Dealing With The Worst Case Scenario

people be saying 'teenagers these days are so apathetic and have no notion of personal space' but whenever 2 people accidentally bump into eachother or brush hands it's like 'sorry sorry sorry i didn't mean it im so sorry'

Found a bot that had reposted some stuff, but following way too many people. so i just blocked them to be on the safe side.

@moonthemagical look it's bees

Okay, entomology brain is annoyed by a Tumblr ad

Specifically, this one. First, Albert Einstein never said that.

Secondly, and more importantly, that is NOT a honey bee, or even a bee at all. That is a bee fly, a very important, very cute pollinator. However! They have parasitoid larvae! This means that they lay their eggs in the larvae of other bugs. Those eggs hatch, and those larvae eat the bug they’re in from the inside out. Sounds horrible, but it’s the way of things and I cannot understate how important these guys are.

The reason I’m annoyed about the picture of choice isn’t even that they didn’t picture a bee (not even in the right order- bees are hymenopterans. Flies are diptera.) What’s really grinding my absolute gears about the choice here? Bee flies parasitize bee larva.

If you’re going to use the wrong picture, at least don’t use the picture of something that actively kills what you’re trying to protect instead of the animal you’re protecting.

Also, honeybees, Apis mellifera, don’t need protection. They’re fine. They’re invasive in North America, even. Humans take care of them just fine. I’m a beekeeper, and I love them, but that’s not where our efforts should be. We should be trying to protect native bees, there are a whole bunch that I bet you’ve never heard of that need help.

Anyway, rant over. Sorry, I just could not let that one go.

what.

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Had a Dairy Queen burger for the first time

it was kinda meh. the cheese was more like a half-congealed liquid, and the buns tasted a little more grainy than i was used to. i would not go for it but hey at least it didn't give me food poisoning!

Show Week Costume Mishap!

Since I'm the only stagehand backstage, I have to run props and costumes to actors. No big deal, all the actors double-triple check their costumes and props.

Well, for our third show, which was this morning, an actor forgot one of their costume pieces! Since there's another room with extra costumes that haven't been used, another actor and I looked until we could find something similar.

That was on stage left. I had to cross over to stage right for a set change, then had to go BACK to stage left to grab that costume for the actor, then back to stage right. All in a day's work, I guess.

T- Type Girl - BLACKPINK

H- Hello - Adele

E- Everyone Is Gay - A Great Big World

N- Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley

E- Experience - Ludovico Einaudi

T- Telephone - Waterparks

H- Hope It Hurts - DABIN Feat. Essenger

E- End of Time - K-391, Alan Walker & Ahrix

R- Red Flags - Mimi Webb

L- Lovesick Girls - BLACKPINK

O- OH! - Aqyila

R- Roundtable Rival - Lindsey Stirling

D- Dura - Daddy Yankee

Rules: pick a song for each letter of your URL and tag that many people.

Tagged by @sailforvalinor, and thank you this looks like fun!

Remember and Proclaim (Andrew Peterson)

All I Ask of You (Jackie Evancho)

Innocence (Nathan Wagner)

Níl Sé'n Lá (Celtic Woman)

I Still Need a Savior (Billy Sprague)

No Strings (Ed Sheeran)

Take Me Back Road (Tim & the Glory Boys)

How Great is Our God (Chris Tomlin)

Everything Sad is Coming Untrue (Jason Grey)

El-Shaddai (Amy Grant)

Voice of Truth (Casting Crowns)

Endlessly (Amaranthe)

Not Alone (Red)

I'm an Open Road (Paul Brandt)

Never Leave Your Side (Sam Tinnesz)

Good to Be Alive (Skillet)

Hoo boy, can I think of sixteen people?

@griseldabanks @kraytwriter @kingofattolia @catkin-morgs @clawedandcute @nerdychristianfanboy @steampunk-archer @sergeanttomycaptain @smhalltheurlsaretaken @scribblermerlin @authortobenamedlater @stainedleather @mrtobenamedlater @mrgartist @get-loved-nerd @a-fount-of-blessings (Ignore if this is a repeat tag. Unless you want to do it again. Up to you. :)

Dear Valued Customer...

Why were you shopping for cabbages 5 minutes after closing. Why was it so important that you couldn't wait until the next day.

I just have questions.