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Felt like we were on a roll, so did another one. 🐌

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Felt like we were on a roll, so did another one. 🐌

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Illustration of a snail with a triple moon symbol on their shell, with several fungi sticking out of the shell. It has been painted in with watercolor markers in vibrant blues, pinks, and corals.

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Painted with watercolor markers on some fae little dudes from a goblincore coloring book. 🍄‍🟫

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Painted with watercolor markers on some fae little dudes from a goblincore coloring book. 🍄‍🟫

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Illustration ripped out of a coloring book depicting two fae forest creatures with three eyes. They are surrounded by flowers and leaves. It has been colored in with water color markers. The vivid color of the creatures, pink and blue, contacts against the surrounding fauna, which is in more subdued autumn yellows and oranges (with a pop of forest green).

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Watching “Looking for the Hobbit,” a documentary series following artist John Howe continue to explore storytelling in Tolkien’s Legendarium. I’m in episode 2 right now and he’s comparing archetypal characters and Tolkien’s own spin on them, such as Merlin, Gandalf, etc.

Recommend to any Tolkien fans and media analysis types, who haven’t seen it yet.

(…so also cc’ing @EverBeyondReach )

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Watching “Looking for the Hobbit,” a documentary series following artist John Howe continue to explore storytelling in Tolkien’s Legendarium. I’m in episode 2 right now and he’s comparing archetypal characters and Tolkien’s own spin on them, such as Merlin, Gandalf, etc.

Recommend to any Tolkien fans and media analysis types, who haven’t seen it yet.

(…so also cc’ing @EverBeyondReach )

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Continuing theme of processing autistic communication trauma:

Does anyone have tips for working in voice training while going about other tasks? I was having some success with a voice coach last winter, but cannot afford her right now.

What I do, when I remember to, is vocalizing text on traffic signs and business names while driving. Considering doing similar as I continue unpacking this evening: “box,” “book,” “[book title],” etc.

Perhaps narrating what we’re doing out loud in a stream of thought kind of way may also work, now that there are not other people in the house to feel self-conscious about.

We’ve also used music and song lyrics by women and/or queer artists with voices in resonance and pitch ranges we have access to and feel close enough to a voice we would feel authentic using, but this doesn’t seem to translate to speaking very well.

Open to (especially novel) suggestions.

#trans

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Continuing theme of processing autistic communication trauma:

Does anyone have tips for working in voice training while going about other tasks? I was having some success with a voice coach last winter, but cannot afford her right now.

What I do, when I remember to, is vocalizing text on traffic signs and business names while driving. Considering doing similar as I continue unpacking this evening: “box,” “book,” “[book title],” etc.

Perhaps narrating what we’re doing out loud in a stream of thought kind of way may also work, now that there are not other people in the house to feel self-conscious about.

We’ve also used music and song lyrics by women and/or queer artists with voices in resonance and pitch ranges we have access to and feel close enough to a voice we would feel authentic using, but this doesn’t seem to translate to speaking very well.

Open to (especially novel) suggestions.

#trans

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I have a complicated relationship with my maternal grandfather, who passed away last year. He was bigot and particularly sexist in a way that’s helped me understand my mother and my childhood trauma related to my relationship with her. Grandpa did seem to unlearn at least some level of homophobia later in life, in a very libertarian “let people do what they want, leave them alone” kind of way. He also lost his Catholic faith.

I also learned woodworking from him and have some fond memories of turning bowls and candle holders on the lathe in his basement workshop growing up.

A story from his funeral we recall: sometime after the dairy was sold, he worked at the cheese factory in Wellsville and was also the town manager/mayor.

After a particularly bad storm washed out all the bridges in the country, causing a food desert, he commandeered a truck full of cheese from his employer to feed the town, but got fired for this and then fled to Michigan with his family.

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I have a complicated relationship with my maternal grandfather, who passed away last year. He was bigot and particularly sexist in a way that’s helped me understand my mother and my childhood trauma related to my relationship with her. Grandpa did seem to unlearn at least some level of homophobia later in life, in a very libertarian “let people do what they want, leave them alone” kind of way. He also lost his Catholic faith.

I also learned woodworking from him and have some fond memories of turning bowls and candle holders on the lathe in his basement workshop growing up.

