When I was in my early 20s working retail, I had a dream where I was at work ringing up a customer at the register, and the register just wouldn't cooperate.
It kept ringing up the wrong price, wouldn't apply a discount, and worst of all was making an awful beeping sound that kept getting louder.
The customer was getting more and more upset with me, and I was starting to panic and smack at my register to get it to shut up. It worked a few times but it just kept happening..
And that's how my sleep-deprived brain tricked me into slapping the snooze on my 5am alarm 20 times, sleeping through practically my entire shift and nearly losing my job.
Waa there a Bust a Move rhythm game? Are you thinking of Bust a Groove?
This is really cool, going to have to check this out next time we go
Started smoking cigarettes around 12 years old, was addicted by 14, and at my worst I was chain smoking a pack of 20 Djarum Black Grande a day (those are the Camel Wides of clove cigarettes, btw).
At the end of 2019 and coming up on 40 years old, I finally made the decision to quit (2020 was gonna be my year! lmao). I started switching to an ecig for the last few months of the year, then only the vape after 2020 hit.
After a few years of vaping the lowest strength of VUSE pods, I switched to a vape pen that uses refillable pods and vape juice. I had my suspicions that I was more addicted to the act of inhaling smoke/vapor than the nicotine itself and switched to 0% nicotine juice as a test. No issues at all there, didn't miss the nicotine at all.
My health is way better, I spend a fraction of what I used to on my habit (one bottle of juice costs under$ 20 lasts a couple weeks), and I no longer stink like an ashtray..
BUT..
My addiction is absolutely still there - even without the nicotine. I still get irritable and cranky if I can't take a few puffs off my vape when I want. I do plan to quit vaping entirely at some point if I live that long.
More than the average Lemming? Probably spiders. I'm far from an expert but I know more than your average person.
Awesome! We have some of those as well! Which of yours is your favorite so far?
We're relatively new to the hobby and our collection is all pretty common New World Ts (mostly terrestrial, nothing super spicy) - most are still slings under 3".
I love them all for different reasons, but I'm very partial to our G. pulchripes. Our T. albo, E. campustratus, A. geniculata and T. vagans have already brought us lots of joy, and our little L. sazimai (they changed from P. sazimai to *Lasiocyano sazimai at some point) is pretty kickass so far too. Our B. klaasi and GBBs too. Ugh its really hard to pick favorites..
So cute! What species do you keep?
Not sure if they qualify as "uncommon," but I'm currently keeping about 350 jumping spiders and 30ish tarantulas.
..but early in the season a friend of a friend had to move unexpectedly, and I inherited a couple of the plants they had to get rid of in a hurry.
Things have gone pretty well so far - they're over 6 feet tall now, fairly full for being in relatively small pots, and the bud sites are starting to fill out.
Only a few weeks left, hoping they have time to finish properly before the weather goes south.
The whole album is amazing but "XXXmas ladies" is my fuckin jam