#note for future me this is from ep 55

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Dammit the wait for next Friday will hurt. Anyways, spoilers below.

Also, yeah, this arc is still dealing with domestic abuse. Heads up on that and note that the first ten minutes or so of this week's ep are extremely rough.

Okay, so Xixi can possess people in present and it seems that this was the first time she jumped into someone via a photo. That poor baby, even if there's a distinct possibility she's a serial killer now. And I'm guessing Cheng Xiaoshi got kicked out bc of her possessing someone else? Although maybe it was the potential superpower interference of Tian Chen? However, I do wonder if he can possess people too.

I'm not entirely sure of whether this is really Xixi yet. The explainer for her childhood muteness feels off, so I'm not discounting the possibility of her brother possessing her yet. Cheng Xiaoshi's possession could temporarily get rid of things like nearsightedness and make the person much stronger, so maybe it'd be a similar principle here? Spit balling tho.

Additionally, Qian Jin getting access to the twins during his cop days didn't surprise me. But why did they basically fall off the face of the earth for a while, considering that a double homicide in front of two children would definitely go public? Witness protection? Idk, we'll see.

And the illegal cliffhanger with Lu Guang's disappearance has me scratching my head. The glass appears to have been broken from inside and a bunch of henchmen storming a hospital to kidnap someone would have attracted attention. It's unlikely to be them and the window shot indicated quite a drop. I'm not sure a healthy person could have made this jump, nevermind someone who got stabbed earlier.

But a lot of emphasis was put on the 18:55 shot, which makes me wonder if there was time travel involvement. He'd have stood a chance in this scenario bc of possession's strength increase and temporary ignorance of conditions. Additionally, maybe he's seen the henchmen storming the building via checking the security cams and thus began pulling together an escape plan earlier. Perhaps it involved future Cheng Xiaoshi? But given that they've already dropped a bunch of nods to the slice of life spinoff, I do wonder if the photos Cheng Xiaoshi took for the shop's social media are still accessible. If so, could be possession by a twin too.

[sesame-sim]

Books I'm considering next

I mentioned before I add a new book every 5 sim years in my bookish save.. I'm torn about what book to add in next for Year 55. I know It seems too soon to be thinking about it bc I'm posting Year 50 right now, but in actuality I'm halfway through playing Year 53 so I need to give myself some time to finish reading and do prep like take notes, make a timeline.

Below are the ones I'm currently considering. They each have things about them that I really want to play and things about them that would be difficult to show with sims. Opinions welcome! I would love if somebody just tells me they have a clear favorite and then I don't have to decide lol.

In alphabetical order (info on each after the cut)

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys (memoir)

Dust Child (historical fic)

Magic Lessons and the Practical Magic trilogy (fantasy)

Refugee High (nonfic)

Salvage the Bones ; Sing, Unburied Sing (fic)

She's Not There (memoir)

The Glass Castle ; Half Broke Horses (memoir)

To Kill A Kingdom (fantasy)

War and Speech (YA)

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys (memoir of Viv Albertine, member of British female punk rock group The Slits. I'm interested in the aesthetics of this. She's also dated Mick from The Clash, has been friends with various ppl like Sid Vicous. But should I hold out for the possibility of a bands EP or GP in the future? And there's another memoir of hers I could also read before playing. It's more focused on her family rather than her music career)

Dust Child (historical fiction about a half Vietnamese half black man who is trying to find out who his father is in the present time intertwined with the story of two sisters who leave their small town to become bar girls in Saigon in past time. I actually haven't read this yet but I became interested in playing something with a Vietnamese storyline because of the tumblr @biplusco . Their Indochine cc collection made me want to play something set in Southeast Asia.

Magic Lessons; The Book of Magic; The Rules of Magic; Practical Magic (trilogy and a prequel following the Owens family of witches since the 1600s. You may know the movie Practical Magic. Of these books I've read Practical Magic and half of Magic Lessons but haven't read The Book of Magic or The Rules of Magic yet. The main issue here is 4 books is a lot to take notes about and make timelines for before playing through. Plus, starting from the late 1600s all the way to more current times at the speed I play will mean I never finish! But maybe I could JUST play the prequel.)

Refugee High (nonfiction about the high school in the U.S. with the highest percentage of refugees. The author chose some students, each from a different country, to delve into the lives of. Could be interesting depicting each one's past in sims before they end up together in Copperdale High School. But I've only just started reading this one.)

Salvage the Bones; Sing, Unburied, Sing (fictions both by Jesmyn Ward and they take place in the same town. The characters even cross paths at one point. I love her writing so much but a key part of one book is a hurricane and the other book mostly takes place in a car so I don't know if I can do this well in Sims 4 as the game is rn)

She's Not There (memoir, gender transition. I might want to read her other book called Good Boy about every dog she's had in her life first so I can play both together and have each of the pets join the family at the right times)

The Glass Castle; Half Broke Horses (both by Jeannette Walls. The Glass Castle is a really popular memoir about the author's nomadic upbringing with parents who eventually choose to be homeless. Half Broke Horses is her biography of her maternal grandmother. That one mostly takes place on ranches. What happens in The Glass Castle basically picks up right after what happens in Half Broke Horses.)

To Kill A Kingdom (fiction, fantasy, mermaids and princes. This one I'm worried about my lack of cc for. I want to play out a fantasy book at some point but I haven't done any collecting of fantasy cc whatsoever yet so it might take a while to accumulate it )

War and Speech (a humorous YA book about a high school girl, new to a school, who joins the super snobby speech team just to try to bring them down from the inside.)

[liesoverthec]

I don't know if you've paid any attention to this but do you know the official ages of the main characters? You've always paid attention to little details so i feel like you'd be the right person to ask this to.

Hi anon! ❤️ I’m SO SO sorry this took so long!

I appreciate you thinking of me for this - I have in fact paid attention to this 😂 I know about the general age of some characters, and I know within a year of others (depending on when their birthday is they may have aged up already!)

Bobby - 54. He says in the pilot that he’s 50 years old, and so you figure he’s at least 54 by now, if not 55 if his birthday was between January (when the pilot aired) and now!

Athena - mid 50s. In Athena Begins, I feel like it’s safe to assume she’s around 22 or 23, since she’s in law school but not close to finishing (and I really don’t think she took a gap year), and that was 1989, so she was *probably* born around 1966-67. Which would put her around 54-55 right now, which fits with how old Bobby is!

Hen - 41. She says in Future Tense that she joined med school at 40 (if she’s not rounding for dramatics). Since she got into med school last year in the s3 finale, I’d say 41 now. If she did just say 40 bc it was easy, I’d still say she’s between 39-42 now, bc she’d have to be close in age to 40 to round so automatically like that imo. But at this point I’m going with a simple 41.

Chim - Late 30s to early, early 40s. Chim is one of the two I really don’t have a good idea on. Chimney Begins is set in 2005, and he’s at least 21, since we see him drinking beer in that episode. So he was born sometime before 1984, which would make him 36 right now if he was exactly 21 then, but I think he’s a little older than that, since he’s been working in the bar for a while before the fire. I can’t remember any other details that would give him a more specific age, so if someone does and can provide them I would love to add them! Personally I’d say 39-40, bc I think he’s a little older than Maddie but not by much. I can say however that he has a March birthday! EDIT - thanks to the wonderful @shannon-diaz who remembered that we see Chim’s birthday on his license in 2x10 (you can see the pic provided in the notes!) HOWEVER! I want to make a disclaimer (which I would like to emphasize is not me trying to argue against the lovely Ann at all, she’s absolutely right about this, I just wanna say this) - they have already been changing Chim’s birthday since then, since the license says 10/20/1977 and they’ve since moved his birthday to March. So it’s absolutely possible that they’ve decided to change his age as well. BUT! At the point this was shown, they’d already committed to Madney becoming a thing, so it’s likely they thought about how old Maddie and Chim were in relation to one another. What I don’t know is if they thought about Maddie’s age before then, or if they put it off until they had to during the Daniel arc. All of this is to say - right now, as of end of s4, the best info we have says Chim is 44. But I could also absolutely see the writers pulling a switcharoo on the poor props crew and changing his age, since they’ve already discarded the birth date. So I say, go forth and know that Chim is 44! But also please don’t get mad at me if that information changes in the future 😂

Buck - 29. During the entire Buck Begins arc, they say multiple times that the family has been hiding a secret from him for 29 years, etc etc. In the Valentine’s Day ep in s1, Abby says Buck is 26. And in Kids Today (the opener to s3) Maddie specifically mentions he’s 28. So I’m most sure about Buck, out of everyone, esp since Oliver himself is 29. I think he’s the character where they’re sticking closest to the actor’s actual age.

Maddie - around 37. We know Maddie was 9 when Daniel died (Chim says she made the promise to not talk about Daniel when she was 9). Since Daniel died a little over a year after Buck was born, that puts Maddie around 8 at the time Buck was born, making her 37 to Buck’s 29 as of right now. Also, in ep 4 of s4, her mom mentions her being a “high risk pregnancy” since she’s over 35, but specifically does not say she’s over 40. So 37 or 38 for her. (Side note - Maddie is older than Daniel by between 1.5 to 2 years, since she says Daniel died when he was 7.) like I said, I’m most positive about Buck’s age but Maddie’s is a close second.

Eddie - early 30s? I also have no idea about him. My personal best guess would be 33, since that’s how old Ryan Guzman is now, and they’ve never in my recollection said anything to indicate a different age for him! (Same thing here as goes for Chim - if anyone can remember something let me know!) Note - I’ve been thinking on this a while and I actually feel pretty good about 31-33. We know Chris was born in 2011, so he’s turning 10 sometime soon, and that would make Eddie somewhere between 21-23 when he was born, which I feel fits with a timeline of him taking time to work with his dad after high school, and then joining the army, doing basic, and getting deployed all in time to get leave for Christopher’s birth.

And there’s all 7 mains! I’m going to link this in a bullet point in the next character details post, so if anyone wants to add information for Chim or Eddie (preferably with an episode number and/or scene so that I can verify it), I’ll edit this post and give you credit, so that way when I link this post, people will be able to see it all in one place, and the edits w credit will be in the tag for everyone to see!

Also all of these ages are as of right now, end of s4. If you want to write future fic or fic for a past season you’ll want to add or subtract years accordingly!

Thanks for the question, anon - putting together the “age puzzle” is like my favorite kind of challenge!

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words cannot describe how much they mean to me and how much I will miss them. I decided to edit them as my way of mourning and celebrating their story, so here is my love letter to thasmin.

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[smallestclowninthecircus]

Tma season 2 notes baybeee

I made myself take several breaks so I could give my frie d who is listening to it at the same time as me a chance to catch up. Honestly just posting them so I have them saved somewhere but whatever.

ep 41: real graham wrote keep watching before he was replaced. Jon feels like he's being watched. But they werent replaced by things related to the eye. It's the web that's on the box that replaces them. Endless hallways and doors to nowhere. I bet nicholas will have ideas what entity this relates to. If it even does. They're like the tunnels in the one with the builder guy. Tunnels closing in etc. Also like the cave diving one. He's assuming it's just one

ep 42: so 100 gecs? (IM SORRY I LIKE 100 GECS BUT LMAO) so there's some entity related to music right? There's the piper episode and the 27 w/ the calliope. Ah yes, this season is gonna be the season of Paranoid!Jon

ep 43: section 31? fucking books. god no. smashed lights? cult lady did that. covered the lights too. she mentioned a spooky clown doll. thats not random.

ep 44: is this that same circus that got mentioned before? it is! the pipe organ! pop off organ! pipe off! mouth on the stomach! yes! mouths in unusual places my beloved!

ep 45: antiques! like that one ep!

ep 46: every time books get mentioned i sigh. hhh sus smells. it got brighter. I get the vibes occasionally that the dark and the eye are sorta at odds with eachother. GRRR BARK BARK LEITNER. ayyy ex altiora. entity go brr. which entity do we thing it is? my guess is The Dark. The book buyer's name is Mike. He has scars? Electricity? The childhood friend of the guy who got it later on perhaps? The Vast? its formatted like an entity idk. This happened before the other one. He got trapped in the wood carving. a win for the web lol spiders go brr

ep 47: did i hear spiral? ITS THE NOT THING FROM THE EPISODE WITH NOT GRAHAM "it didnt move, it shifted" is like the exact same sentence as before. ay john's starting to remember. the laughing woah thats weird. is "michael" one of the entities? "you make it seem like theres a war" supports my theory that theres a struggle between a couple of the entities. I said i thought it was the eye and the dark i believe but im not sure. its whatever entity michael is vs the worms? what did nicholas say the worms were again? The Corruption? still dont know which one michael is tho.

