I am DRAGGING myself through this month. I take a really important exam for my career tomorrow. I've spent a month studying full-time for it, and i'm running on fumes. I'll look forward to getting home tomorrow evening. I've just finished Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson, and now i'm finally getting into Apostles of Mercy by Lindsay Ellis.
Griseowulfin
joined 3 years ago
I feel you. It's hard to explain to people how much they take for granted their ability to be unguarded when seeking out activities or communities, and to find those places as a gay person you are restricted to a tiny fraction of places (usually HCOL too sadly)
On the side, I hate how most LGBT community stuff is nightlife, bars, clubs. That's not really my thing. I'd like some other options for meeting people and hanging out that are more relaxed and preferably earlier in the day. Though I feel that's not unique to me or even other gay people.
turn of phrase. Bond villians generally have some weird philosphy that guides their actions, like this attacker who is using a cyberattack to push a goal of threatening a company to make their stuff open source.
From the outside looking in, I feel there's a lot of aspects of trauma and mental health problem that can manifest in kink, sometimes as a beneficial way of overcoming these issues, but I think there's a lot of maladaptation in it, and the space allows folks to intentionally or unintentionally reinforce harmful thoughts and behavior.
I think even beyond the kink aspect, this is seen in sexuality generally. I'd say the best other example would be the idea of "bottoms" and "tops" as almost personality archetypes and rules of behavior rather than sexual preference.
Videos/mealtimevideos was a big thing for me. They kept me entertained while I ate lunch, lol.
I'm back home after spending a month on what is essentially an extended job interview/training opportunity at a hospital in another part of the country i'm considering moving to after I graduate medical school. It was fun, and I enjoyed it, but I'm so glad to sleep in my own bed. Now to begin the process of finalizing what I wanna be when I grow up, it's agonizing (but exciting too, tbh) to finally have to make a choice that really will decide at least the next few years, but ultimately the rest of my career.