At The Fair And There’s A Younger Band On Stage Rn And They’re In My Age Group And The Singer Is

I feel like I should specify too that

Cw: politics

I don’t care if you like or don’t like Biden. It’s not him that I’m voting for. I’m voting to NOT LOSE MY RIGHTS. Because if Trump wins, I will LOSE. THEM.

Biden’s not the greatest, I get that. You can hate him. I, personally, am not a big fan

The issue with Biden dropping out is now I have NO idea who the democratic candidate is gonna be. Yes, I know the democrats haven’t officially chosen him TECHNICALLY but like?? Who the hell else is there

I hope it’s Kamala. I really do. And I hope anyone who likes Biden votes democrat regardless of who ends up being the nominee

Otherwise, I’m fucked

CW: Politics

Oh don’t mind me just thinking about how there’s a 50/50 chance I will LOSE MY RIGHTS this November y’know no big deal

in this ideal reality where you don't have to do one of these things, you still Could do them. ex. If you pick no longer needing to eat, you could still do it with no consequence. think of the possibilities. take my hand

- A grandfather just handing me his grandbaby he was holding. I did not know this family. Apparently I was a big hit with the baby because he didn’t cry when I held him

- A woman on the side of the road taking pictures of the baby swans with a professional camera

- Sunflowers growing on the side of the highway

- Related ^ so much greenery there too!! Different plants and thistles and ferns

- The local bank selling tickets to the county fair

- Family got handed more corn today (08/03). I was walking by the neighbours house and he was cleaning his van. He stops and goes “yall want some corn?”

- A father helping his disabled son ride a bike

- On the bus ride home from the state fair (09/01), I took out some fidget toys. The little girl, six years old, sat next to me asked what they were. I told her they were toys, and she asked if she could play with them. I said yes. We had a conversation about one of the toys, a star-shaped one that was 3D-printed and rainbow coloured. She made a story about how it was a frog named Starry who could say his own name and jump really high and slowly. She also said he had “one thousand twenty-hundred thirty-seven legs.” Her mother was very polite, and the girl handed the toy back to me before we even got off of the bus. I told her that she would have to be very good until Christmas so she could get her own, since her mother had found them on the internet. She insisted on getting one that was rainbow coloured too

Things I Like Here.

So I moved from my childhood state a few years ago and I’ve been struggling with adjusting ever since, largely because of the drastic negative change in my social life. But life is beautiful, so I wanted to make a list of things I’ve seen since moving here that I couldn’t get back home! You have to appreciate the little things in life. I’m gonna periodically add more as I see them

- “The Oven Bus” which is just a bus with a brick chimney in it. I wanna know what’s going on in there so badly

- All of the sunsets here are beautiful without fail. Don’t matter what time they happen, even if it’s at 4, it’s beautiful. There’s so many colours in them

- The sign I drive past on the way to work that says “WALTZ IS FOR MURDERING THE UNBORN.” I don’t agree with it but it’s fucking hilarious to see, because it’s in the middle of nowhere

- Related, since we live out in the country now, the pro-life religious bulletins that have the most CGI looking babies on them. Like that baby is not real. Honey

- I almost got into an accident once because there are so many dogs down a 55 MPH road that I just kept looking at the dogs

- The church that has six doors outside on their lawn that say “GOD’S DOORS ARE OPEN TO ALL”

- The church that has a progress flag on its flag post and a BLM flag flying under it. I went there once and it’s full of old people. They were so kind. I want to go back there again

- The kind lady at the Chinese takeout restaurant down the road from us who stayed when the restaurant was empty so I could pick up my order. I wanted my brother to get it but he bailed last minute

- The grocery store down the street that my family has wildly different pronunciations of. It’s within walking distance. I’ve never had that before

- The man today who accidentally bought two tickets for himself. Instead of refunding one, he wanted to give away the other one for free

- The mall Santa I see around Christmas time when he’s on his break. Just walking around. High socks and shorts with a Christmas theme, he’s great

- The little girl yesterday who told me she would get a dog and a fish. When I asked her what she would name the dog, she said “Rainbow Pup”

- The parents who use they/them to refer to me. Even though I personally don’t use those pronouns and don’t like them when they’re used in reference to me, it’s a sign of progress

- The little girl whose parents I sold an annual pass to. I’ve seen her four times. She recognizes me each time and runs to give me a hug

- The toddler who tried to hand me her half-eaten cinnamon-dusted timbit when I asked her for a high five

- The kind people at KwikTrip who never look like they don’t want to be there

- My supervisor who shrieks whenever he walks by me because that’s how I greet people so he’s started greeting me like that as well. He’s an absolute truck of a man who looks like Thor

Marine biology ask meme!

I didn't find any so I decided to make one myself! Can be applied to all aquatic animals or just a specific group if one desires (minding some animal group-specific questions, of course). Fish lovers come get your juice!!