Had to take a break after that episode. smth about the quality of michael's voice makes me feel like im gonna slip into one of those states where it feels like nothing is real, so i got a nice cold glass of water.

ep 48: jesus ok this one's kidna corny. you're telling me love made the crowd go away come on now. Ur losing it big J. also shouldnt it be more sus that "sasha" is so unaffected by the worm incident/ finding of gertrude's body

ep 49: haven't we heard hector's name before? oh is he the crime guy? fucking jared... so it's a throat? chompa chompa. (it's just a little bit hot) the good part about these episodes is that we know whoever's telling the story isn't gonna die. even if it's a close call, they're not dead. hotworth? ok not jared keay. it bothers me how theres so many repeated names, can they not come up with other names? "sasha"'s computer is breaking... sus. Elias our favorite weed man! jon ur so paranoid lmao

ep 50: robert smirk, at it again. this is like that one episode with the old dude who locked his door. who said idle beforehand? was it smirk? fingertips. thats so weird lmao. bahahah tim

ep 51: simon fairchild. im sure jon will mention the name at the end i cant remember where we've heard it. this is just like the cavediving episode. a hand? there was a hand in the last one right? the scalpel! and an eye thing. she's trying to throw them off.

ep 52: thats the guy from before! with the hearts! god i hate this guy writing the statement hh. lights blowing, and brackish water. we know how this ends but its still tense. rainer? reigner? rain man. we've seen him before

ep 53: pls not a leitner. oh boy mans scratched out his eyes. rip skelly. why would gertrude have had this statement off the books? jon stabbed himself?? bruh im? big man are you okay

ep 54: cockney boys! ayy its our favorite delivery men. she cut out their eyes. she knew that the eye was a thing?

ep 55: oily residue like the retirement home!

ep 56: worms? no. spiders?? bruhh. aaah yelling :(( aww martin anyways yeah i called it about paranoid!jon he needs to take a nap and drink some hot chocolate and calm down for once please

ep 57: just remembered, i think theres an entity called The Lonely?? This feels pretty lonely idk. fairchild, lukas/ lucas, some spooky place in norway idk. "sasha" knew he was recordinig hmm suspicious cmon jon figure it out. Sasha and tom. hm sus. for records sake i feel liek i should note here that I did have it spoiled to me simply that that's not sasha, but thats really all. i assumed it was like the thing that happened to graham in S1

ep 58: i feel like i recognize the name eustice (?) wick. someone please tell me im not just watching jon's descent into madness over the course of this podcast. im hoping it isnt so but, (and pardon the dsmp reference) im getting real wilbur vibes from this one.

ep 59: oh dear ok account from the fielding house. swirling designs? Spiral time? oh boyy. oh wait! 6 inch hole in the middle! is it not a spiderweb type design on the table? thats what i had assumed but that description sounds more like a spiral thing. cobwebs is a Web thing. ayy nicholas was right! the box goes in the table! the place that she kissed him was burning. Raymond is an avatar of The Web and agnes is the burning one. Lightless Flame! Why did she save him? i guess she was against this guy eating ppl or wtvr but why was she at the halfway house then? I think she's like michael.

ep 60: the eye go brr

ep 61: breacon and hope once again. tom. sasha's boyfriend. vampires sleep in coffins. the guy just walking in seems similar to the mind control of the vampires

ep 62: bones! its that one leitner. is this mother keay? the mom of gerard? this is what happened to her right? her skin was found on hooks? oh yeah thats what i thought the pages are made of skin. yeesh. The End!! sounds like an entity. phrased like one, and i think i remember it. are the people trapped in the pages? or... kept?

ep 63: eaten by the darkness! cavediving episode! (just like eaten by the sky) did my brain make up one called The Vast? it feels like it should be one, and all these episodes have some similar description about their feelings when they do whatever chosen hobby they have. ok now this one kinda feels like the dark. lights going out and all that. ok so not really a The Vast thing, its more of a Dark thing. feckin smirk gah.

ep 64: dice! the death guy! the death game thing! the person tricked somebody else into becoming death and then they were immortal? but if the egyptians wanted to kill him or punish him or whatever couldnt they just kill him? it worked in the end when he had the person giving the statement stab him, that did the job and actually killed him

ep 65: finally jon is actually acknowledging something is wrong.

So we know Mary Keay was revived most likely with the book by gerard.

Gertrude was way more aware of the entities than Jon. mary keay referenced The End openly and she cut the eyes out of her magazines and all that which makes me think she was aware of The Eye

ep 66: please not buried alive pleeaase not buried alive. lukas of the tundra? didnt we hear the name lukas before? she wanted it to be difficult to find important files because that way bad people couldnt find them?

ep 67: agnes... the girl in the hilltop house? agnes poppin off!! he's really not gonna question how she knew where he lived?? oh no D: the tree. were they the ones working on the house? aww they kissi- OH DEAR. why did she kiss him? it seemed like she cared about him? also she could kiss that other dude on the cheek and he was fine, but maybe it was cuz she was younger? lightless flame go brrrrr.

ep 68: oh god books. yup its bitchboy leitner. mans said "this seems supernatural, its a werd book!" bruuh.

ep 69: heh nice. aw cmon jon listen to martin. gahhh spiders. is that the class we heard about in the other doctor one with the teeth apple? some kind of psych class? oh dear. fucking spiders. aaaah. web do be goin brr. it's like the girl in the homeless shelter! who made the guy leave and she took his bed.

ep 70: is this gonna be the book that mary keay had? Most likely a leitner no matter what. Oh boy latin. Why did it start in latin then become old English? I'm guessing people put them in the book? He cant burn it. Phrophecies go brr. He says eh it's a decade in the future it's fine. Its gonna have changed. Ayy called it. Just accept it, it's a magic book. His death is getting closer. Leitner didnt make them but just collected them? Gertrude burned the book! She burned them down there so no one would know.

ep 71: oh boy tunnels. Our favorite thing /s. is The Buried a thing? Idk this seems pretty buried. Oh dear he's trapped here isnt he. "Not enough space to move, never enough to breathe" is that from the computer episode? With the guy who uploaded his consciousness? Somebody living down there. Hmmmm. Guesses: tom, sasha's boyfriend. Gertrude herself? (Though I doubt it)

ep 72: sweeney todd moment. Meat. The slaughter? Idk we'll see what the supernatural part is. Meat is meat. Similar to the slaughterhouse episode. Is it fucking Jared I swear to God it better not be. Hooligan teenagers, you know how it is. Meat is me lmao. Is the kid gonna be in the freezer. Ok that's good. OWW. Oddly textured candles. Made from people? Human fat or smth? Tom from the meat processing plant!

ep 73: outer bay shipping. Bet it's a subset of breacon and hope delivery. The Dark go brrr. Uh oh mans is gonna die. Leo or whatever. Cult ppl go brr. The people's church of the divine host. Who is the divine host? Is it reigner or whatever his name is? I dont think Jon can quit tbh. Probably an anonymous tip but from who?? One of the entities?

ep 74: fucking teeth hhh. I dont know which entity is related to teeth. Spiral. Isnt the spiral an entity. It feels like it could be related to many things idk. Yeah this sounds like the spiral. Heart attack at 29? Jesus... michael! That's kinda what I was thinking. Sasha goin in the tunnels. Hmm sus. They move the floor. Wack. Bet its tom.

ep 75: Man with a lightning scar. Has one of the leitner books. The childhood friend of the one who first introduced us to leitner. Oh my god that sounds terrifying. Michael crew.

ep 76: scalpel? Hmm spooky. NotSasha... think jon think.

ep 77: another double! NotThem, The Stranger. Not related to the table?

ep 78: what was that at the beginning? Question mark?? Oh boy more NotThem. Decker... what is the deal with the table. Does it contain the creature? Fucking Michael. Bitchboi himself.

ep 79: yes pop off martin. Ugh fucking Michael just leave man. I hate that dude. New person. Hmm. No idea who it is.

ep 80: shitener himself! Ok sir tell us the entities. Ayy The Spiral. Ok we know what that one is. The Eye is the beholding! Oooh. The Stranger. Did elias just kill leitner? Popping off honestly.

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since i’m such a roll this morning and finally answering

NAME:  luc AGE: ew BIRTHDATE: may PRESENT ADDRESS:  ny ny

Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with  92 Truths about you. At the end, choose  peoples to be tagged. You have  to tag the person who tagged you. WHAT WAS YOUR: 1. Last beverage = coffee 2. Last phone call =  last night, friend to discuss pros/cons of electoral college 😂 3. Last text message = from minuteclinic about covid test results 😂 4. Last song you listened to = daydreams, maisie peters 😭😭😭 5. Last time you cried = ugh this morning teared up in the boruto ep HAVE YOU EVER: 6. Dated someone twice = yes 7. Been cheated on = yes 8. Kissed someone & regretted it = not particularly 9. Left someone = yes 10. Been depressed = yes, but not clinically 11. Been drunk and threw up = yes

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS: 12. navy 13. green 14. grey

LAST YEAR (2020) HA, HAVE YOU: 15. Made a new friend = yes, but not good friends (covid bb) 16. Fallen out of love = no 17. Laughed until you cried  = yes 18. Met someone who changed you = no 19. Found out who your true friends were = no 20. Found out someone was talking about you = not irl i think 21. Kissed anyone on your FB friend’s list = no facebook. but no, no one i follow on social media i think GENERAL: 22. How many people on your FB friends list do you know in real life = no fb (though i get on my younger brothers sometimes to stalk a boy i’ll never date but think we’d be perfect 😭) 24. Do you have any pets = dog 25. Do you want to change your name =  not now, but i did as a kid 26. What did you do for your last birthday = idek? dinner w parents. quarantine! 27. What time did you wake up today = 6:30 (every morning) 28.What were you doing at midnight last night = reading 29. Name something you CANNOT wait for = derry girls s3. only thing i’m looking forward to in this world.  30. Last time you saw your Mother = early nov 31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life = gone for it earlier  32. What are you listening to right now = final (take 1) -- miles davis (ascenseur pour l’echafaud) 33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom = i know some toms. not close friends though. 34. What’s getting on your nerves right now = travel planning  35. Most visited webpage = gmail  37. Nickname =  luc’s short enough. friends have some other version, but not really 38. Relationship Status = single and commitment-averse 39. Zodiac sign = scorpio 40. He or She = she 41. Elementary = mostly good memories 42. High School = almost all good memories 43. College = good mix of things. bad and good. mostly good. love, friends, etc. 44. Hair color = dirty blonde 45. Long or short = long atm 46. Height = 5'6" 47. Do you have a crush on someone? yes, but little ones. nothing serious 48. What do you like about yourself? = my broad amount of knowledge, ability to think on my feet, analytical skills, physical strength, music collection 49. Piercings = three on lobe of right ear + 1 cartlidge, regular single lobe on left  50. Tattoos = one, left wrist 51. Righty or lefty = righty

FIRST : 52. First surgery = appendix 53. First piercing = regular ear piercings 54. First friends = family friends who had kids same age  55. First sport you joined = organized? soccer, pick-up? baseball 56. First vacation = guatemala (i was a few months though so doesn’t really count) 58. First pair of trainers = sneakers? idk, had them as a baby RIGHT NOW: 59. Eating = nothing 60. Drinking = coffee 61. I’m about to = workout 62. Listening to = i don’t mind -- darren criss (homework EP) 63. Waiting for = covid test results YOUR FUTURE : 64. Want kids? = yes 65. Get Married? = divorced 66. Career? = not lawyer WHICH IS BETTER : (idk if this is about me or in others? answering in general) 67. Lips or eyes = eyes 68. Hugs or kisses = hugs 69. Shorter or taller = tall i guess 70. Older or Younger = younger 71. Romantic or spontaneous = romantic 72. Nice stomach or nice arms = stomach 73. Sensitive or loud = sensitive 74. Hook-up or relationship = hook up 75. Trouble maker or hesitant = trouble maker HAVE YOU EVER : 76. Kissed a stranger = yes 77. Drank hard liquor = yes 78. Lost glasses/contacts = story of my life 79. Sex on first date = yes 80. Broke someone’s heart = yes 81. Had your own heart broken = yes 82. Been arrested = no 83. Turned someone down = yes 84. Cried when someone died = yes 85. Fallen for a friend = not seriously

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 86. Yourself = yes 87. Miracles = yes, in kismet ways, not god-given 88. Love at first sight = maybe 89. Heaven = no 90. Santa Claus = no 91. Kiss on the first date = believe in? sure? 92. Angels = haven’t you heard? they become gay and die

tagged: @shkdai there now we’re even and you can spend the half hour this just took me😭😭😭😭

[inessencedevided]

The Untamed, episode 5 - watching notes

I'm in this weird place rn where I want to watch this all the time, but I also want to watch it properly, so half the time I end up not watching it because I know something is going to interrupt me

Aaahhh! I had forgotten that the last ep ended with wangxian finally meeting face to face again

Epic sword fight turns into flirting is one of my favourite tropes

I adore lwj's lasting bitch face 😂

He hasn't said a single word that entire "conversation". I'm cackling

Gosh, I love the music. I think I'll listen to it tomorrow while I work (from home because social distancing 🤷‍♀️)

4:55 minutes and lwj has spoken for the first time. Yes, I checked :D

Wwx is really not good at this whole apology thing

"May I have the honour to get a glimpse from you." Out of context, that could be a great fanfic prompt :D

They have known each other for less than a week and they're already acting like an old married couple

"I can even kneel to you." 👀

There are so many tropes in their interactions!!! The "staring when the other one isn't looking", the banter, the "opposites attract" aaaahhh

And I've never seen a more perfect incarnation of that last one before btw

And the best thing is, I know it's intentional! That's just refreshing :D

Also, kinda nice to know these things span cultures

OH MY GOD THE GAY PORN!

Wwx, you ass, you're future boyfriend is going into full gay panic :D

But seriously, I love how they just make it THAT obvious that this budding relationship is anything but platonic. Good on them!

Although I'm surprised that they got this clear confirmation that at least one of our heros is regularly looking at gay porn past the censors

Lwj literally has zero chill. He goes from 0 to "let's have a duel" in less than 5 seconds :D

I wonder if he really said "piss off" or if that was just the translation, because it doesn't strike me as the language lwj would use

Okay so apparently it was the right way to translate it, since one of the characters voiced that very same doubt in his choice of language :D

Entirely different subject: I'm starting to recognize some words. Not nearly enough to understand anything without subtitles, but it's still really cool since I don't speak a word of chinese

I honestly love that the bonds between siblings play such a huge role

Lwj has such a death glare, I love it 😂

I love lwj so much!!! Seriously, he is so sassy and he only needs one word per minute and a silent glare for it

"Boring" 😐😑 is a savage burn. Fight me

Love how this casually turns into a monster of the week format

I wonder about the connotation of "exorcism" in chinese. Because for me, the word clearly links back to Christian superstitions and rituals. I can't imagine this would be the same for chinese people. This train of thought really isn't going anywhere. I'm just wondering

Again, I love lwj. He's basically a cat

And wwx is like a little boy pulling his crush's pigtails because he's just that immature (love him though :D)

"Boring" is my new favourite insult :D

Aaaaaw, lwj, you're starring to hurt his feelings 🥺

I'm really looking forward to the inevitable "wwx discovers that lwj isn't such a stickler to the rules after all" and "lwj discovers that wwx isn't really that shallow" trope that's sure to come

On a completely different note, is it ever explained what exactly is wrong with the wen brother? Or have I missed something?

