So I had a hysterectomy today (hooray!) and I brought along my stuffed orca, Shamu, as a comfort object. And everyone i interacted with during my pre-op was like "Oh! Who's this?" so I was telling them all about him, how he's been with me since I was 9 and gone on every single vacation and road trip, and they were telling me about their own stuffed buddies (one lady said she still has hers after 40 years!) and all of this while I was signing consent forms and providing a list of the things I'd brought with me, you know, small talk.
So then a nurse comes over and goes "Okay, I've got some stickers I'll put on your things so we know they're yours" and I'm like "OK cool" so she puts a sticker on my coat and stickers on my bags of clothes and then she turns to Shamu and I'm like "oh I guess he gets a sticker too"
But no. She pulls out a hospital bracelet that's an exact copy of mine and slaps it on his tail, like so:
And i was delighted by this, so I took a picture to send to my friends, who were equally delighted, and were cracking me up with their reactions (like so:)
Anyway, they take me back and put me under, and when I awake groggily a few hours later it takes me a minute to get my bearings, so I don't notice Shamu at first. But then I realize he's tucked up next to me in the gurney, so I grab him, and my hand touches gauze.
And I'm like "huh?" so I look at him and I realize
They gave my fucking orca a hysterectomy
An artifact of the dark ages! š
The yellow hightlights are ones I was a panelist for. I think the orange was 18+ panels? I don't really know what the rest of the colors meant any more.
I forgot my "Guess that Musical" panel was one of the last... I honored my commitments, so I know I ran it for a handful of people. It's one of my panel pitches that's being considered for DashCon 2. I'm so endlessly amused.... and honestly excited for this summer.
i invented a goth mermaid but i dont have a name for her yet
Henriƫtte Ronner-Knip, A dog and her puppies
favorite hades character?
I trip and fall and hundreds of drawings of zagreus fall out of my coat
To all the trans people who see this tonight, no matter what happens, we will survive. Trans people will still be here 4 years from now and 10 years from now and 100 years from now and tomorrow. We have always existed and we always will. The world cannot unlearn about us; we are too public, too loud, too beloved, too present. Ill be here tomorrow. Please stay here with me.
THIS IS A LEGENDARY IDEA!!!
Escape rooms exist but weāre all sleeping on the concept of a break-in room.
Within 50 minutes you and your group have to break into a room and steal something valuable. Themes include:Ā
The White House
Art museumĀ
Jewelry store
Best BuyĀ
Your exās apartment (where they have embarrassing and/or incriminating photos of you)
Rival scientistās labĀ
CEOās summer home
Area 51
quick stretch studies with my fields of mistria ocs :3
hi, a lot of you need a perspective reset
the average human lifespan globally is 70+ years
taking the threshold of adulthood as 18, you are likely to spend at least 52 years as a fully grown adult
at the age of 30 you have lived less than one quarter of your adult life (12/52 years)
'middle age' is typically considered to be between 45-65
it is extremely common to switch careers, start new relationships, emigrate, go to college for the first or second time, or make other life-changing decisions in middle age
it's wild that I even have to spell it out, but older adults (60+) still have social lives and hobbies and interests.
you can still date when you get old. you can still fuck. you can still learn new skills, be fashionable, be competitive. you can still gossip, you can still travel, you can still read. you can still transition. you can still come out.
young doesn't mean peaked. you're inexperienced in your 20s! you're still learning and practicing! you're developing social skills and muscle memory that will last decades!
there are a million things to do in the world, and they don't vanish overnight because an imaginary number gets too big
i have never met an unpsychotic person who knows what it actually means to ānot encourage the delusionā ā¦not a single one
for what purposeĀ