all else fails, just study up on falconry as much as you can and find one to apprentice under. Every state has different laws, and since North American Birds of Prey are protected federally, they have rules, too, but it's definitely a reachable goal.

I hope any of this helps! When I graduated college, my main goal was to work with horses, but I ended up working as a vet tech for 18+ years. I was the designated 'bird lady' at the clinic for all those years, as none of the vets had a huge amount of bird experience, so they always made sure I was their tech for bird appointments. I don't get to work with them much now that I'm at a boarding kennel, though we have boarded one or two in the past few years.

I miss it and them very much, but I will always have the memories.

[tauforged]

Hi I gotta ask, how did you get a lab tech job at an aquarium? I am a lab tech in a hospital, and I’m rly not a fan of the environment/people, but it has always been my dream to work at an aquarium. Do you need a specific degree/expertise?

depends on the institution and what lab exactly you’re going for. i personally don’t have any schooling or a degree of any kind (rather, i dropped out of art school after a semester and a half in 2018 LOOOL) but i happen to have several years of hands-on experience as aquatics department head at a pet store beforehand, and years of hobbyist experience before then, and so between that and a passion for the field i caught some attention and got the position. if you’re looking to be in one of the bet labs, i’d say you probably wanna have some degree of veterinary experience, but something like a water quality lab could be a bit more lenient as long as whoever you’re working with is willing to take the time to train you. i’m very lucky that my supervisor is a wonderful person who saw potential in me despite me not having the most impressive qualifications on paper, and i’m eternally grateful that she was willing to hire me on despite me having absolutely 0 lab experience and needing a good amount of guidance and advice for the first month or so before i started getting the hang of things. every situation is different - some places will help pay for relevant schooling if needed, some don’t require schooling at all. i know a lot of places, my own workplace included, are working to make the field more accessible and in the process of establishing more robust outreach programs to really make it less intimidating to get into, so i’d say chances are getting better and better if you’re willing to put yourself out there!

as general advice, i’ll always recommend looking into what sort of volunteering/internship programs your local zoos/aquariums/museums offer!! they can be a good way to get your feet wet and see what it’s like to work in a certain department without immediately diving into a full time job, and i know at my facility were always happy to get the help whenever possible. most of my coworkers either started off as volunteers or interns or transferred from another department at the same place, so it happens a decent amount. while i personally didn’t have the fortitude to stay in the customer service side of things for very long (so much respect for everyone who does. you’re braver than every US marine 🫡) my prior employment ended up being a decent factor as well, since i already knew the building and general goings-on. i say go for it! believe in yourself!! you’ll never know what opportunities are out there unless you look :3

[zeke-von-genbu]

Thoughts on Nintendo direct?

*cries in long suffering kid icarus and xbcx fan*

LMAOOO jk but honestly this direct just wasn’t really for me tbh like huge shoutout to the metroid stans but…idc :( um botw 2 looks good obviously but i’m worried about the time mechanic! like if it’s just a rune that’s cool but idk how id feel abt even MORE time bullshit getting thrown into zelda like time travel js one of my least fav narrative devices too…but who knows cause lord knows they didn’t tell us enough to make solid calls on anything i’m just weird abt stuff lmao.

[is-the-primate-vid-cute]

I dropped out of college and am 28, but I just got an interpreter job at my local zoo. Do you think this is a good starting point for animal work?

It can be!

The sad part is, its extremely difficult to cross over departments. If your goal is to work with the animals, I would suggest doing your very best to make a name for yourself- impress your supervisors, volunteer in your free time, be social with other staff members and generally get your name out there. When a position does open up you will be in competition with applicants who actually have animal care experience so it will be difficult to get your resume selected, I'll be totally honest. Networking is your best friend. Make friends with the keepers and supervisors!!!

I HIGHLY suggest volunteering, docent work, or even applying for an internship. You really want relevant animal care experience to be a desirable applicant in the future (I understand not everyone can afford to work unpaid, but you may be able to do part-time interning or work out a specialized schedule since you're a paid employee as well.)

[rai-knightshade-art]

I seem to be on a "fave media x 80's cult classic" kick right now (there'll be a Sailor Moon x Back to the Future post sometime in the future), so let's have my latest combo: the Young Jedi Knights Squad (Jaina, Jacen, Zekk, Tenel Ka, and Raynar) as The Breakfast Club! Aka a fanfic that i will never write and yet so desperately want to see written i already made Fanart for it. Go figure. Anyways have some iconic scenes from the movies!

Close Ups and a description of each of the "club" members below the cut, image IDs in the alt text!

The Players:

Zekk is, obviously, the "delinquent"; he's an orphan, he has to work and scrounge up his food and clothes, he pulls harebrained schemes for the adrenaline rush--he's a teacher's (specifically Brakiss's) worst nightmare. Of course, that's not all he is; he's got a key mind for mechanics and technology, helped by his scrap searching; he stays out at all hours because he doesn't like being home alone (his guardian Peckham, who he loves like family, is often away as a truck driver, and it gets lonely in their little house without him); he's kindhearted, and fiercely loyal, he just doesn't want to let anyone in out of fear of losing them, or that they won't like what they see....

Jaina is the "princess"; the only daughter of the Governor, she's been groomed to play nice and hang out with the other children of politicians and CEOs since she was just a little girl. Nowadays they form her primary group of friends, the most popular kids in school, looked up to--or down upon-- by their peers in equal measure. And... She kinda hates it. She stays with them only out of obligation, to make her mother's life easier, but she doesn't particularly care about any of them and doesn't even particularly enjoy their company; it's all drama and gossip and a revolving cacophony of dating and breaking up and bitter exes and rivalries and she is sick of it. She would much rather be spending her time at her dad's auto shop, getting her hands dirty tuning up engines and changing oil and bonding with Han. She can't tell anyone that tho, it would ruin her reputation...

Jacen is the "jock"; the twin brother of Jaina, he also feels a certain pressure to stay in with the popular crowd. He achieves this by being captain of the fencing team; it's no star quarterback position but it is still respectable among his peers. Fencing isn't his true passion, tho; he'd much rather be spending all his time at the local animal shelters, or assisting at the zoo. He's an animal lover through and through, but it's something he hides from his "friends" so that they don't have reason to shun him for being a "sissy." He knows there's nothing ignoble about his hobby, but they don't know that....

Tenel Ka is, for lack of a better term, the "weirdo"; she comes from somewhere called Dathomir, from a culture of fierce warrior women, and boy, does she act like it. She will readily duel anyone who looks at her wrong, she eats entire animal legs for lunch, and she never seems to show much emotion.... Ever. Add to that her missing arm (which no one knows the truth about btw, rumors fly about it being anything from a childhood accident to one of her duels gone wrong), and she cuts an intimidating figure that most students avoid. Is there more to her than that? Oh is there. Is there ever.

Raynar Thul is the final member of the crew; he's the "trust fund baby" that hangs out with a very specific clique that even Jaina and Jacen aren't a part of. He comes across as snobbish and standoffish, unwilling to dabble with anyone "lesser". This is a front, however; he projects this persona because it's what his parents expect from him, and he doesn't want word getting back to them about what he actually does: extensive volunteer work. Raynar has a drive to help people, and has been trying to use his privilege all through high school to do just that, by volunteering at food banks and for highway clean up, and donating as much of his allowance as physically possible where he can. In fact, it's how he met his girlfriend Lusa, but that's a whole other can of worms...

[unidentifiedspoon]

*inserts 1 like for the primate story times*

BLESS I'VE WANTED TO HOLLER ABOUT THIS FOR AGES this is about to get loud and also don't doxx me or my zoo if you recognize things

so the zoo i volunteered at is in possession of two things, a baby gorilla (not so baby anymore......) and an orangutan. baby gorilla was hand raised for a while due to the loss of her mom, orangutan was hand raised bc she was from the era when having your own pet baby orangutan was Cool and Fun and not awful.

baby gorilla was, obviously, a huge draw for visitors and donors. who DOESN'T want to see an infant gorilla holding on to a zookeeper wearing a fake gorilla fur vest and just looking so, so tired?? it rules, it's great, it spreads awareness, please visit and/or donate to your local zoo. but i had the misfortune to be wearing a volunteer shirt in and around the gorilla exhibit often when the baby was still being hand raised, and there are three separate people i can remember who VERY EARNESTLY asked if visitors got to hold the baby. do we get to feed the baby?? do we get to touch her?? can we take pictures with her??

same with the orangutan, who i did not have the fortune to work with, who would occasionally wear tshirts and mix up orangutan potions as enrichment. something about an orangutan wearing a warp tour tshirt backwards and holding a paper cup full of water with orange slices in it made people think it was reasonable to ask if they could hold her. or if the keepers ever let her out to walk around. or, again, if they could HOLD HER

short answer: NO! MY GOD !

long answer: that orangutan is one of my favorite living things and she crushed a keeper's thumb into paste one time. that baby gorilla is also one of my favorite living things, and she left bruises on the keepers ALL THE TIME. you can work with an animal every day, for years, and have nothing but positive interactions, and they are still dangerous to you!!! not out of malice or cruelty or even intention of any kind!!! anthropomorphizing wild animals gets humans hurt or killed and animals demonized AT BEST and it's all our own STUPID FAULTS and STOP ASKING TO HOLD A BABY GORILLA I SPENT 2 HOURS MOPPING HER SHIT THIS MORNING YOU REALLY DON'T WANT TO PUT YOUR HANDS THERE ANYWAY

[wild-west-wind]

Hi AJ! I'm a (tentatively hopeful) student entering the wildlife biology field, and was wondering if I could ask what path you took to becoming a park ranger/nat. Science educator?

My path into this world was  unusual, in the sense that I was able to get in very young, and then completely crashed and burned and more-or-less restarted. As a result this is going to be long, rambling, and probably totally unhelpful.

So my first natural resources work was as a volunteer doing bird surveys and habitat restoration starting in I think 2005. I did 2-10 hours of restoration work per week on average from 2005 to 2011. Most of that work was small-scale, weeding, planting, removing some problematic trees, trail maintenance, but occasionally we did something bigger, including some work on a pretty damaged area that we totally cleared and began work on (it was a riparian area, we dug up a lot of car parts, weird [non human] bones, a gun, and more as we planted). During this time I met an Alligator, which is uncommon in Los Angeles.

In 2010 I had my first education job, though it was not in natural science. My first education job was teaching drawing at an arts focused summer camp. I was good with kids, and someone (without telling me) put in a good word, so I ended up getting offered the job when an adult real teacher had to drop out four weeks before camp started. I wrote my curriculum, got it approved, and taught two classes per day for six weeks (and also built sets and lights for a stage show, and assisted two other art classes, it was a busy summer. I was 17.)

Then I did absolutely nothing personally or professionally until I dropped out of college after the spring 2013 semester. I ended up taking 15 months off school, during which I got literally the only internship that would take me, a nonprofit nature group in my home town that I was connected to via my old habitat restoration contacts. I was brought in as an Assistant Naturalist, but I ended up doing a lot, especially because I could work 5 days per week.

During the Spring 2013 semester, I managed to pass only a single class, which was an intro geology class. Prior to that I had taken a few natural science classes, but I was still supposed to be a history or psych major. Or at least I was on paper.

After 4 months in my internship I decided to take a few community college classes. I ended up taking another geology course, an oceanography course, and a history course. During this time I decided I should probably go back to college, and applied to return to my previous school.

After spending 15 months working in public lands, I realized I really wanted to stay in that world, and when I applied to return to my university I did so as an environmental science major.

I went back to school, almost immediately switched to Geology, minored in Biology, did some volunteer stuff, working in outreach and event planning for my school’s sustainability department, TAed a tiny bit, left college and was unemployed for a while.

Then I worked as a paleontologist for several months.

And then was unemployed again.

But Then! I got hired by my local Zoo doing education work again! I was frustrated being back there at first, but it reminded me how much I loved being in the education world, and it provided a really great stepping stone into the Park Service, which was happy with my years of education experience and science background. I got passed up for maybe 10 Park Service jobs I interviewed for, then got the first one I applied to after starting at the Zoo. Then I turned it down and the second was the job I do summer seasons now!

Looking forward I’m three Park Service seasons away from being eligible for less competitive permanent positions through a majorly bogus act of congress, after which I’ll be three years away from getting another improved status that makes it so I’ll be easier to hire for any job in my grade. Right now I’m hoping to either work a winter NPS season over the 2021-2022 winter, or get a job doing outreach/education in a different environment (I’m only going back to the zoo if they can promote me, which is unfortunately unlikely). After that Grad School is a maybe, which would start Fall 2022 if I do it.

Overall there are dozens of paths to get into this field, and most of the interp/scicomm/science education people I know took weird routes into their jobs. Embrace the weird, work as much as you can without effecting your quality of life, if you can afford to,do internships over the summer, and if not look out for paid government work in land management (even if it isn’t what you want to do long term). Take some comm classes, get used to public speaking, and things will probably work out, whether you end up where you think you will or not.

[blueeyedrichie]

okay as a ~*~*distraction*~*~ what part time job do you think each loser would work in the 00’s au? (or any timeline you want)

oop piggybacking off my last ask to add that I personally love Richie working at a movie theater/video rental/store like Newbury Comics (idk if that’s a national chain or not)

okay i’m not joking when i say that i read the first ask and was like “RICHIE VIDEO RENTAL STORE” and then saw your second ask and i fully screamed bc of course we would have the same brain once again :’) soooooo

richie: i’m fully thinking that like he would work at some local place when they are still living in derry, and when they move away for college he would work at blockbuster and think it’s literally the coolest thing ever. like he’s FINALLY gotten to the highest tier of video rental stores. and the other losers are like “dude you do realize that like rental stores are a dying business right” but richie works there til the bitter end, a big part of that being that all the kids that come in think his voices are super funny, like whatever movie they rent richie will talk to them in the voice of the main character or something and it’s just really fun for him. also free candy, helloooo? and the losers are all v supportive and come rent movies from him specifically. and he also tries to get eddie to go into the 18+ room, and eddie’s like “dude we literally are 20 years old, it’s not like we have to sneak in” but richie just thinks it’s funny and so sometimes they’ll run in there together only to run back out giggling like little kids because it’s fun and they can (pls ignore that my timeline here is probably way off from the actual 00′s au i’m just ~doin what i want~) and i think toward the end of working here is when he’d really start to focus more on like his rtvf degree bc i love that for him and he’d get his first dj job while he’s still in school

eddie: mechanic shop!!!!!! let that boy enjoy his love of cars!!!!!! again, he’d work at a local place until they move and tbh probably have a hard time finding a solid job because he just has the little bit of experience from derry. but with the support of his friends and his determination he finally lands a job at a pretty reputable mechanic shop in new york (i’m just going with new york but i mean they could be anywhere) and he quickly becomes one of their top mechanics. he also is taking automotive technology classes and i imagine him getting an internship or something and getting to work on really fancy cars and stuff, though he truly prefers working on like old cars and helping his friends out. he fully teaches richie how to change the oil in his truck at some point bc he gets sick of richie always taking it in for something so simple and paying for it with his ~blockbuster savings~ and he also shows everyone how to change their tires :’)

stanley: i think stan would volunteer at like zoos and animal adoption places. at first he’s mainly just like a janitor and cleans up the walking paths and runs concessions and stuff, which he’s honestly okay with because he gets to spend a lot of time just bird watching and admiring the animals and practicing his bird calls. and i think once they all move, he’d get a position at a big zoo as like a guide and he would teach lessons on how to tell different birds apart and how to do bird calls. i think even when he does get the job, he’d probably still volunteer at animal shelters on the side and he’d be the person in the room with the people who will potentially be adopting to see how the animals respond and he gets to decide if they get to adopt or not

mike: i really love the idea of mike working in antique shops. i can see him falling in love with some little shop in derry that is probably on its last legs and asking for a job, and they probably tell him they don’t need the help but he is persistent and basically ends up just working there and while they can’t afford to pay much, they let him take random things he finds home. of course, along with all the trinkets there would be tons of old literature there and he’d spend a lot of his time reading. in new york, he’d probably be in search of similar shops that he can fix up and find more cool items, and he always gifts each of the losers cool things he finds that makes him think of them. i can also definitely see him working in the university library sometimes, but i think he’d love finding old photos and books and knick knacks and learning about where they all came from

beverly: honestly i think bev would work at a movie theatre, but spend almost all of her time flipping through magazines and drawing up sketches of clothing and listening to music. she starts at concessions and moves up to box office, and she definitely sneaks the other losers in to watch movies for free. she and richie argue about whose job is better and who has the better candy (it’s literally all the same, eddie will tell them) and she also gets to bring home movie posters and distributes them amongst the losers. she definitely gets caught letting them all in for free movies and has to stay late to mop the theatre floors, but little does her boss know that the losers will continue to sneak in anyway and help her clean up. i think she’d keep working there until she gets an internship with a designer. all the losers keep the movie posters that she’d given them over the years

bill: bill works in used bookstores and libraries, and also prefers to accept his pay in the form of taking as many books home as he can. he’s usually there on his own, and he always brings notebooks (this dude can’t afford a laptop yet okay) with him so that he can write his own stories when he isn’t reading. i also can fully see one of the gifts that mike gives is a typewriter to bill that he finds in one of the antique shops :’)) the shops in derry aren’t very busy, so he gets to spend most of his time there reading not only novels, but also books on being a writer and this is where he learns a lot about becoming an author. in ny, i can definitely see him being a library aide and i just have a very vivid image of bill on one of those slidy ladder things looking through the books on the top shelf and being mesmerized by just how much there is to read. even when he isn’t actually working, he’s in a corner of the library working on his original works and just enjoying the atmosphere

ben: ben works at a comic shop, but most of his time is spent sketching buildings and rearranging the store shelves so that it’s neater and makes more sense in the aspect of ~architecture~ and his boss is like in true shock every time he comes into the store in the morning and finds not a single comic out of place like he always did with the people that worked there previously. he draws inspo for big, fancy buildings from things he sees in the comics and likes to redraw them to a realistic scale and imagine what they would look like in real life. the losers of course love to visit him here as well, and they help him choose his best sketches to create a portfolio before they go off to college where he presents it to his professor who would honestly be pretty impressed by it all (and i’m thinking would prob be like “is this the building from ~insert comic here~ and ben would be like YES) and that’s how he gets an internship in architecture

