Oh, hey!
Uhh, hi. I haven't used this account in 7 years but I recently reinstalled the app to tentatively dip my toes back here, so, hi!
I left during the 2018 porn ban out of principle. Not because I'm a pervert (I am, tho, btw), but because I'm politically literate enough to know that the snobbiness towards pornography and the othering of legitimate sex work are traits of a fascist society and the subtle signs of an anti-queer lens to view the world (I feel entirely justified in this prediction, unfortunately), and I wasn't vibing with the policy change at all. Moved entirely to Twitter........and that worked out. For 4 years. Until, uh, you know.
"Ral, what's happened since you vanished" Well, all 2 of you who followed me here, I'll summarize real quick!
* Joined other communities under other names to sorta reset
* Quit the worst job I ever had, for the best job I ever had (I still miss that one)
* Attended and graduated grad school and got a masters degree RIGHT before the pandemic
* Moved out of my home state of Florida right before it became extremely fashy, for a job right out of school at the beginning of the pandemic in North Carolina
* Did that job for 2 years, got engaged to my long time partner
* Attended my first furry con, realized I was polyamorous (not in that order)
* Got a new job at a fortune 500 company that will go unnamed
* Got a 2nd partner who ended up moving in with my fiance and me
* Adopted a 2nd and 3rd cat
* Became a moderator on Fur Affinity dot net because I'm now friends with the owner and several staff members who ask me VERY nicely to join and help them out (they are amazing people and I love them)
And, recently, within the past 6 months:
* Dad died suddenly
* Got a new boss. Boss didn't like me. Immediately lays me off and derails my career and financial stability as the provider for my household
* Unemployed for 2.5 months. Lease runs up
* Moves back to Florida, except like, I've gotta do it in several trips because I really really don't wanna drive a uhaul for 9 hours and I can't have both partners and 3 cats with me in a single trip realistically. On the third trip down out of 4, I finally get a job from an interview I had *the day before* that lasted 4 hours straight
* My 4th (yes, 4th. It was a whole thing and I recognize i have a problem) cat bolted outside and was hit by a fucking SUV. Spend thousands while unemployed to try and save her, find out she'll need 5 figures of surgery, reluctantly opt to put her down and am crushed by this while I'm making, like, trip #2 down with my fiance while my other partner handles being there for her while she's at the pet hospital on life support.
* Now, I am moving back up, currently on round trip number 5 down in Florida to move to my NEW apartment. I have spent at least 81 hours driving on a highway this month and I've got at least 27 more to go
So, uh, yeah. The past couple of years have been kind of insane, and the past few months have been dreadful, but I'm alive. Survived it all. And I've got a job that I think I'm gonna enjoy that's starting real soon, and a nice new apartment. I figured, hey, why not join back here
I need to update my profile...my fursona doesn't even look like this anymore...
