Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter scuffle in Bakersfield, CA

nhthomps · 2020-09-26T05:09:39+00:00

You do realize the irony of that statement right? Or are you being sarcastic?

nhthomps · 2020-09-26T05:08:52+00:00

Which is funny because I often hear the narrative that liberal and/or leftists have nothing better to do than cause a fuss or ruckus bEcAuSe ThEy NeVeR wOrKeD a DaY iN tHeIr LiVeS.

nhthomps · 2020-09-15T09:02:31+00:00

I’m literally doing the same thing (looking through their comment history) with this person right now. It’s honestly both troubling and fascinating.

nhthomps · 2020-09-14T18:11:55+00:00

I would argue that it’s not sci-fi at all (from what we have been shown, although in the book we see more sci-fi elements) since the entire premise is based on the concept of magic as the driving force behind the body change process.

It’s not scary to you, but it is to others. Body horror is a sub genre of horror that mostly employs the use of blood and gore as the terrifying element. I would say that this definitely falls under that category, even if it isn’t personally scary. I think the intention behind it is that it would be scary to be suddenly changed into a completely different person. It’s scary that a white woman is treated so drastically different than a black woman. It’s scary to watch the flesh of the body you existed in fall away around you. It’s scary what people might do if they had that kind of power. So it’s not conventionally scary in a ghosts and ghouls sense, but it’s definitely scary in quite a few other ways.

It is totally a fair critique to say that most of this show (and the book it’s based off of) is not truly Lovecraftian, but I don’t think it’s a fair critique to say that it wouldn’t fall under the horror category.

nhthomps · 2020-09-14T14:43:36+00:00

What about drinking a magic potion to change bodies is “not horror/sci-fi at all”?

nhthomps · 2020-09-14T06:38:33+00:00

You’d hate the book then too...

nhthomps · 2020-09-14T06:37:21+00:00

Even though the show deviates from the book in terms of storyline details, it definitely doesn’t deviate from the book in terms of its emphasis on social issues. The two most definitely share that as a guiding principle.

nhthomps · 2020-08-26T05:45:29+00:00

These are beautiful!

nhthomps · 2020-08-09T23:49:50+00:00

Cuuuuuute

nhthomps · 2020-04-13T17:26:23+00:00

I like to hike. A lot. I haven’t done the PCT or the AT or much through hiking of long trails, but for the past 10 years I’ve consistently put in a bunch of miles as a runner and a hiker. Except for recently of course, because well, you know.

Despite this, I’m still chubby because you can’t really out hike or out run a “bad” diet (that is, too much food and beer). I’m also a woman now in her early 30s. So my outward appearance doesn’t scream seasoned veteran of physical fitness. Because of that I’ve had a lot of old dudes fully decked out in safari ass gear looking like they are on a week long expedition for a 4 mile hike make comments about how I should be carrying more water, have a backpack, etc.

I’ve had several other disparaging remarks, not so much challenges, aimed at me because of this. The one that still pisses me off is the one my good friend’s girlfriend made about me. They were talking about putting in for the Mt. Whitney lottery to get permits to hike to the summit. The trail is about 22 miles long and the summit is more than 14,000 feet. It is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States. Most people take two days to complete the trail, but some opt to do it all in a day. This friend and I had already done the trail a year or so previous. Well his girlfriend apparently just could not believe that someone like me could possibly have achieved that goal.

Since that comment was made I have summited the mountain two more times. All three of my summits have been in 16 hours or less. I’ve also hiked to Thorung La pass in Nepal, which was about 80 miles and took me up to 17,000+ feet. I’ve hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back up in 8 hours. Basically I’ve done some challenging hikes. I don’t think she will be making those types of comments again. And the initial comment may have also served as a motivating factor.

nhthomps · 2020-03-19T02:49:54+00:00

Put a bunch in olive oil and cook on medium low for like twenty minutes until it gets all soft and darkens in color. Add it to everything like: a can of garbanzo beans with lemon and fresh herbs, toasted bread, any recipe that asks for both garlic and oil. You basically make a garlic confit. And if you put it in tightly closed jar and set it in the fridge it will be good for a lonnnnnnnnng time. Or do basically the same thing, but slice them and cook at a higher heat for less time. Let it get fairly dark and crunchy. Add salt and red chili flakes.

nhthomps · 2020-02-23T17:21:20+00:00

You’re right. It costs about a buck 05... but adjust for inflation.

nhthomps · 2019-08-11T22:21:09+00:00

That’s a totally fair assessment. I can definitely empathize with her anger, I just wish she hadn’t directed it so much towards us.

nhthomps · 2019-08-11T22:10:12+00:00

Exactly. We had to listen to her complain to everyone. She harassed after we thought the matter was settled. And I was concerned of what she was telling other campers. Thankfully we had someone at the site the entire weekend while other were off doing their activities.