AHHHHH this got so fucking long omg thank you for sending <33333 

[fortheheavenssake]

💟💟 PG MM Anon(II) 💟💟 Interpretation Collection - 7

43. June 10

MM ANON … Gone……………everything is now B&W…………… “ but’ tomorrow is another day”………… “ but old thing, I look like bloody Bela Lugosi” ………… “ shutup Philip”……… “ just Take the bloody picture “.………”they’ve hardly ever been on a train William “………… “ yes , they’d be very excited 😜 “ ………… 🎼we’re all going to the zoo tomorrow 🎼…………… she lies for exposure……… yachting’ secret exposure !! …………… this time it’s explosive!! ………… “ great scoop Beth.”

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💜💜🙏🏻🙏🏻😊😊THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON😊😊🙏🏻🙏🏻💜💜

JUNE 10/2020. RIDDLE #43

Gone…….everything is now B&W…………… “

OUR WORLD HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED. I DO NOT HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS, YOU ALL ALREADY KNOW THIS.MANY ARE ARE FEELING IT, FEAR, ANXIETY, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? GONE, IN A FLEETING MOMENT, BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. STATUES HAVE BEEN DESECRATED AND TAKEN DOWN. OR WORSE YET A LONDON BASED AMERICAN MUSEUM COORDINATOR HAS TWEETED WHAT CHEMICALS TO USE TO DESTROY STATUES AND THE LIKE. OK WHERE WILL THIS GO? THERE IS NO GREY ANYMORE, ITS AS CONCRETE AS IT GETS BLACK AND WHITE. BUT LIFE IS NEVER SO SIMPLE. LIFE IS NUANCED WITH A ZILLION SHADES OF GREY.

“but’ tomorrow is another day”…………

THE LAST LINE IN GONE WITH THE WIND, AFTER RHETT BUTLER SAYS TO THE GORGEOUS VIVIEN LEIGH PORTRAYING SCARLETT OHARA, FRANKLY MY DEAR I DON’T GIVE A DAMN. CONTROVERSIAL LANGUAGE AT THE TIME. THEY TOOK FOREVER TO CAST THE ROLE OF SCARLETT BECAUSE THE BOOK WAS SO POPULAR THEY NEEDED AN ACTRESS THAT PEOPLE HAD ENVISIONED.I USED TO HAVE THE MOVIE POSTER THAT I BOUGHT AT AN ANTIQUE SALE, NOW I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. SHE SHRUGS HER SHOULDERS AND SAYS AH WELL TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY. GREAT FILM. IN NO WAY GLORIFIES THE OLD SOUTH. SHOWS HOW CUNNING AND RUTHLESS FEMALES HAD TO BE TO SURVIVE.

“ but old thing, I look like bloody Bela Lugosi” ………… “ shutup Philip”……… “ just Take the bloody picture “.………”they’ve hardly ever been on a train William “………… “ yes , they’d be very excited 😜 “ …………

PHOTOS RELEASED TODAY ARE MARVELLOUS, NOT TAKEN BY CATHERINE BUT BY STEVE PARSONS. THIS TOOK PLACE DURING THE PHOTO SESSION. HIMSELF THINKS HE LOOKS LIKE THE FABULOUS BELA LUGOSI. CLASSIC HORROR STAR FROM THE 1930’S. HMTQ IS HAVING NONE OF HIS BEHAVIOUR TODAY. TYPICAL HIMSELF JUST TAKE THE BLOODY OR IS IT F****** PICTURE🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂.

HMTQ IS TALKING TO WILLIAM, ANTICIPATING THE ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIDGES. THE CHILDREN HAVE NEVER TAKEN THE TRAIN. I AM CERTAIN THEY WILL ALL HAVE LOTS TO TELL GAN GAN AND HIMSELF. WILLIAM IS CHERKY IN HER WINKY REPLY THAT A TRAIN RIDE IS MORE EXCITING THAN TIK TOK OR WHATEVER THE YOUNG ONES FANCY.

🎼we’re all going to the zoo tomorrow 🎼……………

CLASSIC CHILDREN’S SONG. I BET EVEN LITTLE LOUIS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE BIRTHDAY TIK TOK PERFORMANCE FOR THE BIRTHDAY GENTLEMAN. HOW I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT VIDEO💜💜💜💜💜💜.

she lies for exposure……… yachting’ secret exposure !! …………… this time it’s explosive!! ………… “ great scoop Beth.”

WELL WELL WELL, WE ALL KNOW MADAM IS A LIE MACHINE. CONSTANTLY GRINDING THEM OUT. SOMEONE HAS BOTTEN INTO WHAT FORMERLY HAS BEEN SCRUBBED OFF HARD DRIVES, THE INTERNET. OR IS SOMEONE TALKING, A CAREFULLY CURATED SOURCE? SOUNDS LIKE THIS TIME IT WILL GO PUBLIC AND IT WILL BE EXPLOSIVE. EVERYTHING IS EXPLOSIVE THE LAST FEW WEEKS. SO WHO IS BETH THAT GOT THE GREAT SCOOP, MEANING A GREAT STORY FOR PAPERS OR OTHER MEDIA IE ONLINE OR MAGAZINE. ELIZABETH HOLMES HAS BEEN WRITING ABOUT THE ROYAL FOR YEARS. SHE ALSO SPENT A DECADE OR SO WORKING AT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. I WONDER IF THIS IS THE “BETH” IN QUESTION WHO MAY HAVE SUSSED DETAILS ABOUT DINO YACHTING EXPLOSIVE DETAILS.

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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44. June 11

MM ANON …… dib dib dib……… one metre before July …………care-ing monarch online ……… 🎼What picture,what a photograph 🎼………… DOC museum of photography ? ………. Columbus falls……… “ I shall insist it’s the best TTC old thing “ …………a trace race. ………… Sunday Balmoral?? ………… “ plenty of fresh air for them” ……… “ in the lodge” ……… “C&C can stay here” ……………” your good at this zoom lark old thing “…………… “Group Of eight, a dinner party “

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✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

JUNE 11/2020. RIDDLE#44

I CANNOT BELIEVE IT IS 44 RIDDLES ALREADY!☺️

dib dib dib……….

DIB DIB DIB IS DO YOUR BEST. BOY SCOUT CODE. ROBERT BADEN-POWELL STARTED THE WELL KNOW ORGANIZATION IN 1907. THERE IS A STATUE OR A SITUE REALLY, YOU CAN SIT NEXT TO IT IN POOLE. THERE WAS REAL CONCERN THAT PROTESTORS WERE GOING TO DESTROY IT. I POSTED THAT EARLY THIS MORNING HOW THE LOCALS STOOD UP AND AROUND HIM PROTECT8NG THE STATUE. NOW THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED SECURITY UNTIL IT CAN BE REMOVED. HOWEVER, AN ONLINE PETITION HAS ALREADY 15,000+ SIGNATURES TO KEEP IT. TIME WILL TELL. THE PROTESTORS HAVE A PREMADE LIST OF STATUES AROUND THE WHOLE COUNTRY. THIS HAS BEEN RESEARCHED FUNDED AND PLANNED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

one metre before July …………

THE HOPE AND PLANS ARE , ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL AND THINGS CONTINUE, THAT PHYSICAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES WILL DECREASE FROM THE TWO METRE IT HAS BEEN TO REDUCED TO ONE METRE BY JULY. OH WON’T THAT BE MARVELLOUS. THEN 🤗 HUGGING.

care-ing monarch online ………

TODAY HMTQ AND THE PRINCESS ROYAL HAD A ZOOM MEETING CALL WITH HEALTH CARERS, THE EFFORTS OF VOLUNTEER WEEK. IT WAS HMTQ’S FIRST ZOOM CALL MEETING. THE CARERS WERE EXPECTING PRINCESS ANNE AND WERE BEYOND GOBSMACKED DELIGHTED THAT HMTQ WAS THERE AS WELL! JUST IMAGINE THAT! BIG EXCITEMENT FOR SURE.

🎼What picture,what a photograph 🎼………… DOC museum of photography ? ……….

OUR CATHERINE HAS BEEN SHOWING US SOME OF THE PHOTOS IN THE VARIOUS PRE DETERMINED CATEGORIES, FOR THE HOLD STILL, PHOTO EXHIBIT. IT IS TO DETAIL HOW ENGLAND HAS DEALT WITH THE PANDEMIC FROM DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS. THE TIC TAC TOE ONE THROUGH THE GLASS WINDOW WITH A CHILD PLAYING ON ONE SIDE AND A SENIOR ON THE OTHER IS VERY TOUCHING. THERE IS STILL TIME TO SUBMIT SHE SAID YESTERDAY. THEN THE TOUGH JOB OF PICKING THE 100 PHOTOS FOR THE EXHIBIT. I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, I HOPE THEY MAKE IT INTO A BOOK.

Columbus falls………

ANOTHER VICTIM. THE STATUE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS BOSTON WAS BEHEADED LAST NIGHT. NO RESPECT. WILL THEY GUARD EACH PUBLIC PLACE IF POLICE ARE DEFUNDED? THE MAYOR HAS ORDERED AN INVESTIGATION AND DISCUSSIONS ON WHETHER THE REMAINING PART SHOULD BE REMOVED.

“ I shall insist it’s the best TTC old thing “ …………

TWIN TRACK CANTILEVER RAIL TRAVEL. HIMSELF IS INSISTING THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO GO TO BALMORAL. CAR TOO LONG, PLANE TOO SHORT. PLUS SHE HAS HER OWN TRAIN!

a trace race. …………

IT IS HARD TO KNOW THESE DAYS IF YOU ARE REFERRING TO THE U.K. OR AMERICA. I SHALL PICK THE U.K. ON MAY 29/2020, , U.K. LAUNCHED ITS TEST-AND-TRACE SYSTEM. EVEN PEOPLE WITH NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL WOULD HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS. SAID TO BE VOLUNTARY BUT IF PEOPLE DID NOT COMPLY THEY COULD BY LAW BE MADE TO COMPLY. AS OF ONE HOUR AGO, AN ONLINE REPORT SAYS 31,000 CONTACTS AND 85% OF THOSE HAD BEEN CONTACTED TO ISOLATE AND 8,000 HAD GONE ON TO TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.SO IT REALLY TRULY IS A RACE TO TRACE.

Sunday Balmoral?? ………… “ plenty of fresh air for them” ……… “ in the lodge” ……… “C&C can stay here” ……………” your good at this zoom lark old thing “…………… “Group Of eight, a dinner party “

THE BEST PART OF MY DAY, FOREVER ALWAYS DEAR MM ANON💜💜💜. HIMSELF AND HMTQ IN THE SITTING ROOM. THEY ARE NOW BINGE WATCHING, MY SUGGESTION OF BOARDWALK EMPIRE. FOR THE CLOTHES AND MUSIC ALONE ITS FABULOUS. SOUNDS LIKE THEY HEAD UP TO BALMORAL ON SUNDAY. LOOKING SO FORWARD TO THE CAMBRIDGES COMING, PLANNING STUFF THE LITTKE ONES TO DO.ENJOY ALL THINGS OUTDOORS. SOUNDS LIKE THE CAMBRIDGES WILL STAY AT THE LODGE. CHARLES AND CAMILLA ARE COMING AND THEY CAN STAY RIGHT IN BALMORAL PROPER. HIMSELF IS GIVING HMTQ GOOD COMMENTS ON HER ZOOM MEETING, HER VERY FIRST. WHAT A MODERN QUEEN WE HAVE!! DINNER PARTY OF EIGHT OK LET’S SEE HMTQ, HIMSELF, CHARLES, CAMILLA, WILLIAM, CATHERINE, TWO MORE?? HARRY AND ????😁😁😁😁

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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45. June 12

MM ANON …… my BFF , sacked……… mr President,welcome ……… on mental health ‘ goal……… “they’ll still turn up old thing “………… “ they won’t see anything Philip “ ……… Boris,incandescent!! ……… “🍕 Pizza night children “………… “ thecrown old thing “ ……… “ NO!!” ………… “ we haven’t finished peakyblinders” ……… “ bloody brummies” ……… “ PHILIP!!………… Sydney ‘ we’re out of your refreshment sir “ ………… WHAT!!

