Sledgstone

But is your humidity at least at 90% or higher? Welcome to my worlds for 3-4 months straight, every day.

Lol. Screw that. I'll keep my snow storms.

I got buzzed on my way home from work from the emergency broadcasting system for a severe thunderstorm warning with 70mph winds and golfball sized hail. vehicle damage expected. Thankfully it was in Mississippi where the radio station is based. We got some super heavy rain though before that, I guess the system intensified when it went over us. That gulf water really supercharges storms if they feed off of it.  I should have snapchatted it today.

That's some intense winds. 😲 and yes fuck yellow jackets. I forgot to mention them, Hornets and bees. 😖 It was either yellow jackets or ground bees stung the hell out of me and got one of my dogs with a sting to about 3 years ago I think. I sprayed the hell out of the couple holes I saw them coming out of and thought that was the end of it.. nope, 2 days later they were swarming around. We had skunks in the yard a couple nights in a row, turns out they were hunting bees. A big pile of dirt almost 2 feet deep was dug up in a flower bed and what was left of a hive was exposed. I sprayed all those damn things and a couple days later I flushed them with the garden hose and left it running in the hole for hours just to be safe.
At my house now I've been seeing bumble bees and wasps having death battles. Wtf. I need to buy more wasp spray.

When its hurricane season we'll always get a tropical storm or depression. They have winds of 20-60mph. The rain would eventually erode your rock formation apart if left unattended between occurrences. Last year we had a pretty good thunderstorm system roll through and it damaged a ton of gas station signs around the city. I'm not sure what people did in the 80s when a hurricane hit TBH. I'd imagine they'd took down all their window units and brought them inside. Interestingly enough you're suppose to leave a few windows cracked open during a hurricane the intense barometric pressure will make buildings swell and contract like a breathing lung. It will shatter windows which is why you see people tape and barricade theirs. its for more than just debris hazards. I remember a few years ago when that hurricane almost made it up the NE coast, it was a big panic on the news because houses up there aren't build to code for hurricanes and the damage would be way worse. Those screws would be fine, but the wood would break apart around it.
Its pretty amazing that we'll all go to work during a depression or storm, but let an inch of snow fall and the city shuts down. We have no snow plows, no salt trucks, or anything to cope with snow and ice. Its a super rare occurrence. Our drainage systems would easily take care of the melt water though since they're built to withstand several inches of water hourly because of hurricanes and just the generally rainfall we get.
When I lived in Virginia I remember the gnat clouds that would be in random places outside. We don't have many of those here, but everything else you mentioned we have that on top of everything else. its bugpocalyse most the year. multiple types of ants, hornets, wasps, bees, spiders, crickets, grasshoppers, earwigs, moths, stinkbugs, ticks, dragonflies, mosquitoes, beetles, etc. Daddy long legs are around but they're def not the most prevalent. I'd say orb weavers and the most prevalent in the yards, and outside the house, while wolf spiders are always finding ways to get in. The yellow jackets are what you have to worry about since they like to nest in the ground, if you step on it, its over with. They're super aggressive. Unlike most bees, they don't lose their stinger and will keep stinging you. In fact I believe once they sting you, you're marked so they can keep tracking you down. They're assholes.

I forgot the last couple pics. Here it is completely done now. 

Its amazing how different north is from south. You won't see any window units here, probably haven't seen one since the late 80s. Central air is in every house and apartment complex here. It was 96 degrees here today with brutal humidity. We've been pretty lucky this year since we made it all the way to the last 10 days of May with relatively nice weather in the 70s. AC runs every day 24 hours a day for months here. basically winter season is the only time it wont cut on to maintain temp. I bet window units would be hella expensive on the power bill in this environment.

It seems adblock+ was the culprit. They've really dropped the ball over the years. I probably should disabled it completely. Ublock seems to evade almost all detection. I leave them both on for double the protection. The only time Ublock got detected after turning off AB+ was when l was watching an anime series on a questionable site that had a lot of old series i wanted to watch... which oddly enough Funi acquired most of them in the past few months. 

