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So, who am I?

Well, I'll let this portion of my profile speak for me:

Meatframe is human. Mind is Demisexual genderqueer** therianthromorphic tiger.(huh?*)
Acceptable pronouns are She/They/Any, in that order. Slowly growing a pair, just not the pair you might think. 🏳️‍⚧️

Professional Infrastructure admin, which encompasses Storage, Compute, AD, Email. Jack of All trades as well.

I'm the holder of

tiger's leash and a few other fic journals; don't be surprised if they poke there heads in and make funny comments every now and again.

This post *should* be on the top of the list, and will get filled in with additional information as the needs presents.

* While the post is seriously outdated, it's still largely accurate.
** Queer as in "fuck you if you don't like that I call myself queer."

So, one of the things about being trans in public is getting 'clocked'- i.e., having someone figure you out for being trans. It's certainly something that causes anxiety, for sure.

As for me, since I know I don't exactly pass (my voice is a dead giveaway, at least in my head), I've accepted it and I'm owning it as a 'clocky doll', and wearing accessories that say "this person is trans", like my hair ties, socks, and pins.

I'm saying this, because there's a thing in the trans community (I think) that is "we know our own", and I have a way of silently communicating this to those that I personally clock- I hand them a keytag. Specifically, this model.

We have to look out for each other in this world, because we can't be certain who will.

In the nearly 15 months since I got the new printer, I've cranked out.... goodness, nearly four or five dozen of the tags. A bunch of them have gone to people in the one discord server I'm in, and I've handed out all but about fifteen of them. Today I handed out three more of them to people at the ren faire. It's a positive way of me saying "hey, you aren't alone, and you are now part of an informal group that cares about you."

This is also one of the few times that I've clocked a trans man, and that was even more euphoric for both of us. (Granted, it took me a few seconds to cotton on to it, because as I was picking out the shield he did mention that it was "in our colors", and I kind of missed that initially.)

Today is the day we remember the 360+ people that died due to transphobia worldwide.

And for that, I weep.

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Current Music: VNV Nation - Of Faith, Power, and Glory - Where There is Light

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Current Mood: mourning

Some mornings, it's the simple things that put the wind beneath one's wings.

There is a self-checkout cashier at the local food store that I've had friendly chats with over the past few months- she had noticed the necklace I habitually wear, and had commented that she had one, but it had been stolen from her.

It wasn't a terribly expensive necklace, being from Walmart and running all of $20, but it's no longer sold there, and being the helpful and friendly soul that I am, I wanted to help.

I poked around eBay, happened to find one that was identical (and about the same price after shipping) and bought it. Today I saw that she was working, and gave it to her. Seeing the light (and tears of joy!) in her eyes made it all worthwhile, and brought me joy as well.

Friends, if you are able to, create these small moments of love, joy and euphoria- you'll find that it'll blossom into something wonderful and beautiful which is sorely needed in these times.

Love conquers all.

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Current Music: DRG OST VOlume two - FOLLOW MOLLY

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Do I feel old? I feel old.

And you'll feel old, too..

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... and it's time for a reading of the runes and tarot.
( And that was definitely a thing that happened. )

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... doesn't exist.

But if it did, it'd check off all of the following boxes:

Has tactile controls for all first-level functions:

Exterior and interior lights
Climate controls
Media device on/off and volume, next/previous track, play/pause
Window up/down

Locks and door latch release
Cruise-control (on/off,engage/disengage, faster/slower)
Drive / gear selector

Mechanical gauges for all critical items:

Speed
Fuel / power level
Engine temp
Oil pressure

Door handles that can be used with gloves on
Does not have a tablet for any vehicle functions

Exceptions are GPS and backup camera, and the screen should be under 7 inches diagonal

I.E. integrate it with the media system.

NO. SMARTPHONE. APP. Give me a key or a fob to open and start the car, DAMMIT.
NO. INTERNET. CONNECTIVITY. The only radio comms the vehicle should be performing is reception for media device and GPS.

If I want location tracking for recovery, I'll have a LoJack put in.
If the media system has bluetooth for phone connectivity, It SHALL BE ON A SEPERATE CANBUS and/OR have LIMITED OR NO ACCESS TO OTHER VEHICLE FUNCTIONS. There's no fucking need to have the radio talking to the damned ECM, BCM, but I'm ok with it playing Eminem. /rimshot

Yes, if needs warrant, put a gods thrice damned firewall between it and anything capable of outside comms.

The vehicle should be able to carry 4-6 persons and have reasonable cargo capacity. This means either an extended cab truck, van (mini or full size), or SUV-class (or a station wagon if any still exist.)

And make it so I'm not towering over everyone else- If I want to drive a fucking tractor trailer and sit 10 feet over everyone, I WILL BUY A FUCKING TRACTOR TRAILER.

Electric drive for prime motivator, or moderate hybrid.

No one makes one, but give me an APU spooling to an electric generator to charge the battery pack and drive wheel hub motors.

Well, Edison Motors is in the process of making refit kits for 1 ton trucks...

If it's a Full EV:

Include a travel charger, and adapters for the two/three different charging 'standards' currently used in the US.
Include an inverter to use A/C powered stuff off the main pack.
Include the means to top up the accessory battery off the main pack.
Include the ability to either 'reverse power' or run my house off the pack for limited time periods.
If it's a truck, I want to be able to tie down a 'range extension' sled in the cargo bed consisting of a generator, fuel tank, and the means to tie into the power distribution system of the car, possibly through a different charge port designated for that purpose.

Current Mood: awake

(Admin note: I'm cross posting this here AND on my tumblr, because I do not trust PhotoMatt to not evaporate my account for no other reason than being transphobic, especially considering Cohost's eminent demise.)

This long-ass post was inspired mainly by the reblog preceding this post; I figured if nothing else, I'm documenting my experience and observations at the six month point of starting my transition. If you are reading this, I hope that my observations are helpful, but please don't take them as gospel truth- Everyone is slightly different, with different life experiences and a slightly different biochemical makeup to their brain meats.
( The meat n potatoes, so to speak. )

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