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✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

JUNE 12/2020. RIDDLE#45

my BFF , sacked………

WELL WELL WELL, THE SWORD OF JUSTICE HAS BEEN WIELDED, AND SHE DID IT ALL BY HER OWN ARROGANT SELF. MADAM’S BFF JM, I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS ALL SO I WONT GO INTO EVERY DETAIL. BUT ALAS POOR 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂I CANNOT HELP MYSELF, YOU SEE GOD GAVE US FREE WILL, SHE MADE HER OWN CHOICES. SHE CHOSE TO GO AFTER A FELLOW FEMALE CANADIAN, 🇨🇦, WOC, RELATIVELY UNKNOWN, SASHA EXETER. HEY DEAR, LADYKINRANNOCH, YOU HAVE BEEN THINKING EXETER IN YOUR RIDDLES, HERE IS GODS SENSE OF HUMOUR AND AFFIRMING YOUR INSTINCTS THAT EXETER WOULD PLAY A MAJOR ROLE!!!! THE COURAGEOUS BLOGGER WENT PUBLIC, GOT A FAUX WRITTEN SM APOLOGY FROM THE WOKE JM LOOKING AFTER HERSELF. LITERALLY MINUTES LATER JM MESSAGED HER ABOUT “Liabele suit”. I GUESS THAT IS A NEW LAW 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂. SO SHE WENT PUBLIC AGAIN, SASHA I MEAN, SHOWING THE MESSAGE THE TIME OF IT AND CORRECTING QUEEN JM ERROR ON LIBEL. WELL SINCE THE, JM HAS BEEN SWIFTLY DROPPED BY EVERYONE. NO MORE PUBLIC SHOWING OFF, HER INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS DROPPING LIKE FLIES. YESTERDAY I SAID MADAM WOULD GHOST HER. CHECK THE DM. SHE HAS DISTANCE BUT ONLY IN PUBLIC. WHAT KIND OF TOMFOOLERY IS THAT? HOWEVER THEY HOLD MANY SECRETS BETWEEN THE TWO. ITS COMING RACHEL, TICK TOCK. CLOCK 🕰. I WONDER IF SHE HAS BLOCKED HER ON HER PHONE 📱?

mr President,welcome ………

NEXT WEEK POTUS IS HAVING HIS FIRST RALLY IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA. A STATE WHERE HE IS VERY POPULAR. THERE IS A DATE IN AMERICA AND ACTUALLY A HOKIDAY IS SOME PLACES CALLED JUNETEENTH, I HAD NEVER EVER EVER HEARD OF THIS BEFORE BUT IT IS ON THAT DATE. THERE WAS THE END OF SLAVERY CENTURY OR MORE AGO A VIOLENT MASSACRE TOOK PLACE. ESPECIALLY IN THE SWIRLING GLOBAL TIME THIS WOULD BE SEEN BY MANY AS NOT A GOOD PLACE AND TIME. HOWEVER HE IS BEING WIDELY AND HIS SUPPORTERS ARE WIDELY ENCOURAGING HIM TO COME. TIME WILL TELL.

on mental health ‘ goal……… “

THIS COULD GO ANYWHERE. BUT ESPECIALLY NOW, MENTAL HEALTH IS LOW ON THE RADAR DESPITE ALL THE GOOD WORK DONE. HEADS TOGETHER FULLY PUT SUPPORT BEHIND BLM ON JUNE 2/2020 BUT THAT HAS BEEN LOST. ONCE THINGS SETTLE DOWN, WE WILL BE NEEDING MENTAL HEALTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL HELP. BY THE WAY, THERE STILL IN A PANDEMIC. CASES IN THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST AMERICA ARE INCREASING VASTLY IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. PROTESTS IN ENGLAND, WATCH FOR CASES TO SKYROCKET WITH THESE PROTESTS.

“they’ll still turn up old thing “………… “ they won’t see anything Philip “ ………

WORRY BY HMTQ, HIMSELF REASSURING HMTQ. SHE IS SO WORRIED THE CAMBRIDGES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME,DUE TO THE STATE OF THE WORLD. HIMSELF REASSURING HER THAT THEY WILL BE SHIELDED FROM THE NEDIA BY THEIR PARENTS, AND ARRIVE SAFELY AND SECURELY.

Boris,incandescent!! ………

SO MUCH FOR THE PREVIOUS PLANS TO HAVE THE SOCIAL BUBBLE INCREASE THIS WEEKEND. THE WORLD IS ON FIRE, QUITE LITERALLY IN SOME PLACE. THE WORD INCANDESCENT , MM ANON, IS PERFECTO, TO DESCRIBE BOTH HIS RAGE AND THE FIRES, MAYHEM, ANARCHY TAKING PLACE.NOW A CURFEW IN LONDON. HIS PMSHIP HAS FACED SO MUCH DIFFICULTY. COVID, HIS COVID NEARLY DYING, CAME BACK TO WORK SO SOON, THE DOMINIC CUMMINGS CONTROVERSY WHICH SEEMS YEARS AGO NOW, THE PROTESTS MAYHEM, DESTRUCTION , ERASING OF HISTORY. BY THE WAY, RACHEL, YOU’RE ERASING FROM PHOTOS , IN BRITISH HISTORY IS ALREADY IN PROCESS. THE LEGAL PART IS IN PROCESS. TIFK TOCK. CURFEW, STATUES BOARDED UP AND METAL SHIELDS AROUND THEM, TWO SEPARATE ROUTES FOR PROTESTERS TOMORROW IE BLM AND THOSE THAT WANT STATUES PRESERVED AND WANT THEIR VOICES HEARD. MARCHES CANCELLED FRIDAY BUT SATURDAY TWO SEPARATE ROUTES WILL BE POLICE CONTROLLED SND NO VIOLENCE WILL BE TOLERATED. EXPECT HUGE CROWDS AND A HUGE POLICE AND POSSIBLE MILITARY PRESENCE TO MAINTAIN CIVILITY.

“🍕 Pizza night children “………… “ thecrown old thing “ ……… “ NO!!” ………… “ we haven’t finished peakyblinders” ……… “ bloody brummies” ……… “ PHILIP!!………… Sydney ‘ we’re out of your refreshment sir “ ………… WHAT!!

WELL SEEM THE CAMBRIDGES HAVING PIZZA NIGHT AS SO MANY DO ON FRIDAYS.

WINDSOR CASTLE SITTING ROOM. HIMSELF AND HMTQ ARE DISCUSSING DVD’S. HEY I TOLD YOU YESTERDAY THAT THEY WERE BINGE WATCHING BOARDWALK EMPIRE PER MY SUGGESTION. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT?? SYDNEY, SYDNEY YOU ARE IN TROUBLE WITH 💜💜PG💜💜😁😁😁WHERE ARE MY DVD’S😁🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂. I KNOW THE UK IS IN DIFFERENT DVD ZONE BUT YOU MUST HAVE ALL THE ZONE DVD PLAYERS RIGHT??

WELL HIMSELF ASKS IF SHE WANTS TO REWATCH THE CROWN BUT SHE REMINDS HIM THEY WERE STILL ON PB BORROWING FROM CATHERINE’S COLLECTION. HE IS MUTTERING THE NICKNAME FOR THOSE FROM BIRMINGHAM, WHERE PB TAKES PLACE BASED ON A BIRMINGHAM STREET GANG IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.HMTQ DOES NOT LIKE THE USE OF THAT TERM SCOLDING HIM. OH MY STARS, BEVVIE TIME AND THEY ARE OUT OF BODDINGTONS😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 🍺 🍺 🍺. NOW THIS RIGHT HERE IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY FOR HIMSELF.

PLEASE STAY SAFE AND CALM DEAR HMTQ AND SIR, MANY ARE DEEPLY IN PRAYER 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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46. June 14

MM ANON …HMTQ was social distancing ……… beautiful in blue……… “ amazing bloody parade “…… to Broach the subject …… “ you looked magnificent old thing”. ……… KHAN GET IT RIGHT …… a WEE disturbing …… hugs 🤗 not bugs……… the China syndrome ……… open market 😱😱😱………… won’t ring Beijing …………… “ Ahhh, Sydney, you refreshed the refreshments “ ………” ignore him Sydney “………… “ I found an old vidio TTC , 1975 Old thing, our favourite hits” ……… “ those were ones days” ………” we looked the mutts-nuts old thing

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✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

JUNE 14/2020 RIDDLE WAS FROM JUNE 13/2020

RIDDLE#46

HMTQ was social distancing ……… beautiful in blue……… “ amazing bloody parade “…… to Broach the subject …… “ you looked magnificent old thing”. ………

THE PARED DOWN TROOPING THE COLOUR WAS MARVELLOUS. HMTQ WORE AN OUTFIT FOR THE THIRD OCCASION, LAST WORN WAS BIG BROO HAHA IS IT GREEN IS IT BLUE. I SAY SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL IN EITHER COLOUR, MM ANON IS SIDING WITH BLUE. SOCIAL OR PHYSICAL DISTANCING WHILST SEATED FOR SURE. I THOUGHT WHEN THEY WALKED BACK INSIDE THERE WAS NOT QUITE TWO METRES APART BUT HEY SHE IS THE QUEEN!!! HOW GORGEOUS DID SHE LOOK THOUGH, MY MY MY. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF OWNING THE VINTAGE BOOK, QUEEN ELIZABETH ll JEWELRY COLLECTION BY LESLIE FIELD. I GOT IT FOR MY BIRTHDAY LAST YEAR. IT WAS PUBLISHED IN 1987. IT CONTAINS SO MUCH INFORMATION AND PHOTOS. I KNOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER THIS BECAUSE I WENT ON AND ON ABOUT HOW EXCITED I WAS AT THE TIME.🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂. THE WELSH GUARDS WERE ON DISPLAY, AS TRIBUTE TO THEM, SHE WORE HER WELSH GUARDS LEEK BROACH. NOTHING EVER EVER GETS LEFT UNDONE BY HMTQ. I AM CERTAIN IT WAS A BLESSING HAVING ANGELA KELLY WITH HER AT WINDSOR WHILE ISOLATING. SHE IS HER EVERYTHING GO TO, DRESSER , SHOE WEARER INNER, 🤣🤣🤣🤣NEW WORDS. ANYHOW I ALSO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING ANGELA KELKY’S MOST RECENT BOOK. A GIFT AGAIN FOR CHRISTMAS.

KHAN GET IT RIGHT …… a WEE disturbing …… hugs 🤗 not bugs………

DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS THERE WERE SOME VERY SCARY MOMENTS IN THE U.K. VARIOUS CITIES CONTENDING WITH BLM, OTHER GROUPS AND THEN THE FAR RIGHT,FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS, EDL, ENGLISH DEFENCE LEAGUE AND OTHERS. THE OFFICIALS HAD DONE WELL TO CREATE BARRIERS AND DIFFERENT ROUTES FOR OPPOSING GROUPS BUT THE RAGE AND ANGER CAUGHT THE POLICE IN THE MIDDLE. I SO SO HATE SEEING BENDING OF THE KNEE. THIS POLICE SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO GET ON THEIR KNEE EVER!! I BEND MY KNEE FOR NO HUMAN, CHRIST AND GOD ALONE, TO MY DEATH. THE CURFEW OF 1700HRS OF COURSE WAS NOT COMPLIED WITH. SO MUCH CRITICISM OF LONDON’S MAYOR KHAN. I FEEL LIKE SINCE HE HAS BEEN MAYOR HE HAS BEEN CRITICIZED GOING BACK TO HIS RESPONSE TO THE FIRST LONDON BRIDGE TERROR INCIDENT AND MANY SUCH THINGS SINCE THEN. I MUST SAY HE CANNOT GET IT RIGHT AND I AM EXTREMELY GLAD THE PM HAD STATUES PROTECTED BECAUSE I CAN SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT, I DO BELIEVE SOME WOULD HAVE BEEN DESECRATED OR DESTROYED. THIS IS SO UPSETTING.

I INCLUDED HUGS NOT BUGS IN HERE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL DISTANCING AT ALL, LOTS OF SCREAMING, BLOOD, ETC, VERY FEW MASKS, NONE ON POLICE OFFICERS AND CERTAINLY ABSOLUTELY NO HUGGING. THIS IS A CESSPOOL FOR THE CORONAVIRUS TO LIVE, THRIVE AND SPREAD.

the China syndrome ……… open market 😱😱😱………… won’t ring Beijing ……………

GREAT MOVIE BUT THIS IS , SADLY, NOT A MOVIE. THE LARGEST MARKET IN BEIJING HAS BEEN CLOSED DOWN AND LOCKDOWN HAS BEEN IMPOSED AFTER COVID-19 DISCOVERED. THIS IS SO SCARY BECAUSE TIL NOW THE ONLY COVID IN CHINA WAS IN WUHAN , AT LEAST THAT IS WHAT WAS TOLD. WUHAN WAS SHUT DOWN BUT SOMEHOW IT STILL SPREAD ALL THOSE MONTHS AGO. YEAH BEST NOT RING BEIJING JUST NOW, THEY HAVE A MAJOR CRISIS. HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN THERE? AS CASES IN THE UNITED STATES SOUTHWEST AND FLORIDA INCREASE, THERE IS TALK OF THE SECOND WAVE OR THAT BEING PART OF THE FIRST WAVE. OH DEARIE ME.

“ Ahhh, Sydney, you refreshed the refreshments “ ………” ignore him Sydney “………… “ I found an old vidio TTC , 1975 Old thing, our favourite hits” ……… “ those were ones days” ………” we looked the mutts-nuts old thing

OH DEARIE ME, THANK GOD SYNDEY FOUND SOME BODDIES FOR HIMSELF😁😁😁😁😁😁 CRISIS AVERTED!!! HMTQ TELLS SYDNEY TO IGNORE HIMSELF’S COMMENTS. SOUNDS LIKE HE FOUND AN OLD VHS OF TROOPING THE COLOUR FROM 1975. GREAT MEMORIES, FAVOURITE HITS AN D THOSE WERE THE DAYS, A LINE TO MEAN REMINISCING BUT ALSO A TV SHOW, GREAT SHOW. DID YOU KNOW ARCHIE BUNKER, ALL IN THE FAMILY WAS AN AMERICAN REMAKE OF THOSE WERE THE DAYS?? I DO NOT HONESTLY KNOW WHY OR HOW MY BRAIN STORES THIS INFORMATION BUT IT DOES COME IN HANDY😁😁🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂. HIMSELF COMMENTING HOW THEY LOOKED, I THINK MUCH BETTER THAN HIS THOUGHTS. HE IS QUITE THE GENT,🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🥰🥰

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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47. June 14

MM ANON …… Adeleville……… Westfield?? ………… Charlottes delivery …………… 🎼grab the cash with both hands🎼………… another scam charity …………… she’s a race… ist ………… she publishes the book ………………… we will destroy her, we have the tapes…… “ no more Mrs, nice ma’am!! “ ………… “ ones gloves are orf Christopher ………… “ it was a very good year,old thing “.

ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY

✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

JUNE 14/2020. RIDDLE#47

Adeleville……… Westfield?? …………

SIX BLOCKS OF SEATTLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A VARIETY OF ANTISOCIAL INDIVIDUALS THE AREA WAS CALLED CHAZ, CAPITAL HILL AUTONOMOUS ZONE, NOW IT IS CALLED CHOP, CAPITAL HILL OCCUPIED PROTEST. SO MAYBE MADAM HAS SOUGHT SOLACE IN AN AUTONOMOUS TERRITORY ENTITLED ADEL WITH ADELEVILLE OR WESTFIELD WITH KANYE AND KIM K🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂. MADAM HAS SWITCHED HARD FROM THE ARCHEWELL FOUNDATION TO FOCUSING ON SUPPORTING BLM, WHILE OF COURSE STILL GIVING 110% OF HER ATTENTION TO COVID.

Charlottes delivery ……………

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE COSMETICS LINES IS CHARLOTTE TILBURY. I HAVE SO MUCH ITS CRAZY!!! SHE HAS BEEN PURSUED BY MULTI BULLION DOLLAR COMPANIES AND SHE HAS A COMPANY WORTH ONE BILLION AND A BIT, WHICH SHE OUTRIGHT OWNS 50% OF . SHE HAS FINALLY SOLD TO AFTER WEEKS OF SPECULATION TO PUIG, A SPANISH COMPANY. I AM SO EXCITED FOR HER. SHE WILL LIKELY CONTINUE GREAT CREATIVE CONTROL. THIS IS PUIGS FIRST VENTURE INTO COSMETICS. WOWZA ALL IN FOR OVER A BILLION POUNDS OR DOLLARS. I PRAY QUALITY DOESNT CHANGE AS SO OFTEN HAPPENS WHEN BRANDS ARE SOLD. SHE HAS SUCH A LOYAL FOLLOWING I KNIW GIRLS ARE ALREADY STOCKING UP ON HER MAGIC CREAM BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THE FORMULA WILL CHANGE. CONGRATS CHARLOTTE!!!! https://www.glossy.co/beauty/what-puigs-acquisition-of-charlotte-tilbury-means-for-beauty

🎼grab the cash with both hands🎼…………

CHA CHING CHA CHING. MM ANON I HAVE BEEN WAITING JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO RETURN TO ONE OF YOUR FAVOURITES, PINK FLOYD, MONEY. SMASH AND GRAB. ANY AND ALL THINGS TO GET MONEY. NO LIMITS AND LINES , ANYTHING, DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY, POWER AND PRESTIGE. THIS DESCRIBES MADAM ABSOLUTELY TO A T. CHA CHING. I CAN HEAR THAT BASE LINE AND THE CASH MACHINE SOUND FROM THE SONG AS I TYPE THIS.

another scam charity ……………

MADAM HAS SAID NOW THE ARCHEWELL FOUNDATION WILL BE PUT ON HOLD UNTIL 2021. CAN YOU RUN A FOUNDATION IN AN ORANGE JUMPSUIT? THERE HAS BEEN WORD IN A ARTICLE TODAY THAT MADAM IS STILL MOST DEFINITELY INVOLVED WITH SMARTWORKS. HOW MANY PIES CAN YOU HAVE YOUR FINGERS IN? SW, MM, BLM, SUSSEX, ARCHEWELL, COVID, MERCHING, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF, BUT BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR THERE IS A WHOLE LOT MORE!!

