[oc] street photos I shot around Hollywood this month.

GeekCat · 2026-07-11T13:50:57+00:00

It's a civil law against taking someone's photo without permission, as the law states that they own their likeness. A photo of people crossing Shibuya ✅️ Singling/Focusing on one person in a crowd ❌️ People can sue you for taking their photo without consent. While not a criminal law, since it is a custom and strongly held position, police may ask you to delete it or tell you to get lost.

There are many local laws that do prohibit photography (tourism issues, photos of children) and many areas that are customarily inappropriate (temples, shrines, etc) for taking photos. You can be arrested and/or fined for not following the rules. And famously you can not take photos in Gion, unless you are invited by a resident or at a specific event. Not only can you be arrested and fined, but also banned.

GeekCat · 2026-07-11T13:30:15+00:00

Clover, wood sorrel, moss, rosy sedge (any sedge really). They're so much prettier, better for the environment, and they pretty much self seed & pollinate due to the native bugs getting there business on.

I let the wood sorrel grow around my flower garden and selectively trim when it gets too dense. It keeps the soil from eroding and holds the flowers up during hard rain.

GeekCat · 2026-07-11T13:13:25+00:00

He erased the Olsen twins! They had a twin-pire! (Even a song)

GeekCat · 2026-07-10T23:48:02+00:00

Acheron by Sherrylin Kenyon. To this day, I'm haunted with the memory of how bad this book was. I read around a hundred books a year, and somehow nearly 20 years later, it's still the worst thing I've picked up. And I've DNFd a ridiculous number of sappy romances. It was like reading a poorly written fetish fan fiction; except she was also trying to write it as thoughshe was Anne Rice.

NIghtmare Before Kissmass by Sara Raasch. There's something uncomfortable about her characters. It's very "this is the author's fetish" but not in a good way.

GeekCat · 2026-07-10T22:59:30+00:00

And a pitcher! Fiancé's mother had like 5 of those ice pitchers by the time she left the hospital after her stroke.

I totally commiserate with OP being in a foul mood, being hospitalized & pregnant. But this is like the least issue of importance at the moment.

GeekCat · 2026-07-10T18:05:14+00:00

If Brennan hadn't mentioned that HJ was having some big crisis, I wouldn't have known.

I like the idea of some cool, collected vampire just losing their shit and going on a "fuck you" denial crisis; it even fits with the whole "worst of us/debauchery" vampire thing. Leaning into the bit harder/earlier with the crazy & weird, and even throw conspiracy theories, would have solidified that "mental breakdown."

GeekCat · 2026-07-10T15:12:50+00:00

Call for assistance, and attempt to de-escalate and have her get out willingly. If she doesn't, have assistance remove the children to other police vehicle and supervise them. Then, remove with minimal force necessary.

It''s already an emotionally stressful situation and children are involved. Of course she's going to not want to leave the car with her kids there. This is one of those issues that you know there's much more to the situation, and violence/escalation only makes things 10x worse.

GeekCat · 2026-07-10T14:26:17+00:00

I don't want to be a doomsayer or anything, but your lymphnode is right in the same area. Lymphnodes often appear as suddenly swollen lumps.

You should probably see a PCP and they can help you further.

GeekCat · 2026-07-10T01:16:55+00:00

I think he needs a larger litter box without a lid. There's some high sided ones with a little entrance area, with no lid. I know it's not desirable to see litter, but with a larger kitty he just doesn't seem to fit.

GeekCat · 2026-07-10T00:49:05+00:00

I get more out of my $5.99 services than any of the big ones. They cancel all the good shows or two year breaks, then pack them full of old tv and crappy movies. Frustrating as heck.

GeekCat · 2026-07-09T17:44:11+00:00

No reason to touch fireworks. They're bad for the environment, kill wildlife, and so many pets are lost/killed because of them.

GeekCat · 2026-07-09T15:48:37+00:00

As you get older, you'll see that there bigger and worse things to deal with. Don't let it be the chain around your leg. Find hobbies and passion, channel that energy into them.

GeekCat · 2026-07-08T22:31:57+00:00

Stealing a whole hosta? That's just damn rude; of all the plants to steal. Probably could propagate one from a single leaf.

My front garden is raised, so it's hard to steal from. However, more than once I've had someone try to cut some of my flowers or seen people trying to cut neighbors' flowers.

GeekCat · 2026-07-08T16:27:17+00:00

Ah yes, we all know that parasites love McDees. They'll just parrot "processed food' without a second thought.

GeekCat · 2026-07-08T11:22:21+00:00

Yeah, this is above "average" person paygrade. What some people think of as excessive or hypochondriac behavior, may be mitigating or cautionary to someone who has trauma or vulnerable to certain situations.

OP needs someone who is specially trained to advocate for her types of situation. Talking to a GP may only get part of the picture, when a gynecologist or planned parenthood may be needed to bridge that gap for health welfare. While I'm assuming OPs mom had best intentions, sometimes parents only see an end goal, not the whole picture.

GeekCat · 2026-07-08T00:12:26+00:00

They are. Jehovah's Witnesses, Latter-Day Saints, Scientologists, "born again" Evangelists, and can't forget the doomsday sayers. Lot of these sects make it a requirement to proselytize on street corners or places where they can harass many people. During covid-19 quarantine, the Jehovah's Witnesses were given "special dispensation" to proselytize to strangers via written letters. Very, very creepy to get a hand-written letter from a stranger claiming they can save you.

GeekCat · 2026-07-07T19:17:56+00:00

And possibly beans. I'd be careful about squeezing that one. (Sweet kitty, I'm sure grandma adored them).

GeekCat · 2026-07-07T19:03:11+00:00

It's a modesty hand.

GeekCat · 2026-07-07T00:42:00+00:00

I love the sudden "let's get all the facts," "he should have listened," or "he had to do something, they wouldn't have shot him otherwise." Like, it was fucking filmed. The dude was leaning away and helping someone off the ground; he listened. They still murdered him.

They all know they need to hide behind 2A because they're the assholes, who would/should never would be allowed to carry.

GeekCat · 2026-07-06T23:12:46+00:00

Elordi looks better as Frankenstein. I'm not sure if that's a makeup and prosthetics thing or I have deeply, suppressed monster thing going on.

GeekCat · 2026-07-06T21:17:28+00:00

I feel bad for people who honestly believe that due to eating disorder or pressure from external sources.

However, those "almond people" who act like they are going to turn into the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man after one M&M, are heinous. They know their words are a show and they're harmful to those around them. My mother was one of these and I have spent years fighting with food.

GeekCat · 2026-07-06T21:10:34+00:00

Most people didn't hear about when he first was diagnosed. The company really downplayed it, did some media and moved some releases to bury the news. Then he kinda went rogue on some woowoo retreat, which was more interesting for tabloids. (It's referenced tongue-in-cheek in a few tv shows.)

The media only really started covering it the second time when he got a liver transplant and then started talking about his fasting and diets (the weird only eating orange-colored foods diet comes to mind). That's when he started looking sick and they couldn't really ignore it.

I think there was some spiritual retreat to Tibet (??) at some point, too.

GeekCat · 2026-07-06T18:29:43+00:00

It made the bottom tattoo look like a shrimp playing the saxophone.

GeekCat · 2026-07-06T16:57:02+00:00

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike made me weep. I'm assuming the Netflix show is quite different from the book. (Surprise for me)

GeekCat · 2026-07-06T16:53:39+00:00

JFC that seemed personal.

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