#i had to make my puppy scones related

[dilfoez]

i don't think I've EVER posted my little boy here.

everyone say hello to the most devious little shit Bones.

[theuniversitychallengereview]

UC 51.32 - St John’s vs Trinity

I watched this episode yesterday, and remember thinking at some point close to the start ‘oh that would be a really interesting thing to write about’, but I didn’t write that interesting thing down, and rewatching it now, the only thing I can think of is related to the fact that St John’s captain Chan is studying veterinary medicine, so I’m going to tell that story instead.

Last Monday I was at the pub for my friend’s birthday. She has a dog, a baby beagle named Basil, and being a baby beagle Basil garners a level of curiosity from fellow punters far beyond that of a regular, grown up pooch. A member of staff had already posed for a photoshoot by the time another lady approached offering dog biscuits. Now, given that he is a puppy, and still undergoing toilet training, and various other forms of early-life canine education, my friend did not want to throw Basil off his routine, be it behavioural or culinary, and said that ‘he’d had his food already, but thanks for the offer’, at which point the woman saw fit to announce that she was a veterinary nurse, to indicate, one presumes, that she knew what she was talking about on the subject of juvenile dogs and their biscuits. 

Another biscuit was proffered, and rejected, and again it was announced that the biscuit profferer was a veterinary professional, at which point my friend said rather loudly, with the intention of its being a joke (though it wasn’t taken as such), ‘I was hoping we wouldn’t need any medical intervention this evening’, which resulted in said veterinary professional slinking off with her tail between her legs. 

I don’t know about you, but I don’t think a ‘puppy playing perfectly pleasantly in a pub’ is a particularly pertinent use of a degree in veterinary medicine. Sure, if you see a horse in distress, and know, due to your degree in veterinary medicine that the horse is having a heart attack, then by all means, feel free to rush over and say ‘step aside, I’m a veterinary professional. That horse is having a heart attack and I know exactly what to do’... (presumably a big upside down defibrillator, but then again, I’m no veterinary professional).

Anyway, all of this is irrelevant to the episode of University Challenge we are going to be covering tonight. And I should also mention that I’m sure Mr Chan will only ever use his degree for good, rather than as justification for feeding beagles biscuits, here’s your first starter for ten…

The first question goes to the man of the hour (thankfully, because if you squint enough then this almost looks like an accomplished segue), with Chan being quickest on the buzzer when the clues started clearing to reveal ‘marble’ as the answer. Clark mentions ‘biscuit’ (which was right, and only on my re-read of this post am I realising that this would have been a far better bit with which to claim the segue) in the conference regarding the first bonus, but they go with ‘scone’ instead, which is wrong. Ouyang suggests ‘sardines’ for the next bonus, and Chan, as he often does, trusts her immediately, but on this occasion her instincts weren’t quite right. They get the third bonus though, and Chan picked up another starter before a hat-trick on words beginning with ‘hap’ (a hap-trick?) set them off to a great start.

Neogi hit back for Trinity with ‘The Plague’, Camus’ novel which has apparently been a bestseller during the pandemic. A single bonus on county tops (an incredibly quaint term for the highest points in a given county) followed, before an impressive buzz from Clark wrestled back control for St John’s. 

The first picture round, on deep lakes, was taken by Kim, and Trinity took a triple on the bonuses to close within twenty points. Brekke gets ‘Brown’ to make this ten and a pair of bonuses on shipwrecks drew them level.  

All Chan needs to hear are the words ‘punctuation mark’ to buzz in with ‘interrobang’ on the next starter. This is sound logic, if the question setters on University Challenge were asking for a punctuation mark, they wouldn’t be asking for a plain old comma would they?! A solid buzz from Kim on a ‘what decade saw…’ question gave Trinity the chance to take the lead, which they duly did, and then extended thanks to Brekke, who recognised ‘Sia’ in double quick time on the music starter.

Asked for a body of the solar system, Neogi throws ‘Neptune’ out as a guess, but he’s not right. Abiding by two rules of University Challenge starter etiquette for teams buzzing second on a given question - namely ‘always guess an answer close to your opponents’ and ‘never pass up an opportunity to say Uranus on national television’, Chan buzzes in and says ‘Uranus’, but unfortunately he’s wrong too, and the question is dropped. 

