#things i bought at sheetz

[mcelroyfamilystaff]

If you missed today's Clubhouse, we premiered the return of a classic.

[autisticangus]

does everyone know about this

[christinariccidaily]

For those wondering, it's in reference to a food review/quiz show unlike any other

Day 1171

Now it's time for

Things I bought at Sheetz

[honkifyourelonely]

things that i can listen to when i have a headache/things that get me out of a depressive state:

- stephanie j block i’m breaking down

- baga chipz as kathy bates in misery

- things i bought at sheetz

[griddlegold]

i was in the us briefly last month and found out that the red and yellow twizzlers that i LOVED but got discontinued forever ago were in fact Not Discontinued and just aren't sold in canada anymore. twizzlers if you're out there how could you do this to me

[memories-of-ancients]

Been traveling quite a bit this summer. Often I would eat out while traveling and man eating out is expensive and I've noticed that often the quality just doesn't equal the rising prices, even at greasy spoons like fast food, Sheetz, and Wawa.

So I bought one of these wood gasifier camping stoves. This little thing is literally fueled by nothing more than small sticks and twigs. The idea is to take this with me, and come lunch time stop at a rest stop, state park, picnic area, etc that allows grilling and just grill up a burger or two or cook up a good camping pie, or make breakfast, whatever. Plus there are some beaches I go to along lake Erie where fires are allowed. Also I think they're really neat. Mine cost around $16 or $17 dollars and I bought two.

Here's a short youtube review of one very similar to the model I bought.

[greatcomets]

I’m just not sure you’re ACTUALLY American if you’ve never seen a Flying J or a Love’s truck stop or a SHELL STATION

Genuinely where do you get gas

ok re: shell station obv i have seen and bought from many but it was not in the poll itself!!! i've definitely passed some love's (love'ses?) before but i don't think i've ever gone in/gotten gas from them. all the rest incl flying j are just words to me. have heard legends of things like wawa and sheetz but for all i know everyone could be lying

[failfemme]

things i bought at sheetz

[glitterdustcyclops]

THINGS I BOUGHT AT SHEETZ MENTION!!! JACOB IS A FAN OF THE MCELROYS!!!!!!!

[hagfishviperfish]

i spend so much time inside :( i feel like it's slowly killing me because i'm so sad, i want to be active and participate in a life but there's not much out there. how do you even go about doing these things? and i'm so shy and passive! for as long as i've been alive there's always been so many people i'm interested in and yet i've never dared to involve myself with a single one...i watch from afar and think about what could happen...waiting for them to come to me i guess?

i don't know if there's ever been a time i've ever regretted approaching someone, even if in the end i disliked them. there's maybe a few but it's on my behalf, because some of them i struggled to keep in touch with...

there were two nice men on tinder i met. one i talked to for a while one night about music and where we were from and what our lives were like. his name was kenny. i'm mentioning it because i think it's an endearing name. he seemed so sweet, sensitive? i think he was a skateboarder but not at all like the dehydrated wolf-like types. more teddy bear-like. he was telling me about his record collection that he was proud of, and i caught him at a moment where he was listening to one in the dark, savoring the music. i think there was like a second where he was like be right back i'm going to go heat up some leftovers. i asked about them and he was talking about his family’s cooking. it felt cozy. then i gave him my number and he was trying to reach out to me and we talked about his work and his commute and it was just that, and i just like... for some reason i stopped responding.

i really struggle talking to people who just like don't ask the mutual questions about my life. i don't know. maybe it's because i can't share things on my own very well. maybe it's because it's texting. i really hate. that my only way to reach other people is through texting. it's so easy to become numb, to be more...nitpicky

the second one was really interesting to me. it appeared he was an artist, he designed his own tattoo, he worked at a sheetz, he texted me first, telling me i seemed relatable and cool but i was too far. and then we plotted a murder together and were silly. and eventually he was texting me while he was at a party and drunk so i stopped responding because it was kinda weird, i don't know, it felt when you're like, not really intruding but stepping into someone else's conversation when there's no room for you. after that i just moved on but a few months later of using tinder i was going to delete it and i realized, this guy was the only person on there who really held a conversation with me and actually shared a semblance of my sense of humor. so i was like heyy i'm deleting the app... how are you, any luck, if you want my number, yadda yadda ya... this time we actually start getting to know each other, and we go to imessages, and we have these conversations about the games we like and movies and books and our art and all sorts of stuff. but again. i just stopped responding.

