#brainsludgemissives

[devastationwagon]

Pickled

One of the best things to do with nearby food, and I’m totally going to sidetrack.

My daughter visited today, and we told so many stories. I always overshare, but I’m ok with that a little, because my mom never told me real stories until I was almost 40.

We (me/child) started with our relationship with sleep and noise and people nearby. She has already shown more skills for self-care than I ever learned.

Wait. I turned being pickled into being messed up with readily available checking-out liquid, but I’m only a person who stands as a totem of bad choices. I told her stories of late-night drunk assholes. Many of them were me.

The last one: I was loading out amps and stuff after a show in Hamtramck, and someone yelled out the window to “shut the fuck up.” He went on to tell me about little kids and school. I was gutted in the best way possible. I still am grateful for his yell into the void.

[jimstares]

3, 6, 9, 21, and 29 please!

40 over 40

3. What is the best thing about being 40 or over? Perspective, which has helped teach me patience and to enjoy the little things. To slow down and look at that sunset or to take the time to enjoy dinner and conversation with the L&T.

6. What general life advice do you have for someone who is currently in their teens? Take care of your body. Yes you’re indestructible now, but that won’t always be the case.

9. If you could re-live your life from the age of 18, what is the ONE thing you would do differently? Honestly, I think I would have stayed in the Navy. Don’t get me wrong, I love my life now, and I wouldn’t change much (we all have things we wish we had done better), but I do at times still miss it.

21. What is the most indispensable app on your cell phone today? Surfline

29. Is there a particular news story or world event that you remember really well from when you were younger? What do you remember about it? The moon landings.My love of science and sci-fi grew from watching human beings do the seemingly impossible. And honestly, even though I was only a wee lad (I was 5.5 during the Apollo 11 mission), I remember a ton about them. Specifically I remember my mom and dad letting me stay up late / get up early to watch.

Thanks so much for the asks @brainsludgemissives you’re one of the good ones J-Dawg

[tjtevlin]

Thank you so much for the postcard, Jennifer @brainsludgemissives

I just received the mail and a postcard always makes my day!

[broodingsoul]

89 & 91

89. Which are better, black or green olives?Both are equally perfect for throwing in the trash.

91. Best room for a fireplace?The bathroom. I hate cold toilet seats.

[kevin-for-what-ails-ya]

brainsludgemissives replied to your photo “I also bought this yesterday, and I will be using it to concoct some...”

I was looking at that on Amazon and wondering if it was worth purchasing.

I will report on the results!

[devastationwagon]

72, 82, and 102 - Please and thank you!

72. When’s the last time you had pizza from Pizza Hut?

This question makes me want to go there. Also, those plastic cups may have primed me. I think it's been five years since I've hit the hut.

82. Do you still talk to the first person you ever kissed?

I think this is about romantic kissing. I have not spoken to Trista (the younger sister of my older cousin's girlfriend who ended up stuck with me in a room with a stereo). We were left alone in a room while the 18-year-olds did whatever those people do.

After listening to the radio and talking awkwardly for a while and just having 12 years under our belts, we ended up kissing like crazy to the dulcet tones of Ringo Starr's version of "You're 16."

If you ever see this, Trista from Northern Indiana in 1979, I both apologize and hope you are well!

102. Name your favorite Kesha song:

Who can choose?!

[devastationwagon]

@brainsludgemissives tagged me to show my large adult face.

I’m a little out-of-control with work demands these days, like almost when my diet consisted of coffee, mini-thins, 40s and cigarettes. But at least I was a fun kind of reckless. (My friends may have a different take on how “fun” I was.)

Love you weirdos! Drawing boundaries in a time of crisis is wearying. I WILL take a shower. I WILL survive.

I do hope y’all are well.

[devastationwagon]

Sitting on a blanket in the yard watching lightning bugs or going to a drive-in movie

The lightning bug option.

I used to play on the swing set by the screen. I can still hear the sound of those little speakers, a summer chorus.

But the lightning bugs are like a seasonal sundial. They anchor you to a part of summer, the part you never want to leave. I am feeling a post-sunset breeze. They are all over and sparkling.

Also, I’m kinda lazy and don’t want to drive that far.