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	File:IMG_20170517_135319348.jpg \| cicada on Harena's shirt		File:IMG_20170517_135319348.jpg \| cicada on Harena's shirt
	File:IMG_20170517_135429269_HDR.jpg \| cicada on Harena's hand		File:IMG_20170517_135429269_HDR.jpg \| cicada on Harena's hand
	File:IMG_20170517_143852901.jpg \| cicada on Harena's ~~neck~~		File:IMG_20170517_143852901.jpg \| cicada on Harena's shoulder
	File:IMG_20170517_143907872.cicada on thumb.crop.jpg \| cicada on Harena's famous "hitch-hiker thumb"		File:IMG_20170517_143907872.cicada on thumb.crop.jpg \| cicada on Harena's famous "hitch-hiker thumb"
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Woozle: category curation

2020-03-16T23:41:10Z

category curation

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	{{page/date}}<small>''writed by [[Woozle]]''</small>		{{page/date}}
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			<small>''writed by [[Woozle]]''</small>
	==Tuesday 5/16==		==Tuesday 5/16==
	[[File:IMG_20170516_190322264.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|I'm kind of windblown after driving around for most of the morning and then also 4 hours up I-40, so not at my best, and that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. <ref>I thought at first this might be my first-ever cellphone selfie, but then I remembered I took a few selfies in my "transition" shirt, back in January. Some of those (like [[woozalia:File:2017-01-20 DSC 0029.transition selfie.crop-adj.JPG\|this one]]) were laptop selfies and therefore exempt, but I took some with the cellphone too. '''Update''': I'm pretty sure those other selfies were not posted publicly – so this would be my first ''publicly-posted'' cellphone selfie <s>taken on a Tuesday</s> ever.</ref>]]		[[File:IMG_20170516_190322264.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|I'm kind of windblown after driving around for most of the morning and then also 4 hours up I-40, so not at my best, and that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. <ref>I thought at first this might be my first-ever cellphone selfie, but then I remembered I took a few selfies in my "transition" shirt, back in January. Some of those (like [[woozalia:File:2017-01-20 DSC 0029.transition selfie.crop-adj.JPG\|this one]]) were laptop selfies and therefore exempt, but I took some with the cellphone too. '''Update''': I'm pretty sure those other selfies were not posted publicly – so this would be my first ''publicly-posted'' cellphone selfie <s>taken on a Tuesday</s> ever.</ref>]]

Woozle: follow-up photo

2018-03-19T21:07:02Z

follow-up photo

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	We continued seeing the cicadas for several more miles after that.		We continued seeing the cicadas for several more miles after that.

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	==Postscript==		==Postscript==
			[[File:IMG_20180318_150708968.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|The fateful spot, 10 months later]]
	I forgot to mention: while I was unpacking the car after getting back home, I saw a [[wikipedia:monarch butterfly\|monarch]] feeding from the lugustrum in our driveway. I tried to get a photo, but it was too high up by the time I had the camera ready.		I forgot to mention: while I was unpacking the car after getting back home, I saw a [[wikipedia:monarch butterfly\|monarch]] feeding from the lugustrum in our driveway. I tried to get a photo, but it was too high up by the time I had the camera ready.

Woozle: /* This Is Where It Gets a Bit Too Exciting */ link to Durham cicada

2017-05-21T19:54:31Z

This Is Where It Gets a Bit Too Exciting: link to Durham cicada

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	It wasn't quite a swarm, but every few seconds one or two would zoom through and maybe land; I think each one of us got at least one or two landing on them. Most of us were fine with this.		It wasn't quite a swarm, but every few seconds one or two would zoom through and maybe land; I think each one of us got at least one or two landing on them. Most of us were fine with this.