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/11861898/meghan-markle-prince-harry-archwell-delay-black-lives-matter/

MADAM HAS NOW STATED THAT HERSELF AND HARRY😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣, WILL FOCUS ON BLM AND COVID. TELL ME WHAT SHE HAS DONE FOR COVID? FAKE DELIVERIES BY HIRED ACTORS. WOW HOW DEDICATED YOU ARE RACHEL. SO STARTING A BLM CHARITY, WHERE WILL THE FUNDS GO, WHO WILL MONITOR ETC ETC ETC??

she’s a race… ist …………

JM HAS COMPLETELY LOST EVERY SINGLE THAT SHE FEEDS ON, PUBLIC ATTENTION, INSTAGRAM, GMA, CITYLINE, ETC ETC AND SHE DID IT ALL HERSELF. STORIES ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK FROM MODELS, PROFESSIONALS, WOC, HOW SHE TREATED THEM COMPARED TO WHITE WOMEN. SHE ALLEGEDLY HAS HAD A CONTINUED PATTERN OF THIS. SO SHE IS SCREAMING HER BEST FRIEND IS A WOC AND SHE HAS WATCHED HER BE TREATED IN A RACIST MANNER. YEAH RIGHT ESPECIALLY HARD TO SEE SINCE MADAM LEGALLY ON PAPER HAS SELF IDENTIFIED AS WHITE, AS CAUCASIAN. WOC ONLY ONCE IT WAS USEFUL AFTER JOINING THE BRF. BUT SHE NEVER REALLY TRULY JOINED THE FAMILY. JM’S REPUTATION IS IN THE GARBAGE AND IN THIS SEASON THERE IS NO COMING BACK FOR HER. I HOPE BEN HANGS ON TO MORNING CANADA AND ETALK. HAVE NOT HEARD A PEEP FROM HIM. GOOD THING DADDY IS A BILLIONAIRE EH JESS?? HER PARENTS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE DM WITH THE CHILDREN. SHE IS AT HOME SCREAMING, DRINKING PINK WATER.

she publishes the book ………………… we will destroy her, we have the tapes…… “ no more Mrs, nice ma’am!! “ ………… “ ones gloves are orf Christopher ………… “ it was a very good year,old thing “.

HMTQ AND HIMSELF MEETING OR PHONE WITH LG, LORD CHRISTOPHER GEIDT, ABOUT WHERE THINGS GO NOW. IF SHE , MEANING MADAM PUBLISHES THE BOOK, MIO AND DURAND WROTE, THEY WILL CRUSH HER WITH THE TAPES THEY HAVE. LG NO MORE MR NICE GUY MEANING THE GLOVES ARE OFF, THIS IS THE ENDGAME NOW. HMTQ SLYLY SAYING IN THE FIRST PERSON AS MONARCHS SPEAK, STATING CLEARLY HER GLOVES ARE ORF, CHEEKY WAY OF SAYING OFF. SHE IS READY TO RUMBLE. ENOUGH IF FLIPPING ENOUGH. GOOD ON YOU MA’AM. IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR IS A CLASSIC SONG. AND THE LINE FITS BECAUSE FINALLY SEEING THAT SEAHAG WHORE WILL FACE JUSTICE AFTER DRAGGING THE ENTIRE FAMILY, COUNTRY, COMMONWEALTH, ROYAL LOVERS THROUGH ABSOLUTE HELL, AND OF COURSE OUR HARRY. OH I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THAT DAY. WE HAVE JM DEALT WITH PUBLICLY NOW SHE WILL FACE WHATEVER LEGAL ISSUES ARE TO COME. SYDNEY BRING THE DRINKS PLEASE, A TOAST IS DEFINITELY CALLED FOR 🥂 🍻 CHEERS.

✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟PG💟 💟 🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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48. June 15

MM ANON ……… Shetland lift-off……… LIZA with a ‘ don’t know em……………” it’s shopping Jim, but not as we show it……… “ matter of fact it’s all dark” …………… first jet easy ………… Brexit,old white guys drinking a lot. …………… a moment of reckoning ……… a virtual Wimbledon?? ………… Catherine to the rescue …… “ Ahhh , a relaxing night old thing “ …………… “Sydney’s provided a new box set” …… “Boardwalk Empire” ………“ bit violent old thing” ……… “ Epic Philip!!”…… “ones usual Sydney “………… “great!! No bloody tic toc.

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✝️✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON, THIS IS AN ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL RIDDLE FOR ME, I THANK YOU FROM THE TOP OF MY HEAD TO MY TIPPIE TOES FOR INCLUDING BOARDWALK EMPIRE💕💕💕💕💕💕💟💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️✝️

JUNE 15/2020. RIDDLE#48

Shetland lift-off………

SHETLAND ISLANDS WAY WAY IN THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND. AMAZING TODAY FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, A ROCKET WAS LAUNCHED THERE SUCCESSFULLY. I NEVER EVEN KNEW THERE WAS SUCH A PROGRAM THERE. THE SKYLARK NANO ROCKET WAS LAUNCHED FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. GATHERING DATA OF A METEOROLOGICAL NEED, GATHERING DATA ON WIND PATTERNS. I THINK LIKELY FOR FUTURE WIND FARMS POSSIBLY. SKYRORA IS BASED IN EDINBURGH. IMAGINE THAT! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

LIZA with a ‘ don’t know em……………

RUMOURS HAVE BEEN SWIRLING, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS WHY BUT THAT MS MINELLI HAS BEEN CHUMMING WITH FAKE HARRY AND MADAM, AS IF!!! WELL TODAY, LIZA CAME OUT CATEGORICALLY PUT THAT LIE TO BED STATING COMPLETELY NO TRUTH TO IT.

“it’s shopping Jim, but not as we show it……… “

MM ANON LOVES THIS STAR TREK REFERENCE OF DR MCCOY TALKING TO CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK IN THE SCENE OF THE FILM SEARCH FOR SPOCK, WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND HIM, IT IS SPOCK, BUT NOT AS THEY KNEW HIM TO BE. STORES OPENING IN THE U.K. FIRST TIME SINCE LOCKDOWN. LONG QUEUES DUE TO THE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE. PHYSICAL DISTANCING, CERTAIN NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS IN A STORE BASED ON SIZE ETC.

matter of fact it’s all dark” ……………

PINK FLOYD SONG ECLIPSE. MM ANON, FAVOURITE BAND, YOU HAVE USED THIS SONG PREVIOUSLY. Matter of fact, it’s all dark. The only thing that makes it look light is the sun.

HOW WE ARE PERCEIVING WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH ALL THESE RIOTS, PROTESTS, ANARCHY IN AMERICA. THERE IS LOTS OF DARK. BUT FAR FAR FAR MORE GOOD. GOOD IS ALL AROUND US. GOOD IS HERE ON TUMBLR. GOOD IS EACH OF US CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER. WE HAVE TO SHINE OUR LIGHT WHERE WE ARE.

first jet easy …………

EASY JET FLEW ITS FIRST FLIGHT IN ELEVEN WEEKS TODAY. MASKS WERE MANDATORY, NO ALCOHOL SERVED. A SMALL FLIGHT OF 51 PASSENGERS FLEW FROM GATWICK TO GLASGOW. I RECKON THAT IS A VERY VERY SHORT FLIGHT. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE ALL CHUFFED😁😁😁

Brexit,old white guys drinking a lot.

CLUBS AND INSTITUTIONS IN LONDON AND ENGLAND ARE SEEN AS THUS. PRIVATE ALL MENS CLUBS OLD WHITE WEALTHY MALES DRINKING AND SMOKING CIGARS, NO WOMEN ALLOWED. I CANNOT RECALL THE CLUB NAME BUT THERE IS ONE WHERE ALL THE MEN ARE CALLED THE SAME NAME. A RETURN TO THE WEALTHY PALE MALE AND STALE AS MADAM WAS SO DESIRING TO HAVE. WAS THAT THE HOPE OF MANY TO BRING ENGLAND BACK TO THE WAY IT HAS BEEN FOR CENTURIES?

…………… a moment of reckoning ………

WE TRULY ARE IN A GLOBAL MOMENT OF RECKONING. THERE IS SO MUCH PENT UP RAGE AND THE LOCKDOWN JUST FUELLED IT. LOST JOBS, LOST PEOPLE, FEAR, JUST THE PERFECT STORM. THERE WILL AT SOME POINT NEED TO BE SOME DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION AND A LOT OF LISTENING AND ACTUALLY ALL SIDES HEARING WHAT THE OTHERS ARE SAYING. AT THIS POINT IT SEEMS BURNING DOWN AN INNOCENT RESTAURANT IS THE THING TO DO AFTER A POLICE INVOLVED SHOOTING AND DEATH. MORE LOST JOBS. INNOCENT RESTAURANT OWNER AND WORKERS. THIS MAKES NO SENSE. TAKE YOUR OWN STUFF INTO THE STREET AND BURN IT IF THAT IS YOUR THING.

a virtual Wimbledon?? ………… Catherine to the rescue

OUR CATHERINE, THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE IS THE ROYAL PATRON OF WIMBLEDON. SHE ALSO LOVES PLAYING THE GAME AND IS VERY GOOD AT IT. IS SHE COMING UP WITH SOME IDEA IN STEAD OF THIS YEARS MISSED WIMBLEDON. VIRTUAL MATCHES?? EVEN JUST A FEW MATCHES FOR FUN, OBVNOT FOR THE TITLE. PEOPLE COUKD WATCH FROM HOME OR ON THEIR DEVICES. I THINK THIS WOULD BE MARVELLOUS. YET AGAIN, CATHERINE, THE WOMAN WHO CAN DO IT ALL, WHILE IN HEELS, TO THE RESCUE!!!

…… “ Ahhh , a relaxing night old thing “ …………… “Sydney’s provided a new box set” …… “Boardwalk Empire” ………“ bit violent old thing” ……… “ Epic Philip!!”…… “ones usual Sydney “………… “great!! No bloody tic toc.

OH I AM ECSTATIC, SYDNEY YOU FOUND MY BOARDWALK EMPIRE DVDS YAY!!!THEY FINALLY ARRIVED!!! THE MUSIC, SETS, CLOTHES AND THE STORIES AWESOME. SO BACK IN THE SITTING ROOM OF WINDSOR CASTLE. NO NEED FOR A BIG FIRE, ITS NICE AND COZY. HAVE WE GOT A FEW CORGIS TONIGHT SNUGGLING ROUND?? HIMSELF LOOKING FORWARD TO A RELAXING NIGHT BINGE WATCHING WITH HIS 🥬 CABBAGE🥰🥰🥰🥰, HMTQ. AT LAST SYDNEY HAS FOUND AND PUT IN BOARDWALK EMPIRE. HEY SIR, NO MORE VIOLENT THAN THE SOPRANOS AND MUCH MORE DELIGHTFUL TO GET LOST IN THE ERA. SOUNDS LIKE HMTQ IS QUITE ENJOYING IT, I KNEW YOU WOULD MA’AM, THE 1920’S , MUSIC, ALL ORIGINAL FROM THE TIME, REAL LIFE CHARACTERS, SO SO WELL DONE. SYDNEY TAKING BEVVIE ORDERS AND THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE, GIN AND DUBONNET AND BODDINGTONS!! HIMSELF QUITE CHUFFED FOR A NIGHT WITHOUT TIK TOC🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂MM ANON, YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT TOUCHES ME THAT YOU WROTE IN BOARDWALK EMPIRE.

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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49. June 17

MM ANON …… “she Ascot nothing on me” ………… para-thanks William ……… PC , LOST weight??…………Oxford,Oxford ……… STIR-oid ………U-Turn dinner …………… falling tragedy ………… the Paris peasants are revolting ……… ……… “ we can still dress-up cabbage 🥬 “ ………… “Anne, my yellow ensemble”……… “Sydney ‘ a photo”………… “that’s a keeper, old thing” ……… “ here we go , tic-toc, the three of them” ………… “O, and Catherine!!” ………… “ ehhhh, And William “ ………… “ make it a double Sydney “…… “ how entertaining Philip “

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I honestly thought I had posted this already……I have to find a better system….I will start dating it….

June 16 Tuesday

✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟 💟 🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

SORRY I AM A DAY LATE KIDS I HAVE PICKED UP A COLD AND IT HAS TAKEND ME DOWN.

JUNE 17/2020

RIDDLE#49

“she Ascot nothing on me” …………

DESPITE ASCOT BEING VIRTUAL, PEOPLE STILL DRESSED UP AT HOME. I AM CERTAIN HMTQ WAS THE FINEST OF THEM ALL, NO DOUBT!! NO MADAM TO TURN HER BACK ON HMTQ!

para-thanks William ………

PC , LOST weight??…………

Oxford,Oxford ………

STIR-oid ………

U-Turn dinner ……………

falling tragedy …………

the Paris peasants are revolting ……… ……

THERE HAVE BEEN RIOTOUS VIOLENT PROTESTS IN PARIS LAST WEEK AND SOUNDS LIKE THIS AS WELL.ANY EXCUSE FOR A PARTY SOME SAY.

