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i really love that i'm spending so much more time outside lately walking trails and paying attention to nature and learning new things, but i really hate that it means i'm constantly covered in bug bites and itchy all the time now 🥲
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how do you feel about insects
oh well it depends on the insect of course!
i have very negative feelings about mosquitos, gnats, and noseeums. They all bite and I’m kind of allergic. (Don’t you dare give me “but every one is allergic” [everyone always says that], because not everyone gets welts that last weeks and leave purple pink bruises or swell that much). I know they are important for the environment though so I tolerate their existence.
I despise fire ants. They’re extremely aggressive. I’m also allergic (yay, notice a trend yet). Oh and they’re an invasive species so they have no excuse. They suck. They will swarm you and leave you with the most nasty looking bites (they literally look like whiteheads) that BURN. (Fun fact: most any bites are acidic, so you should use a baking soda compress, but fire ants are basic, so vintages would work better except for the fact that they are also technically stings (also unlike most other ants I think))
but other insects of the non stinging, biting, or spraying variety are pretty cool.
I think moths are fascinating. Butterflies are pretty yes, but the variation on shapes and sizes of moths is fascinating. My personal favorite is the Luna Moth.
I’m fairly neutral on beetles.
You asked about insects, but I’m also going to briefly address arachnids because they’re all arthropods! I don’t like spiders or scorpions because too many legs 😖. They don’t scare me but they’re kinda creepy (except jumping spiders look cute so long as they don’t jump on me).
oh boy. I guess I have a lot of feelings about insects and arachnids. How about you Somer?
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Michigan:
Is split in half
Two different cultures because the halves are divided by 5+ miles of water and we didn't build the bridge for a while
5-mile-long bridge
Turtle Island
Two different ways to spell Mackinaw and no one gets either spelling right
Cherry Capital
not to be confused for our actual capital, in which there is nothing interesting
"Yoopers" and "Trolls"
Has a gazillion lakes
One of the lakes is in the US's Top 5 most clear lakes
It's not one of the big ones though
Doesn't touch Canada at any point
✋👈 you are here
HOMES
The Toledo War is a thing that actually happened I cannot believe this how did this happen
Skeeters
Noseeums
We're both very redneck and also not at all it just depends on where you are in here ✋👈
👉 the UP
No one says "LP"
It's all Northern Michigan
No Southern Michigan that's also not a thing people say
"can't have shit in Detroit"
really weird interaction between the French, the Brits, and the Minutemen up here during the Revolutionary War. I don't remember what it was but it was Weird.
we all hate Ohio
no other state is like this. why are we like this.
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next noseeum that lands near me is getting flamed. i love bugs but my love is CONDITIONAL AND DEPENDS ON THEM NOT BEING NOSEEUMS
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Noseeum mountain, July 2023. Can you find the resting dragon?
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Student here, signing off.
And just like that, the term is over.
My final paper response has been turned in. The last 10 weeks have been a wild fucking ride. Thanks for being my sounding board when I was stressed out of my mind. Looking back, outside stressors were also contributing, so being able to babble to anyone was a massive relief.
I am so happy that I took this class, and very happy I found your blog too!!! Have a wonderful life!
For anyone curious about the full reading list
-Clifford, "The Ethics of Belief"
-Flew, "The Presumption of Atheism"
-Burgess-Jackson, "Rethinking the Presumption of Atheism"
-Rowe, "The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism"
-Wykstra, "Rowe's Noseeum Arguments from Evil"
-Dennett, Breaking the Spell
-Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols/The Antichrist
-Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
-Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
-Klemke, E.D., ed. The Meaning of Life
-Nagasawa, "The Problem of Evil for Atheists"
-Syfret, "The Sunny Nihilist" (excerpts)
Ahh, I'm going to miss your messages! Thank you so much for letting me partially pirate your class via tumblr, you introduced me to a lot of interesting authors and ideas. I hope you got a good grade in the class and good luck with the rest of your schooling!