I hear ya about a corded shaver. I don't trust many cordless ones anymore because they all are underpowered and pull hairs. My primary electric face shaver is a whal peanut. It plugs right into the wall and never pulled a hair before. I was shocked by this mangroomer tho, I expected it to pull but it had a power burst button on it that made all the difference. It probably eats the hell out of the battery life, but I got through an entire back shaving with that power boost running constant and it still seemed to have plenty of power left over. lol.

lol thats gross 😛 but yea its always satisfying when a product you buy works as it should. i bought a grooming kit, dont even remember what brand, at walgreen once bc it was rechargeable (not batteries), and i thought it was cool bc it came with all these extra stuff like detachable blades, small brushes/combs, and nose hair trimmer etc so why not. nope, what a piece of garbage. it took 6 HOURS to recharge and it ran out fast after little use maybe 10 mins top. and it was mediocre at best, pulling hair out was norm, changing blades was pain, and i tossed it out after a several use. after that i just got a conair hair clipper at walmart (and made sure it came with a f*cking cord lol) and its been over a decade now and it still goes strong. it gets hot when i turn it on for too long but i dont even bother to clean it anyway bc its recommended to oil it after every use or something but works fine after all these years. so yeah to me simple is always better. i just dont believe it when a product promises extra goods, they are there for a reason maybe bc its a crap lol

They did, but its way more casual. No scrubs, but they spray down the seats with disinfectant after each person. 

That movie was great.
Mega Python vs Gateroid will always be a favorite of mine just because if this bad fight scene.
The acting was so bad it was amazing.
Sharknado 3 was the best one. The rest of those movies were garbage compared to fighting sharks in space.

Z-Nation was the other one. XD. I really didn't care for Sharknado. It tried too hard to be bad so in the end if wasn't funny bad, or good to me, just mediocre which is the worst thing you can do in my eyes. They went from showing bad movies to trying to make ones and it just didn't do it for me. Mega Piranha will always be the best one they showed. I think that's the one where they had a car chase, and one of the characters was shifting an automatic transmission like it was a manual, and both cars kept changing makes and models in the same scene because I guess it was whatever car they could afford to rent that day of filming. Like the SUV was black and the car was white the whole time but they kept changing between a ford and a Chevy. They put stickers over the model/make decals to try to compensate. But this part will always be legendary:
 

I'd go more like PS2 era animation then PS1. Like I said it's not overly bad but it's a definite negative for me considering how crisp the animation was in Stand Alone Complex and 2nd Gig. My major gripe with the CGI is the lack of texturing as everything just looks so god damn smooth and unrealistic.
As long as you have a passing understanding of the SAC universe you'll understand whats going on for the most part and how it connects to SAC/2nd Gig/SSS. Then again going in blind is probably the best way to enjoy this as I've seen most major fans of the franchise bashing 2045 (not overly harshly mind you, there's a few good eps in the first 12 but it starts out so bland and slow it's hard to keep interest beyond the first 2-3 eps). Most who have gone in blind only have minor complaints (animation, music, plot are the top three complaints I've seen).
Yea, the 14 year old looking Major is kinda hard to get used to. Especially considering the others actually look their age and somewhat resemble their original SAC designs. Granted the Major is known for having multiple bodies of various ages and genders so she might have gone with a younger looking one while in the US (she's pretty well known in the SAC universe in her normal body) but it's just so hard to get used to. Gah, give me her original SAC design.
Yes god dammit get Violet Evergarden finished man. I just finished watching it for the 4th time during my two weeks of unemployment. It's so fucking good and worth it for all the feels. I totally get the backlogged shit, I'm having a hard time keeping up with youtube and anime right now due to the new job as it's completely fucked my watching schedule of 3 years up.

I have this tick where I just can't watch any shows that are trying to ride the wave of another show. I remember another friend of mine would always talk about this and like 2 other zombie shows that started running when TWD was hitting its height in popularity. I scoffed at them all.
This is furthered by the Red Box always having some B movie knock off of whatever is hot. Like when IT Chapter 2 came out, some shitty looking clown movie was in the Red Box. I think it was called Wrinkles the Clown. Even if something is good, I'll just never give it a shot.
I remember when LOST was in its prime, every season ABC would have some other start up show come on after it, and a commercial for it would play at least during 2 of the breaks. We'd all get together at a friends house every week to watch the new LOST ep and always make snide remarks about how the show was gonna get cancelled and there would be a new one next season, which there was. Eli Stone was the only one I could remember because I think they tried the hardest to make that one successful.