	They were not green, like the cicadas we're used to here in Durham; they were orange, and kind of evocative of locusts. One landed on me, and started making this really weird sound – like a cross between a scream, a howl, and a 1200 bps modem trying to connect. You can listen to it [https://hypertwins.org/owncloud/index.php/s/ieJwXTOhBgryXrt here] (if the video won't play, just download it). A little after that, I noticed a similar sound coming from the woods next to us – only it sounded more like wind blowing through a narrow-pass filter. Or something. (You can hear that [https://hypertwins.org/owncloud/index.php/s/Vlt4lVN6SO5EUzv here] – sorry for the video being upside-down; I'll fix that when I can.)		They were not green, like [[:File:Cicada July 2009.JPG\|the cicadas we're used to here in Durham]]; they were orange, and kind of evocative of locusts. One landed on me, and started making this really weird sound – like a cross between a scream, a howl, and a 1200 bps modem trying to connect. You can listen to it [https://hypertwins.org/owncloud/index.php/s/ieJwXTOhBgryXrt here] (if the video won't play, just download it). A little after that, I noticed a similar sound coming from the woods next to us – only it sounded more like wind blowing through a narrow-pass filter. Or something. (You can hear that [https://hypertwins.org/owncloud/index.php/s/Vlt4lVN6SO5EUzv here] – sorry for the video being upside-down; I'll fix that when I can.)

	Harena found holes all over the hillside, and a discarded exoskeleton to keep as a souvenir.		Harena found holes all over the hillside, and a discarded exoskeleton to keep as a souvenir.

Woozle: /* This Is Where It Gets a Bit Too Exciting */ google maps link

2017-05-21T19:50:23Z

This Is Where It Gets a Bit Too Exciting: google maps link

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	[[File:2017-05-18 Cicada Shell on the Car Flower.JPG\|thumb\|left\|No car is complete without a souvenir cicada shell. It's the done thing.]]		[[File:2017-05-18 Cicada Shell on the Car Flower.JPG\|thumb\|left\|No car is complete without a souvenir cicada shell. It's the done thing.]]

	I went and retrieved the bit of shredded tire from the road. I considered keeping it as a souvenir, but decided we had enough souvenirs and left it right there by mile marker 84.		I went and retrieved the bit of shredded tire from the road. I considered keeping it as a souvenir, but decided we had enough souvenirs and left it right there by [https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6375278,-81.9923827,3a,75y,81.09h,96.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVQceuITOWG8Ta02pa0nO1g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 mile marker 84].

	[[File:IMG_20170517_143050388.jpg\|600px\|thumb\|Here's that piece of tire-tread... and oh, hey, those railings look a lot more solid up close, don't they. "No they don't", says Benjamin. "They really don't." [https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motorsport/watch-crash-barrier-save-rally-car-disaster Yes they do], says [https://mastodon.network/users/stuartb/updates/59587 the internet].]]		[[File:IMG_20170517_143050388.jpg\|600px\|thumb\|Here's that piece of tire-tread... and oh, hey, those railings look a lot more solid up close, don't they. "No they don't", says Benjamin. "They really don't." [https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motorsport/watch-crash-barrier-save-rally-car-disaster Yes they do], says [https://mastodon.network/users/stuartb/updates/59587 the internet].]]
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	We continued seeing the cicadas for several more miles after that.		We continued seeing the cicadas for several more miles after that.

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	==Postscript==		==Postscript==
	I forgot to mention: while I was unpacking the car after getting back home, I saw a [[wikipedia:monarch butterfly\|monarch]] feeding from the lugustrum in our driveway. I tried to get a photo, but it was too high up by the time I had the camera ready.		I forgot to mention: while I was unpacking the car after getting back home, I saw a [[wikipedia:monarch butterfly\|monarch]] feeding from the lugustrum in our driveway. I tried to get a photo, but it was too high up by the time I had the camera ready.

