Oh I forgot Montana. And Wyoming should probs be yellow but really who cares about Wyoming
wow offensive to Wyoming
my dad's from that side of South Dakota, haha
no in all honesty he doesn't care about Wyoming either
rofl riiiiiiight
even wyomingans don't care about wyoming
I'm pretty sure they don't
(ps they also have a canadian version for canadian peeps)
(but not international map, alas)
mine is kind of sad 
I need to fill this in
I FEEL diverse and cultured and exposed, but I guess not
but my family drives everywhere haha
I've only been on a plane three times (round trip)
That's insane
everywhere on this map was driven to lol
except Minnesota because I went by myself to Japanese language immersion camp
I've been on planes so many times idek. We used to have to fly to see my dad when I was super young. Then Utah to Chicago for relatives, Boston to Utah for holidays. Disneyland. Japan. Europe twice.
I LOVE flying so I'm sad I don't get to do more of it
like, honestly, I adore flying. every time I go, whoever I'm with thinks I'm slightly insane LOL
It's so old hat for me I don't really care about it anymore one way or another xD
I get really excited abou tit
(as opposed to my bro who hates flying now)
That's awesome, haha
I am the only person on the planet who hates flying but loves airports
rofl yes probs
but it's way way way cheaper when there's four people to drive than fly, and my dad used to hitchhike EVERYWHERE cross country when he was in the Navy off duty, so my parents don't mind driving
actually they once drove to Texas and back along the coast, going the long way, while my mom was pregnant
and my dad drove from South Dakota to Alaska with two other guys in a VW van in the 70's
I've been to Paris once, for one week, but I spent most of it with migraines, nausea, and insomnia (pre sleeping pills) and hardly saw anything xD
My mom was single mom, so driving would have been too hard for most things. like we usually drove disney, but flew chicago etc. Too much time off etc
idkidk
And okay I thought so
my parents were both self-employed when I was a kid so they set their own schedule, but obviously no pay for vacation time and all that
airports are cool! there are big windows to see the planes out of and all sorts of unique architecture in each one and moving walkways
and sometimes cool skybridges and minisubways, and there are tons of restaurants and stores
oh and I went to the Caribbean on a cruise once
idk man i think airports are gr8
I think airports are neat but I don't like crowds XD I deal with it on the plane because OMG FLYING GUYS!!
how do you not get all fucking worked up about that
cinnamon_anemone: you should get a job at delta or something xD
idk I normally haaaaate large crowds but airports somehow bother me a LOT less
I think it's because generally people have a better idea where they're going and/or I have more direct goals so I just do those things
the concept of moving very quickly through the air is indeed exciting, but in practice planes are cramped and funny smelling and cold and dry and the food and drinks suck and sometimes I get motion sick
I get that "science struck" sort of response, lol. similar to when I think too hard about the biological mechanisms going on in bodies
all the dumb annoyances fade away
(1) fly jet blue or virgin if you can and (2) dramamine
omg I flew Virgin Airlines once and it was the best thing ever
actually I did that earlier today explaining to my dad about what perms do to hair's amino bond structure that alters it to make it curly
My best experience was on Alaska Air
airline advice is always valuable advice
their lunchboxes were amazing
It was europe to US and I got like two decent meals, three snacks, five free drinks (cape codes because free alcohol). Plus they let me store my carry on in the gap near my seat so I could sprawl out more.
chirality DISUFIDE BONDS
also your username is awesome
(that sounds hilarious)
oh also I flew business class once but that was like temporarily living in rich people world and it was weird
HAHAHA THANKS hell yes you are the first person to get it / comment on it
fuck yeah cysteines
..I just thought it was 21
no it's the "chirality" part
ohhhh
the 21 is a Persona 3 reference.... LOL I was thinking I should change it to a Don't Starve reference but I haven't picked one yet
I once saw a guy whose license plate was 3lobite and I yelled "I LOVE YOUR LICENSE PLATE" at him and we had a brief yelled convo as he drove by about it
riiiiiiiiiiight 
LMFAO nerd references ftw
thedarkfields ohhhh man we once got upgraded to first class when our flight was cancelled
it was swanky as hell
I've heard of this mysterious first class but never experienced it for myself
hell it's been seven years since I was last on a plane at all
the chairs are so big and squishy....