A quickfire brace of starter questions from George, combined with five of six on the respective bonuses, gave St John’s the lead and a healthy dose of momentum, which they did not relinquish again. Kim tried to cut in for Trinity, but only succeeded in losing five points as their Cambridge rivals powered out to a seventy point lead. 

Some more starters were dropped (there seemed to be quite a lot of these in this episode, although there were a few articles from a couple of years back describing how they cut a lot of the starter questions nobody gets right, so maybe there weren’t that many more than usual), but even had Trinity picked them up I don’t think there would have been time to complete a comeback. 

Final Score: (St John’s 155 - 125 Trinity) x Cambridge

Another entertaining match this, between two good teams. I think St John’s probably were the stronger team overall, so this was about as far as Trinity could have been expected to go, but they put up a bloody good fight. St John’s will be back either next week or the week after, playing either Reading or King’s for a spot in the semis (they won’t play Emmanuel, because they’ve already faced them at this stage)

[return-of-a-space-cowboy]

The otherworld pt1

I became absolutely obsessed with this Coralline au idea by @yanderebloodlust

Hope you all enjoy it

You had wished that you had never gone through the door. You should of never fell for all of Doppio's temptations. He had buried you in gifts, anything you wanted was yours... But eventually you would have to do something in return and make a life changing decision.

"I love you so much dollface" he cooed to you as he saw you in the blue blouse with a matching star patterned skirt. He had a habit of calling you dollface but it wasn't in it's usual sleazy way, he said it in a very cute and endearing way; it was also a bit of a play on the fact he kind of looked like an old fashioned doll himself.

His purple hair flowed in a small nonexistent breeze. His smile was bright and lively that paired well with the little freckles dotted along his rosey cheeks. The only thing that took away from his liveliness was those orange button eyes with pink thread holding them in place.

"Thank you Doppio, I don't know how I would ever be able to thank you" you said as you hugged him.

"Well there is one way..." He mumbled.

"Really?" You asked.

"Yes" he replied as he pulled away and revealed a rectangular box and opening it, you shuddered as you saw it's contents. You knew what he was going to ask once you saw the pair of black buttons along with a needle and some thread.

"You... You want me to sew my eyes?" You asked.

"Yes, and once you do we can be together forever... Don't you want that?" He explained. For a moment you thought that maybe you should but you remembered about you life in the real world, your friends would really miss you and so would your parents. Even thou they weren't the best and maybe your life was a little disfunctional but at least it was better then some others.

"Umm... I think I'll pass..." You replied as you took a step back from him.

"What's the problem? if it's the needle then don't worry. I'll make sure that it doesn't hurt" he cood as he thrusted the box towards you.

"Do you perhaps not like the colour, maybe you would prefer lilac or turquoise or vermilion or maybe ivory?" He asked you.

"I really think you'd look good with ivory... It really brings out your purity" he commented.

"No... No..." You muttered.

"Excuse me, I didn't quite hear that!" He yelled as he dropped the box and grabbed your arm. His voice became bitter an irritated.

"I really should go... My parents must be getting really worried" you said as you tried to walk away.

"No! You can't leave me!" He screamed as he gripped your arm tightly. Bruises began to form on you arm.

"Please-"

"No! Never!" He screamed as he slammed you into the kithen bench.

"You can't leave me! You won't leave me! I won't let you leave me!" He continued his tyrant.

You felt so scared, the most you had ever in your life. You felt the items on the kithen bench behind you and grabbed the kithen knife and slashed the buttons out of his nonexistent eyesockets.

He hissed out in pain and the sound of those two buttons hitting the floor resonated throughout the room.

"(Y/n) how could you do this to me?! I'm your boyfriend!" He screamed as he felt around the room. You had completely blinded him.

You swifty took your chance of an escape and headed towards the lounge room.

"(Y/n)!" He yelled as he followed you, occasionally bumping into the hallway walls.

You ran into the lounge room and headed to the small door.

You tried to open the door but doorknob was playing up.

"(Y/n), please don't be like this" Doppio plead as he stumbled into the room.

