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Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed!

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Wow! It's a blessing to be able to share these exercises with the world, your comment means a lot to me! Thank you!

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1. I can neither confirm nor deny. (In truth, yes: during law school, I was trying to print off something and the law school class printer went on the fritz. That was... not a good day).

2. Touch choice; I really like Pacific Rim, also Godzilla (the newer one with Bryan Cranston); I would love to say Battleship but I don't think it really qualifies. The Marvel special Werewolf by Night was a great one, though. I really enjoyed that.

3. Cheez-Its. Can't beat Cheez-Its.

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Man Pacific Rim pleases my lizard brain so much. Who can ask for anything better than giant robots punching giant monsters? Perfect, no notes. I saw the first of the new Godzilla movies and I am afraid to watch the rest!

Cheez-its are a trigger food for me, I don't buy them anymore because they barely make it home from the grocery store. Great pick!

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I confess the first one I saw in the theatres and I was motion-sick during part of it (this was before Covid and the whole brain tumor thing) but I tell you what, when he did the nuclear fire breath, that was so cool).

Anyway: totally with you on Pacific Rim. That's why I like Battleship, honestly. Navy vs. aliens. That's all you need! Same with PR: it's robots vs. kaiju. Boom! There you go!

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Go to midnight snack is usually (weirdly specific) Belvita breakfast sandwiches 😂

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I can't fault you on that one--those things are GOOD!

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*Googles Belvita breakfast sandwiches*

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That's a whole world of shudderiness right there... loved it!

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Thank you so much for reading!

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I love the idea of a creature stealing your data. A professor of mine used to call these “cyber gremlins,” any time an email failed to send. 😂

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Cyber Gremlins is the perfect term for this!!

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aliens...

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1. During college, yes, absolutely.

2. Does Jurassic Park count?

3. Doritos followed by chocolate.

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Jurassic Park definitely counts, it was my first reaction when I wrote the question but then I remembered Cloverfield. Doritos + Chocolate sounds fantastic!

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Have you ever snuck in an assignment or submission too close to the deadline?

In my 2nd year of university I was running a week of evening talks and discussions with audiences up to 400. Hosting, going to dinners, chairing discussions, a very tiring time with lectures and seminars during the day. I had an essay in for the Thursday, only I didn't know this until the Wednesday evening as I'd gotten the dates mixed up. After the Wednesday evening talk I made it home around 1AM and sat down to read a dozen papers and some book chapters on rituals and managed to cobble together an essay by 7AM when the building opened and I could sneak it into the hand in box. Luckily my printer worked, for once. I received a very poor mark.

What’s your favorite creature-feature movie?

I have to go with The Thing. Though I admit I'm not that versed in the genre.

What’s your go-to midnight snack?

It used to be insant noodles and/or gyoza but now I rarely snack.

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The suspense and build up was great and the final line was perfection. The description of what you saw was a bit muddled and murky for me.

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