Trying to stay vigilant about recognizing my PTSD-hypervigilance is going swimmingly, lolsob.
Anyways, here are some plants from today:
This one is my current best "feed me, Seymour" out of a tough field:
This is a quite rare aeonium Big Bang:
This is my massive greenovia, getting ready to hatch...new leaves 😁
This is the business end of my alluaudia procera -- the leaves never grow past the spines. It could eventually reach 30 ft tall:
I think I already shared this, but it's my fav non-succ plant -- the lupine in the back. I went and bought a lot more in different colors last week to edge my back yard in. Tall, tough, gorgeous, bee-friendly, low water -- the perfect plant.
And a post netting shot, now that all my plants are protected.
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A letter written for my not-gonna-get-boosted-parents, that I'm not sure I'm going to send, a thread:
Hey Mom and Dad --
So, first off, I'm not super proud of the fact that my first response to finding out y'all aren't going to get boosters was cussing and hanging up on you, Mom.
1x
But at the same time, I've done nothing but watch people die of covid for 1.5 years here -- taking care of someone today who is likely to, right now, as I type up this draft --
okay, after my tweet last night, turns out y'all are into the gross stuff, apparently especially scrotal related gross stuff, so here goes -- I won't post any pictures, what y'all google is on y'alls souls.
Fournier's gangrene is a nec fasc that effects genitalia...
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Nec fasc = necrotizing fasciitis = flesh eating bacteria.
Like those things you read sometimes -- "she jumped in the lake, and went to sleep, and when she woke up we'd had to amuputate three limbs"
only this time on men's junk.
2x
I don't really know why it sometimes happens there, people say 'oh, they're unclean' or whatever, but honestly, the incidences I've seen of it seem to be usually attributable to 1) bad luck and 2) a general desire not to go into the hospital have have ppl inspect your stuff
A really random thread (because I haven't written enough fiction today and still have words in me) about why working on a burn unit rocks and it's the best place in the hospital. Follow if interested.
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First off, everyone thinks it's gory and horrible and you can do it and shit smells but fuck all that.
The true magic of the burn unit is this -- demographically, the ppl who get burned are most likely to survive.
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It's pretty much all dumb 16-25 yr old boys doing dumb shit, and pedi patients with scalds.
Yes, there are sad outliers, etc, BUT...by in large people admitted into burn units for care survive.
A meta-thing in this week's What we Do in the Shadows, is them playing MUSE during the 'Twilight' kickball part, bc Stephanie Meyer is a huge MUSE fan and each of her movies got their own brand new MUSE song.
Also, that show continues to be the only good thing in this timeline.
This is the only level of fame that I aspire to, really.
Pay off my house, not have to work again, fine, but to be in a sitch where someone is, "Oh yes, to accommodate you, we'll pay Matt Goddamned Bellamy to write a song specifically for your proj."
I'd die and go to heaven.
A random thing about me, is when we did EMDR therapy for my PTSD, my therapist wanted me to come up with 3-4 deep veins of good memories to balance out the tragic covid work ones, and one of my good ones was going to @muse shows.
This is the most followers I've ever gotten in a day.
I'm getting the irrational urge to say something stupid or do something dorky to scare you new people off.
I think the thing that I'm feeling here now is the awkwardness of this being a semi-professional and branded/ing 'author' space for me...but also where I whine about why the fuck hasn't Neelix died yet, I've been watching Voyager for 7 effing seasons, WHY.
I missed an episode with the girls this afternoon, and we all have a pact, if we miss the episode where he dies, everyone will either stop viewing immediately, or everyone has to rewatch it with you.
Zomg, y'all are really getting the word out! Year of the Nurse is down to #108 on Amazon's free list & I've done 0 promo other than mention it here. I'mma do a Freeboosky on Tues, and my mailing list on Weds, but this is already super amazing!❤️❤️❤️