The Queen’s Death
Queen Elizabeth II has finally passed on. It’s weird to think there will be a King of England now, haha. I’m assuming the currency up here will change and have King Charles’ portrait on it, though I’m not sure if we’re required to change or not.
Edit: yup!
New Coating
So because I’m the supreme procrastinator, I hadn’t yet gotten a new coat after my orange one died in…April?
But now it’s starting to get colder and I’ll need one soon, so I finally went out and got this guy:
I feel bad that it’s down-filled, but all of the other options of that thickness also had fur on the collar/hood, so of the options, it was the best one.
LOL WHY NOT
I used to watch Sailor Moon fairly regularly.
Sailor Moon
[] You’re a Cancer.
[] You’re really quite short for your age (under 4’11” to 5’1″).
[] You are a hyperactive person.
[] Your weakness is cute boys/girls & junk food.
[X] You’re very emotional & always seem to be crying over something.
[] You have a black cat.
[] You hate school, & your least favorite subject is math.
[] You always seem to be late.
[X] You may be kind & loving, but you are very jealous.
[X] You try to do good.
Total: 3
Sailor Chibi Moon
[] You’re the youngest of your group of friends.
[] You have/had pink (in your) hair.
[X] Your hobbies are painting/drawing.
[X] You have a total sweet tooth.
[] Your favorite colors would be red & pink.
[] You’re typically childish & stubborn.
[] But you can be selfless, kind, trusting, & wise beyond your years.
[] You make friends very easily.
[] Your mother is very childish/not mother-like.
[] You wish you were from the future.
Total: 2
Sailor Mercury
[X] You love school & are quite good at it/You have no least favorite subject.
[X] You are always stressed out.
[] You love the color aquamarine.
[] You’re sign is a Virgo.
[] You have/had blue (in your) hair.
[X] You are quite shy, & find it hard to make friends.
[] You are always very kind & helpful towards everyone.
[] Your favorite sport is swimming.
[] Your mom is always working.
[] You want to be a doctor/nurse when you’re older.
Total: 3
Sailor Mars
[X] You have a bad temper.
[] You hate learning about more modern history (within the last 100 years).
[] Your dream job is to be a singer or model.
[] You have dated someone your friend had a crush on.
[] You have a friend you’re always fighting with.
[] You can run in high heels.
[] Your favorite color is red & black.
[] You love fortune-telling.
[] You used to be a complete loner, but now you are popular.
[] Your sign is an Aries.
Total: 1
Sailor Jupiter
[] You hate airplanes.
[] You’re a tomboy, but have a girly side.
[] You’ve always been taking care of yourself & are independent.
[X] You’re very strong-willed.
[] You’re a troublemaker, or so people think.
[] You’re one of the tallest of your group of friends.
[] Your sign is a Sagittarius.
[] You have an ex who you’re always thinking about since everything reminds you of them.
[] You have dated a lot of people.
[] You love cooking more than anything.
Total: 1
Sailor Venus
[X] You have a white cat.
[] Your favorite foods are Japanese foods.
[X] Your favorite colors are red & yellow.
[X] You love to exercise.
[] You are very cheerful person.
[] You love singing & want to be a singer when you’re older.
[] You’re good at almost any sport.
[X] You’re an only child.
[] Your sign is a Libra.
[] You would fake your own death.
Total: 4
Sailor Uranus
[X] You have short hair, enough to be mistake for a boy.
[] You love watching cars race or you race cars.
[X] Your sign is an Aquarius.
[] You’re into the same sex as yourself.
[X] You’re easily annoyed by people.
[] You have a very dry sense of humor.
[X] You enjoy running (track or cross country).
[] You have a girlfriend (or if you’re a boy, boyfriend).
[X] You love to confuse people.
[] You’re a huge flirt.
Total: 5
Sailor Neptune
[] You’re average height for your gender.
[] You’re very elegant & lady-like.
[] You are into the same sex as yourself.
[] You have a girlfriend (or if boy, boyfriend) that you just pretend is a good friend.