this time it wasn't because he wasn't asking, in fact he was. but. i don't know why. maybe it's because he wasn't right in front of me or something. i remember being nitpicky. something about how he described a dream about his "abuser" and "besting them" and i was like man what? but i still feel bad about it because there are so many different ways people experience life and i worry that i am too close-minded by considering my way The Way. that's not what made me stop responding though. i think it was just life, going on, we really were far from each other. he bought rain world because i mentioned it and would send me little clips of him playing it. everytime i went a bit without texting him he would check in like how are you. the last time i drifted off he sent me a picture of him at a concert, again checked in, but i still haven't responded. just because. i don't know why. i think some things just aren't meant to be but i don't know

i've been feeling so much how socializing is numbed through a screen. the amount to which you connect to people is still there, not wholly negated, but it's less. substantially less. your pleasure centers aren't really activated because you're just pressing buttons on a screen, not pulling the lever with your whole body in a grueling process...

except! i've never! been able! to pull! the lever! i don't know why! i can't even remember what could have caused this. maybe people were too mean to me in school; i remember one time a girl who i thought was my friend, i was talking to her, mid conversation, 6th grade, she blurts out "your breath smells weird" or something and then turns away when i'm mid-sentence. maybe it's things like that? but it doesn't matter, because i'm not young anymore. and i want my life to change and i want to change it. however i am not bold but i think my life would be so enriched if i were to act on the things i wanted to do most. even if it's just like. daring to initiate a conversation with someone i find interesting.

ugh

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And thats not even to mention, naturally i don’t think being inside for too long is good for me. obviously. i feel like there’s a change that occurs and i lose senses of self among other things. i become my only reference for the outside world, and i start to believe i’m esoteric— impossible to relate to, unable to fit in.. the things that are weird about me become exemplified to me but they’re also things that make me feel so safe. at the same time actualized in myself. except isolated even more and most of all. i hope there is a way i can bridge the gap some day and feel able to express the parts of me that are strange while still feeling like a member of society

and i get really pessimistic and tired. i think tired is just a common state with me but the more reserved i act the more reserved i become. how do i undo this. on top of that it becomes easier for me to make up all these reasons to not talk or relate to someone. i think i’ll always kind of do that, but when someone’s in front of you, you develop a tolerance that is much more inherent. it’s how humans have navigated their lives for thousands of years. i desperately wish i could experience it and be apart of it instead of lingering in this state of “Suspension”

[psychicdragoncoffee]

Had gone on a trip.

I've shared some info while on a trip to an RP blog. So I figured a long post on here with some more info.

To start out the trip was to Pennsylvania. The starting point is Michigan, near Detroit. The people going including myself, mother, two aunts, and a very young cousin. We left home at around 9AM and arrived to our destination at 5PM.

Day One - The Trip There

The day started with picking up the other riders, then be given a breakfast sandwich.

I had a misunderstanding who the 5th passage was going to be. For context, the trip was for a memorial service for a grandma that passed early this year. We had made the same trip 20 years ago for the same reason. That grandma was with us then.

I had a cousin who was only a few months old come along then. I was told that cousin recently had a baby so I was under the impression that cousin and her baby was coming with us.

So I learned the aunt that came last time had another daughter and it was her. The other person was another aunt.

The way there wasn't too bad. The only issue I had was that my leg got pretty sore before we had arrived.

At the first stop I tried to see if I could get something from Starbucks from the rest stop. They were too busy so I grabbed a can of coffee from the convince store in the same building.

