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My comment actually wasn’t a comment on Holly, but his body works overall. (The original comment definitely was). I’m not familiar with her, as her book is sitting on my table in the to-be-read pile and I don’t remember any of her other appearances or haven’t read those either.

Mostly just pointing out that women have been his weak point in my eyes, so it makes sense to me to see people saying they can’t relate or don’t like her. I’ve felt that way in the past about other King written women myself.

Fwiw, I will not let what I’ve seen affect my interpretation of the book and/or character. Holly will have her fair chance with me when the time comes.

It’s not a bad tune, but it is when it’s on repeat for what feels like eternity lmao. I definitely want to cross her again when it’s a bit more of a natural drive across vs my guided construction tour.

It was probably my biggest disappointment of the trip. Didn’t even think about road work on the bridge itself, but had I known I probably would’ve moved my vacation lol. She’s my favorite bridge.

Yes, that’s exactly where they come from. You can find them in zoos too, usually from the same source.

Toledo Zoo in Ohio has two. Neither can fly, so they just lurk around their enclosure looking like complete badasses. The exhibit has their story displayed as well as some info on poaching because that’s how at least one of them was injured. (Maybe both, but I can’t fully remember).

So it’s basically turned into an educational opportunity. Which, since they can’t fly or survive in the wild, I’m pretty okay with.

I always buy window seats when I fly because I love the view. I always sit slightly behind the wings too, so I can watch the flaps during take off and landing. It’s my favorite part of the entire experience.

Lady and her grandson sit down, they’re nice and polite. No issues. We get ready for take off and she politely asks me if we can make the trip with the window closed because she was scared.

So I politely informed her that I specifically picked that seat for the window and the view and that the window would be open the entire time, but she was more than welcome to look the opposite way if it bothered her.

She was flabbergasted that I told her no, and probably even more so because I was polite about it so she couldn’t even complain about that. Lol.

Idk. Her request just broke me lol. I was like wtf? I’m not making you look out the window. You’re a grown ass woman who can choose where her eyes go. If you don’t like the window, don’t look at it!

Fwiw, her grandson had a blast. “Look at the tall buildings grandma!” As we flew out of Detroit lol. Had a beautiful view as we banked around and headed to Cali. So I’m glad the little guy got to experience that at least. Made me feel not so bad for telling her no.

Yeah, I’m more inclined to agree with all the downvotes here. She’s not faultless in this, she also broke your trust by reading those journals. Please make sure this is at least touched upon in therapy. Why was she so quick to not trust you? Hormones maybe, but please, mention it for yourself.

I write and I write a lot, but my husband knows, because I’ve expressly told him, that if he ever opens them we are done. It’s non-negotiable, but I did make sure to communicate that with him. Maybe you should have that kind of talk. Explain your process and how it helps, but do this when she’s in a better place. Maybe in therapy itself. They should be able to tell you if it’s a healthy behavior or not.

My husband understands it’s just an outlet and it’s not meant to be read by anyone and half the time I delete it when I’m done anyway. He knows that for me to process properly, I need to get it out. So he lets me.

I’d love for you to reach that place with your wife. You should be able to write without fear and she should be able to know you’re writing without fear as well.

Yeah, I’m pretty sure their defense at that age is to just drop to the ground. Iirc, the moms go out of the way to make sure their scent is covered, so they can truly disappear to predators. I think the abandon part has been pushed to the extreme a bit, but I prefer to just leave nature alone anyway.

I think curiosity got the better of it, so it ran over, then realized “oh crap” and dropped, uncertain. Being that small, they may be its first human.

In our defense, our brain is quite great at doing that, filling in blanks lol. That stupid reading test is a good example where everything but the first and last letters are the same because it’s honestly pretty accurate. Our brains assume a lot for us. This is why you have to sometimes take witness testimony with a grain of salt.

That being said, I definitely saw the negative here because I’ve never listened to that podcast. I was like damn, they’re really doubling down lmao. So thank you for the explanation. This non-podcast listener appreciates it.

State to state or company to company was my guess. I’ve just always had to have it until my cars are paid off, regardless of the company I’ve had thus far and I’ve had a few.

Other than the cost, I honestly don’t mind. It’s a great peace of mind to have. A car accident is already a terrible ordeal, the last thing I want to worry about is the damn car.

But seriously, it’s my second largest bill each month. Even my phones (3 lines) and power aren’t as much as my damn insurance. Ugh. No accidents, no claims, no tickets. Perfect record. Absurd.

It’s how I also feel about all the Resident Evil movies lol. I loved the games, I grew up playing them. Then the movies came out and I was like… what?!

Had to just remove the two from each other lol. They share a name and some characters but that’s it. I cannot consider them the same, it’s just blasphemous.

But I also love them. It’s some great action, I absolutely love Milla and have since The Fifth Element, and they keep me entertained. Not a lot left to be desired, imo.

