What are your biggest challenges?
Sadly, most of my challenges are either financial or mental health related.
Tag: dailyprompt
Prompt Answer: Positive Impact
What relationships have a positive impact on you?
The people that have had the most positive impact on my life have been my chosen family members. That also occasionally does include genetically related individuals that have not fallen far off the family tree. But mostly it is a chosen family village across the continental US and across a couple country borders.
Prompt Answer: Creative
How are you creative?
I used to call myself a “self expressionist“. I’m pretty sure the only mediums I haven’t tried yet are just the ones that have been cost prohibitive. I write. I draw and paint and crochet and decorate and bake and cook. Tell really bad jokes. I am creative in every way that I can be.
Prompt Answer: Political Views
How have your political views changed over time?
I have always been against capitalism. I have always been an outspoken advocate for those who are transient or homeless.
I have only gotten louder, gayer, and fiercer in my belief that the world is not meant to be run by old white men alone. I mean, if you pick up any history book ever, that is why.
Prompt Answer: Biggest Influences
Who are the biggest influences in your life?
Bea Arthur for her moxie, intelligence, Marine Corps Women’s Reserve service, and just general amazing heart.
Robin Williams for all that he did for his family fellow man while battling his own demons.
Lucille Ball for her being clever, kind, hilarious, and more than just a little bit weird.
Leonard Nimoy, for being an amazing artist, actor, and poet. Also, to be the second guy that I ever thought looked good in blue eyeshadow.
I’m sure there are more, especially if you count fictional people.
Prompt Answer: Top 5 Groceries
List your top 5 grocery store items.
According to the app for my local grocery store the list is as follows:
- Coke/Coke Zero
- Cheese sticks
- Kosher dill pickles
- Chi-Chi’s medium salsa
- Cat food
Honorable mention to the Gino’s East Chicago Deep Dish style frozen pizza and Diet Cream Soda Faygo.
Prompt Answer: Positive Events
What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year?
I would have to say that the most prominent positive events of the past calendar year would be my choice of myself for my fortieth birthday.
Of No Spoons and No Traction
14,777 Days Alive
14 Days Until Christmas Day
4 days Till Hanukkah Starts
Posts publish a LOT easier when one remembers to freaking hit “POST”. Ugh.
Driving to work today was an absolutely heinous adventure of the no thank you kind. I do not have any more spoons left for talking or typing things out. I did make an amazing French onion soup today that was nonalcoholic.
It really was ridiculously delicious.
I am heading to bed. I am exhausted, and while I only work until the afternoon tomorrow, it’s still a bit of a long shift when you’re kind of recovering from… something? I don’t know what I wrote here, but suffice it to say my brain was mush.
Take your meds, folks
Prompt Answer: Favorites Place To Go In My City
What is your favorite place to go in your city?
As usual, I have a very roundabout answer to this. The too long, didn’t read version answer is “it depends on the city”.
One hundred and fourteen addresses since my birth in June 1985. I only really remember 1992 and onward, to be honest. Seven was a defining year; my little brother Mal was born that February. It was the beginning of my parentification, but I love him so much and am so proud of who he has become and the life he built for himself.
So. Where I am now? It’s the public libraries or this amazing local ice cream place that has some of the best damn ice cream I’ve ever had. Like, lemon cardamom, blackberry with lime, and cherry almond flavored. In Chicago, it’s Chiu Quon in Chinatown. Cash only, but fucking amazing food for as long as I can remember.
Prompt Answer: Book
What book are you reading right now?
I am currently pending a reading of “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil” by V. E. Schwab.
Prompt Answer: Favorite Websites
What are your favorite websites?
When I was younger, my favorite website was the Ask Jeeves search engine. If that doesn’t throw you into the way back machine, I don’t know what will.
I also really enjoy reading from AO3. That is the shorthand for the website “Archive of Our Own”.
Prompt Answer: Podcasts
What podcasts are you listening to?
I am not currently subscribed to any, but I am open to suggestions!
Prompt Answer: Historical Event I Find Facilitating
What historical event fascinates you the most?
The historical event I find fascinating is Little Ice Age (LIA) of the North Atlantic area that spanned about four and a half centuries.
(And gods help you if you read this. I’ve forgotten how much I enjoy writing informative things. It isn’t in APA format, but that is a moment of restraint on my part.)
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