dude business class was insane. like they asked if I wanted a drink and I was like "water plz" and they brought me a champagne flute of sparkling water with a slice of lemon for before takeoff
even just now I was thinking of sometime hauling out to visit you sometime, Ange, and my immediate instinct was "that would be a fun road trip, who could I sucker into going with me" instead of
"how much are plane tickets"
LMAO WOW HOT DAMN that is beyond sane
it's not a fun road trip
I have driven that trip
Boring flatlands
man we used to drive to Florida every year when I was a kid, I KNOW WHAT I'M SPEAKING OF and we also drove to SD
Although if you do drive, there's a restaurant in Davenport, IA that's to die for
I mean it would be fun because it's something I haven't seen before!
no but like the middle states all look the exact same
and don't have landmarks
like it's fun to illinois ish
and then colorado to utah
but in between is a flat land of corn
road trips will never, ever be fun for me. too much sibling bickering and carsickness trauma in my youth
goddamn I just realized Utah is basically the west coast, that is a LONG trip to do both ways
I TOLD YOU
lol
I only get motion sick when I'm hungry! it's probably a self defense thing from being a child stuck in the car for a significant portion of my time LOL. I can read the whole way
cinnamon_anemone: yeah I get carsick too so I feel you there. thankful I don't do long trips much
fu reading in cars
MY GREATEST ENVY
I was knitting in the car earlier today so there
chirality you can read?!? in the car?!?!??? 
If I read too many texts in a car I get sick (like as a passenger obv)
so... many... wasted.... hours.... that I could have been reading..... 
let alone a book
I used to read in the car for about three hours a day from 7th to 12th grade because I had such an absurd commute
ihu
that's hilarious and tragic tbh
my greatest acheivement was once being able to read on a megabus for almost an hour
ooo
My greatest achievement was riding on a greyhound without getting carsick :|
I don't actually know what I'd do with myself if I couldn't read in the car... probably have thrown myself out the car when I was eight at some point
(buses are usually worse for me)
OH YEAH MAN
long-distance buses are ok but
I honestly think it's just that I spent SO MUCH TIME in a car growing up that my body never registered it as weird
public transit buses
I get naseous just looking at them
LMAO so me reading on the school bus every day...
tbh I haven't spent a ton of time on public transit buses (I have usually done trains) but long distance I always get sick :c
omg chel
I was riding the metro every day practically from birth, and I still get motion sick 
I was so happy in Boston because my commute was a 20min train or so and I was able to read
I think kids used to ask me how I was doing that, actually
i f u c k i n g l o v e trains
Trains I'm 100% fine. Same with planes, roller coasters/rides, etc. But back seat of car or buses and I'm gone
far and away the most superior form of transit
I GUESS I HAVE GOOD VESTIBULAR SYSTEM INNATELY THEN
get out with your science and superhuman skills
it's the part of your inner ear that is responsible for telling your brain what your position in space is. basically, it being confused is what causes motion sickness iirc
I LIKE TRAINS (asdfmovie song)
I seeeee
OH I GET HORRIBLY SEA SICK TOO
actually I fall asleep in moving cars / buses really easily, too, which is a goddamn miracle considering I don't sleep anywhere else
hence why I failed my scuba certification. because I was too sick to do it. :c
Adam Savage on Mythbusters is NOTORIOUSLY susceptible to motion sickness, though. he basically steps on a boat and is hurling. you should watch the episode where they test motion sickness cures
I usually sleep on buses, which is the only way I survive them
OH NOOOOO LOL OMG THAT'S AWFUL
oh I watched that episode, trust me
if the boat's moving I'm okay, but if it's just bobbing on the waves I'm super nauseous
did you refrain from sympathy vomiting?
so I shouldn't take you canoeing with me...
the worst is that I rarely actually throw up, just get SUPER NAUSEOUS but nausea is my literal least favorite thing
idk that might be okay if it's moving?
