A group of 6 college kids were ahead of us in line and started chatting with me. Full on just having a fun conversation with someone literally going through the beginning of a very awkward middle school period. I was so shocked they wanted to talk to me. I think my mom mentioned it was my birthday. They were very nice about it. When we got on the ride they told us to go ahead of them so we could sit at the front of the car since it held 8 people.

Now the ride (called Journey to Atlantis - I believe it is sadly no longer there) started with a slow ride of beautiful visuals of dolphins and oceans and computerized images of this imaginary Atlantis before going up the hill to the beginning of the coaster, where it paused for about 30 seconds, and then the ride started. The college kids must have known there would be a pause. Maybe they’d ridden it before I’m not sure.

But as we sat there on that peak, 6 people I’ve never known, and will never know again, sang a very very lonely 11 year old happy birthday. Loudly. And with gusto. They were happy and laughing and joyful. And it made me feel less alone in the world.

I am 29 years old this year, and I still remember them. I still remember that kindness. It is so important. It doesn’t go into a vacuum. It exists beside me in my daily life. And I love the idea that I have been that person to someone else too.

Hey, listen, we'll figure it out, okay? Just like we always do. Come on, let it go, okay. Let it go, little brother.  

it's only fitting to come back on the second wednesday of the year.

oh i also made a glowing version

You will never understand Even when you hold my hand I just feel alone, feel alone I don't wanna talk about it I don't wanna think about it I just feel alone, feel alone Even when you're next to me It's not the way I'm picturing, no

The campaign kicks off at 12:00 AM EST on Monday, February 20th, and will run through Jensen's Birthday on Wednesday, March 1st. We have some wonderful giveaway and auction items. Visit our website for full details.

My Patreon page is live! If you’re into queer dark erotica and spicy art to go along with it, it might just be right up your alley.

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What to expect:

updates for my original queer dark erotica stories

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art WIP’s, sketches, full illustrations both NSFW and SFW (but always with lots of love)

and more to come (no pun intended)

Handbinding Project: My Immortal by Tara Gilesbie

This really started over a year ago, with a project started in the Renegade Bindery server: people would format different chapters of My Immortal, without knowing what anyone else was doing, and we would put them together into one file. It was agreed upon that everybody would disregard both good design and good taste. 

(If you click on each image, the caption lists who designed the page in question. I couldn’t include them all here, but every page is basically a work of art. Horrible, typographically hellish art.)