wendigo

futurebird , 3 months ago to random

My husband is mad that I put a teaspoon of icecream in my oatmeal.

But OMG I'm RIGHT! This is it! This is the ultimate soothing food.

wendigo , 3 months ago

@futurebird Why are all the good ant girls taken? ;>)

futurebird , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Did you have "sex ed" (sometimes called "health class") in school? Did it help you in any way? Hurt?

Which of the following apply (check more than one if needed, so if you had a multiple classes at different ages check both)

If I could change one thing about the education we had it would be to have more focus on the reality of rape and the nature of consent. These topics weren't addressed much beyond a cartoon version of bogey men jumping out of bushes and I think it left many unprepared.

wendigo , 3 months ago

@futurebird We did. My Dad taught me the birds and the bees, though, at an earlier age. I think is counsel was probably a lot more helpful, looking back. And, I was taught to respect all women, not just my mama...

world_beauty Bot , 4 months ago to random

Mangaia's Milky Way
Credits: Tunç Tezel, TWAN
#nature #space #astrophotography

wendigo , 4 months ago

@world_beauty I was looking up at Orion at about 2 or 3 this morning and thought about these photos you boost... ;>)

wendigo , 5 months ago to random

I think Metalhead.club has helped me reunite with the concept of album again, something that has been lacking for me since the 90s really. This applies across the board to any genre thankfully. Song titles are hard for me because the concept of album is a headspace like being drunk is different from being sober or depressed is different from mental balance. In the headspace, I remember and experience constituent parts or lines/webs of thought easily. As I have mentioned, album art helps.

wendigo OP , 5 months ago

@thomas I grew up with the album because that was how my Dad was. Certain albums were always played at certain times, and I began to remember all the comforting parts like I were smelling them, if that makes sense. Then he passed away, and I kind of got lost for a while, joined the Navy, life happened, etc...

wendigo OP , 5 months ago

@trendskater @thomas Nor me, but I kind of lost my love of it. Perhaps because I couldn't share my love of them the way I wanted to again until now. Especially with new stuff. I'm fine with recordings pre-90s. But I really haven't had a favorite modern album in ages, and I certainly haven't listened to many more than once in a long time. The metal stuff (and others) I've been introduced to here has me excited again, and I know I've listened to a few many times already...

wendigo OP , 5 months ago

@jake4480 @trendskater @thomas Interesting. To me, the album is sacrosanct. I never discard songs even if I don't care for them, but I struggle to find a case where I was faced with that choice. Sometimes I come back a few weeks / months / years later and find that I'm good with questionable songs. For a long time, I wasn't very thrilled with 'Candy Apple Grey' by Hüsker Dü only to find a few years later that I now have a much deeper appreciation for it. For example.

wendigo OP , 5 months ago

@jake4480 This is where Qobuz comes in handy. If you say to me hey man check this out, I can see if Qobuz has it and add it to my favorites. Then I'm not storing it on my hard drive. Also, you can make playlists that live there, too. I know that's not always great for the artists, but I can't possibly buy everything that someone recommends or that's rated highly by some magazine...

wendigo OP , 5 months ago

@jake4480 The thing is, everything that I have gleaned from the wonderful people here is on Qobuz or Spotify, Bandcamp or not. There's no way I could keep up with it otherwise... ;>) I can go back later and download / buy the stuff I want...