@NorCalCherylLyn Yeah we were pretty conscious of the various dangers out there - watched & listened hard for falling bits of the big rock, & no WAY would either of us have ventured further onto the jetty than we did. Sometimes we'd see folks on the ocean side of the jetty & it was like, OMG WTF ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE

@GeezerWench UHHHHGGGGGH that's the worst. I hope it was eventually replaced with something better.

Dad's Pentax is still kicking around!

Housemate loves dogs & cats & furry & feathered & scaled friends of all kinds, at least - it's just the allergies that are a problem.

Although if they didn't like pets at all I wouldn't be around them.

Trouble is I live with someone who's allergic to *everything*, & is disabled w/vestibular issues & a TBI that fucks up their vision. They can't have a dog unless they get their allergies managed, because if it's not managed then the allergies set off their vestibular stuff which sets off the TBI & starts panic attacks & related issues.

They're trying to get disability so they have the resources to treat everything they deal with. The process is going on 3 years now.

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Plus I've recognized how essential having a dog is to my mental health. I have severe, intractable Major Depressive Disorder (-10/10, do not recommend, this shit sucks) & having a dog seems to provide a kind of emotional support & unconditional love essential to me feeling okay from day to day. Pups don't solve every depression-related issue I have but boy, they're a big part of it.

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I think I'm ready for another dog. I still miss the old ones & always will, & still grieving the one I lost this past January. But I don't feel like a new dog would be *replacing* him now, which says to me that I could get a new dog now & it'd be OK. I'd still miss the old one but I'd love the new one a ton.

It's one of the times in my life when I didn't even have to think, I just *acted*. & it wasn't anything big or life-saving, but boy dad was sure happy I saved his camera!

I still had my dad's camera on the strap around my neck/shoulders. The only thought that went through my mind was "OH FUCK, THE CAMERA" as I instinctively curled into a ball. I got soaking wet, but the camera was dry as a bone.

All this took place in the course of about half a second. 3/

It was a windy, partly sunny day in September & the waves were strong. I could hear them behind me as I sat on the rock & enjoyed the beach. All at once, I *felt* more than heard a massive WHUMP!! on the rocks behind me. I turned around and saw the top half of a wave coming OVER the jetty right at me. 3/

We were beachcombing one day & my traveling companion asked if they could take a shot of me sitting on one of the big rocks on the shore side of the North jetty next to Morro Rock.

(No, I didn't climb all over the jetty; no, I didn't get anywhere near the ocean side of it; that's risky & stupid, DON'T CLIMB ON THE SEA SIDE OF JETTIES, y'all.) 2/

A personal story, for no particular reason: many years ago, I took a road trip to Morro Bay in Cali. Lots of fun. I borrowed my dad's old Pentax SLR and took photos all along the way. 1/

It's pouring down rain here. I love it. It does remind me that I still need to dig out the bottom of some of the downspouts on my house. Also, someone ran over one of the temporary extendable downspouts & smushed it. It was probably me.

The Kiffness & Haiku the Husky #cosomusic #husky #ifyouhaveahuskyyouknow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpEbpSrNdXE

The Kiffness & Ginger the Cockatiel #cosomusic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ElihbSM6ic

Spent a week sick with the crud. It laid me out pretty hard, but course of it was about 5 days & recovery seems to be quick. I feel nearly 100% again today.

I understand the demographic driving interest in true crime is comprised of mostly women (myself included). I wonder how much of that interest is related to how much of our time we spend trying not to get murdered.

I determined this morning that adulthood is in part determined by the number of pills you have to take every day.

I'm starting to think Scarlett O'Hara had something there with her whole "tomorrow is another day" thing.