I Think A Lot About Who I Am To Other People In The Worldparticular Who I Am To Strangers As A Mere Concept

I think a lot about who I am to other people in the world–particular who I am to strangers as a mere concept in their lives.

Today this woman called our information desk and said, “my son’s band is playing tonight. I want to come see him, but he never answers his phone…..I want to be there. Have you heard anything about his band?”

And I felt so bad for this lady but I’m not in the music scene around here so I had to tell her no, sorry.

Five hours later, I’m hiking and run into a group of guys setting up for some outdoor performance, and as I watch them unload the drums it hits me.

“Hey,” I said, “are y’all in a band?”

They said yeah and smiled and I told them “one of your moms called today. She wants to watch you play, but she can’t get a hold of you. Call your mom.”

And they all pulled out their phones and started discussing whose mom it probably was as they presumably dialed their own.

And now, unless we meet again and recognize each other, that’s who I’ll be forever to those guys–some mysterious courier for mom-messages who came out of the woods and told them their mom called.

I didn’t even tell them why their mom called me. Who am I to their mom?? Nobody even asked. They just took my word for it and called their mothers.

Amazing.

I made ginger bread squidlits! (I’ve been munchin’ ‘em)

Tons more at the source!

Fuck yeah squid fact stickers!!!!!!!!! Also is the cephalopod on the card a stamp? It’s so cute! Is it one of the ones you made/what type of cephalopod is it?

OH YEAH BABY. The cephalopod on the card IS a stamp, and I did not make it, my ex boyfriend bought that stamp for me in 2015. It's a cuttlefish!

For the rest of you reading this, you too could buy a squid facts sticker set and stick them in public so more people get squid facts (they need them). Get them here.

Day 2: Favourite Water Type

Omanyte and Pyukumuku

A gaggle of Ammonoids. Can you name them all?