Hi there! I go by many names, but my friends call me . Not due to an especially small stature, but rather my whimsical personality. I mean, what holds more whimsy than a small herring-like fish? I suppose that is not where the similarities end. Much like a can of sardines, I am often tightly packed with my peers. Interpret that as you will. As I am sure you can tell from this tangent about Sardina pilchardus, I often write (and speak) at length with very little word economy (and a surplus of run-on sentences).
Oh right, the purpose of this post is to introduce myself. So yes, I am the supreme . My better half, acikek, excels at the concise writing I struggle with. This is one of many things I can (and should) learn from her. As for me, I have a few specialized skills. Currently, I work as a wildland firefighter and am a student at my local community college. In order to ensure I have no soul, my major is political science and I am on the mock trial team. The current goal I have is to become an Arson Investigator. In my free time you'll find me rock climbing, making memories with acikek, doomscrolling, and contemplating the possible heat death of the universe. Needless to say, I put the "pseudo" in pseudo-intellectual.
It is my belief that the best way to understand someone is to know what they fear. Personally, I fear em-dashes. Well, I also fear dementia, solitary confinement, most methods of torture, judgement from my peers, and the weird sound produced from scrubbing a surface with a sponge. Em-dashes are definitely at the top of that list. I have very little understanding of how they work. And as we all know, humans must fear what they don't understand. So until I understand them, I will likely use parentheses where an em-dash would be suitable.
Hopefully, you have an idea as to who I am now that I have illustrated the origin of my name, my occupation, hobbies, and fears. Looking forward to forcing you all to consume the ramblings of a lunatic.