… “ we can still dress-up cabbage 🥬 “ ………… “Anne, my yellow ensemble”……… “Sydney ‘ a photo”………… “that’s a keeper, old thing” ……… “ here we go , tic-toc, the three of them” ………… “O, and Catherine!!” ………… “ ehhhh, And William “ ………… “ make it a double Sydney “…… “ how entertaining Philip “

DAY BACK AT WINDSOR CASTLE. DESPITE ASCOT BEING VIRTUAL, THE DM YESTERDAY WAS FULL OF PEOPLE DRESSED UP AT HOME. HIMSELF USING HIS PET NAME, ONE OF THEM, FOR HMTQ, ASSURING HER THEY CAN STILL GET DRESSED TO THE NINES TO WATCH HER HORSES RACE. SHE HAS THREE OF THEM, I WAS GOING TO REMEMBER BUT ALAS I HAVE NOT. SOUNDS LIKE HMTQ HAS RANG ANNE AND WANTS TO WEAR YELLOW!! NICE BRIGHT SUNNY CHOICE. SYDNEY PLAYING CATHERINE BEING THE OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER AND THE PHOTO TIRNS OUT WELL, ITS A KEEPER MEANS EXACTLY THAT. GETTING ALL WOUND UP AS THE FIRST OF HER THREE HORSES RACE. I WONDER IF CATHERINE AND WILLIAM ARE TIK TOK OR VIRTUALLY WATCHING AS WELL ALL DRESSED UP? SURE SOUNDS LIKE A SKPYE OR SOME SORT OF HELLO. DOUBLE BE VIES AND A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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50. June 17

MM ANON … Goal no goal, offside!! …………red zone……… rear ended,whoops!! ………… saliva sample ………… another rally?? …………… a £ 900,000 paint job. ………… madam NYC incognito …………ZOOM to William ……… mutant outbreak confirmed ……………… NDA bombshell. …………joining the UN? …………… Chile lockdown ………”how many episodes old thing “ ………… “ yes , that Nucky chappie is a tad violent” ………… “ she’s meeting at Wimbledon “……………… “ Nanny’s taking them to the zoo”

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June 17/20

✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈🌈✝️✝️

JUNE 17/2020. RIDDLE#50

KIDS I WILL TRY MY BEST BUT OBHAVE A HEAD COLD STUFFED UP FEEL LOUSY SECOND DAY HERE SOOOOOTRYING MY BESTEST FOR YOU ALL💟💟💟💟💟💟💟

MM ANON

… Goal no goal, offside!! …………

ASTON VILLA WINS OVER SHEFFIELD UTD IN THE FIRST PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH TODAY . THERE WAS A TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION OF SOME SORT AND A GOAL WAS DENIED. LOTS OF ANGRY FANS FOR SURE. AM I WRONG OR ISN’T ASTON VILLA GEORGE’S FAVOURITE TEAM? I AM PRETTY SURE IT IS WILLIAMS FAVOURITE.

red zone………

I DO NOT BELIEVE THE U.K. IS IN THE RED ZONE OF COVID. THERE ARE CERTAINLY PARTS OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD SPIKING. MM ANON, THESE DAYS I FIND IT EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO KNOW IF I SHOULD GO U.K., AMERICA OR ANYWHERE ELSE WITH YOUR CLUES. . NOT COMPLAINING AT ALL. I LOVE THE CHALLENGE AND LADYKINRANNOCH ALWAYS GETS EVERY POINT SO I CAN COUNT ON HER WHEN I DO NOT GET IT. AT LEAST THE READERS GET INFORMATION.

rear ended,whoops!! …………

A FEMALE WAITRESS IN LONDON HAS HAD TO ENDURE HAVING HER BOTTOM SLAPPED BY THE CHEF. HAVING NO RECOURSE, SHE, TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS HIT THE CHEF WHERE IT HURTS, REPUTATION AND MONEY. THEY HAVE GONE ONLINE AND GIVEN HIM BAD REVIEWS!! HE FINALLY SETTLED, SHE GOT £90,000!!! SETTLEMENT!!

saliva sample …………

THE OTHER DAY, THERE WERE FRIENDS PICNICKING IN THE PARK. ONE OF THE THUGS, AS THE GROUP WALKED ACROSS THE GRASS PAST THEM HAULED OFF AND HUCKED A NOOGIE AT HER FACE. DISGUSTING AND CANNOT BLAME RACE AS BOTH WERE CAUCASIAN. ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING “SALIVA SAMPLE”. DM HAS THE VIDEO!

another rally?? ……………

AS I MENTIONED THE OTHER DAY, POTUS WAS TO HAVE A RALLY IN TULSA ON FRIDAY. HE HAS ANNOUNCED, OUT OF RESPECT, HE WILL HOLD IT THE FOLLOWING NIGHT TO RESPECT THE MEMORIES OF JUNE 10 AND THOSE AFFECTED BY IT. THE ELECTION IS IN NOVEMBER HE HAS TO DO HIS RALLIES. KIDS THIS ARENA HOLDS 18,000 SEATS. THERE WERE OVER ONE MILLION TICKET REQUESTS, OVER ONE MILLION!!! THAT SHOULD TELL YOU A LOT ABOUT HOW WELCOMED HE IS.

I REFUSE TO USE THE WORD RALLY FOR PROTESTS, MARCHES OR RIOTS. ARE THERE MORE OF THESE TO COME?? OF COURSE THERE ARE. THE DA IN ATLANTA JUST HELD A LONG PRESS CONFERENCE, I WATCHED IT, DETAILED INFORMATION. THE OFFICER WHO KILLED MR. BROOKS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN AND HIS PARTNER HAS TURNED STATES EVIDENCE. APPARENTLY THE FIRST TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED IN FOURTY CASES IN THAT STATE. THEY DESCRIBED BEHAVIOUR THAT I HAD NO HEARD ON THE NEWS. I AM NOT REPEATING IT HERE SUSS IT OUT ON YOUR OWN, ITS EXTREMELY DISTURBING BEHAVIOUR ON THE PART OF BOTH BUT ESPECIALLY THE SHOOTING OFFICER.

a £ 900,000 paint job. …………

BANKSY DID A PAINTING AFTER THE GEORGE FLOYD MURDER.

POWERFUL PIECE. HOWEVER, I AM WONDERING IF THIS COST IS THE COST OF CLEANING UP THE DAMAGE OF THE MARCHES AND THE BOARDING UP AND SECURING UP OF THE MANY STATUES WILL EQUAL £9,000,000.

madam NYC incognito …………

HAS MADAM BEEN SPOTTED OR SEEN IN NYC?? I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT BUT WHO KNOWS SHE HIRED HERSELF AN ACTRESS BEFORE.

ZOOM to William ………

SOMEWHERE SOMEONE UNKNOW SOURCE HAS TWEETED OR TWIITTED OR WHATEVER SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT HARRY HAS BEEN ZOOMING WILLIAM. NO CONFIRMATION OF COURSE, SO OBVIOUSLY NOT A RELIABLE SOURCE. HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE I 109% BELIEVE IT!! ZOOM, MOBILE, FACETIME ETC ETC ETC.

mutant outbreak confirmed ………………

THERE HAS BEEN A BREAKOUT OF COVID-19? IN BEIJING OR HAS THERE HMMMMM??? IT APPEARS THE VIRUS HAS YET AGAIN MUTATED, ACCORDING TO CHINESE OFFICIALS.AND THEY ARE BLAMING THIS OUTBREAK ON EUROPEAN SALMON!!!

NDA bombshell. …………

PRESIDENT TRUMPS NIECE, MARY, HAS WRITTEN A TELL ALL BOOK. APPARENTLY SHE SIGNED A NDA BACK IN 2001!! NOT TO TALK ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER UNCLE DONALD. I GUESS MAYBE SHE FORGIT ABOUT THAT OR THE PUBLISHERS DIDN’T KNOW?

“Mary Trump will release ‘Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man,’ on July 28, according to her publisher” DAILY MAIL

WELL HE IS TAKING LEGAL ACTION TO PREVENT THE BOOKS RELEASE SCHEDULED FOR JULY 28/2020.

joining the UN? ……………

IS THIS CHAZ OR CHOP WANTING A SEAT AT THE TABLE WITH THE ADULTS NOW?

Chile lockdown ………”

COVID-19 CASES AND DEATHS HAVE SPIKED IN CHILE AND ITS OVER 200,000 CASES NOW. THEY HAVE STERNLY EXPANDED THE LOCKDOWN AS OF A FEW HOURS AGO.

“how many episodes old thing “ ………… “ yes , that Nucky chappie is a tad violent” ………… “ she’s meeting at Wimbledon “……………… “ Nanny’s taking them to the zoo”

MEANWHILE BACK AT WINDSOR CASTLE, HMTQ AND HIMSELF ARE CONTINUING BINGE WATCHING BOARDWALK EMPIRE. NUCKY THOMPSON WAS THE MAIN CROOKED POLITICIAN MOBSTER AT THAT TIME IN THAT AREA AND THE ENTIRE SERIES REVOLVES AROUND HIM, HIS LIFE AND THE GOINGS ON THEREIN. YES LIFE WAS EXTREMELY VIOLENT HOWEVER WATCH THE NEWS AT LEAST THEN, THE MOBSTERS HAD SCRUPLES NOTHING LIKE TODAYS INDISCRIMINATE VIOLENCE.

SOUNDS LIKE CATHERINE IS MEETING AT WIMBLEDON TO CONTINUE ARRANGING SOME SORT OF VIRTUAL TENNIS/WIMBLEDON. MEANWHILE 🎼THEY’RE GOING TO THE ZOO ZOO ZOO 🎼 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣NANNY TAKING THE TRIO OF CAMBRIDGES TO THE ZOO.

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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51. June 18

MM ANON ……… “NEVER………… “ ………” mon dieu” …… 🎼some sunny day 🎼……… “ good to meet again Mr President “………air corridor ……… “ to be honest,he was an obnoxious old bastard” ……… world beating 🍒……… non app- licable …… “ Bolt-hole. ………… self interest ……… BOE- more money!! …………… pepper sprayed……… “ O Philip, it’s the last one “……… “Always Downton Abbey old thing”

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Thursday June 18

JUNE 18/2020

✝️✝️🌈🌈🌈💟💟THANK YOU DEAR MM ANON💟💟🌈🌈✝️✝️

RIDDLE#51

ANOTHER RIDDLE WITH LOTS!!! OF CLUES THAT COULD GO ANY DIRECTION. TODAY I AM GOING TO STICK WITH THE U.K.

I DO WANT TO ADD, FROM YESTERDAY, THE BOOK BY JOHN VOLTON I THINK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE ONE I REFERENCED. THE FORMER NSA HAS WRITTEN A TELL ALL WITHOUT COMPLETING THE CIA AND DOJ CLEARANCE PROCESS. THEREFORE CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IS IN THE BOOK TO BE RELEASED TUESDAY. LATE LAST NIGHT THE DOJ FILED AN INJUNCTION. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE NEWS TODAY. HE IS IN A WORLD OF TROUBLE BECAUSE HE HAS LEAKED THE BOOK ALONG WITH ALL THAT CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

OKAY, ON TO TODAYS RIDDLE.

“NEVER………… “

NEVER UPPERCASE, I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT USES UPPERCASE NORMALLY SO THIS IS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE. IT IS THE FIRST CLUE, NEVER? IS THIS HMTQ, DUE TO COVID WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO GREET FOREIGN LEADERS AND CHARLES WILL HAVE TO ASSUME HER ROLE THERE? I HEAR WINSTON CHURCHILL UTTERING HIS FAMOUS LINE, “WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER” I THINK THIS IS THE MEANING. YES THINGS WILL CHANGE AS TIMES ALWAYS DO. BUT NEVER SURRENDER TO MOBS, ANTIFA FASCISTS, AND THE LIKE. THE GENERAL PUBLIC FEELS THIS WAY.

“ mon dieu” ……

EN FRANCAIS , en français, TRANSLATES TO MY GOD. WHO IS EITHER SAYING THIS IN SHOCK OR REACHING OUT TO GOD. I BELIEVE THIS IS REFERRING TO THE WWII ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE FRENCH RESISTANCE TO THE NAZIS. READ THIS LITTLE LINK…..

“LONDON — French President Emmanuel Macron marked Gen. Charles De Gaulle’s famed World War II appeal to resist the Nazis on Thursday in a special ceremony intended to invoke the deep friendship between the longtime allies.

Macron traveled to London to mark the day that De Gaulle delivered his defiant broadcast on the BBC 80 years ago, urging his nation to fight on despite the fall of France.

“Your nation spearheaded the liberation of the world. It erected, against Nazi barbarism, the most beautiful of the ramparts: that of unity and fraternity,” Macron told Prince Charles. “The United Kingdom gave Free France its first weapon: the microphone of the BBC.” FROM WWW.SPOKESMAN.COM

🎼some sunny day 🎼………

WE JUST ALL SANG THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO COMMEMORATING THE WAR ANNIVERSARY. DAME VERA LYNN SANG THIS SONG THAT BECAME A NATIONAL THEME SONG THAT BUOYED A NATION AT WAR. SAD NEWS TODAY THAT SHE HAS PASSED AWAY TODAY. ANOTHER LEGACY, I HOPE SHE IS REMEMBERED. RIP DAME VERA✝️✝️✝️😞😞😞

“ good to meet again Mr President “………

FRENCH PRESIDENT MACRON HAD AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO LONDON. AS HMTQ IS STILL AT WINDSOR, PRINCE CHARLES DID THE MEETINGS IN HER STEAD AT CLARENCE HOUSE. IT IS LIKELY THAT HMTQ MAY NOT BE DOING ANYMORE OF THESE DUE THE AGE AND RISK. IT MUST BE DRIVING HER FRUSTRATION LEVEL. BYT MAKE NO MISTAKE SHE IS STILL RULING.

air corridor ………

THE TERM AIR CORRIDOR OR TRAVEL BRIDGES ARE BEING USED TO DESCRIBE PLACES THAT ARE SAFER TO TRAVEL TO WITHOUT QUARANTINE IN ORDER TO HAVE PEOPLE TAKE SOME VACATIONS A BREAK FROM LIFE ESPECIALLY NEEDED NOW, THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF HUMAN BUBBLES WHICH STARTED LAST WEEKEND IN THE U.K. THERE ARE COUNTRIES WITH LOWERS CASES IF INFECTION OF COVID-19 LIKE PORTUGAL. THERE IS TO BE A LIST OF COUNTRIES RELEASED.

“ to be honest,he was an obnoxious old bastard” ……… REFERRING HE WAS, SO THIS MAKES ME THINK IN THE PAST TENSE. SO IT IS SOMEONE WHO LIKELY PP KNOWS OR HAS DIED.

I THINK IF IT WAS DEATH IT WOULD BE WORDED DIFFERENTLY. I FIND A FORMER CONSERVATIVE LEADER, LORD HAGUE BEING VERY CRITICAL OF BORIS JOHNSON AND SIDING WITH FORMER LABOUR LEADER TONY BLAIR, HIS IDEAS OF MASS TESTING FOR COVID, BETRAYING THE CONSERVATIVES PLAN. HE HAS OTHER IDEAS REGARDING THE SAGGING ECONOMY. BUT IT SEEMS HE HAS ABANDONED THE PARTY HE ONCE LED. I COULD BE WRONG. I FOUND SEVERAL DEATHS, ONE IN APRIL OF COVID, A LORD BATH AND AN FORMER CONSERVATIVE MP JOHN MAPLES, 69. NEITHER FITS.

world beating 🍒……… non app- licable ……

THE NHS TRACK AND TRACE APP FOR COVID-19 BECAUSE WHICH WAS PROMISED IN MAY, TO BE FANTASTIC AND ALL THINGS AMAZING, AND TO HAVE BEEN READY BY NOW. BUT IT IS STILL FRAUGHT WITH PROBLEMS NOW IT IS BEING BLAMED ON APPLE, BECAUSE THE APP DOES NOT WORK ON IPHONES!!! THE TITLE OF THE ARTICLE HAS CHERRY SO I THINK MM ANON MIGHT HAVE LITERALLY BEEN CHEEKY. SO I SEE NON APP-LICABLE MEANING THE APP STILL NOT WORKING AS PROMISED OR FULLY IN USE.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8435323/Delayed-NHS-tracking-app-SCRAPPED-completely-ministers-blaming-Apple.html

“ Bolt-hole. …………

BOLT HOLE IS A BRITISH TERM USED FOR A SMALL PLACE TO JUST GET AWAY TO IN A RUSH HENCE THE TERM BOLT AND HOLE. HOWEVER IN TODAYS WORLD MOST BOLT HOKES ARE MASSIVE COUNTRY HOMES FOR THE WEALTHY. THE SUSSEXES ALLEGEDLY HAD A FARM IN THE COTSWOLDS NEAR HER BESTIE VICTORIA BECKHAM. THEY WERE SAID TO BE VERY CLOSE AND SPEND LOADS OF TIME TOGETHER. ANOTHER OR LIE. SO WHOSE BOLT HOLE IS BEING REFERENCED HERE? THE BECKHAMS HAVE BEEN IN A LEGAL ROW WITH THEIR NEIGHBOURS REGARDING THEIR LONDON MANSION TODAY THEY LOST THE COURT DECISION.

I DO THINK HARRY HAS A BOLT HOLE WHERE HE HAS BEEN SPENDING A LIT IF TIME. WHERE IT MSY BE I WILL, NOT SPECULATE.

self interest ………

THIS CAN BE SEEN AS POSITIVE OR EGOIST. THE BLM CAN BE SEEN AS POC ADVOCATING FOR JUSTICE AND THEIR SELF INTEREST , THINGS THAT ARE VITAL TO THEM, THEIR ISSUES AND SURVIVAL. THE EXTREME ARE PEOPLE LIKE MADAM OR JM, WHO LIVE AND BREATHE ONLY SELF, WHATS IN IT FOR ME? MADAM IS NOW IRRELEVANT BUT STILL BREATHING PR. JUSTICE IS CLOSE. JM HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN ALL BY HER OWN EGO AND BEHAVIOURAL CHOICES.

