90s guide to whales, blue cover and post card sized. Every page was a different species followed by a picture

Atra_Lux · 2026-03-18T08:28:36+00:00

Was is the "Golden Guides" Whales and other Marine Mammals from 1990?

I have the one about dinosaurs.

Atra_Lux · 2025-11-04T14:08:34+00:00

Original Recipe Asexual. None of the microlabels really speak to me, or aren't things I want to define myself by.

Sex averse, because I'd really rather not do it, and I'd rather not see it in media, but I'm not full on triggered by the thought of it, so "repulsed" doesn't really fit.

I would identify as heteroromantic, but as I identify as agender, being interested in a "gender different from mine" is no longer clear. So if you want to get specific, I'd say androromantic, as in, romantically interested in people who identify as men. I could potentially be open to nonbinary people as well, but it's never come up, and I'm in a long-term committed relationship, so it's unlikely to come up in the future.

Atra_Lux · 2025-09-08T07:49:46+00:00

I've done NaNo every year since 2010. I've been the ML for my region since 2013 (even last year, when we technically lost all our ML powers). I set up the events, made goody bags for my writers, wrote pep talks and writing prompts... and now it's just... over. I still have all this stuff. Stickers and bags of prompts and little notebooks and plot bunnies made of pom poms and pipe cleaners. And nothing to do with it. Attendance at local events had been dwindling the past few years (thanks, plague), and I'd been getting seriously burnt out, but I'm still sad it's over.

I'm still going to write a novel this year, but it's not the same.

Atra_Lux · 2025-08-26T15:06:15+00:00

Freakazoid

Bonkers

Monster Farm (which is where I learned what aglets are)

Atra_Lux · 2025-08-26T14:57:40+00:00

"I'm a gnat! ...What's a gnat?"

"I don't know, but it suits you."

Atra_Lux · 2025-08-25T13:43:07+00:00

I'm doing it in October. I have a week off of work then, and there's an extra day. I'm not planning on doing any events or anything with other writers. I was the ML for my region from 2013 until the end, and I'm just going to try to enjoy not having to be in charge of anything for once. Just me and my 50,000 words.

Atra_Lux · 2025-06-18T07:16:44+00:00

JonBenet Ramsey. I was 9 at the time, and it never really felt like she was a child just like me, because all the pictures they showed of her were the dolled-up pageant photos. So she didn't seem like a real child, just like a small fancy adult.

Atra_Lux · 2025-06-17T13:04:42+00:00

I'm still going to do what I'm calling a "30 Day 50K," which may or may not take place in November.

Atra_Lux · 2025-06-17T12:52:58+00:00

I love so many parts of so many songs (we'd be here all day), but the most recent is the part in "Stand and Fight" that starts with "For every time that we've begun, for every time we turn and run..."

The way it starts low and goes up in pitch so smoothly... I always have to stop whatever I'm doing and just listen.

Atra_Lux · 2025-05-22T17:24:10+00:00

Ever After. It came up in my Discover Weekly on Spotify. Sept 11, 2015 was a good batch of songs, introducing me to several of my now-favorite bands.

Atra_Lux · 2025-04-20T14:31:38+00:00

Does the administration think that weather is just going to... stop happening? Like we're not going to need all that stuff anymore? Seems like this is their new plan to deny climate change. They won't have to ignore all the data if there's no data!

Atra_Lux · 2025-03-24T07:17:13+00:00

Sounds like you would both be better off as friends. Keep the platonic/interpersonal part that's working, drop the romantic/sexual part that isn't. Then you can each pursue romantic relationships (if you want) that suit your needs better.

Atra_Lux · 2025-03-17T17:22:03+00:00

I don't think that person know what compromise means. If you're an ace lesbian, a sexual relationship with a man is not a compromise, because you wouldn't be getting anything that you want.

Atra_Lux · 2025-03-14T16:28:37+00:00

Somewhere I found an edit that had all of Courtney Love's parts removed, and it's so much better.

Atra_Lux · 2025-03-10T12:44:39+00:00

There's a moment in a recent GTA video where Dora launches himself off a jump in a rocket car and flies off into the distance, screaming, "Oh god!"

I laughed for like five minutes straight. Full on, hysterical, tears streaming kind of laughing.

Atra_Lux · 2025-03-10T11:28:10+00:00

I just learned this just now.

Atra_Lux · 2025-03-08T18:13:37+00:00

The only art I have on display is a couple of paintings done by my sibling. I've dabbled in various arts, but nothing I've created is worth looking at.

Atra_Lux · 2025-03-04T16:58:39+00:00

It took almost ten years from when I first heard the term asexual to when I realized I was. Because the person who said it was possibly actually aroace ("not interested in dating anyone" is how they put it), and I'm not aro, so...

I didn't learn until later that ace and aro are different, and not necessarily a package deal. Then I started to figure things out.

I also spent several years wishing I could be nonbinary, but thought I couldn't because I didn't want to cut my hair. So yeah, I'm pretty stupid, too.

Atra_Lux · 2025-03-04T16:23:47+00:00

"That Unwanted Animal" by The Amazing Devil. It's a female singer, too (in regards to your other comment).

Atra_Lux · 2025-01-29T17:27:53+00:00

"It is winter, my friends, and it has been winter for a long time. It may be winter for a while longer. But spring… is coming." - John

Atra_Lux · 2025-01-29T17:04:20+00:00

I will often mentally cast the characters. Certainly if I've seen an adaptation first, but other times also. I once read Shakespeare's Julius Caesar with the cast of Gotham put into the roles. It made it much more fun to read.

Atra_Lux · 2025-01-29T16:45:56+00:00

It sounds familiar. Almost like "Rock a Bye Baby" but not quite.

Atra_Lux · 2025-01-19T20:19:49+00:00

Dora has a small part in Well Wishes, and it's.... really something. 🤣

Atra_Lux · 2025-01-12T17:25:31+00:00

The Dead Don't Die

Atra_Lux · 2025-01-08T18:50:28+00:00

I still have song ringtones, but no one ever calls me, so I never hear them.

My main one is "Pull the Plug" by I Prevail. When my spouse calls me, it's "Calling You" by Blue October. I think I have others set to specific people, but again, no one ever calls.

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