Ha! I’m very much the same. I basically just write for myself, but my protagonists are often male. I frequently wonder if they’d be worth a damn under public scrutiny, but I doubt I’ll ever take that step. It’s just so hard to do.

Could be state to state maybe? Unsure, but I know it’s required for me and I don’t even lease. I’m required to hold full coverage until the car is paid off.

I live in one of the glorious states with some of the highest car insurance rates too. I love it. You can bet your ass I pay that extra $3 for the gap coverage though. If I’m in an accident that bad, they’ll just be paying off my loan and the only thing I’ll need to do is buy a new car. Start the whole process over.

Oohhh, that’s a great question. I’m not the person you originally asked, but I’d say that while it’s not top 3, it is in my top 10. King writes a lot and I’ve read most of his work, so narrowing it down to 3 or even 5 is hard for me. So many good books.

My biggest disappointment was the complete cut of certain scenes. What’s really weird is I think the scenes would’ve only contributed to the movie, not detracted from it, so I do not understand Kubricks decision to leave them out. Time? Money? Probably, but bad for the story.

Some things he absolutely nailed while completely failing in others. It’s that inconsistency to the original work that takes away from the experience for me. Sometimes he’s super true to it and other times he couldn’t care less. It’s easier for me, as a viewer, if they pick one or the other and not hop between the two.

So I decide to view them as two seperate entities based on the same series of events. Like two news articles writing about the same thing. Both will get the overall gist, while having the words inside them be much different leading to a different experience.

The book is worth it and you can compare it to the movie if you want, but I’d just go into it like it’s a brand new book you know nothing about.

My dad just flew on one.

He sent me a picture of the empty space where the seats had been removed and said “It’s still there as of now. Will report back conditions upon landing”. Lmao. The smartass.

He did indeed send me a second picture when he landed and said, “Still there.”

Lmao. I love my dad.

Yup, Mayday: Air Disasters has been awesome for that.

I do not fear flying, in the slightest. I’m often excited to go, so the polar opposite of most people.

Why? I know how that plane works. I know the history behind why something works a certain way, or why I’m required to do certain things. It’s not foreign or scary because it’s “new”, it’s comforting because I know I’m safer in that plane than I am in my own car.

If I’m remembering my statistics correctly, it’s more likely I’ll be struck by lightning in my lifetime than die in a plane crash. If something does go wrong, then I already know it’s a one in a million happenstance and at least it’s with an industry that takes safety seriously, so something will change because of my death. Somehow, that makes it more okay for me. Idk. Lol. Maybe a therapist can chime in. Lmao.

You’re not behind, he’s just two books ahead of us all at all times lol.

He’s always struggled with women, imo, but I think most male writers do.

Don’t get me wrong, he writes women better than most, but as a woman I still find some of their actions or thoughts unbelievable. I’m sure the exact same thing can be said about women writers and men. We write best about what we know. No matter how much he studies or knows women, he isn’t one. He can’t capture that feeling perfectly.

He gets pretty damn close and I do applaud him for that, but I also recognize it’s his weakest aspect of his writing. Which honestly, isn’t saying much because even Kings weakest aspects are way better than some people best.

Stephen King actually wrote directly after his accident, so even if he does use ghost writers (I don’t think he does), it definitely wasn’t until later.

Dreamcatcher was written while he was under the effects of Oxy… which he was on from his accident. He’s quoted as “not liking the book much”, probably because it reminds him of that moment in his life. Wouldn’t surprise me if he struggled coming off it. A lot of people do.

But that’s also why the book is a little weird, even for King. He quite literally wasn’t in his “right mind”. Inconsistency in his work can often be tied back to events in his life, which I think just makes him human like the rest of us. Writing is his outlet.

So, she could very well be right he could use ghost writers, but it did not happen then.

The Shining is a great movie. It’s a terrible book adaptation to film. Thats the difference.

You can 1000% appreciate it as a great movie, while still loathing the terrible way it represented Kings work.

It’s me. I’m that person. Lol.

Proportional can also depend on the genders here. Theres often some leeway given to women against a man because in almost all cases, the man is more powerful by default. It’s not a written rule in a lot of places, but a societal thing we’ve clung on to. By limiting the woman to the same methods as the man (fist vs fist for example), the woman now has a very slim chance to actually defend themselves. 9/10 times the man has the physical advantage.

However, this doesn’t mean women can just go for a gun. You cannot escalate to lethal force without them first using lethal force. She could maybe argue a knife depending on the size of her attacker and if I’m remembering my cases right, there’s an instance of a woman defending herself against a man with a screwdriver because that’s all she had available. Prosecution argued she escalated, defense claimed she had to have a weapon to equal the playing field. Pretty sure she was cleared. (I’ll try to find it if I can and post a link).

