We Have A Winner!!!

We have a winner!!!

I'm with you guys; I'm looking forward to the Barbie movie, too! It looks super fun and just quintessentially Barbie! But I'm also really hyped for the FNAF movie. It's been in production since 2015, we just got a really good trailer, Shaggy is Purple Guy, and they're using real animatronics made by the Jim Henson Creature Shop!

I think we've got a good half-year ahead of us. :)

FOR SCIENCE!! :D

We've had some fun films come out this year, but there are still more to come. Let's hope they really do wind up being great!

(Also, is it just me, or is this year weirdly centered on bear-themed horror movies? We've already had Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey and Cocaine Bear, and now the FNAF movie is coming out in October. It's like how last year was strangely Pinocchio-centric.)

Made a Rainbow Loom Bracelet Just Now

I got this swimmable mermaid tail last year, and I wanted to make some mermaid-y accessory to go with it. I was at a loss for a bit, but then I remembered that I also got a Rainbow Loom last year. Thus, I got it out, found a tutorial, and made a thematic bracelet.

The tail, purchased from Fin Fun Mermaid ("Atlantis" style, "Pacific Pearl" color/pattern):

The bracelet, made using the Dragon Scale Cuff tutorial on the Rainbow Loom website (altered to use 10 pegs instead of 6):

Both together:

I'm proud of how it turned out. I'm hoping it holds up while I swim, too, since rubber is generally waterproof. :)

reminder since we're gettin another wave of bots:

if you don't distinguish yourself from a bot, just any sorta indication that a human made the blog, like a funny pfp or description, or even a disclaimer that you're a lurker, then you're almost certainly gonna be blocked n reported for spam when you follow people

Incorrect Quotes Generator Shenanigans: Part ~20~

Sorry for the wait. I got distracted by stuff at school and a busy weekend after returning home for the summer. I'll try not to let such a long hiatus happen again unless absolutely necessary. With that said...

LET'S GET THIS TRAIN ROLLING!

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Raph: I’m so excited! Mikey: We’re gonna have the best costumes, get the most candy... Raph: And have the biggest stomach aches ever! Mikey: Yeah!

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Splinter: My ultimate goal is to punch God in the eye, just to spite him one last time.

~ April: I just drank a lego piece. Warren: ...what the hell?! You melted plastic and drank the liquid? April: Yes. Warren: Why did you even melt a lego in the first place?! April: Because it looked like chocolate! So I drank it! You know, like a chocolate shake?

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Leo: Hey guys! I drew everyones soul! Donnie: Why is Cassandra's a monster? Cassandra: Leo, you forgot Donnie's! Its only an empty space! Leo, proudly: Exactly

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Big Mama: Don't joke about murder. I was murdered once and it offends me.

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Baxter: And have you learnt anything this Christmas, Draxum? Draxum: …Not really. Baxter: Nothing? Draxum: Tell you one thing I have learnt—Christmas; ultimately, commercial holiday. Who's the real winner at Christmas? Amazon. they have drones now! Tiny little dystopian slaves delivering iPads and headphones. I ordered a toaster; It was on the doorstep five hours later! Do we need that? It was 4.99! For a toaster! I mean, someone's being exploited there.

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Meat Sweats: When life gives you lemons, what do you do? Albearto: Make lemonade! Meat Sweats: No, throw them back up in the sky and make life deal with its own shit.

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Huginn: If there’s one thing I learned from Muninn, it’s to set people’s expectations real low, so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.

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Ghost Bear: Hello, McDonald's, I would like to purchase 130 chicken nuggets. Prepare yourselves.

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Sunita: I can be your partner for the next race. Hypno: Sorry, Sunita. It's a sibling race. Todd: Maybe there's a contest for lonely children after this. Hypno: It's only children, Todd. A lonely child is what you're gonna be when I sell you!

Man, both this post and the comments/tags are disheartening in their own ways... 😞

First Day on the Job!

I just started a summer internship at my local science center, and I already know it's going to be a blast. Today was my "day of play," where I got to just go around and experience things like a guest would. I think I have one tomorrow, too, which I'm also hyped for! But anyway...

It was awesome.

First and foremost, I made sure to stop by all the permanent exhibits. The first floor is themed around water and our city's river ecology, so we have some freshwater animals in aquariums and terrariums. My favorite is this bullfrog. :)

The second floor is themed around Mars exploration and colonization. I thought I wouldn't be interested since the idea of colonizing Mars kind of rubs me the wrong way, but it's done in a very engaging and aesthetically pleasing manner. There are lots of plants on display throughout the exhibit, which I found to be a pleasant surprise! There's also this adorable miniature railroad/village next to the Mars display that shows off some landmarks from the city between the late 19th century and the 1940s. My favorite part was always this replica of Luna Park (guest starring Taylor Swift by the carousel since there's a Taylor Swift weekend coming up):

The third floor is dedicated to the human body and its inner workings. There's a lot to play with here, including a little game where you have to eat germs as a white blood cell. I played it a couple times, and I was pretty happy with my score the second time around. :)

They also have a little monitor where you can rotate and pull apart a model of a human skull, so I made this beautiful creature.

The fourth floor is the most kid-centric area in the building, but there's still plenty for older guests to do. It's mostly themed around construction and Lego, so if you like playing and building with Lego, this is the place for you. There's also a section off to the side centered around electricity and renewable energy, which is neat, and an earthquake simulator that's left over from when the floor was entirely weather-themed.

So that covers most of the main building. BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

There's a sports science/fitness themed building adjacent to the main building. It's a fun way to present how exercise affects the body, and how the human body functions in general. There's a batting cage where you can test your prowess with a baseball bat, a rock climbing wall, a few basketball hoops, a giant Operation table, and a ton more. What caught my attention this time, though, was a CPR simulator. I thought it was a fun way to brush up on my skills as a lifeguard...and Dr. Mike was there, too.

Behind the main building is one of the center's oldest exhibits: the USS Requin, a Cold War era submarine. Walking through it was definitely nostalgic, though the doorways were tiny. I have no idea how people could actually live in there without going insane!

And I can't not talk about the giant movie theater inside the main building! I stopped by for a show this afternoon, and it truly is giant. The theater seats 250 people, and the screen is 38 feet by 70 feet (11.58 meters by 21.34 meters)! You have to see it to believe it. It didn't even fit in my phone camera when I took this picture from the middle of the room!

I had to stop by the gift shop, too. I got my brother a freeze-dried "astronaut" ice cream sandwich since he's been joking about wanting one, and for myself, I got these little dudes:

Clockwise from the upper right, they are: a red blood cell, plasma, a platelet, a white blood cell, and an antibody (with a little antigen attached to it). I think the company that sells them is called GIANTmicrobes. Aren't they cute?

Would you believe me if I said that I still have a bunch of stuff to check out tomorrow? Because I do. There are all sorts of shows and demonstrations in the various science stages and the planetarium. I want to see a few, especially one at the stage I'm interning with!

I have a busy day ahead of me, but it will be the absolute best kind of busy. I think the more serious internship duties will be fun, too. :)