BOE- more money!! ……………

THE WORLD, DUE TO LOCKDOWN IS RACING RAPIDLY TOWARDS RECESSION. AMERICA HAS BEEN STRONGLY REOPENING BUSINESSES AND THE ECONOMY AND JOBS NUMBERS ARE RISING RAPIDLY. COVID IS A KNOWN RISK. BOE, THE BANK OF ENGLAND, TODAY ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE “PUMPED” ANOTHER £100,000,000 YES BILLION POUNDS INTO THE ECONOMY, YIKES!! CAN YOU PRINT SOME FOR ME TOO?? 😁😁😁

pepper sprayed………

WELL I CANNOT FATHOM ANYONE SPECIFIC, MM ANON YOU ARE TOUGH!!! ARE YOU GETTING HELP WITH THE RIDDLES? MAYBE NANNY ANON AND QUOTE ANON ARE PITCHING IN AND INCREASING THE DIFFICULTY OR MAYBE IT IS JUST MY BRAIN 🧠. PEPPER SPRAY IS NOT LEGAL HERE, MANY CARRY BEAR SPRAY. IT , ALONG WITH TEAR GAS, RUBBER BULLETS ETC ARE CONSIDERED NON-LETHAL METHODS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN IMPLEMENT IN DEALING WITH ROWDY CROWS. THIS HAS BEEN USED EXTENSIVELY DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS. BUT MM ANON IS REFERRING, I BELIEVE TO ONE SPECIFIC INCIDENT OR PERSON, WHO THAT IS, I CANNOT FIND.

“ O Philip, it’s the last one “……… “Always Downton Abbey old thing”

ALAS A SHORT ONE BUT A GOOD ONE. THEY HAVE FINISHED MY BOARDWALK EMPIRE, YOUR MAJESTY, I DO HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE AUTHENTIC MUSIC AND COSTUMES. HIMSELF SUGGESTS THE EVER ALWAYS WATCHABLE DOWNTON ABBEY. I HAVE THE DVD’S BUT I MUST SAY I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE FILM, ESPECIALLY THE END WHERE THERE, TO ME, SADLY WAS A VERY UNNECESSARY PLOT TWIST. REALISTIC MAYBE BUT EMOTIONALLY UNNECESSARY.

GSTQAOBC 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

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[bugsongs]

How did you get your current job? And what made you interested in nature! I want to work in something similar to you but don’t know how to get into it

i kind of lucked out actually, i followed my county park system's twitter and they posted at the end of winter that they were hiring for a bunch of positions, so i sent in my application that way!

i didn't really "know" necessarily that was what i wanted to do as my job until it came up, really! i studied journalism in college and i've mostly had retail type jobs in the past EXCEPT at the end of high school i worked at a local zoo on the farm staff (so working w the kid-centric interactive zoo activities basically and cleaning animal stalls lol) and even tho it was kinda tough bc it was full of ppl who don't pay attention to their kids and expect u to do that, i really liked being outside and doing more manual work. i will say that my naturalist job is way more fulfilling than the zoo job bc at the zoo i got no training and no information about the animals, but as a naturalist i more or less learn new things every day

as for getting into that field, it definitely depends on the area you're in but there for sure are naturalist jobs and other nature based jobs out there (altho full time naturalist jobs are hard to come by- most ppl i work with are not full time and have other jobs). u can look into local outdoors programs, especially places that do educational outdoors stuff, parks, gardens, etc. ik my park system also has a big volunteer program so you could also search for volunteer opportunities and then see if they're also hiring. i may not have the best advice on this front, bc as i said my situation was more circumstantial since i happen to live in an area with a pretty big and involved park system, but i do wish u the best of luck!

also if u ever want to talk more about it feel free to dm/message me off anon i would love to talk about it! there's all kinds of resources out there too if ur interested in learning about specific topics in nature :)

[urdbell18]

A Seed Hidden in the Heart Chapter 19: The One With the Dog

Wow I'm shocked that I was able to finish this chapter but I did! Yay me! But speaking up as you guys know two of the busiest retail holidays are coming up, Thanksgiving and Christmas. It means that I'm not going to have as much time as before to write my chapters so if my updates are a little slow that's why and I apologize. I just wanted to give you guys fair warning and thanks for understanding. Enjoy!

In the summer months Zelda took a job at the local college. The position was temporary, ending just before regular school started once again but it gave her something to do and a little more money over the summer than the packet that she got when school ended. When she collected her last paycheck Mr. Hawthorne said in so many words that she was getting a little bonus because of the several high scores that her students received. It turned out making her students taking that college level test paid off for her in the end. Mr. Hawthorne took all the credit of course. Zelda couldn’t bring herself to care anymore. Her work schedule was Monday and Friday mornings and Monday and Wednesday afternoon so the earliest she’s ever had to go in was nine and the latest she’d be there was almost 5. It worked well enough for her.

The time that she was at the school Vida was with Mary. Together she and Mary came up with activities that they could do with Vida over the summer. The aquarium and the zoo were on the list because they were things that Vida did and loved and wanted to do again but there were others like some crafts, swimming, and a small local theme park, Vida was excited about that one the most. Bust most of the time Mary kept it simple, spending time at home reading or going to the park. They spent a lot of time at the park. Sometimes Zelda would join them for lunch, usually on Mondays or Fridays but she could pull it off on Wednesdays if she wanted to. Wednesdays were usually the days that Mary and Vida went to Zelda, they would have lunch in the cafe before Zelda had to go to her next class.

It was during one park outing where Vida and Mary met him.

It was early June. The weather was nice but not stifling like July and August would be. Everything was still vibrant with color, the grass, the trees, and the flowers, all brightly colorful swaying in the gentle summer breeze. With it still being nice Mary and Vida took a walk.

There was a jogging path right next to the park and when it was nice like it was that day they walked the path. Vida liked looking at the flowers and Mary just like the soft exercise and time with Vida. Vida was curious about everything, Mary told her what she could like what a certain flower or tree was called and Mary loved how Vida would stop and watch the movements of the current bug or small creature, mostly squirrels, that caught her attention. On that day they were halfway through the walking path when a rustling of leaves from a nearby shrub caught their attention. Out of fear Vida moved behind Mary as the rustling grew louder until a dog appeared out  into the open.

The dog was between medium and small. It was long like a dachshund or a corgi but just slightly taller than either of those breeds. The dog had all the markings of the hound breed, short fur with a white belly, muzzle, and paws and brown and black patches all along its body but Mary couldn’t tell if it was a beagle or a basset hound. The dogs muzzle was too short for either of those breeds but its ears were very beagle-ish. The dog saw them and its tail starts wagging, causing his whole body to wiggle, mouth open to let its tongue roll out to one side.

“It’s a puppy!” Before Mary could stop her Vida was running to the dog. Though it seemed friendly Mary knew that could change in a snap but this dog stayed friendly. It ran in circles around Vida before standing on its hind legs licking anywhere he can reach. Vida giggled even as the dog knocked her to the ground. Mary approached the dog with caution, the dog looked at her and sniffed her legs when she was close enough. He craned his neck hoping for some head pats. “Can we keep him Mamma!?”

“We don’t know where he came from.” Taking advantage of the dog butting his head against her hand Mary felt the dog's neck hoping to feel for a collar. She didn’t find one, which didn’t really mean anything but it just meant that it would be harder to get the dog to follow them. Mary took the belt from her jeans and the ribbon from Vida’s dress to fashion a leash and make shift collar. The dog allowed Mary to wrap the belt around its middle, the belt was too thick to hold in place around the dogs short neck. After securing the ribbon to the collar Mary took two tentative steps to see if the dog would follow. He just stood there, wagging his tail like nothing was wrong. “Come here boy.” Mary tried to coax the dog but he didn’t budge. After a few minutes Vida took the slices of watermelon she was saving to lure the dog. It worked, the dogs nose twitched as it tried to keep up with the scent of the watermelon that was in Vida’s hands. Sometimes when the dog was close Vida would let the dog take a bite before moving more away. When she was down to her last slice they made it back to the main opening of the park. What was going on in the large side field gave Mary a good feeling on where the dog came from.

In a field that was sometimes used for soccer was currently holding what looked like a little fair. It was an adoption fair for a local animal shelter. There were dogs of various kinds and sizes in pens and a board with pictures of other animals, like cats and rabbits, that couldn’t be at the event but were also available for adoption. Naturally people flocked the fair, surrounding the pens to awe over the dogs. In the sea of people Mary located a volunteer for the shelter due to the light blue shirts they wore with the shelter name on one side and volunteer on the other. Mary approached a girl who looked to be in her late teens or early twenties with long black hair that she tied back in a ponytail.

“Excuse me.”

“Yes?” The girl turned around and before Mary could ask her next question the girls green eyes lit up at the sight of the dog that was still trying to get the last few bites of watermelon from Vida. “Vinegar Tom! You found him! Thank you so much. He got loose when we were setting up. Bad boy.” Taking a slip leash the volunteer slipped it over the dog’s neck so that Mary could detach the belt.

“Vinegar Tom? That’s an interesting name.”

“Yeah. Sometimes we rename the animals when they come in. I’m a history major and I reviewed the play for a paper I was doing at the time. Vinegar Tom came in on my first day almost a year ago and I don’t know something just felt right about the name.” There was an empty pen not that far away so the volunteer placed Vinegar Tom inside, scratching his head in comfort. “Thank you again for bringing him back. We have a new volunteer who’s never done an adoption fair before and he kind of lost control over a few of the dogs and he slipped away. Actually, now that I think about it Vinegar Tom has never done that before.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. Tom’s really sweet but he’s usually not so energetic like this. I always think that he would fit in so well with a single person or a small family but whenever he’s considered for adoption he just… stands there or lays there not doing anything. It’s why he keeps getting turned down every time. It’s kind of depressing.” Vinegar Tom was pressed against the wire of the pen licking Vida’s fingers.

“We best be going. Vida.” Vida turned to her, she looked reluctant to move away from her new friend.

“Bye Vinegar Tom.” That’s when Vinegar Tom started to whine. He sat down on his hind legs and looked at both Mary and Vida with his big brown eyes. Vida in turn looked at Mary, jutting her lip out in a quivering pout. Between the pathetic whines of the dog and the look that Vida fixed her Mary could feel her resolve slowly dissolving away.

“What do we do to adopt?” The soft look that the volunteer gave Mary was matched with the squeal that came from Vida and the happy barks of Vinegar Tom. As Mary filled out the form Vida and Vinegar Tom played, mostly Tom rolling on his stomach while Vida gave him belly rubs. Though Mary loved to make Vida happy and Vinegar Tom was cute a cold feeling tickled in the back of her mind.

Zelda was going to kill her.

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Zelda arrived home a little after five. She had a staff meeting where all seasonal staff members were given some general info about the short semester. This wasn’t anything new to Zelda but it was necessary. In the end she couldn’t really complain because she got out the same time Hilda got off work that day so she swung by to pick her sister and niece, Sabrina saw some movie with her friends, before heading home. Everything seemed normal, Zelda had just enough time to place her keys on the table before Vida ran into her.

“Mommy! Mommy! Guess what!?” Zelda smiled at her daughter’s enthusiasm. Vida took so much joy out of anything that it truly was a guess on what made her so happy this time.

“What Vida?”

“We got a puppy!”

“You what?” Zelda might not have wanted it to come out so harshly, but out of everything that she expected that wasn’t one of them. As if on cue a dog came bounding into the entrance hall. He lost his footing on the hardwood floors, slipping and half flopping onto the floor, but it didn’t stop him. He came to a full stop in front of Zelda, sitting almost at her feet and wagging his tail so hard his whole body was wiggling. Though Zelda looked at the dog dumbfounded Hilda and Sabrina awed and surrounded the creature to shower him with affection. “Vida where’s you Mamma.” Vida pointed in the general direction of the kitchen before returning her attention back to the dog. Zelda stormed off not giving the scene before her a second glance, Mary had some serious explaining to do. “You got a dog!?” Mary’s shoulders hunched over and she turned around to face Zelda, whipping her lips from of excess tea. Apparently Zelda surprised her mid sip. Mary placed her cup in the sink before placing them on the counter.

“Don’t be mad.”

“I have every right to be mad. You got a dog without consulting me first.”

“You weren’t there. Vida fixed me with this look.” Mary mimicked the look before continuing. “How was I supposed to say no to that?”

“You’re going to have to because the last thing that I want is for this house to become a glorified petting zoo.”

“It’s not. I doubt something like this is going to happen again. It might sound cliche but I think Vinegar Tom chose us.”

“The dogs name is Vinegar Tom?”

“One of the volunteers is a history major. Anyway, the one day that the dog went against his usual behavior is the day that Vida and I were in the park. The volunteer even said that he showed no interest in anyone except Vida. So here we are.” Zelda sighed through her nose. She really didn’t want the dog but Vida was attached she couldn’t say no now.

“He’s your responsibility.” With that Zelda turned on her heel out of the kitchen. Hilda, Sabrina, and Vida were still in the entryway with the dog. They were throwing some kind of soft toy for the dog to fetch. Zelda just rolled her eyes and went up the stairs to her room. She refused to have any part of this.

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It has been about a week since Vinegar Tom joined his new family and he could safely say that he’s never been happier. He yawned and stretched before stepping out of his basket. His madam got him his basket along with his toys when he first came and he genuinely loved them. He always made sure that he kept his ball next to his basket and his lamb close to him. He went to his water bowl for a small drink and then rang the small bell that was attached to the door. He didn’t need to go out, he just liked ringing the bell. Satisfied, he left the kitchen to the stairs. There was a lot of them and he climbed them as best as he could. He wasn’t used to stairs but anything to be close to his people. Still learning his way around he used the scent of his people to find their location. When he reached the door he gently pushed it open with his nose. In one bed there was his madam and mistress, he tried to climb up but it was too high. In another bed was his little miss, he went over to her and started to nudge her with his nose. His little miss moved and murmured before she sat up, rubbing one eye.

“Tom!” Taking that as an invitation he climbed into his little miss’ bed. Well, tried, he wasn’t very good at climbing. Little miss got out and helped him, she struggled a little under his weight but it was enough to get him on. Once he was in little miss joined him, laying down. Vinegar Tom did the same, laying his head near the pillow and a stuffed octopus. He gave a contented sigh and fell asleep.

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Though most of the family was smitten with Vinegar Tom there was one family member he hadn’t won over.

Zelda.

Zelda wanted nothing to do with the dog. She didn’t feed him and refused to walk him or acknowledge his presence. The only thing that she has ever done for the dog was let him out when he was ringing the bell and it was only that one time. All other duties and needs were regulated to Mary. She was the one who agreed to getting the dog she was going to do the brunt of the work. Though she must say she was impressed with the amount of responsibility that Vida showed. She helped Mary feed, walk, and bathe the dog and even learned some commands to help train him. Despite her disinterest Zelda recognized that Vinegar Tom was a good dog. He was fully house trained so they never woke up to any accidents in the house, Hilda even trained him to ring the bell that she tied on the door in the kitchen to be let out. Didn’t chew anything but his own toys, he liked rolling around his ball and squeaking his lamb toy. He listened to what they told him not that he misbehaved often. His only crime in Zelda’s eyes was that he kept trying to climb onto the sofa when she was on it. She didn’t know why he looked at her for attention but she was consistent and kept kicking him off. Keeping herself at arms length worked until one fateful day.

Everyone in her family was busy. Hilda had to work, Sabrina had plans with her friends, and Mary and Vida had a scheduled activity that they would enjoy but Zelda necessarily wouldn’t. Hence why they scheduled it when Zelda had to work. This was of course before they got the dog.

Vinegar Tom had been with them only a couple of days. It was why they, mainly Mary and Hilda, didn’t feel comfortable in leaving him on his own for so long. And with his veterinary check up not for another week they couldn’t enroll him in doggy daycare. There was only one viable option that was available and it was that he went with Zelda.

“Absolutely not!” Zelda abruptly got up from her chair and looked between Mary and Hilda. Apparently, Mary felt like she couldn’t ask Zelda on her own and called for reinforcements. Zelda couldn’t really blame her, she and Mary weren’t fighting but Zelda was adamant in proving her point. Mary wanted the dog she was going to take care of it.

