Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@001zlnv Right? This is why I kinda miss my audio transcription job. We used to get the craziest shit, any topic or industry you could imagine, and the academic lectures were by far the best.

@JulieSqveakaroo @anthracite See, that's what *I'd* wondered! I'd hoped Jeff Minter finally made his film breakthrough! ^__^

@kel@dragon.style Nite, derg!

@Leucrotta If it's any consolation, this is usually a once or twice a year thing with Seattle, and the snowstorm coming up this weekend is NOT a normal occurrence...

@Aradia This, sis, is why I don't worry. And by "this," I mean stuff like your reply. <3

@Aradia I mean... yeah. I'm honestly not that worried about it, not at ALL in this circle, just figured it was time to plant the flag in the ground where other people could see it. <3

@chalcedony@octodon.social @JulieSqveakaroo Bad. :)

I'm starting to wonder if I'm not so much a woman the same way my transgender friends are women, so much as I'm a woman in much the way a cat raised entirely around dogs is a dog.

And you know what? That's fine. Far as I'm concerned, that cat IS a dog. That definition might not hold water to a taxonomist or a veterinarian, and sure, there's a time the category just doesn't apply. But yeah, socially? I would gladly play fetch with that Good Dog all day long and not presume them to do Cat Things.

I guess what I'm saying is, I've always gotten along better with women and feminine men, and I tend to instinctively include myself when I'm doing things like deciding who to root for, or who I want to spend my time with. I have nothing against masculine guys, if they're verifiably _nice_, but the comfort and sense of belonging aren't really there. I don't speak their language or culture at all.

I don't know if that means I'm trans, but it means I'm something. I keep fearing that I'll get fit into some bed of Procrustes, where I have to be either Trans or Not Trans instead of... just what I am. I don't think that purge would ever come from _you_ folks, but... I dunno, I guess it just feels good to make the affirmation sometimes?

I'm okay with my body. I guess that's part of why it was important for me to make this stoned rant, too: I wanted to reassure any of you who have worried about my gender issues that I am basically OKAY. :D I'm actually pretty comfortable having a go at presenting male.

I don't really have much urge to change my body or genital configuration or mode of dress, though. I never have, and I've always felt that kinda separates me from my trans friends. And if you ever feel you have to redefine me out of the "trans" category as a matter of honesty or cultural self-defense, I am genuinely okay with it... as long as I can still caucus with you and come to your parties. <3

@JulieSqveakaroo I would also bring up the huge number of arbitrary silent letters in Thai, but... I'd probably break down and cry again. :>

@JulieSqveakaroo Whoa, whoa, come back in another five months when I've figured out the vowels. n_n;;

I am consistently getting 100% on my flash cards quizzes of the Thai consonants. I am so fucking proud of myself, 'cause just a week and a half ago, they looked like random squiggles. I am now faintly less ignorant of other cultures. ^________^

This street sign is, apparently, adjacent to the place where Scrabble was invented. Neat. But there was a Triple Word Score right up on 38th they could have picked up just as easy, yanno...

(Sadly the sign was unofficial and is currently MIA, but there are official plans to restore it: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/16/nyregion/sign-in-queens-marking-birthplace-of-scrabble-is-coming-back.html )

@amphetamine@social.wxcafe.net Why don't you just link us to the Necronomicon while you're at it. :D No thanks, I had far too many friends in college come out the other end of O-chem... not right. :D

@Sig

Sleepy Sadie, where did you nap?
Would you feel better in my lap? (2x)
Sleepy Sadie, ooh, where did you nap?

Sleepy Sadie, you are so cute
Gonna reach down and pet your snoot (2x)
Sleepy Sadie, you're so cute

One snowy day when Sig was waiting for a snuggle
She came along and curled up and said "mew"
Sleepy Sadie, the greatest 'cause she's a cat!

@LeDiva style goals, i already meet 1/5 criteria, could be 3/5 by end of next year

@zx3 @kelseyhusky @Soreth Here's to the Past and Future Inn, Illuminati University, and what the hell, the goddamned Dionysian Scream where this mess all started. *downs three shots with Martian ferocity and fast-pitches all three glasses into the fireplace*

@Momentrabbit Yeah. *squeeze* I ponder what went wrong with all that every day. It feels these days like the very structure of social media is working against us.

I won't lie to you. I wouldn't go back and undo a thing, but I don't think I'd try to start something like it ever again, either. I've come out the other end knowing things about the ways people get along (and don't) that just can't be undone.

No more Callahan's Saloon stuff for me. Or at least, next time round, I'm just a patron.😜​