#atheism#skepticism umbrella#also i'm sorry i took 2 weeks to respond to this. i have no excuse i'm just bad at replying to things
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Van log: Curry Hammock Campground
Damn, Florida. This is a really nice campground. Like. The toilet paper isn’t locked into the stalls. Nice, cold filtered water dispenser like at an airport. Nice notes in the bathroom about leaving the lights off because they attract bugs. Clean. Like really clean. But I did pick up one plastic bottle. And there is a legit raptor count at the shower house (swallow-tailed kites are totally winning, and osprey are the next big winners). There’s cute geckos in the electrical hookups and baby iguanas running away from people up trees. Sugary white sand on the beaches with adorable little crabs digging out small spheres of it. There are posts and rings for hanging your hammock. Seriously, on brand, Florida State Parks (though hammock in this case refers to an ecological community characterized by a raised stand of hardwood trees between wetlands).
Fuck you, sandflies/noseeums/biting midges in the family Ceratopogonidae. We had no rest due to your incessant need for our blood and your painful bites. You are SO small-- how could you possibly bite so hard. And now the stinging itch that plagues us and makes our skin feverish. When we could have found the lightning and thunder novel and exciting at 3am, we were instead annoyed. If there were one species I would happily wipe off the earth it would be you.
Key West, you’re cute and good luck with climate change.
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Sanibel is forever gorgeous but the noseeums exploded in population size ever since hurricane Ian in 21'
I loved my time here but I have so many bites I look like I've caught a pox
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Where Do No See Ums Live? + Other Questions People Ask
No-see-ums (noseeums), also known as biting midges or sandflies, are tiny insects that belong to the Ceratopogonidae family. They are found in various regions around the world, particularly in humid and coastal areas. No-see-ums are prevalent in regions such as North America, South America, the Caribbean, Australia, and parts of Europe.
In North America, they can be found in coastal areas,…
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I was today years old….
When I had these tiny itchy spots and I thought it was hyper isolated poison ivy. I showed dad cuz he will get poison ivy doing yard work but it isolates and never spreads. Anyway. He looked at it and said ‘those look like noseeum bites’ and it took me a beat to equate that statement like a ‘nunya’ or a ‘amatta’ joke. He’s the kind of guy to be a ‘comedian’ like that.
I called bullshit and he starts laughing and swearing they are real. Tells me to look them up.
I side-eyed him and caved. I pulled out my phone and WHAT DO YOU KNOW
Pronounced ‘No see ums’, Noseums are REAL?! I hate this and love it at the same time.
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December 18 - Wow! It’s been a while since I posted! I guess I have been “busy”. The steamy, hot weather finally departed. We have had cool mornings, warm days, cooling breezes and an over abundance of mosquitos and noseeums. David and I have enjoyed twice daily walks and average 3-5 miles per day. With all the walking I’ve done I have “cankles” and now I have a hard time fitting into my shoes! Such a problem to have! Lol! We have enjoyed the company of our boat friends—dining, walking around town, happy hours, free concerts and so on. We are so fortunate to have met Michael and Kristen (Makai); Vic and Heather (Journey); Steve and Rhonda (Cloud 9) and Dennis and Sharon (Family Incentive—from our home marina!) and Kevin and Karen whose boat name I can’t remember. These new found friends have made our trip a bigger adventure than it has been. David and I fly home on Tuesday. Can’t wait to see our family! And to sleep in a big bed. And to have plenty of hot water without having to run the generator. And to use my own large washer and dryer. And to go to the stores without having to plan the trip around the bus schedule. I know we will miss Vero while we are home. Here are some photos of our time here in Vero.
Full moon on the canal.
Holiday shopping fair in Riverside Park.
Petrified wood oil candle.
Kristen loaned us her bug zapping racket for a night. Oh the satisfaction of hearing the mosquitoes getting zapped!