like river rafting vs hanging out in a lake
I was okay in speed boat and sail boat while moving, but sick when stopped
maybe it's like, God's way of pitying me that I don't hardly ever get motion sick. I get nauseous at the drop of a hat when I'm stressed or hungry or tired otherwise. gotta have some respite
canoes are slow as hell man
unless you find a current you just idly drift around
I mean I don't POWER CANOE we just kind of float around the salt marsh over here
I thought you were going to say it's God's way of telling me to keep moving or something ridic
I find kayaking better for seasickness. lower in the water, more stable, a lot less rocking
idk why I thought that but
because you're dumb is why
I can see why kayaking would be okay!
kayaking in salt marshes if my favorite fucking thing ever
probs
and kayaking souns fun
sounds
it's super fun
canoes rock ALL THE TIME CONSTANTLY. I live about half a mile from a preserved salt marsh
you go hella fast and can go into super shallow water
now I want to go out on it but it's like twenty degrees out there probs
I'm very adventurous but lack the initiative to come up with plans, so I haven't done most of these things
I'm all initiative and too few fucks to apply it, in an entertaining reversal
a match made in heaven
ugh you make the plans and I'll make it happen
WITH OUR POWERS COMBINED
tbh this is probs why I'm friends with so many intjs
They're the ones that actually make plans >>
HAHAHA we do get stereotyped as the evil genius mastermind that needs minions to enact all our insane, perfect schemes
you say that like it's a bad thing
sometimes I see floundering NPs around and literally just step in and sort their shit out for them and they're like what the fuck did you just do that's amazing
like a friend was overwhelmed with figuring out how to graduate with the degree she wanted with all the requirements, and I just sat her down and was like, okay bro, I'll make lists.
damn
and I laid out the whole fucking thing. I LOVE doing it. LOL
can I hire you
but if I do it to SPs they get mad as hell instead of grateful
SHOR I REALLY DO ENJOY IT I'M NOT KIDDING
tell me what to do, sensei
how the fuck do I apply to grad schools
HAHAHA that's what I'm doing right now myself actually
what sort of grad schools?
marine bio
rofl I'm p good about buckling down and making lists when I have to, but it's always a last resort
Hey Wyoming is awesome
because the Bighorn Basin
MY CREATIVE BRAIN DOESN'T WANT TO BE STIFLED
and Devil's Tower. 
hot damn I live smack between the two biggest marine bio schools on the east coast, UConn Avery Point and URI
well in new england i should say
katsudonburi: okay I will consider checking out those bits next time I happen to be there. xD
devil's tower is fucking amazing
chirality what are you going to grad school for?
cinnamon_anemone: my sister in law went to one of those ones in San Diego or was looking into it.. I forget the name but it's good. xD
USD I think
I'm trying to get into a pathologist's assistant program. sort of like being a physician's assistant, but for pathology, so you do surgical biopsies and autopsies
coooool
/swoon
Chel you have to stay my friend so I can be like "yeah my friend does this"
thedarkfields yeah there are lots of great schools in california. I'm hoping to end up there or new england
;laksdjpgh I do sometimes picture someone in RP having a question about a corpse and I could just lurch in like LET ME TELL YOU A THING
ah, idle fantasies
i feel u bro
I was a morbid little child, I often considered that career path when I was young
UConn Avery Point is an effing GORGEOUS campus, I can't emphasize this enough.
I have another friend who graduated in.. pathology I think. Master's, I want to say? idk derecho
my parents bought me Stiff for like, my 11th birthday
it was some rich industrialist's present to his daughter so it's this old beautiful estate on a seaside cliff with a private beach.
I dont' know why they encouraged me
I only did the forensics thing for a year or so
re: uconn omfg that does sound amazing
wyoming 
that's ridic, chel
let me find a pic lol I can't describe it adequately
katsudonburi: well sure I have seen the purple mountains etc. xD but it's still fairly bland to me having grown up in utah
it's also really close to the Mystic Seaport if you care about old timey ship building, and the Groton naval sub base is the biggest aside from Hawaii and Georgia. plus Newport, RI is close and
sometimes hosts the America's Cup race... SO YES THIS AREA IS ALL MARINE ALL THE TIME
aww yiss mystic is great
that's basically where I live! Mystic
I just miss the seafood
of CT and MA
god
I miss lobster
hahaha this is true
UConn Avery Point 
jfc
that should be in a movie
it's on its own little peninsula 
my mom didn't let me go on the last to Girls' Trips to Cape Cod i haven't had lobster in so long...
i haven't had lobster in so long...
