ven @nventous@chitter.xyz

at this point in time i am really uncomfortable with people touching me, flirting with me, roleplaying these forms of affection (such as sending messages like "*hugs*"), etc. without discussing it with me prior.

please ask before doing this stuff unless i've given you the general go-ahead to interact with me in these ways!

just a heads up i tend to fav things both as a show of enthusiasm or a show of supportiveness, so if i fav a negative/sad/etc. post think of it as me sending encouragement/love ur way - though if faves on negative posts bother anyone i do it to, plz say so and i'll avoid!

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the mountains here in WA are top-notch and the trees are gorgeous but the level of fall color hasn't quite compared so far (the amount of green here in the winter certainly makes up for it, though)

one of the few things i really miss about Kentucky is how the trees looked in the fall driving thru the Appalachian mountains

those were literally the most beautiful colorful trees i'd ever seen and i always wished i could stop for the day and paint them (i lived in louisville so i usually only saw them on road trips east to WV)

very hilly/mountainous too so it just looked like massive bright peaks of colors surrounding you driving down i64

i most certainly did not quit in the most professional manner (was on the verge of another meltdown prior to my shift starting and i have backup plans so i just walked in and calmly told the manager on duty "sorry, i quit, your management has been really condescending and i've been getting sick working here and i cannot continue") but that 100% does not excuse the store brushing off violent threats against their (ex)-employees or customers

so in today's news: fuck dollar tree!

this is the first time i've been threatened with violence over quitting a job :'D the manager's buddy followed me and my partner out threatening to whoop our asses

my partner called the store to complain afterward and the manager was really unprofessional about it and wouldn't give them corporate's number (or didn't know which is still yikes)

hey i finally got a job which is cool! but we're still broke right now (i don't get paid for another two weeks) and i am out of weed so i feel like absolute pain-hell-death and am not functioning well at all :[ if anyone would be willing to help us grab some so i can be properly medicated i would be super grateful,,, https://ko-fi.com/nventous #DisabilityCrowdfund #TransCrowdfund

i saw shrek in the face of a moth once and managed to snap a photo

i believe this is at least one tier above seeing jesus in something

sorry 4 depresso on main but we don't have the money to get me any cannabis so i'm stuck with tylenol for my pain (not very good) and nothing for nausea

this sucks a whole whole lot actually and if anyone feels like helping i would be super grateful https://ko-fi.com/nventous

this article details more about will and what happened to him, including some important final words

https://itsgoingdown.org/on-williem-van-spronsen/

"I have a father’s broken heart
I have a broken down body
And I have an unshakable abhorrence for injustice
That is what brings me here."

will van spronsen was murdered by tacoma police on July 13 2019 while attempting to disable vehicles (used for deportation) at an ICE concentration camp.

it took me days to hear about this and it's being removed from places like reddit. please don't let his death be ignored.

i am all-for creating designated spaces that feel safe for people that are actively triggered by nudity but... that doesn't mean it should be extended to the entire public space

i'm easily triggered (due to a mix of trauma and phobias) by strange men, certain types of common medical imagery/equipment, and airplanes... but that doesn't mean i advocate for public spaces to be devoid of them when they aren't actually doing anything wrong to me >_>;

if your first response to seeing someone nude (who is not doing anything else that specifically places it in a sexual context) is to view it as someone being sexual around you without consent... maybe you should step back and examine whether you're kneejerk enforcing shitty norms and sexualizing *them* without *their* consent :|

apparently people are squabbling again about nudity at pride parades because of sex-repulsion

nudity... is not inherently sexual, shitty social norms (in the US, at least) just paint them that way

believe it or not, if i walk around nude, i don't want people sexualizing it!! (unless i'm in a situation that specifically calls for it with the consent of myself and anyone else present) i know society will sexualize it anyway but you fix those damaging norms by breaking them

"‘You can tell people that I’m trans’, says [Anna] Khachiyan, with characteristic irreverence, as [Amber A'Lee] Frost, Khachiyan and myself sit down to talk at Eastwood in the Lower East Side. ‘I’m not trans, but you can say that just for fun.’"

that clattering sound you probably just heard was my eyes rolling out of my fuckening skull

chapo trap house manages to disappoint me more and more whenever i hear about their politics, they just put out this nonsense (link is an archive of an article to avoid generating traffic/revenue) https://archive.fo/0GGEz

wonder if dry-erase markers on the tarp we're using a curtain would work temporarily lmfao =_=

dearly in need of a large whiteboard for my bedroom

prior experience tells me "throwaway" or "prototype" code often makes it into production unexpectedly so i hate not writing things correctly the first time

this causes me to waffle entirely too long on things and have to remind myself "imperfectly done is better than nothing"

combine that with my mind breaking things down into way too many sub-tasks and going back to refactor things all the time and augh thank you adhd and BS perfectionist inclinations lmao =_=

this one was for another friend

couples artwork gift for that same friend + his gf / my other friend