Christmas caroling by boat.
Rainbow over the marina
Munchies in the cockpit while waiting for the boat parade to begin.
One of the 6 boats in the parade.
Group photo of the Charleston “Nicole” survivors.
Molly D and Family Incentive (from our home marina!)
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Michigan is weird and I love it.
Hi, hello, I am from Michigan. Or, as we tend to call it, I am a Michigander. And, I've realized that we're very, very weird compared to other states. So, here's a guide on how to blend in and pretend like you've lived here your whole life while visiting to see pretty lakes <3
We have weird slang. You'll see us using words like
Youper / Yooper
Noseeums (No/see/'ems)
The thumb
Traverse / Cherry City / Cherry Capital
Good gravy
Allow me to explain. Michigan is split into two parts; the Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula. The LP is shaped like an oven mitten, and the UP is shaped like a sideways hand. This will be important later.
Up north, in the UP (pronounced "yoopee"), we have different accents, beliefs, and ways of living from the rest of us! I'm down in the LP, though, so I am not what we call a Yooper. Yoopers are the people living in the UP, who tend to rough it more, use less, and have their own accent, too! They're mostly known for their accent and how batshit insane they are /aff.
In the summer, we have loooots of bugs. Filmmakers love coming here, since we have so many "biomes" here. Beautiful and gross lakes, thick forests and barren sandscapes, stuff of the like. This means we have a very diverse ecosystem, including noseeums. Noseeums are tiny bugs you cannot see until they are right in front of you (~6 inches), or they buzz in your ear. They're actually called Fruit Flies, but you can't see them, so we usually call them Noseeums. Yoopers do this more than us down south.
Since Michigan looks like an oven mit, we tend to point at our hands to indicate where we are. The peninsula that sticks out if the LP we tend to call "the thumb," since, y'know, it looks like a thumb. The LP is the right hand, the UP is the left! Pinky and thumb sticking out, anyway.
Hey, if you wanna come visit us, I would highly recommend you go see Cherry Capital! It's a beautiful town with lots of resources, tourist-y things, and a great place to live. Oh, is it not appearing in Google Maps? Sorry, I meant Traverse City. We call it Cherry Capital since, according to Michigan rumor, it's the place that grows and sells the most cherries. Don't know how true that is, but y'know.
Good gravy, that's a lot of stuff. Oh yeah, we've got those too. Lick a tree for maple syrup, don't jump the salmon, lots of weird phrases. I can't remember all of them nor can I really explain them, except the two here. "Lick a tree for maple syrup" is a newer one (that I think was inspired by Tumblr, actually) that basically means that you're not putting in enough effort to get something. "Don't jump the salmon" is a variant on "look before you leap," because if you jump over the salmon swimming upstream, the bear will getcha.
oh yeah hug a moose is another one, too
We also have weird behavior. Like I said, you can use your hands like a map here. I keep forgetting that other people don't know this, and once I tried showing someone next to me n a plane while we were in Chicago, and she had no clue wtf I was doing. But, it's common practice here.
There's waaaaaay too many campsites, a ton of people go ice fishing (AND DRIVE TRUCKS ON THE LAKE AND DON'T FALL IN), lots of deer hunting, lots of deer signs. You have to know a lot of about wildlife here, like being aware of deer trails. If you don't know what those are, then you may be wondering why there are so many caution signs with deer on them.
oh yeah and all of it is "northern Michigan." no one says "Southern Michigan." I have no idea why.
Anyway. Fellow Michiganders, feel free to add to this. And other states that have weird traditions, too, I'd love to hear them.
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Got up at 430 AM yesterday to be here and ready to depart at 6. Just enough of a light breeze to keep the noseeums away. Absolutely gorgeous. That's the ⛵️ over my left shoulder. #catalina27 #sailing #chatham #summer (at Chatham Harbormaster) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgHKMK_uRe9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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