ADHD, Awkward, Awesome (?)

I thought I was the first person to come out on either side of my family, but like three years after I came out, my mom was like, “By the way, my Aunt Mildred was a lesbian.”

“What? Really?”

“Yeah. My mom just told me this story the other day about her. She also had really bad depression, so bad that she was hospitalized. Her father flew out to San Diego to see her there. The nurses caught him on the way in and told him the no matter what she said, he was not allowed to get upset.” (This is the Catholic side of the family. Like, serious Irish Catholic with eleven kids and multiple priests in the family. Also super-duper Southern. And this was the 1940s and it was illegal.) “And he got real scared, but he went in. And she said, ‘Daddy, I’m a lesbian.’ He threw his hands in the air and hollered, ‘OH THANK GOD! I was worried it was gonna be something bad.’”

So. Shoutout to my Great Aunt Mildred, because she got there before I did.

Further shoutout to my second cousin Jared, who thought he was the first in even the extended family until he turned up for Granny’s 90th birthday, saw me for the first time in probably fifteen years, and heard me utter the words, “My wife…”

“oh yeah, I’ve been meaning to get around to fixing that window, but I’ve just been so busy, y’know?”

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@aluminumphosphorus I thought you might enjoy some Ensign Muffin on this fine day

It’s important to me that people know that D.C. is a major Democratic stronghold—in reliability if not in national influence—has been since the 23rd Amendment gave residents the right to participate in presidential elections, which only happened in 1961.

This is why D.C. statehood is seen as a partisan issue. You might not know it based on the jerks that govern here (most of whom vote in their home states and/or the suburbs in Virginia or Maryland), but the District has historically been heavily Black and not insignificantly queer (this is also the anti-minority “subtext” of a lot of “drain the swamp” calls)

Politically, the place is bluer than a Smurf taking Violet Beauregard to an Eiffel 65 concert. Its hypothetical Congressional representation could make AOC look like Mike Bloomberg.

Once again, the core premise of the Republican Party is “but… if people counted equally… that would be bad for us.”

DC is one of the blackest cities in America, and has one of the fastest growing Latinx communities in the country. 

It is a crime that DC doesn’t have representation. The vast majority of people here do not work for the government and those who do are often bipartisan employees. We don’t even have final say over our budget and laws. We need the ability to vote in Congress, to have a say in our own affairs.

but I would also like to point out that DC is undergoing huge gentrification which is aided by the city leaders. Housing is unaffordable; not to mention our police force is incredibly corrupt. We still have high levels of gun violence as well, and a terrifyingly high Black Maternal Mortality Rate. Like everywhere in America we are people and our leaders have flaws and make bad decisions.

“I amsick will not to choir because i have a heache. i Hope its very and i am so sorry

love,

blue”

1) Turning off the lights in back and giving you ice packs for the back of your neck and a towel for over your eyes.

2) Putting you on your left side on the stretcher and grabbing a barf bag.

3) Vitals. Cause just in case this isnt what it looks like I'd rather get a heads up.

4) Checking for long QT/allergy/etc real fast and then giving Zofran if you need it. Zofran is my favorite thing to give, tbh. One of the few things EMS can give that renders close to immediate relief. And in the interim plz sniff these alcohol prep pads, I swear it works.

5) B L A N K E T.

And now that I've seen this post:

6) "If you can and want to unlock your phone, do you need me to send a message to someone telling them where you are/why you can't come in?"

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