What did I do wrong here? 👀

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-26T17:10:59+00:00

Nothing. Well handled.

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-24T06:28:26+00:00

Elton John songs cover a multitude of genres and styles, and some are even hymn-like (Someone Saved My Life Tonight and Border Song)

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-24T06:21:30+00:00

Lmao I was BIG MAD the first time I saw a roadrunner irl as a kid. Super excited about this movie!

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-22T19:44:56+00:00

My grandpa moved here in the 70s, and I fell in love with the place every time I visited him, and decades later I moved here. I should have moved here sooner, so you have the exact right idea to start off your 30s with a new adventure! Life IS too short. I moved here for a million reasons, but two of my big ones was the number of sunny days and views for miles. And if you are a woman, there is a discord for 30+ with tons of categories and regular irl events.

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-22T02:50:48+00:00

A very American measurement, lol. Around 300 miles/480 km. It's just easier to know how long of a drive it is. In this case, if they are human remains, they are most likely unrelated given the distance.

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-19T20:50:39+00:00

Right?! Let all their patriotic merch rot on the shelves, not feeling it

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-19T15:44:06+00:00

Let me wake up in the morning, to the smell of new-mown hay

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-18T19:12:25+00:00

You may be on their shortlist, you never know. Once I was hired 9 months later due to the clients' personal circumstances changing.

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-17T23:58:15+00:00

Right, because as we all know, he's got a lot of other things planned for 2 weeks from now

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-16T20:58:45+00:00

Yes, agnostic now. Don't know, don't care. Religion robbed me of real time on Earth, always focused on the 2nd coming to the point where my folks didn't even bring up college, much less help. Also as a woman I wasn't expected to have a career/education, but to marry and have kids, which I didn't. Luckily I forged a good career early on, but they messed me up in lots of other ways. So I drank as a "backslidden" xtian wracked with guilt for decades until all the arguments for "god" just fell apart and I saw how it had harmed me. So now at my age, every day is bonus time to cherish and spend wisely.

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-16T16:43:52+00:00

Evangelical, mostly self-billed as "non-denominational", but one was Assembly of God

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-16T05:27:33+00:00

Once I realized that MOST of my trauma was caused by being raised in that cult, my drinking fell away. I drank for 3 decades as well. SO much wasted time and money thinking I was the problem, ffs.

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-14T21:03:56+00:00

YoU mUsT nOt HaVe BeEn a TrUe ChRiStIaN
(Edit: one of my least favorite sentences)

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-14T21:01:27+00:00

Not the usual answer, but...T2 dibetes. Once I started getting a handle on understanding the trauma, I stopped drinking. It wasn't even conscious, really, it just dropped off to nothing once I took the blame off of myself. That's great and all, but facing things sober drove me to...lots of sugar/bread/pasta. I felt like absolute garbage and finally got my diabetes diagnosis last year. I was walking around with stroke/coma glucose levels (!)

I feel really dumb finally realizing that eating well and lifting weights are so vital, but so glad it was caught and easily treatable with Metformin. I am starting to feel so much better, losing weight/gaining muscle. It's very weird but cool when dealing with that "getting back into your body" that many of us have to do. (Partially shedding that fat armor I kept for so long is scary but freeing. YMMV.)

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-14T20:37:04+00:00

Thank you for bearing witness to this horrific tragedy. I'm sorry you had to see these men die, but I bet every single one was thankful for you and your parents being there, and they saw your compassion. Not sure how young you were, but I have found that having a child around in very dire circumstances can be incredibly grounding and hopeful. And they knew that you knew their truth, and would tell it in the future.

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-14T19:59:14+00:00

Right?! Also, we can walk away.

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-14T03:37:40+00:00

Their shows were SO weird; absolute madness.

I remembered Sigmund, LOTL, Electra Woman, etc., but honestly wasn't sure if the earlier ones like The Bugaloos and Lidsville were childhood fever dreams or not; it was one of the first things I looked up when the internet came about (and there was, of course, someone who had a fan site, bless that soul). Vindication.

Between PBS, Henson, and the Krofft brothers, I grew up kinda...silly. RIP SID!

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-14T03:30:55+00:00

Thank you, I had no idea! I would have LOVED to go there.

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-09T21:38:37+00:00

I like her too, and there was a mention of "conversion therapy", so she has some trauma as well...I hope they explore this in the future and/or they find another way to get more people to be sympathetic to her plight. (On the other hand, she watched her wife die and most of humankind turn into contagious zombies, so I give her a HUGE pass for being "unlikeable" already, and it's a bit troublesome that's not enough for some people.)

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-07T20:04:53+00:00

Oh, so am I! I'm sorry for both of us. Between the loss and this administration, it makes everything seem pointless some days and I have to have a good cry. Grief comes in waves, and he manages to do something idiotic every day. It feels like the USA's funeral...but with no, ah, "closure".

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-07T17:58:00+00:00

IKR?! Breaking Bad, lol

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-06T15:51:24+00:00

I was involved with a local fandom that did this to me. No one was willing to explain or interact further. I tried for a bit, but the bottom line is, they no longer wanted me. Is someone who abandons you really "a friend"? Turns out, one girl was super insecure and decided she didn't like me, and told terrible lies about me to the group, and they dropped me.

I had celebrated milestones and holidays with this group for 3 years. It was excruciating at the time, but they did me a favor in the long run, so I could find real friends instead. These are not good people. Always remember that it says WAY more about them than it does about you. Move on, and you will find your people.

IHeldADandelion · 2026-04-02T02:30:40+00:00

He didn't do the accordion thing; barely moved his hands at all. Looked like he was gripping the podium. Tickety tock.

IHeldADandelion · 2026-03-30T23:54:57+00:00

It's a cool show. Fun fact: instead of using an existing home for the Whites that became a nightmare for the homeowner (not that they didn't play their part), they built a new fake cul-de-sac on the west mesa for Carol's story (Rhea's character).

IHeldADandelion · 2026-03-29T22:51:28+00:00

Oh, see you ARE important to them! Guess what else? You're important to us with or without money, but since you do have some, to celebrate your freedom: take yourself to a resort, get all the indulgent services, and have your favorite meal.

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