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Flannel & Apple picking

flannel: what’s your favorite day of the year? is there a reason it’s your favorite?
Halloween. I fricken love Halloween. It’s always been my favorite because it’s a great excuse to dress up and be spooky and scare yourself. Also fall is my favorite season. 
apple picking: if you could go anywhere, where would it be and why? 
The answer to this around this time of year is always California. Why? Amusement parks and scare walks. I highkey love the scare walks at Knott’s and Six Flags. I haven’t done Universal’s yet, which is really a shame, but I plan on it. The only thing better than roller coasters is roller coasters at night while dudes dressed like scarecrows sneak up behind you and go “boo”. 

Autumn Asks!

Haunted house!

what’s your scariest memory? (if you don’t have one/ don’t want to talk about it, what’s your biggest fear?)

Hmmm. When I was in eighth grade we had a lock down because there was an “armed and dangerous” person either on school grounds or close enough to the school that it was a danger, I don’t remember which. Now, this was right before Virginia Tech, so kids weren’t really getting how serious this kind of thing was. We’d heard about Columbine but mass shootings weren’t a thing we even considered a possibility.

It was the last class of the day and it’s in the barracks so it’s hot and uncomfortable and everyone here is 14 and shitty so getting them to shut the fuck up is honestly not a possibility. We’re sitting in the dark, under the windows, the bell’s already run and parents have already started calling asking kids why they’re not home yet. This kid next to me literally will not stop talking. The teacher is getting pissed. It’s just not fun. The the fucking door knob jiggles. 

I’ve been in a lot of lock downs. Never in any of the lock downs prior or since has a door knob jiggled. To this day I don’t know if it was a security guard checking to see if the door was locked (unlikely if there was really a guy wandering around the school) or if it was some shithead kid or if it was actually a real threat, but I do know everyone heard it and everyone got real quiet after that. One girl started crying. It was one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever experienced. But then it stops and no one talks anymore. 

We had to wait for another hour, I think, and finally we were released to go home. I rode the bus at the time, so after getting on the school bus and getting, oh, maybe a block away from school we’re told by the dispatch that we have to turn back around, go back to school, and wait. So for another 15 minutes I’m sitting in a school bus, out in the open, waiting for the adults to figure out what the fuck they’re going to do and whether or not I get to just go home. The Vice Principal comes out and tells the bus driver he has to take us home because no one is going to stick around and wait with us inside the school. So finally after all that we get to go home. 

So that was one of the scariest experiences of my life. 

Autumn Asks!

🍁🎃🍂autumn asks🍂🎃🍁

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  • pumpkin spice: what’s your drink of choice?
  • wool socks: what’s something you look forward to in fall?
  • chilly air: what’s your least favorite and favorite type of weather?
  • scarves: if you could only wear one outfit for the rest of your life what would it be?
  • apple cider: if you could throw a party, and invite absolutely anyone, who would they be?
  • haunted houses: what’s your scariest memory? (if you don’t have one/ don’t want to talk about it, what’s your biggest fear?)
  • falling leaves: you’re stranded on a desert island and here’s the twist; what three things do you NOT bring with you?
  • smelly candles: what’s your absolute favorite scent?
  • big sweaters: do you prefer the cold, warmth, or a perfect in-between?
  • halloween: if you could dress up as anyone/ anything and pull it off absolutely flawlessly, who/what would it be?
  • cozy blankets: where do you feel the most safe and at home?
  • hot tea: when was the last time you kissed someone?
  • cinnamon coffee: is there anyone you want to kiss?
  • flannel: what’s your favorite day of the year? is there a reason it’s your favorite?
  • fuzzy boots: if you could live in any year/era, which would it be and why?
  • thanksgiving: what is something/someone you’re the most thankful for? any particular reason?
  • black friday: what is one thing, if anything, you would sell your soul to own?
  • apple picking: if you could go anywhere, where would it be and why?
  • corn mazes: do you have any secret talents/abilities?
  • hay rides: if you could pick absolutely anything to be your form of transportation, what would it be?
  • the color orange: do you have a specific song that reminds you of autumn? what is it?
  • windy nights:if you could go to any concert whose would it be?
  • holding hands: do you believe in soulmates?
  • watches: do you think black cats are bad luck?
  • candy corn: favorite fall thing to bake/cook?

For the history asks tell me about somewhere historical you’ve been please :)

I’ve been to The Alamo, but I don’t remember it. lol 

Seriously, I actually have been to San Antonio, Texas and apparently we went to the Alamo Cenotaph but I was like four so I don’t remember it at all. (Don’t tell anyone from Texas that I’ve forgotten the Alamo. They get huffy.) 

Do national monuments count? I’m gonna go with yes, because outside of that I’ve only really been to museums and places in the city that are old as hell. I’ve been to Carlsbad Caverns and White Sands a few times (last time was about two years ago) and they’re about as thrilling as you’d expect. White Sands has a lot of white sand. It’s white as snow and goes on for what seems like forever and other than the missile range there’s not a lot to look at. Carlsbad Caverns are cool, though. It’s cold and humid and the rock formations are fucking massive. There are a few in the big room that are just amazing. There’s some called the “hall of giants” and unfortunately you can’t get very close but they’re like 60 feet tall (18.3 meters). They’re gorgeous, honestly. It’s more natural history than human history, but it’s still awesome. 

History Asks! 

talk about #10 (Something historical related to where you live) and choose between: the oregon trail and the (american) civil war.

So there are two big reasons my city became the metropolitan area it is now: tuberculosis and World War 2. I live in the Southwest, so when tuberculosis was endemic people tended to move to hot, dry climates to stop the disease from advancing. My city was home to 16 sanatoriums, two of which are actually still operational, they’re just hospitals now. (Another was torn down and a hotel was built on the grounds but they haven’t torn down the crematorium yet. So there’s literally a hotel with a crematorium like, two miles away from where I went to college.) By the late 1920s, 50% of the population of my city was either TB patients, their families, or other “health-seekers” hoping for relief from things like allergies and asthma. By the time WW2 rolled around, the city was also a home for military scientists and by the end of the war a new military base was set up where an airport used to be. We had a huge population growth after the war and we’re still working on science and technology in all different kinds of areas. 

The American Civil War. One of my favorite courses in college was on the American Civil War and one of my favorite required readings was about various battles and sieges through a sensory perspective. It’s called “The Smell of Battle, The Taste of Siege” by Mark M. Smith. (I still have it somewhere in my “books I bought that the university won’t take back” box.) It really puts into perspective how brutal war was on different groups of people, including those who weren’t fighting it. The chapter on “taste” was all about the Siege of Vicksburg and how civilians were pushed to starvation. I know we don’t really think about it anymore, but the American Civil War really was brutal. It was also incredibly stupid for the South to fight given their infrastructure was shit and they needed the North to make any profit off anything. 

History Asks!