Woozle: selfie qualification

2017-05-20T10:36:10Z

selfie qualification

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	{{page/date}}<small>''writed by [[Woozle]]''</small>		{{page/date}}<small>''writed by [[Woozle]]''</small>
	==Tuesday 5/16==		==Tuesday 5/16==
	[[File:IMG_20170516_190322264.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|I'm kind of windblown after driving around for most of the morning and then also 4 hours up I-40, so not at my best, and that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. <ref>I thought at first this might be my first-ever cellphone selfie, but then I remembered I took a few selfies in my "transition" shirt, back in January. Some of those (like [[woozalia:File:2017-01-20 DSC 0029.transition selfie.crop-adj.JPG\|this one]]) were laptop selfies and therefore exempt, but I took some with the cellphone too.</ref>]]		[[File:IMG_20170516_190322264.jpg\|200px\|thumb\|right\|I'm kind of windblown after driving around for most of the morning and then also 4 hours up I-40, so not at my best, and that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. <ref>I thought at first this might be my first-ever cellphone selfie, but then I remembered I took a few selfies in my "transition" shirt, back in January. Some of those (like [[woozalia:File:2017-01-20 DSC 0029.transition selfie.crop-adj.JPG\|this one]]) were laptop selfies and therefore exempt, but I took some with the cellphone too. '''Update''': I'm pretty sure those other selfies were not posted publicly – so this would be my first ''publicly-posted'' cellphone selfie <s>taken on a Tuesday</s> ever.</ref>]]
	So... we drove up to Asheville on Tuesday to pick up [[Zander]] from Warren Wilson for the summer. We usually do these trips in one day – drive up, grab Z, get lunch, head back (or if we're bringing him there instead of bringing him home: drive up, eat lunch, drop off Z, head back) – but this time we decided to drive up the day before and stay overnight, so we could (by request) eat breakfast at the Waffle House. Benjamin had been cleared in advance for missing a day of school on Wednesday.		So... we drove up to Asheville on Tuesday to pick up [[Zander]] from Warren Wilson for the summer. We usually do these trips in one day – drive up, grab Z, get lunch, head back (or if we're bringing him there instead of bringing him home: drive up, eat lunch, drop off Z, head back) – but this time we decided to drive up the day before and stay overnight, so we could (by request) eat breakfast at the Waffle House. Benjamin had been cleared in advance for missing a day of school on Wednesday.

Woozle: PS monarch

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 Having picked up Zander (and water), we then checked in at the hotel, got most of the stuff out of the car (except, apparently, my laptop -- which was not stolen overnight, despite the car being left unlocked) then drove off down the Blue Ridge Parkway to [http://asianagb.com/ Asiana Grand Buffet] (somewhere I have earlier photos of this) for dinner, as is our ancient and venerated ritual since 2015, then back to the hotel, collapsed<ref>At about this time, I realized that this was the first time I'd stayed in a hotel since HRT had turned me into a morning person; I wondered aloud how this would play out in the morning, since I couldn't just get up and go downstairs to work on stuff. As it happens, I was fine with sleeping a couple of extra hours and getting up with everyone else.</ref>, and fell asleep to the sound of Zander playing D&D with his buds via laptop.
 ==Wednesday 5/17==
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 So now all I had to worry about was the vibration, and whether some part of the car's undercarriage was going to suddenly wear through and fall off or lock up the wheels or something.
 ===This Is Where It Gets a Bit Too Exciting===
 Fast-forward to approximately 10 minutes after tanking up. I was trying to find a speed where the vibration was at a minimum. We were in the left lane of two; Harena is pretty sure we were going 65-70 MPH at this point (more or less legal on that stretch). The car music stick was playing "[[wikipedia:Count On Me (Jefferson Starship song)|Count on Me]]"<ref>I'm having my second adolescence because of the HRT, so I'm allowed to listen to sappy music.</ref>, which would have been tragically ironic if things had gone a little differently. I think Harena had started to say something to me... and suddenly there was a loud BANGTHUMP (all one sound, but kind of a cross between the two)...
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 We continued seeing the cicadas for several more miles after that.
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+So they aren't extinct ''yet''. :-/
 ==Footnotes==
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Woozle: more complete caption

2017-05-19T16:55:21Z

more complete caption

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	I went and retrieved the bit of shredded tire from the road. I considered keeping it as a souvenir, but decided we had enough souvenirs and left it right there by mile marker 84.		I went and retrieved the bit of shredded tire from the road. I considered keeping it as a souvenir, but decided we had enough souvenirs and left it right there by mile marker 84.

