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Becca

@spandrella.bsky.social

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Live in Denver. Trying to be positive, or at least coherent. I am extremely passionate about pockets, have ADHD, and I'm pretty sure I don't belong here. I occasionally update my blog at spandrella.com.

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Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 14d

AFI is playing in Denver on Halloween. I am so on the fence about whether to go. Should I go? (If they're going to be playing mostly new songs, which they probably will, it might be less fun for me?)

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 14d

Have you tried adding olive brine to chai lattes? Because I'm curious about how that tastes but don't want to try it myself.

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 14d

Somewhere there's a librarian who's like, "I don't know why I know that you can download historical data from NWS weather stations and find out exactly how cold it was on Dec 12, 1975. This knowledge would be useful for someone but it isn't to me." Maybe it's YOU! The librarian is waiting for YOU.

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 14d

Libraries have Overdrive and Hoopla and google has all these websites it can bring to you and you never have to enter the library or talk to a person, but let's not forget that libraries are full of PEOPLE and those people are there to help you find things. They WANT to help you find things.

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 14d

Don't get me wrong, digital literacy and popular novels are good and noble pursuits, but they're also routine. You can be the person who breaks the routine by asking whether or not worms leave trails in the fossil record.

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · 14d

I don't know who needs to hear this (except the 2 of you that I'm subtweeting in the kindest way possible), but reference librarians spend a sizable part of their day helping ppl learn to use computers or find the new Nora Roberts. Don't feel shy about bringing them weird research questions.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 17d

Didn’t know this! Do you know how many years I pined for jstor access! Yes I am a giant nerd who pines for academe leave me alone with my papers and books

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17d

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 17d

regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 16

Anyway, childhood mystery solved, no I will NOT be revisiting this movie to see if it is funny, as far as I'm concerned Howard Witt is in the Valhalla of Horror Icons for his role as Mr. Boogedy. I have never felt safe in my bed since that glowing, sneezing man haunted a small New England town.

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 16

Turns out that all I had to do was search by the one line of dialogue that I remember ("Boogedy boogedy boo"), because that brings it right up on youtube.

The movie? Is a comedy. At least according to wikipedia. It aired on network TV as a Disney Sunday Movie.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Boo...

Mr. Boogedy - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 16

I have never known what fucking movie that was, because I could only remember snippets of two or three scenes, and no character names, basically nothing that was specific enough to be searchable. I've tried now and again over the years, or asked people about it, and never got anywhere.

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 16

I slept with the lights on for months. MONTHS. (Under-the-bed monsters hate lamps.) Maybe years?

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 16

Like i could live with the inevitability of the monsters under my bed, I was at peace with the fact that I couldn't get rid of them, but that fragile detente was only tenable if the monsters *stayed under the bed.*

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 16

What I saw in my dream was a translucent blue hand creeping up from the foot of my bed. It was moving slowly and grabbing at the bed covers like it was going to pull itself up and *into* my bed. My screaming woke up the whole house.

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 16

There is also a movie that I saw pieces of when I was probably 7 or 8, that scared the living shit out of me. I had a nightmare about it that I still count as one of the worst of my life because I didn't know that you could dream you were awake and in your bed

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 16

And also I was far away from the TV, at the top of the stairs, so I missed a lot of the visual gags that happen in the background.

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 16

I was 11 or 12, so arguably I should have had a sense of humor by that point in my life? All I can think is that, the humor in those movies is so dry, and I had absolutely no cultural context for the noir movies that they were spoofing, so I took things like suspenseful musical cues 100% literally.

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 16

Like the first time I saw Naked Gun (which, to be clear, I "watched" from the top of a staircase while craning my ears, because my brother sent me out of the den because "this isn't a movie for you" which of course made me want to watch it more), I entirely missed that it is a comedy.

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 16

I don't know how universal a childhood experience this is, or if it's my brain being neurospicy, but I have a very specific brand of "Movies you saw too early in life," and it is called "watching comedies and entirely missing the fucking point."

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 14

Bandcamp, if the artist has a presence there. Or the artist's website?

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · Sep 11

The evil that men do lives after them

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · Sep 10

This is absolutely heartbreaking.

Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · Sep 10

NEW: At least 2 people were being transported to a Denver-area hospital after a shooting involving an “active assailant” at Evergreen High School in Jefferson County, officials said Wednesday afternoon // Story by @katielang.bsky.social

Shooting, ‘active assailant’ reported at Evergreen High School

Jefferson County law enforcement are responding to an “active assailant” and shooting at Evergreen High School, officials said Wednesday afternoon.

www.denverpost.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · Sep 8

Iowa Leaves Big Saran-Wrapped Bowl Of Potato Salad At Illinois Border After Making Too Much https://theonion.com/iowa-leaves-big-saran-wrapped-bowl-of-potato-salad-at-i-1844747809/

Iowa Leaves Big Saran-Wrapped Bowl Of Potato Salad At Illinois Border After Making Too Much

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The Colorado Sun ☀️ @coloradosun.com · Sep 8

Can you get a COVID vaccine this year in Colorado? Here’s what to know.

Can you get a COVID vaccine this year in Colorado? Here’s what to know.

Can you get a COVID vaccine in 2025? Here are answers to all your questions about how to get a COVID vaccine in Colorado and who is eligible.

coloradosun.com

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pretty bug @inyourculture.bsky.social · Sep 2

i'm at the civil war

i'm at the great depression

i'm at the combination civil war great depression

Becca @spandrella.bsky.social · Sep 2

A thing about my dad is, you know if he likes the book you got him as a birthday present if he comes up to you 4 months later and starts teaching you all the things that were in the book you got him (that you have also read).