let's check in! #introductions
my name is syr, my pronouns are they/them & fae/faer, 26 year old #neurodivergent queer trans nb babe. a scrap of fabric caught in brambles during a thunderstorm.
my work is being a #archivist , librarian & memory keeper.
my practice involves lots of play! mess making! collage! feelings! wildness! sounds! textiles!
my relationships are #polyamorous non-hierarchical, committed, fun.
my space is for being silly, having typos, leaving memos and poetry for my self.
dogs(negative)(complaining)
it's been a hard month to be vaguely afraid of dogs
It's dark when I'm running now and dogs are wayyyy more likely to bark at me
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people secretly let their dogs off leash at the urban park (outside of the dog zone) and I've been jumped on twice! the dog like barrelling up off from some hidden area where I didn't even know they were there!
and also the neighbor keeps leaving their dog on their balcony and they just sadly bark
archives management
currently working on two different projects for two different orgs
one of which is going in on collective access
and the other we're using Omeka s
and i just love Omeka's easy module add ons & logged in admin view
unfortunately it's for exhibits so it's not really set up for collections management
The ninth annual international Gender Census 2022 is now open until 13th August 2022!
https://survey.gendercensus.com
It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
re: continued storytime invovling a rash
so I am now covered in a giant rash and it feels very ~re learning the same things long ago ones already learned~ https://www.entoten.com/2019/05/05/kintsugi-an-ancient-japanese-repairing-technique-using-urushi-lacquer/ learn more here (:
continued storytime invovling a rash
however, it turns out that the urushi sap that is the foundation of all the various parts of the process is in from the same plant family as poison ivy and friends
substance use
I am in the midst of my first ever 'sober spring'
which is the longest I've ever gone without drinking alcohol since I was like 17/18 (this is day 44), and maybe this is a new annual practice from equinox to summer.
mapping out the parameters of the space has been interesting , which things fall into this spring's particular practice
anxiety brain
so!
I'm in the process of attempting to get my nation's membership card which involves needing birth certificates back to the dawes rolls
but since i live in so called canada now I can't just have the state ship me birth cerifcates so I mailed them to a package forwarding service, which still hasn't forwarded them & because I have anxiety I opened a live chat today but then closed it as soon as the help person responded since they wanted a tracking number which I don't have, oops
changeling lost somewhere in the woods&lights, tracing out edges&old maps. loving u fierce. holding us close. making up chants w/ permanent scars.