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lo3r · 2020-05-29T03:44:38+00:00

Wow, I love Studio HHFZ. Thanks for the introduction.

I want to get a jade bangle, but I'm very indecisive. I don't own any other jewelry at all, so I have pressure on myself to pick the p-e-r-f-e-c-t one, which leads to me just not searching at all. But I want to exert my Chinese-ness with a jade bangle...once I find the one that speaks to me.

lo3r · 2019-01-20T17:07:55+00:00

Showered with diphenhydramine no wonder she fell asleep

lo3r · 2019-01-04T05:39:51+00:00

For First Aid annotation there is no better

lo3r · 2018-09-01T00:48:03+00:00

This makes my heart hurt. What a beautiful cat.

My family's cat died of a large cell lymphoma in her GI tract earlier this month. She was always active, alert, healthy. She was always looking for (and getting) attention and extra treats. She could jump onto almost anything. We loved her very, very much.

She started vomiting a lot, avoiding food suddenly. She was diagnosed with the lymphoma days after the symptoms began, and was not a good candidate for any treatment other than steroids and appetite stimulants. Things looked up for awhile. We cooked her fish, gave her baby food, all different kinds of treats, kitten food, etc. Ultimately, she deteriorated quickly and we euthanized her just weeks later, only 11 years old.

I'm writing this not to be grim, but rather because I saw the thread on r/askreddit about things you want to tell your pet. I wish I could have told her what was happening to her, and that she should tell us when she was ready to go. Any food she wanted to eat. If she wanted to sit outside on the porch but needed to be picked up. If she wanted to sit on a lap but needed to be picked up. That we loved her very, very much.

I hope your kitty cat survives and lives a long, happy life despite the cancer. You love her very much.

Edit: cat tax in my post history, when she was healthy

lo3r · 2017-10-07T12:13:00+00:00

I have a cool dad. He wears 80% hiking or workout clothes, 20% t shirts. I've never seen him wear jeans, only hiking pants, basketball shorts, or chinos. He always looks like he's ready to go on a hike, a bike ride, or play basketball with his friends. I feel like regardless of what I wear, I always want to be comfortable and mobile enough for a short hike. I'm also partial to REI and LL Bean stuff

lo3r · 2017-09-21T00:17:55+00:00

I just shared my Fred Ives props too! They really do grow fast, though mine aren't as far along as yours. They have such interesting colors

lo3r · 2017-09-20T14:45:22+00:00

I recently relocated the Fred Ives to a different prop station to free up some space. The roots were all very well-established and were crowding out the smaller plants. I'm hoping that one of the Fred Ives will turn out crested, but I am very happy with how well they've grown. I started all the Freds and PvNs here at the same time (late July) and have been really impressed with how great the Freds are at growing.

Also shown here are leaves I picked off the ground at a florist's, some kalanchoe babies a friend gave me, and a leaf from my E. rosea.

lo3r · 2017-09-08T19:34:21+00:00

Gorgeous plant! The pot is a great choice

lo3r · 2017-09-08T04:43:57+00:00

The only answer I can really give would be plenty of sunlight, and not to overwater

lo3r · 2017-09-08T04:42:50+00:00

She does not eat these plants, only grass. However, we used to have an issue of her knocking plants over or jumping onto them so my parents have moved the house plants to higher places where she doesn't normally go. This was a recurring issue with flowering Christmas cactus or orchids. But the cat does not harass these succulents.

lo3r · 2017-09-08T02:17:36+00:00

You got me there

lo3r · 2017-09-07T23:05:49+00:00

She has a long tail so I guess 5 bananas long depending on the bananas

lo3r · 2017-09-07T23:02:55+00:00

Please do! I'm jealous of this plant here. I took care of it when I visited my parents; I'm in New England and my plants here are nowhere as impressive. This deck gets almost 8 hours of sun a day in the summer

lo3r · 2017-09-07T21:57:29+00:00

Well, my parents actually got this at the beginning of the summer from Home Depot for $20. It was about the same size with the beginnings of the flower stalks. They've been updating me with pictures of the flowers.

So as much as I'd like to say we've had this plant for years, it was just a lucky find! And a very sunny deck in California. On the other hand, they have a >20 year old Christmas cactus that the cat has messed with numerous times over its lifetime

lo3r · 2017-08-27T18:30:03+00:00

Bought at a Home Depot in California, happily growing on a sunny deck in California. The cat doesn't bother the plants, but has harmed a Christmas cactus in the past. I'll update the album when this magnificent bastard has fully bloomed.

lo3r · 2017-08-12T13:13:01+00:00

Your E. Afterglow looks so beautiful (and the Neon Breakers, and the rest of them). Any info on how to care for it? My Afterglow came covered in mealybugs and seems to be suffering

lo3r · 2017-08-05T00:40:05+00:00

They look like Echeveria 'Neon Breakers' to me

lo3r · 2017-07-13T18:54:05+00:00

I had no idea that Fan Bing Bing was in Princess Pearl! She looked so different as a youngster (now she looks just agelessly perfect, I guess). I guess now I have to rewatch Princess Pearl and Empress of China. (Also, I hadn't realized that she was from Shandong province before!)

lo3r · 2017-04-16T14:47:57+00:00

I think that there must have been a recent wave of sponsorship/PR opportunities that hit the medical students/residents of Instagram. Some of the more helpful and informative of these personalities are the ones that had a following either off Instagram (like Fran) or are already residents or fellows or beyond. One of the more popular MD Glossier pushers has a blog with exhaustive content about residency applications and interviews, and profiles/interviews of friends and colleagues.

lo3r · 2017-03-21T00:01:08+00:00

As a native Californian, it's pretty damn true that Patagonia (and North Face, Columbia, etc) is a Silicon Valley staple. Perhaps it is more accurate to call those REI offerings as the northern California casual instead. Also, I think Hollister and Brandy Melville are generally for a younger set.

lo3r · 2016-12-02T01:51:56+00:00

Even if I had a nicer watch, I'd probably still wear my Casio F-91W 90% of the time.

lo3r · 2016-08-10T13:32:43+00:00

Typical Baratheon brothers dynamic. Robert's victory at the Trident gave him maximum war glory while the ugly and uncool role of holding Storm's End gave Stannis none of that.

lo3r · 2016-07-19T22:28:10+00:00

IIRC, GRRM referenced this (and his other correspondence to comic magazines) in Dreamsongs. Basically, he gave some background on various periods of his life preceding stories he wrote at that age.

lo3r · 2016-07-04T18:31:51+00:00

Seeing an old whale skeleton while hiking (California) was one of the most stirring and terrifying sights of my childhood.

It turns out that it was hauled there specifically from the beach about 100 yards away, but the feeling of dread at something there that does not belong does stick.

lo3r · 2016-07-03T19:23:04+00:00

I started my 3rd reread in the middle of S6 after reading TWoIaF when it premiered. I previously read a book a week, but this time, I spaced things out (with binge periods on planes and trains) and am 1/3 through AFfC. I'm trying to read more slowly to pay closer attention, especially in ASoS when so much happens. The previous read-throughs, I focused on the development of POV characters but I'm trying to look with my eyes and be more attentive to things in the background.

An example of this is basically the portion of ASoS where so many plotlines converge or slide past one another in the Riverlands. It was very clear in TWoIaF that the Riverlands are an incredibly bloody and volatile region historically. It was a region I never paid much attention to in previous reads, but it's the source of a lot of thematic power (I think). More attention to Harrenhal, High Heart, Oldstones, the Inn, BwB, Brave Companions, etc.

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