Did lwj just buy alcohol???

It's past 1am, I need to work tomorrow, but I wanna watch another episode!!! 😭

(@sweetlittlevampire @fandom-glazed that's it. I'm officially hooked 😅)

[razberryyum]

Guardian Ep 15: WeiLan moments by run time

There be spoilers!  For previous episodes, just go to my blog and search with the “Weilan by runtime” tag.

Dixing was such a disappointment. A BIG GIGANTIC disappointment. I really shouldn’t have expected much but they still manage to exceed my already lowered expectations. On a positive note, now that Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan are living together next to each other and working together, there’s much more scenes of them together as well. And most importantly, ZYL’s “married” hair style!!

Explanation for this whole endeavor in the post for ep 1. If this helps even one future Guardian fan, all my efforts would have been worth it. Times are in mm:ss, I’ve included previews of some their moments you can look forward to within those timeblocks. Enjoy:

from 6:01 - 7:09 (they were killing me with the “front and back attack” talk):

from 8:29 - 12:10 (I did appreciate the double entendre stuff going on since the reporter kept on talking about exposing their secret):

from 13:46 - 16:09:

from 16:55 - 18:54:

from 25:48 - 26:35:

from 27:13 - 29:58 (I probably enjoyed seeing SW being all discipline-y and yell-y way too much):

from 30:20 - 32:46:

from 34:25 - 38:05:

from 39:01 - 40:39:

Shen Wei scenes only:

[2:49 - 4:11, receiving message from Dixing]

Zhao Yunlan scenes only:

[4:19 - 5:56, talking to reporter guy]

[24:32 - 25:47, welcoming old Dixing leader dude to SID]

Please support all the future projects from these two amazing actors Zhu Yilong and Bai Yu (as Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan, respectively). They deserve all the success and support in the world for the heartfelt efforts they put into this general crapfest that was so unworthy of their talents. And please support the novelist who gave us Guardian as well; it’s not her fault her creation was completely mangled by inferior beings.

[yinzhengs]

原生之罪 | original sin extra / ep. 25 (eng. sub) - END

(missed an ep? here’s the masterpost!) — or, join the OS discord!

— if you liked my subs + want to see more content like this in the future, consider buying me a coffee! (alternatively, after this finale, consider: writing fix-it fic to heal my soul)

now we’re really done, everyone. it’s been a wild ride: thank you all so much for coming on this journey with me and i hope you’ve enjoyed! viki’s picked up the license, so some time soon, it’ll be out officially and legally for most of you to enjoy as well thru their streaming platform — here’s hoping that it bodes well for the possibility of OS s2! 

for a treat, the opening theme is subbed too, but i got lazy for the ending theme so you can just... check my (halfassed) translation here. my final notes are below, and they sum up chi zhen’s indecipherable quote in this episode as well as going over some final symbolism of lu li + chi zhen’s names... 

3:03 / chi zhen’s quote - "池" as in "金麟岂是池中物." the full quote chi zhen is referencing here is "金麟岂是池中物，一遇风云变化龙" — "how can squirrelfish (金鳞鱼) be trapped in the pond? once they meet the storm, they become dragons." the quote is most well-known from "风云", or "wind and cloud," a HK manhua series that was adapted into a taiwanese television series. notably, the plot arc revolves around an evil martial artist that tries to manipulate his two best pupils into destroying each other but fails. (sounds familiar?) the quote though, has an even older original™ origin — 《说岳全传》, smth like "telling the complete biography of yue fei." it's basically a really ancient wuxia novel. anyway let's break down what the quote means in this context (outside of the context of wind and cloud, lol, where it's a prophecy that references characters' names and well. [waves hands halfheartedly]) "trapped in the pond [or pool, etc]" (池中物) has a second meaning of being a mediocre person / person with no particular talent — 风云 is quite literally "storm" but has a similar metaphorical meaning of "unstable / stormy situations." it’s basically saying... you may think that this [person] isn’t anything special, but when they face adversity, they’ll grow into their true talents. (’: chi zhen + lu li name symbolism: it's also worth noting while i'm at it that chi zhen and lu li both have an interesting part of their name — their given names. 震 (zhen) and 离/離 (li, simplified/traditional) are both hexagrams from the yi jing ("i ching"), an ancient chinese divination text. depending on the combination (humorously, which one you put on "top" and "bottom," or, less humorously, "outer" vs "inner"), you get a different hexagram which denotes a certain fortune. 震 (zhen) as a trigram denotes the shaking of thunder, associated with initiative, inciting movement/revolution, and (notably) the dragon; 離 denotes the radiance of fire, associated with light-giving, rapid movement, and clarity. with 離 as the upper trigram and 震 as the lower trigram, we get ䷔, hexagram 21, 噬嗑, "gnawing bite." from what i can tell, this hexagram has to do with justice and the importance of punishment in the law. with 震 as the upper trigram and 離 as the lower trigram, we get ䷶, hexagram 55, 豐, "abundance." from what i can tell, this one has to do with achieving great things and reaching the peak of one's power/career. similarly, you could note that 陆 (lu) as in 陆地 means “dry as in dry land,” and 池 (chi) denotes a pool or small body of water, and... hm

lots of cool symbolism, either way. i love these two sm and i’ll have trouble letting go of them, for sure.

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100!!!

(approx watch list til Space Dandy)

1.  Naruto 2.  Blood + 3.  Death Note 4.  Mushishi (S1) (S2) 5.  Kino’s Journey 6.  Lucky star 7.  SZS 8. Gurren Lagann 9.  Baccano 10.  Eden of the East 11.  Now and Then, Here and There 12.  Beck 13.  Puella Magi Madoka Magica 14.  Natsume (S1-2) (S3-4) (S5) (S6) 15. Durarara (S1) 16.  FLCL 17.  Serial Experiments Lain 18.  Arakawa Under the Bridge 19.  Devil is a Part Timer 20.  Kaiba 21.  Kids on the Slope 22.  Kill la Kill 23.  Evangelion 24.  Revolutionary Girl Utena 25.  Soul Eater 26.  Wolf’s Rain 27.  Flowers of Evil 28.  Cowboy Bebop 29.  Space Dandy 30.  Princess Tutu 31.  Haibane Renmei 32.  Samurai Champloo 33.  Paranoia Agent 34.  Kyousogiga 35. Death Parade 36.  Ping Pong 37.  Monthly Girls Nozaki-kun 38.  Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit 39.  One Punch Man 40. Princess Jellyfish 41.  Paradise Kiss 42. Gunbuster 43. Diebuster 44. Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju 45. From the New World 46. Yuri Kuma Arashi 47. Space Patrol Luluco 48. Lupin III P4 49.  Mob Psycho 100 (S2) 50. Maria the Virgin Witch 51. The Woman Called Fujiko Mine 52. Shirobako 53. Barakamon 54. Time of Eve 55. Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo 56. Trigun 57. Yuri on Ice 58. Flip Flappers 59. Tatami Galaxy 60. Michiko and Hatchin 61. Haikyuu!! 62. Thunderbolt Fantasy (S1) (S2) 63. Please Tell Me! Galko-chan 64. Noragami (S1) (S2) 65. My Hero Academia (S1-2) (S3) 66. Mononoke 67. Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid 68. Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure (P1-4)(P5) 69. My Love Story 70. Silver Spoon 71. Kabukibu (missed ep 9) 72. The Eccentric Family (S1-2) 73. Attack on Titan (S1-2) (S3)(S3) 74. Little Witch Academia 75. Chihayafuru 76. Casshern Sins 77. Sunday Without God 78. Space Adventure Cobra 79. Future Boy Conan 80. Diary of an MMO Junkie 81. Made in Abyss 82. Girls’ Last Tour 83. Devilman Crybaby 84. Land of the Lustrous 85. The Great Passage 86. Pop Team Epic 87. Ancient Magus Bride 88. The Vision of Escaflowne 89. Panty & Stocking 90. Megalobox 91. FLCL Progressive 92. Lupin III P1 93. Lupin III P5 94. Planet With 95. FLCL Alternative 96. Banana Fish 97. Skullface Bookseller Honda-san 98. The Promised Neverland 99. Dororo 100. Sarazanmai

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[officialstandardhumans]

SH52: The Climate Crisis — What's Going On?

How many trees would you have to plant to offset your carbon footprint?

Which countries are environmental leaders? And which are laggards?

In this episode, the humans discuss environmentalism and sustainability. Looking at how humanity is doing globally, how Canada matches up to the rest of the world, and what you can do to help.

Standard Humans is hosted by Aidan Dennehy and Evan.

Shownotes:

Ceilo Farm Bed and Breakfast

This Is Your Brain on Pollution - Freakonomics Podcast Ep. 472

Carbon Neutral Goals by Country

Bhutan

Economic Freedom Index - Bhutan

Suriname

Country CO2 Emissions per Capita

List of countries by population

Economy of Trinidad and Tobago

Economy of Canada

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need by Bill Gates

Carbon Footprint Calculator

Transcript:

[00:00:00] Evan: I think honestly, in Canada, and in the U.S., because we have so much exposure to nature around us, we take it for granted. Because we're like, I can drive out camping, like I did this weekend, two and a half hours in my gas powered car. And just hang out there and make a ton of garbage while I'm there and then throw it away. And then, it takes away the pressure to like actually make more sustainable sort of stuff.

[00:00:23] Evan: Yeah. Welcome back. It's been a little bit due to various working and cottaging. Maybe not more than normal. I don't know.

[00:00:33] Aidan: Actually, I was a little bit ahead before this, on the editing so that there hasn't been a delay yet. And we'll see what happens in the future.

[00:00:40] Evan: Well then hello listener after may be the normal amount of time.

[00:00:44] Evan: Much for you cottaging and for me, going around Gatineau has been done. How was the Cottage?

[00:00:50] Aidan: Cottage was excellent. The goats were fantastic.

[00:00:55] Evan: What?

[00:00:55] Aidan: Oh, yeah, it it was just a guest house on a farm, a little outside of Peterborough. And they had all sorts of animals. And we got like fresh eggs from chickens, maybe like 50, or a hundred meters away from the house.

[00:01:07] Evan: What is this place called?

[00:01:08] Aidan: It was an Airbnb, it was like Cielo farm or something like that.

[00:01:13] Evan: That's amazing.

[00:01:14] Aidan: Yeah, actually, it's a public listing. So like, why not just give them a little plug there? It was a great experience.

[00:01:21] Evan: Holy cow. That's that sounds like the most cricket and me place to ever exist.

[00:01:25] Aidan: It does actually, it's pretty chill. And it has a stupendous view because their house is like a little bit on a hill, like overlooking, just like big fields and farms.

[00:01:34] Aidan: Would recommend. I'll leave the link in the show notes.

[00:01:38] Evan: Yeah, these guys are going to be like, oh thank you. Because we got one new visitor and it was Evan.

[00:01:45] Aidan: Hey, that's the standard humans effect. When we check someone out who they go viral.

[00:01:52] Evan: Yeah. We're going to leave an Amazon link to buy the farm on Amazon. And so we get 10%.

[00:01:58] Aidan: Oh, that'd be great. I've heard that rural real estate agents make a killing. So like, if we can get a cut of that, like cool.

[00:02:04] Evan: Oh yeah. This is what the whole podcast is actually been about.

[00:02:08] Aidan: It's a play to get into rural and farm real estate.

[00:02:11] Evan: Sweet rural money,

[00:02:13] Aidan: Perfect. That's where the real cash is at, all those fools moving to the city.

[00:02:18] Evan: But that this is kind of related. Sorry, if somebody was excited, that's not actually what this one's about. This one is about environmentalist and, our individual role in it. If this seems pretty random, it started from a click hole, just like a Google hole or a Duck Duck Go hole.

[00:02:39] Aidan: Okay, thank you for elaborating on that. Wasn't quite sure what a click hole was.

[00:02:43] Evan: I don't know if I'm using that term actually correctly, but basically you just hear something and then you Google it and then you Google something related to that. And then you click on a link from there. And then it's just two hours just learning about those of random subject.

[00:02:57] Aidan: I'm familiar. It's both a great time and a can be a time suck.

[00:03:01] Evan: Because of that. I'm actually pretty well versed on the fino-russian winter war.

[00:03:05] Aidan: An excellent subject.

[00:03:07] Evan: No. So this one kind of starts with a story. So a week or two ago, I was, had to pretty chill work. Yeah at the gym because they're open again. So I've been able to go back. At the gym and then I was like, you know what, I'm going to do a little bit of a cool-down maybe walking a treadmill for like 10 minutes, 15 minutes. See what's up.

[00:03:27] Evan: And the treadmill was playing the news, which I never usually watch, but I was like, I don't want to bother with this, with the controls. I'll just watch it. And I'm all across the news there was that UN report that's like, we're all gonna die. That obviously isn't what it actually said, but it was the media has taken it very drastically. They're, they're very drastic about it, which honestly, I think is maybe a good thing.

[00:04:03] Aidan: Yeah, in terms of sparking action, that's probably a good thing. And it's also just the media's thing.

[00:04:08] Evan: Yeah, exactly. They just want you to click on it. And if it's, like the planet is going to explode, you're like, I'm going to click on that.

[00:04:14] Aidan: Not a bad headline. Maybe that's what we'll name this podcast.

[00:04:17] Evan: If this is worrying anyone the actual report, isn't actually that intense as the news is. It is interesting though. I've, I've checked out. Some of them haven't heard the whole thing cause it's really long. I've looked up more about it. But basically seeing that instantly gave me a stomach ache. And between that and the recent Ontario forest fires. How have you guys in Toronto gotten like smog from it?

[00:04:43] Aidan: Not that I've seen, but I'm going to be honest, I don't go outside every day. So.

[00:04:48] Evan: I guess I should rephrase it. Have you guys gotten more smog from it than your usual Toronto smog?

[00:04:54] Aidan: That is a good point. Not that I've noticed, I've been thinking I should check the air quality more often. Cause I don't really usually do that, but I haven't noticed any visible smog.