You began to jingle the knob lightly while trying to open it and after a few attempts it finally opened with an awfully creak which alerted Doppio's attention to you.

He lunged towards you and grabbed your leg.

"(Y/n) just think about this for a moment, if you leave then you life will be just like before... Boring and mondane... Do you really want that?" He asked as he gave you what you assumed would of been the puppy dog eyes.

"Yes I choose to go back to my old life, and you can't stop me" you responded as you kicked him off your leg before beginning your last voyage through the tunnel. You picked up the pace as you saw Doppio not far behind.

The tunnel seemed longer the all the previous times you had been through it but you prevailed and quickly locked the door behind you.

"(Y/n)!" He screeched an ear piercing screech as he pounded on the door.

He continued for minutes on end, each time he call out to you his voice seemed to change into a deeper and more sinister until he stopped. However you waited a few more minutes just to make sure you were safe.

You looked at the the clock it was 7pm. You had been in the otherworld for 10 hours, it just proved to you that the otherworld had no sense of time.

"Mom, Dad... I'm home!" You called out but you had no response. It couldn't of taken them all that time to do the shopping.

You walked into the kitchen and there was a bag full of groceries with flies swarming around it on the bench. You peered inside to see various fruit, veg and meat that he'd completely spoilt.You wanted to gag at the sight alone and the putrid smell didn't help either.

Perhaps you had been in the otherworld for a lot longer. Your heart pounding with anxiety. You  walked into the dining room where your phone had been placed before entering the otherworld.

You turned it on and gasped in horror, it had been a whole week, your parents must be petrified. You unlocked it and called your mother but you got no response. Your father was the same.

You looked at the table for any clues as to where they may be. You found a few letters and found on addressed to you, it was from a university you had applied for but you didn't open it. You didn't care what it said right now, you just wanted to know if your parents were safe.

You quickly grabbed a flashlight and made your way to the front door and opened it, their car was still there. You slowly approached the car and opened the door on the drivers side. No sign of them to be found.

"What are you doing out here so late at night?" You heard a familiar voice ask you which made chills go down your spine.

You turned around to see to familiar but definitely not pleasant figures towering over you.

Sorbet and Gelato were their names. They were your two of neighbours which your parents had instantly warned you to be wry of and you definitely understood why, they were a quite mischievous pair with a lot of secrets to hide. Whenever you were in their presence you felt that something was going to happen to you if you stayed long enough.

In the otherworld they didn't exist, instead they were replaced with two different people whose names were Squalo and Tiziano. They were so much nicer to be around, they always seemed to brighten the room unlike their real world counterparts. The only similarly you could pick between the two pairs was undeniablity that they were both gay couples.

"Have you seen my parents?" You asked them only to get a chuckle in response.

"Aww did the little girl lose her Mommy and Daddy?" Gelato said in a slightly mocking tone.

"No! They've completely vanished" you scowled.

"We saw them come home from the shops a week ago, they haven't left the area since" Sorbet replied.

"But I think we can help you find them" Gelato said as he held your hand and led you to their section of the estate.

"Wait, what are you doing?" You exclaimed as you tried to pull him off.

"If you want to find them your going to have to tell us what's going on" Sorbet explained as he followed you.

Eventually they had forced you down the stairs and into their home. Gelato pushed you down into the old sofa before going into one of the other rooms whilst Sorbet went to the kithen.

"Would you like something to drink or eat?" He asked you as he began to grab out three tea cups. In any other situation you would decline such an offer from him but with the thought that you may have not eaten in days you just couldn't refuse.

"Yes please" you replied as your eye wondered across the room. Most of the room was littered with boxes and the wall was covered in yellowing posters for thousands of theatrical productions. The posters were almost exactly like the ones Squalo and Tiziano had in the otherworld but then again they were quite the thespians. You could still remember their performance which for you had been quite the immersive experience.

"I'm guessing you and Gelato really love the theatre..." You said as you tried to make small talk.

"Not really, the posters are from Gelato's aunties that lived here before us" he replied.

"Why did they leave everything behind?" You asked.

"They died" he replied.

"Oh" you sighed.

"Are you alright with jasmine tea? It's the only tea we have left" he asked.

