the algebra of need
Jun. 7th, 2018 06:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yamamanamaMichael was flamed by a Libertarian for asking someone else what pronouns they prefer. They’ve more or less given up on the war against same-sex relationships but they’ve chosen to die on a hill of gender essentialism in all of its forms.
He told me about a speedrun of Donkey Kong 64 in which he clips through stuff and I watched it and holy shitsnacks, it’s amazing how little he actually does. He goes into Crystal Caves so the game thinks all the upgrades should be available, gets all the characters, fights a boss, and then fights the final boss. The game compensates for lag by making the character faster so you can throw a bunch of orange grenades and you'll go so fast you'll clip through the wall.
He says the best part about that game is the DK Rap.
A squirrel busted all the capillaries in his mouth because he sucked the syringe too hard. They’re talking about putting him in the formula box.
Some baby foxes were found at the bottom of a well. They keep getting stuck, between the cinderblocks and the cage walls, or hanging from some branches. They're very skittish. Emily says that's why they're easy to catch; because they're always getting stuck. We got a meadow vole and a white-footed mouse and some baby skunks. So far, JT is the only person who's gotten sprayed.
Jen says that raccoons finger paint wtih their weaning plates to keep themselves entertained.
The raven spent most of the day standing on a table. They threw some things for him to eat and some paper towels for him to play with. Instead of cawing like a crow, he makes this gurgly throaty awk sound.
Sara hit her head on the entryway bringing a dog crate to some ducks so they don’t have to get wet. She says that if she was a duck, she wouldn’t want to get wet. (But they're waterproofed! says Christina). She knows she doesn’t. The worst thing, and we both agree on this, is when your socks get wet and you can’t change them. She had a choker pendant that she ordered from Israel.
It's June so I'm not really learning anyone's name, unless it's Emily, Jessica, Sam, or Ashley. There are Sam and Amelia, who are new. Christina has an English accent. Sara is a vegan, and I brought up people who either think fish is vegetarian or were vegetarian but then stopped being vegetarian at some point. You know who you are. She was eating lettuce and black beans and I thought they were blueberries.
Christine made a hammock out of a towel for the red squirrel and instead of sleeping in it, he used it as a trampoline.
Julia said something about taking shots and I thought she was talking about heroin and she wonders if anyone ever steals our needles and all the good stuff is in the lock box. She’s like “i’ve never seen animals get anything but miloxicam.” She couldn't remember if it was ginger or nutmeg that got you high. I told her about Burroughs, Naked Lunch, and the appendix in which he describes his experience with a bunch of different drugs, and I remembered him being less than impressed with marijuana. She said of Burroughs that once you’ve been on meth, some things don’t seem so impressive anymore.
I wish the Pharmacopoeia Fantastica still existed, which is a list of every fictional drug. Unfortunately, the Internet Archive isn't playing nice with it. Apparently, he's remodeling the site to make it less a blog and more a regular website but it's a slow process.
burning question: why aren't the grenades in DK64 pomegranates? Or pineapples?
He told me about a speedrun of Donkey Kong 64 in which he clips through stuff and I watched it and holy shitsnacks, it’s amazing how little he actually does. He goes into Crystal Caves so the game thinks all the upgrades should be available, gets all the characters, fights a boss, and then fights the final boss. The game compensates for lag by making the character faster so you can throw a bunch of orange grenades and you'll go so fast you'll clip through the wall.
He says the best part about that game is the DK Rap.
A squirrel busted all the capillaries in his mouth because he sucked the syringe too hard. They’re talking about putting him in the formula box.
Some baby foxes were found at the bottom of a well. They keep getting stuck, between the cinderblocks and the cage walls, or hanging from some branches. They're very skittish. Emily says that's why they're easy to catch; because they're always getting stuck. We got a meadow vole and a white-footed mouse and some baby skunks. So far, JT is the only person who's gotten sprayed.
Jen says that raccoons finger paint wtih their weaning plates to keep themselves entertained.
The raven spent most of the day standing on a table. They threw some things for him to eat and some paper towels for him to play with. Instead of cawing like a crow, he makes this gurgly throaty awk sound.
Sara hit her head on the entryway bringing a dog crate to some ducks so they don’t have to get wet. She says that if she was a duck, she wouldn’t want to get wet. (But they're waterproofed! says Christina). She knows she doesn’t. The worst thing, and we both agree on this, is when your socks get wet and you can’t change them. She had a choker pendant that she ordered from Israel.
It's June so I'm not really learning anyone's name, unless it's Emily, Jessica, Sam, or Ashley. There are Sam and Amelia, who are new. Christina has an English accent. Sara is a vegan, and I brought up people who either think fish is vegetarian or were vegetarian but then stopped being vegetarian at some point. You know who you are. She was eating lettuce and black beans and I thought they were blueberries.
Christine made a hammock out of a towel for the red squirrel and instead of sleeping in it, he used it as a trampoline.
Julia said something about taking shots and I thought she was talking about heroin and she wonders if anyone ever steals our needles and all the good stuff is in the lock box. She’s like “i’ve never seen animals get anything but miloxicam.” She couldn't remember if it was ginger or nutmeg that got you high. I told her about Burroughs, Naked Lunch, and the appendix in which he describes his experience with a bunch of different drugs, and I remembered him being less than impressed with marijuana. She said of Burroughs that once you’ve been on meth, some things don’t seem so impressive anymore.
I wish the Pharmacopoeia Fantastica still existed, which is a list of every fictional drug. Unfortunately, the Internet Archive isn't playing nice with it. Apparently, he's remodeling the site to make it less a blog and more a regular website but it's a slow process.
burning question: why aren't the grenades in DK64 pomegranates? Or pineapples?
