Envy

My door is always locked. It's wild to me that people actually leave their doors unlocked. lol

When I was really little, my family took a trip to the Carolinas. On the way there I was looking out the window of our van and saw a tire fly into a swamp on the side of the road and I was like "Hm... Weird. Interesting". There were lots of cars around so it wasn't for sure ours, but it turned out it was one of ours. >.< That probably takes the cake from my memory. A couple more, though: My first plane flight we were flying into San Antonio, TX and there was a Tornado Warning so the plane couldn't land yet and had to circle around for a while and then when did land the turbulence was crazy. My parents and grandparents who had flown many times before say it was the worst they've experienced. And that was my first flight. Another time, when we were flying to California, we had a stop in Texas. Yup, Texas. And once again there was a storm and it ended up delaying our plane flight. But then there was a problem with the lavatory on the plane and that ended up delaying it again, IIRC.

71 degrees and sunny this afternoon. Nights are very nice. It got down to 47F last night! =D

I still remember when they released the Gulliver updates and Pocket Camp got a ton of items, including really neat stuff for outdoor decor like fences, tables, etc., and New Horizons just got gimmicky pirate items. Animal Crossing New Horizons with all of Pocket Camp's items would be amazing. Towns and how they're decorated would become so much more diverse than they are now.

I'm afraid it's impossible for me to keep interest in an Animal Crossing title forever. I get burnt out. It doesn't help that Animal Crossing is a console game and thus it can't be legally modded. An Animal Crossing with mods and the ability to import custom models for more furniture would be amazing. Alas, not asking Nintendo to start releasing it on PC or anything, of course! I've seen (illegal, of course, unfortunately) mods of NH with items from Pocket Camp added. It adds so much variety. While I do love the amount of items they added with the DLC, if we could have had the Pocket Camp items as well that would have been amazing. I did years back, but it's been a while now. I'm sure my town is overrun with weeds (and flowers lol, New Horizons' flowers are out of control!) now. The last time I played was in late 2021 or early 2022 after the DLC came out. I'd play it with you, but I don't have NSO.

I had a dream last night where my most recent crush and I ran into each other and I offered her Amiibo cards for villagers of her favorite animal species. Lol. It's been forever since I played NH. Hard to believe that it's already been enough years that we could hear about a new Animal Crossing soon.

Amaterasu from Okami.

Mario Kart Wii was my favorite game on the Wii. Sadly, IMO, a lot of entries of my favorite series were lackluster on the Wii.

That one is my favorite, too, and has been for a very long time! I haven't been impressed by Victoria Secret's others, though. What I've been wearing lately is Rose from Bath and Body Works.

Ewwwww fish. Anyway, I had Lucky Charms cereal. lol

Thinking only of exclusives: Animal Crossing New Horizons Pokemon Legends Arceus Kirby and the Forgotten Land The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Super Mario Odyssey Pokemon Sword/Shield Pokemon Scarlet/Violet It took a long time for the Switch to take off and get a lot of great titles of its own, but I suppose that's typical of Nintendo. The first five are fantastic and the last two I pretty much like because I like Pokemon.

Our society is a group project that a lot of people are failing and that makes it hard. It's certainly a hard time to be someone that cares and wants less suffering in the world.

My current city is in between, but I think my neighborhood is fine for the most part. It's no Waterbury, that's for sure.

With my current apartment: No dishwasher, no central air conditioning. In addition I have a downstairs neighbor that blasts music really loudly all day and night on weekends. It vibrates my floor and makes me feel physically unwell. Also, another neighbor smokes one of those nasty smelling drugs and stinks up the whole lobby. Last complaint would be an older male neighbor that has been a bit too friendly to me. But... Thank god I'm in New England now. All of these complaints pale in comparison to living in the crappy state I came from.

