I’ve got goals 💪

Claiming that audiobooks aren’t reading is ableist.

I was essentially booted from my last book club. I didn’t like Circe and I wasn’t quiet about it 😂

Mid-December and still no snow! Luckily, I have my own snowball ❄️

Listening to your partner snore: 🙄😑😠 Listening to your dog snore: 🥹😍😙

Curious whether anyone else cried during their neuropsych assessment? It was much more frustrating and overwhelming than I expected 😕

Dial-A-Story, by its very name, hearkens back to a different era when you could manually “dial” a phone number and listen to a story. After more than three decades, the Library service continues to receive at least 2,000 calls a month at 816.701.3456.

Today I saw an Idaho Commission for Libraries training video (2021). It advocated for intellectual freedom & the fight against censorship. Thanks to Idaho law, now minors can’t even browse any books except in the children’s section (unless a parent signs an affidavit). Time to update that video :/

“Numbers without context are just...numbers. If you’re presenting data in grids or tables, consider offering a text-based alternative. A sentence that explains the numbers can make all the difference.” @gerireid.com

Wondering if my habit of getting dates/times mixed up is an ADHD thing or a dyscalculia thing. Maybe it’s both 😂 In other news, I didn’t actually have a 7:30 am class today.

I was diagnosed with HIV in 1998, when I was 30. Many of my friends had died but I was told, with the new drugs available, I could expect to live another 20 years. That was 27 years ago. Honour those we lost. Celebrate that we can now treat and prevent HIV. Make HIV stigma history. #WorldAIDSDay

Gentle reminder that it’s acceptable to say no this holiday season. It’s all right to say no to any traditions you don’t have the physical or emotional energy for. It’s okay if your need to rest outweighs your desire to celebrate. Rest.

Real shit #actuallyautistic #neurodivergent #introvert

Received my lovely copy of issue no. 9 of Pile Press’ literary arts magazine with my poem “The Peach.” 🍑🍑🍑

When was the last time someone made you laugh so hard you couldn’t breathe? (PS we should do that more often, don’t you think?)

“Let’s not talk politics, let’s set that aside and come together as a family.” No. You don’t get to elect someone who hurts the people I love and still eat my pecan pie. May you have the Thanksgiving day you deserve. 👋

Not a big fan of most holidays, tbh. There’s a performative aspect that’s never really made sense or appealed to me. I also just think we should eat pie when we want pie and give gifts year round, whenever we see something that would make someone we love happy. (Probably the autism though, lol.)

“Positively Introverted” is now out in Thai. It’s a strange feeling whenever I can’t read a book I wrote.

I work at a library, and we offer so much more than books. Patrons have access to: 3D printers, a soundproof recording studio, Cricut machines, thousands of DVDs, board games, Legos, and free classes on writing, finances, ESL, book making, etc. Check out your public library, you might be surprised!

Hey, should we be, like, downloading the Library of Congress or something?

As I figure out this wonderful site, this short hand has been really helpful in figuring out how to navigate Blue sky.

My dog Meeko, who is orange & has 0 braincells 🎨 #cute #art #animation #animated #video #artist #animator #DigitalArt #illustration #drawing #BskyArt #BskyArtist #dog #puppy #pomeranian #2DAnimation #artwork #MyArt #animals #SupportArtists #ArtistForHire #CommissionsOpen #OpenCommission #CommsOpen

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