[00:05:05] Evan: I am not sure what you, what you do with that information. Maybe like, or a gas mask outside of them.

[00:05:11] Aidan: Or just go outside less often.

[00:05:12] Evan: Side note. I'm drinking to you right now. I hope that's not being picked up in my mic and just grossing everyone out.

[00:05:17] Aidan: I wasn't hearing it that you made some great like tea preparing noises at the beginning.

[00:05:22] Aidan: Lots of clicking and clanking and whatnot.

[00:05:25] Evan: Some new Japanese green tea I bought today. Very delicious. Um, But yeah, here in Ottawa or Kanata, I guess, we had a few days maybe seven in total, five to seven, somewhere where it was like, it was this weird layer of smog. And it was super freaky. And it was, from the forest fires, the air just coming from you know, the Northwest and coming down on us.

[00:05:49] Evan: But those things together. Yeah. That just gave me like an instant stomach ache. And I think with all these environmental issues. there are a few things going on, like obviously changes are being made at like the governmental level, but I think it is causing more and more people, more and more sort of mental freakout.

[00:06:08] Evan: Because we're hearing all these things, but on a personal level, with a problem that big, that's just basically like too much pollution. Most people like don't know what to do. And so that was that was my thinking. I was like, I want to do something, but I have to know what to do.

[00:06:24] Evan: What am I going to go drive up to the Northwest and pour a bucket of water on there? Maybe.

[00:06:28] Evan: So basically what I wanted to do here was find ways that one individual person could actually do something. I find there's a lot of, conflicting information too. Because it's like, oh, if you want to help the planet, you can go vegan.

[00:06:43] Evan: It's oh no, actually grains are destroying forests because of farmland. So you actually got to go paleo or go local. Or like, you should have an electric car. It's oh no, the batteries are super bad. You actually got to take the bus. So yeah, I just thought we could, first sort of go over some facts about Canada. Some of them I found very surprising in my research and then do the little carbon footprint quiz. But this is a more interesting one because it has some more concrete results at the end.

[00:07:15] Aidan: Ooh. That sounds very interesting, actually.

[00:07:18] Evan: Yeah. Basically, I'm just making what I wanted about two weeks ago. It's like what, what is actually going on and what can I do?

[00:07:27] Evan: Am I going to oversell my tea? Oh, wow. You know, It's coming out really slow. So you just keep pouring it into your cup because you think it's going to just like peter out, but then it just keeps going constantly, and you're like, ah.

[00:07:38] Evan: Anyway, so yeah, let's start with some Canada information.

[00:07:42] Aidan: Big prediction. Canada's doing shit with all its mining and whatnot, in terms of the environment and its goals.

[00:07:49] Evan: I'll just say, this this is on visual capitalist.com. I'm not saying this is like an infallible resource, but this data here matches up pretty closely. Like it's not like wildly inconsistent with all the other data I've found. It seems like generally okay. But the specifics might be contested.

[00:08:07] Evan: This is called the race to net zero carbon neutral goals by country. And, I came across this first because. A few months ago, China instituted a carbon cap and trade system nationally, which they'd never had anything like that before. Huge moves for the carbon in the atmosphere being gone. Actually not gone, that would suck. That would be pretty bad.

[00:08:29] Aidan: You need some carpet.

[00:08:30] Evan: Yeah. you need a little bit you need a normal amount. Not too much. Not too little. Otherwise the trees are like borough, but anyway, so that brought me here. And they have all the carbon neutral goals by country.

[00:08:43] Evan: And there's currently one country. Uh, hope you haven't looked. There's currently one country in the world that is pretty much by all accounts, carbon neutral or sorry, carbon negative. They actually absorb more carbon than they transmit. There's a couple of more that claim it. And it's possible, but it seems more dubious.

[00:09:03] Evan: But yeah. Do you know what that country is?

[00:09:06] Aidan: Yeah. Maybe send me the links after, cause I did glance through the article already. Unfortunately. Shout out to Bhutan for having both the best flag in the world and being carbon neutral or achieving their goals.

[00:09:17] Evan: Oh, the dragon?

[00:09:18] Aidan: Yeah. Love Bhutan.

[00:09:20] Evan: Yeah, me too. And they've got cool monasteries. Like what a place.

[00:09:24] Aidan: Yeah. What's not to love about Bhutan.

[00:09:26] Evan: Yeah. Bhutan is currently well, the only country that I've found, like pretty much every source saying is carbon negative. Another one mentioned is Surinam another one I've seen as well as Morocco.

[00:09:37] Aidan: Where is Suriname?

[00:09:39] Evan: It is the north east coast of south America

[00:09:43] Aidan: Ah, okay.

[00:09:44] Evan: And they speak Dutch they're, weirdly.

[00:09:47] Aidan: It's the Americas, man, this shit just happens. I don't know. Colonialism, am I right?

[00:09:52] Evan: So yeah, Butan is the one that I found pretty much every source agree upon is carbon negative. Pretty interestingly, they have super green energy. They have environmental protection laws designating that no less than 60% of their country has to be like undisturbed forest or undisturbed nature.

[00:10:10] Aidan: Oh, okay. That would help.

[00:10:13] Evan: Yeah. And they, they did it very early compared to other countries, basically they just put less of a pressure on modernizing and industrializing and more on sustainability, like earlier than a lot of other countries.

[00:10:24] Evan: And I think, if there's any country to learn from, for this sort of thing, it would be them. Granted it's a lot easier to do these things in a largely homogenous, smaller country than it would be in a, very diverse, larger country, like Canada, or even more so U.S. But there are definitely things that we could learn from them just about like prioritization and balancing business and the economy with the environment.

[00:10:48] Aidan: What even are their exports. I know nothing about them other than monks and the dragon.

[00:10:53] Evan: Well, One thing I know about them is that they have, I believe they have free energy. So they dissuade people from heating or cooling their homes with their own like gas stoves and whatnot. I guess you wouldn't call it with that, but like, or sorry, burning wood themselves. They have free energy. That's what I saw on some sites that I cannot verify.

[00:11:11] Aidan: After three years in the moderately free category Bhutan's economy fell back into the ranks of the mostly unfree this year. The government has a lot of tariffs and other restrictions on trade.

[00:11:21] Evan: The King? The have a King still

[00:11:23] Aidan: Oh, no, they, I transitioned from absolute monarchy to constitutional parliamentary democracy in 2008.

[00:11:31] Evan: Wow.

[00:11:31] Aidan: That's late

[00:11:33] Evan: That's really cool. Actually. What the heck. Places with Kings, I think it's so cool though.

[00:11:38] Aidan: An absolute monarchy until 2008.

[00:11:41] Evan: it's actually wild.

[00:11:42] Aidan: Reading what is this heritage.org article? It says Butan has one of the world's smallest and least developed economies, even late into the 20th century. The landlocked countries, largely agrarian with few roads, electricity and no modern hospitals.

[00:11:56] Evan: That I believe is both like a sort of a cause and an effect of their like, priorities or net carbon negativity, less focused on industrialization. It was ranked the happiest or one of the happiest countries in the world. So that's quite interesting.

[00:12:12] Aidan: But yeah, no. Definitely gets to your point that like, it would be easier for them, but that's also partly just because of their way of thinking or prioritization, as you said.

[00:12:23] Evan: And yeah, being smaller and more homogenous as well, does make things easier for that sort of thing.

[00:12:29] Aidan: It's easier when you have an absolute monarchy.

[00:12:31] Evan: Yeah. That's what I've learned. We need to get a king of Canada. To have absolute power. And then it's David Suzuki is the king surprise,

[00:12:40] Aidan: Anyways off that tangent. Thank you, Bhutan. Let's see, I guess now we know there's only one country with that carbon neutral or even negative status.

[00:12:52] Evan: the, yeah,

[00:12:53] Evan: Carbon negative is a thing that take in more than they expell.

[00:12:56] Aidan: Is that all because of all the trees they're able to take in?

[00:12:59] Evan: They have a lot of forest and yeah, relatively little mining oil and gas industry like that. Um, And not that densely populated. Probably more than Canada. But that's not hard.

[00:13:13] Evan: So once we heard about that, we see if the CO2 emissions of how it's net negative for some countries, well one to three countries, on worldometers.info, Uh, this is another site where the information like the actual numbers, maybe like contested, but the general gist is inline with the rest of the information I've seen. So for total CO2 emissions, do you want to guess which countries do the most total?

[00:13:47] Aidan: The most total CO2 emissions? And this is current? So like last couple of years or?

[00:13:53] Evan: Yeah, it's all a couple of years. Actually, it's 2016 for the total.

[00:13:56] Aidan: Okay. Because top one would have to be China. I know that they've used more concrete in last, like 10 years than the U S did in the whole like 20th century.

[00:14:07] Evan: Wow.

[00:14:08] Aidan: Yeah. Like They are building like mad.

[00:14:10] Evan: And they built the Hoover Dam.

[00:14:11] Aidan: Yeah. China would, I would say hard, like number one there. U S would definitely be up there.

[00:14:18] Evan: U.S. Is number two.

[00:14:19] Aidan: Ah, got them. And then next, India has a lot of people, but not that much, I'll say like industry or I shouldn't say industry what's the other word infrastructure. That's what I'm going for. So I would say they might be lower than like maybe other European countries, even though they're

[00:14:37] Evan: They are number three.

[00:14:39] Aidan: just the EU as a whole.

[00:14:41] Evan: No, No india.

[00:14:41] Aidan: Oh, India is number three. Interesting okay.

[00:14:44] Evan: Relative to the population, they have relatively little infrastructure, but when you're, when you're dealing with a continent's worth of people in one country, you're still going to have fricking load.

[00:14:56] Aidan: Good on them. I mean like that, it's a sign, I guess, a lot of ways of developing and people coming out of extreme poverty. Which is nice. I mean, Hopefully going forwards, we'll figure out ways to have that those not be tied together,

[00:15:08] Evan: That's the main thing. Because when a country's poor, you can't really ask people to like put sustainable uh, growth over like, will your family eat this week?

[00:15:19] Evan: well, We could make a shit ton of money and like, have, the general population, like be much more healthy and well fed. If we like sell all this oil we have. Or we could

[00:15:30] Evan: like put more priority on sustainability. Like you'll never get elected that way. Cause people are like, I want to eat.

[00:15:36] Aidan: I don't know, There's a whole double standard in there too of all the developed countries went through the phase of developing and they put out all sorts of CO2 just in getting to the point or the quality of life we have now, then we're saying to everyone else, it's like, no, no, but you can't do that because you have too many people and if you did that would just mess up the entire planet.

[00:15:56] Evan: Yeah, exactly. Hopefully just more sustainable ways of developing. Well, That's what has to happen.

[00:16:02] Aidan: Yeah, there was a lot of interesting stuff on that in Bill Gates' book. He lays out all of the big categories or he did lay out all the big categories that CO2 comes from and where we are right now on all. Whether we need like new innovations or just new policies or whatnot was a very good read. You'd probably enjoy.

[00:16:20] Evan: Yeah, I'm sure I would actually, and related to like where we are now, for most, or for a lot of north America and almost all of Europe The CO2 emissions actually have already peaked and are on the down now. But again, it's because they're pretty much done developing.

[00:16:35] Aidan: Yeah, we don't have too many more buildings to build. Or like we do, but like it's a small amount.

[00:16:43] Evan: Um, And then when people yeah, have guaranteed food and shelter, then there'll be like, then they might actually choose to do sustainable things or to make sustainable, like environmentally sustainable choices over gain an income because they don't need it as bad.

[00:16:57] Evan: But yeah, I'll just read the top 10.

[00:17:01] Aidan: Wait, I'm going to guess Canada isn't on the top 10.

[00:17:06] Evan: I'm just total emissions. Like not per capita. Just per country?

[00:17:09] Aidan: Per country, yeah, I'm going to say maybe top 20, but not top 10.

[00:17:13] Evan: Canada is top 10.

[00:17:15] Aidan: Oh, no Canada.

[00:17:17] Evan: But yes, it's China with 10 billion CO2 emissions. That's tons for that year. And then us has half that at 5 billion. China has half that at 2.5 billion. Russia has 1.6. So Russia is number four, Japan. Number five, Germany number six, Canada number seven, Iran eight South Korea nine and Indonesia 10.

[00:17:38] Aidan: What was Canada's gross?

[00:17:40] Evan: Yeah, just total was 675 million tons.

[00:17:44] Aidan: Okay. That is actually very in line with per capita, with the U S which I guess makes sense. Very similar lifestyles.

[00:17:51] Evan: Yeah. I initially was like, okay, Canada's got so few people, we can't possibly be in the top 10 like for total emissions, but we totally are. And it's I think like, honestly, Canada and the us are like some of the least sustainable lifestyles kind of out there.

[00:18:09] Evan: One thing, yeah, one thing I really don't like about a lot of Canada, that's kind of unavoidable with just the population density and stuff. Well, It's not unavoidable is that you have there's a lot of pressure to drive everywhere, super car based society.

[00:18:22] Aidan:  Yeah, there are pockets where you don't. I don't own a car because I live in Toronto, which is real nice. And I enjoy it. Like I prefer not to drive, so it's cool. But if I'm ever outside of, I'm going to say like maybe Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, you probably need a car.

[00:18:39] Evan: And now that Ottawa has a train.

[00:18:41] Aidan: You've got to train. Is it working now?

[00:18:42] Evan: It's working now? I took it today.

[00:18:45] Aidan: They've got the doors figured out?

[00:18:46] Evan: Maybe I took it today and I was fine. Ottawa, I would say you can get by without a car. I would say Kanata is the farthest you can live and get by without a car. If you live any of the like, Stittsville like anywhere more on the outskirts, you definitely need a car. But uh, even if people live downtown, a lot of people, just because that's what is the norm for us.

[00:19:07] Evan: Even if you can easily get places by train and bus, a lot of people will just drive anyway, because it's just ingrained in us. If you want to go somewhere, you've got to drive. Or even a lot of people if they live like a 15 minutes walk from a grocery store because of we got like the Costco model where you just get a ton of shit, like once a week or once every two weeks you drive two minutes and get there and just load it, load up your minivan and drive back.

