GROSS GIRL SUMMER MAY BE COMING TO AN END BUT THAT MEANS FOREST FAE FALL IS COMING SOON

Where do you see yourself in five years?

Psychonauts (2005) is $1.99 (USD) in the PlayStation Store until June 13th [2023]

uhhhhhh, when hera's personality is pulled and the return with sleepy eiffel wanting to talk to her. I have a whole list of saved episodes but i can't remember off the top of my head so...

yeah, Eiffel losing Hera and vise versa

Eiffel and... his last log

being shot

Lambert, Hui, Fourier, Fisher, Rhea

Paradise Valley. yep

Hi, hello, hi, ummm you're really cool and , seeing your blog fufills the Wolf 359 shaped hole in my heart that I still haven't recovered from.... yep. I'm going with that, this is really hard to write but, seeing someone so interested in Wolf 359 is super neat! It's so cool seeing it explained and explored in actual sentences and full thoughts (rather than my brain going: "EIFFEL!!!! :) HERA <3 I LOVE YOUUUU")

On a silly goofy side nte, what's a wolf 359 moment that shattered you?

that's so sweet of you, thank you!! 💙 it really means a lot to me that other people get something out of this. i would post about wolf 359 to myself forever if necessary, but it's much nicer if other people want to hear / talk about it too!! (a significant portion of my thoughts are also just "doug eiffel i love you" to be fair.)

and oh gosh, um. the longer i think about that, the more answers i'm going to have to choose from. "it's my birthday. i'm thirty two today." still makes me put my head in my hands.

Feeling pretty gender today. Happy TDOV from a 44 year old trans man.

As legislation gets more and more hostile towards us, I get increasingly bitter at how visibility without action results in us becoming targets and wedge issues. It’s exhausting.

I hate having to plead every day to cis folks to take this crisis seriously. TDOV especially feels like “beg to be seen as human beings” day.

Every trans person posting today is opening themselves to a spike in harassment that might follow them for the rest of their lives. Just in the hopes that our allies could do something beyond telling us we are valid. We know we are valid. We need action so we have the same opportunities to survive and thrive.

Cis folks, you can challenge transphobia in so many ways:

Give to trans orgs and trans people directly

Stop supporting and platforming transphobes such as the wizard lady

Become more involved in local politics, from contacting your reps to voting regularly

Make your workplace more trans friendly by explicitly protecting gender ID and presentation. Normalize preferred names. Get rid of gendered dress codes. Etc, etc.

Be brave and call out all the casual transphobia you encounter. Even if it’s coming from your own family. Especially here, really.

Listen to trans people. Follow us on social media, uplift our voices where you can. Resist the urge to tell us you’re “one of the good ones”. Learn about our challenges, especially how they intersect with race, disability, etc.

I’m being visible today for fellow trans folks who are being made to make themselves small, or even invisible. I want to let y'all know that you deserve to take up space in this world. That trans folks of all ages exist and have always existed. That being trans is not a tragedy or a threat, just because cis folks think so.

*holds drawing to my face and is shaking with happiness* GUY!!! GUYBRUSH!!! SKELLY BOY BRUSH!!

[Id: The picture is a portrait of Guybrush Threepwood from the Monkey Island Series. He is a man with a lean face with semi-wavy hair pulled back into a pony tail. His features are skeletal and his face is worried. Sunken eye sockets and cheekbone definitions. This portrait has a neon blue plain background]

GUYS GUESS WHAT

I took my friend (who doesn't get out much and needs to have a quiet retreat space) to the library today.

I FORGOT HOW RAD THE LIBRARY IS.

-My library has private rooms with locking doors that you check out with your library card and then have keycard access to.

-These rooms are made of plexiglass for Obvious Reasons, but still. Rooms.

-I checked out a Lounge space and, guys, it's a balcony.

-It's over the main entrance to the library so you can see everyone coming in and out. The door locks so it's private, but it's also open air to the tall ceilings and has SO MUCH natural light.

-literally so much natural light the one exterior wall is floor-to-ceiling windows with a view over a fountain and a courtyard and the local shopping district. the sunset was rad.

-My laptop connected directly to the WiFi.

-There were so many people there! There are chairs spread throughout and a bunch of computers and people just chilled and hung out!

-My friend was thrilled to be able to navigate a quiet space with strangers who didn't speak to her, and then to have a retreat space.

-My library also has a Makerspace (!!!) and a Cricut machine (!!!) and I can email someone and get trained in how to use it!

-Someone was in the recording booth and I couldn't tell what she was reading but it sounded cool.

-There's a whole room along the side of the upstairs that's just for teens. Like literally just. The sign says that if you're not a teenager you should see the staff for other rooms. There wasn't anyone there when I stuck my head in but there's a giant whiteboard and orb-style chairs and

-sorry I forgot to mention that my balcony has not only a couch but also several big comfy chairs (like, I can sit on my chair and put my feet on it too and balance my book on my knees and it's STILL not too small of a chair) and a couple coffee tables and a corner where the sunlight isn't direct y'all it's so nice

-I'm so glad my tax dollars went to this, guys. We're stuck on campus for Thanksgiving break and we desperately needed to go somewhere that didn't cost money.

-for as much as I get on about the necessity of Third Spaces, you think I'd remember this.

-I also found out my friend likes Agatha Christie novels. She read me a section while I washed dishes tonight, and I think I'm gonna like them too.

My hometown flooded Monday night.

Vermont has flooded.

My family and home are fine because the 7.8 inches of rain that fell in a day didn’t cause our house to slide of the ridge it sits on, but less than a thousand feet away roads have been washed out and homes are being condemned. Yesterday, our congressional delegation, the governor, and a FEMA representative, toured the town - focusing on the non-profit cat cafe turned hazardous waste site thanks to a basement full of red diesel fuel and the neighborhood that includes a ten story, low income, senior and disabled apartment building where the blacktop of the road lifted and peeled away in huge sheets. There is still only one route out of town to the interstate due to landslides and flooding. In every direction I can point to there are towns going through similar things. Our capitol, Montpelier, flooded causing most of the state government to shut down and move essential operations to a nearby airport. Many farms were in the path of flood waters and lost most of their crops. Vermont has the second largest population of unhoused people per capita, second to California, with many of them camping in the woods along our rivers. They have lost everything.

In short, we need help.

I gathered some resources if you need an updated news source or are able to donate.

It’s raining again.

Vermont Public

Live updates: Vermont watches for more rain three days after flooding

After days of river flooding, Vermont is beginning to shift focus to recovery. But more severe weather in the forecast has officials warning

redcross.org

Northern New England

The American Red Cross of Northern New England - Maine, New Hampshire & Vermont is a non-profit humanitarian organization that provides disa

gofundme.com

Flood Relief For Shelter Cats, organized by Kitty Korner

As many of you know, Central Vermont was recently demolished by flood waters. Unprecedente… Kitty Korner needs your support for Flood Relie

I’ve also collected some photos of the flooding and it’s aftermath

It’s started raining again. We may get another two inches.

Please donate if you are able and share this post to help our brave little state.

King this is what they blocked

@elizabethrzg approved and made with all my love.

MY SILLY