At the second stop we had Burger King for lunch. Mom bought me a shirt while I bought a coin pouch. I was trying not to buy too much on the way there. The things I would buy are either small items or things I could consume. Since the Starbucks there wasn't busy I did get drinks there.

The third stop I just got a coffee. The cashier didn't make me pay for it. I think since I went and got a small.

Check in was a nightmare. Mom booked the room back in April and there was a system error. The Pork katsu meal was good though. Though the wait was another nightmare.

I didn't have an easy time going to sleep.

Day 2 - Memorial

We started the day with stopping by a thrift store. Mom loves going to thrift stores though I'm not a big fan. Since I'm a fat ass I have a hard time finding my size.

We stopped by Sheetz since we don't have them in our home state. Had more breakfast sandwiches.

On the way to the actual memorial there was a memorial monument on the way there we stopped by for a moment. We didn't see the entire since since we were not dressed for such a thing.

I wasn't fully present for the service. I mostly looked at where it was going to be before attempting to follow the others to another site that was up the hill before getting tired and going back to the car. I sat there most of the time while the kids were running around.

Chicken for dinner. But we didn't do much else today. I spend most of the day playing Pokemon Snap on my switch.

Day 3 - Free Time in Nature

Today we grab a quick breakfast from Sheetz. I got a coffee with a yogurt parfait.

The main thing were a tour in some caverns. I got a few things after the tour. Stress ball, worry stone, quartz stick, bag of rocks, stickers, a pen. Mom got be another shirt.

We attempted to see a waterfall. But that was a bust. The roads to the caverns were a nightmare and we got a bit lost.

Had taco pizza at Pizza Hut for dinner.

I wasn't able to sleep.

Day 4 - The Way Home

Not much to say about today. We packed up most of our stuff the night before. We finished up before heading out. Before getting onto the turnpike we stopped by Sheetz one last time. I got a big coffee and fruit.

I tried to find something that said Pennsylvania on it but none of the rest stops on the way out had anything. Nothing on the Ohio side near the state boarder had anything either. So I figured I'd just order something online later.

Had lunch at Hardees. It was nice. The only thing I ended up buying at the rest stops was some stickers from one of those vending machines.

We had stopped at Cleveland because mom wanted pirogis and macarons a few venders at this one place sold. She had me pick out four different flavors for everyone at home. I bought a few for the road to have a little bite before lunch. [This was before we stopped at the rest stop that hard Hardees.]

As we left Cleveland we encountered heavy rain. We were not stuck in it for too long but it was scary for a moment.

[tussive]

I'm home! The show was fun, the openers were all at least decent, the first group was pretty lit, they really turned the crowd up. I don't know all of their names but one was XZA. One was something like XYA or something, I don't remember. But there were two others also. Then it was a group of three guys, they went by Poison Boys and were decent. The one guy had to run off stage to vomit which was pretty funny. Then there was a single guy Wat3r, he was my favorite opener. He said he has a project coming out tomorrow I definitely wanna check out. Then there were like these kinda corny guys, funnily enough one of them was Gubbar, I fucking told you that guy would suck. Then a guy named Stixx performed, I missed like half of it because I was smoking but he was decent. Everyone else seemed more impressed with him than I was, but maybe I just missed the good parts. Then the DJ did his thing and then Christ Dillinger and Acid Souljah came out and they killed it. Played a bunch of new unreleased songs. The crowd was surprisingly cool, except for those goth girls and the guy who was with them I posted about. And I kept running into them for some reason lol.

I did get back up for like the last two AS/CD songs, but even after sitting for most of their set I was dead on my feet. Christ Dillinger was hanging out after doing autographs and talking to fans, but I just bought an Acid Souljah shirt and dipped real quick. My feet were killing me and I had a terrible headache. Drove like 20 minutes and stopped at a Sheetz and got a Sprite, nutrition bar and Goody's, figured one of those would fix my headache lol. Then I just hung out for a bit, smoked my last cigarette, took off my jewelry because it was pissing me off after wearing it all day, etc. Got back on the road.

I don't like the way the GPS took me, it was like all backroads and rural highway and I ran into three packs of deer so I had to drive slow as shit to make sure I didn't hit any deer.

