#things i learn

[kijiboop]

So, today I learned that I am too old for energy drinks. I'm 41. I got a free sugar-free energy drink from GoPuff yesterday and figured, what the hell, I'll give it a try. This morning, I missed my usual coffee, so I grabbed the Ghost from the fridge and started driving.

I drank about four ounces. It tastes oddly like Sour Patch Kids, which was the advertised flavor. Considering it's supposedly sugar-free, this concerns me.

I hit work after my 35-minute commute and I feel like someone fired me out of a cannon. This is terrifying. I can't hold still and I feel like I've been strapped to the back of a bucking bronco only I'm the bronco and my brain is the rider unable to cling on for dear life. I can't make eye contact with anyone. I'm spontaneously shouting "wheee!" when given new information. This is bad. I'm an adult and I'm acting like a sugared-up toddler.

Thankfully, my coworkers are all about the same age as me and recognize the signs of Bad Decision Making. They're giving me as much benefit of the doubt as they can while I shake-dump the remainder of the can down the staff room sink.

[tea-rabbits]

Bumble bees are too freaking fascinating.  Here’s another crazy thing.

“There are 49 species of bumblebees in the United States, which can be separated into three different classes of proboscis (tongue) length: short, medium, and long. This variation in tongue size allows different species of bees to visit different sizes and shapes of flowers. A few of the short-tongued species, however, manage to feed on long-tube flowers by “nectar robbing”. They bite holes in the flowers near the nectaries and extract the nectar through the hole instead of visiting the flowers “legitimately”.”

[justcallmebishop]

Repentance is nothing more than remembering who you are

[tea-rabbits]

I just realized, when honey bees expel the male drones [whose only purpose is to mate and die] in winter, they create a girls-only colony that huddles together through the winter, staying warm and feasting on their stores of honey and pollen.  Sounds like an Amazonian Paradise to me, lol.

[tea-rabbits]

sonicating = the buzzing method of pollination used by bumblebees.

[xinakwans]

FOGGY NELSON WAS IN THE MIGHTY DUCKS /????? 

[regulusmasamune]

If there is one thing I have learned in art school: Don’t waste time on projects you hate. Not saying don’t do them. Do them, grades are important. But, its okay to not put in as much effort. You can take a B or C on a few projects without it killing you.  Its also COMPLETELY fine to despise an assignment.   Alternatively: if you wanna run a good art business, try to avoid assigning work to people who aren’t gonna like that project.  People can tell when artists are having fun with a piece and when they are bored and just wanna get it over with.