I dunno about you all, but when I see someone earn this badge I think about it like they've been selected to adopt their very own lil venus flytrap monster! And then I can't help but think about her like she's a pokemon, and when you've fed and trained her enough she'll evolve into her next form (silver, gold, etc.) BUT THEN I'm like, wait! What's her name??? 😍

So, what are you naming her?? (or what will you name her if you're still working toward the honor of taking one home yourself!)

For my sweet angel baby I'm tempted to be nerdy and name her Diona in honor of the genus name (Dionaea) or maybe honor the legacy and call her Audrey? But that feels too cliche. I'm totally on the fence. What're you picking? 👀

Hiiiiiii,

This quest is lacking in desert plant rep! Do y'all have any recommendations for books that are narrative based, non-reference materials, that heavily or at least decently feature these kinds of plants? A systematic look at plants is fine as long as there is a narrative element to it, so meaning not encyclopedic or dictionary style content, but a summary of plants and their cultural significance would be fine. Books about desert ecology/ecosystems that include animals would be fine if the plants get equalish page time!

Since I'm looking to fill a gap they don't necessarily need to be recent releases, but ideally they're not super niche books, out of print, or hard to find.

This feels like a big ask, so thanks in advance for any recs!! 🌵🫶

The narrative style of these stories are kind of unusual. It’s all in first person, sort of stream of consciousness. They all are pretty short, so there’s no time wasted on superfluous things like descriptions of places. It almost feels interview style, or like the narrator is just telling you a story face to face. I do think I feel a little distanced from the narrative because of this, like I can’t be immersed in the story, only listen to it.

Good lord, this guy is insufferable! Though to be fair that’s what I thought about the Roses in Schitt’s Creek and now it’s one of my favorites. Definitely leaves lots of room for character development 😅

So, for those of us neurosparkly enough to have a spreadsheet for quests (just a guess most of those who have them are some flavor or neurodivergent.) How do you organize them? I started one and it a sheet, in one one doc, for each quest, but I'm in a LOT of quests. I won't make a sheet for any quests I'm not at least sort of actively working on, and I've color-coded the sheets-dark green for ones I haven't gotten a badge on, a deep yellow for bronze, medium grey for silver, etc. But I'm afraid it's going to be a bit much. Should I have a different doc for each genre? Seperate ones for side vs main quests?

I'm putting in the books I'm interested in reading for each quest, so I can estimate what badge Ievel I'll get to. As well as a checkmark once it's finished plus date finished & rating. I also have a checkbox to check if I own the book in any form.

How do you organzie them so it's not just scrolling and scrolling to find the quest you want?