[00:19:31] Evan:  It's too bad, but I think for stuff like that, it can't really be relied on like for each person to make an individual choice to be like, I'm going to walk, I'm going to take the bus. I think it has to be infrastructure, like increase amount of buses, make buses electric. Instead of giant block of houses, giant block of stores, maybe more like, in a lot of the rest of the world, it's just house have store house has store.

[00:19:54] Aidan: Very walkable community. You can get to every place that you need to go by walk.

[00:19:59] Evan: Walk in public transport centered sort of places. yeah, when I was staying in France, this is just a product of, because it's a very old city. It was, it would be like hugely impractical to drive most places because driving so annoying, like the streets are tiny, you can't park anywhere and you wouldn't ever need to.

[00:20:17] Evan: Cause there's a butcher, a bakery, a grocery store, like a liquor store, like a bar restaurant within like three blocks. It's pretty much anywhere. Or like within, let's say max, like 20 to 30, 30 minutes walk. So I think, I think aiming towards That sort of model would be much more sustainable.

[00:20:38] Evan: Another thing is because we have a very large fossil fuel oil and gas industry still, and a statistic I heard this is not verified, but what I heard was that the U.S. Gets more oil actually from Canada than Saudi Arabia.

[00:20:53] Aidan: That is odd. Yeah. I guess we are much closer, so it'd be cheaper to transport, though, cargo ships are pretty cheap way to transport anything.

[00:21:02] Evan: And we're just a big country. I think honestly, in Canada, and in the us, because we have so much exposure to nature around us. We take it for granted, because we're like, I can drive out camping. Like I did this weekend, two and a half hours in my gas powered car. And just hang out there and make a ton of garbage while I'm there and then throw it away. And then, it takes away the pressure to like actually make more sustainable sort of stuff.

[00:21:27] Evan: So basically why I think that we're so high CO2 in Canada because everybody drives everywhere because there's not as much infrastructure to not. And because of our industry. But now let's go CO2 emissions per capita.

[00:21:43] Aidan: Yeah, I was going to say, our per capita is going to be off the charts. Cause I looked up the like countries by population on Wikipedia. And we're like 37th in terms of total population. And you said we're seventh in terms of total emissions.

[00:21:56] Evan: This is interesting, actually. So obviously, yeah, with China and India are in the top three, obviously they're going to be much lower for per capita because they're playing in the billions. We're not even playing in the a hundred million, so we're not even playing at half a hundred million.

[00:22:14] Aidan: Are we like top

[00:22:15] Evan: We, we are still top 10 per capita. This was actually really interesting. So for CO2 emissions per capita, the number one, this, I guess isn't that surprising Is Qatar. With 37 tons per person per year of CO2 emissions. Uh, And then this one was a bit surprising Montenegro after that.

[00:22:33] Aidan: Is that one of those like micronations

[00:22:36] Evan: Yeah.

[00:22:37] Aidan: is that one of the ones that's all like billionaires with their like yachts and jets?

[00:22:41] Evan: Maybe it's because everybody has Ferrari's that they tried better or I dunno, or everyone has a yachts that are like gas-powered I dunno.

[00:22:49] Aidan: I guess. Yeah.

[00:22:50] Evan: Montenegro, Kuwait. Not that surprising. And then number four is super surprising to me. Like, I to me. Like, I don't understand this at all. Trinidad and Tobago with twenty-five tons per capita. Like them, I don't know if they have a giant oil and gas industry or? All the Arabian peninsula countries to me makes total sense. Cause like huge oil industry. Like you got all the other rich dudes right in their g wagons. Like I get that. It's hot. Everybody's blasting the AC, makes sense. But Montenegro in Trinidad and Tobago, I'm like what? I don't understand.

[00:23:29] Aidan: Apparently it's the wealthiest country pretty much in the Caribbean.

[00:23:34] Evan: Oh well, I have been there. It's lovely.

[00:23:36] Aidan: Yeah. And the fifth largest by GDP in the Americas, at least like their economy, but. Ah, it's the leading Caribbean producer of oil and gas. Its economy is heavily dependent upon these resources, but it also supplies, manufactured goods, notably foods and beverages, as well as cement to the Caribbean region. Oh, that'd be big.

[00:23:57] Evan: Okay, this makes a lot of sense. Cause I was, I was really confused by that one.

[00:24:02] Aidan: Yeah. That's like oil and gas is 40% of their GDP and 80% of export. But only 5% of employment, which is interesting. That might be a lot of foreign contractors or something going on there.

[00:24:14] Evan: There is a decent amount of income inequality. Then, so on number five, the UAE United Arab Emirates makes sense. After that Oman, again makes sense. And then Canada, we're at number seven. At 18.5 tons per person per year CO2 emissions.

[00:24:34] Evan: And honestly, it seems like all of these so far. These are pretty much having been to only one of the other ones from what I've heard are all mainly car based nations and uh, whatnot, but it seems like a lot of it is just mainly to do with an oil and gas industry.

[00:24:53] Aidan: That seems to be a common thread through all of them. Like including Canada, like we're probably, I would guess the least dependent or that would be the smallest, like piece of the pie.

[00:25:03] Evan: I would guess for the least dependent, because I'm not coming from the prairie's here. I'm not coming from Berta.

[00:25:11] Aidan: Yeah, we've got such a large country that like, it really depends on where you are. Like this wikipedia article is saying that logging and energy industries are two of our most important. And we also have a big manufacturing center with automobiles, and aircraft's being really big. And we also have a big like seafood industry as well as just like software and entertainment.

[00:25:35] Evan: We just do everything at a smaller scale than the states, except for actually, except for the naturalism. We do that kind of bigger.

[00:25:43] Aidan: Define naturalism.

[00:25:44] Evan: Like trees, rocks, water. Got a lot of trees and rocks and water here. But then yeah. So rounding out the top 10, I Brunei, Luxenberg and Bahrain. Brunei has a Sultan. That's a cool fact about Brunei.

[00:26:00] Aidan: That's interesting, actually I assumed Luxembourg was all like bankers. Is that just their lifestyle?

[00:26:07] Evan: I assume it's lifestyle. Cause everyone's very well off. So maybe everyone's got a ton of cars and like there's no buses cause everyone's rich. So they'd just drive everywhere.

[00:26:15] Aidan: Okay. Actually, I'm looking at the little, like breakdown of Canada's. I think this is GDP. Yeah. In 2017 and gas and oil is the biggest. I'm going to take a hot guests and say all these little numbers add up to like 25.

[00:26:29] Evan: Okay. That's still, I that's a lot. Luckily, not as high as a lot of other countries above us, but yeah, so Canada is quite high for our CO2 emissions per capita among the rest of the world. We hear in Canada all about like, oh, China's making all these emissions. India is making all this emissions and pollution. We got to remember that for per capita, we're doing way worse than them.

[00:26:54] Evan: Let's scroll down here. I'm scrolling down. I'm trying to find either China or India and. China. Okay. yeah, China's around 41. Interestingly, actually, the us is not in the top 10. I think it's because they don't have much of an oil and gas industry.

[00:27:11] Evan: And India, I'm scrolling. um, Let's keep going. Alright. I've scrolled very far. Past 50 and I've given up,

[00:27:21] Aidan: India is just not on the list in terms of per capita.

[00:27:24] Evan: Very low emissions per capita. That's something to remember. I think that initially I was like, oh no, Canada is so bad, but now I'm like, That's a good thing. If we're such a big player in like total emissions and like emissions, both total emissions and emissions per capita in the world, then you know, that's something actually that we can in some way affect, either through voting or like whatever or their actions just because like we live here.

[00:27:52] Evan: So that's actually quite reassuring that if I just, have, make some change to you know, the emissions and the policies of my country, then that actually will have a pretty large effect on that greater world.

[00:28:02] Aidan: That's actually interesting too. I just noticed that out of the top 10, we are the smallest population.

[00:28:08] Evan: Wait,

[00:28:08] Evan: Wait, Montenegro and Luxembourg?

[00:28:11] Aidan: Sorry. I was looking at the total list. Total CO2 emission.

[00:28:14] Evan: Oh yeah. So I guess, so we have the largest population.

[00:28:18] Aidan: Out of per capita maybe, but we have the smallest out of the total emissions. So meaning that all the countries ahead of us and like behind us for a bit have much larger populations and less like much lower per capita than us. So it's was just emphasizing here, we can really play a role.

[00:28:34] Evan: There's a lot of stuff that we can do, which is actually yeah, reassuring.

[00:28:38] Evan: The last thing I sent You I might've sent you my results by accident, but conservation.org. Again, I don't have any affiliation with this website. It is not gospel. It's just an interesting thing I found, but it, just it was sort of interesting to me. And so what we're going to do is calculate our footprint.

[00:28:59] Aidan: Let's do it. So this is a website that basically you tell them some like demographic and some other things about yourself and like, I guess your activities like your transportation and travel, yada, yada, and then they tell you what your carbon footprint is.

[00:29:14] Evan: Yeah, exactly. So I thought we'd, read that I can see. And then after this something to do as well. We'll get to that after.

[00:29:21] Evan: Have you got the like household transportation and travel thing?

[00:29:24] Aidan: Yes, I do.

[00:29:25] Evan: Okay. Cool.

[00:29:26] Aidan: Okay. I'm here to just got my footprint calculated.

[00:29:30] Evan: Okay. What is yours?

[00:29:32] Aidan: Your footprint is 12.69 tons.

[00:29:36] Evan: Oh, mine's 13.41. So I'm slightly more.

[00:29:40] Aidan: Evan you monster. Why do you hate the environment?

[00:29:43] Evan: it It says it takes 192 trees to offset your annual footprint.

[00:29:48] Aidan: Yeah, mine saying it takes me 181.

[00:29:53] Evan: What I found really interesting was the offset option here. I do not know where that money goes. It says you, you can offset your carbon footprint by like buying It's a, it's a tax deductible donation. I don't know where it goes. So I need to do research on that. See if it's legit or not.

[00:30:10] Evan: But then 192 trees, I found that really interesting. Cause I'm like, I can do that. I can responsible for probably 10 times that this year people who plant trees say they can do more than that in like a day.

[00:30:22] Evan: What I want to do is be responsible somehow either by planting them, myself, or donating to tree planting or otherwise, I want it to be responsible for what at least 192 trees planted this year.

[00:30:34] Aidan: That is a cool goal, yeah, that actually just off sets your carbon footprint.

[00:30:39] Evan: And in the bottom it says some things you can do. Oh, and like where the U.S. average is for like energy consumption or carbon, actually carbon emission. And it looks like the highest is just your house, which I find very interesting.

[00:30:52] Aidan: That is. Yeah. So what is it about here house that changes, because we just said like how size basically a number of people.

[00:31:02] Evan: I think it would be heating and cooling would be a large one as well as lights. And just how much space you have that is not forest.

[00:31:12] Evan: And they have some tips in the bottom like: meatless Mondays, fly direct. I think these are the same for everybody. I don't think that tailored for our results. Cause it says take the bus and improve your fuel economy. When I said I don't drive and I take the bus often. But these are some interesting, interesting things.

[00:31:29] Evan: But yeah, so the, my main takeaway from this is I want to, I want to be responsible for around 200 trees. Like I'd like to plant them myself, ideally. Cause I feel like I could do that in a long weekend, 200 trees. But if not, find some way to be responsible for that.

[00:31:44] Evan: And so I hope everyone uh, checks out some info like that about themselves. Maybe you just gets a scale of like where you live, what's the situation, you know, what can you do? How much are you responsible for yourself? And I hope this helps maybe ease some people's anxieties about the sort of stuff.

[00:32:00] Evan: But yeah. That's my main takeaway there. Maybe we should update later in the year, on what our takeaways from this.

[00:32:07] Aidan: Possibly. Yeah. And how many trees you've planted.

[00:32:11] Evan: And the other main purpose of this listener, I hope it inspires you to get involved where you live and just, get informed to get the information uh, about the sort of stuff as it pertains to you.

[00:32:21] Aidan: That is interesting. Yeah, because as we mentioned, Canada has a big opportunity to step up here. And I think the vast majority of our listenership is Canadian. So.

[00:32:32] Evan: Yeah, and I think also most Canadians think we're actually probably one of the more environmentally friendly countries.

[00:32:40] Aidan: Because you can just be like, look at the U S they're doing terrible. We were obviously doing great.

[00:32:46] Evan: And you'd be looking at many forests we have. Look at all that we can't be that bad.

[00:32:50] Aidan: Yeah. But they're all on fire. They're about to leave.

[00:32:53] Evan: And listener, to get involved and inform yourself.

[inhumanevoid]

IM BACK WITH MORE YALLS

53. got dragged in circles around the forest just to end up at the same spot again by kinn

54. told kinn to trust him and dragged him just to end up at THE SAME SPOT. AGAIN

55. tumbled down into a stream while bickering with kinn all while still handcuffed to him

56. smiled all big and wide when they finally found water.

57. his big bro instincts showed thru and he helped kinn feel fresh before drinking the water himself.

58. didnt give a fuck when the gun were pointed at him in the container truck but snapped as soon as they turned towards kinn

59. kissed kinn in the waterfall but looked so sad when kinn pulled back abruptly

60. laughed at kinns antics

61. taught kinn how fish with a makeshift spear.

62. found a random fruit to eat and didnt even think of telling kinn let alone offering him onw

63. sat back while kinn struggled to make fire old school style and whipped out the Flintstones

64. had a fuckin' lighter and on him all the time but didnt think of pulling it out during kinns struggle

65. took a knife he found in the abandoned truck but didnt bring it out until kinn was done struggling to catch to fish and had given up

66. pranked kinn by giving him a death scare as he pretended the fruit he ate was poisonous

67. made the kinn anakinn theerapanyakul excited about catching fish in the wild

68. laughed his ass off internally when kinn started...we'll call it singing, his weird ass song while, externally, trying to hold his shit together .

69. had heart to heart with kinn about their dreams and life.