What's your favourite aquatic animal?

What's your least favourite aquatic animal?

Do you have a favourite aquarium?

Any aquariums on your bucket list you’d like to visit?

What's your controversial marine biology take?

What’s your favourite semiaquatic animal?

What aquatic animal do you relate to the most? Why?

Favourite cartilaginous fish?

If you could keep any aquatic animal as a pet, with all the space they need and perfect care, what would it be?

Tell me what aquatic animal(s) you think is severely underrated.

Have you ever fished? Do you fish regularly, why or why not?

You are now a werebeast! What aquatic animal shall you choose to be your wereform?

What’s your earliest experience with fish/aquatic animals?

What was an important, defining moment you’ve had with fish/aquatic animals?

Favourite bony fish (ray-fins and lobe-fins alike)?

Who would you give the title of most sexual motherfucker in the ocean to?

Do you keep an aquarium or an outside pond? If so, what animals (or lack thereof) do you keep?

Share your most prized marine-themed possession!

Have you ever been to the ocean?

Gastropods or cephalopods?

Seals or whales?

Billfish or tunas?

Sea stars or sea urchins?

Goldfish or koi?

Coelacanths or lungfish?

Favourite aquatic mythological creature?

You can only invite three deep sea scavengers to your whalefall feast. Who?

What do you like most about aquatic life (e.g. their diversity, their colours, their importance)?

Best aquatic animal name?

Stupidest aquatic animal name?

Can you swim? Do you like swimming?

Do you partake in water sports? Which ones?

Favourite jawless fish?

Best extinct aquatic animal?

Most beautiful fish?

What’s the coolest aquatic animal fact you know?

What’s your favourite ocean- or aquatic animal-related movie (or do you have one in the first place)? Why?

Do you work or study to work in a field that deals with aquatic animals or bodies of water? If not, do you wish you could work in the field?

Favourite non-fish aquatic animal?

Share a pet peeve about something marine-related (e.g. a misconception, a portrayal or lack of portrayal of an animal, etc.) that drives you up the walls.

Dividers by @wateryourgender!! They are very pretty and nice indeed! :D

As important as it is to protest, to stand up against what’s going on right now, and to revolt, please remember there are people who can’t.

Supporting one another also means protecting one another.

You don’t know a single democrat now. Not a one. You don’t know anyone who voted for Harris. You don’t know anybody queer or anybody who immigrated, legal or otherwise. You don’t know anyone who had or is contemplating an abortion. You don’t know anyone on birth control.

Revolution is not just about hating the other side. It’s about loving and caring for those on yours.

- Heat lightning on a drive home from work. No rain, just lightning

- Beautiful rainstorms. They wash out the pollen for like a day. Not long, but makes me feel more tolerable

- Tornadoes? Crazy shit. There was a day the sky turned black in the afternoon

- The skid marks on the country road where someone took a joyride. Swerving, even did donuts. Appeared while I was gone, probably in the middle of the night. Doesn’t look like anyone got hurt

- The therapy llamas down the road had babies!!

- The buds of crops sticking through the farm fields

- The other day my family got a box full of like 40+ ears of sweet corn from a stranger. This isn’t even the first time this has happened. We had to get rid of (give away) so much corn

- Whirlpools in flooded creeks

- Air quality alerts. The place I used to live was so consistently smoggy that changes in the air quality were never really announced, nor a big deal

- People riding bikes! Walking dogs! Enjoying the day

- So remember the bridge I mentioned before where the war protestors were? Anyways sometimes there are also Trump supporters on that bridge, but that’s besides the point. Because TODAY (06/11) I saw an old man dressed in red with a Santa hat on and he was just. Flexing??? Like what??

- Two people using FaceTime and sign language

- Tractors twice the size of semis coming down the road

Things I Like Here.

So I moved from my childhood state a few years ago and I’ve been struggling with adjusting ever since, largely because of the drastic negative change in my social life. But life is beautiful, so I wanted to make a list of things I’ve seen since moving here that I couldn’t get back home! You have to appreciate the little things in life. I’m gonna periodically add more as I see them

- “The Oven Bus” which is just a bus with a brick chimney in it. I wanna know what’s going on in there so badly

- All of the sunsets here are beautiful without fail. Don’t matter what time they happen, even if it’s at 4, it’s beautiful. There’s so many colours in them

- The sign I drive past on the way to work that says “WALTZ IS FOR MURDERING THE UNBORN.” I don’t agree with it but it’s fucking hilarious to see, because it’s in the middle of nowhere

- Related, since we live out in the country now, the pro-life religious bulletins that have the most CGI looking babies on them. Like that baby is not real. Honey

- I almost got into an accident once because there are so many dogs down a 55 MPH road that I just kept looking at the dogs

- The church that has six doors outside on their lawn that say “GOD’S DOORS ARE OPEN TO ALL”

