Choir fundraiser show
Just a reminder that my choir, STANCE, is having our annual fundraiser show in a few short weeks (on May 3), consisting of both a talent showcase and a silent auction. This organization is super important to me since it helps us to celebrate trans joy and self-expression. The show can be attended in-person or online, and tickets are available for purchase either way.
These funds will go directly towards supporting our upcoming Pride concert on June 20 and 21.
I will be performing one of my own songs, and in an ensemble for another song.
❤️ Twitterlike is a Bad Shape Notes
Like: Twitterlike is a Bad Shape
As I’ve been saying for years, the problem with Twitter isn’t that it’s centralized, but that it’s Twitter.
This post goes into some great details about what that means.
Survival is an act of defiance
Back in 2016, when Trump was first elected, so many people around me were despondent and telling me that they should just kill themselves before the rest of the world did it for them. Why should they bother going on, in a world that just wanted them dead anyway?
This is why I wrote Strategies to Live, especially the final verse:
In the long run everything will be fine
It will just be a matter of time, in
Twelve billion years this will all be goneIn the meantime, please1 try to survive
The world is better with you alive
Outliving him is a reason to go on
It took me unti 2021 to finally release it on an album, and I perhaps didn’t do as good a job of it as I could have since I felt like it was no longer relevant. Now that it’s relevant again I end every set that I can with it.
💬 Re: Denial Notes
In reply to: Re: Denial
I wrote a bit about this recently, which importantly also includes some information about what you as a website operator can do about it, namely how to look up the CIDR of the abusers' netblocks and add denial rules into ufw if that’s what you use. I should probably expand it to cover other situations as well since not everyone can run ufw.
Vertigo updates, and VR driving
I’ve been going to physical therapy for vestibular rehabilitation for a few weeks, and right now I have good days and I have bad days when it comes to vertigo. Today was a bad day.
On the plus side, even on my bad days I seem to be able to drive, at least within town, without having a vertigo-induced panic attack. Maybe I’ll be able to start driving to choir again soon. And also finally go to Costco in person instead of paying for delivery for everything.
Bathroom re-re-renovation done
Okay so here’s what was being replaced:
The wall tile was way too thick (and was poorly-installed at that), there was no bullnose around the edges, it didn’t line up with the edges of the tub, and it led to a perfect little storm of condensation trickling down and saturating the drywall in that weird little gap between the tile and the tub.
A $5000 mistake
Wellp, the latest bathroom situation is something that could have been a lot less expensive, if I’d been a bit more willing to get some proper diagnosing this time around. I still think it’s a good thing that this work is getting done, but gosh, things didn’t have to go this way.
Cellphone dependency
This video about cutting down on phone dependency has been making the rounds:
I have some thoughts about it.
Stuff and happenings
I’ve been accepted into Furality’s Dealer’s Den as a musician! I have a month to get my booth together and I’ve already got it like 90% done. It’s actually in an acceptable state already but there’s some more little things I want to do with the background video, and I’m learning so much DaVinci Resolve stuff to do it.
I also have a show on Sunday, at around 4:30 PM PDT. I hope folks can make it!