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Favoring a little more cute and feminine look today. https://www.instagram.com/p/BwXs4xThCg3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fd0o5vic7q3y

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Blue and purple today. Trying to coax some springtime from the universe. 💜 (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwKycQXhd39/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9unmyqk1afh8

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Thank you all for your happy birthday messages and texts! I have felt very loved today! 💜

I had a really nice day - shoveling was a drag, but a a hot shower, a hot cup of coffee, a sandwich, and relaxation put me to rights. ❄

When he got home from work, Chris gave me the birthday gift he’d been working so hard on. Check it out! He actually *hand-made* a pastel goth unicorn-themed cross-stitch holder, then filled it with awesome enamel pins and patches he knew I’d had my eye on!! 🦄

I now own… a TAZ Bureau of Balance pin, a TAZ Amnesty arc pin, a Critical Role Vox Machina pin, a Critical Role Mighty Nein pin, a Stardew Valley black void chicken pin, a San Junipero pin, a gothicc pin, and a rainbow D20 pin! I also have a shiny new TAZ IPRE patch and a Blackcraft Cult patch! (Not pictured: my Harry Potter houses patch, which I’ll be adding to the collection.) 📌

Also: check out this very sweet cupcake, ice cream, and popsicle gift bag! He gets my ice cream cone Lisa Frank pastel goth aesthetic 100%.🍦

Now we’re eating cookies-and-cream ice cream, snuggling our furbabies, and watching DnD streams on YouTube. Being 30 rocks. 🎂

Thanks again, everyone. I love you all. 🦄

#pastelgoth #unicorns #thezonecast #criticalrole #voxmachina #mightynein #stardewvalley #sanjunipero #gothicc #d20 #blackcraftcult #cupcakes #icecream #popsicle #dnd #dungeonsanddragons

(at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwIz8bah4he/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=kvhdq2q994q3

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My snuggly snow day girl. She doesn't love the hail (she keeps whipping up and staring out the windows), but she loves blankets and belly rubs. 💜❄🐶 (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwIAIVQBbLn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vr9trw3gado8

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Minneapolis got me a blizzard for my birthday - including hail! Aww, you shouldn't have. 💜🙃❄ (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwH-BYUB_AJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7eufulpb523c

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❄ (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwGNAXChCrV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vm37mhbw7za7

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My #DnDSelfie! I'm Max. I'm a trans nonbinary queer beginning a new chapter of my career in the tabletop games industry in Minneapolis. Current PC: Castor, adorable gay half-elf necromancer in Waterdeep Dragon Heist. Last PC: Xibalba, swashbuckling femme tiefling rogue in DnD Adventurer's League. Also learning to DM a duet campaign with my partner! #dnd #dungeonsanddragons (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/BwBHtgth0a8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1i15aasn8b6tk

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Celebrating! 🍦🌞 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwA5kQ0BNeQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1j6j85dg3vcgc

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Taking the upswings when I can. 💜 #trans #transenough #nonbinary #queer #joy (at Northeast Minneapolis) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv7-KGuhMnA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uuhnd3yghftx

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Thank you all for your caring words and loving messages. Our journey as pet parents continues painfully today. Shortly before Pingu's sudden onset, she'd had a slightly lower appetite for a few days. We didn't think much of it, since she's a grazer and it's normal for her not to finish her bowl, but we had been keeping an eye on it. Unbeknownst to us, decreased appetite is a warning sign for CHF. We didn't realize, but if we'd taken her in sooner, we might have had a chance to medicate her CHF before she contracted her fatal embolism. On high alert from this, we are now acutely aware of any sign of illness from either of our other two babies. Which brings us to... Ella has been having some intermittent GI symptoms in the last few weeks, including some rather nasty loose stool. It was occasional and didn't seem very serious (she was eating and drinking and playing like normal), but we were planning on taking her in if she didn't improve. In light of everything that went wrong with Pingu, we decided we shouldn't wait, just in case it was a sign of something more serious. So, we took her in this afternoon. It was mostly to soothe our nerves, we figured - better safe than sorry, right? Turns out Ella has HOOKWORM. We brought her in early enough that she successfully avoided any dehydration, fever, or more serious infection. We've been sent home with prescriptions and digestive food to settle her system, a dewormer to put the parasites on the run, and a fresh six-month supply of preventatives to keep anything else off her back. She'll be okay (she doesn't even seem to have noticed anything is wrong)... but we feel terrible. She's been having symptoms for weeks, which means she's been battling parasites for weeks. Why didn't we bring her in quicker? Why hadn't we checked on a preventative for her? Between Pingu and Ella, we feel like the worst pet parents on the planet. Please, please, please learn from our mistakes. Low appetite or surprise GI issues can be a sign of something more, even if your pet doesn't seem bothered. We are going to take Ella and Caspy in for *anything* that strikes our concern from now on. What an awful, awful 24 hours this has been. https://www.instagram.com/p/BvuoKRrBXC6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1lp8ujxcfddz4

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It's International Trans Day of Visibility! I can't imagine there's anybody left who doesn't know this, but just FYI: I am not a woman and don't use she/her pronouns at all. I am non-binary and go by they/them. I've been exploring this in some capacity since I was 22, began using my pronouns at 24, began using my name at 26, and completed my legal transition at 29. I am now working on what will be the last step of my transition journey: top surgery! I'm very excited to see what 30 holds. I'm pretty passionate about owning my non-binary expression as *not* Trans Man Lite. I am trans, but I'm not a man, and I will continue to paint my own colors outside that traditional canvas. As a result I may still be misgendered constantly - but the world must learn and adjust for me, since I will never change myself to accommodate the world. #internationaltransgenderdayofvisibility #tdov #tdov2019 #trans #transenough #nonbinary #nonbinarypride https://www.instagram.com/p/BvrXNy6hNag/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a033y9arlgbn

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The party decor was very on-brand, I must say. #therookery #skellingtons #hooray https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvnk8q0BThC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=90exvkpe3e2h

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Happy housewarming to The Rookery. Up with punk and goth queer and trans love everywhere. #housewarming #slinkies #icecream #cake #shootterfsintospace (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvnjhxwBBe8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pn9eqzdoquq9

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The baby of the family. 💜 https://www.instagram.com/p/BvfLn4ThJ8d/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5jhgaomk5iqk

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Big brother and little sister. 💜 https://www.instagram.com/p/BvfLczlhPBd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=at3w5sdit9ja

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Three sleepy little munchkins, sharing a springtime sunbeam. 💜 https://www.instagram.com/p/BvfLXQxBi1_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10hlqz0occftg

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Hit up our third (fourth?) Smoke Signals at Insight! Wasn't a huge fan of the strawberry kiwi IPA, but loved the scotch and smoked chili Gravity Well, and the food was primo as always. 🍻 #smokesignals2019 #insightbrewing #nempls #minneapolis (at Insight Brewing) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvX-Mf-h7_D/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qbs2ib0itgg8