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Housekeeping

I've got to consolidate my webhosting over the next couple days so things might be a bit wonky if you're looking for raunchy storytime or bead updates.

Fingers crossed I can get things up and running again with a minimum of breakage by the weekend.

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And now, a little gothic valentine.

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Frothing at the mouth every time I see a sex ed resource that says "use condoms" without any further elaboration. "Condoms prevent STIs and pregnancy in the vast majority of cases when used correctly" but then they don't talk about what correctly IS

Correct use of a condom means

Using the right size, because if it's too big it can slide off or leak and if it's too small it can break or come off. Condoms usually come in 5 sizes, I'm sure you could find others outside of that as well but in ten years of sex work I found they covered everyone

Using lube, even if you think you don't need it. With the exception of oral sex, condoms should always be used with lube, 100% of the time. Most important lube should be applied to the outside but a drop in the tip of the condom before putting it in is also a good idea

Being mindful that latex is prone to wearing out, being damaged by heat etc. Condoms should be kept somewhere cool, not folded in wallets or sat on in back pockets and should be changed between activities and after about 15 minutes of any vigorous activity. Ask me how I know (a condom snapped on my leg when a client was pulling out, because I didn't change it when I should have)

The penetrative partner should hold the base of the condom when they pull out, and should do so immediately after they ejaculate so the condom doesn't leak or come off as the penis gets flaccid

Bonus: a lot of people think hand stuff can't transmit STIs. Wrong! If you give your partner a handjob and then touch yourself you can get HPV, herpes (low risk), and infections like chlamydia and gonorrhea

This isn't meant to be stressful, and the most common STIs are the most treatable - and often curable - but getting gonorrhea in your eyes after a facial still extremely sucks and yet no one talks about the fact that any mucous membrane can be effected, not just your genitals (yes this includes your mouth and throat)

In ten years of doing sex work where I saw 10 clients a day most of the time I've had 4 condom fails ever. One was what I mentioned above when it snapped on my leg, one was a client on top of me didn't get off fast enough after he finished and the condom came off, and the other two were a Glyde brand magnum that was inexplicably twice the thickness of a regular condom and didn't stay put on anyone so I suggest just avoiding Glyde entirely (their water based lubes also stain fyi). With all other brands correct use = extremely safe

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20800 beads later this high effort selfie is finally DONE.

And onwards to the next thing!

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Musings on the home stretch.

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Why is Flareon bullying Leafeon? also lol at Jolteon just casually snacking on the laptop like nom nom nom electricity

GIF by 미크리pkm

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Having ordered beads from Canada, i can confirm that they did arrive in pleasing little borg cubes. As in I picked up my package and was immediately like ITS A CUBE

I’m not sure when Canada Post obtained a Borg Cube, but I feel that can’t be good.

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Cheap Organization

In which I sing the praises of pillboxes.

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Messy. Very Messy.

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got blood work done today and i just remembered a time i got blood work done as a teen. after the nurse drew like 6 vials of the stuff, i asked him “is all that mine?” and he said “not any more” and walked off

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<3 reacts like this answer the question I ask myself every six beads or so of why I am loony enough to sit and essentially sew pictures one (approximately) 1.5mm pixel/bead at a time.

Progress shot on the self portrait. 13920/20800 beads, or 87/130 rows, or a hair over 2/3rds of the way done. Shooting for done by Dec 10.

By the way? no one ever tells you how creepy stitching your own eyes feels. 😬

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Progress shot on the self portrait. 13920/20800 beads, or 87/130 rows, or a hair over 2/3rds of the way done. Shooting for done by Dec 10.

By the way? no one ever tells you how creepy stitching your own eyes feels. 😬

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Not much gets me worked up as much as spilling things less than 2mm in any direction around.

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[internal screaming intensifies] Why is it always when you're mad busy that ideas for creative stuff starts popping off in your head?

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Organizing stuff this week and making penguins to manifest cooler weather.

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So. Despite having three other large works in progress in the pipe * and planning to finish them all by the end of the year (*hysterical giggle*) my brain decided to be all "yes but what about FOURTH major project?" and I was like "Goddamn it, okay yeah." The project my brain wants to work on is a beaded portrait of Ed from Our Flag Means Death. There are going to be so many atrocious Beaded Bead Ed jokes while this is in progress y'all and I will not be sorry for any of them. You have been warned. but I will try to keep everyone posted on my various social medias how that's going. * we aren't even going to talk about the 2 serial novels that are in progress over at @anagrams-anecdotes that I ALSO said I was gonna try and finish by the end of the year lolololol oh gods i'm so fucked