ABOUT ME
HIHI!! My name is Hestia (well... not actually, that'd be far too cool, but my real name's a secret!), I'm 18 and this is my blog!!!
Also... I'm autistic! And personally, for all the struggles and issues that come with it, I love being autistic, and I want there to be places on the internet that other neuro-divergent teenagers like me can see and know that there are others just like them out there. Probably a large handful of which have the exact same niche hyper-fixations and interests as each other. And no, it doesn't matter if you're diagnosed, if you feel 'different', this is the place for you!
My specific personal brand of weirdness tends to come from my hyper-fixations. For example I adore media like Bones and All, I Believe in Unicorns, Nicole Dollananger, Paramore, Ethel Cain, Hannibal, Lord of the Rings, The Secret History, The Black Phone, IT, Searows, Phoebe Bridgers, Super 8 and I saw the tv glow (Also I want to mention this, I don't draw the line at only western or English-speaking media, I love media from other countries too, and I've had some intense fixations on dramas from all over Asia and Europe and i'm always excited to watch anything that matches my vibe, no matter what language it's in)
Subjects and Interests I have that I'll definitely put in my blog at some point:
- Mythical animals
- Being neurodivergent in the world
- Greek mythology
- Fantasy
- Life as a girl in a misogynistic society
- Wilderness survival
- The apocalyptic aesthetic
- Traveling the world
- Celebrity crushes (because for all I preach about feeling 'different', I am also a boring teenage girl)
- Fashion and Crafting
- Reading + reviews
- Film and movies + reviews
- Random thoughts I have but in paragraph form! Shower thoughts, if you will...
- Gothic media
- Media with symbolism in it or media that requires you to analyze to understand.
Now for some fun facts about me personally:
1. My favorite animals are cats and stoats! (specifically arctic stoats) and my favorite bugs are woodlice and beetles of any shape and size.
2. I ADORE forests, anyone who knows me in real life know that if I don't go on a walk in a forest at least once a month I will lose my shit. Forests and mountains are my safe place, have been since I was really little, and you couldn't catch me in a city long term.
3. My favorite and comfort food is my mum's homemade chilli and rice!!
4. Building on that second one, my dream is to live somewhere slightly detached form other people, I want to be in a cottage or a cabin in the woods, somewhere beautiful and wild. That doesn't mean I want to be completely alone though, no... I want cats! Soooo any cats (crazy cat ladies are real guys) and not just cats. I want a reallllyy big wolfy dog and I want to befriend alllll the woodland creatures. I'm talking crows, owls, squirrels, mice, bugs, hedgehogs, foxes and deers! I'd quite like to be that mysterious lady that the neighboring village kids talk about like "is she a witch? is she not?", but i'm actually super nice and I sell my homegrown fruit and veggies or crafts at the village market...
5. My favorite characters ever are Maren Yearly, Abigail Hobbs, Faramir, Devina, Eowyn and Nancy Wheeler!
6. I'm asexual and unlabeled. I don't know what sexuality I am, I've spent years trying to figure it out but it's a lost cause, generally I find myself having real life crushes only on men but I've seen plenty of women online that I find super attractive and would date too, so its a bit of a confusing topic for me. Asexual-wise, I have always been viscerally disgusted by the idea of anything physical besides kissing. It's a horrifying idea to me personally, though I obviously totally don't care when others do it. Go for it!! However in real life when people describe anything sexual or make graphic/female genitalia-specific innuendos I get really uncomfy and I don't like it at all (only in real life though, the internet's a grey area, I tend to find innuendos online super funny), and sure i'll read smut but I HATE the idea of it ever being ME, ugh, so gross...
7. I live in England, though i'm half Irish (what a combo, I know). My grandma and grandad on my dads side moved from the North of Ireland to England for a better life as they say, as my grandma was raised Protestant and my grandad Catholic during the war, meaning my grandad couldn't find work due to everything going on at the time and so they came here with my dad when he was a little baby. Then my dad grew up and met my mum (love at first sight I think...) blah blah blah and then came me and my little sister!
8. One of my hyper-fixations when I was much younger were orcas or killer whales! Then more specifically northern white rhinos, but they're extinct now. :(
9. The music i'm listening to while writing this is a strange mix of bjork's 'possibly maybe' and some Nicole dollananger and Ethel Cain (its the 'main menu' playlist)!
According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly.
ReplyDeleteIts wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground.
The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.
Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
Ooh, black and yellow!
Let's shake it up a little.
ReplyDeleteBarry! Breakfast is ready!
Coming!
Hang on a second.
Hello?
Barry?
ReplyDeleteAdam?
Can you believe this is happening?
I can't.
I'll pick you up.
Looking sharp.
ReplyDeleteUse the stairs, Your father paid good money for those.
Sorry. I'm excited.
Here's the graduate.
We're very proud of you, son.
A perfect report card, all B's.
ReplyDeleteVery proud.
Ma! I got a thing going here.
You got lint on your fuzz.
Ow! That's me!
Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000.
ReplyDeleteBye!
Barry, I told you, stop flying in the house!
Hey, Adam.
Hey, Barry.
Is that fuzz gel?
ReplyDeleteA little. Special day, graduation.
Never thought I'd make it.
Three days grade school, three days high school.
Those were awkward.
Three days college. I'm glad I took a day and hitchhiked around The Hive.
You did come back different.
Hi, Barry. Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good.
Hear about Frankie?
Yeah.
You going to the funeral?
ReplyDeleteNo, I'm not going.
