nicole @nicole@myna.social

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Happy TDoV, everyone.

Everyone’s journey is different; all are challenging. Being seen for who and what you are inside, especially by yourself, requires hard labor. Along the way, you will sweat and you will cry. So too will those around you who have known and loved you the most, because the only inevitabllity of transition is change. And change is hard, regardless of which side of it you are on.

My heart to yours and to all those around you who are doing the work to see and be seen. 😘💋💋💋

@h5e yikes!! Hair: the danger you never suspect!

@Ultrarunfamily with you on dwindled attention span as culprit. I don’t want to descend into hysterics, but I’m blaming 👆👆👆my phone for my not-quite-goldfish-level attention span. Not that it’s ever been _that_ great (hi, 👋adhd)

Okay, so more moving talk. I was planning to not have a television or projector setup in the new apartment, partly because background streaming is a mind killer, but also because I just want to get back into the habit of reading. (And also, also: one less gizmo to distract).

But.

But.

I have a Commodore 1084 CRT in the basement … 😳

@cederbs being a mum is hard; glad bb is better.

When someone sends you a photo and you immediate associate it with the palette of a promotional flyer for a 1980’s arcade game you never played.

Was recently asked by someone to print this one. It’s a 4x5 negative, so technically, I could dust off the massive LF enlarger in the basement, mix up some chemicals, and do a real print.

But my life is upside down right now, and chemistry seems a mean feat. I’ll probably have a lab do the printing for me.

If I carry forward with analogue photography after this downsizing, I’ll need to consider renting proper studio and lab space. I don’t want share living space with my hobbies anymore.

Every day where I wake up and I’m not moved to my new apartment in the city feels regressive.

I am ready to be gone.

Only, I’m not _actually_ ready, because I still have 10-20 boxes to pack and furniture to be moved to the basement staging area. 🙄

And a car to be packed with wine, keys to be obtained, art to manage, ... _things_.

😒

It's Monday; I'm bringing the pink today. 💖

@ics @Impossible_PhD @woozle these are all the reasons why I generally don’t hang out in queer spaces.

I love that the queer umbrella is wide, but gosh being at the edge of the umbrella feels a lot like being _other_. Stack on the often aggressive sexuality of it all, and I’d usually rather be the oddity at the cis bar.

@h5e no

@dskuza lake shikaribetsu! https://maps.apple.com/?ll=43.272553,143.104767&q=Shikaoi,%20Kato-Gun%20-%20Kitaurimaku&t=m