the "family" that LJs together stays together. especially if they're just one person.

[liminal_space]

+ i refuse to bitch about the weather, but please know that i would LOVE to bitch about the weather right now. :)

+ soooo, you know how when you go to the LJ homepage, you see "top entries" from users who have public posts? i believe that the "family" of hot teen cousin girls and their naughty parties (so much pearl clutching amid conflicting desire and religious upbringing!) and their beloved uncles and whatevers is the work of a single individual who is either conducting a catphishing scheme OR a strange social experiment they're using for a senior thesis. 

my proof? all circumstantial, but let me tell you — if ever need an expert witness on recognizing "voice" in writing, i'm here for you. that was my first flag; i was all "why is this person writing multiple posts on different accounts?" then i put 1 and 2 together and....well, you know. 

and the content is JUST provocative enough to paint a — albeit one dimensional and trite — picture designed to pique titillating interest. 

honestly, the only reason i noticed this at all is the countless years i spent reading middle school papers and identifying natural, individual writing styles/voice/mistakes is as easy as breathing for me. it made catching plagiarism a piece of cake for the most part, because if you're a "developing writer" (read: girl, boo with those run on sentences) and suddenly you're hemingway, well....nope. :)

so, be aware that all is not always what it seems. 

i feel like i've done my PSA for the day. 

+  vet came out today and did a visit on bluebelle, who has been out of commission for a long time now. she has another case of tick-caused anaplasmosis. UGH. she got an injection and we will start her on medicine to treat it. she's an old girl and there's a lot of upkeep and maintenance, but hopefully this will be a super easy fix. it becomes a hard road to walk when you have a horse than can't be ridden and two people who ride with only one other horse to share between them. =\ 

there's a lot to the thinking on this, but i'm saving it for another day. 

+ mister got home just fine and it's wonderful to have him back! we took k to the airport on tuesday (3.25 hours away) and yesterday we just sort of....did stuff? wait, wtf did we do? oh...

off-site horse lesson for kid, went back to the cousins to return the money mister and i won on tuesday ($400+), and stopped at the grocery store for a few things. 

one of those things was a 2 lb bag of chicken that REEKED when i opened it. it smelled like stinky hardboiled eggs. i called the store just to inform them was was going on and for them to make a note so i could get my $17 refunded and the guy i talked to (floor manager?) wanted me to save the chicken and bring it in because i couldn't find my receipt, even though i wasn't going to be able to get there until friday. 

*blink*

*blink*

after he took my info, i ended up calling him back and said i had found my receipt (in the trash, ugh) and he still said i needed to bring the chicken in. at that point, i was pissy and asked if he was SURE that was store policy....fucker SIGHED at me, got flustered, and said he had to check and call me back.

ok, fine. i needed to go out and do chicken (the OTHER spoiled ones, but def not stinky) and horse things and while i was doing them, i decided my FAFO approach was going to be as follows:

a) put stinky chicken out in the heat for two days. obvs, it would be in a very sealed bag. 

b) find out when mr. guy was going to be there and plan my return trip accordingly. 

c) take stinky chicken to mr. guy (along with my receipt) and open it up so he could smell it. 

i was getting to the point of looking forward to playing that out and then he called back — mister took the call — and said i could just bring the receipt in. 

probably for the best. 

+ we have friends coming on labor day weekend and i'm super excited about it! the married couple (T and J) just got a 4 room tent and want to try it out, so they're pretend camping here. other friend, MK (minnesconsin kyle), will be staying in the studio. we're going to go kayaking on Saturday the 30th, then eating like the beasts we are, then it will be jaws and adventures. 

i had the BEST idea last night after taking my THC gummy and anti-anxiety medicine and i swear i'm going to try to make it happen: i want to fake-larp a scary haunted woods quest for them (like a scavenger hunt). i'm envisioning a scooby doo episode crossed with supernatural, the blair witch project, and an escape room. 

for some of my classes, i'd do modified escape rooms and not a single kid ever wanted to miss those. even my troublesome students were so excited when we got to have fun and learn on accident. WHAT A CONCEPT!

anyway, i'm looking forward to that. if anyone has any ideas, please share! right now i have some ideas like:

~ messages written in invisible ink

~ clues found with black lights

~ puzzles!

~ boss fights with bears (kidding)

i'm full of squee about this. 

+ ok, it's time to head out and up and get more done. i'm ready for a vacation for myself!

Comments

[maju01.livejournal.com]

I've occasionally read some of those posts by the teen girl/s and they definitely all sound the same.

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

it for sure does! i guess the promise of seeing young girl boobs causes some people to go blind to all else lol.

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about Bluebell.

I know what you mean about plagiarism. You get a 'feel' for it. I had students (I taught 16-19 year olds) and knew when they had lifted something - especially when they left in the hyperlinks LOL!

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

Bluebell will be JUST FINE (manifesting, manifesting, manifesting). :) OMG, some left the hyperlinks? lol!!! That would have cracked me up. =D

[chocolate-frapp.livejournal.com]

gross about the chicken.

[liminal-space.livejournal.com]

it was HORRIBLE. i doubt i would have gone through with my plan, but i can only imagine how much worse the smell would be if i had. lol ewww.

[i.livejournal.com]

I remember, back in the early days of LJ, there were a few fake accounts that scandalized all five or six thousand of us.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

That scavenger hunt sounds fun.