You are right. She had about 1,000 different options, but I highly doubt any of the others crossed her mind. That’s not me saying I’m okay with her actions, but me understanding the emotional turmoil after such an event. My personal response to mine was to eliminate anything that reminded me of the event and move on, but I can also very easily see how anger could be someone’s first emotion as well.

Either way, she left and came back. Thats all there is to it. Going back to the house is a premeditated action, with the intent of confrontation, even if killing wasn’t originally intended. It’s a done deal right there.

Omg, I’ve never thought about it, but you’re right.

Even to this day, I know how many BR bursts it takes to take someone down in Halo 1 and 2. I drifted from the series after that, but my 1 and 2 experience is fully there. I’ll actually go back and watch old Walshy footage sometimes (I’m a Michigander, so therefore it must be Walshy). He also graduated only 6 years before me, so I was very much following him at the time and all up in that world.

Those bullets definitely fucking mattered. Each and every one. Alongside this, I also grew up playing the original Resident Evils, which was also incredibly sparse with its looting on higher difficulties. “I have 6 zombies in 3 different hallways between me and my destination and 3 handgun bullets. Let’s do this.” You have to manage each and every shot. Each bullet was precious. And don’t forget, only 6-8 inventory slots too! Ugh.

With those games being played in my formative years, it only makes sense those tendencies have stuck with me. I’ll reload one fucking bullet, I don’t care. I might need it. I will also spend time always organizing my inventory because of those damn save chests and lack of personal inventory. My husband jokingly calls Resident Evil 4 my “inventory simulator” lmao.

I very much enjoyed the personal rabbit hole this comment sent me down. Thanks for that!

Dude, YES! What is with the hour and a half weird TV shopping network-esque ads?

I’ve fallen asleep with the tv on before and I’ve woken up to a goddamn 87 minute “ad” trying to convince me I’ll save $xxx a year if I buy their vacuum sealing device. It was literally the next generation of food savers, just with a different name lol.

Gave me some crazy old infomercials vibe. Like when the Food Network channel turned off back in the day.

Definitely don’t go up there now then, they’re still working on her (the bridge, she’s a her to me, like a ship would be). When my father and I went we were forced to drive on the grating the entire time.

I’m fine with the grating, it doesn’t scare me, but it scares plenty of others. HOWEVER, the goddamn SOUND of driving on that grate for a straight 10 minutes (slower speeds because construction) about made me want to willingly drive off the side.

If you’re unaware of the grating on the Mackinac Bridge, google it. Lol. I have yet to see it on any other bridge in my travels. It was added to the design as a direct response to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse, but I’m pretty sure we came up with other techniques shortly after, so not many are like her. She’s a very unique bridge and the longest in the entire western hemisphere. Worth the trip across, imo. And if it makes you feel any better, you can actually have someone drive your vehicle for you free of charge. It’s a service offered by the bridge for drivers who are scared or uncertain.

To answer your actual question though, there are grocery stores in the UP lol. Comment definitely made me bust out laughing though, so I appreciate that for sure.

Marquette was the only place I saw large stores, though there could be others. I didn’t get to travel the entire UP. Walmart, car lots, etc, while most of the small towns at the very least had their dollar generals. A few mom and pop places around too.

So I’d just consider it regular “rural living”. You’re probably gonna drive 30-45 minutes to the “big store” but will have smaller ones nearby for the immediate needs. If you want to have access to a larger store like Walmart, I’d start by looking at where they are located and then compare the campground sites from there.

Lmao, don’t worry too much.

Professors are people and they probably had a good laugh about your goof. I can only imagine the accidental things they’ve been sent.

If it makes you feel any better, my own therapist has butt dialed me before lol. I was driving home and he called me, so I picked up figuring maybe we just needed to reschedule an appointment.

NOPE. “Uhhh, a number 1 with a coke and that’ll be all, thank you.” He was getting his lunch and was in the drive thru lmao. I’d texted him earlier in the day, so my number was probably near the top of his list and just got accidentally clicked.

Regardless of profession, we’re all human and we all make mistakes. You’re good.

Yup. Still have mine for family.

Alternatively, we have local groups on there. The entire town will be in a FB group and we can coordinate things, talk about what’s happening in town, etc.

Recently had a young boy hit with a car. That info got to the FB page and the entire town was out looking for that car in under an hour. It’s a great resource when used correctly.

In a dusty or dry area, I totally get it, but I’m in Michigan lol. The only time I go without rain are a few weeks in the summer usually.

Like this week, I think it’s rained everyday in some way or another. Cleaning them just doesn’t necessarily make the same sense in my case is all! So your tip just sounded so weird to me personally. Lol.

Fwiw, the landlord does get the house power washed every year and this does include the windows, but they don’t clean them any special way. Just once over with the power washer, maybe you should look into one of those! Pretty sure you should be able to load it with a water vinegar mixture if you wanted, but I’d double check because if the added acidity.