Are You Angry? I’m Angry.
I’m angry about climate change.
I’m angry about the fact that our futures are probably going to be mired in at least some degree of misery (if not destroyed entirely) due to intense heat/intense weather/water shortages/food shortages/any other number of issues brought on by climate change.
I’m angry over how many people don’t think that humans have contributed at least a little bit to the current climate trends. That is so infuriating.
I’m angry over how many people are just gleefully pooping out kids without realizing that the future they’re leaving these kids to deal with will not be a fun one. I’m looking at you, fellow Millennials. I thought we were smarter than that.
I’m angry that summers have lost their magic and are now just three-/four-months stretches of record-breaking temperatures and drought.
I’m just angry.
Are you?
TWO HOURS OF SLEEP! TWO AND A HALF HOURS OF RUNNING!
A PITA! A GATORADE!
DEHYDRATION? PERIOD CRAMPS?
INFINITE SADNESS!
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAHHHHHHHHHH
Survey and the World…Probably Doesn’t Care.
Let’s go.
1. Tell us about something that made you laugh last night.
Pepper. She’s a constant source of amusement.
2. What were you doing at 8 PM last night?
Getting ready to help Nate with dinner.
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Working on my teaching dossier.
4. What happened to you in 2006? (Feel free to republish an old post from ’06.)
I graduated high school! And started at the U of I. And got my wisdom teeth taken out. And went on a cruise to Alaska. AND STARTED THIS BLOG!
5. What was the last thing you said out loud?
Pfft. I don’t listen to what I say.
6. How many beverages did you have today?
Uh…I’ve had a few glasses of water I think?
7. What color is your hairbrush?
I don’t have a brush. Just a comb. It’s black.
8. What was the last thing you paid for?
Groceries, haha.
9. Where were you last night?
Hanging out at home. Missing my mom.
10. What color is your front door?
White.
11. Where do you keep your change?
Freaking everywhere, man.
12. What’s the weather like today?
Hot, but not “heat dome” hot.
13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor?
Oreo.
14. What excites you?
Running. Frisson-inducing music. Writing. Really cool clouds or cloud patterns. The thought of death.
15. Do you want to cut your hair?
My hair NEEDS to be cut by a professional. It’s been two years now.
16. Are you over the age of 35?
Not yet!
17. Do you talk a lot?
Probably more than I should. Like I said above, I don’t even listen to what I say.
18. Do you watch Franklin and Bash?
Nope.
19. Do you know anyone named Steven?
I know a “Steve.”
20. Do you make up your own words?
Not intentionally.
21. Are you a jealous person?
Highly.
22. What does the last text message you received say?
“Hahaha.”
23. Where’s the next place you’re going to?
The…living room?
24. Who’s the rudest person in your life?
I SHALL NOT SAY
25. Are you crushing on anyone that you shouldn’t be?
Hahaha. Are we in high school?
How Much Wood Would a Wooden Truck Truck if the Woooden Truck Trucked Some Wood?
Jesus, this is obscenely amazing.
The DETAIL OH MY GOD. It’s even got a suspension.
I love it. I want it.
Suburbia
North America is so broken, yo. I don’t think we even realize that our standard ridiculous cities and inaccessible suburbs are NOT the norm in other parts of the world.
I love this vid so much.
ScotomaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I know I’ve posted about scintillating scotomas on here several times before, but I just found this video:
I had no idea Herschel experienced these. That’s kinda cool.
Also, that drawing at 3:34 is ridiculous. That’s exactly what they look like (except in real life they, you know, scintillate).
Super interesting.
OOPS, ALL VARIANTS!
Are we really doing this again?
Look, I get that much of the variation of COVID has just come naturally as the virus has changed.
But JESUS don’t you think worldwide preventative measures would have helped a little?
I am in awe at this species’ inability to experience empathy. I really am. Everyone is so damn selfish and stupid.
Why are we still dealing with this virus in 2022? Stupid people. Stupid, selfish people.
That’s why.
I hate everyone.
Padres, WHAT
Excuse, me, Padres, but what the hell are these uniforms?
These are the COOLEST, most UNIQUE uniforms I’ve ever seen. I absolutely love them.
They’re beautiful. They stand out. People who don’t like these are fart bags. How can you not like these????
It’s Too Darn Hot
Annnnnnnnd now I’ve got this stuck in my head:
It’s 84-ish degrees today, which isn’t SUPER hot by any means (we would have killed for that temp during last year’s heat dome), but still. Gross.
Also, I ran 15 miles this morning and then walked a total of five miles on top of that, so I’m pretty over the heat right now.
(Also it’s allergy central, which doesn’t help things.)
DOESN’T LOOK LIKE THEY’LL REVIVE HER!
I’ve had this song stuck in my head all day, but with the lyrics replaced by the lyrics from “French Erotic Film.”
Tell me the internet was your best friend in high school without telling me the internet was your best friend in high school.
The Ongoing Saga of Claudia’s Toenail: An Update
So in a fit of jealous rage over my middle toe getting all the attention, my second toe decided to turn all black and blue for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHATSOEVER.
So now I’ve got this nonsense going on:
Party time.