[] You are very selfless.
[] You’re a Pisces.
[] Your least favorite food is mushrooms.
[X] You love music more than anything.
[] You have/had green (in your) hair.
[X] You can play an instrument of some sort.
Total: 2
Sailor Pluto
[] You’re a Scorpio.
[] You want to be a fashion designer when you’re older.
[] Your favorite color is dark red.
[] You drink green tea.
[] You are not the best at playing music.
[] You are quite blunt with your statements.
[] You enjoy sewing & cooking.
[] You would be considered a loyal friend.
[] If you could have one superpower, it’d be to tell the future.
[] The bug you hate the most are cockroaches.
Total: 0
Sailor Saturn
[X] You are by far the shortest of your group of friends.
[] Milk disgusts you.
[X] You enjoy reading more than anything.
[] You hate working out because you’re considered weak.
[X] You’re an only child.
[X] You have very few friends.
[] You’re a Capricorn.
[X] You’re a very shy person.
[] You live with your father.
[] You care for others & appreciates sincere friendships.
Total: 5
A tie between Sailor Uranus and Sailor Saturn!
This blog post is brought to you by the first day of classes.
What a variety of questions. I dig it.
1. How has covid affected you?
I hate people even more now! Seriously. I am disappointed in so many of my friends who have just decided that this is not a serious thing anymore.
2. What is a comfort show of yours?
Frasier. Chicago Hope. Riverdale.
3. Are you open about your past or do you not let anyone in?
My past is on this blog, yo. Anyone can read it.
4. Favourite fast-food joint?
McDonald’s or (if it’s good) Cougar Country.
5. Do you think we were put on this earth for a reason?
No.
6. What is something you have done this year you’re proud of?
I submitted my tenure renewal thingy.
7. Do u ever feel like surveys are usually the same questions?
Lots of them are, but I’m liking this one’s variety thus far.
8. What were you doing 10 years ago?
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh 2012? September 5 2012? I was teaching my very first semester at the U of I. I was also getting a BS in math at the same time because that’s how the U of I rolls.
If we want to be specific, let me check the blog archives.
*checks*
Who the hell knows, my blog post for that day is about anosmia, hahaha.
9. Do you call out Karen’s when they’re harassing a cashier?
I’ve never had the opportunity to.
10. Animal crossing , yay or nay?
Never played it and the character design bothers me.
11. Why do you like to do surveys?
FUN + blog content.
12. Did you ever have a MySpace ?
Bro, this blog originated on MySpace way back in 2006.
13. Do you think breaks are toxic in a relationship?
I don’t know. Never tried it.
14. Do you have a YouTube channel? If no, would you create one? If yes what’s your content?
I do, but it’s mostly just all my dumb videos that I link to here.
15. Are you a math person?
No. Which is absolutely hilarious because I teach math.
17. Have you ever befriended someone because you felt bad?
Kinda? In elementary school the new kid dropped a bunch of his books and stuff and no one helped, so I went over to help him and we kind of became friends.
18. Would you ever date someone online?
Nate and I met online.
19. Have you been ghosted before? Would you ghost someone?
Nope and nope.
20. When do you think things will be normal again?
Never.
21. Do you watch anime?
Nah.
22. Biggest goal you wanna reach before 2020 is over?
Editing goals.
23. How old did/do you turn this year?
34.
24. Do you like tiktok?
Sure.
25. Do you ever miss vine?
Haha, yes.
26. How are you doing, seriously?
Terribly. Not like anyone cares.
27. Is there someone you want to talk to but you know you can’t?
No.
28. Do you make jokes to cope with your problems?
Sometimes.
29. Have you ever had someone call you their best friend but you didn’t even consider them a close friend?
Hahaha, no.
30. Have you ever dealt with a pathological liar?
Possibly.
31. Long or short surveys?
Long.
32. If you’re in school, are you doing it on zoom or in class?
Not in school, but I’m teaching, of course. It’s all in person this semester.
33. Would you ever have a pet rat?
Eh.
