#although I'm bodily 23

[only-man-in-the-sky]

smoked my first cigarette (I'm like 40 years old)

[julimar-cool]

For people looking to do even more, project 2025 isn't really a plan BY Trump (I'm not nitpicking phrasing, I swear this is relevant. Also he's supposedly tried to distance himself from it, and he claims to have no idea who's behind it, but I think that's horse shit) it's a 920 page presidential transition project proposed by The Heritage Foundation (and contributed to by others, yes, but legally it is a work by The Heritage Foundation), and it is fully illegal and very easy to report to the IRS. Yes, the tax people. As a tax exempt organization they (The Heritage Foundation) are PROHIBITED from participating in politics, and the existence of project 2025 and their public endorsement of Donald J. Trump are violations of the rules of Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). I'm not saying don't vote! Please, PLEASE vote, seriously. Project 2025 is a serious threat to our democracy, to bodily autonomy, the right to protest, and more. As a trans person, I am absolutely scared of the ramifications this plan has for my community, and as a US citizen I am terrified for the future of this country. But please, in addition to voting, take a few minutes out of your day and go after the people responsible for this. You can report anonymously, and it doesn't cost anything.

Relevant information:

The street address you'll need to enter is 214 Massachusetts Ave, zip code 20002-4958, and the city is Washington. I don't believe the neighborhood information matters but it's Northeast Washington.

The state abbreviation you select is DC. DC is a district, within which is the city of Washington. It is not legally part of any state. Genuinely thought it was part of a state until like yesterday myself, so I'm putting it out there.

The EIN is 23-7327730.

John P. Backiel is the person responsible, and his organizational titles are Vice President, Finance and Accounting, and Treasurer.

Leave dates and dollar amount blank.

You are reporting them for violating the rules of Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3), and you can find the reasoning here. Phrase it however you see fit, although I would recommend you emphasize the severity of these transgressions and that action must be taken immediately.

You can report them here. https://www.irs.gov/dmaf/form/13909 and if there's any information missing, let me know. Please, get involved if you can, and if you're comfortable, spread this information. There's strength in numbers.

if i see one more article, post, or news anchor talking about how joe biden is old, i'm putting my fist through a window. i feel like i've gone through the fucking looking glass.

this is project 2025, trump's plan for what he'll do if elected. whatever you think is in there, it's worse. watch a breakdown of the highlights here. this man wants to unravel the fabric of our democracy for good - this all aside from his vitriolic hatred of poc, his determination to start ww3, and the fact that he can't string a sentence together without telling outrageous and easily verifiable lies. his administration will start their crusade to exterminate trans people on day one, and they won't stop there.

do not talk to me about how joe biden is old, as if that could ever matter to me more than my life or the lives of my friends and family. my little sister is 14, she's trans, and i don't know what to tell her when we talk about politics, because one of these people wants her dead and the other one is old and some of you are still acting like those problems are equals.

i can't fucking stand this. i'm not hearing it this time, we are not repeating 2016. refusing to vote is not an act of protest, it is an act of complacency, and our most vulnerable will suffer for your negligence. vote like your life depends on it, because for some of us, it really fucking does.

[farmdog]

2, 5 (in nice words only), 12, 19, 21, 23, 49!

hiii beautiful hiii hiiiiiii

2. lighter or matches? i honestly don't know how to answer this i've been staring at the text for a couple minutes... i like matches, but obviously they are super impractical for a lot of things. but lighters hurt my fingers a lot of the time! so i don't know. is my answer.

5. what color are your eyes? thhey are BROWN! both bodily and in the headspace. the body's eyes are a darker brown than mine, although mine are similar to how they look in light so it doesn't really bother me ever...?

12. what kind of day is it? a fun one!! still riding the high of coming home from a trip, and we have fun stuff planned for the day so i'm excited for that ^__^ it's been chill and calm so far it feels good to wake up in our house again

19. imagine we're at a sleepover, would you paint my nails? IMMEDIATELY!!! and then i would feel bad for how messy i did them and offer to get you the acetone <3 and then you'd do mine >:}

21. something you've kept since childhood? we have a teddy bear named checkers we've managed to hold onto since babyhood! also a few blankets and plenty of other little trinkets... still victoriously holding onto the pirates of the caribbean coin we found on the seat of the disney world ride at an age under 10 (? no memory of the event for me), fought with our human brother over for years, hid in a drawer, and then decided to bring with us when we moved for whatever reason. we do not purge our belongings often.