Wish I had conserved my energy for Acid and Christ, but I had a good time and the show was a lot of fun. So fuck it. I didn't really have anything for Christ to sign and tbh I don't really care about signatures that much and also meeting celebrities is weird because what do you even say? Christ Dillinger did see me before their set though and said he liked my CRIME hat (I think I said this already) so that kind of made my night. Also I got probably at least 6 or 7 compliments on my cigarette necklace. The security guard asked if they were real cigarettes, which would smell like shit lmao. He's a rapper too and I guess his name is Echo30 or something? I wanna check him out too.

[eileennatural]

living vicariously through the first things i bought at sheetz episode in 7 years... that used to be me

[eleanorsmom420]

It's been a while!

Today is the first day that I really have nothing left. and I know that I won't have anymore. I'm not kissing those assholes' asses for a fix. I will get through this. I have no choice. it is what is best for me anyway.

 I went to a relay meeting tonight. it puts so many ideas into my head. I think or feel that Deanna thinks I'm doing too much.  I don't want to come in and take over, that is not my intention.

 I don't know what to do with myself. I have to figure out my life. I bought a binder today for my life. Amanda made a good point that maybe if I keep a binder like I do for Relay maybe I can get shit right. I need to make a list of all my bills which really isn't much. Like seriously I have one bill,  my cell phone bill. I need to stop spending on everything. I got to get my coffee business back in order so spending so I don't have to keep putting my own paychecks into it.

I'm 42 years old and I really need to get my s right. let's hope that maybe if I keep up with this binder then I can figure out where I'm going wrong and turn it around.

 I still think I should pick up a second job but there really isn't any place I want to work. I'm not going back into public life. I applied to Sheetz and they would have Hired me but is that what it's going to make me happy? I need to find a job that listens to my ideas. they  May all not make sense but I think I still have really good ideas. I just need the opportunity to let them out. That's why I feel the places that will hire me aren't going to have the time nor are they going to listen and change their policies because one person said something. I don't know what I should do.

 What I need to do is start this binder and find my flaws and my good points.   Come August you can do this! you can do anything you've already proven that. start the Eleanor books. write some books, put them on Amazon and see what the outcome is. find that photo app where you can use them and not get in trouble. I could do this. I just got to stop with this laziness. I'm not going to get anywhere if I can't finish a project that I start.

 Grow up August!. Do it for yourself!  Fuck everyone else. they don't give a shit!. Proof is in the pudding! do this for yourself. I know I need to get some self-esteem! Stop being lazy! you will never get anywhere with your actions. you are a child. The time is now! The time is now to show myself I can do this for myself. I don't need a man to hold my tit to get through life. I don't need a man!  Period   Fuck I don't even want a man! my trust is gone. Fuck love! Fuck men! Fuck dick! Fuck pussy! Fuck it all!  Do what I need to do and then I can honestly say at the end of the day fuck you all I don't need anyone about myself.

 All I need is my self-esteem  to rise and my Eleanor Rigby. I want her to have a good life! I want her to be happy. bringing her to Deanna's was the best thing for her! She's happy, less bitchy. She doesn't mind being an inside cat, she's my girl and I know I  did the best thing for her and myself.

 Eleanor Rigby! my best friend! My girl! My baby! she comes first spoiled rotten LOL not spoiled rotten, well taken care of. damn cat gets fed no bullshit crap! She gets fed good food expensive food and she deserves it 

[ecodweeb]

Electrify America’s growing pains

I’ve been too busying driving to stop and post, but I had to pen some thoughts about Electrify America and their roll out. I’ve been using them a lot lately, and the experience is 3 out of 5 stars…

Let’s start with the bugs I’ve found. First, for some time now, PlugShare has shown two EA sites “coming soon” in Durham and Hillsborough.