34. Favourite memory with your best friend?
Anastasia and I got caught in this big muddy field once. We thought we were going to die. I lost a shoe.
35. Favourite type of content to watch on YouTube?
Documentaries.
36. Are you allergic to anything serious?
Nothing serious, no.
38. Do you think dreams mean anything?
Sure.
39. Fav clothing brand?
Whatever’s colorful.
40. Do you miss anyone?
My mom.
Get The Fact(orials)
Ugh, the Gamma Function.
He is a wild child, but he is extremely cool.
What’s even wilder is that you can actually model some probabilities using this thing.
Isn’t that just…wild?
I love this kind of stuff.
Pepp to Vet
We took Pepper to her first vet visit (well, first one she’s had with us) today, and the poor girl was SO scared. Like, Jazzy got scared too, but she would just kind of freeze up, turn into a brick, and let the vet do whatever they needed to her.
Pepper was mashed as small as she could get into the corner of her carrier and was just terrified. She kept emitting this very low growl and would occasionally his VERY softly. These growls and hisses were very different than the “play growls” and “play hisses” she uses with me when we’re fighting (big loud growls, big intimidating hisses).
Poor sweetie! Hopefully she’s just scared because this is the first time we’ve taken her anywhere; we’ll see how she does next year.
NOPE ON A ROPE
Okay, so I was going to type out this entire morning’s ordeal in excruciating detail, but then I realized that it would be super gross and super embarrassing to do so – even for me, the queen of super gross and super embarrassing blog posts (how many times have I talked about my feet/toenails now?).
So I’m just going to say this: the following gif represents me in the bushes beside the river walk at about 7 AM this morning, except replace the solid poop with something a little…less solid. And throw a pair of unsalvageable underwear somewhere in the picture, too.
And then imagine this occurring THREE MILES OUT from home.
It was a rough morning.
World Reference 3D Atlas ‘98
Bro, I was JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS the other day and suddenly a playthrough of it showed up in my YouTube suggestions. Google, you’re scary.
Did anyone else have this CD?
*SCREECHES IN TENURE TRACK*
I submitted my tenure track renewal package today. If it gets approved, I’ll have an extra two years to apply for tenure beyond next August.
I don’t plan on delaying my tenure application past next August, but you never know what weird stuff could happen to require a delay.
So it’s a “just in case” sort of thing.
Anyway.
YOU get a migraine! And YOU get a migraine! And YOU and YOU and YOU and
Hey brain, you wanna chill with these? Especially with the semester starting soon?
(Please?)
New frames, but…
So I picked out some new glasses frames last time I was at the eye doctor because my oldest pair of frames is ready to snap in half and my other oldest pair is kind of my backup.
I picked out a pair of frames while wearing a mask, ‘cause I refuse to take my mask off indoors just yet.
So I picked out a pair of frames that looked good on me while wearing a mask. Turns out these frames look absolutely horrible on me when I’m not wearing a mask.
Because of course they do.
So I guess I’ll keep wearing the other frames at home and on Zoom meetings and just wear these new ones whenever I have to wear a mask.
Which is pretty much all the time if I’m not out walking/running or at home, so I guess they’ll get good use.
Edit: Pic with frames + mask.
My brain right now:
Does it make any sense?
No?
NEITHER DOES MY BRAIN
NEW MUSE, BITCHES
So Muse came out with a new album and it’s sick. Favorites:
Will of the People
Compliance
You Make Me Feel Like It’s Halloween
And my absolute favorite:
The energy of this song is fire. I think Bellamy has my second favorite male voice (y’all know Chris Martin is my #1 by MILES) and this song really features his amazing range. I love how high his voice can go.
Also, this song would be FANTASTIC in Rock Band.
Edit: k so apparently people don’t like this album? Really? I think it’s great!
A Simpsons Follow-Up
So remember a few days ago when I posted a Simpsons line that’s frequently in my head? Another one is from that episode where Apu stopped working at the Kwik-E-Mart and he and the Simpsons sang the “Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?” song and Homer screws up the rhyme.
