#and the answer is a resounding ''ehhhh maybe''

[bread-tab]

part of my security industry research has involved realizing that if i'm going to even *touch* that field, then ethically speaking i need to get real fricking familiar with the needs, rights, struggles, and effective-methods-of-helping my local homeless people first.

(or unhoused people, or transients, or whatever i'm supposed to call them. of all the panhandlers, scruffy travelers and homeless-looking people i've talked to on the street, i've never thought to ask "what's the politically correct thing to call you in broad generalizations about this life circumstance." feckin ay)

there's a shocking amount of security guard body cam footage on youtube—

(which is not shocking to me in the sense that people will do that—of course they will—but it seems like terrible opsec and/or a privacy violation. or at least something you'd have under an NDA. and you'd think people that work security would be more discreet. but then, you don't hear about the discreet ones... *sigh* whatever. people post it)

—and a significant portion of that boils down to "someone was sleeping here and i had to tell them to leave."

(granted the ones i watched were very down to earth and gentle-but-firm about it. better than unleashing Scared Karen into a dank apartment stairwell or calling the cops. but still.)

which idk about you but i don't think that's a point in favor of the profession. feels kinda bleak and sad and icky! i'm just also not sure if there's a better alternative, specifically, for someone acting legally as the agent of a private property owner. that's... The Problem.

[gavillain]

If you're still doing Gay Ask: 3, 10 & 26

3. do you want kids?

Ehhhh? Maybe. It would depend on if my partner did. Most of my professional life has been working in education and childcare, and I love working with young people so you’d think my answer would be a resounding yes. But I also know there’s a difference between working with kids and raising kids. Being a parent is a level of maturity that I know I’m not ready for yet and kind of don’t know if I want to be ready for, y’know? And then I also kind of like having money and only having to worry about financially supporting myself. I know that’s selfish, but it’s also something important to consider. But that’s also just where I am with my life now as a 24 year old. Once I’m in my thirties, that could easily change.

10. dog gay or cat gay?

Cat gay all the way. I like dogs fine, but I’ve always had cats and I feel a sort of spiritual kinship with them.

26. favourite lgb musician/band

Panic! at the Disco is my favorite band, and lead singer Brendon Urie came out as pansexual either this year or last year. So he’s my go-to answer for favorite queer musician. Though, technically speaking, the question is for LGB, not LGBT+ so I’d need to think of an artist who is lesbian, gay, or bisexual specifically. With that caveat, Adam Lambert is my choice.