#melan-cali

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True or false, you’re more fascinated with tornadoes than hurricanes?

Definitely true.

Hurricanes are incredible and fascinating but there is nothing in nature as awe-inspiring as the beauty of a tornado. If only every tornado could form and remain in a desolate, open field and be of no threat to life or property.

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Drizzle, iridescence, and lenticular?

Drizzle- Do you have a sweet tooth and if so what is your favorite dessert?

I do. I have a terrible sweet tooth. Chocolate, preferably dark. Anything with almonds is endangered by my presence, as is anything with cherries. Real cherries, mind you, not cherry-flavored stuff.

My cousin once brought an especially decadent dark chocolate bundt cake with some sort of cherry reduction chocolate drizzle on top, and let me tell you, there are no words. 🤤 So good.

Iridescence- Is there a piece of art that speaks to you? What is it?

This.

It’s ‘The Maiden and the Unicorn’ by Scott Gustafson, and I love it. I can just admire how pretty it is, or I can analyze all the little details and create a different story from it every time. I spent my summer earnings on a huge framed print of it when I was about 13; it hangs in my daughter’s room now.

Lenticular- What is an unpopular opinion of yours that you refuse to budge on?

Prairie Oysters really aren’t that bad.

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Abhorrent. I bet you also bite into string cheese instead of peeling it apart.

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☕️ the weather of Tennessee

Well I can only answer for the areas I've lived in. It's alright. You get four distinct seasons, albeit with a 5-6 month long hot and humid summer, and a winter that doesn't get that cold (and doesn't stay cold for long when it does). Plus being in a valley puts a halt to a lot of the precipitation, especially winter precipitation. We get a fair amount of rain (though the thunderstorms die out sadly) and we're comically allergic to a good snowfall

I'm sure a lot of people enjoy this but it's not my cup of tea. The fall foliage is to die for, though. 

The topography really limits your view of the horizon and of the sky due to all the hills and living in a dense forest. And if you have any allergies, you will suffer greatly in the stagnant air. Breezes are uncommon and usually light. Overall air quality isn't the greatest because of it all.

If it sounds like I'm not giving this area a great review, it's because I'm not lol. I'm craving a change in weather, but at least the weather here is rarely disruptive to your daily life.

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Things that I associate you with:

-The colors orange, blue, and white

-WEATHER IN ALL OF ITS FORMS

-Mountains and lakes

-Warm tea

-Football

-Gummy bears

-Late night talks with friends

-Classical music

-Star Wars

-Tacos (only the soft shell variety, don’t worry)

-Colorful autumn leaves

-Capybaras

-Flannels

-Sunlight filtering through storm clouds

And many more, but if I listed every single one, this ask would turn into a novel

You're unbelievably kind to associate me with all of these nice things, thank you lol (:

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“What happens if you drink bleach?”  “It’ll help you pass a drug test” “Drinking bleach is a known cure for the virus” “This is going to get us on a list” things @melan-cali says in her kitchen

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3, 4, 8, 22, 23, 24, and 29???

3. Best game you've ever played? Metal Gear Solid 2. I'm really nostalgic about it but i've come to appreciate the message of the game even more so as I've gotten older.

4. Worst game you've ever played? World of Tanks console post 2020. It used to be fun, a gritty strategy-based WWII version of the PC game. But then a couple years ago they completely rebranded it into essentially a mobile game with dumb gimmicks and UI and awful gameplay. Hundreds of hours spent with friends grinding through all the nation's tech trees wasted; none of us can even bear to play it anymore.

8. Best soundtrack? I went into detail in the last answer but Hunt: Showdown.

22. If you could immerse yourself in any game for one day, which game would it be? What would you do? Sea of Thieves. It would be fun to sail around on old style pirate ships and visit a few cool tropical islands. It would get old quickly, though. Maybe The Golf Club 2019 because it would be nice to visit all of the great courses across the world and take in the scenery and environments while playing some golf.

23. Biggest disappointment you've had in gaming? Every Madden game post Madden 13, yet here I am buying them every year lol. Maybe Metal Gear Solid 5 :/

24. Casual, Hardcore, or in the middle? Used to be hardcore, I can really only get into competitive multiplayer games and when I play i have to win lol. Though with my gaming crew going separate ways and having a lot less free time in my life, I'm transitioning more to a casual gamer in the sense that I'll play less often but still retaining my competitiveness as best i can. And also looking more into single player games that suit my interests. 

29. Which is more important, gameplay or story? With multiplayer games, gameplay obviously. In the occasional instance when I can really get into a single player game, the story is what keeps me interested. Like that was the problem with Metal Gear Solid 5, the gameplay was a 9.5/10 but the story was 2/10 and I just couldn't force myself to stay invested no matter how hard i tried. But I loved Firewatch and MGS2 and 3 for example.

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Thought you might be hungry so here’s a compliment sandwich: super easy to get along with, the smartest person I know (not to mention you have correct opinions on everything), sharp eye for details, wicked sense of humor, stellar taste in music, can always find the right words to say, 10/10 aesthetic, and to top it all off, an all around wonderful friend

A much better sandwich than the subway sandwich i had earlier lol

I'm definitely not as great or as smart as you give me credit for but thanks for being an equally wonderful friend (: