The dish scrubby fell into the garbage disposal (which had been having trouble draining) and I reached in and had to feel around to liberate the scrubby and when I pulled my hand out it was covered in dark brown slime. I didn't burn the entire place down and I would like my medal now, please.

I am thankful that the first online community I was invested in (proud former member of the Offbeat Empire) was committed to this mindset. I grew up in an online space where a many people were making weird life choices, and we all had to work on not seeing others choices as a referendum on our own.

It's okay to not like things

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DEAD TEENAGERS #5 out now!!!@judedoyle.bsky.social · 5d ago

People on the Internet know that they can like something and other people can... just not like it, right? Doesn't say anything about either party! Doesn't require a Tumblr fight or a 9,000-word manifesto! Just different people liking different things, all day long, as the Lord intended

My first sawtooth star. First time doing flying geese and it went okay! Everything was very trimmed and square and somehow in the final nine-square assembly I lost .25 of an inch on both sides, which is annoying. It does look very cute in these test fabrics, though!

My apartment landlord fixed our back fence a year ago and got rid of the back gate. This adds a 20 min. walk to the bus stop and the rear street parking. So my neighbors kicked a couple of holes in the fence. Fixed. They were repaired today. Some hero immediately made another hole. I love them.

Maybe the hottest day of the year (so far) was not the best day to do a chore that is sensory hell for me and is also made much worse by being sweaty. But it needed doing, and it's done now, and I only gagged a couple of times. So, good job, me.

@glaiveguisarme.com is home from the hospital after her surgery a week ago. I think I have maybe two days before she mutinies and starts tidying up the house behind my back.

I finished my quilt! I actually finished it a while ago, and then -immediately- put it to use. It is, as I hoped, the perfect weight for summer.

Amber Piona@geekydancer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Okay, that took -forever-. I had a hard time getting myself motivated to sew all of these long chevrons. I think the effect is nice, though! I have to finish this soon though, I need this lightweight quilt for my bed for the summer!

It's been a hard few weeks. Luckily I was able to take myself out to be near the water and take in the beauty. Highly recommend this!

Tuesday was 15 years of being married to @glaiveguisarme.com (we would have celebrated, but things have Been Busy). We had a time-travelling costume wedding, made a flow-chart for seating, and had our first dance/sing-a-long to The Best of Times is Now from La Cage Aux Folles. There were no signs

I am ill. My kid, a number-loving autist, asked me to assess my current health out of 100. I, a word-loving autist, wrote an essay to explain my response (65). She then created a survey with space for me to make notes for each question. This is all I have ever wanted. Final results 64-66.

I love summer evenings. I can hear two, possibly three parties happening in this apartment complex (one is a watch party, I assume, given all the shouting) as well as the evening animal chorus. The sun won't set for another 45 minutes.

I worked at Mervyn's in the kid's department. It was wild, they gave me 8 hours shifts and a full hour lunch. I also (briefly) worked in a different mall at Sears as a cashier, where I never got my 10 min. breaks, didn't get a mat to stand on, and they failed to pay me for a month. So, mixed bag.

Coach Finstock@coachfinstock.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I know this app is 38 years old but who else worked at the mall. I had jobs at Electronics Boutique, Recordtown, and waited tables at our anchor restaurant which was a Ground Round.

Went to the Everett Pride block party as a family. Weather was great, and there were so many local queer artists selling things. We came home loaded down with purchases (stickers, books, jewelry, art) and a lot of political pamphlets.

Okay, that took -forever-. I had a hard time getting myself motivated to sew all of these long chevrons. I think the effect is nice, though! I have to finish this soon though, I need this lightweight quilt for my bed for the summer!

Amber Piona@geekydancer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I like the effect of the quilting on this blanket, but the process is very slow! Who did this to me? Oh, it was my own choice to make a full sized quilt with a lot of straight line quilting? That can't be right. Anyway, about 1/4 quilted.

Went out to a pride celebration in Marysville. It was small, but the people were excited to be there. Got to hear a lovely rendition of "I am what I am" which always makes me cry. It's nice to come home from that and then have everyone on here happy about basketball or the name coming down or both.