(probs has been)
reminds me of oxford
I love those castle-y looking campuses
campuses/buildings
Sarah Lawrence, my first school, looks castle-y too!
holy crap its own peninsula
but yeah, Avery Point should be a strong contender for you. it's a very small campus because it's... 90% marine bio and nothing else LOL
sweet
I was just in Wyoming for field work this time, which meant drilling. So yeah. 
which is about as cool as it got
which is about as cool as it got
oh and we're across from the tip of Long Island Sound so a lot of the marine bio students go out there for crap, I think?
omg that picture is gorg
er, in the sound, across from the island xD
double rainbow all the way
which idek if that's related or just in my brain but
no currs given
Gatsby is supposed to take place in Long Island I think, yeah? idk I liked the recent movie but I'm not super into Gatsby as a thing
OLD SPORT
wut.
sorry that's my only contribution
I loved that book so much ;_;
although my version of loving a thing is much less severe than most peoples'
I liked it! I loved the imagery and the characters and the vagueness? I just didn't emotionally resonate
I do know that my Leo memes are welcome in this plurk
my homeboy DiCaprio
not my flavor of fiction, but it was certainly much more readable than a lot of what we had to slog through
it still cracks me up that DiCaprio and Norton are such good friends. they're so similar, idk why it surprised me
They're both serious and what not, but I would have guessed they'd run in different crowds too
weird
aaagh oh god it's late I have to go
as far as I know they haven't worked on anything together
The only problem with my work is that I legit get distracted RPing with PBs I've worked with. Like RPing with all these Karl Urbans and just being like "man I loved his accent"
GO TO BED <3 it was nice chatting with you! if you want to chat about grad programs or whatever, shoot me a PP
but hey chirality u&me. we should talk science 
YES GOODNIGHT
NIGHT SCIENCE BRO
And I'm like.. if I did actually work on Nolan's movies or something, would I be able to play a DiCaprio?? etc etc
:v
bros on a boat 
/shimmies off to bed
bros looking superfine in suits oh hot damn goo.gl/q2Fs41
cinnamon_anemone: night chum!
I forgot how much Edward Norton makes me melt. UGH HIS SMILE!!
so good
and rofl I feel like more actors meet and become friends at events than working together xD
I believe your feeling on this over mine haha
also spotted Mark Ruffalo and Ed Norton at a protest together 
how is this man so classy and professional, like, goddamn
Ruffalo is a super activist
As.. are DiCaprio and Norton
no I know that's how they all know each other
I just, love it
I'm confusing myself over here don't worry about it
ANYWAY
I too need to go to bed
as should you
homeskillet
get on that
OH AND NOW YOU ARE QUIET
did you get distracted by norton again
gdi chel
can't take you anywhere
this is why we can't have nice things
I STARTED READING AGAIN GOSH
THAT THING I DO INCESSANTLY
whatever I just have a dentist's appointment tomorrow
my dentist is literally my childhood friend's father it's not exciting
and my old dentist before him was my great-uncle. this is my small town life
because the dentist is normally v exciting
people get all worked up about the dentist!
do they?
idk
they definitely do
hey if I don't work tomorrow night, we should watch horns
oh yes! that is a thing. remind me when you have time
ringer
will
do
GOOD NIGHT
NIGHT
HEYO I am here now. I got my masters in Epidemiology, but I've done a shitload of patho work so it's close enough!
/sob. Sorry. Fancy awesome science blurs a little for me
totally cool!
oh, I actually... turned down the one school I already got into, which was for an MS in epi, because I decided epi didn't seem like the kind of thing I'd like after all, lol
I'm still a bit conflicted about that decision but I guess it's already over with now xD
That's fine! Epid's just like everything else. Some people like it some people don't. A lot of people I graduated with hated it once they finished the program so at least you saved money!
LMAO really? that does make me feel better. that's why I didn't go
I didn't want to have so much debt for a career I felt lukewarm about, haha
everyone in the program that accepted me was so sweet and amazing, though, when I went there for a tour. I felt bad.
You don't need to feel bad at all!