70.got his dick called small by kinn ( poor child :/)

71. got shit scared when he accidentally spotted a skeleton in the bushes and rushed back to the truck while dragging kinn along

72. acted all cute and shit just to get kinn to talk about his life

73. appreciated kinn's smile

74. demanded 50k THB from kinn (ep 1 )

75. was willing to sacrifice his hand to go get help for kinn

76. told kinn his carefree version was cute

77. smacked THE kinn anakinn theerapanyakul across the fuckin head because he fucking knew how to get them out the handcuffs qll the damn time but didnt peep a word

78. was told to make a run for it while he can so he can live w his brother and fulfill gis dreams of bar on the beach.

79. couldn't leave with absolutely nothing so he rushed back, kissed kinn like rent was due yesterday, hugged him like it would pay all his bills and the LEFT

80. came back tho cuz he cant leave future bf/current boss to fend for himself while being attacked.

81. had to take kinn weight on himself when kinn fooking took a bullet, i repeat A BULLET for him (where do I find a kinn???)

82. looked so sad and so desperate when he fell down along w kinn because was he going to loose kinn too now????

83. is apparently gonna work with Vegas and Co. next ep to fund out who orchestrated the attack on kinn and in turn himself.

NOTE : yall he keeps doing random ass shit qnd kes me fall more in love and shit w him :/ T_T

imma make a list of everything Porsche done did since ep 1 based on memory.

CW : these wont be in chronological order so dont come for me and the descriptions wont be scene to scene accurate.

imma number these just because.

if I forget any of Porsche's antics , feel free to comment/reblog. lessgiddit!!!

made his friends from P'Yok 's bar give him money in exchange of flirting tips but gave it back cuz hes a good boi

jumped into a whole ass river cuz tf does he look like becoming kinn's bodyguard??? the fuck??

kicked future baby daddy in the groin and risked his babies and kinn becoming just his daddy

disowned his uncle (deserved)

made a deal with khun korn

pissed off kinn's bodyguards

saved kinn ( how could i forget)

slept during training

almost drowned

had guns pointed at him

got choked and fainted but it was to save him

hit Macau (minor fam 2nd son) in the head

peed in Khun's pool and killed his Elizabeth and Sebastian.

cosplayed as a mermaid in honor of Elizabeth and Sebastian

got named Elizabeth 2

saved by future bf out of mermaid cosplay

made Khun watch porn

took khun outta the house and to P'Yok 's bar to party and got him drunk

mocked Ken using Ken's very own words

saw Pete's butt

got drunk on job and lost kinn

kicked kinn in the back while attempting to save him all while drunk

planned to make kinn drink a beverage which has wasabi in it (put by him just cuz he can) but it backfired

got used as a target holder/stand idk he had an apple on his head

got shot

taken care of by kinn

called kinn old and that he needed botox

faceplanted himself in kinn's crotch

sent kinn's sneaky link home

accidentally cockblocked kinn by hiding behind curtains while there to deliver condoms and lube

explicitly showed his support for the lgbtq by making big look kinda stupid

ended up in a power contest bw kinn and vegas

got drugged(poor babie :( )

fucked kinn

rode Vegas' brand new bike and looked so happy

made kinn shake his tiddies

kissed kinn while drunk

made the kinn anakinn lay down on dusty ass pier

got handcuffed to kinn

made new friends.

he's a dumbass your honor.

[verdigrisprowl]

Jan 6 Bevel’s Movie Night - Star Trek: Discovery Ep. 3 & 4

This is actually the second time Bevel has screened Star Trek: Discovery. The first time, tragically, the chat log was lost. But Not This Time.

All I remember about the first stream is that there was a discussion about making ships out of dead bodies (fun fact: corpses make sub-par ship construction materials), and after the movie Bevel and Ratchet hung out a while talking.

I don’t remember much about this stream either, but that’s okay, because I don’t have to remember it, because I have the log!

Today Bevel 8:45 pm *this building is now officially her movie place, same set up as last time. it's no Dancitron, but enjoy the vaguely drive-in movie feel but with couches and stuff. treats and energon are on the table to the side* Ratchet 8:47 pm *pops in* Ratchet 8:48 pm *is this the first multiversal thing Ratchet has been to since Christmas, or the second? regardless, he's got a different frame than the last time he was HERE, specifically* ItsyBitsySpyers 8:48 pm *Soundwave follows almost on Ratchet's heels, ready to find out more about this timeline's history.* Bevel 8:49 pm Hiya! *waves to them both, yay the invitations went through* Ratchet 8:49 pm Evening! Bevel 8:51 pm You made it! I was hoping you would be able to. Ratchet 8:51 pm *Ratchet will scout out the snack table before taking a seat* Ratchet 8:52 pm Yep! Things have been settling down a little bit at home. I can take a bit of a break now and then. Bevel 8:54 pm Awesome. ItsyBitsySpyers 8:55 pm *Soundwave nods to them both and parks himself in a spot, minding not to knock his arm into anything as he does.*

[[Fewer casualties?]] Ratchet 8:55 pm For the time being, knock on.... uh. Bevel 8:56 pm ((gonna start in 5m, warnings for violence and some resident evil-esque grossness Ratchet 8:56 pm *is there any wood around, Bevel?* Bevel 8:56 pm *probably, she's basically brought any bits and pieces she thought anyone might want to either eat or fiddle with* *because she will probably fiddle with pieces of metal at random* Ratchet 8:57 pm *well if there's wood to be found, Ratchet will find it, and finish his thought* Knock on wood. Bevel 8:58 pm *giggles* Bevel 8:59 pm Fewer is good. Do you think it might mean the war could end? ItsyBitsySpyers 8:59 pm *Oh boy, what a lovely floor he's looking at.* Ratchet 8:59 pm Pfeh. No. Just means the 'cons are busy planning something. FakeProwl 9:00 pm *appears; immediately finds a corner seat to huddle in* Bevel 9:00 pm *frowns* *not at Prowl, Prowl gets a wave* FakeProwl 9:01 pm ((did we skip an episode?)) Ratchet 9:01 pm [[ quick question are captions possible ]] Bevel 9:01 pm ((yep, hit the wrong episode hold on ((they are i will put them on Bevel 9:03 pm ((there we go FakeProwl 9:04 pm *heard the word piezoelectric; he knows that word.* Ratchet 9:07 pm Lucky save. *also, belatedly, a wave to prowl* FakeProwl 9:08 pm *nods* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:08 pm *Greeting ping to Prowl, though he doesn't push anything beyond that. If Prowl sought out his own seat, Soundwave will obey that - and not bother Ratchet or Bevel either.* Bevel 9:08 pm We dealt with spores like that once. They were really annoying. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:09 pm [[When was that?]] [[...Did she call the prisoners animals.]] Bevel 9:10 pm She also called them garbage. FakeProwl 9:11 pm *there's a bit of a delay before he pings Soundwave back.* Bevel 9:11 pm It was about three decades ago by my time. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:13 pm *Already does not like the ones calling names and being rude about Vulcan martial arts. The Michael human had the others beat, didn't she?* [[What happened when you ran into them?]] *THAT IS A TRIBBLE. WHY IS IT THERE.* Bevel 9:15 pm They killed one of us before we were able to figure out how to get rid of them. Bevel 9:17 pm Water? Ratchet 9:18 pm He's tall. I didn't notice last time. He must've been sitting the whole time. Bevel 9:19 pm I like his feet. He was standing on his toes. FakeProwl 9:21 pm *At least they're all very civil about their hard feelings.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:22 pm [[Ha.]] FakeProwl 9:23 pm *Well. MOST of them are very civil.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:23 pm [[The Tilly should not have chosen an easily disprovable lie, if she couldn't handle the Michael human's presence.]] Bevel 9:23 pm That was mean of her to lie. Bevel 9:25 pm Ooo pretty Ratchet 9:25 pm Wow. FakeProwl 9:27 pm She's been there a day and she's already violating curfew and breaking into places where she's been banned. Because, apparently, she's curious. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:27 pm *He likes her already.* FakeProwl 9:27 pm *His approval of her significantly dropped.* Bevel 9:28 pm *likes everyone but the human that called Michael garbage, that was mean* Ratchet 9:30 pm [[ i learned the word panspermia today watching bill nye and suddenly it is here ]] Bevel 9:30 pm ((it was meant to be ItsyBitsySpyers 9:32 pm *Leeeean.* FakeProwl 9:32 pm ... I'm missing something, why do they blame /her/ for starting the war. The Klingons showed up ready and eager to start the war. Her mutiny lasted for thirty seconds and consisted of giving an order, which the crew didn't carry out. Ratchet 9:33 pm Scapegoat? *those injuries are.... fascinating* *Ratchet would kind of like to get a better look at them* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:33 pm [[She is also the one who terminated the...]] *Repeats the Klingon word back to himself. He's slightly rustier with it than he is Vulcan.* [[Torchbearer?]] FakeProwl 9:34 pm Ah. Yes. That makes more sense. Ratchet 9:34 pm [[ is anyone having flashbacks to tfcon and dnd ]] ItsyBitsySpyers 9:34 pm ((MEEEEEE)) Bevel 9:34 pm ((lol FakeProwl 9:34 pm ((YEP)) ItsyBitsySpyers 9:34 pm ((the giant poop!)) Ratchet 9:34 pm [[ omfg i forgot about the giant poop ]] FakeProwl 9:35 pm ((how could you forget about the giant poop)) ((im still proud of how we got rid of it)) Bevel 9:35 pm ((that we totally avoided 😀 Ratchet 9:35 pm [[ my memories of the night are more focussed on ratchet and skywarp's illicit affair ]] ItsyBitsySpyers 9:35 pm ((i mostly remember murderbeak, soundwave refusing prowl's request with an I NEEDED THAT, and the soap and towels on the floor)) FakeProwl 9:35 pm Of course, the torchbearer was before the mutiny, killed in self-defense, and almost undoubtedly left there as bait to deliberately start the war. Bevel 9:36 pm *laughs* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:37 pm [[It is easier to assign blame than to think rationally. Especially when Vulcans are discriminated against for their focus on logic to begin with.]] Bevel 9:38 pm *likes Michael a lot more now because that was awesome* FakeProwl 9:39 pm I know. Believe me, I know. I'm still going to relentlessly criticize it. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:39 pm [[Feel free. He doesn't mind.]] Bevel 9:39 pm *wonders if that ship is gonna get taken over by tribbles at some point* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:41 pm [[.........One moment. The Klingons later suffered from Tribble overpopulation, to the point of wiping their species out in 'wars'. Why do they not put the Tribble aboard the Klingon base?]] [[Then their enemies will be forced to turn their focus elsewhere.]] Ratchet 9:42 pm Perhaps the Tribble IS the biological weapon. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:42 pm *Yeeeaaah, no, he wouldn't enter a lockable room on the command of someone like this.* FakeProwl 9:42 pm *Oh, hey. Prisoner locked up for treason, gets offered a job that looks like a twisted version of her old position, turns it down on moral grounds. Is that familiar.* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:43 pm *...Quietly taking notes, just on the off-chance this has some future use.* Ratchet 9:45 pm What happened to his eye injury? Bevel 9:45 pm I think he said he needs to adjust to light? Ratchet 9:46 pm There's been no indication of his having the lights adjusted for his comfort since his first introduction. Bevel 9:47 pm I do not know. FakeProwl 9:47 pm The lights haven't gone up and down around him. No need to adjust them if they're consistent. Ratchet 9:47 pm Hmm. Bevel 9:48 pm *kind of likes this Amanda person* Ratchet 9:48 pm Oh, he.... oh no. Bevel 9:48 pm Kitty. Ratchet 9:49 pm [[ it looks like a very large tardigrade ]] FakeProwl 9:49 pm If he did indeed lure her on board by disabling her shuttle—which he didn't deny—then that means he killed the pilot to do it. Something caused that pilot to become untethered. That's something she should have taken into consideration before agreeing to join him. Did she even remember that? ItsyBitsySpyers 9:51 pm [[Apparently not.]] Bevel 9:52 pm I hope not. Ratchet 9:52 pm [[ i get where people are saying this show isn't very, like....... star trek, tho ]] ItsyBitsySpyers 9:52 pm ((they said that about ds9 too back in the day)) FakeProwl 9:52 pm ((the most star trek part of the show is the name)) Bevel 9:52 pm ((I like to think it's focusing even further on the grey underbelly of the mythos ItsyBitsySpyers 9:53 pm *...Part of him wants to fly through wherever that was. Part of him knows it would be a terrible id--- oh. It's not land at all.* FakeProwl 9:53 pm ((once they have befriended Four (4) Brand New Alien Species i will accept this as star trek)) Bevel 9:53 pm ((lol FakeProwl 9:53 pm ((catching a xenomorph puma doesn't count)) Bevel 9:54 pm ...is that box going to keep chiming the whole time? FakeProwl 9:55 pm synthesize a pillow to put over it. Bevel 9:55 pm *giggles* ItsyBitsySpyers 9:55 pm [[Ultra Magnus.]] Bevel 9:56 pm ((my favorite ensign with the amazing hair ahhhhhhlovehersomuch FakeProwl 9:56 pm ... Mm. One of them. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:57 pm [[One of what?]] Bevel 9:57 pm That is a really cool tactic being able to teleport anywhere. FakeProwl 9:57 pm Ultra Magnus. Bevel 9:57 pm Kitty. ItsyBitsySpyers 9:58 pm [[Oh. Yes. The statement reminded him of ours.]] [][][]I remain unconvinced.[][][] *Lean again.* *What is this thing?* FakeProwl 9:59 pm Ah. I thought you were referring to his overall personality. Ratchet 9:59 pm Didn't he tell her she WASN'T here to create weapons that went against the Starfleet code? FakeProwl 10:00 pm Do we have any evidence that better knives and shields are against Starfleet code? Bevel 10:00 pm Better shields is good. Ratchet 10:01 pm Mm. I suppose. But I'd like to see her not have to do anything that goes against her convictions. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:01 pm *What is this, now...?* Ratchet 10:04 pm [[ it's a tardigrade ]] Bevel 10:04 pm Ripper haaa Ratchet 10:08 pm Why not make several jumps? Bevel 10:09 pm Maybe too many jumps is just as bad? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:09 pm [[Navigational stability problems, as he said. The time it would take between jumps might be too much.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 10:12 pm [[Or that might happen.]] Bevel 10:12 pm Oh no. That did not go well at all. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:14 pm [[Anyone who thinks knowing how something feels is unnecessary when trying to get it to fight has no business doing such work.]] FakeProwl 10:14 pm Indeed. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:15 pm *Nods to Prowl. Thank you.* [[She is nowhere near ready.]] [[She is having an emotional reaction to the -- there, you see.]] Ratchet 10:17 pm Her death was unnecessary. She caused it herself. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:17 pm [[Agreed.]] Ratchet 10:17 pm That wasn't a sacrifice, it was willful stupidity. Bevel 10:18 pm She should have made sure it was sedated. 😔 She should not have been trying to mutilate it either though. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:18 pm [[She /should/ have waited until her head was clear and /investigated/ the creature instead of throwing open the doors in an uncontrolled environment with no idea how to handle it.]] ItsyBitsySpyers 10:19 pm *He likes her, too.* Ratchet 10:20 pm [[ i like these two klingons and i ship them ]] FakeProwl 10:20 pm *Ah, a professional second-in-command.* Bevel 10:24 pm Yay she made a friend. FakeProwl 10:24 pm ((okay, they need to make friends with 3 more alien species and it'll be star trek)) Bevel 10:24 pm *cheers* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:27 pm [[It killed everyone aboard. He would not recommend its use as such.]] [[Evidently it did not enjoy it.]] Ratchet 10:28 pm Didn't they run into something after exiting the... myto-something plane? Bevel 10:29 pm She is not a very good second-in-command is she? Ratchet 10:29 pm [[ 😧 it looks sad ]] FakeProwl 10:29 pm The accident killed almost everyone on board. The creature escaped onto a ship of people that didn't know what it was—including Klingons, who enjoy killing things. The people it killed, it likely killed in self-defense. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm [[Perhaps. But it does not look happy now, in that cube.]] Bevel 10:30 pm Poor Ripper. FakeProwl 10:30 pm ... Perhaps that's another thing it was defending itself from. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:30 pm *Nods.* Bevel 10:31 pm I think Michael realized it is in pain. FakeProwl 10:31 pm Why does he want to "send the Klingons a message"? Wouldn't it be better if they DON'T get a message and don't know that Starfleet has a new threat? Bevel 10:32 pm Maybe he is not as good at war as he thinks. FakeProwl 10:33 pm Clearly. Bevel 10:38 pm *welp she's sad now* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:39 pm *Kind of the Captain to have left her that. Though he supposes there wasn't time to change her will.* Bevel 10:41 pm I think that is enough tonight. There are still more files though so I can invite everyone again soon. ItsyBitsySpyers 10:41 pm *Light stretch.* [[Very well. Thank you again.]] Bevel 10:41 pm *nods and grins* Ratchet 10:42 pm Thanks, kiddo. See ya again next time, I hope. Bevel 10:42 pm It is fun. Is that why you do it all the time, Soundwave? ItsyBitsySpyers 10:42 pm [[One of many reasons.]] *Soundwave rises, offers everyone a nod and Prowl an extra ping goodnight, and gets ready to head home.* FakeProwl 10:43 pm ((another reason is sitting in the corner.)) Bevel 10:43 pm Definitely, Ratchet! FakeProwl 10:43 pm *returns the farewell ping* ItsyBitsySpyers 10:44 pm *Faster than before. That's promising. He'll be on his way now.* Bevel 10:45 pm ((I remembered not to close the room without saying anything \o/

