Bugs' Journal

Coming in fast for election day, and also Halloween. I filled in my mail in ballot today- California voting is so easy, all the republicans are crappy and not just called republicans because their family has been repub for fifty years. I also got what felt like more papers to make voting earlier- clarifying on measures, etc.

I'm not worried about mail in ballots. I plan to put it in a ballot box by a police station. People are tense because boxes have been going up in flames in Washington and Oregon, but I feel confident that the area i'm in is safe from that particular problem.
People are also mad about some Trump rally statements- some comedian making off color jokes. I'm not sure why, Trump has been pretty upfront about being a piece of shit, so you really have to be completely committed to pretending to hear something else in order to not think Trump's racist. Which some people are! Last election there was a lot of "well he said x, but he MEANT y and x was an exaggeration/inside joke". Um...No...But it's fascinating you think that.

Also, Google search has completely sold itself out for revenue. It just doesn't work anymore, it's all ads and bad results. I think one day i'm going to be shaking my head like, 'I remember when all the internet was on Google', and I want it noted that it happened 2022-2024 from my POV. Also, going incognito and denying location still gives me local results, so that's broken.

Anyway, Halloween. I'm so excited for Halloween but I have NOTHING planned. It's my favorite holiday though. I went to a pumpkin patch with my love last Friday- there were baby animals, some carnival games, and a lot of hay (and pumpkins, of course). So that's a good start to Halloween events. But my monthly took me out for the rest of the weekend, so I didn't get to go to the Ana M fall parade I wanted to go to. I made some brownies and I have some pumpkins, plus I've been enjoying scary stories (halloween sadism, anyone?). Still, though, I really need to make Halloween plans. Maybe there's a costume party that isn't just being sweaty in a bar...and maybe pigs will fly. Who knows. I really want a festival/night market sort of thing, with hanging pumpkin lights and families all dressed up as ghosts and ghouls, but that sort of thing is hard to find. Most events are sponsored by a city or by a brand, and the icons for them are all over instead of like, scary man in closet png.

I tried to decorate my neocities for halloween, but the internet archive was attacked and they haven't brought gifcities back up.

Anyway, it's been a while, so HALLOWEEN ASK GAME.

Psychological thrillers or slashers?
Thrillers, but nothing too serious. I like when a bunch of ghost hunters go in a haunted house and start disappearing one by one.

Would you rather sleep in a coffin or a haunted house?
Haunted house. I'm more afraid of being unable to lift the lid (like bloody mary) than I am of flying chairs.

Would you rather eat a live spider or a live cockroach?
Cockroach. I can close my eyes and pretend I'm doing that Coraline scene. Spider has,,, legs. Ew. Yuck.

What's your favorite Halloween trick?
I used to go to a trunk or treat where to get candy you had to stick your hand in unknown goo and guts. I loved it. I like tests of mettle, haunted houses and weird challenges. I often win.

Found a stray kitten last night! I believe the pattern is called tortoiseshell? Little baby- around 7 weeks is my best estimate. Meowed so loud that it drew me, and a teenager down to try to tend to it. While a lady older than me tossed down cat toys and a stick. It ran into a storage closet, and it took a long while to get it after that, but it's with me now in my apartment in one of the giant boxes for shipping to the Philippines. I used rice for litter until it was morning enough to uber some groceries. Babies' eaten, but hasn't er.. passed that food yet, so i'm a bit worried. I'm attempting to find a place to take it now.


If you could travel forward in time or backward in time, which would you choose?
Backward! I like the certainty. There's also no indication in the question that you can come Back, so I'd prefer to be able to leave some letters to my future family, weeping angels style.
Do you think you would be a good parent someday?
I don't plan on having kids, but I like to think so. Life is hard and people forget kids are people. I try really hard to be kind and remember their personhood. I like to think that puts me above the crowd.
Is cereal soup?
No. I know cold soups exist, but they are not apart of my life. I think the lack of ingredient variety would make it a stock if anything, and since it wouldn't elevate a dish then it doesn't qualify as a stock either.
What mythical creature do you wish was real?
Pegasus. I feel like it would really revolutionize paintings of historical horse battles.