Heya folks. Unfortunately I have a bit of bad news from my end. On Friday, April 19th my apartment building caught on fire. Thankfully no one was seriously harmed but I can't say the same for the things people owned. The fire started next door to us on the bottom floor and crept its way up. We were alerted to the blaze at 2am and had to flee. We couldn't catch our cat in time before the smoke became too heavy but we are very lucky we found her later, terrified but alive.
All four families, including ours, were displaced after the fire. Two apartments suffered intense damage while mine and the one below mine were spared the worst of it. However, the smoke damage was bad enough that it's deemed unfit to live in. We were only allowed in long enough to grab essentials and take a few pictures, but since then we've had to live in an extended stay hotel. Until the investigation into the cause of the fire is complete everything we own has to stay put.
Ironically, we were gearing up to move this upcoming Friday into a new place. We were in the process of packing but never got to finish. We'd planned our budget down to the dollar to afford the move but now we're stretched thin because of all of the unexpected expenses. While our renters insurance is meant to reimburse us for out of pocket costs we don't know how long that will take and our new place will be expecting upfront payment on the day of move-in, which has now been eaten into.
I've backspaced and rewritten this paragraph at least ten times. I'm not good at asking for help, in truth. I'm proud, stubborn, and I think I can fix everything. I can't fix this. We've never been in this situation before and uncertainty is my greatest enemy.
I understand everyone is under financial strain and if you aren't able to donate I'm entirely in your corner. If you are, a link to my ko-fi will be provided at the bottom of the post. A signal boost would be appreciated to help get the word out. All proceeds will go toward lodging, food, cleaning supplies, clothing and other expenses as a result of the fire. I greatly appreciate everyone and I hope this never happens again. I would love to have some positive news soon but for now all we can do is wait. Until then, thank you for your time and stay safe out there.
They implemented a new feature on AO3 where you could curse or bless other users depending on if you liked their fics, and someone sent me a curse that blocked me from reading fics for the next 27 days and I got so pissed off I woke up.
seanan mcguire writing Feed in 2010: there was a presidential election, and a perfectly normal and reasonable human was running against the personification of evil
me in 2010: i dunno that seems like a caricature, surely that would never happen
I'm not planning to do the whole week, but I'm gonna use it as an excuse to post old art that I didn't upload yet
( at least I don think I uploaded this-)
I'm stressing about the US elections. And I'm not even there.
I cannot possibly overstate the importance of voting for Kamala Harris. If you guys fumble this, it's over.
And it will have catastrophic consequences for all of us.
I can't believe this is even a fucking debate.
Why on fuck's green earth are there people discouraging others from voting Kamala? I'm actually laughing in despair.
Are we really going to discuss Kamala's faults when your only other option is motherfucking goddamn Donald Trump?
What do you not understand about how racist, sexist, homophobic, narcissistic, disgusting that convicted felon is?
Do you want him anywhere near office?
No?
Then shut the fuck up.
Edit: Coming back a few days later, I feel it's important to clarify that discussing Kamala's faults, contrary to how I came off in the above post, is okay.
I honestly didn't realize how much I made it seem as if saying anything remotely critical of her is some kind of crime.
What I actually take issue with is the people who criticize her while coming from a "don't vote for her" perspective.
She is not beyond criticism.
But if Trump makes it then both the people who live in the US and the people who are fighting for their lives in Palestine will all be a trillion times worse off.
Not to mention any possible ripple effects his potential election will have to the rest of us.
Also, a friendly reminder that "I'm not voting" is an incredibly privileged take.
Saw a gifset of Morpheus and had the random thought that he'd make a fantastic children's picture book mouse character— and now I really, really want a fic where he appears in a kid's dream as a Kevin Henkes/Helen Craig/Beatrix Potter -esque mouse as to not scare them or something. I think it's something about Morpheus' usual mousey moue and big wet eyes that make it work in my head lolll Mousepheus!!