Congrats on getting your house. that sounds nice.  

I hear ya, its like every week for me is paycheck to paycheck because something keeps coming up. My water heater freaking out in the middle of winter was a pain. I didn't have the money to replace it so I fixed it myself, I have a new dip tube ordered from amazon for it too then it should finally give me hot water longer than 8 minutes. x_x 5 grand to repair the roof.. damn. x_x Roofs are costly. x_x The roof guy gave me a quote for just over $10k for a new metal roof and an extra $6k for the garage. x_x One of these days I'll do that but finance it with a payment plan. We're leaning towards metal over shingles because it looks really nice and it'll be good for 50 years. 
Nope, don't live there any more. We bought a house in October of 2018.  We're about a 15 minute drive away from the old house we were renting. Its a single floor house with detached garage and we have 1.24 acres of privacy.  I do miss the cemetery tho. But now I have woods surrounding the entire backyard so its nice.
Another stimulus would be amazing and helpful, but I don't think we'll get it. I think the state's will start forcing openings to get the economy going again because if they don't soon, the damage might be too big for alot of businesses to survive. 

yeah it sucks. last year it was a water heater. this year it was a dryer. its always something to fix or replace. i got my stimulus last week but i barely break even, and not counting car maintenance/repairs etc. heres hoping for 2nd stimulus but texas is reopening this friday so i dont know. maybe lol. do u still live in that old place next to cemetery? i remember hurricane ike back in 2008, it did a pretty good damage on the roof and it took them a week to fix it. good thing it was covered bc it was close to 5 grand 

My roof got fixed yesterday and its been raining all day today.. and no leaks!

My parents, especially my mom loves sweet potato fries.  I've never been much of a fan for them myself. I always found sweet potatoes loaded with extra sweet stuff too much for me. I prefer them plain or with a little bit of fa-butter. But that texas roudhouse one.. damn, I would like to try that. Looks like an amazing thanksgiving dinner dessert.
I used to love baked potatoes cooked in the microwave but I don't do that at all anymore unless its an emergency and the side dish I was making for dinner turned into a disaster.  Baked potatoes actually baked like how I described are far superior. Actually baked for a solid hour at 400 degrees makes the interior far far fluffier and the skin significantly more tasty. I usually put a little ranch dressing on my potato for extra moistness because I'm too interested in eating that potato right out of the oven than letting it sit for a while.  After I cut it open, that potato releasing so much moisture and steam cooling down I have to throw some ranch on there to compensate.
The best sweet potato recipe ever is the most simple. This is how I make them.. stab them all over with a fork, put them in a crockpot in a single layer, cover the crock pot and set it to high for 3-4 hours, depending on size of the largest potato in there. And thats it, no liquid or anything.. just sweet potatoes inside a crockpot. It ends up acting like a mini oven. Best sweet potatoes ever. Cooking them in the crockpot basically turns them into mashed sweet potatoes inside the skins. Cut it open and its the fluffiest most delicious thing ever.
I love baked potatoes and sweet potatoes, as long as I don't add any extra stuff to them, they are the most filling, lowest calorie side dish ever. Only 110 calories per potato for regular or sweet. Usually the toppings is more calories than the potato itself. lol. Like adding ranch dressing will put an extra 55 calories per tablespoon, sour cream is only like 30 something, cheese.. depends on the cheese. Calorie wise, almost 3 baked potatoes with sour cream (no cheese) is still less calories than an order of medium fries at fast food places.

I'll go ahead and put this out there before it gets to that point... sweet potatoes are great. Sweet potato fries and/or tots are a crime against humanity.
I guess I've always been content with the ole nuclear baked potato in the microwave. The consistency matters not since I have a little bit of potato with my sour cream, salt, and butter. Not really a big fan of baked potatoes to begin with so I guess that's why I eat them like that. Texas Roadhouse makes an divine sweet potato tho.. its pretty much just dessert with marshmallows, brown sugar, and a little caramel drizzle for decoration.

