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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 2d

My own fault for ordering new livestock so close to going on a trip, but damn. I really thought they'd have come this week.

Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 2d

Aww shit. The shrimp is ordered aren't going to be here until Monday. I leave early that morning for a week. I guess my best chance is to have the pet sitter bring the box in and just dump them in the tank. I don't know if he's willing or able to take the time to acclimate them.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 2d

Toad friend

A brown toad with a stripe down it's back sits next to a leaf on a slate stone.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 4d

I am sorry for your loss. Its never easy losing our pets, even the ones that don't seem to care for us. May the froggy afterlife be full of fat worms and crunchy roaches.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 4d

Josh's Frogs has captive bred jumping spiders in stock. I want to order one so bad, but in one week, I'm going on vacation. Between Cheez-It, the roaches, and the fish, I'm already asking a lot of my pet sitter. Dealing with flightless fruit flies just seems like too much.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 5d

Squeak!

A small rat is perched on top of a computer screen.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 6d

Happy

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 10d

Last night I got a hug from one of the LTC residents. Still riding a high from it. She really is such a sweetie when she's not trying to drink the dish soap.

Another resident patted my cheek and called me lovely because I fixed the coffee machine. I do enjoy my shifts in LTC.

Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 11d

Today is my 8 year work anniversary. My kitchen grunt job has officially lasted longer than my "great career opportunity" jobs all put together.

Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 18d

A really fine rain is falling. The kind that would be snow if it was colder. I can't wait for snow and winter. I want to be cold.

Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 20d

Sure, you'll all talk like pirates, but where the hell were you scurvy land lubbers when I was looking for a crew to go commit actual maritime crime?

Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 23d

Met a fun bug when I headed out the door today.

A small colorful beetle like bug is sitting on a screen door

Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 24d

Debating whether or not to replace my dead Fire tablet. I really only used it for a small number of games and reading digital comics. I still use a 15 year old Kindle Keyboard for actual ebooks, but no color makes it difficult to read comics.

Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 25d

Sounds like some people are rather optimistic about themselves.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 26d

I'm not saying they're all horrible episodes, but they just fall short. There is a cute Bronx episode, but it really feels like filler.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 26d

When you get to s3, think of it as filler. Weisman wasn't involved, and it really shows. Also, if you do go on to read the comics, they pick up at the end of s2. Heisman is writing for those, and a lot of the fandom doesn't consider s3 canon because of the comics.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 27d

Named the Cory cats Chungus and Dingus. I don't think Dingus has stopped lapping the tank since I put him in. The dude is just not settling in. Chungus will occasionally join in, but he's more often sifting through the gravel looking for noms. The rasbora are not impressed by their new neighbors.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · 29d

Picked up a pair of albino Cory cats for the aquarium. I'd hoped for about 6, but the shop only had 2. Hoping they like lurking among the plants and skull and livening up the bottom.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · Sep 9

I think i went too cheap on the pedometer I ordered. I KNOW I walked more Sunday, but I had 3k more steps yesterday. So I dug out my old Pokewalkers from HG/SS. I only had a battery for one, but Morris the Leafeon is now keeping me company and counting my steps.

Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · Sep 8

I like this option the best. I feel like it lets the pins and the print each have their own space.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · Sep 8

What flavor is your fursona?

Saema's more of an oc than a fursona, but blackberries and hummus. Which sounds like a good combo, actually.

Saema Winterhoof, a black and white Tauren holding a fishing pole. Art by @demon-sushi.com

A small bowl of blackberries on a wooden table. There are some loose blackberries next to the bowl.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · Sep 7

Found a USB DVD drive for under $20 on Newegg that claims to work with XP. Putting any money into a 20 year old computer is probably not very financially responsible, but eh.

Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · Sep 7

SKULLS.

A deep black frame holds approximately a dozen skulls behind glass. There are labels under the skulls saying what creature they belong to.

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Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · Sep 5

And dang. My Fire tablet I used to read comics on won't charge or turn on. And there goes my travel DVD player. I am having a bad electronics day.

Mulder @mulder101361.bsky.social · Sep 5

Byers the computer has been downgraded to mostly functional. The DVD drive won't read anything I've tried. CDs, DVDs, burned, official, nothing. I suppose I could spring for a USB DVD drive, but it'd have to be compatible with Windows XP. *snorts*

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