I've been thinking about where to go with my life from here since I've had a big shift in my mindset and began to actually think about what to do with my life. Musicology Professor - this was my trajectory in my twenties. I have a great passion for music history, but I've began to shift toward thinking of something that is more helpful to people. A Therapist who works with abuse victims - It fits into helping people, and for various reasons, I have a lot of passion for this. I've been thinking of going down the path of doing therapy for years but a lot of it wasn't ringing with me until I came to this very specific subject. Again, there are personal reasons. I know that it would be an incredibly hard job emotionally, though. A civil rights or church-state separation lawyer - This truly speaks to a passion that of mine that is far deeper even than music history. but in the past I foolishly thought that perhaps my passion wasn't needed on this subject. I thought that the country was getting better, but then things turned really dark and I instantly felt like this passion of mine needs to be worked with. But when I think about the actual job of being a lawyer that scares me, so much pressure put on my shoulders for such a major cause. I don't know that I'm the right personality for it... I also, frankly, don't know if a lawyer could be effective when the government no longer has checks and balances. And for all we know, I could go into school for this and by the time I graduated, the country could be no more... (I could also take this path and run for office instead, but... that requires lots of money and I'm definitely NOT the personality for that. I do not like the spotlight. I am a private person.) I'm struggling with deciding between primarily these latter two choices right now. I'm in my mid-30s already and I need to get this figured out ASAP.

The Domino's in my new area doesn't make it very good, IMO. There was one I had in another area of the state that was pretty good, but it's pretty far away from me. The funny thing about my comment about it making Little Caesar's taste no good anymore is that has worn off. There is a very good Little Caesar's near me now and it is so consistently good! So much so than the one near my former home.

Why yes, if it was you, it would be a downright putrid breach of etiquette and decency. A revolting condemnation of your whole person, and of all men altogether and a great justification for why I don't date men. But you know it doesn't apply to me nor to other women. Because rules for thee not me is how this country works nowadays, haven't you noticed? You need to get with the times! /s Anyway, shower taken just now, so we're all good. Well, not that all is good in this country or world, but in regards to me having taken a shower, all is good. lol. We shall sweep this one-time blip in my hygiene decorum under the rug and move on.

Lol I was so confused because I'm not familiar with those kinds of apples!

Not a major confession, but an embarrassing one nevertheless: I haven't had a shower in several days. I am great about showers and hygiene but just haven't been in this particular instance. I 100% planned to today or yesterday, but yesterday I did laundry and my towels came out of the dryer still wet (and I couldn't put them back in - I'm in an apartment and the dryers cost money and I have no money right now). To make matters worse, they were STILL too wet today. As for why I didn't shower on Saturday, IDK. I think because I showered late the day before and then spent Saturday out.

I went to the dentist and got a cavity filled. My mouth is cavity free now! =D Then on the way home I went to a couple of grocery stores and got groceries.

I've seen raccoons and skunks on a rare occasion. Most common animal in my apartment complex are squirrels. We also have a family of stray cats and kittens. I feel bad for them, but they are fed by neighbors. Back in my parents' house down in OK, they have a ton a wild rabbits. They are adorable and I miss getting to see them! I haven't seen many wild rabbits since I moved to CT. I wish they'd come to visit my apartment complex! They're sooo cute!

Connecticut has a long history and no doubt there are tons and tons of things I do not know about (probably inventions). Some things I do know, though: ESPN. The first amusement park in the country, Lake Compounce is here. New Haven style pizza/apizza. And one that many won't think of, but is a very important fact of the country's founding: The Danbury Baptists who wrote to Thomas Jefferson lamenting that a Christian denomination was establishing itself in the government in CT are from here. That conversation is where Thomas Jefferson coined "a wall of separation between church and state". If only so many in this country weren't so intent on ignoring history and establishing religion on us.

I can't even begin to understand it, but to each their own. Nothing wrong with it that I can see.

I was 18 and just about to start my first semester at community college.

I did it! I escaped the dreadful Bible Belt and now live in New England. Alas, the US really went down the toilet since back then and now it's scary even living in one of the best states. It's a real shame what has become of the country because I still love New England. I wish it could just be its own thing at this point and leave the US to its depravity and stupidity. Anyway, funny how in the original post I didn't mention Canada at all. I'm really wondering why. Now, unless the US makes some miraculous turn to good instead of evil (or New England somehow becomes independent), I'd like to live in Canada, or one of the Scandinavian nations. Not that I see moving to those places as possible at all, so...