re: Uptime Anniversary Celebratiion After-action report (CW: LONG! Drug usage, HRT, bookstores, nerdery, emotional processing.
Saturday Report Begins:
-Woke, and dressed in outfit 1A (Added rainbow leggings) and proceeded to get breakfast. Lochs and bagels are still delicious, even in Portland.
-It's my uptime anniversary. 35 T-years completed. Getting gifts and text messages from family.
-Submitted coming-out letter to Mom-unit. Still no response yet. Expecting to get an overloaded ear when I call her on Friday this week
-First drop-site: Powell's City of Books. Its the size of a city block, and multiple stories tall. I had to visit it at least once. Bought some new books, and gifted @neonNeptunian a copy of FTL, Y'all! (while also realizing that since I was so disappointed there wasn't a story featuring the gorgeous Pale Blue Thot on the cover, I could just write it myself. So I'm doing that, along with the fifty-leven other writing projects i have in my queue.
-Second drop-site: Books with pictures. Queer-run comic shop. Wonderful place. Small, but cozy and super validating. Owner asked how @kobunny was doing with their shop and was happy with intel presented.
-Third drop site: Lush cosmetics. Forgot to bring any bathbombs with me, so Ellu decided to get me a few to enjoy. Lots of happy smiles from staff, and some awesome bombs to drop (not Saturday night, though. Injury prevented enjoyment, more on that later)
-Fourth drop site: Salt and Straw. Walking from Lush to docking pad, saw string of pedestrians all carrying Ice Cream. Concurrent thought with @mawr :If everyone we are passing is carrying ice cream, we need to get some Ice cream. This was a good call.
Uptime Anniversary Celebratiion After-action report (CW: LONG! Drug usage, HRT, bookstores, nerdery, emotional processing.
Mission goals:
-Visit strategic locations in Portland with @mawr and @neonNeptunian
-Present and broadcast feminine tagged IFF while in public space-times
-Aquire celebratory self-gifts
-Share MDMA with loved ones
-Have experience documented
Stretch goals:
-Pierce earlobes
Friday Report begins:
-Picked up Ellu after handling submitting my expedited passport application for work. -Trip to Portland was made without incident. Gateway Heavy Akina did post a few air-pressure warnings.
-Checked in without incident. Nice hotel room. Curtains took up the whole wall, Window was only across half of it, had a good laugh about that.
-Went to the observation deck to synchronize the viewpoint and got convinced to change my (heh) transponder code for the night.
-Dressed in outfit 1 (Jean skirt, Red Floral top, short bob wig) and went to Sante Bar (very queer friendly) IFF coding was instantly accepted.
-Emotional core too overloaded by Bravery core to provide coherent snapshot data, but partial log recovery shows tags of giddy, happy, and squee; and smile musculature is recovering from overuse after long period of inactivity.
-Distracted by overload, fuel incompatibility checking was overlooked and a single raw carrot from an otherwise delicious hummus plate almost completed intake process, causing a rapid reaction by autonomous defenses (experiencing allergies while high SUCKS!)
-Ellu deployed on an emergency away mission for Benadryl to relive symptoms, and the night could continue as normal. -Finished Friday by watching the rest of gen:LOCK with Ellu (please, please please, if you're reading this, watch this amazing series.)
@Taris That sounds awesome! I've been thinking about how I'd do something similar for a while now! Any cool ideas hit you yet?
@Taris Whatup?!
re: Being forced to deal with the government for work, CW: All caps, frustration, venting.
Okay. That went slightly better than expected. Showed up an hour early and everything was finished with only the hassle of going through a Federal security checkpoint and dealing with 2 very helpful State Department employees. It also helped that I was actually prepared for my appointment.
Still sucks that I had to do all this for a work deadline. But I should be all set now.
"Should." I still hate that word.
Dinner helped. So did getting some words to listen to that I needed to hear. And then doing some fite. I'm getting better tonight. I'll be better tomorrow.
@Motodrachen Naw. I don't think this is Burnout. I'm just...not dealing with adulting too good right now. Or last week. Or last month.
Burnout is for people who actually have real problems. I ain't got time for Burnout.
@fluxom_alt if consent is given after being directly asked, I don't think there would be a problem. But I don't have feathers, even on my my flight-specific platforms, so I'm not the best person to answer.
@zebratron2084 Naw, staying local for this. Just really need to blow off some steam and frustration. And breaking up the big ones makes it easier for my resource harvesters to go to work.
Uptime anniversary wishlist
--More time so I can do all the things I feel guilty about not doing
--Sex.
--Non-leather Size 15 ankle boots with wide, chunky style heels (not stilettos), and a small platform that are actual boots and not fashion toys that can actually support my frame without buckling.
--LEGO UCS Millennium Falcon
--Art.
--Sex.
Being forced to deal with the government for work, CW: All caps, frustration, venting.
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@Motodrachen Having to describe your desires by what you /don't/ want is also valid.
@Kyresti *responds in kind, starts an animated conversation about energy manipulation.*
re: Serious "What If" Question
@mawr No internet, no file sharing. no file sharing, no Hotline. no Hotline, No classic mac shack. No CMS, no huskybot and mawrplushes being the best team.
Things I wish people would tell me:
It's okay to be queer and not be some counter-cultural revolutionary. It doesn't invalidate you or make you any less of who you are, and it doesn't mean you don't belong. It's okay to just be who you are - and if that means just living your life and trying to find peace, that's perfectly acceptable.
*beep* Raow! Are there new friends to find here?
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