So, I had kind of a weird October. These screen grabs from my Facebook page explain what went down pretty well. I wrote the first between my mental hospital stay and rehab, the second last weekend, and the third today. It's been a ride.

Sometimes the darkness will show you the light.

Charlie and Allison

This is from an ad for some kind of astrology thing, I don't click on ads, but I snagged this because it is wonderful. I mean, why would I take the test? You already told me I'll marry James next year. Probably should have waited till I paid.

I think he wants food… 😅

It is Sunday, and it is noon. It is kind of dark and dreary out, but I left my windows open overnight and it is delightfully chilly in my apartment. I am still laying in bed, cozy and not wanting to change that. I should probably get up, but I don’t really have a particular reason to…

Lap Charlie.

I should probably post more on here. I spend most of my time on Facebook just because I can do more with it, but I need to cross-post at least some things. It's just kind of a pain because of the limitations this platform has.

I exist out of spite.

Cool photo I took on the way back into Seattle last night.

This is my route to/from work, one day a week, via public transit. If there are no delays, it takes about three hours, on the light rail and two buses. Yesterday, on the last leg, there was an accident on I-5 and we crawled along for a long time. It took five hours, and I got to work at 10am. 😅

The hour is later than you think.

Got my "AL" tattoo touched up, and got my new "TWP" tattoo, this past weekend. I love them so much!!

Finishing up the work week...

Made myself a profile photo to use for a few different things. I like it.

Haven't posted on here in several weeks. I got the job I interviewed for, started work on July 16, love the job and the people, but then got covid the next week and it knocked me on my ass. I'm finally 100% again. And also 40 days sober today.

I'm still posting over on Facebook way more than here, for several reasons, but this is the fallback if - when - things truly go south for the leftist and queer pages over there. And it is coming.

Had the best job interview of my life today.

Please look at the alt text for details. This is my GoFundMe link. Short story is I lost my job in April and I'm kind of screwed come July regardless of whether I have a job by then or not. So, any help is greatly appreciated. Love you all. 💖 gofund.me/cb6af25f

Haven't posted on Bluesky in a few days. I was too busy having a mental breakdown and pulling out of it and freaking out a bunch of people on Facebook. 😅 I'm ok. I'm still alive. I'm not going to give up. But it has been a bit of a roller coaster of a couple days for me mentally.

I love it so much.

Re-watching an old favorite. Wes Anderson is a treasure.

New septum piercing.

A well-known quote, but as apt as ever.

~ I just got laid off ~ If anyone knows anyone who needs a PeopleSoft Administrator, let me know.

Me, Charlie, and a new nail color.

TIL the model of computer that I had as a child (and *the* reason I ended up in IT) is in the f---ing Smithsonian, and I really didn't need to feel older than I already do. 😅

Name change progress. It's almost like I've done this before. 😆

My social security card came, so I was able to submit my name change at work, and it has already been approved!

Lung cancer screen came back clean.

Made a sort of cool thing showing my home office setup going back over 6 years.

This is a *gem* I just found randomly. I don't actually remember this, but it is from 2013, when my son would have been five years old. I imagine I saw this and cracked up like I am now, and snapped the photos. I feel like there was a story in his head when he made this. 🤣