[solo-bolo-trollo]

A COMPLETE LIST OF ALBUMS I LISTENED TO IN 2017

1.       Brian Eno—Reflection (2017)

2.       Joe Jackson & Friends—Heaven & Hell (1997)

3.       The KLF—Chill Out (1990)

4.       Run the Jewels—Run the Jewels 3 (2016)

5.       ESG—Come Away with ESG (1983)

6.       Pink Guy—Pink Season (2017)

7.       Madness—The Rise and Fall (1982)

8.       The xx—I See You (2017)

9.       The xx—xx (2009)

10.   Foxygen—Hang (2017)

11.   Shackleton and Vengeance Tenfold – Sferic Ghost Transmits (2017)

12.   André Previn, et. al—Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

13.   Code Orange—Forever (2017)

14.   Neil Cicierega—Mouth Moods (2017)

15.   Migos—C U L T U R E (2017)

16.   Buscabulla—EP II (2017)

17.   Allison Crutchfield—Tourist in This Town (2017)

18.   Delicate Steve—This is Steve (2017)

19.   Daft Punk—Homework (1997)

20.   Homeshake—Fresh Air (2017)

21.   Sampha—Process (2017)

22.   MF Doom—Operation: Doomsday (1999)

23.   Tobin Sprout—The Universe and Me (2017)

24.   Syd—Fin (2017)

25.   Julie Byrne—Not Even Happiness (2017)

26.   The Weeknd—Starboy (2016)

27.   Sinkane—Life & Livin’ It (2017)

28.   William Basinski—A Shadow in Time (2017)

29.   Paul White and Danny Brown—Accelerator (EP) (2017)

30.   Metallica—Kill ‘Em All (1983)

31.   Nas—It Was Written (1996)

32.   Priests—Nothing Feels Natural (2017)

33.   Urochromes—Night Bully (EP) (2017)

34.   Yung Bae—Skyscraper Anonymous (2016)

35.   Ty Segall—Ty Segall (2017)

36.   nobigdyl. —Canopy (2017)

37.   Son Volt—Notes of Blue (2017)

38.   Jansport J—p h a r a o h (2017)

39.   Jens Lekman—Life Will See You Now (2017)

40.   Maggie Rogers—Now That the Light is Fading (EP) (2017)

41.   Erykah Badu—Baduizm (1997)

42.   Dirty Projectors—Dirty Projectors (2017)

43.   Future—FUTURE (2017)

44.   Sun Kil Moon—Common as Light and Love Are Red Valleys of Blood (2017)

45.   Future—HNDRXX (2017)

46.   Visible Cloaks—Reassemblage (2017)

47.   Barenaked Ladies—Born on a Pirate Ship (1996)

48.   Thundercat—Drunk (2017)

49.   Hand Habits—Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void) (2017)

50.   Vagabon—Infinite Worlds (2017)

51.   Amnesia Scanner—AS Truth (2017)

52.   Mega Bog—Happy Together (2017)

53.   Lin Manuel-Miranda, et. al—In the Heights (2008)

54.   Chicano Batman—Freedom is Free (2017)

55.   The Mountain Goats—We Shall All Be Healed (2004)

56.   King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard—Flying Microtonal Banana (2017)

57.   Mark Scott—Death & All His Enemies (EP) (2017)

58.   Strand of Oaks—Hard Love (2017)

59.   The Magnetic Fields—50 Song Memoir (2017)

60.   DMX—It’s Dark and Hell is Hot (1998)

61.   Jay Som—Everybody Works (2017)

62.   The Shins—Heartworms (2017)

63.   Pauline Oliveros—Accordion & Voice (1982)

64.   Steve Lacy—Steve Lacy’s Demo (EP) (2017)

65.   Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever—The French Press (EP) (2017)

66.   Real Estate—In Mind (2017)

67.   Jansport J—Pharaohmatic Immunity (2017)

68.   Drake—More Life (2017)

69.   Temples—Volcano (2017)

70.   Anohni—Paradise (EP) (2017)

71.   Diamanda Galás—All the Way (2017)

72.   Kelly Lee Owens—Kelly Lee Owens (2017)

73.   Paul F. Tompkins—Laboring Under Delusions: Live in Brooklyn (2012)

74.   Tinariwen—Elwan (2017)

75.   Gorillaz—Gorillaz (2001)

76.   Hippo Campus—Landmark (2017)

77.   Black Sabbath—Master of Reality (1971)

78.   Liquid Liquid—Optimo (EP) (1983)

79.   Hurray for the Riff Raff—The Navigator (2017)

80.   Blanck Mass—World Eater (2017)

81.   Beastie Boys—Hello Nasty (1998)

82.   Diet Cig—Swear I’m Good at This (2017)

83.   Ibibio Sound Machine—Uyai (2017)

84.   Mount Eerie—A Crow Looked at Me (2017)

85.   Future Islands—The Far Field (2017)

86.   Boards of Canada—Music Has the Right to Children (1998)

87.   Father John Misty—Pure Comedy (2017)

88.   Glenn Gould—Bach: The Goldberg Variations (1956)

89.   Arca—Arca (2017)

90.   Sorority Noise—You’re Not As _____ As You Think (2017)

91.   Gas—Pop (2000)

92.   Kendrick Lamar—DAMN. (2017)

93.   Passion Pit—Tremendous Sea of Love (2017)

94.   Shamir—Hope (2017)

95.   Portishead—Dummy (1994)

96.   Tonstartssbandht—Sorcerer (2017)

97.   Dr. Dre—The Chronic (1992)

98.   Wiley—Godfather (2017)

99.   Parliament—Mothership Connection (1975)

100.           Sade—Diamond Life (1984)

101.           Charly Bliss—Guppy (2017)

102.           Iggy Pop—Lust for Life (1977)

103.           Kasey Zoned—Isolation (EP) (2017)

104.           Gorillaz—Humanz (2017)

105.           Mac DeMarco—This Old Dog (2017)

106.           Slowdive—Slowdive (2017)

107.           The Record Company—Give It Back to You (2016)

108.           Garth Brooks—No Fences (1990)

109.           Gas—Narkopop (2017)

110.           Girlpool—Powerplant (2017)

111.           Perfume Genius—No Shape (2017)

112.           Marty Robbins—Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959)

113.           The Mavericks—Brand New Day (2017)

114.           Dave Malloy, et. al—Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 (2013)

115.           The Mountain Goats—Goths (2017)

116.           Temple of the Dog—Temple of the Dog (1991)

117.           Soundgarden—Badmotorfinger (1991)

118.           Burial—Subtemple (EP) (2017)

119.           Angelo Badalamenti—Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

120.           Death Grips—Steroids (Crouching Tiger Hidden Gabber) (EP) (2017)

121.           Various artists—Lost Highway (1997)

122.           Throbbing Gristle—20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979)

123.           Lil Yachty—Teenage Emotions (2017)

124.           Phish—Junta (1989)

125.           Talaboman—The Night Land (2017)

126.           (Sandy) Alex G—Rocket (2017)

127.           Burzum—Filosofem (1996)

128.           Sleater-Kinney—Live in Paris (2017)

129.           Power Trip—Nightmare Logic (2017)

130.           Sam Gellaitry—Escapism III (EP) (2017)

131.           The Cranberries—Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We? (1993)

132.           Bing & Ruth—No Home of the Mind (2017)

133.           Luxoddo Menatti—Climbing Through Clockwork (EP) (2017)

134.           Fleet Foxes—Crack-Up (2017)

135.           Cashmere Cat—9 (2017)

136.           Johnny Jewel—Windswept (2017)

137.           Ice Cube—Death Certificate (1991)

138.           Why?—Moh Llean (2017)

139.           Goldie—The Journey Man (2017)

140.           Lorde—Melodrama (2017)

141.           Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner and James McAlister—Planetarium (2017)

142.           SZA—Ctrl (2017)

143.           Calvin Harris—Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 (2017)

144.           Washed Out—Mister Mellow (2017)

145.           Vince Staples—Big Fish Theory (2017)

146.           JAY-Z—4:44 (2017)

147.           Haim—Something to Tell You (2017)

148.           Moon Diagrams—Lifetime of Love (2017)

149.           Various artists—Baby Driver (Music from the Motion Picture) (2017)

150.           Offa Rex—The Queen of Hearts (2017)

151.           Tyler, the Creator—Flower Boy (2017)

152.           Timecop—You Can’t Go Back From Where You Are Right Now (EP) (2017)

153.           Waxahatchee—Out in the Storm (2017)

154.           DJ Sports—Modern Species (2017)

155.           Ryan Adams—Prisoner (2017)

156.           Guided by Voices—August by Cake (2017)

157.           Paramore—After Laughter (2017)

158.           Cigarettes After Sex—Cigarettes After Sex (2017)

159.           Randy Newman—Dark Matter (2017)

160.           Kesha—Rainbow (2017)

161.           The War on Drugs—A Deeper Understanding (2017)

162.           Rezz—Mass Manipulation (2017)

163.           Liza Minnelli—Results (1989)

164.           Various artists—Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) (2017)

165.           Various artists—Twin Peaks (Limited Event Series Original Soundtrack) (2017)

166.           Iron and Wine—Beast Epic (2017)

167.           Com Truise—Iteration (2017)

168.           Godspeed You! Black Emperor—Luciferian Towers (2017)

169.           BROCKHAMPTON—Saturation (2017)

170.           LCD Soundsystem—american dream (2017)

171.           Arcade Fire—Everything Now (2017)

172.           Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives—Way Out West (2017)

173.           Clark—Death Peak (2017)

174.           Bill Murray, Jan Vogler and Friends—New Worlds (2017)

175.           Aimee Mann—Mental Illness (2017)

176.           The Mountain Goats—Marsh Witch Visions (EP) (2017)

177.           Moses Sumney—Aromanticism (2017)

178.           St. Vincent—MASSEDUCTION (2017)

179.           Nina Simone—I Put a Spell on You (1965)

180.           Kamasi Washington—Harmony of Difference (EP) (2017)

181.           Extreme—Extreme II: Pornograffitti (1990)

182.           Timecop—Diocesan Howler (EP) (2017)

183.           Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile—Lotta Sea Lice (2017)

184.           Vangelis—Blade Runner (1982)

185.           Julien Baker—Turn Out the Lights (2017)

186.           Sam Smith—The Thrill of It All (2017)

187.           Alvvays—Antisocialites (2017)

188.           Björk—Utopia (2017)

189.           Charlotte Gainsbourg—Rest (2017)

190.           King Krule—The OOZ (2017)

191.           R.E.M.—Live at the 40 Watt Club 11/19/92 (1992)

192.           Kelela—Take Me Apart (2017)

193.           10,000 Maniacs—MTV Unplugged (1993)

194.           Sylvan Esso—What Now (2017)

195.           Beck—Colors (2017)

196.           Amber Coffman—City of No Reply (2017)

197.           Guided by Voices—How Do You Spell Heaven (2017)

198.           Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings—Soul of a Woman (2017)

199.           10,000 Maniacs—Our Time in Eden (1992)

[karrahkshatria]

Get Closer With Me

Hi guys! I was supposed to work on my articles today but I ended up procrastinating the whole day. Is there such thing as a productive procrastination? I guess, this must be a great example of such. 