@SledgstoneYea I'm currently looking into the unemployment but since my state is so god damn slow they haven't put into place the COVID measures yet. I'll be filing a claim next week as I'm still technically getting paid for next week but I'll try my luck and hope the COVID measures are in place (and there are weekly cut off dates, I have until 11:59 pm Saturday of the week I'm trying to get benefits for). Fuck we're one of the 10 or so states that hasn't even implemented shelter at home policies (because our Governor is a fucking idiot) so I'm honestly not that surprised. COBRA is something I'll only if necessary, I have some job leads but I have until the end of the month until I have to worry about that (plus I won't get the COBRA packet till then anyways).
@DeathscytheXYea you said it. I saw the writing on the wall yesterday pretty early based on how people were acting and my Production Lead (the guy under my supervisor) said he thought they were doing layoffs again so I had somewhat of a heads up (even if I did think I was safe). Fucking Supervisor vanished like a fart in the wind about an hour before the layoffs happened so I'm pretty fucking sure he's the reason why I was chosen (he's new and I don't think he honestly liked me all that much, damn my issues with authority (j/k but I'm still pretty sure he didn't like me)). I find it funny though, they fucked my department over massively as I'm the only one who was trained to do my job so I wish them luck in getting shit done the right way (plus they let go of another person in my department that I know of so that leaves them down to two people right now). Really hope it bites them in the fucking ass (yea, I'm a vengeful guy).
Luckily I have some job leads already and put in one application today to Menards (the Midwest's wests version of Lowes/Home Depot even though we also have them. My mother works there and she's going to try and see if she can get me hired). With my 11 years of retail experience I'm pretty sure I can get in as long as they're still hiring (as far as I know they are). I might see if I can't get into a local internet provider as a field tech as I have some training in that field as well (plus one is hiring, I just need to get a hold of the company).
Sadly none of the distributors in my area are hiring (was one of the first things I checked yesterday). I'll chat with one of my distributor friends and see if his company is hiring (they're pretty much a distributor of multiple things (beer, soda, etc)) and also see if he can put in a good word for me (I've known him for years so I'm sure he will). Honestly most of the jobs in my area are linked to the oil field so with them down it's hard as fuck to find anything but scraps for work (and I mean scraps, $12 an hour or less depending on what it is. I can't afford to live on that wage).
If worse comes to worse I'll just do construction until something else comes up. One of the local construction companies is hiring general laborers right now and I don't mind that kind of work (I just need to be trained).
@slippersThanks, taking it one day at a time.
Overall though I'm not that worried right now. I have plenty of money saved up and while losing my health and dental insurance at the end of the month is going to suck I'll get by. I can always defer my student loan payments and save quite a bit of money for a few months (not ideal as I've done it before but you gotta do what you gotta do). It's times like these that I'm glad I'm extremely cheap and frugal with my money (I never eat out (rarely order pizza), I buy maybe 2-3 games a year (though this will mean I probably won't be getting Ghost of Tsushima right when it comes out and I might have to cancel my Cyberpunk pre-order if this unemployment carries on too long), and I've cut way back on the amount of anime I buy now (only doing one order a year)).

I just read an article about unemployment. Apparently with the stimulus package you can get an extra $600 a week on top of whatever you'd get from unemployment for 4 months.
https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-package-unemployment-benefits-increase-2020-3
That seems like alot of money. I'm guessing its so people can get the COBRA insurance and be able to afford health insurance. I'm guessing alot of people wont do that and will bank the money instead. Get that unemployment ASAP @Strider Hiryu there might be weekly cut off dates for when you can apply. I hope you get the max benefit you can.

It wasn't even about the buff dudes. The ep I watched was about an "evil comet" that just was in the sky the whole ep, they did a bunch of random stuff that didnt make sense and the the comet went away or turned into a good comet in the process.

Soooooooo, I may or may not have spent all day yesterday playing while watching Clannad on Netflix.  I couldn't wait to get my new sub. 😛 I've got issues.