Van Buren Supernova

Gah. I'm not on Reddit (geography restriction sometimes) but I check it once in a while when I am able to. Look what I saw in the first post. AMA Benedict Cumberbatch. Looks legit. It's my sleeping time now and I have no idea when is this exactly but it's new and I leave it to you guys in case you want to participate.

I'd add alphabets as well!

I don't know how to post video, hope the link works. I don't know how to embed it. https://sendvid.com/vh4lapgk I don't know the actual context. These are Belgian Malinois, one of the smartest and most discipline dogs. They are seriously amazing. I assume this is a training.

This revolution could be shorter than Anglo-Zanzibar War

Sigh. That would be hard to solve.

I can't drink coffee for two weeks, most likely it's acid reflux. I hope nothing worse, but I can't drink coffee now. How am I supposed to write? I started drinking coffee in increasing dose since I start writing. But that's okay. I'm experiencing the wonder of growing old. I used to get up and walk after falling from a cliff and now I pull a muscle by breathing.

Is it personal absence or the school only asks them to come once? I've only had this during high school, but she was an in-house teacher, which meant she was there daily, which should be the case.

I had a few wild experiences with GPS. We have a lot of ‘non-proper’ roads and alley, sometimes we call it rat alleys. Even the roads can be inadequate at times. Serving two lanes but the lanes are tighter than Sherlock’s shirt. Two-way road that suddenly turns into one-way road half way with barely-there signs although everyone else seems to know about them! Roads that restricts cars without warning. The thing about GPS is, it only calculates the closest and the smoothest (blue, no traffic) way from starting point to the destination. It doesn’t care whether the roads have gargantuan holes, humping goats, or death-defying open side drainages. As long as there is no traffic, it will pick that road for you. I have experienced all above, it had led me to jungle, and no joke, water. Just like the episode in the office. It also had led me to a one meter (something something in imperial, sorry Carol) alley while I was driving. It’s common for them to mistake motorcycle’s alley for car. I know some places always have a wide enough road access but not here. Sometimes it led me to a neighborhood alley and the road ended just like that with barely enough space to turn back. (@%#@% However, I am grateful for GPS. There are many impromptu road closures here, and it’s helpful to renavigate. I have a love and hate relationship with it though. I wouldn’t take its suggestion when the road looks suspicious, I have learned to spot them well enough. However, sometimes IT IS the only road and I’d be surprised to see a small alley with big truck skillfully navigates all its humping goats while I was sweating bullets.

You are right. That is how I treat them as well. By saying all those he should be able to prove that his work is a super quality. Sadly, while I don’t meant him, some people are ready to use money for anything, including buying reviews or whatever. Personally, I think that is against the purpose of writing, but what do I know about their purpose. I wouldn’t feel good and wouldn’t want anything fake. Most of the time, I’d just scroll and move on although sometimes I get worked up but my advantage is my time zone. I exist when everyone sleeps. It’s peaceful in the way and I miss most dramas. Weird. I hope it’s not a scam. A strange way of aliens trying to communicate with you? Good. Scam? No.

Oi! What about silhouettes?

