yeah, sure

when u gettin old

…and some hair that worked.

Look at those pictures in the hospital gown. That’s from the E. coli thing, but more importantly holy shit I’d hit that. Between the pictures, the makeup, some of the clothes and accessories, I’m realizing I was a lot more femme a lot later than I’d remembered.

A tradition of questionable hair.

(I’ve cut my own hair since I was 11. People are impressed when they learn that today, but it took a decade or so of this.)

doglets:

well son, a blog is formed when your loneliness and your narcissism fall in love with each other

Here’s an anatomy study for you

I was kicked out of three preschools, asked not to come back to a diocesan school after kindergarden, asked not to come back to that same diocesan school’s CCD program after First Communion but before Confirmation.

My favorite story (actually not even, but it is a good story) is from the second preschool, a nominally Presbyterian one (my mother’s nominal sect), located dug into the side of a steepish hill under the church itself. Some nice maybe 23-year-old girl was in charge of all of us, trying to herd us inside this long hall and said “now stay here, ‘cause in the middle of this hall there’s an invisible force field that’ll zap you if you cross it”.

And I immediately thought

1) I’ve never heard of such a thing

2) I suppose it’s possible but

3) If such a thing existed this would not be the first place I encountered it.

So I took off booking down the hall. She didn’t chase me, 'cause she needed to keep all the other kids in check I suppose. I passed the halfway point, got to the other end, and yelled back at the other kids,

“SHE’S LYING TO YOU!”

If you ever find yourself tempted to snipe at someone that something might be a game to them, but it’s real life to you –

First off keep in mind that the distribution of resources, position, and narrative validity are just as real and consequential to them!

Second, remember that those two things aren’t opposed! There are plenty of games with consequences that extend beyond the ludic realm, like high-stakes gambling, russian roulette, duelling, politics, or war!

Your survival, physical, and mental health are a game!

And if you keep that in mind while you play, you’ll not only win more often, but you’ll have more fun!

gpothat one time that dude suckerpunched me and I still took him out

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