23. how do you feel about chilly weather? i like it!! i like getting to bundle under blankets and cozying up cuddling in a big pile with you and the kitties <3 i do Not like when it hurts my joints and bones!!!!

49. can you skip rocks? yes!!! i haven't had many opportunities to but i know i can; we were really good at it when we were younger too! i think i have a good eye for good skipping stones :3

[imopeningup]

im very depressed in berlin. it's bodily. i have to keep walking. the campus where i have class is in the suburbs and 40 minutes from cool events and cafes and berlin proper. i wish i could access a memory of myself in this city. although i think that things will get better. i'm afraid to read rilke bc i know he recommends solitude. there's a crab apple tree visible from my window and i want to collect all the apples and carry them in my shirt up an imaginary hill (there aren't very many real hills here). i keep thinking the apples will be sour though so i haven't picked one up yet. i'm sorting all the different coins i've stuffed into my jacket pockets after going to the spati into piles, i bring two books with me to bed each night, i'm drinking lots of club mate but coffee is making me anxious. i just watched ted fendt's new film outside noise which made me feel better. better specifically about not feeling tethered to nyc (where i came from) or to berlin / pankow (where i am). i think i need to make a big meal in my dorm apartment kitchen. I didn't get into any practicing art classes and im trying to order a keyboard so i can at least keep up my habit of doing scales. im hanging out with a lot of straight white 20-23 year olds and it's making me feel like i'm masked. i think i'm gonna go to an in person ACA meeting in english (which my friend who lives in Berlin for a bit really loved). one thing i know is true is that I can change my mind and I can go my own way. I'm too nice but i'm 25. Of course being on campus is weird. Back in nyc campus was a long train ride away and home was in brooklyn and much different. I wanna kick and scream because everyone said i'd love berlin or they could see me here but the reality is im not having such a great time and im homesick and still people are telling me i should stay here. i don't really care about going to clubs but want to find queer people to be friends with. I know that despite how i'm currently feeling about it that things will change. this is just culture shock and i've never been to europe before. i've got to let myself explore, get into my 16 year old i wanna speak 3 languages and travel the world vibe. i think that version of myself will help get through to me and i also keep whispering the phrase, "Wherever I go, I am."

[xceruleanrosesx]

"It was a good first try. Do not be too hard on yourself." Laurent encouraged with a patient smile. He was so good at doing this because it had been a skill he needed to use his entire life. Some suit clients didn't know what suit they wanted, style, color, so he would deduce things about their personality. As he got into more... egregious lines of work, it became his most vital skill to track down targets and their whereabouts.

When the offer was presented to him to case Kelly, he almost looked like a giddy child on Christmas. "Gladly, monsieur. Although, you may not like to hear some things said aloud, but I will try to be polite." Laurent wasn't looking to be rude, just honest. However, the truth can be quite painful at times. Silently, he looked the other up and down, barely even moving. The only thing that showed his thinking was the flicking of his amber eyes. Once he came to a conclusion on some things, he began his observations.

"Kelly Holden. From your appearance alone, I believe you are around the age of 23. You haven't been working at Mannco for long, but you've been here a little longer than I have. Although... it appears yours was not by choice, oui? You appear to be quite unhappy in the position you've been put into, as well as the quality of teammates you have at your sides, understandably enough. I can bet most mistake you for a dumb blond, but you're incredibly intelligent. In fact, with your medical know-how and how quickly you can refer to them without needing a chart or references, I'd say you were at least in the top 5, if not the top of your class. From the way you spoke about relationships and love, you've been around bodily, but not soulfully. I'm going to go out on a whim and say performer of some kind in the adult industry. What kind, I'm not quite sure. And I believe you are fond of men. Did I get that right?" Laurent winked.

"Stay."

The abrupt request was heart-stopping. His feet stopped in their tracks, slowly pivoting on his heels to the source of the voice. He thought he might be able to leave without detection, but apparently not.

"S-... Stay..." He parroted nervously, eyes darting around to find the source of the voice.