"Yes that's fine" you replied.

"Found it!" Gelato exclaimed as he re-entered the room.

"Found what?" You asked.

"Is it any of your business?" He hissed which caused you to tense up.

"I'm just kidding, no need to be such a nervous Nelly" he chuckled before sitting on the sofa opposite yours. Sorbet soon joined and placed three cups of tea with a couple of scones paired with several savoury and sweet fillings to the side of the tray.

"Thanks Honey" Gelato cooed as he wrapped his arms around Sorbet and gave him a quick kiss before pulling away.

"If we're going to help you (Y/n) you need to tell us what's going on" Sorbet said as he slumped down onto the sofa before picking up one of the scones and smothering it with cottage cheese.

"It's really hard to explain" you said as you picked up a scone and piled on some cherry jam and whipped cream.

Gelato then leaned into Sorbet's ear and whispered something inaudible into his ear. Sorbet nodded in response.

"Is it somehow related to the stories that surround this building?" Gelato asked.

"What stories?" You asked.

"Oh do you not know the stories about several young girls vanishing over the years" Sorbet asked.

"No, I haven't..." You replied before taking a bite.

"Well you know the previous owner of the section of the house you live in" he began

"Not really... My parents never told her that I was living with them" you explained.

"No wonder she let your parents buy the house, if she'd known that you were living with them she wouldn't have sold it to them, not even for two million!" Gelato exclaimed.

"Well her name Maria and she use to have a twin sister called Donatella. As teenagers they moved into the house with the rest of their family" Sorbet continued.

"From what we know Donatella was always in her twins shadow and had a distant relationship with the rest of her family, apparently she had met a man of the other side of the door in the lounge room" Gelato said. Your eye widened with shock as you sipped your tea. You weren't the only one.

"And after a few months she disappeared. Her parents thought that she'd ran away but Maria had a feeling that it had something to do with that door and that happened fifteen years ago" Sorbet continued before sipping his tea.

"That isn't the first time a female teenager to young adult has disappeared either, there are two more known cases that date back  to the beginning of this places history and the original blueprints for the house never included that door in the design" Gelato said.

"You guys must have a lot of time on your hands" you commented as you took another bite out of your scone.

"We're investigators, it's just what we do" Sorbet said as he shrugged.

"Wow I would have never thought you guys would be working for the police" you said with doubt. Gelato gave you a smirk before saying "He never said we worked for the police"

His sinister comment sent shivers down your spine. If they knew this much about the house itself then you would hate to know how much they knew about you.

You took another sip of your tea to ease your nerves.

"(Y/n)" Gelato called to get your attention once more.

"What?" You asked.

"As a young female who's probably going through struggles of independence with your parental units you'd be quite the target for such a thing" Gelato stated.

"And what are you implying?" You hissed.

"Have you had any experience with that door? Can you tell us what lies beyond perhaps?" Gelato asked you.

"No..." You replied as you took one last sip of tea, only leaving a small amount of tea in in the cup as there were to many leaves.

"Fine  then... Keep your secrets" he huffed.

"What on earth are you talking about?" You said in a cynical tone.

"You're such a liar but I'll just pretend I don't know and not give you any help" he smirked, causing your face to screw up in annoyance.

"Aww to hell with it!" He said as he tossed something at you and it landed perfectly on your lap. Looked down to see a leather necklace with a circular jade pendant with a hole in the middle.

"What is this?" You asked.

"It's a family heirloom and it's supposed to help guide and protect me but it hasn't done jackshit for me" he said in a voice full of sarcasm.

"But I'm sure it'll do you more good then it ever did for me" he continued.

"Are you sure? I mean it's a part of your family history and if you had kids... Wouldn't you want to pass it down to them" you said.

"Nah... I'm never having kids, I can't stand them. At least I know you'll use it" he replied as he finally took a sip from his tea before screwing his face up.

"Damn it the went cold" he hissed.

"I'll get you another one" Sorbet  said as he stood up and grabbed his cup and was about to grab yours before stating.

"The leaves in your tea have formed a rather strange cluster"

He picked up your cup and inspected it.

"It looks like a hand" he said.

