I prefer reading things over watching things. I just watch stuff because my hands are busy, or I need a background distraction to something that is too dull to keep focused on. Admittedly there’s a limited exception where I do enjoy watching DOTA 2 tournaments but that is an outlier and I am a massive nerd.
Finished this piece! It is my first commission. Done with India ink and a dip pen.
https://vulpine.club/media/uWob0MlY6Q3D0xbc3Wk
anger at identity politics
I really wish there was anywhere near enough as much effort put into uplifting men who do not perform masculinity “well enough” for the mainstream as there is effort put into bashing men who express the violent and aggressive parts of mainstream masculinity. What’s left are a bunch of scared boys who can’t find people who will accept them as they are or people who think they will be anything other than violent.
Useful routine that I am teaching myself to use when appropriate:
* I feel anxious and stressed.
* Why do I feel anxious and stressed?
* People aren't talking to me.
* Why is that upsetting?
* I don't know if I should be doing a thing for myself or to accommodate them too.
* Am I responsible for them in this circumstance?
* ...not especially, no.
* If I am not responsible for anybody else here, what should I do?
* Proceed independently.
I must remember that it's okay to just do what I need.
I wrote a new blog post: How to start a Mastodon server (The non-technical parts) https://medium.com/tootsuite/how-to-start-a-mastodon-server-dea0dec56028
I've sent an email to a local psychiatrist asking to set up appointments. It's absurd that I haven't been; my problems with depression and anxiety are obvious and there is no rational reason that I (and my undeserved privilege of absurdly good health insurance) should be trying to manage them myself.
Chameleonic dragon. Otherkin. Some kind of eclectic neo-Pagan. Sie/hir or they/them. Software engineer. Seattle-esque, WA. Expect software takes, complaints about the tech industry, board games, video games, an inexplicably obsession with paper notebooks despite my handwriting, and Weird Furry Stuff.