Everybody knows, sting someone, you die.
Don't waste it on a squirrel.
Such a hothead.
I guess he could have just gotten out of the way.
I love this incorporating an amusement park into our day.
That's why we don't need vacations.
Boy, quite a bit of pomp under the circumstances.
Well, Adam, today we are men.
We are!
ReplyDeleteBee-men.
Amen!
Hallelujah!
Students, faculty, distinguished bees,
please welcome Dean Buzzwell.
Welcome, New Hive City graduating class of 9:15.
That concludes our ceremonies And begins your career at Honex Industries!
Will we pick our job today?
I heard it's just orientation.
Heads up! Here we go.
Keep your hands and antennas inside the tram at all times.
Wonder what it'll be like?
A little scary.
Welcome to Honex, a division of Honesco and a part of the Hexagon Group.
This is it!
Wow.
Wow.
We know that you, as a bee, have worked your whole life to get to the point where you can work for your whole life.
Honey begins when our valiant Pollen Jocks bring the nectar to The Hive.
Our top-secret formula is automatically color-corrected, scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured into this soothing sweet syrup with its distinctive golden glow you know as... Honey!
That girl was hot.
She's my cousin!
She is?
Yes, we're all cousins.
Right. You're right.
At Honex, we constantly strive to improve every aspect of bee existence.
These bees are stress-testing a new helmet technology.
What do you think he makes?
Not enough.
Here we have our latest advancement, the Krelman.
What does that do?
Catches that little strand of honey that hangs after you pour it.
Saves us millions.
Can anyone work on the Krelman?
Of course. Most bee jobs are small ones.
But bees know that every small job, if it's done well, means a lot.
But choose carefully because you'll stay in the job you pick for the rest of your life.
The same job the rest of your life? I didn't know that.
What's the difference?
You'll be happy to know that bees, as a species, haven't had one day off in 27 million years.
So you'll just work us to death?
We'll sure try.
Wow! That blew my mind!
"What's the difference?"
How can you say that?
One job forever?
That's an insane choice to have to make.
I'm relieved. Now we only have to make one decision in life.
But, Adam, how could they never have told us that?
Why would you question anything? We're bees.
ReplyDeleteWe're the most perfectly functioning society on Earth.
You ever think maybe things work a little too well here?
Like what? Give me one example.
I don't know. But you know what I'm talking about.
Please clear the gate. Royal Nectar Force on approach.
Wait a second. Check it out.
Hey, those are Pollen Jocks!
Wow.
I've never seen them this close.
They know what it's like outside The Hive.
Yeah, but some don't come back.
Hey, Jocks!
Hi, Jocks!
You guys did great!
You're monsters!
You're sky freaks! I love it! I love it!
I wonder where they were.
I don't know.
Their day's not planned.
Outside The Hive, flying who knows where, doing who knows what.
You can't just decide to be a Pollen Jock. You have to be bred for that.
Right.
Look. That's more pollen than you and I will see in a lifetime.
It's just a status symbol.
Bees make too much of it.
Perhaps. Unless you're wearing it and the ladies see you wearing it.
Those ladies?
Aren't they our cousins too?
Distant. Distant.
Look at these two.
Couple of Hive Harrys.
Let's have fun with them.
It must be dangerous being a Pollen Jock.
Yeah. Once a bear pinned me against a mushroom!
He had a paw on my throat, and with the other, he was slapping me!
Oh, my!
I never thought I'd knock him out.
What were you doing during this?
Trying to alert the authorities.
I can autograph that.
A little gusty out there today, wasn't it, comrades?
Yeah. Gusty.
We're hitting a sunflower patch six miles from here tomorrow.
Six miles, huh?
Barry!
A puddle jump for us, but maybe you're not up for it.
Maybe I am.
You are not!
We're going 0900 at J-Gate.
What do you think, buzzy-boy?
Are you bee enough?
I might be. It all depends on what 0900 means.
Hey, Honex!
Dad, you surprised me.
You decide what you're interested in?
Well, there's a lot of choices.
But you only get one.
Do you ever get bored doing the same job every day?
Son, let me tell you about stirring.
You grab that stick, and you just move it around, and you stir it around.
You get yourself into a rhythm.
It's a beautiful thing.
You know, Dad, the more I think about it,
maybe the honey field just isn't right for me.
You were thinking of what, making balloon animals?
That's a bad job for a guy with a stinger.
Janet, your son's not sure he wants to go into honey!
Barry, you are so funny sometimes.
I'm not trying to be funny.
You're not funny! You're going into honey. Our son, the stirrer!
You're gonna be a stirrer?
No one's listening to me!
Wait till you see the sticks I have.
I could say anything right now.
I'm gonna get an ant tattoo!
Let's open some honey and celebrate!
Maybe I'll pierce my thorax. Shave my antennae. Shack up with a grasshopper. Get a gold tooth and call everybody "dawg"!
I'm so proud.
We're starting work today!
Today's the day.
Come on! All the good jobs will be gone.
Yeah, right.
Pollen counting, stunt bee, pouring, stirrer, front desk, hair removal...
Is it still available?
Hang on. Two left!
One of them's yours! Congratulations!
Step to the side.
What'd you get?
Picking crud out. Stellar!
Wow!
Couple of newbies?
Yes, sir! Our first day! We are ready!
Make your choice.
You want to go first?
No, you go.
Oh, my. What's available?
Restroom attendant's open, not for the reason you think.
Any chance of getting the Krelman?
Sure, you're on.