"Wait let me see!" Gelato exclaimed as he stood up and also had a look.

"No it looks more like a giraffe" he retorted.

"I think it's a sign of danger" Sorbet said.

"No I think it's a sign that she'll meet a tall, handsome man!" Gelato yelled which began a heated but definitely not relationship breaking argument on what your future may hold.

For awhile you watched the two men bicker at each other while eating the rest of your scone. Eventually the argument went completely off topic and that's when you decided to make your leave with a couple of scones in hand.

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When you arrived home you felt exhausted. You sigh as you walk through the hallway but as soon as you passed the loungeroom a faint scratching could be heard you walked in to try and find out what it was, I grew louder and louder as you got closer to it.

It was from the other side of the door. You then heard Doppio sobbing and muttering your name and how he wanted you to come back to him.

"Please open the door... Please let me see you again... Please love me" he whined.

"No! There is no way I'm opening the door for a crazy bastard like you!" You yelled as you kicked the door.

For a moment everything went silent. Then the he started to bang on the door in an aggressive manner.

"You will! You will! You have no other choice!" A deep, sinister voice yelled which caused you to fall back in horror.

"It's inevitable! You will come back!" He continued. This wasn't the Doppio you had known previously. Whoever this new person was had such a sinister desire to have you.

In fear you quickly scrambled into the kitchen. Your heart raced in fear and your eyes nearly full of tears.

'What is happening?' you thought to yourself as you grabbed out your phone and rang your mother again. You then heard the faint tune of your mother's ringtone ghostly echoing though the house.

You followed the melody, humming softly to it as you roamed the house to find it.

The creak of the old wooden floor followed your every step as you made you way up stairs. The ringtone silenced and your mother's voice played on the on your phone and despite it being a simple line of her saying that's she's unavailable and to leave a message at the tone you still felt some warmth in he static voice.

You hung up and called again, you then realised where the phone was. You ran into your parents bedroom in hopes that they were in a deep sleep but there was no one. You examined the room for any sign of her phone. A dull glow from under the bed caught your eye before it disappeared.

Your mother's message played once more and you hung up before you laid down and dove your hand under the bed. You felt around for a minute or so until you felt the cold screen of your mother's phone however it layed on top of a unfamiliar object which you decided to grab as well.

Once you saw it your heart fell into your stomach and your guys churned in horror at the disfigured doll that shared different traits to both your parent's. You threw it across the room and screamed.

Doppio... That danm Doppio... What had he done to your parent's. You began to cry as you knew that this was your fault. You should of just listened to them and just left the door alone, then all this mess would never of happened.

"Why do I mess up everything!" You sobbed as you held the pendent that you had received only moments ago.

For what seemed like forever you just cried until you felt soft fur brush up against you. You looked up to see the fluffy white cat named Leone, by his collar that is.

In the otherworld he could talk and insists that you call him Abbaccio. He wasn't the most friendliest of cat's as a matter of fact he was a real grumpy cat but beside the time he threatened to piss on your shoes for pelting him with a stone (which was a total accident) but besides that he was no real trouble.

He let out a long deep meow and tapped his paw on your back.

"Quit it Leone!" You hissed as you pushed him away, which led to him letting out the most startling hiss while scratching you on the back.

"Oww! You fucking bastard!" You yelled as you sat up and glared at the cat. He then meowed again, which you could only assume that it translated into 'that's what you get for disrespecting your elders'.

"What is it?" You asked him with slight annoyance in your tone as you dried your tears. He then picked up the doll with his mouth and walked to the door frame and waved his tail. You stood up and began to follow him through the upstairs hallway.

He led you to a mirror before dropping the doll.

"What's going on?" You asked before seeing two figures appearing in the mirror. Two familiar faces pleading for your help.

"Mom! Dad!" You yelled as you ran up to the mirror and touched the cold, reflective surface.

"Don't worry I'll save you!" You yelled. They replied but no words  could be heard. Slowly they started to fade.

"Just hold on!" You yelled as your hand clenched into a first before punching the wall.

"That danm Doppio!" You screamed in anger as you continued to pound the wall with your fist until Abbaccio got up on two feet and pushed onto your leg, giving you a nonverbal cues to cut it out.