I drove out to the Durham location about a week or two before I bought the Hyundai, and not a thing was there. No construction, nothing. Strange… all the other sites had broken ground when they popped up on the map. So, on Friday (the 14th), I checked the Electrify America map like I always do. Lo and behold - they had the Durham location marked as live, and there was a PlugShare check in that confirmed it was operational as of the 13th! Weirdly, both that Hillsborough and Durham sites showed “live” on Friday…

I drove out to address listed for the new location – 3414 Hillsborough Rd in Durham – and there was no Electrify America.  As you can see from the screenshots above, standing at the alleged location of the site the EA app map shows I’m about 9 miles away from it (despite being at the address listed for the site). Thanks to PlugShare, we knew the address of the correct Sheetz – so off we went!

I found the chargers, and 3 of the 4 were operational. The one that wasn’t had physical damage on the front of it. I plugged in long enough to get 1.2kWh of energy and then called customer service to report the location issue. After that, I emailed photos of the damage at the site as they requested and went home to sleep before my long day of volunteering.

Saturday was an action-packed day. My friend, Seth, and I worked at a yard sale benefiting the SAGE program at the LGBT Center of Raleigh. At 11:30, we departed the yard sale and headed towards Florence, SC for a car show with an EV showcase. We stopped off in Lumberton to charge, which is where the next bug reared its ugly head…

I plugged into the first station, but it never recognized the car. I plugged into the second station, and it charged about 7 minutes and then stopped. I moved to a third station, and that one charged the car to completion. I used the app to start the session on all three chargers, and after the charger would say “plug in here,” the app would tell me an error occurred and my charge had failed. Despite that, two of the stations did initiate a charge. The first time it actually started charging, I got the progress indicator in my mobile app. However, the last charging attempt presented me with a charging indicator that showed 0%. I ignored it, until we got to Florence. It was still there, despite the session having ended and both the push notification to the app and the text message said my charging session had ended.

Opening up another site while the “active charging” banner is on screen is quite difficult. It’s one of the criticisms I have about the app. As of this writing, I still have the above stuck on my screen (but EA support emailed me back at 2p today and said they were looking into this).

Also, three of the 5 charging spaces were ICE’d at Florence. I called EA and they said to get the tag # and description of the car and ask the Walmart Customer Service team to page the owner and threaten the car could be towed. Nice idea, but I didn’t test it out. EA really needs to have a predatory towing company to address this.

I also want to talk about Electrify America’s billing policies. They base your tiered pricing on how fast your car says it can theoretically charge upon initial communication with the station. As a rep told me, my Hyundai reports that it can draw 83kW - which puts it in the $0.42/min tier, even though it never exceeds 70kW actual draw (and anything 75kW or less should pay $0.15/minute). I’ve brought  this up three times with Electrify America, and I keep playing phone tag with a woman named Paris who seems like she wants to discuss the issue with me… if we could ever get on the phone together. No one has a direct line in customer service, so I have to go through the queue and request a call back every time I miss her call. It’s beyond infuriating.

So, sometimes my car (and what circumstances determine this, I don’t know yet) will report it can only draw 75kW - which puts it into the $0.15/minute charging bracket. A few weeks ago, coming back from a graduation party in VA, I thought that the car would report different max charging speeds based on the battery’s state of charge. On our trip up, we charged at 49% and 51%, and both times we were in the $0.15/min tier of pricing. On the return, we plugged in at 8% and it was $0.42. I stopped the charge at 52% and reconnected, and it still put me in the $0.42/min tier. That theory is out.

Going to Florence, it was super hot outside. I left the Bluetooth OBD adapter, so I couldn’t monitor the battery temperature on this trip (which I regret). Every charge - and we did a total of 3 - were at the $0.15/min rate. I’d like to think maybe EA has changed their policy, but I know it’s just my car reporting it is charging slower (for whatever reason).

So, yeah, I’ve found two bugs in the EA app/map and I’ve been fruitlessly trying to get a hold of some one higher up to discuss this pricing policy. As the story develops, I’ll update the blog. Stay tuned.

[haikushogun]

This is what I call the McElberg: where you get deeper into McElroy media lore as you get lower on the iceberg. Not an exhaustive collection but it’s good enough.