u/the_king_lobo

I’m looking for some guidance/perspectives. Currently live in Portland with my parents and this next year will be my last at PCC before I transfer to OSU to complete my BA in Marine Bio.

I’m wondering whether it would be doable to commute from P-town, or if moving to Corvallis would be more sensible. I’m not bothered by the drive, I enjoy driving more than the average person, and my car is fantastic on gas.

Moving would be the most obvious choice, but I’m unemployed currently and the job market is trash so I’m concerned I wouldn’t be able to afford it. I have savings and FAFSA, but they’re both limited resources. Additionally, i have an elderly cat I can’t leave behind, and my parents are both in their 60’s and my dad has very recently had some health complications and I worry about them living alone at this point.

I’m also a first generation student, so I’m not familiar with how the larger universities operate in regard to classes and scheduling, especially for a major such as mine.

TL;DR: Is it feasible to commute from somewhere like Portland? If you’ve done it, what was your experience like?

UPDATE: Brandy contacted us this morning and she is safe! Thank you all for your help and for looking out!

Mods, feel free to delete if this is not allowed.

My sister lives in NOLA and myself and the rest of my family are in Portland, which is why I’m coming here. We haven’t heard from her in almost 2 months, the most recent post on social media I’ve seen from her was July 13th. This isn’t unusual for her, but there’s other circumstances at play that have us concerned for her safety.

We can’t get a hold of her, her partner has been MIA and nobody she’s usually in contact with seems to know anything.

Her name is Brandy but she also goes by Mishka or “Sunrise Circuit”. She’s white, rather tall and thin, and her hair is dark at the roots with blonde ends. She takes her dog with her practically everywhere, his name is Panda and he’s black and white spotted like a cow. My sister has 3 piercings in her lower lip, a tattoo of a platypus skeleton on her right forearm, and some miscellaneous tattoos on her legs including infinity symbols.

We just want to know she’s safe. The case number is H-12324-26
If you see her, please contact NOPD.

Edit to add: she lives in Marigny/Bywater. She has some mental health issues so she’s rather “eccentric” to put it simply, and so she doesn’t really share information about where she hangs out or the people she spends time with, even when asked.

Title is pretty self explanatory. I have some basic experience but I haven’t been around horses in about a decade and I’d just like to be able to be around them again, maybe while gaining some more experience in the saddle.

Not picky about discipline (English, western, whatever works), and I’m not looking to compete or anything. Just want to ride for the fun of it and wondering is anyone knows of any people/places that may be a good option. 🙂

I’m growing Jalapeños for the first time and trying to figure out what to do with them and I thought I’d try to make some hot sauce, so I’m wondering if anyone here has a go-to recipe they really enjoy?

Any other recommendations on what to do with the peppers are also welcome 🙌

Re-watching the series for the umpteenth time and I'm currently on that episode everyone loathes and I've always been aware of this but curious if anyone else has thoughts regarding this.

Obviously Dean follows Rory inside like a lost puppy, and they start to talk, but something I've always noticed in this scene is the body language between the two of them. Rory doesn't look at him, nor does she touch him at first. However, Dean tends to be a little more imposing, not just because of his height, but he is the one who closes the space between Rory and himself, and he's the first one to initiate physical touch.

Rory does ask questions and wonders if it's really over between him and Lindsey - again, without ever looking up at him during this time, she's focused on the floor or their shoes. She's not exactly saying no, but the more I re-watch this scene, the more it feels like she's trying to talk herself out of it but ultimately fails for whatever reason - be it her own desires or Dean's subtle pressuring, both verbally and physically.

I'm curious if anyone has any differing thoughts about whether you think the body language was intentional or coincidental. Do you think it was meant to portray Rory as being apprehensive and Dean being a little more persuasive? Or perhaps it's because Rory tends to appear more passive than anything, and may not be comfortable with saying no?

^((Please know that I am not trying to imply that Dean harrassed/assaulted Rory - I'm simply curious if anyone has any thoughts on this scene. If you think the body language amounts to that, I would absolutely love to hear your thoughts on why! This is meant to be a discussion!))

Species: Cat
Age: 1 and 1/2 years
Sex: Female, spayed
Weight: ~7lbs.

My cat got her last FVRCP vaccine on June 17th, she initially seemed fine the day of. They administered it into her left hind leg.

The following day she was mildly lethargic, and favoring the leg in which she received the vaccine. She was still eating, drinking, and using her litterbox just fine, but wouldn’t jump up onto her cat tree or any of her favorite perches, she was preferring to lay on the floor and wouldn’t let me or anyone else touch her leg.

We called the vet to let them know, they said just to watch and see if it got worse, and to bring her back if it did.

I noticed that her leg appeared slightly swollen, but wasn’t positive because she wouldn’t even let me brush my fingers over the fur, leg alone feel her leg. She was still lethargic the next day, but then seemed to be feeling better by Friday the 19th and she’s started running around and jumping up into her favorite spots again.

However, I was finally able to pick her up today (June 20th) and feel her leg, and it definitely feels slightly swollen in comparison to her right (particularly her paw and pads felt clearly different in size), but she’s not super painful and she’s acting like her normal self again.

Is it normal for reactions to take this long to go down, or should we be concerned that it’s taking this long?

*Edited to add: this is the very first time she’s ever had an obvious reaction to any vaccine, we’ve had her since she was about 12 weeks old.

I've been applying to tons of places around me but in the last 2 years, I've only had 2 interviews. Part of the problem is that I can't find anything that is part time and would work with my schedule (I have to be on campus 2-3x a week).

Obviously there are no classes on weekends or major holidays, so I figured this position would be a good fit. Would a position as an ARC be doable as a college student?

Just to make folks aware, I was walking west on Killingsworth towards Albina about 11:30am and I got swooped by the same crow two times (no contact, just brushed through my hair). I’m assuming it had a nest/fledgling nearby because it left me alone after I crossed Albina.

Species: Cat
Sex: Presumed female (intact)
Age: Approximately 5 weeks
Symptoms: Appears quite thin for a 5 week old (ribs & hips protruding noticeably) but seems otherwise healthy
Location: Found alone in a park in Oregon (someone else found her before my mom offered to take her)

Basically the above info is all we know so far, we just brought her home today. We have two other cats, so she is being kept separate until her vet appointment (earliest appt. was June 8th).

She’s alert and wiggly and playful, no discharge or injuries, just seems rather thin for a kitten of her age. We’re currently feeding her small portions of wet kitten food every 4 hours, and I’m just wondering if this is enough? I’ve never cared for a kitten quite this young before, so I want to make sure she’s getting what she needs. She has teeth, can she eat kibble at this age or should we stick with wet food for now?