SharpWit

When was the last time you were on a boat? If you had to stack apples as a singular tower, how many apples tall do you think your tower would be? Are you willing to test the above hypothetical? Where were you when you ate your first peanut? How many yellow things are in your home?

Saturday, January 15th 2011. I was in the 7th Grade, wouldn't have joined the fandom or been aware of the show until another year and 2 months. Weather archives show that was a stable cool dry winter day, with highs in the low 50s and and lows in high 40s. After some digging, I can weirdly almost break down exactly what went on when I was half the age I am today, because the day before, "The King is Dead Album" by the Decemberists was released. My youngest aunt had been talking it up, so my Grandma whom I was staying with every other weekend had bought it, and we listened to it while working on birthday cards together. I would draw the pictures and my Grandma would write a haiku to pair with them. Before that, she would've woken me up about 8:00AM I think. According to the TV schedule, I would've watched SpongeBob, "Back to the Past", "The Bad Guy Club for Villains", "Boating Buddies", "The Krabby Kronicle". During that she would've made me 2 Scrambled Eggs, 3 slices of thick cut crispy bacon, 2 pieces of Orrowheat Potato Wheat Bread Toast, and a glass of milk. After the cards, I would've gone outside, shot my pellet gun for a bit, and play on the tire swing since it was cooler out. When it was time for lunch, it was most likely PB&J, and I'd go play in my room, Army Men at that time, but most of that was actually writing profiles of the prisoners. Names, religion, and belongings. My grandma would've been cleaning at the time, and the 103.7 the mountain music lounge was consistent enough that I could sing along for most of that segment. They would usually remove the first song and add a new one at the end, so you could know the rest pretty easily. That's how I remember it anyways. Dinner would be Mac&Cheese with fried hotdogs mixed in, then some more TV. Either more Nickelodeon, some Cartoon Network, Discovery Channel or Animal Planet mostly. I did watch some Two and a Half Men at this point which she didn't really like, lol. Then from 9-10PM she'd turn it to either criminal minds or Law and Order, then it was my bed time, though I would stay up another hour usually reading in bed.

Wasps collect meat to feed their carnivorous larvae, while mainly subsisting off of nectar and other sugary finds as adults. Part of the reason they're so aggressive is that they're not polymorphic like bees, in having a predisposition as a worker, drone, or queen in the traditional sense. The queen in question has to fight for her position as the most dominant member of the colony, which encourages aggression. Wasps also lack barbs on their stingers, meaning they can get you multiple times, and continue on their way, unlike the honey bee, where their sting is fatal to themselves. Wasps lack the body hairs needed to help with pollination, but they are good for pest control against caterpillars and grasshoppers. I would have to guess that I've been stung at least 15 times? The last time was most likely a bee on my forearm while rolling down a hill in 2017. Before that would've been 3 times by a wasp after I shoved a stick into a hole in a tree, and one flew up the length, around my arm, through the sleeve and onto my backside where it asked me how I liked them apples. That would've been 2014 I think? Before that I'm not so sure, the instances kind of just blend together from multiple times over the years at grandparents houses and daycare. My first sting thought, I remember that one. I was with my grandparents eating fried chicken at a beachside picnic table. A wasp wouldn't leave us alone, and I had enough, so I climbed onto the table and clasped it mid air. I didn't squish it though, and peaked inside where I watched it ram that stinger into my tender 3 year old palm. Then the crying ensued. I guess I'm lucky I didn't get sting in the eye. That happened ti my mom when she was little, and now she has an epi-pen for emergencies.

Update, the Guppy colony and Goldfish are no longer with us. I'm not 100% sure, but our Beta might be a different one? We had a third Cat quite recently and tragically quite briefly. The little guy had an untreatable medical issue. We're still regularly crying. On a positive not though, we have a pet garden Snail and are looking to get some more fish soon. If the eyes are actual fleshy eyeballs, then no. If it's just a quirky set of dome like structures with tracking cameras and they don't light up at night, then sure. A house completely painted inside and out, with glow in the dark paint?