“Zelda it’s just for one day.” Her sister pleaded in that soft tone of her, the one that she uses to try to calm her down with. It worked about 70% of the time. Zelda ranged in her anger a little but she wasn’t backing down.

“No.”

“Come on Zelda what’s the harm?”

“For one it’s against the rules. Animals aren’t allowed unless they are a service animal and I’m not about to commit a criminal offense just because there is no one to watch the dog that I didn’t even want. And before you even ask no I am not going to cancel my class.”

“Zelda it’s just one time. Do this for me and not only would I not ask this of you again but next date night is on me. Please? I would do it myself but the plans that I made with Vida can’t be changed.” Zelda turned her glare onto her girlfriend. Mary was being extremely unfair at that moment. Her expression was soft and her tone was pleading. It was a rare combination and it made Zelda cave in every time. And Vida was thrown in, it was dirty move and sadly, it worked.

“Fine.” Mary smirked and got up to give her a kiss on the check. It was supposed to be on the lips but Zelda turned her head to the side. Mary has not earned that privilege back yet.

And thus here she was now, driving to work with Vinegar Tom in the back seat. Though Zelda couldn’t stop thinking about everything that could go wrong, she could get fired, claw marks in her seats, dog hair EVERYWHERE, the mutt was having the time of his life. After dropping of Hilda at work he got up on his hind legs to look out the window. His breath fogged up the windows, his muzzle was that close to the glass, and his tail was wagging up a storm. There was even drool on the glass when Zelda went to let him out. Sneaking the dog into the building wasn’t that hard, the office that she used was on the first floor and the other teacher that she shared it with taught not only on days that she didn’t work but evenings as well. She had the whole space to herself but to make sure that Vinegar Tom didn’t get into anything he shouldn’t she brought a portable crate to create a temporary pen. Vinegar Tom circled his enclosure but he seemed content with the small water bowl and pillow that Zelda gave him. He was happiest with his lamb, he wiggled in eagerness when Zelda pulled it from the bag that Mary set up for her. He squeaked it a little before settling down near the pillow. The last thing that Zelda set up in Vinegar Tom’s pen was a pee pad, Mary walked him before she left but it was better safe than sorry. By the time that Zelda finished setting everything up it was time for her to head to her lecture. Before leaving she took one last look at the dog. He looked up at her with his big brown eyes and his goofy expression that had everyone in her family in love with but gave Zelda a slight jagged feeling in her stomach.

“Don’t get me fired.” With that Zelda left and acted like nothing was wrong.

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When his mistress returned to her office Vinegar Tom was sleeping peacefully. He woke up when she closed the door behind her. He yawned and stretched before watching his mistress. She set down something before coming over to him. His tail started to wag, he was hoping for some treats or a belly rub for being such a good dog. He was slightly disappointed when all she did was take away the barrier that kept him in one corner of the room. It wasn’t quite what he wanted but he was free! It was something. He explored the best way he knew, by smell. He let his nose guide him but after a while of not finding anything he turned back to his mistress. She was sitting behind something big and wooden. She was looking at something but he couldn’t tell what. Her head was bowed, was she sad? Tom couldn’t let that happen. His lamb made him happy so maybe it would make his mistress happy.

Picking up his lamb he brought it over to his mistress. She didn’t appear to notice him so he got up on his hind legs, using the side of the desk for support. When she still hadn’t noticed him he squeaked his lamb. That got her attention.

“What?” He squeaked his lamb again and wagged his tail. He wanted her to know that it was okay to take it. She just looked at him funny. “What?” This time she turned slightly in her chair giving him a space to place the lamb. He dropped it in her lap. However, instead of being happy she looked even more funny and threw his lamb to some corner. Oh! She was playing with him! She must love fetch too! As fast as his legs could go he went to get his lamb and then brought it back, squeaking it twice so she knew that he got it. She threw it two more times, when he came back the third time she ignored him completely. Oh, she was done playing. That’s okay, he was a bit tired so he’ll take a little rest. He dropped his lamb on the floor and then rested his head next to it. He gave a soft sigh in contentment.

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By the time that Zelda was done  she still had half an hour before Hilda got off work, great. Gathering everything that belonged to the dog she clipped his leash onto his harness and out they went. The dog still showed the same enthusiasm as before though Zelda wished he didn’t, she just cleaned her windows of his drool and there he was fogging and slobbering them up again. With twenty minutes still on her hands Zelda had to figure out what to do about the dog. It was pointless to drive all the way home when she would have to drive right back into town to pick up her sister, it wasted both time and gas, both of which she loathed. She decided to take the dog to the park. She didn’t know how tired Mary was going to be and she had the time so why not suck it up and walk the dog once.

The dog seemed happy about it. His tail wouldn’t stop wagging and he sniffed every tree that he got close to. He wasn’t that much different than Vida in that regard. Now that she thought about it he and Vida were a lot alike. They knew how to listen, could entertain themselves, didn’t get into much trouble, and were very loving and sweet with people they liked and a bit closed off with people they necessarily didn’t like. Maybe that’s why Vida fell head over heels with the dog because Zelda would have known if Vida wanted a pet. Yes, she wasn’t exactly forthcoming with Telling Zelda what she wanted but there were signs that as her mother she was able to pick up. There was nothing. Getting the dog was a completely last minute, spontaneous thing. Maybe that’s why Zelda was fighting so hard. She didn’t like spontaneous change. Yet that explained her relationship with Mary perfectly. She didn’t plan on falling in love with Mary, or moving their relationship so fast that they were living together in such a short time. There was no rational reason other than it just felt right. It’s what Mary felt when she agreed to get the dog, so maybe Zelda could work on changing her attitude towards the dog.

She knew just where to start. Since Vinegar Tom behaved himself so well at her work she decided to get him a special treat. There was a small dog boutique not far from where Hilda worked so Zelda took him inside to let him pick out a treat. She held her breath because there was a possibility that the dog could stick his head in a container and either destroy it or eat everything and take every last dime that she had. But as he sniffed through the selection of treats he didn’t seem interested in any of them until he found one he liked. He pawed at it and then turned to her with that same goofy expression and wagging tail. Zelda paid for it and tucked the trat in her purse, he could have it later after his dinner.

Home was very peaceful. Well, more normal than peaceful, and for that Zelda was grateful. As chaotic and as crowded as their household could be it was theirs and Zelda loved it. Vida wouldn’t stop talking about what she did that afternoon with Mary and they all sat around the table for dinner. That night it was Mary’s turns to wash the dishes, they tried to rotate who did what kind of cleaning. Zelda stuck around, she was finishing the last little bit of wine and it was the first time she could talk to Mary alone. Vinegar Tom was circling her, he barked softly and wiggled as he looked up at her. Zelda instantly knew what he wanted.

“Okay fine.” Zelda tossed him his treat. It was some kind of bone thing that smelled vaguely like barbeque. It was what he wanted and was safe for him so Zelda didn’t give it much thought. Vinegar Tom happily took his treat over to his basket and started to chomp away. Finishing up the last of her wine Zelda placed her glass with the rest of the dishes that haven’t been washed yet which was when she noticed Mary looking at her with a smirk and a gleam in her eye. “Not a word.”

“Well your attitude has certainly changed.” Zelda just huffed and walked out. Mary shook her head and went back to the dishes. Zelda would never say out loud if someone was right, she would stay silent and if she could walk out of the room. Mary smirked and looked at Vinegar Tom, he was halfway through his treat. “She’s warming up to you big guy.” He woofed lightly and went back to his treat.

Later that night Vinegar Tom padded into the living room where Hilda sat in an armchair knitting, and Mary and Zelda sitting on the couch reading. He went over to the couch and climbed up on it. Every other time he did that Zelda instantly kicked him off but instead she, without looking away from her book, took one hand and gave him a few head pats. Mary saw this out of the corner of her eye and smirked. It looked like Vinegar Tom was staying for good.

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what is your favorite kind of ice cream? This is in nearly every survey but uhhh cookies and cream. I also like queso real. if people could read your mind, what would they usually find? These days you’d find it almost empty, honestly. I’m nearly out of stuff to do, they’ve suspended online classes so I can’t be productive for school anyway, and I spend most of my days sleeping. In my defense it IS my way of catching up on rest after being excruciatingly burned out from January to the first few days of March, but it’s only a matter of time until I’m fully recharged again and I have to look for other ways to kill time. who do you talk to on the phone most often? My girlfriend. This question is super timely too, lmao. That’s all we can do these days. what's a song that makes you feel happy? Countdown by Beyoncé. It’s like Love on Top’s overlooked sister. what celebrity would you like to meet? Kristen Stewart or Hayley Williams, but they’re WORLDS cooler than me and I feel like I’d just unconsciously act stupid if I do meet them. 

Side note: So Paramore always calls a fan up on stage during their shows to sing Misery Business and I already have had a chance to be that fan. Usually the fans elbow each other to get to the front so Hayley has a better chance of seeing them and picking them. But knowing how much cooler Hayley is than me, I never volunteered and I was happy to stay unseen hahaha. what's the best concert you've ever been to? Paramore the second time. Coldplay was also BEAUTIFUL but it technically doesn’t count because Gabie and I watched the show from the top floor of a nearby parking lot – we weren’t actually in the concert grounds. Still a hell of an experience, though. what is your favorite clothing store? Independent stores that sell whatever fashion trends are making the rounds on Instagram is usually enough for me. H&M used to be my fave but I haven’t bought anything from there in a while. how did you meet your best friend? I met Angela in Grade 1 because our class numbers were right next to each other – I was 8 and she was 9. I met Gabie from a mutual friend. do you need money to be happy? Yes. I’m materialistic as fuck and I’m not even gonna try to hide it haha. what is something you do well? Getting kids and/or dogs to like me is one. what's a good idea you've had recently? Nothing’s really come up. This lockdown/school break hasn’t been requiring me to use my brain cells at all. what is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? Fried rice, sunny side eggs, hot dogs, and bacon. Sometimes I’ll also be in the mood for tapa, which tastes heavenly at breakfast. how far in advance do you prefer to plan? It depends on what I am planning... < Pretty much. I know what I want to be doing in the next five years, but at the same time I don’t know what I plan to do in the next five days. do you like to wear high heels? I love trying them on, wearing them to events, and how I look in them; but they never seem to like me. My toes or ankle usually start bleeding by the 2nd or 3rd hour of having them on. how many slices of pizza do you usually eat? Two or three. Four if I’m really hungry. can you remember life without technology? what was it like? Not really. I did grow up around gadgets, and before I was 4 I was already watching my cousins and uncles play the PS1. I don’t think I know of a world without technology beyond radio and TV considering I’m from Gen Z; but at the same time, it was also a time when adults were still a little wary of these new gadgets, so us kids weren’t allowed to use our Gameboys and PSPs for too long, and we were always encouraged to play outside. what gift would you like to receive? I just want a taste of outside/restaurant food again, dude. To be fair to my dad who’s a chef, he knows how to handle his ingredients and we still get to eat delicious meals despite the lockdown... but it doesn’t stop me from missing Frankie’s or Yabu.

what's the last thing you paid for? I paid for gas when I drove up to Gabie’s house like, three weekends ago. It was the last time I got to be outside before they implemented the suspension of classes. what's the last movie you watched? I think it was Titanic, when it was newly added to Netflix. do you remember your dreams? I’ll remember it sometimes, but my memory lifespan for dreams is only a couple of days. I have to write it down on my phone if it’s a dream I particularly don’t want to forget. do you play any instruments? No. I do know a couple of melodies on the piano, but I’m a phony and can’t say I genuinely know how to play the tunes – I can’t read notes, the way I position my fingers on the keys is abysmal, and I only know/memorize which keys to press because I watch YouTube covers over and over. do you always smile for pictures? Yeah. I find my neutral face super ugly so I always smile for the camera. what are you most excited about right now? I can’t say I’m excited for anything right now... it’s hard to be, with everything that’s been happening. I can’t even be excited for my own birthday next April, which might also get hit by the lockdown. if you had $5 in your pocket what would you spend it on? I’d do a quick run to a convenience store and get myself bottles of soju and mudshake to keep me company during this boring-ass break. how often do you buy things via the internet? Very seldom. I prefer spending my money on eating out. would you like to live in a different country? if so which one? Yeah absolutely, I always think of places to live in other than my own because this country really is the worst to be stuck in. I keep thinking Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. what animal would you see first if you went to the zoo? I dunno, I’ve never been to a ZOO zoo. But if I remember correctly, the ecopark we have in my high school has birds like the Philippine eagle and peacock as the first few animals you see. if you could switch places with someone for a day, who would it be? It’d be interesting to see how it feels like being Blue Ivy for even just 30 minutes lmao. do you prefer the aisle, middle, or window seat on a plane? Window, then middle, then aisle.  what's your favorite song from a movie? Flightless Bird, American Mouth by Iron & Wine that got played in Twilight and Breaking Dawn. where would you like to volunteer? If I could, I’d be helping the homeless in Metro Manila affected by the lockdown at the moment and give them food and clothes, considering our national government isn’t doing jack shit to help them. would you rather go out for dinner or cook at home? Go out for dinner precisely because I can’t cook. who sent the last text message you received? It was from my service provider saying I’m out of data for the week. what's your favorite flower? Peonies. what's the last song you listened to? I Will Always Think of You, from the BoJack Horseman soundtrack. do you like being alone? There are moods that I prefer it. Tonight is one of those nights, so yes. what was the last thing you ate? Chicken wings that my dad made for dinner. how do you find new music? Spotify is amazing at making recommendations based on the songs/artists you already listen to. I also get suggestions from friends. what is your dream travel destination? Thailand, Turkey, or Greece. if you could play any instrument what would it be? The piano. what's your favorite city? Locally, Makati or Vigan. Internationally, and that I’ve been to, Bali. what's the last youtube video you watched? I was watching BuzzFeed’s Worth It series. SO good, and so rewatchable. where are you going on your next trip? I dunno if we’re planning anything because of the virus. My next vacation might already be something I fund myself, once I get a job. what are you currently addicted to? Seafood.

[tonysopranosfeverdreams]

the gang + forgiveness?

Mac watches the distorted shadows on the cement wall across from him grow shorter, the light filtering in through the small window just beneath the ceiling. It’s that time of the year when it’s getting harder and harder to deny that summer’s coming to a close, when you pretend not to notice how the humid August air starts to feel inexplicably,  undeniably different where it brushes against your bare skin.

Soon, it will be time to trade lazy, hazy days spent with the gang draping themselves haphazardly over the plush furniture in Dee and Dennis’ basement for book bags and lockers, for cutting class under the bleachers by the football field with Charlie and Dennis, and for disappointed, pitying looks from teachers, glances of disdain from his classmates as they sized Mac up, eyes lingering on the hand-me-down shoes his mom usually got for him from the thrift store across the street, if she happened to remember to buy them that year.

It was a shame. It had been a good summer, Mac thought. Once, they had even managed to venture far enough from the city to go swimming at the lake. They had raided the local gas station for candy and soda and chips for the drive before piling into Dennis’s sporty new car, Mac in the passenger seat with the windows rolled down, arm propped against the window sill and hand open to catch the wind. Once they had gotten there, they had stripped down to their bathing suits, Dennis laughing with Mac and Charlie as Dee struggled getting her cover up off over her back brace, before silently walking over to help her pull it over her head. After they were done swimming, getting drunk off of cheap beer Dennis had managed to swipe from his dad and eating the peanut butter sandwiches Charlie’s mom had packed for them, Mac noticed how the tips of Dennis’s damp hair had curled slightly where they framed his face.

It had been a good summer.

Just now, however, Dee was dousing herself in so much of some expensive,  floral perfume, that Mac thought he might asphyxiate. Mac had no idea why girls thought these sorts of scents were appealing. Mac remembers once, at some high school party Dennis had roped him into tagging along to, he’d had to make out with Angie Sinclair during a game of seven minutes in heaven,  remembers the sickeningly sweet smell flooding his senses, making him feel lightheaded and panicky. The smell of synthetic daisies had made Mac slightly nauseous ever since.