A story from his funeral we recall: sometime after the dairy was sold, he worked at the cheese factory in Wellsville and was also the town manager/mayor.

After a particularly bad storm washed out all the bridges in the country, causing a food desert, he commandeered a truck full of cheese from his employer to feed the town, but got fired for this and then fled to Michigan with his family.

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Conversation with my mom about some of my first words (“baby cow” is phrase most significant in her recollection) got us looking into some family history on her side, who were dairy farmers.

I even found a vintage milk bottle from their dairy online, matching one I use on my desk.

And because I cannot miss an opportunity for sexual innuendo I’m going to highlight this from the listing:

“Back side of bottle reads, ‘YOU CAN WHIP OUR CREAM YOU CAN'T BEAT OUR MILK’ ‘IT'S BEEN TOPS FOR OVER 35 YEARS.’"

https://www. worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vin tage-1940s-weldonian-dairy-john-508426200

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Conversation with my mom about some of my first words (“baby cow” is phrase most significant in her recollection) got us looking into some family history on her side, who were dairy farmers.

I even found a vintage milk bottle from their dairy online, matching one I use on my desk.

And because I cannot miss an opportunity for sexual innuendo I’m going to highlight this from the listing:

“Back side of bottle reads, ‘YOU CAN WHIP OUR CREAM YOU CAN'T BEAT OUR MILK’ ‘IT'S BEEN TOPS FOR OVER 35 YEARS.’"

https://www. worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vin tage-1940s-weldonian-dairy-john-508426200

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Me holding an empty pint-sized glass milk bottle with the name of the dairy, founder, and location stamped on: Weldonian Dairy, John Phillips, Wellsville, N.Y.

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Greatly enjoy that I can make socialism jokes with my therapist.

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Greatly enjoy that I can make socialism jokes with my therapist.

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A big theme in therapy today was communication and specifically Gestalt Language Processing, which is new to me.

https://www. slptoolkit.com/blog/what-is-ge stalt-language-processing/

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A big theme in therapy today was communication and specifically Gestalt Language Processing, which is new to me.

https://www. slptoolkit.com/blog/what-is-ge stalt-language-processing/

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@Anathema I have been a SMB-level customer of both FastMail and ProtonMail for email, calendar, and contacts before (no collaborative writing) with a lot of good things to say. For cloud storage and sharing, I was a long time customer of Tresorit, as E2EE is important to me, but am currently using iCloud+ with Advanced Data Protection turned on. I will likely switch back to Tresorit if/when I start doing any kind of freelancing again.

Unfortunately, no recommendations for a GDocs replacement.

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@Anathema I have been a SMB-level customer of both FastMail and ProtonMail for email, calendar, and contacts before (no collaborative writing) with a lot of good things to say. For cloud storage and sharing, I was a long time customer of Tresorit, as E2EE is important to me, but am currently using iCloud+ with Advanced Data Protection turned on. I will likely switch back to Tresorit if/when I start doing any kind of freelancing again.

Unfortunately, no recommendations for a GDocs replacement.

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Today’s selfie. Plans include finally tackling the kitchen cleaning project we’ve been stalling on and what I’m sure will be an interesting therapy session given our last few weeks.

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Today’s selfie. Plans include finally tackling the kitchen cleaning project we’ve been stalling on and what I’m sure will be an interesting therapy session given our last few weeks.

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Fat white femme in a black slip with lace neckline and a purple cardigan over it. She has short curly purple hair with shaved sides, lavender cat-eye glasses, dangly earrings, and an amethyst pendant necklace. She is looking at the camera with a slight closed-lip smile and metallic berry lipstick.

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[handing someone a stack of index cards]

“This is my emotional support collection of identity labels. Handle with care.”

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[handing someone a stack of index cards]

“This is my emotional support collection of identity labels. Handle with care.”

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The alignment of the planets say “eat the rich.”

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The alignment of the planets say “eat the rich.”

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Screenshot of an astrology app called The Pattern. Text reads: “GENERATIONAL TIMING
NOV 19: Revolutionary Times?
Pluto has re-entered Aquarius, where it will stay for 19 years. It won't be back in Capricorn again for another 230 years. The last time Pluto was in Aquarius was during the French & American Revolutions.
Pluto transforms what it touches, so shadow material will be revealed.”