"Fine... Fine..." You hissed as you picked up the cursed doll and marched downstairs to the lounge room and tossed the firewood into the fireplace with some old newspaper before lighting a match and tossing it in.

You then threw the doll in it. You watched as the doll slowly blackened before being swollowed by the flames. Tears streamed down your face as you came to realisation of what you had to do.

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[dragonbornoflegend]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45,46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, and 100. My hand hurts now.

Lord have mercy upon my soul 1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk? I always try and have a decent balance with the two, but I lean towards more milk. 2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day? It depends. If I've just left a warm place, it feels refreshing, but if I'm already outside and cold then it feels like death.3) what random objects do you use to bookmark your books? Right now I'm alternating between an astrology card I got from a fortune teller machine in a Spinelli's and a dollar bill that has the word "BONER" written on it. 4: how do you take your coffee/tea? Coffee sweet with shit like chocolate or pumpkin spice, and tea usually iced with enough sugar to taste the diabetes.5: are you self-conscious of your smile? Yep 🙃 I lost my retainer in the 8th grade so my teeth are Fucked Up™6: do you keep plants? I certainly try, but I'm kind of like Timmy's mom from Fairly Odd Parents7: do you name your plants? Yep! I used to have a bromeliad named George before I accidentally killed it. 8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings? I tend more to just bottle them up lmao but if I had to pick one it would be writing 9: do you like singing/humming to yourself? I do, but I refrain from doing so in public out of respect for others 10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach? I'm a stomach sleeper. It's painful. 11: what's an inner joke you have with your friends? Most of my jokes honestly. "Just watch some porn and eat more chocolate", "you got a 30 on your ACT", the implication that I on the reg put it in @fuckthepersonthattookmyusername's ass, stuff like that. 12: what's your favorite planet? I feel like I should say Earth since I live on it? But I also highkey relate to Pluto bc I, too, constantly struggle with validation. 13: what's something that made you smile today? My dogs. My Big Dumb one is chasing his tail in front of me as I type this. 14: if you were to live with your best friend(s) in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like? Spacious, with lots of plants and a goat skull hanging on the wall. A nice kitchen. My dog is there and healthy. 15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is! I don't have my glasses on and at first glance I thought this said "weird spice fact" and I got really excited. I did google a space, fact, though, and I learned that Neutron stats can spin at a rate of 600 rotations per second. 16: what's your favorite pasta dish? Does "all of them" not count? If I had to pick one, right now it's tortellini. 17: what color do you really want to dye your hair? Silver. I do love my red, though. 18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up. Basically everything I do that exemplifies how dumb I am lmao. I almost didn't graduate high school and they nag me parent-style about that one a lot.19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it? I do not, I've tried before but I've never known what to write in it. Plus I'm always way too paranoid that someone will find and read it. 20: what's your favorite eye color? @stripper-boots's 21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that's been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces. The only bag I really have that's lasted a while (I abuse my bags lol) is an orange drawstring with a skull printed on it. It's got some weeaboo buttons on it bc for a while it was my convention bag. Now I mostly use it to collect buttons on. 22: are you a morning person? Absolutely not. If allowed to I will sleep until 2 pm with no issues.23: what's your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations? Usually just sit around and watch YouTube/Netflix or play video games. Today is actually one of those few days, actually. I've got plans on running to the local farmer's market too so I can plant some herbs later on. 24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets? I have people I would trust not to tell anyone else, but I still wouldn't ever tell them. It's less a trust issue and more that I just don't want anyone knowing some of these things. 25: what's the weirdest place you've ever broken into? An abandoned church compound. It was a big lot full of tons of old buildings. Some of them were used for storage and had a bunch of newer stuff in it but some of them looked like old schoolhouses and dorms. The desks inside had schoolwork dated from the 70s in them. The place has since been leveled, though. It's a shame. 26: what are the shoes you've had for forever and wear with every single outfit? My combat boots. They've seen hell, basically. 27: what's your favorite bubblegum flavor? I can't remember the name, but 5 gum has these two that are great. One is a fruity flavor that kind of tastes like Monster and one is a mint that's great because it's not as harsh as most other mint gums.28: sunrise or sunset? Sunset, probably. I'm usually awake to see that one more. 29: what's something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing? Exist. 