Quarantine has made me think of some worthwhile activities, including this. The other day, I found myself looking through my cabinet and discovered a bunch of nostalgic things. It made me realize how simple life was way before. Indeed, life is a never ending cycle of going through changes. Sure, we can never turn back time but at least, we have these things that would help us reminisce our past moments. 

I also remembered a note I published on my Facebook wall way back 2011. I got to scan and copy its content here and figured I could compare my perspective 9 years ago to present time. 

So here it is! It’s a bit long but if you have time, just take time. Hahaha!

NAME: Karrah Kshatria B. Seronay

AGE: 27

BIRTHDATE: January 27, 1993

PRESENT  ADDRESS:  Butuan City

WHAT WAS YOUR:

2011

1. last beverage = too big.

2. last phone call = from my mother, dugay na to.

3. last text message = quote man to. gm actually.

4. last song you listened to = Papa Amerikano haha

5. last time you cried = feb 2011 burial sa akong lola.

2020

1. last beverage = water,still O_O

2. last phone call = from an unknown number. Food Panda. haha

3. last text message = BPI OTP O_O but if from a person, Innah – we text whatever we like to tell each other. hahaha

4. last song you listened to = haha how jeje was Papa Amerikano before? Last night, parents were in the mood to listen to old songs. From what I remember, it was Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

5. last time you cried = I think weeks ago, when I was watching a KDRAMA. Haha. If I remember it right, it was Ep 13 of I’m Not A Robot. Hands up, fellow Kdrama fans?!

HAVE YOU EVER:

2011

6. dated someone twice = no

7. been cheated on = no

8. kissed someone & regretted it = wala

9. lost someone special = idk

10. been depressed = YAH

11. been drunk and threw up = nope!

2020

6. dated  someone twice = no, not ever

7. been  cheated on = No. And I hope it will not happen.  

8. kissed  someone & regretted it = Nope, never had a first kiss…

9. lost  someone special = Yes! If lost is defined as walking away from your  life. Or if lost means death, still the same answer as my grandparents were  also special.

10. been  depressed = Yes. We all deal with hard times in our lives but what’s  most important is how we get up from those and the people who were there to  support us.

11. been  drunk and threw up = still, no coz I don’t drink. It’s a personal  and my doctor’s choice. So, I can always get away with it. haha! But I throw  up on a normal basis before when I was sick. O_O Is that valid? Haha!

LIST THREE FAVORITE COLORS:

2011

12. Sky Blue

13. Purple

14. White

2020

12. Sky Blue

13. Pink- the  only thing that changed. Haha. Girly naka ghorl?!

14. White

LAST YEAR (2010/2019), HAVE YOU:

2011

15. Made  a new friend = YEAH!

16. Fallen  out of love = NO

17. Laughed  until you cried = YEAH YEAH

18. Met  someone who changed you =  maybe

19. Found  out who your true friends were = YE

20. Found  out someone was talking about you = I can't remember

21. Kissed  anyone on your FB friend's list = yeah! my family.

2020

15. Made  a new friend = Yes! Shoutout to my new friends! :)

16. Fallen  out of love = No

17. Laughed  until you cried = Yes, the last time was with my laughing buddy,  Alex! We understand each other’s humor because great minds think alike.  hahaha

18. Met  someone who changed you =  I think so. Some people change you,  without you noticing it. Because even the smallest things matter.

19. Found  out who your true friends were = I’ve always had my trust in my  friends. I don’t have a lot but the ones I have, I know they are all true.

20. Found  out someone was talking about you = No? Not curious though. I mean,  we all talk about certain people. But that does not necessarily have to be  anything negative.

21. Kissed  anyone on your FB friend's list = Still the same, family

GENERAL:

2011

22. How  many people on your FB friends list do you know in real life = 90%

24. Do  you have any pets = way uso

25. Do  you want to change your name = di ko, mahal bayad.

26. What  did you do for your last birthday =celebrated with friends and  family

27. What  time did you wake up today = 1pm

28. What  were you doing at midnight last night = nag internet

29. Name  something you CANNOT wait for = COLLEGE GRADUATION

30. Last  time you saw your Mother = minutes ago

31. What  is one thing you wish you could change about your life = none, I  <3 my life. char

32. What  are you listening to right now = sound sa TV ug sa electic fan nga  gatuyok

33. Have  you ever talked to a person named Tom? = wa, di ko kastorya niya kay  iring sya. nag joke ko. HAHAHA

34. What's  getting on your nerves right now = boredom

35. Most  visited webpage = facebook, twitter, yahoo and everything

37. Nicknames =  karrah, kar, yang, yang2, yangertz, karyang, yangerz, shat2, karyatot

38. Relationship  Status = SINGLE

39. Zodiac  sign = Aquarius

40. He  or She = She

41. Elementary =  Urios College Grade School

42. High  School = Agusan National High School

43. College =  XU

44. Hair  color = Black

45. Long  or short = medium

47. Do  you have a crush on someone? O_O

48. What  do you like about yourself? can't think of, daghan musulod sa akong  mind, haha feelurs!

49. Piercings =  none. bisag earrings wa

50. Tattoos =  wala, sauna nuon kanang pataban sa mga pagkaon na tag pisohon

51. Righty  or lefty = righty! I wish both :))

2020

22. How  many people on your FB friends list do you know in real life = 90%,  I think the same. I accept only the people I know. Artista ka ghorl?! haha

24. Do  you have any pets = Yes, we have pets now! A dog and a cat. Cookie  and Minggoy! And we love them both dearly in spite of their imperfections.  Hahaha Drama ka ghorl?!

25. Do  you want to change your name = Before, I don’t like my name. Now, I  have learned to appreciate its unique nature. Kshatria… At least, smaller probability  to be “HIT” in applying for NBI Clearance.

26. What  did you do for your last birthday =celebrated with friends and  family, same same. Anyhow, I still feel special and thankful that I reached  this age. Every day is a blessing, after all.

27. What  time did you wake up today = 12:30PM, 30 minutes earlier than  before. Not really a morning person. #quarantingz

28. What were you doing  at midnight last night = procrastinating. I was supposed to  do my task for my online job, but I took time to delay important things and  played Trivia 360. So ended up sleeping at 4:30 AM. O_O

29. Name  something you CANNOT wait for = Waah, it’s been 7 years since  college graduation! Time flies! Now, I cannot wait for this quarantine to be  over. But I’m taking my time to enjoy and be productive. I can’t wait to travel. I also can’t wait to figure out where I want  to be for the rest of my life. I can’t seem to dig deep inside what it is that I really want. So,might as well just live in the  moment and be amazed by what’s in store. 

30. Last  time you saw your Mother = She’s actually in front of me right at  this very moment.

31. What  is one thing you wish you could change about your life = None. We  are where we are now because of our past. As much as I struggle with  contentment, I still would choose to have this life at the end of the day. We  are here for a reason. We are here for a mission.

32. What  are you listening to right now = I am listening to my family’s random conversation. I also hear a car machine being turned on by our neighbor. My  mom is humming a Tiktok music. My younger sister is listening to old songs.  It’s quite fascinating that our ears can hear all of these sounds all at the  same time. 

33. Have  you ever talked to a person named Tom? = Hahaha! Sir Tom! Tomas! My  BPI officemate. The ever mighty and passionate employee, Tom!

34. What's  getting on your nerves right now = None. Positive vibes all the way!

35. Most  visited webpage = FB and IG. Sometimes, Twitter.

37. Nicknames =  karrah, kar, yang, yang2, yangertz

38. Relationship  Status = SINGLE

39. Zodiac  sign = Aquarius

40. He  or She = She

41. Elementary =  Urios College Grade School

42. High  School = Agusan National High School

43. College =  Xavier University

44. Hair  color = Black

45. Long  or short = So now I’m quite confused whether this is pertaining to my hair or my height? If hair, medium. After 1 year, it has finally grown.  Hahaha. If height, then I have long accepted I am short.

47. Do  you have a crush on someone?  I don’t admit my crush before. But  now, my crush is Jo In Sung. So, I guess I have a crush.

48. What  do you like about yourself? Modesty aside, I think I am an  understanding person? Patient? Kind? Hehe. Char lang.

49. Piercings =  Still none, no earrings also since a couple of years ago.

50. Tattoos =  None

51. Righty  or lefty = Righty!

FIRSTS :

2011 

52. First  surgery= wala

53. First  piercing = ears

54. First  best friend = hmmm.. *thinking*  *reminiscing* :)

55. First  sport you joined = pingpong kanang sa pe. hahaha

56. First  vacation = la nako ka remember

58. First  pair of trainers =  ha?

2020

52. First  surgery=  Way back 2016. My first and hopefully, only surgery. It’s termed as Small Bowel Resection wherein a  part of my intestines where a tumor has grown was cut and removed. It was a  life-changing moment and I could not be more thankful to God for giving me  another chance to live. Life is precious!

53. First  piercing = Ears. Yeeeeaaaars ago!

54. First  best friend = My sister! My ate! It has got something to do with our 1 year age gap. Too close. Haha!

55. First  sport you joined = Same same! Not yo’ sporty girl!

56. First  vacation = Still can’t remember.

58. First  pair of trainers =  I still don’t get this. *puzzled*

RIGHT NOW: 

2011

59. Eating =  nope

60. Drinking =  wala

61. I'm  about to = sweep the floor. 

63. Waiting  for = ♫ tonight wooooo ♫

2020

59. Eating =  Chocolate!

60. Drinking =  none

61. I'm  about to = Werk. Have to write articles. So, I’m currently  procrastinating by doing this. LOL 

63. Waiting  for = you. *oops* haha

YOUR FUTURE :

2011

64. Want  kids? = maybe

65. Get  Married? = I can't say basin diay mag madre ko :)

66. Career? =  businesswoman!

2020

64. Want  kids? = still a maybe

65. Get  Married? = I am open. It feels good to have someone you can be with  for the rest of your life. But we never really know what our future holds. 

66. Career? =  Now, this question has become so hard to answer. But, I have always dreamed of working in ADB or BSP. Taas ng pangarap, ghorl?!

WHICH IS BETTER :

2011

67. Lips  or eyes = eyes O_O

68. Hugs  or kisses = hugs.

69. Shorter  or taller = taller

70. Older  or Younger = same age? 

71. Romantic  or spontaneous = wa koy hanaw ani

72. Nice  stomach or nice arms = nice everything haha

73. Sensitive  or loud = ambot ui. bahala sya

74. Hook-up  or relationship = uhmm... relationship.

75. Trouble  maker or hesitant = trouble maker hahaha

2020

67. Lips  or eyes = eyes, still

68. Hugs  or kisses = hugs.

69. Shorter  or taller = taller

70. Older  or Younger = same age. Hasn’t changed.

71. Romantic  or spontaneous = Spontaneous!

72. Nice  stomach or nice arms = nice arms

73. Sensitive  or loud = Sensitive?

74. Hook-up  or relationship = relationship, definitely! I must have not known  what a hook-up means before.

75. Trouble  maker or hesitant = Now, I don’t get this question. hmmm

HAVE YOU EVER :

2011

76. Kissed  a stranger = nope!

77. Drank  hard liquor = nope, I'm a good girl

78. Lost  glasses/contacts =  nope, I have a good eyesight. haha

79. Sex  on first date = NO

80. Broke  someone's heart = wa nay uso sa ako

81. Had  your own heart broken = nop

82. Been  arrested = never

83. Turned  someone down = don't know

84. Cried  when someone died = syempre

85. Fallen  for a friend = no.

2020

76. Kissed  a stranger = nope!

77. Drank  hard liquor = I tried San Mig Light and Red Horse once…  Haha. Realized how distorted my thinking about alcohol was way before. It’s not that bad to drink, but you have to know your limits. Drink moderately. I mean, I even go with friends when they drink, although I usually take the listener/watcher role. It’s  fun to talk and laugh about anything under the moon!

78. Lost  glasses/contacts =  nope, I have a good eyesight. Haha. Still holds  true, now.

79. Sex  on first date = No

80. Broke  someone's heart = I think so?

81. Had  your own heart broken = Yes! Part of growing up!

82. Been  arrested = never

83. Turned  someone down = Yes?

84. Cried  when someone died = syempre

85. Fallen  for a friend = no.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN:

2011

86. Yourself =  sometimes

87. Miracles =  way-e-es!

88. Love  at first sight =  I don't think so

89. Heaven =  YEAAAH!

90. Santa  Claus = sauna.

91. Kiss  on the first date = nope

92. Angels =  yeah!

2020

86. Yourself =  We have to. Otherwise, we’ll get nowhere.

87. Miracles =  YES! Our lives are a miracle! I witnessed a great miracle when I faced my  first ever surgery. God was there. God is here.

88. Love  at first sight =  I think this has changed. I kind of believe this now, but not absolutely.

89. Heaven =  YEAAAH!

90. Santa  Claus = sauna.

91. Kiss  on the first date = depends? hahaha

92. Angels =  yeah

That’s it! The 18-year old me vs. the 27- year old me. Some have changed, some have also remained the same. We grow up. Our view about life changes. But one thing constant among these is the love of family and of God. 

If you’re still reading up to this point, I suggest you make one as well. It’s a great exercise to know yourself better. You realize things you have never actually thought of before. Enjoy answering! Stay safe!