- The church that has a progress flag on its flag post and a BLM flag flying under it. I went there once and it’s full of old people. They were so kind. I want to go back there again

- The kind lady at the Chinese takeout restaurant down the road from us who stayed when the restaurant was empty so I could pick up my order. I wanted my brother to get it but he bailed last minute

- The grocery store down the street that my family has wildly different pronunciations of. It’s within walking distance. I’ve never had that before

- The man today who accidentally bought two tickets for himself. Instead of refunding one, he wanted to give away the other one for free

- The mall Santa I see around Christmas time when he’s on his break. Just walking around. High socks and shorts with a Christmas theme, he’s great

- The little girl yesterday who told me she would get a dog and a fish. When I asked her what she would name the dog, she said “Rainbow Pup”

- The parents who use they/them to refer to me. Even though I personally don’t use those pronouns and don’t like them when they’re used in reference to me, it’s a sign of progress

- The little girl whose parents I sold an annual pass to. I’ve seen her four times. She recognizes me each time and runs to give me a hug

- The toddler who tried to hand me her half-eaten cinnamon-dusted timbit when I asked her for a high five

- The kind people at KwikTrip who never look like they don’t want to be there

- My supervisor who shrieks whenever he walks by me because that’s how I greet people so he’s started greeting me like that as well. He’s an absolute truck of a man who looks like Thor

- The work truck that had a toy truck of the same kind strapped on its bed

- My work. I never would’ve gotten a job like this if I stayed in my old state

- The kind woman that greeted me every morning when I got my breakfast. I think she’s working somewhere else now, I hope she’s doing great

- The woman today who lingered as I scanned her and her kids’ tickets and they ran into the aquarium. She paused and asked me how I was doing. She told me “I have a message from my father in heaven. He loves you.” She told me to continue having a blessed day

- The woman in a wheelchair jamming out to a rave behind me

- Related to above, the toddlers on their parents’ shoulders also jamming out to said rave

- The police officer (ACAB) holding an assault rifle admiring the stingrays

- The two mall cops who stared at the stingrays while the rest of them tried to investigate the source of the smoke coming from the bathrooms

- The man at the pizza joint who saw me dancing to his boombox

- The same man who mimicked the poster next to him from an old movie by picking up that boombox and lifting it over his head

Things I Like Here.

So I moved from my childhood state a few years ago and I’ve been struggling with adjusting ever since, largely because of the drastic negative change in my social life. But life is beautiful, so I wanted to make a list of things I’ve seen since moving here that I couldn’t get back home! You have to appreciate the little things in life. I’m gonna periodically add more as I see them

- “The Oven Bus” which is just a bus with a brick chimney in it. I wanna know what’s going on in there so badly

- All of the sunsets here are beautiful without fail. Don’t matter what time they happen, even if it’s at 4, it’s beautiful. There’s so many colours in them

- The sign I drive past on the way to work that says “WALTZ IS FOR MURDERING THE UNBORN.” I don’t agree with it but it’s fucking hilarious to see, because it’s in the middle of nowhere

- Related, since we live out in the country now, the pro-life religious bulletins that have the most CGI looking babies on them. Like that baby is not real. Honey

- I almost got into an accident once because there are so many dogs down a 55 MPH road that I just kept looking at the dogs

- The church that has six doors outside on their lawn that say “GOD’S DOORS ARE OPEN TO ALL”

- The church that has a progress flag on its flag post and a BLM flag flying under it. I went there once and it’s full of old people. They were so kind. I want to go back there again

- The kind lady at the Chinese takeout restaurant down the road from us who stayed when the restaurant was empty so I could pick up my order. I wanted my brother to get it but he bailed last minute

- The grocery store down the street that my family has wildly different pronunciations of. It’s within walking distance. I’ve never had that before

- The man today who accidentally bought two tickets for himself. Instead of refunding one, he wanted to give away the other one for free

- The mall Santa I see around Christmas time when he’s on his break. Just walking around. High socks and shorts with a Christmas theme, he’s great

- The little girl yesterday who told me she would get a dog and a fish. When I asked her what she would name the dog, she said “Rainbow Pup”

- The parents who use they/them to refer to me. Even though I personally don’t use those pronouns and don’t like them when they’re used in reference to me, it’s a sign of progress

- The little girl whose parents I sold an annual pass to. I’ve seen her four times. She recognizes me each time and runs to give me a hug

- The toddler who tried to hand me her half-eaten cinnamon-dusted timbit when I asked her for a high five

- The kind people at KwikTrip who never look like they don’t want to be there

- My supervisor who shrieks whenever he walks by me because that’s how I greet people so he’s started greeting me like that as well. He’s an absolute truck of a man who looks like Thor

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How has nobody done the ship of Theseus for the “despite everything it’s still you” meme