30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared? On one hand, I think so, but on another hand I do have that "could be worse" issue. Yesterday I was woken up by a man I didn't know knocking on my door and then literally climbing on my roof. After he got down he started banging on my door and yelling. That was pretty terrifying but I do feel like it could have gone much worse. 31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks. I do enjoy weird patterned socks, I think they're cute. White socks are demon spawn tho. I also despise sleeping with socks on. I went through a phase in middle school in which I exclusively wore fuzzy socks. Never again.32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends. Boy do I have a story to share. I once went out to watch Rogue One with @stripper-boots and another friend, and somehow the night ended with us picking up another person, stealing a grocery cart from a CVS near my school, and driving through our old high school's parking lot while someone sat in the cart and held on to my van. We would then hit the brakes and the person in the cart would let go and see how far they would keep rolling. It was absolutely amazing. 33: what's your fave pastry? Listen, I'm a baking and pastry student, I can't pick just one. If I had to narrow it down, I love making turnovers and scones. Blackberry and sage scones are absolutely amazing. 34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it? I kept (and currently keep) two stuffed Dalmatians named Spot and Pongo (I was a creative kid, I know). I've had them since I was born and they're both incredibly dear to me. 35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often? I always want to, but almost every time I end up too afraid to use them because I want to wait and find something that would be worth using them for (spoiler alert: I never do). So I've stopped getting them lol36: which band's sound would fit your mood right now? Probably The Neighborhood or something like that. I'm feeling pretty mellow today. 37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean? I like to keep it super clean (even if it occasionally gets messy thanks to depression). The people I live with are pretty messy and it gets to me pretty badly so I try to have at least one clean area that I can retreat to.38: tell us about your pet peeves! Hoo boy, here we go. I cannot stand it when people chew with their mouths open (people that have to due to some sort of disability or something don't count, ofc). It is seriously one of the grossest things in the world to me and it honestly makes me uncomfortable to the depths of my very soul. Most of my family and a few of my friends do it, too, and it absolutely kills me. I also can't stand it when people put their feet on things or when they do something I've asked them not to because they find it humorous. 39: what color do you wear the most? Black. I'm still a little emo kid at heart. Plus I own all dark haired animals lol. 40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what's it's story? does it have any meaning to you? I wear a collar around my wrist that belonged to a dog we fostered. It's from when he was a puppy, which I think is pretty great because as he grew up he ended up coming up to my hip with his shoulder. Seriously, he was huge. 41: what's the last book you remember really, really loving? Both of the books in the Kingmaker, Kingbreaker series. I read them my sophomore year of high school and I still think about them a lot. I'm not even sure why, they just struck a chord with me and I absolutely love them. 42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it! I feel obligated to say the one that belongs to my school. It's basically the only one that I really frequent, anyways. The cafe mochas are amazing. 43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with? Honestly, I can't remember the last time I actually stargazed. It's definitely been a while.44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything? Probably before I was born. My mom smoked a lot of weed while pregnant with me so I'd imagine I was a pretty chill little fetus. 45: do you trust your instincts a lot? Anxiety won't let me. 46: tell us the worst pun you can think of. Basically any pun my chef instructor this past quarter told us lol. Or anything that comes from @stripper-boots47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe? Candy corn 48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today? I was always terrified of tornadoes, to the point that some nights I would just lay awake and cry because I was afraid that a tornado would come crashing through my house, even on nights with nice weather. I'm no longer that afraid of them, but I do still get really nervous when it storms out.49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought? I love CDs! I haven't bought one in a while, but the most recent one I "acquired" (aka stole from my dad) was the Cloud Atlas soundtrack. 50: what's an odd thing you collect? Sadness. 51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them? I associate the song "Fuck You" with my mom. Because fuck her. 52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far? All of them53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them? I've seen Rocky Horror and parts of Beetlejuice. They're both pretty awesome. 54: who's the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face? Myself in the mirror lmao55: what's the most dramatic thing you've ever done to prove a point? I try not to be dramatic that much? Idk. I'm answering all 100 questions of this rn to prove that I'm not a little bitch. 