#theelectricdreamsofddx

[anonymouspuzzler]

11 and 18 for simple asks :]

11. what kind of music is stuck in your head a lot lately?

been listening to a lot of DOECHII and THOT SQUAD as of recent all very very good. HOES DEPRESSED LEFT CHEERLEADER REMIX in particular keeps getting stuck in my head

18. Are you musical? Play any instruments or sing? Would you ever perform for an audience?

tragically no !!! i used to study music when i was very very small and specifically specced into drumming because i had a good sense of rhythm but trouble reading/remembering musical notes. i would love to pick it up again but "tiny apartment with close neighbors" is not especially the ideal place to get a drum kit set up and start regularly practicing. i have one of those singing voices where i would probably be a solid singer if i put in the time effort and money to be Properly Professionally Trained but i've got enough going on in my life that i don't think i could ever reasonably prioritize that. i'll perform for karaoke and shit but it's going to range from "charmingly amateur" to "straight up embarrassing"...

[revretch]

Trick or treat!

Look at this weird new rove beetle they found!

Like most extremely weird rove beetles, it evolved to exploit ants--army ants, in this case.

Source: https://twitter.com/DrRossPiper/status/1703815613196452238/photo/2

[onenicebugperday]

So I was off working in the northern Mississippi area (specifically, the Ashland area), and, while I was outside, a rather peculiar insect decided to approach and landed on a tree beside me. It appeared to be some kind of hymenoptera, likely a wasp judging by the body/eye/wing shape, but, unlike most local wasps, it was BIG, like an Asian Giant Hornet, big enough to lay completely across my palm. It also had a thick coat of yellow/orange/red fur in a kind of 'sunset' pattern. Any ideas??

It wouldn’t be a wasp, because they’re not furry like that. Also the biggest wasp in your area is the cicada killer, and that definitely doesn’t fit the description. The only thing that comes to mind is a species of robber fly, Laphria saffrana. They are quite large! And have a sort of fading yellow to orange fuzziness over their whole body.

Photo by giffbeaton

If that’s not it then I’m afraid I don’t really have any other guesses!

[technikki]

I'VE HAD THE ORIGAMI KING FOR A TOTAL OF TWO HOURS AND I CAN ALREADY TELL U WERE RIGHT TO GUSH ABT IT, IT'S SOO GOOOD THE PAPER MARIO REVIVAL IS ALIVE

YEAAHHHHHHHHHH HELL YEAH!!!!!

it's such a good game I adore it,,,

[yourfaveisfriendshaped]

Ian from the YouTube channel BrutalMoose

Ian is friend-shaped!

[roakkaliha]

I diagnose u w/ the big gay and late-stage yearning

Yeah.

[revretch]

As someone who has done 3D modeling, I look at a lot of the stuff you do in Humans-B-Gone and can't help but go "Ohh that's so impressive", because it really is! It's not 100% perfect, and I know it can be hard to get out of the headspace of wanting it to be better or be perfect or not thinking it's good enough, and even feeling like giving up on it, but it's alright if it's not perfect, at the end of the day you have an end product that shows you put the work in, and I think it looks pretty damn good!

By all means, improve where you can, but it's by absolutely no means a personal failing when it doesn't look perfect immediately, you're doin' good, don't worry

Thank you!!! ❤️

[onenicebugperday]

How common would you say it is to find a spider taking up temporary residence in the nest of tiny web-weaving caterpillars? I found one web surrounding the end of a branch that contained just that the other day! Seemed like some sort of jumping spider chilling out amongst a bunch of tiny brown caterpillars

It is very common - they hang out there because there is a steady supply of delicious caterpillars ;)