Scheduling to spend all day with a close friend you haven't seen in years feels so nice. <3
I keep getting rushes of serotonin every time we chat.
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Scheduling to spend all day with a close friend you haven't seen in years feels so nice. <3
I keep getting rushes of serotonin every time we chat.
For my 16-year-old nephew, I got an activity book about worldbuilding, since he loves writing.
I was stuck between this one and another book by the same author called Finish This Book, but that one is available on Brazilian Amazon, so I went for the one that wasn't.
My mom, who grew up with chickens: You need a dog. When it gets close enough the chickens get so terrified that their brains stop and go on buffering mode.
Context: My mom had a German Shepherd named Iara who would catch chickens who got out of their area and then place a paw over them until someone came to yeet the chicken back into the coop. No one trained her to do this, btw. It was just a thing she did.
Me: I'm pretty sure [our dog] was autistic.
My mom: Auautistic*.
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* Au au is the Portuguese onomatopoeia for the sound dogs make, as well as the toddler word for dog.
My mom today: Today I just learned that autistic people tend to like animals more than people.
Me: My theory that Lady was auautistic solidifies -- she hated dogs but loved people.
My mom: My god, you're right.
Y'ALL, RESEARCH JUST CAME OUT THAT DOGS CAN SHOW SIGNS OF AUTISM!!!!
MY DOG WAS AUAUTISTIC!!!!
Autistic traits my dog had:
Not understanding humour -- She was 100% serious 100% of the time; even playtime was serious business to her, and whenever we were acting silly she'd get annoyed. We know she knew the concept of humour because she was able to tell when we were laughing at her antics and what the sound of laughter meant, and she'd get mad at us for laughing at her (being dignified at all times was very important to her). We're pretty sure she saw us as her very large, very dumb, but very loving packmates who she needed to take care of because if it were up to us to survive, we wouldn't last a week.
Awkward body language -- She often did more catlike things like arching her back during a particularly good petting session.
Sensory issues -- Despite being a water dog breed (poodle) she HATED getting wet. She'd go out of her way to avoid getting her paws wet. As she became a senior, she would ask us to feed her one piece of kibble at a time.
Stimming -- While she hated getting wet, there was one exception: mud puddles. She LOVED splashing her paws in mud (and then we'd go and ruin her good time by washing her paws when we got home, at which point she'd look utterly miserable even though we hade sure the water was a good temperature and it wasn't a full bath).
Strong sense of justice & potentially hyperempathy -- If my mom handed me something (e.g. a glass of water) my dog would demand to get something too (this is similar to one of the ways scientists test for a sense of fairness in animals). But on top of expecting fairness when it came to herself, she also expected it when it came to others, even non-members of her pack. If someone was sitting down and someone leaned over the sitting person too fast, my dog would come running to the defence of the sitting individual, scolding the offender no matter who they might be.
Preferring the company of animals to that of humans -- She preferred the company of people over that of other dogs. She didn't need constant attention, but she liked being in the same room as people while doing her own thing. Dogs would try to make friends with her at the park and she'd basically be like "Ew, go play with a dog, you weirdo" and then ask for uppies.
One of my friends in Brazil is 3 months pregnant, so I'm getting her a cute baby thermometer that measures the bath water and lets you know if it's too cold or hot for the baby. She also has a nine-year-old, so I made him some stickers using my Cricut machine. ^_^
The other friend is a chemical engineer, so I got her a card game called Ions, where you build chemical compounds.
Novos desdobramentos na saga dos morcegos 🦇
hoje depois do jantar estávamos fechando as portas de vidro da sacada por causa do frio e meu pai flagrou um morcego voando. Apagamos as luzes da sala e acendemos o flash do celular para ver melhor o bicho. Ficamos alguns minutos assistindo ao morceguinho tomando água dos bebedouros de pássaros.
quando ele foi embora, meu pai recolheu os bebedouros. mesmo assim, depois de algumas horas, o morcego voltou a rondar a sacada, procurando por aquela florzinha docinha.
mais tarde, meu pai me perguntou se a Filomena tinha voltado. aparentemente a morcega se chama Filomena agora
"The most dangerous wild animal that exists is me when I'm without my alone time to regulate my feelings and calm my mind"
"I don't get why the nap after lunch in pre-school didn't continue into adult life.