I don’t know if it makes you feel better, or worse. From what I know, having children doesn’t guarantee this wouldn’t happen and that is, imho, a wrong reason to have children, whether it’s your own or someone you take responsibility with. I have seen many parents abandoned by their children or scammed for life only to be dumped when their money ran out. To me, it’s one of the most heartbreaking things that can happen, and this happened in a traditional culture setting while family is still a big part of life and kids are expected to take care of their parents and vice versa. It was in the news not long ago, that a banker had a hunch not to authorized a transaction because she noticed this elderly man’s reluctancy to sign on the paper to empty his bank account. His daughter stood next to him and kept saying her father had dementia and they had agreed on that and she kept answering questions on his behalf etc etc. The banker decided to write the question down and asked the man to pick the answer about whether he wanted it to happen and he kept picking no. They had a talk and her daughter was arrested because she had been stealing his money. He was of sound mind, but never reported her because… she was his daughter. Another elderly parents were locked out of their own house after being tricked to sign a paper. All those shit. Granted, good children exist but you know what I’m trying to say. On the other hand, not everyone is fit to be a parent, it’s a crazy responsibility and a forever commitment. I applaud those who do it well, I think they are angels on earth. I really admire them. I don’t think I am capable to take that responsible of raising another human well and that was one of my reasons not to. I spent my youth deflecting annoying questions of people asking me why I decided not to have children and their argument was who would take care of you when you are older? I told them to piss off and stick it when the sun don’t shine which I have learned it’s not real place because I was confused why people keep asking me to store stuff there when I live around equator. Again, not sure if it’d make you feel better or worse, I believe this is an unspoken worries of everyone. Even those with loved ones. I stayed alone and apart from my spouse for 12 years now and there were times when I thought if I died he wouldn’t know and nobody would find me for a while because I don’t have close friends here. If I was in an accident on the road, who would feed my dog and rescue him? So, I made my preparation like telling my dog’s original grandma where I hide my key in the garden and his water bowl is always filled to the brim whenever I am out etc and I try not to think about it anymore. For me, it’s not a problem if I’m gone, I don’t think I will care when it happens, as long as they are well. My favorite saying is death and stupidity wouldn’t be felt by you, but people around you.

Yes, they are made from his brushed-out fur… at first. For the finishing touch, especially the head, I sneaked up on him with a scissor. He needs trimming every two weeks anyway. So, I just delayed the trimming and continue to do manual thievery. He ended up with uneven look here and there and I explained to people who knows him by sending them the finished mini Locky. No animals were harmed in this project except for my pride because of his judgmental and condescending look. Anyway, after it was finished, I had tidied up his fur. It was only a few days before I had to travel, so he is with his original grandma now, and usually when I pick him up, he is very hairy and fatter (like any grandma except mine. Story for next time, my grandma was really mean to me —> no exaggeration). I’m on the quest of accompanying mom for her cataract surgery, to meet my spouse, and then my brothers, when we’ll go to visit my hometown, the place where I was born. I haven’t been there for 28 years, since 1997! I have to leave Locky for two months which always break my heart but at least I know he is in a good hand. I guess I’d do anything to try to immortalize him, including painting and sketching, but I haven’t been diligent with it (just like this project). And here, I found one of the starting picture. He didn't even want to look at it! Now I hope you understand why I gave it up for so long! I used other fur for this frame work and the rest was his. It looked like a scary lizard for a long time. This is not the worse phase though, my sil wanted to send an exorcist at one time when I sent her my progress. Hope everyone is well.

Yes, I do know what embroidery hoop is. We didn’t have it. I think back then when we didn’t have something, we just didn’t go out to buy it, because it was something ‘extra’ we could do without. I think my cross-stitch was also something very simple, most likely a handover from my older cousin. I only did a bigger scale, more serious one when I started working. I remember because we hung it at the office, my first job (we stayed in boarding house, so office made more sense) and I left it when I moved abroad and haven’t picked up that hobby again. The disappointment! But please, post it here I want to see I want to see. My friend made a turtle crochet for me, I think crochet is trending now, but I’d rather not try as I have too many neglected hobby. Anyway, this is Locky! I know it’s only my pathetic attempt to immortalize him. I have started making this last year or maybe two years prior. It started looking like a lizard, I don’t know where the photo is now, then I stopped for a long time before continuing it again, and now it’s finished just around the time I have to leave him tomorrow.

It looks the same, but thank you for the help! Yes highlighting it! And I declare myself as a fan of Sherlock! What is the term again? Clot! Thank you! Couldn't crack that one myself. However, I'd be reluctant to enter a place where there is a warning about genital!

I know this guy since he was a tiny puppy. He is technically still a puppy (less than a year with an adult-sized body). He has this obsession to groom me (those tiny harmless nibble) but he also likes to chew my arms. Helpless chews but can be painful after a while. Here he was trying to chew but after I growled at him he pretended not to hear me, act naturally as if nothing happened, and went back to nibbling.