“Apu: Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart?
Marge: Their floors are sticky-mart
Lisa: They made dad sicky-mart
Bart: Let’s hurl a bricky-mart
Homer: The Kwik-E-Mart is real – DOH!”
Homer’s line is another one that is in my head quite often.
Anyway.
Pepper!
We’ve had our sweet Pepper cat for a year now!
She’s calmed down a little bit, haha, but she’s still a wild child most of the time. She’s so smart. She’s probably the smartest cat I’ve ever seen. I hope she is able to stay curious and playful and healthy for a long, long time!
THE ASS IS UP
What’s the ASS? It’s the giant Air Supported Structure that they built over a football field in Montgomery to turn it into a seasonal field.
It’s hard to capture how big it really is in pictures, but it does cover the WHOLE football field.
And it’s supposedly going to withstand the wind/hail/snow/chaos weather that Calgary gets.
Coolio?
Dr. Vasudevan
So we got the sad and rather sudden news today that one of our faculty members, Dr. Kris Vasudevan, passed away.
Dr. Vasudevan was always very kind and very talkative. He and I talked about migraines a lot, haha, because I have them and he studied them. I knew his wife was having health trouble, but I had no idea he was sick (or if he just died suddenly).
Very sad.
What is one Simpsons line that you quote frequently in your head?
Here’s one of mine.
There are others, but this is one of the top ones.
That is all.
MI-to-the-GRAINE
Heyyyyyyyyyyyy guess what?
ANOTHER MIGRAINE
I have no idea why I’m getting so many of these lately, but here we are.
Maybe I’m just freaking out about the upcoming semester and this is how my body is dealing with that.
Ugh.
I am not a movie person
But these are two movies I’d love to see.
I found Lonesome Dove on YouTube and OMG
It’s incredibly true to the book, which means it’s great. The water moccasin scene was terrifying, just like it was in the book. I’m just to the point where Lorena gets captured by Blue Duck, but I’m excited to watch the rest of it.
WOO!
Can I just crawl into some hole until the next two years are over?
What is the closest grocery store to your house?
Safeway.
When was the last time you colored with crayons?
Man, it’s been a while. Colored pencils are another story, but I can’t remember the last time I used crayons.
Have you ever owned a plant? What was it?
Yes! I have a succulent right now. His name is Captain Planet.
Have you met anyone famous?
Nope.
What was the worst injury you have ever had?
The most dangerous/life-threatening was probably that concussion I had when I was a kid. Which I then followed up with another concussion, haha. So yeah, that.
At thanksgiving dinner, what is the first thing you go for?
Mashed potatoes!
When you were a kid, who was your best pal?
Anastasia.
Do you have any special talents?
I can touch my tongue to my nose. I can imitate voices. I can recite whole movies from memory.
Have you ever been to a nursing home?
I worked at a nursing home one summer. Kinda.
What kind of job did your mom have when you were growing up?
I don’t remember the technical name for it, but she worked at the U of I and did graphic design stuff and helped with my dad’s surveys that he was always sending out.
Have you ever known anyone that’s been on tv, including you?
Probably.
What was the most interesting animal you have seen in the wild?
A wolf?
What holiday do you enjoy the most?
Christmas.
What was the first video game you ever played?
Either Cosmic Osmo or Doom.
What is the one thing you own, that if it got lost, you would be bummed?
My iPod, because I don’t currently have my miles backed up yet.
Do you have a favorite breakfast item?
Scrambled eggs!
What do you find yourself buying all the time?
Broccoli. Clothes.
When was the last time you got a real letter in the mail?
Christmas, haha.
Do you have a most prized piece of jewelry?
My wedding ring!
Do you own any board games?
Yes!
What chore seems the most daunting right now?
Hanging up my clothes. I hate hanging up my clothes.
Were you born in the state you live in?
I don’t even live in a state right now, bro!
Have you ever lived in a house that has been broken into?
Not that I’m aware of.
What is your favorite cheese?
Colby Jack!
Who do you know that watches the most sports?
My mom!
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