Thank you, it’s a nice change from scientific writing. Unfortunately, I lack brevity! I also admit I’ve been sitting on how to write this experience up for awhile since “I sensed a spooky scary in my bedroom a few times and it was really mean to me” hasn’t gotten a lot of traction when I try to tell people about it.

Very strange - my folks live pretty downstate from Woodstock. Odd how these things happen.

You know, praying was really soothing. I remembered learning in Sunday School that the devil isn’t omnipotent, so regardless of what this thing was and what it could actually do to me, it was a comforting thought that I could tell it to go away if I didn’t let my fear get to me first.

I’ve looked for similar stories,…

I’m not sure. I’ve resorted to praying, sage, and crystals but I’m not sure I’m a strong believer in any of the above. It’s weird having this experience, multiple times, and then living my life like it’s just a part of it now. Almost like paying a bill you forgot about - “oh shit, this thing is still after me? Wish I…

I am not sure this is a ghost story. It could have been a dream, because everyone tells me it was a dream. However, “everyone” wasn’t in the room that night.

This happened a few years ago - I lived at home in my early 20s (around 2009, in the deepest parts of the recession), sleeping in the same bedroom I grew up in…

I’m going as Furiosa this year because I finally planned enough time in advance to make the arm. The movie has been out for 2 years, was a major hit, and yet NOBODY in my friend group is familiar with the film. Last year my boyfriend was Snake Plissken (and did a bang-up job) and only one person got it. He’s going…

It’s crazy how quickly Bone faded from the spotlight here in St. Louis. We were over it within a couple weeks although I think he did some local ads. Pretty sure he’s not even from Missouri, he’s from Illinois (St. Louis Metro East), so it’s not like his vote for 45 would have even mattered in such a blue stronghold.

A…

I was 9 when Hartman died, but he had such an effect on my childhood (my parents let me watch A LOT of SNL and comedies) that I still think about him a lot and all the great work he could have given us. He honestly shaped and defined comedy for me in those early years, and taught me comedy doesn’t have to be…

I had wondered about the purgatory angle since Michael specified his torture in s1 as being for 1000 years.

Agreed. I wonder if it’s going to end with the entire system being reset and the four getting to go back to living so they can act on their newfound character growth. Although, if the system gets reset, who knows if that would even matter?

IDK, it’s just fun to speculate where the hell this show is possibly going to…

It all had to do with intent. I was under the impression when Mindy was coked up and came up with whatever one good thing she did, she genuinely meant it. I only vaguely remember the episode where they first go to the Medium Place so I could be way off base.

The internet was never good. I put up with the same misogynistic and trolling bullshit in early 2000s on mIRC and gaming forums when I was in high school (sneaking on to dial-up hoping my folks wouldn’t need the phone) that we still see now, but yes, it has gotten worse. Also, one time my dad yelled at me because I…

Christ, when do you contour? WHEN DO YOU CONTOUR?

I really enjoyed Zack in S1, if only because he seemed, at times, to be the anti-Carl (TWD). Then he went and out-Carl’d Carl. What a shame.

I became good friends with a woman who lives in the area and she was telling me all about how Bryson City is mostly the descendants of the misplaced Smokies residents that came from Cade’s Cove and other settlements. They have a lot of resentment towards the NPS, and I can’t say I blame them (and me being an NPS…

I also want to add my memories of growing up with fireflies - I grew up in rural Illinois, and there was something magical to driving along a country road late at night and seeing the stars bright up above and the endless horizon of fireflies glowing above the corn fields.

I haven’t seen that sight in a few years.

This filled me with so much love and sadness; as a biologist, an insect enthusiast, and as someone who also has fond memories of the Smokies. I section hike the Appalachian Trail and the most comforting moments of my hike so far has been escaping through the Smokies and Shenandoah NP. At the same time, it feels almost…

I’ve tried to skip the Bojack Horseman theme song, and I just can’t anymore. It feels like it’s so integral to the tone of the show that skipping it would be a disservice to the narrative - especially when you know the background is going to change within the opening.

Especially with how S4 progressed, and now I wish…

There is only one Northern white rhino male left in the world. The entire freaking world. He has his own personal guard.

As a person who works in conservation, yeah, I’m going to show my bias and say it doesn’t pain me that much to see a rhino have the horn sawed off. It pains me that we have to fucking do it in the…

I stayed at a hotel with a fancy huge ass tv that had smooth motion enabled and let me tell you, TNG is fucking bonkers looking on a screen like that. Data goes straight into uncanny valley.