	[[File:IMG_20170517_143050388.jpg\|600px\|thumb\|~~Hey~~, those railings look a lot more solid up close, don't they. "No they don't", says Benjamin. "They really don't." [https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motorsport/watch-crash-barrier-save-rally-car-disaster Yes they do], says [https://mastodon.network/users/stuartb/updates/59587 the internet].]]		[[File:IMG_20170517_143050388.jpg\|600px\|thumb\|Here's that piece of tire-tread... and oh, hey, those railings look a lot more solid up close, don't they. "No they don't", says Benjamin. "They really don't." [https://www.topgear.com/car-news/motorsport/watch-crash-barrier-save-rally-car-disaster Yes they do], says [https://mastodon.network/users/stuartb/updates/59587 the internet].]]

	Eventually the service van arrived (he was about 15 minutes past the original ETA due to a traffic jam), changed the tire with little fanfare (using both our jack and one he brought with him) – which is when I noticed that while the other tires (including the spare) were all Michelins, the blown one was a "Brigadier"; not sure if this is significant – and we parted company.		Eventually the service van arrived (he was about 15 minutes past the original ETA due to a traffic jam), changed the tire with little fanfare (using both our jack and one he brought with him) – which is when I noticed that while the other tires (including the spare) were all Michelins, the blown one was a "Brigadier"; not sure if this is significant – and we parted company.

Woozle: tense agreement

2017-05-19T15:42:40Z

tense agreement

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	At some point after picking up Z, I noticed a sort of up-and-down feeling in the car when accelerating and some vibration at higher speeds, and the thought in my head was basically "hmm, we'll need to get that checked out... I'll have to pay attention to this so I know how to describe it... don't want to say anything, though, because Harena doesn't need more stress." I was going on the assumption that it was mechanical – somewhere in the drive-linkage – and any attempt to investigate it would delay our return by at least a day (which would have been a problem, because B did need to get back to school on Thursday).		At some point after picking up Z, I noticed a sort of up-and-down feeling in the car when accelerating and some vibration at higher speeds, and the thought in my head was basically "hmm, we'll need to get that checked out... I'll have to pay attention to this so I know how to describe it... don't want to say anything, though, because Harena doesn't need more stress." I was going on the assumption that it was mechanical – somewhere in the drive-linkage – and any attempt to investigate it would delay our return by at least a day (which would have been a problem, because B did need to get back to school on Thursday).

	Having picked up Zander (and water), we then checked in at the hotel, got most of the stuff out of the car (except, apparently, my laptop -- which was not stolen overnight, despite the car being left unlocked) then drove off down the Blue Ridge Parkway to [http://asianagb.com/ Asiana Grand Buffet] (somewhere I have earlier photos of this) for dinner, as is our ancient and venerated ritual since 2015, then back to the hotel, ~~collapse~~<ref>At about this time, I realized that this was the first time I'd stayed in a hotel since HRT had turned me into a morning person; I wondered aloud how this would play out in the morning, since I couldn't just get up and go downstairs to work on stuff. As it happens, I was fine with sleeping a couple of extra hours and getting up with everyone else.</ref>, and ~~fall~~ asleep to the sound of Zander playing D&D with his buds via laptop.		Having picked up Zander (and water), we then checked in at the hotel, got most of the stuff out of the car (except, apparently, my laptop -- which was not stolen overnight, despite the car being left unlocked) then drove off down the Blue Ridge Parkway to [http://asianagb.com/ Asiana Grand Buffet] (somewhere I have earlier photos of this) for dinner, as is our ancient and venerated ritual since 2015, then back to the hotel, collapsed<ref>At about this time, I realized that this was the first time I'd stayed in a hotel since HRT had turned me into a morning person; I wondered aloud how this would play out in the morning, since I couldn't just get up and go downstairs to work on stuff. As it happens, I was fine with sleeping a couple of extra hours and getting up with everyone else.</ref>, and fell asleep to the sound of Zander playing D&D with his buds via laptop.