@Lunaholic How fair, thou hast prevailed in our isolation. Such miracles greet us in this coming age, a stolen past renewed. Enjoy them, if you can. Now for the assignment. Tell me, oh glorious reflection. What doth the voices say? The ones that haunt, the ones that prey, or have they long fallen silent?

Originally I was going to say Baseball, but I remember reaching this point where it stopped being fun? I started hitting that difficulty point where you stop winning no matter how well you do. There'd be a character on the other team pop up out of nowhere and get you out. Kind of like how in Boxing you'd start fighting a pretty much invincible Matt over and over again. So I'm going to say Golf, just because there wasn't a sourness that hit you the same. You either managed to get a perfect game with all holes in one or you didn't, so you'd try again. The game didn't mess it up for you.

If there's one I would puchase on the spot, it'd be that for sure

The one I played the most was a SpongeBob one that I could've sworn only had 6 episodes on it? I'd mostly watch it in a backroom at the office my mom worked at. It came in the classic nickelodeon orange plastic. I don't remember all of them, but it had "Wormy" and "Club SpongeBob" with the magic conch shell. I also had, "A Bugs Life" "Antz" "Toy Story" "Dinosaur" "Lady and the Tramp 2" 2 Different "Bob the Builder" "Beauty and the Beast" including the in-between Christmas special? "Peter Pan" 1 and 2 "Blue's Clues" And some others I'm sure. We still have one tape, but it has footage of me as a baby. My first step father was really into pirating, so we had a huge DVD collection at one point.

Water is what I would want to bend, because I'd argue it's the most versatile. You can effectively shape it to whatever you need with enough patience, practice, and training. Need a knife? Slice away. Forgot your work keys? Shape and shift away. Need to get somewhere on foot faster? Glide atop some water and pull it back in from behind. It's really a matter of imagination. A big one with water as well, is I could near instantly dry off from a shower by pulling all of the water off myself. And because of that ability as well, it'd would be super useful in my line of work where I have to frequently restraint and clean up after animals. Hold them in place with water, and swoosh up messes as I go. Earth and Air could potentially be used for holding as well. Fire's the only one that's an absolute nono, and with my luck that's probably what I'd end up with. But for the sake of this topic, I'm picking water. I also live in the Pacific Northwest, so rain is kind of our thing.

I'm very stuck on hopscotch because I'm hearing the clicking of hooves and chalk can be eco-friendly. Unfortunately, I don't think there's a way to make eco friendly video games unless they're purely mechanical? You could use wood and ceramics for parts. Make slot machines, a variation of pinball with bells but no lights. Maybe bubble ringtoss and some others? The only way to include an actual video aspect and include electricity, is if we're moving past an era like we live in today, where solar power and bioplastics are common, everything is carbon neutral/negative, ect. That or like fur clothing, has to be vintage and out of production. Relics of the past, maintained and kept around via green means.

Last night I dreamt that I had broken into my childhood best friend's home. I haven't seen him in like 8 years? And it had been like another 3 since we had really hung out I think? We only lived 2 blocks away from each other back then, but he did a lot of extracurricular stuff after school, and we didn't have any of the same classes, so our schedules didn't line up. One of the last times we hung out, his dad was surprised to me, because apparently it had been a year since I'd been over to their house. Great guy, great family, the time just wasn't there sadly. He's one of the people that got me into this fandom. Anyways, in the dream, I had broken in, and was hanging out in his bedroom, where I found some copper wire and small firecrackers that I had left from forever ago according to the dream. His mom walked in on me and was surprised but friendly, even when I admitted that my friend didn't know I was there. He eventually showed up and it was a little awkward. Not sure why I dreamed that. I had sort of done this before as a kid, where we were supposed to hang out after he got back from his baseball practice. I got to his house before him, and something happened that took another hour. Usually I would knock on the front door to see if he was around and we could hang out, but since I knew he was on his way, I just hopped the fence in the alleyway and went through the backdoor. I just hung out in his room working on some lego project we had begun a while back or something. His dad walked in and with some laundry and was of course surprised, but fine. At another friends house I would just walk in, and it would surprise his dad, but that was because for whatever reason, I was the only person their dogs never barked at, so his warning system never went off.