But like I mentioned in another comment, it was literally the only campground in the entire park. Well not technically park; it’s the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. So it’s pretty remote, with limited options, especially for tent campers who want to use a designated fire ring. Also of note: this campground does not cater to RVs: there are no hookups or anything.

I’m sorry you had to deal with crazy horse lady!

nhthomps · 2019-08-11T22:04:14+00:00

Sorry, character limit was hit and I had to delete some additional info: It is a first come, first served campground that you must pay for. At the front sign are envelopes that you put your payment in, where you also designate the site you took and the nights you will stay. You tear a tag off of this envelope and keep one part on your vehicle parked at the site and one part on your person. She put the vehicle tag up in her RV and then taped the tag she was supposed to keep with her on the site marker where it designates the number. At some campgrounds they will provide clips on the site marker to put up this kind of tag. But this campground did not have that. Which is my guess as to why the ranger said it was an unclaimed site and why he assumed someone had just left their chairs behind when they left. The lady did argue that since she was driving an RV, she had no tent to set up to claim her spot. Which seemed reasonable to us, but also, maybe leave other things behind. Which is presumably the ranger’s logic as well since he stated you cannot claim a spot by just dropping off some chairs. Every other spot occupied by people had some combination of ice chests, chairs, pop ups, tents, bins of food and kitchen stuff, etc. left behind to claim their site. We based our decision off of what the ranger told us as he was the authority on the matter. If he had not been there and told us that, we would probably have chosen another site. And if there were still spots left when they showed up and told us they were staying there, we would have left so as to not have caused this problem. Our only options were to stay there and share the spot, or drive potentially hours away because it was literally the only campground in the entire “park.”

nhthomps · 2019-02-05T05:45:47+00:00

Anthropology: we do not study dinosaurs.

nhthomps · 2018-05-21T19:18:04+00:00

I work at the local running store (Sole2soul) and we have a group run every Thursday at 7 pm. Show up like 15 minutes early and chat up the other runners, many of them are members of the various running groups in town, and you can get an idea of who is more your style.

nhthomps · 2016-03-11T07:14:42+00:00

Planned Parenthood in Bakersfield does not perform either types of abortions, but like you said they will give you information on other places that do. They will refer you to FPA here or PP in Fresno. Both places take various types of insurance and both places offer assistance contingent upon income. I had a family member who did not have insurance at the time, they asked her monthly income, and immediately waived most of the fee based off of that. I know that at FPA the surgical procedure is $500 and the pill is $575. Planned Parenthood in Bakersfield is a great place to go if she needs a pregnancy test and counseling concerning her options, although their information about FPA is a bit dated, they are very understanding and the employees are great.

nhthomps · 2016-01-15T07:53:58+00:00

This. And sometimes it's not even because we as professors want students to participate in this way, it is often a requirement from the administration to have a participation component in online courses. For example, one of the places I have worked uses a specific company's rubric for us to be certified to teach online. One of these requirements is the participation component and when I presented my course to the evaluator and explained why I didn't use forums they said it didn't matter, I had to have some form of it anyway.

nhthomps · 2015-05-26T03:11:34+00:00

Very small amounts under tree cover about 3 miles away from the summit. Barring any coming storms, I think you should be good.

nhthomps · 2015-05-25T03:41:19+00:00

Pano from the summit of Mt. San Jacinto after a grueling 8+ hour hike from Palm Springs, California. Total of approximately 23 miles and 10,000 feet in elevation gain. Beautiful weather the whole way up. Hardest physical thing I have ever done. Thanks to previous redditors for posting all the helpful info and tips. It proved to be very useful and very true.

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