Pantone Perfection
WHEN YOUR PANTS MATCH YOUR SHOES
AND YOU CAN’T SING THE BLUES
CAMOUFLAGÉ
(total rip-off of the wonderful “when the moon hits your knees / and you mispronounce trees / sycamore”)
Rogersgate
What happens when one company owns all the phone/internet/cable in a province?
BAD THINGS, THAT’S WHAT
(Today was an adventure)
The Ongoing Saga of Claudia’s Toenail
So remember when my years-blackened toenail decided to get some therapy to get over his issues and eventually found a way to shed the dead upper toenail layer in order to allow the healthy(-ish) toenail layer thrive from beneath?
Yeah, I accidentally rammed him into a weight a few nights ago and now he looks like this:
Life’s rough.
It’s Post Toe-matic Stress Disorder okay I’m done.
SCREW IT, GONNA BE CANADIAN
Hi.
So I’ve been eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship for quite some time now, but obviously haven’t done it yet. I hope to do it soon, though! I was initially going to apply online since they allow people to do that now, but every time I try to create an account it says their system is down.
Every. Single. Time.
So I’m like screw this, let’s do the paper application. It’s a lot less convenient and makes me worry that I’m going to very easily forget to submit something, but I had to do a paper application for permanent residence that was a LOT more involved than the paperwork for citizenship, and that went through fine.
The fee for the citizenship application is also quite a bit less than the fee for the permanent residence application, so there’s that.
I FREAKING LOVE RUNNING
I had a really nice run this morning. It was sunny but there was a nice cool breeze the whole time. And very few people are out on Tuesday mornings, so it was very peaceful and solitary.
And considering the only time I’m not in panic mode about everything is when I’m running, that’s just giving me extra bonus happy time.
Wee.
Book Review: The World According to Garp (Irving)
Have I read this before: Nopers.
Review: I dug it. There’s something about Irving’s writing style that makes his books very easy and enjoyable to read. He also has this way of making it seem like nothing is “happening” in his books until you realize that a whole ton of stuff has happened and it’s all been interesting and amusing and intriguing. I felt that way with Owen Meany and I felt that way with Garp. Garp didn’t quite have the payoff that Owen Meany did (where everything came to a brilliant, unforgettable, incredible climax), but it was still interesting.
Favorite Part: Lotsa good quotes and imagery.
“Fowler was killed during a crash landing on an unpaved road. The landing struts were shorn off in a pothole and the whole landing gear collapsed, dropping the bomber into a hard belly slide that burst the ball turret with all the disproportionate force of a falling tree hitting a grape.”
Garp making a very relatable comment about running: “In my neighborhood there is no place to run…the sidewalks are threatened by dogs, festooned with the playthings of children, intermittently splashed with lawn sprinklers. And just when there’s some running room, there’s an elderly person taking up the whole sidewalk, precarious on crutches or armed with quaking canes.”
“In the world according to her father, Jenny Garp knew, we must have energy. Her famous grandmother, Jenny Fields, once thought of us as Externals, Vital Organs, Absentees, and Goners. But in the world according to Garp, we are all terminal cases.”
Rating: 7/10
FRANCH
How’s my French going? Here are a few examples of the level I’m currently at:
Not too bad for two months’ worth I guess? It’s really fun. I try to make up my own sentences when I’m running and I’ve sometimes had some French in my dreams.
WOO!
HEY!
It
is
LEIBNIZ DAY!!!!!!
It’s also the start of my third year of my tenure track position, which means that next year (in August) I’ll have to apply for tenure.
FREAKING N E R V O U S
Saaaaaaaaaad
My mom left for Moscow this morning.
Am sad.
Ignore me.
WELL THAT FORECAST WAS WRONG
Me: Hey forecast, whatcha got for me?
Forecast: Sunny and calm until 11 AM! :D
Me: Cool! Time to go running.
Forecast: lolololo fuk u have rain
Me: Wait hang on I’ve still got five miles until I get h-
Forecast: FUK U HAVE RAIN
Forecast: HAVE ALL THE RAIN
Forecast: DROWN, LOSER
(It rained a lot on my return run home.)
(I got extremely wet.)
(I think this breaks the record of how wet I’ve gotten on a run.)
(Was super cold, had to shower, then go teach.)
(Ugh.)
So about that polymorphous light eruption I have…
It’s…gone?
I got diagnosed with it in 2019 and had even worse symptoms of it in 2020, but I had almost no symptoms last summer and zero symptoms this summer. Does that just…go away like that? Or was it something else that bothered me for two years and then just, for whatever reason, stopped?
Bodies are weird, yo.
Remember last year?
This time last year we were in the throes of that horrible heat dome. Remember that? Remember how freaking terrible that was? Thankfully this summer (at least so far) has been much, much milder and way rainier. Hopefully that will help with the fire season later on in July and August. Hopefully BC won’t be one big blaze. Hopefully things will be relatively cool even in the later months of the season.
But I’m sure summers like last year will become more and more common…and that’s terrifying.
MORE NEW WEEZER
Remember back in March when I mentioned that Weezer was planning on releasing an EP for each of the four seasons this year? Well, it’s officially summer now, so here’s their summer EP:
“Records” is great and “Blue Like Jazz” is super intense.
I also love that the calm, green statue head from spring is now on fire, haha.
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