Clearly, we devolved as a society."
Thiago Pantaleão
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Bisexual
DOB: 5 September 1997
Ethnicity: Afro Brazilian
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, dancer, activist
"My family went today to Guarujá to toss my uncle's ashes. My dad left home with the feeling that he was forgetting something... My uncle. He forgot my uncle in the wardrobe."
This makes me feel better about the time we forgot my dog when we went to the dog park to take her on a walk.
A story from my mom about my aunt and grandpa
In English
Once, my sister was stopped at a traffic light, my father next to her in the passenger seat. They were going to the dentist to get his dentures fixed, so Dad was toothless at the time. By this point, he was already quite deep in his dementia, very thin, and visibly frail.
Then the robber came with a gun in his hand, pressed the revolver against Mônica's head and said: "Give me the money or I'll shoot!"
My dad immediately reared up in his chair, opened his toothless mouth, and began to threaten the thief: "Shoot! I want to see if you really shoot, you son of a bitch! You'll see!"
Mônica, very angry, turns to the robber, points at her father, and shouts: “Shoot him! He’s the one who wants you to shoot! I have nothing to do with this!”
Meanwhile the light had already changed, the car and the thief were blocking traffic. He looked at the two, lowered the gun, and said resignedly: "You know what? You're crazy. We don't mess with crazy people."
And he left.
In her own words
Uma vez, minha irmã estava parada no sinal; meu pai estava ao lado dela no banco do passageiro. Eles estavam indo ao dentista para arrumar a dentadura dele, então papai estava sem dentes na hora. A essa altura do campeonato, ele já estava lelé da Silva na demência dele, além de bem magrinho e visivelmente frágil.
Veio então o assaltante de arma na mão, encostou o revólver na cabeça da Mônica e falou: “Me passa a grana senão eu atiro!”
Seu Joaquim imediatamente empinou na cadeira, abriu sua boca destentada, e começou a ameaçar o ladrão: “Atira! Quero ver se você atira mesmo, seu filho de uma égua! Cê vai ver só!”
Mônica, muito brava, vira pro assaltante apontando pro papai e grita: “Atira nele! Ele é que quer que você atire! Eu não tenho nada com isso!”
Enquanto isso o sinal já tinha aberto, o carro e o ladrão atrapalhando o trânsito. Ele olhou pros dois, baixou a arma, e falou resignado: “Quer saber? Vocês são é doidos. Com doido a gente não mexe.”
E foi embora.
One of my coworkers during lunch on the second-to-last day of work for the school year: Did you know we've been pronouncing Harlok's name wrong?
Other coworker: Whaaat??
Coworker: Yeah, it's apparently supposed to be pronounced her-lak.
Other coworker: Ohmygod, and she never said anything! I've been saying it wrong for years!
Me: ...Technically, my name isn't pronounced ah-liss.
Coworker: Oh my god.
Other coworker: Y'all need to TELL us these things!
Me: Well, I'm just so used to English speakers using the English pronunciation for Alice that it feels weird to correct it at this point.
Coworker: How is it supposed to be pronounced, though?
Me: Ah-lee-see.
That's been the Brazilian logic regarding piracy for decades.
Slide from a presentation I did back in 2016 for my capstone project for my class on intellectual property rights, wherein I iused a Brazilian meme about piracy.
Escrito em algum lugar - Brazil
The title translates as "Written Somewhere."
I love telling English speakers what the Brazilian Portuguese word for "mall" is, it always results in funny reactions.
For English speakers not in the know: It's "shopping".
Eclipse Table Lamp, from 1960s Brazil.
This model was likely inspired by the Eclisse lamp, designed in 1965 by Vico Magistretti for Artemide.
Thank you @sproutswings
"I was at the mall and there was a dude talking on the phone saying 'Gee, Vivi, I'm at a doctor's appointment now, I won't be able to go' and I yelled 'No he isn't!' because no one lies to Vivi in front of me"