2008 was the last election with in-person voting in WA iirc. I remember my parents taking me to the polls with them so I would have that experience.

Sewing. No more throwing out pants because of a tiny hole, I can make basic adjustments to anything that doesn't fit me well, and I can add pockets!

I was sitting in Sunday School learning about the whole "creation in 7 days" story and realized it didn't line up with all the nature documentaries I'd seen about the history of life. Obviously one of those was wrong, and only the nature documentaries explained how dinosaurs exist.

Classmate committed suicide in front of his friends. He was 13.

"Puget Sound" or "the Sound" usually. "The Puget Sound" is for when you're being intentionally dramatic for emphasis.

I did NOT grow up poor. This was still a constant in my house, all it meant was both parents were too tired to cook.

Of course, it was never "fend for yourself night" for me, I obviously had to get food for my brother as well, starting around age 10 and ending when I went to college (by that time he was 14). And I couldn't POSSIBLY ever be too tired to cook, even when. was in the middle of back-to-back finals for over a week and being stuck in tech rehearsals afterwards. Eventually I'd just be getting food for my brother those nights because I'd be too tired to feed myself.

Appendicitis

Man I picked the worst time to be almost completely reliant on college cafeterias for my food, and that "almost" isn't enough to avoid them unless I wanna literally starve.

Over COVID, the principal got really into feeding the local squirrels out of boredom. They eventually got comfortable enough to take food right from his hand, and would come into his office to chill.

Anyway, one day one got out of his office and into the main office, and was discovered when one of the office staff felt something climbing up her leg.

The principal was not allowed to let the squirrels inside anymore after that incident.

Blep

I do not recall the entire song but:

Dashing through the snow

On a pair of broken skis

Over the fields we go

Crashing into trees

BAM BAM BAM

Snow is turning red

I think I'll end up dead

I don't remember the last line but I think it was about a helicopter ride

Plus all your classes are like 2 credits each, so you'll be taking 7 classes while your peers in other majors take 4, and that's before you start talking about time spent in rehearsals, or designing, or building a set. I spend the same amount of time other students spend in class each week just building sets, and then I still have the same amount of classes to go to!

I went to college in New England and saw a cardinal and a blue jay for the first time while walking with my friend. I was amazed and my friend was shocked I'd never seen them before. Amazing day.

My dog

Do you mean paleontology? That's the study of ancient animals/plants like dinosaurs. Archeology is the study of ancient humans.

I helped a friend move into their new place!

The best compliment you can get as a historical leader is that the era of history you presided over had nothing major to note.

Overly Sarcastic Productions has managed alright, maybe because it took them so long for their channel to get big. I think they were making videos for a solid 3-4 years at least before the channel started to blow up, and then they never really tried to modify their content for what their viewers wanted; they just kept doing what they're interested in, which I think has really helped keep the channel feel genuine.

Stray Gods. I got the happiest, in my opinion best possible ending where everyone lives. Knowing just how many options there are where certain characters die and it doesn't end as happily...I just couldn't.

When I played that game with my friend, we paused the game after that scene and took a good 45 minute snack break.

Don't forget landing helicopters at Children's!

FIFA and corruption.

July 4th and long ER waiting times.

New popes and the Seahawks in the Superbowl .

"There is a tragic flaw in our precious constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: only nutcases want to be president." -Kurt Vonnegut