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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

not just because of how funny it is but also because of the association with Ellen that keeps on coming up. It's something that I didn't expect to happen but it is something that I am completely embracing.

Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

so much together.
Rewatching the series has really been an experience as it brings up so many memories and emotions. It's not something I was expecting at all. It has definitely been positive and even though there are moments when sadness does creep in, overall, it's been great watching it

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

aquarium it was full out collaboration in which we would sit down and hammer out details. For example, when we were redoing the Marine Mammal program, we went out to K-Dock to sit and watch the sea lions and figure out how we could change the program to make it more engaging. Ellen and I

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

the girl scout badge program that Ellen developed. I helped her with ideas and also made stuff that she used for it). Ellen and I collaborated a lot and even in the years to follow, we would always end up helping each other out with stuff that we were working on. In the beginning though over at the

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

making crafts for different events, we worked together in fleshing out and updating the school visit programs that we did (although when it came down to it, we each had our preference as to which grade level we actually did) and we worked together on programs and events that Ellen was making (like

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

of things that came up as I was watching the episodes. There is another episode where the couple talk about the time they would collaborate on writing music. Ellen and I collaborated a lot (although we didn't write music) when we were working over at the Aquarium of the Bay. We worked together in

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

raccoons just sitting in front of the door and waiting. Ellen had the broom next to the door, so I had to chase them away and of course all they did was run a bit and then sit back down and wait. These raccoons were completely spoiled and demanding.
These are just two examples

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

used that to scare them away. It kinda worked but they just regrouped and just there waiting. I initially thought that Ellen was exaggerating until the following morning when we got up and were heading out and essentially the same thing happened. I was looking out the window and saw a bunch of

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

it until it happened to her. She was leaving her bungalow and in front of the door was a bunch of raccoons that were just sitting in front waiting. She tried to shoo them away but they didn't move. Ellen tried making loud sounds also but that didn't work also. In the end she had to find a broom and

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

example of why people shouldn't be feeding wild animals. The raccoons that lived there were fed by the students that would stay there and had gotten used to getting their food that way. Ellen told me that the first time it happened it completely freaked her. She was told about it but didn't believe

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

first time, I saw the really big polychaete worms swimming to the surface. Before then I had only seen them in videos so never live. I was blown away by how they moved). However, she was telling me about the raccoons that lived there and how they were really a nuisance and a menace. They were an

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

were going to do there such as go see the orcas and going out at night to the docks and see the organisms that would come out to check out the light that she put in the water (what do you expect when you get two people who are really into biology? It was really cool for me because it was the very

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

other (especially since the beginning of the trip was rough and there were some complications). Ellen was telling me stories about the place, what it was like being there and also the places that she wanted to take me to. We were going to celebrate our anniversary so she had planned out what we

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

I went to see Ellen at the Washington marine lab. In this place Ellen had a little bungalow to herself; she so had complete privacy. I walked over to where she was at (I left the car over at the parking lot and had to walk the rest of the way) and of course we were both excited and happy to see each

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

maintenance and upkeep of the residence. There is one episode where everyone heads out separately, and one vampire is left behind. When everyone returns a year later, the place is in shambles with raccoons taking residence in the house. It's the raccoons that brought the memory of the first day when

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

completely different reason. In the series, the vampires have humans who are their familiars, the individuals who do all the daily and grunt work during the day. They do this with the promise that they will become vampires also. In the series the familiar does the daily chores but does all the

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

see her. The trip to visit her at the Marine Lab in Washington is also another example of that. That was an amazing trip as I was going solo to go see her, and we celebrated our anniversary out there. There was also an episode that I saw last night that reminded me of my arrival there for a

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

so there were no classes being held). Seeing the episode last night just reminded me of that specific day with how we both were excited to see each other after what felt like a long time.
In later years, there were still moments in which Ellen would be happy to see me when I came over to

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

was when he started out together and we didn't live together so that may have been the reason why she was OK with it). It was during the time when she had the dorm room to herself as the person, she was sharing the room was gone for several days (it was during the weekend and the 4th of July holiday

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

great time but that moment when she saw me after about a month (the classes were from the end to June to beginning of August) she gave this really excited and happy squeal and we ended up just hugging and kissing there (the only time I can remember Ellen was OK with public displays of affection. It

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

Hawaii to take the field classes that they had in marine labs there). At the time we weren't living together so we would see each other frequently but not all the time (it didn't stop us from trying though. We would try to see each other every day but it didn't always work out). She was having a

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

Ellen was taking the field course over at Bodega Bay Marine Lab. She got the opportunity to take the class out there and jumped on it (actually whenever Ellen got the opportunity to take any kind of marine bio field classes, she would always take them. This is how she made the trip to Washington and

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

It just hit me hard. Ellen would make a similar sound when she was really happy and excited. One of the strongest memories of an event that caused her to make that sound as well as get very similar results is during our early years together. It happened when we were still living in San Francisco and

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

it's obvious but at the time I never really noticed) where the couple get separated and then get reunited. When the male character, his wife gives this little squeal of excitement and happiness and at the end of the episode they run off to “reconnect”. Hearing that little squeal triggered memories.

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Los Tenorio @thel0st1.bsky.social · 1h

For example, there is the vampire couple that are central characters. There is one episode (which was funny but the first time I saw it I didn't realize that Mark Hamill was playing the antagonist in the episode. It didn't hit me until way after the fact and now that I see it again

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