After years and years of struggling with this, I have a stylist who lets me come with pre-washed hair, confirms what I want done, and then he cuts my hair in silence. I sit with my eyes closed and breathe deeply until we are done. If I am having a hard time, we take a break. I am so thankful.

The Daily Tism@thedailytism.com · 2mo ago

An autistic woman is preparing herself for upwards of an hour and a half of awkward, unbroken eye contact with her own reflection in order to avoid the even more awkward hour and a half of small talk with her hairdresser, sources have revealed.

I did this again this year and I really enjoyed it! I know postcard writing is not a traditional Pride Month thing, but I think it might be becoming one of -my- traditions.

Amber Piona@geekydancer.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy Pride Month! In celebration, I sent off queer postcards to all the organizations I donate to who support queer people thanking them for their work. It felt nice!

I remember being a freshman in college and waiting in a line for 20 minutes to see Ted the Titan (Titan arum) blooming at the UC Davis conservatory. It was awesome (in the "nature's majesty" sense not the "socks and hot dogs" sense), and yes, it smelled Very Gross.

shiftedshaped - emily mae@shiftedshaped.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Guess who’s back.. back again.. Horace, the corpse flower, blooming!

I like the effect of the quilting on this blanket, but the process is very slow! Who did this to me? Oh, it was my own choice to make a full sized quilt with a lot of straight line quilting? That can't be right. Anyway, about 1/4 quilted.

Amber Piona@geekydancer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Perhaps the warmest day of the year (so far!) was not a good time to try and pin my big quilt. All I managed to do was get sweaty and annoyed (and incidentally trim down my backing fabric). Oh well, I will try again, hopefully during a cooler time of the week.

Been trying to read some isekai lately.

I spent some time today looking at the historical photos of queer folks living their lives and really enjoyed it. These are from the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco. www.glbthistory.org/digital-coll...

Perhaps the warmest day of the year (so far!) was not a good time to try and pin my big quilt. All I managed to do was get sweaty and annoyed (and incidentally trim down my backing fabric). Oh well, I will try again, hopefully during a cooler time of the week.

I highly recommend being the youngest person in the community center line dance class. @glaiveguisarme.com and I are the youngest by at least 20 years, and we bring the fun(k).

Miley and I just watched Jamie Ding's final episode (it aired Monday, but we've been busy!). What a fun run, he was great.

Amber Piona@geekydancer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It has been so many days! And he keeps going! My kid is now also invested, and it's been a fun thing to watch together.

Oh no! I am just trying not to -fail- my eye exam. Where failure is when the optometrist is annoyed with me because I keep saying that neither 1 nor 2 is better, and also I give multisentence responses about the extent to which I am guessing in case that's helpful. ...I usually "fail" my eye exam.

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 3mo ago

please remember if you have ADHD or autism and migraines: talk to your optometrist about your eye exam! get it done with your eyes dilated! learn to relax the muscles in your face! if you feel like you try to “win” your eye exam your prescription could be wrong!

Yesterday I got dressed up and took myself to the pier to read a book in the sun. I then ate dinner while watching the sunset. Highly recommended activity.

Sometimes parenting means holding a funeral for your child's favorite thermometer. With speeches. And songs. She wore a black dress. And we put the broken thermometer in a box which now lives on top of the bookcase next to my mother's ashes. ... kids are wild, y'all.

It has been so many days! And he keeps going! My kid is now also invested, and it's been a fun thing to watch together.

Amber Piona@geekydancer.bsky.social · 4mo ago

On a whim I watched an episode of Jeopardy from last week, and now I am Invested in seeing how many days Jamie Ding can take this.

This week was frankly too much, and so it's really nice to come on here on a Friday evening and have everyone talking about the moon and how space is cool.

My 11 y.o. kid (because she loves numbers) and I (because I desperately need a solvable problem) just spent 30 minutes calculating with pencil and paper the maximum possible score of a perfect Jeopardy game. So that's how -I- am doing. It's $566,400. (The current record is $131,127)