Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@coyohti Don't forget to invest in a good burrito torch in case the power goes out. :)

@Austin_Dern ...defended by a tiger and a dragon. Sorry, coati, you can eat at the front stoop with the local crows. Peanuts daily at 10 and noon. :p

@hummingrain Russians, huh. In dressing.

Hey, if you've stockpiled some rye, pastrami, and cole slaw, you're all set...

OK, Seattleites, I think we've got enough food stocked up here to either hide until spring thaw or quarter the Red Army. Hope you're all braced too! See you on the other side. :)

@zx3 🎵​It's cold outside... dunno what I'm doing in a place like this... 🎵

*melancholy bear-sigh*

@Oneironott I was almost pondering going back to FetLife -- should I take that as an unrecommendation, then?

@Leucrotta That sort of shit is _important_! I'm still kinda struggling with the lack of Marmite here compared to Boston, there's just no better source of B vitamins for me...

@indi Thanks hun!

@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. ^________^