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My trip to California !

December 19th, 2023 - started writing at 2:17 AM

The trip started at 5 AM on Friday, that was when I left on my eons-long road trip to California.

I wasn't really feeling that tired, I actually didn't get any sleep (had an awful headache until I had some tea mere minutes before I was supposed to wake up and get ready)

We packed some blankies if any of us needed to lay down, but I knew I might've not been able to sleep so just in case I packed up some study guides and an encyclopedia to read in the car. For the most part I just stared at the window listening to music because we drive through a very dark desert so I got to watch Orion set as Ursa Major was above me while Libra was rising to my east.

When the sun was rising I was definitely eager to see some major star in Scorpius appear as a very faint dot but I guess not lol (the sun should be in ophiuchus right now, not too far from antares, but im impatient to see my favorite constellation)

We went on the route we'd usually take when we go to Big Bear, mainly because less traffic, so we went through San Bernardino I think? Halfway I started getting really tired and giddy to the point where I was laughing at trees for no reason LOL (and me imagining TSSOA California being a rebellious teenager)

The main point of the trip was to visit my relatives at a cemetery near Los Angeles. And it was nice having breaky with them over at a Denny's. I had some chicken tendies and. fries with ketchupie and. ranchie idk WHAT IM SAYING LOL and I felt like my tired sleepy side was definitely catching up to me (I'm not one to be a part of conversations 😭 im kinda shy tbh)

After that we drove about 30-40 mins to the California Science Center, one of my favorite places to be haha because THEY GOT SOME SPACECRAFT MODELS!!! and can't forget Endeavour herself :D

^^ some of my favorite models that they have. when i went here for the first time i remember i was so happy to see hubble and juno

They also had this area where you could use NASA's Eyes on Earth software and it was really cool because they projected the satellites and earth onto a sphere so it was like you could actually view it

ICESat-2 :D (seeing it made me feel so giddy)

they had so many cool goobers there, even if one of them's a giant space boat <3 (they had a timeline of space shuttle missions and seeing CGRO made me feel happy, i have the mission patch btw lol)

NOW IT'S OFF TO THE GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY !!!

and this time we got to park much closer to the observatory, and we didnt walk eons and eons down the road LOL.

It was a lot more crowded this time but that was probably because it was later and so people might have come to use the telescope at the top of the building.

I see what they did there. Nice one. (That's the California Nebula on the left lol. Yes, it's a real name and it's in Perseus)

The view from when we left was really pretty,,I love going to these kinds of places :sob: but now im back in good ol' desert Arizona (came back early on saturday) but I LOVE GOI

i think im runnin out of space here so ill continue into some other stuff in another post

December 19th, 2023 - finished writing/posted at 3:18 AM

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the beloved goobers of my interests

Rosetta

Kepler

NGC 1499

Scorpius

Florida

California

Pennsylvania

Psyche

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California. Just California ^^

Y'know, life's been a giant buzzkill lately, especially 2024 so far, and hopefully that changes soon. To kind of make things a little better, why don't I talk a little about my favorite Scrambled States character, California? Some nice addition to TSSOA content (california-wise, that is. mwahaha)

^ my lovely art of the boio

Okay so, there isn't a particularly solid reason why he happened to be my favorite? When I look at him I associate him more as the character himself and not the state, though it could have just been that I generally love driving to Cali

What some of my headcanons are

So obviously he's still kind of the rich and famous actor, I've been drawing him where he's got Da Drip and those fresh shades Personality wise, he feels his best when socializing or some other situation where he can engage his senses; that is he's very extroverted and flashy. He has a fun, action-loving side but also has a serious and somewhat tempered side. He can be quite impatient with others.

Cal's also got a sweet soft spot for the ocean, his favorite past times would be surfing and hanging out on the beach, but he also Loves marine life, ESPECIALLY seals and sea otters. He'd cry to whale songs /gen

Also his lactose intolerance can really mess him up, so he tries to avoid going through that as much as he can. Some other things are that he loves bears too, and he still ain't a good singer lol.

It's actually fun to draw him like this lol

My headcanons on relations with other states

Wisconsin and him, first of all, not exactly the best fit, but they don't hate each other. I like to imagine she tries to help him get better at singing.

Nevada is like a wingman to him, sometimes they act like brothers even. Will always go to a party with him.

He enjoys going on tour with his neighbor, Oregon

Him and Arizona also have a good friendship but it's one of those where they sometimes don't Get each other. Not in a bad way, they have largely different opinions on each others' interests but they respect it. Either will lightheartedly go "I don't understand how you can like this..." sometimes.

Florida and Hawaii are some great pals of his. He gets to ramble about the ocean and surf with them.

Marty. (Marty's his favorite phone agent)

This singular screenshot of California

my mindspace has a framed photo of him on the left wall next to the portrait of the Psyche spacecraft and my mars 2020 poster. Kepler's Third Law of Planetary Motion.

old stuff (ish)

blender nostalgia for meeeee

Funny silly SSOA stuff

December 19th, 2023 - started writing at 3:19 AM

So when we were coming home I bought some arts and crafts on the way...and a little bit of context I've been into The Scrambled States of America as a new interest

I'm not stopping all of my astronomy-related stuff ! Usually when I find a new interest, it's a really intense hyperfocus so I may not be as focus on spacecraft n stuff as I usually would be. The same thing happened with constellations it's just states so it feels super different hehe

Anyways, when I got home and later that day I started getting to work and making use of those supplies i bought, and the result:

Meet California !!! Spent over 7 hours working on him non-stop with the power of my dark magic /lh

*He doesn't wear glasses but does wear sunglasses sometimes, I just didn't find any so I used my own LOL

him with the gang:

This is California, Rhode Island, and Arizona !!! I have to prop them up with cut foam pieces because they're so blubby shaped LOL. Arizona was the first I made, then after her I used some extra foam to make Rhode Island (he's freakishly strong for his size !!!)

a very snazzy state, I will say

he wore a lil top hat in the talent show book hehe

Some oc stuff bc why not lol

been making SSOA OCs in my freetime hehe...they're usually based on astronomy but i like including science/wildlife that the state may be recognized for

I've only properly named two so far, Californium and Arizonac, but I'll talk a little more about Arizonac since he was the first I made

As much as the Pomni I've made him out to be he's not like that 24/7, but he's very secluded and prefers to be alone (or with a few close friends)

He's a very skillful and dedicated astronomer, and that's because I've read a lot of notable astronomy-related things about Arizona (ex. its various dark sites, lots of telescopes, Flagstaff's Lowell observatory) and being an Arizonan im proud of that hehe

So with that, he's actually nocturnal and so he's very sensitive to light and sound (and touch). That's also a reason why he prefers to be alone other than his introverted personality because daytime noises and light are discomforting. The little red dots around his eyes help him kind of see in the dark (as with red light when you're stargazing, it helps preserve your dark adapted eyes)

Californium I haven't done much about him other than make him like this futuristic robot-type guy who's just in love with space exploration (because of the JPL, Caltech, Silicon Valley, DSN at Goldstone, the Vandenburg launches, all that jazz) but also other science topics and wildlife because I heard California's quite diverse in that.

December 19th, 2023 - finished writing/posted at 5:55 AM

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