Today I learned that the dorsal fins of blue whales are closer to their tails than their heads. Also, as of typing this, googling Blue Whale shows an AI image that is clearly a combination of a humpback whale and a great white shark as the first result. How does one say Мусенька?

Why does this sound like an epic one liner for D&D player's demise? I'll spend $10 on pull tabs a few times a year at family outtings and divy them up amongst everyone. Its been a bad streak, but someone always wins a dollar or two. Otherwise, I'm willing to put money in for a small 50/50 raffle but only after gauging the crowd so I can put in enough to be just shy of rigging it.

Wearing: Still nothing! Hair: Wet Eating: Krispy Cream Donut for dessert Drinking: Milk to wash it down Thinking: About things I need to get done in the near future but don't have the funds for Feeling: Somewhat stressed Talking to: My youngest cat who turned 3 yesterday. Listening to: The sound of his nails catching on the carpet as he runs back and forth, as well the AC unit. Watching: His heavy breathing and nistagmus Loving: His big shaky eyes Hating: How hot the apartment is going to be tomorrow Wanting: To run the window fans for the night to cool the whole place and not just the bedroom down Waiting for: My love to come to bed Weather: 62 American, partly cloudy but clear by sunrise. Time: 10:48PM Hoping: For the kitten with a Urinary Obstruction we're watching and having to perform cystonomies on twice daily to have a clean pass on his catheter this Wednesday and start urinating in his own. Situation: Felid Frenzied

How many cats have you had? Are you afraid of needles? What's the worst way someone has messed up an order of food for you, When's the last time you dug a hole? If you could have lunch with anyone in your local area, who would it be and why?

Yucca flowers are kind of like that with their chemical gingery sort of spice flavor?

@KPackratt I still have a can of Starlight. Dont know why they discontinued that and have tried all of these other new ones recently. The Raspberry spice or whatever is just weird to me.

You up for a character with some bone exposure?

Working in a vet clinic exposes you to,,, a lot. Tape worms are my no no.

My No.1 is a dinosaur fruitsnack that was kind of generic but oh so good. I think their production was reduced due to higher sales for more specifically themed ones for kid's shows, and then replaced entirely after the start of the Jurassic World Franchise. I don't remember the exact brand but they all had thus same big trex head on the box. I also miss the Sobe drinks, those were delicious. There's also the, "Doctor's Choice" Candy Cigarettes that were chaly and orange flavored. You can get other kinds but they're not the same. My most recent frustration with discontinuation was the Kelloggs Instabowls. They were single serving containers of breakfast cereal, that came with powdered milk, so all you had to do was add water. They would've been a fantastic option for camping, potentially MREs, and the school feeding programs that operate during the summer. The briefly had a Cocoa Krispies one but that was considered too unhealthy for schools. I tried to order some from Walmart while they said they were still in stock. They weren't, and instead substituted for the smallest box they had, but still charged me the whole amount. I paid $60 for a four dollar box of cereal! Not only that, it came damaged, and there was no way to return it or get a refund.

I'm trying to remember exactly, but I could've sworn on a news network within the last few years, I saw footage of a dronestrike, and they just had it playing on repeat in the background. This wasn't like normal footage however. You couldn't see faces clearly, but it was surprisingly close up, in color, and you could make out what individuals were wearing and whatnot. I dont know what their affiliation with anyone or anything was. I recall it hardly being connected to the overall topic at hand. They were just people as far as you could tell, going about their day to day lives. They didn't just dissappear in the explosion either. You could see them on the ground, unmoving. It was just people dying, over and over, without warning and so nonchalant. It made me understand why my mom didn't have the news playing in the background after 9/11 when I was younger. It went beyond informative to just being an exploitation of tragedy. There's other things that come to mind, but they were more, "planned" and came with an advisory notice, or consisted of what I would consider, unhinged opinion pieces. I've seen plenty worse, but those were instances in which I was seeking on the ground type coverage for certain events. I knew I'd be seeing things, and not simply happen upon them.