“Jesus Christ, Dee,” Dennis snaps from his position cross-legged on the basement floor, momentarily pausing in applying his foundation, eyes focused on his reflection in the shiny little compact he must have taken from Barbara’s purse “if you use anymore of that perfume, they’re not even  going to let us into the concert because you’ll be a goddamn fire hazard.”

Dee squawks indignantly.

“It’s true,” Charlie offers helpfully, pausing to take a hefty swig from the bottle of whiskey they’d been splitting four ways before passing it back to Mac. He’s got his back resting against Mac’s legs where they dangle down from his place on the couch. “It’s like, you light a match within a mile radius of her, the whole place could go up in flames. I saw it happen once,” he finishes cheerfully.

Dennis snorts disbelievingly, before turning his full attention back to his makeup, the pads of his fingers skating over his cheekbones. Mac notices a spot where it’s not fully blended, just below his eye, wonders what it would be like to reach out and smooth it out with his finger, what the smooth skin there would feel like.

“You laugh now,” Dee begins, eyes narrowed, “but just you wait until I bag the hottest guy at the concert.You’ve got to pop, send the signal that you’re a high class lady if you want to attract a high class man.  I’ll have you know that perfume on a girl drives the men wild.”

As she turns away,  rolling her eyes, Mac swears he hears her mutter something along the lines of “not that it would do anything for any of you dickwads.” Mac feels something inside his chest flare up at the words.

“Dee, you’re a  seventeen year old bird in a metal back brace twice your size” Mac starts, jumping to his feet, “no one gives a fuck what you smell like.”

Dee opens her mouth to reply, but Dennis must sense the situation is getting heated, because he smoothly snaps his compact shut, moving to stand by Mac on the sofa, and placing his hand at the nape of his neck, moving his index finger soothingly against the soft hairs there. Mac feels frozen in place, for a moment, a warmth radiating from the spot where Dennis is touching him throughout the rest of his body, and a flush rising high on his cheeks. He’d been drinking with the gang, but he didn’t know he was this drunk. He might have to slow down.

“Woah, woah, easy there, buddy,” he starts, giving Mac’s shoulder a little squeeze. “See, now, this is where you’re going  wrong, Dee. Wearing too much fragrance…..that’s a rookie mistake. It covers up all the pheromones. There’s nothing more irresistible to women than the natural scent of a man.”

Charlie wrinkles his nose in confusion.

“Are those the things that make all the girls act all weird and crazy and mood swingy all the time?”

“Not hormones, Charlie,” Dennis sighs, “pheromones, it’s animal magnetism-Biology 101.  They’re this stuff that is released from your skin that makes girls want to fuck you when they smell it. It’s a very powerful aphrodisiac, like catnip for the babes. It’s almost impossible to resist.”

Charlie ponders this for a moment.

“Dennis,” he starts seriously, looking mildly horrified, “I don’t want little bugs flying out of my skin into other peoples’ bodies.”

Dennis does a double take at Charlie, starting to speak before visibly  stopping himself and  taking a deep breath as he poises himself to continue.

“Don’t listen to him, Charlie,” Dee interrupts, crossing her arms across her chest. “You know what I think? I think he’s completely making this shit up. ” She smirks at Dennis “I think he’s just jealous because he knows I’m going to get in on all of the action at the Buffet concert, and he’s not even going to notice any girls, because he’s too wrapped up in his best fr-”

“Yeah man,” Mac begins, talking over Dee before she could finish her sentence. Dennis looks somewhat relieved she was cut off, although he doesn’t know why. “this sounds like some elitist liberal bullshit that the left wants to brainwash us with to make us think that we come from zoo animals. God made humans way more smarter than-”

“Everybody, just  shut up” Dennis explodes, throwing his hands in the air. ‘It’s not my fault that I’m the only fucking person in this room smart enough to understand basic science. Dee, you don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about. Mac, maybe if you smelled less like the men’s discount cologne rack at the department store, girls would actually want to date you.”

“You goddamn son of a bitch!”

***

Three and a half hours of arbitration later, the gang finally makes it out of the basement and gets on the road to the concert. It had taken  three impassioned readings from assorted bible verses, four illegible diagrams drawn on the back of old receipt paper, and one retelling of one of Dennis’s various sexual conquests in excruciating detail (Mac had, rather unsuccessfully, tried to focus on the whir of the fan, during this part), but eventually the gang reached an armistice, although what exactly they were fighting about and exactly what their solution had been, none of them would quite recall by the time they reached the venue.

They  are too preoccupied with finishing the rest of their liquor and singing enthusiastically along to whatever song came on the radio, overcompensating with their volume whenever they don’t know the lyrics, their laughter bouncing off of the city traffic echoing out into the early evening.

Mac is preoccupied watching Dennis, the curve of his jaw illuminated by the streetlights and the  purplish glow cast by the setting sun, the light freckles on his nose that are peeking through his makeup, the relaxed set of his mouth, smile easy and free as he reached down to turn up the volume to some pop ballad he particularly likes. It takes them longer than they had expected, in the city traffic, to reach their destination. Mac wishes the ride were even longer.

They arrive almost half an hour late, so they end up standing toward the back of the lawn section, although no one finds it in them to care all too much. Instead, Mac looks out on the sea of swaying bodies in front of him, brightly colored shirts that remind him vaguely of his time at the beach when he was a little kid, before his dad got locked up for the first time, and his mom would take him out early in the morning to collect seashells and sand dollars on the shore . He looks at the couples standing, hands linked  or heads resting on the other’s shoulder. He feels the heat of Dennis’s hand against his knuckles from where he’s stood next to him.

The sun has almost completely vanished, and everything is is bathed in a dusky blue light by the time Dee announces she needs to piss, and Charlie volunteers to join her in hopes of hitting a concession stand on the way. His chest feels bubbly and  light from the liquor and from the 6-pack of beer  they managed to sneak in down the back of Dee’s shirt, passing off the bulk as a part of her back brace. Dennis’s shoulder bumps against his every now and then as they sway slightly to the music, and when he looks over at Mac and laughs freely, disbelieving, even, Mac feels electric.

The smile fades from Dennis’s face as they look at each other, slipping into something more focused, determined, maybe, and before Mac can ask if he’s okay, before he even fully registers what’s happening, Dennis is winding his arms around his shoulders, lightly, cautiously, like he’s not sure he’s allowed– like he thinks if he holds him too close, Mac might break.

It’s the night air, Mac thinks, or the alcohol, or maybe just the indescribable, indestructible feeling (raw and flayed open, like an exposed nerve ) that he sometimes gets around Dennis that gives Mac the courage to place his own hands on Dennis’s waist, drawing him ever so slightly closer to him.

At this, Mac feels Dennis let out a long exhale against his neck,  letting his head rest against Mac’s shoulder, tightening  his grip on Mac’s upper back.

In the crowd of bodies, under the cover of nighttime, bodies moving together too slowly to the music, Mac thinks, they could have been anyone.

[muggle-zoology]

Hey do you have any advice for how I can work in animal conservation or like zoology work. I’m close to graduating college with a bachelors degree in psychology. Sadly when I started I was to afraid to go for what I really wanted, which was zoology. And now part of me feels like it’s too late to do anything but I just really want to work with animals or wildlife in some way. I would do more schooling if I had too. But I was just wondering if you had any advice on what I could do.

Hey Anon!

I would like to preface this by saying that I don’t work in animal conservation or zoology myself currently, I’m working through my Honours and have a couple of volunteer positions. 

But I hope I can give you some advice anyway!

Depending on where you are in the world some of this might not be as useful, but all I’ve got to draw on is my experience here in Australia. 

I’m going to be honest, conservation and zoology unfortunately are fairly underfunded fields and there is a high chance that you will have to do a lot of volunteering to get anywhere. Jobs can be hard to come by depending on what you want to do and how far you are willing to move.

But don’t let that discourage you, even if a full-time career in this field is not what you are after or get, there are still many ways to get involved and help.

It’s definitely not too late! Depending on the type of work you want to get into, you may need to do extra schooling (eg. research), but if it’s a more practical hands on thing it’s more useful to have experience and maybe a certificate. And in general, experience is way more useful than having a bachelor (unless the job specifies you have to have one). It’s one thing to have the theory, another to be actually able to do something with it. 

I don’t know how things work where you are, but it may be possible for you to get to the next level (masters possibly?) and switch to conservation now that you have a bachelor in science, and you may just need to do a couple of bridging units to bring you up to speed. The best way to see if this is possible to talk to someone at your college. 

A great way to get some hands on experience is to see if there is a wildlife rehab center near where you live. Those kinds of places are almost always looking for volunteers and are generally happy if you’re willing to spend a couple of hours a week there. They give great hands on experience and learning opportunities that you can put on your resume. 

A museum may also be a good place to go. Despite the general opinion, museums are by and large research institutions that have seasoned academics working on numerous projects which range from taxonomy to genetics and more things than I will ever be able to understand (and that’s only in Zoology). One person I met at the Australian Museum in Sydney ended up traveling over south-east Asia and Africa helping identify illegal ivory that had been seized. Others identify new species which changes the conservation status and how they are managed. Depending on where you live, the number of volunteer positions may be different, but unless they really do have more than they can handle, I doubt they’d turn you away. Museum staff also tend to know who’s who in conservation circles and may be able to point you in the right direction.

Things like animal parks and zoos will be more difficult since more people will want to be involved. For example, the Perth Zoo has a waiting list for volunteers wanting to become Docents (the guides), and you have to have been a Docent for about 4 years before you are allowed to volunteer with the animals directly. They also only recruit volunteers once a year. But it’s still worth a shot!

Once you have some experience you may be able to do a certificate which you can use as further proof of experience. 

Check the Zoology department at your college, research students are sometimes looking for volunteers. You could help in the field with data collection, or simply helping them put their data into a database. Both of which are good things to have a reference for. 

Any kind of field-based volunteering will be harder to manage, especially since they generally require a minimum one week commitment. They are incredibly useful, but you will often have to pay for your own travel costs and any equipment, and depending on what you are handling, perhaps even a rabbies shot (which in Australia cost $300). A couple of friends of mine have done a year-long volunteering trip to the Kalahari where they monitored meerkats. It looked amazing, but they had to pay for everything except food and accommodation. Which if you’re like me and don’t have about $3000 dollars to use and need to worry about where you were going to live when you got back, isn’t an ideal situation. 

PhD students tend to have funding from their projects that they will be able to foot a fair portion of the bill. And most government institutions will at least give a weekly allowance to help pay for food and fuel, and will generally have a place nearby that you can live in if you are travelling to get there. You can learn about these simply by emailing their inquiries email and asking if there are any positions available or if they can put you on their volunteer mailing list so you hear about them quickly.

And never forget out useful social media can be! There are entire Facebook groups/pages that dedicate themselves to posting volunteer and job opportunities. Follow local conservation groups and government agencies on Facebook, they will often post something. Follow them on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, wherever they post.https://www.facebook.com/WildlifeJobSearch/

And there are also websites dedicated to this:https://www.environmentjobs.com/ https://www.conservation-careers.com/http://www.ecojobs.com/index.php

I know it can be daunting, and for a long time I doubted whether I had made the right decision in picking Zoology as my major. But there are a lot of ways to get your foot in the door, no matter on how involved you end up deciding to become. 

I hope this has helped!

[is-the-primate-vid-cute]

If a primate shows aggression towards a guest randomly is there a reason? Could it be a sign of stress? I wanna be a zookeeper (too old most likely) but I know next to nothing about primates cause I prefer carnivores and hoofstock lol. And I just remember this one time at my local zoo I was in the indoor gorilla area and they were all chilling and relaxing and I looked away from the window and this big male charged the glass at me and hit it hard once then backed down. Scared the shit out of me and I've always wondered what triggered it cause he went right back to chilling afterwards?

Potentially, but who's to say why he got agitated. Animals on display almost always have an indoor area they can go if they don't want to be viewed by humans so unless the group was locked out for indoor cleaning, he chose to be out there and chose to react that way. As long as you weren't attempting to make eye contact or moving in a threatening way I doubt you did anything to provoke him. He may have charged the glass as a threat to someone else in the viewing space you weren't aware of. There also could have been a noise from elsewhere that upset him.

As for the desire to be a keeper, it's true the job is very difficuot and demanding physically and it's not a job that it easy for people to do once their knees and backs start to get feisty. I can suggest though, zoos and rehab centers are always looking for docents! This is a volunteer position where you would be posted by an enclosure and interact with guests to answer questions about the animals. You get alot of knowledge doing this and staying by the enclosure for hours leads to bonding with the animals similar to a keepers' relationship. I know not everyone has the spare time to volunteer but it may be worth looking into!

[atatfortatzelwurm]

list 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox of the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. spread the positivity!

!!! this was such a pleasant surprise to open my tumblr to

1. ZOOLOGY!! animals are the coolest things ever

i’ve always wanted to go into a job that centers around animals, and i’m closer than ever to my dreams. i’m volunteering at a zoo, at my local nature center, dogsitting, and (even though i don’t often post about it here) im working on Vulture Culture stuff again too. 

everything about animals is fascinating, i could go on for hours about how much every animal i decide to look into and research sends me on days-long quests for more knowledge about them; their anatomy, their behaviors, their habitats… 

2. SONIC!! i love me some speedy boi

but really, getting back into sonic stuff re-opened my passion for videogame design, art, writing and worldbuilding, and experiencing all my old favorite stuff all over again is a ton of fun. the games, the comics, the shows, the upcoming movie, it’s all great!! not to mention so much wonderful fanart, fanfiction, and fancomics. 

i’ve made a lot of friends because of it too. it wasn’t exactly a ‘choice’ to come back into the fandom, but i’m very glad it happened.

3. CREATING!! my audience is me and me alone babey

i have a lot of creative hobbies (art, writing, playing ocarina, etc) that i can do at home and yall. its the best. i can make whatever i want whenever i want, all for myself, and no one could ever stop me. i can draw what i want to see, write what i want to read, play what i want to hear, i can *combine those things* however i think would be cool. 

i’m in the middle of figuring out how to set up commissions and teaching myself how to paint digitally at the same time, so i’m keeping myself busy–plus i’ve got Sonic OCs to draw, both my own and others!!

at the same time, i’m furthering my ocarina and general music skills, im considering learning how to play drums if i can sometime in the future, and im gonna see my favorite band (Walk Off The Earth) in concert with VIP tickets at the end of the month and im gonna get to talk to my music idols!!

4. MOVEMENT!! as in physical activity

i go to the same gym for Parkour/Freerunning classes and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes and i adore it there so much. my Parkour coach is great, he’s super friendly and willing to work with everyone to make sure we’re all learning at our own pace and getting the push we need to further our abilities. i’m the oldest and usually tallest in the class, not to mention im really strong, so my style is really unique to myself!! i like climbing and vaulting a lot, im working on my front flips (punchfront and webster) and its slowgoing but im getting there.

my parkour coach is actually a student with me in my BJJ class, so i get to fight him sometimes! he’s the reason i’m there in the first place!! he said i would be good at it so i tried the class and fell in love–he’s a bluebelt, so he gave me his old whitebelt when i officially joined. i’ve never felt more safe and empowered around a group of adult men (the women in the class usually go on the opposite night from me), i’m the youngest and smallest there so they all teach me ways to be really mean when we’re learning new things and everyone helps out everyone with technique and finding what works for different people. (i love attacking people’s arms and necks, so a lot of tricks to make it easier on my bad forearms and lightweight class!)

not to mention, the gym is openly LGBT+ friendly and all-inclusive of everyone of every race, religion, background, etc. i can be myself and not only feel safe, but learn how to make myself even stronger!

5. FOOD!! im a cooking gay

i love good food, and i love making good food and sharing it with people. i taught myself how to make different recipes, i experiment with different ingredients and flavors, and my extended family loves when i bring food that i’ve cooked to family gatherings and holidays. (i can’t wait til i have a gf i can cook for hehe)

i’m a big meat eater but i know i gotta get veggies and fruits in there somewhere, so learning how to cook is also helping me eat healthier (when i want to, that is) and make it taste good while im doing it.