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Woozle: /* This Is Where It Gets a Bit Too Exciting */ tweaks; Harena's telling

2017-05-19T11:55:57Z

This Is Where It Gets a Bit Too Exciting: tweaks; Harena's telling

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	===This Is Where It Gets a Bit Too Exciting===		===This Is Where It Gets a Bit Too Exciting===
	~~I think it was maybe 15~~ minutes ~~later..~~. I was trying to find a speed where the vibration was at a minimum. We were in the left lane; Harena is pretty sure we were going 65-70 MPH at this point. The car music stick was playing "[[wikipedia:Count On Me (Jefferson Starship song)\|Count on Me]]"<ref>I'm having my second adolescence because of the HRT, so I'm allowed to listen to sappy music.</ref>, which would have been tragically ironic if things had gone a little differently. I think Harena had started to say something to me... and suddenly there was a loud BANGTHUMP (all one sound, but kind of a cross between the two...		Fast-forward to approximately 10 minutes after tanking up. I was trying to find a speed where the vibration was at a minimum. We were in the left lane of two; Harena is pretty sure we were going 65-70 MPH at this point (more or less legal on that stretch). The car music stick was playing "[[wikipedia:Count On Me (Jefferson Starship song)\|Count on Me]]"<ref>I'm having my second adolescence because of the HRT, so I'm allowed to listen to sappy music.</ref>, which would have been tragically ironic if things had gone a little differently. I think Harena had started to say something to me... and suddenly there was a loud BANGTHUMP (all one sound, but kind of a cross between the two)...

	It must have been at approximately this time that I activated the right-turn signal, because I intended to change lanes and then pull the car off to the right shoulder. I might or might not have said something like "I've got to get us off the road".		It must have been at approximately this time that I activated the right-turn signal, because I intended to change lanes and then pull the car off to the right shoulder. I might or might not have said something like "I've got to get us off the road". (For the record, [[/Harena's account\|here is Harena's recounting]].)

	...and the front of the car started veering off to the left, toward the median where it would have hit something stationary which would not have been good... and I compensated by oversteering to the right, which did in fact stop us from hitting the median but then it kept swinging over to the right and when I tried to steer back to the left I couldn't keep it straight.		...and the front of the car started veering off to the left, toward the median where it would have hit something stationary which would not have been good... and I compensated by oversteering to the right, which did in fact stop us from hitting the median but then it kept swinging over to the right and when I tried to steer back to the left I couldn't keep it straight.

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	File:IMG_20170517_135319348.jpg \| cicada on Harena's shirt		File:IMG_20170517_135319348.jpg \| cicada on Harena's shirt
	File:IMG_20170517_135429269_HDR.jpg \| cicada on Harena's hand		File:IMG_20170517_135429269_HDR.jpg \| cicada on Harena's hand
	File:IMG_20170517_143852901.jpg \| cicada on Harena's ~~neck~~		File:IMG_20170517_143852901.jpg \| cicada on Harena's shoulder
	File:IMG_20170517_143907872.cicada on thumb.crop.jpg \| cicada on Harena's famous "hitch-hiker thumb"		File:IMG_20170517_143907872.cicada on thumb.crop.jpg \| cicada on Harena's famous "hitch-hiker thumb"
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	We continued seeing the cicadas for several more miles after that.		We continued seeing the cicadas for several more miles after that.

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	==Postscript==		==Postscript==
			[[File:IMG_20180318_150708968.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|The fateful spot, 10 months later]]
	I forgot to mention: while I was unpacking the car after getting back home, I saw a [[wikipedia:monarch butterfly\|monarch]] feeding from the lugustrum in our driveway. I tried to get a photo, but it was too high up by the time I had the camera ready.		I forgot to mention: while I was unpacking the car after getting back home, I saw a [[wikipedia:monarch butterfly\|monarch]] feeding from the lugustrum in our driveway. I tried to get a photo, but it was too high up by the time I had the camera ready.