56: what are some things you find endearing in people? Genuine care. Like honestly, someone can act caring towards me once and there we go, I think they're great and want to be their friend. 57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics? You mean there aren't people that dramatically reenact the lyrics? 58: who's the wine mom and who's the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why? @thenomoreotaku is the self-proclaimed wine mom. I feel like @stripper-boots is the vodka aunt. 59: what's your favorite myth? Listen I love mythology, do not get me started. Just all of them. 60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves? I really like "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" from Robert Frost and basically anything from Neil Hilborn. 61: what's the stupidest gift you've ever given? the stupidest one you've ever received? Every gift I give is stupid. I'm not very good at giving gifts. 62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind? I'm not really a fan of juice. 63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be? I want to be organized but I am Not. 64: what color is the sky where you are right now? Kind of a light gray with some blue. It rained last night. 65: is there anyone you haven't seen in a long time who you'd love to hang out with? I haven't seen my friends since Saturday night, does that count as a long time? 66: what would your ideal flower crown look like? Anything with bright flowers (probably red) and maybe some Quartz on it too. I actually plan on making some soon. 67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel? I like the melancholy feel but I hate how humid it is when it's misty so I'm kind of on the fence about it. 68: what's winter like where you live? Normally I would say Fucking Cold but this winter was actually pretty warm so?? Thanks global warming. 69: what are your favorite board games? I really like Betrayal at House on The Hill, and I appreciate the cutthroat factor of Monopoly. I was also recently introduced to Arkham Horror and it was pretty lit. 70: have you ever used a ouija board? Nope71: what's your favorite kind of tea? I have this black tea that's cacao mint flavored and I love it 72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you'll forget it? YEP73: what are some of your worst habits? All of them. 74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns. Listen I have like, 3.5 friends this is going to be a pain to choose one. I have one that's pretty saint-like lately. Bc they're holey. 75: tell us about your pets! They're all amazing and I love them. I have a 6 year old blue pitbull named Jinxx, 3 year old Presa Canario named Murdoc, a 9 year old brown tabby cat named Tiger, a fluffy black cat named PJ that's somewhere between 7-9, and a betta fish named Radicchio. 76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren't? Going to the farmer's market and cleaning my house. 77: pink or yellow lemonade? I don't like lemonade 😐78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub? I will hate minions until the day I die 79: what's one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you? My friends literally made me a bedroom. 80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why? They're just white. I wanted to paint them but I never got a chance before we moved in. 81: describe one of your friend's eyes using the most abstract imagery you can think of. He much will everyone hate me if I use "azure pools" 82: are/were you good in school? Definitely not lol. I think I'm getting better now that I'm college though. 83: what's some of your favorite album art? I really like some of the drawings from Alesana's album The Emptiness. That's all I can think of off the top of my head.84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones? I currently have one tattoo of my cat, and I plan on getting something baking related (probably a quote about bread) and something Wizard of Oz related. 85: do you read comics? what are your faves? I always mean to but I've never actually gotten around to it. 86: do you like concept albums? which ones? I love concept albums. Alesana did three concept albums in a row that were all related and I absolutely adore them. 87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives? Cloud Atlas, Uno: The Movie88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy? Do Snapchat filters count 89: are you close to your parents? Occasionally with my dad, but not with my mom 90: talk about your one of you favorite cities. The one I live in lol. Louisville is pretty lit. Lots of good food. 91: where do you plan on traveling this year? I'm hoping to make it to Sandusky for ColossalCan in the beginning of June.92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch? There is never enough cheese 93: what's the hairstyle you wear the most? My sidecut. It's basically my most recognizable trait at this point. 94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday? My stepbrother's birthday is the 14th 95: what are your plans for this weekend? I'm not sure, but I'm hoping to chill with the D&D squad and play some more board games. 96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot? I can't remember the last time I installed an update on my computer 97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house? ISTP, Libra, Slytherpuff98: when's the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it? Probably year or so ago. Hiking is lit. 99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them. Stressed Out from top because I'm always stressed 🙃100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why? I wouldn't press either tbh. Leave that shit how it is.