Sebastian's blog

Sebastian, 23. Nonbinary, they/them pronouns My neopets is reptilianius (add me, suckers)

[reptilinus]

Estoy muy feliz!

[reptilinus]

This is how my year sounded on @Spotify. Get your 2019 Wrapped #spotifywrapped

https://open.spotify.com/wrapped/share-abceee8773be488da18465ec73ef39a5?si=Br3lQeSdSmyQgT0wUCNNcg&lang=en-gb

[the-suburban-craft]

Be the reason why the lights flicker when you enter a room.

[starlinedsword-deactivated20240]

does anyone else w/ adhd think about time passing as like, losing time until the next event like “oh i only have 30 minutes until i need to leave for work” vs “i have 30 minutes to do what i need to do before i leave for work”? like i constantly feel like i’m fighting time passing and getting closer to when i’m ‘out of time’ is really stressful

[originaldumbbaby]

well i’m supposed to leave to meet my friend at eight pm and it’s four now. guess i shouldn’t start anything

[kittykat8311]

Is this an adhd thing?? I write off days off if I have plans in the evening cos I’ll be like “I’m meeting X at 7 tonight so why should I start something or even get dressed this morning

[middlenameakrasia]

99% sure this is a depression thing too 

[kittykat8311]

That makes more sense for me

[blurchur]

First day of life up until 6th grade 

Jumped all the way to Freshman year of High School

Then I cut my hair Junior year, why did I do that

Slowly it started growing back and then….

I finally felt comfortable to express myself (the picture on the left was my debut)

At this point in my transition I am 6 months into HRT

A year on HRT

Over a year and a half on hormones. My transition hasn’t been the clearest path but I am so happy that I am on it.

[blurchur]

Update:

2 years since my coming out 

2 years on hrt

2.3 years on hrt

2 and a half years on hormones 

[blurchur]

Its been a while since I’ve done an update so here it goes

At this point I am 3 years into my Hormone Replacement Therapy. I’m thriving. 

These pictures were taken days apart and I am 3 and a half years into my medical transition (The picture on the right was also posted by Instagram on all their major social media handles attached with an interview I did with them for International Women’s Month)

During this time I was 4 years into HRT. Clearly living for it.

I am currently 4 and a half years into HRT, 5 years into socially transitioning, 6 years into when i first came out to my community around me and I’m loving life more than I ever thought I would. 

[blurchur]

Lil mini update!! It’s my 5 years on hormones and I think that’s quite the milestone to be proud of so here’s some pics since the last update.

Can’t wait to see how the next 5 years go!

[queens-be-like]

I’m proud seeing how much confidence she got, she’s beautiful, she’s brave and most important she deserves to be happy.

[trulytarl]

I’ve seen this post a million times and every time I see it my brain short circuits and stops functioning for a moment because of how gorgeous she is

[spacemancharisma]

my psychology professor be like “I don’t believe in nonbinary genders” and five minutes later refers to me as he, then she, then just by my name because it’s become increasingly clear that neither of those are correct even though I am not out in this class

[spacemancharisma]

dr [redacted]: I don’t believe in nonbinary genders

dr [redacted]: except for that fucker I have no idea what they’ve got going on

[jehovahhthickness]

I think it really sucks that some people gotta go on whole ass weight loss journeys to gain more friends, attention and love interests.

I hate fatphobia so much.

[jehovahhthickness]

All I’m gonna say is that fuck diet culture.

As long as you’re healthy and you feel so damn good in your body, whichever size that may be. That’s all that really matters.

[jehovahhthickness]

Also, let’s change the narrative.

Diet has such a negative connotation to it. So say that you’re changing your eating habits or that you’re mindfully eating. I feel like that’s more positive.

[jehovahhthickness]

Personally for me, I changed my eating habits so that I can be healthier, have more clarity since I work in the mornings and to have more energy.

My current eating habits have allowed me to feel better than I ever have since high school (I turn 25 next month) and losing weight is just another fucking bonus.

[jehovahhthickness]

If you wanna lose weight, change your eating habits, work out, tone up, gain weight.... do it for you.

Don’t do it to get attention.

Don’t do it to attract men (they suck).

Don’t do it to gain friends (if they wouldn’t befriend you when you were big, why would you want them now?).

Do it because it brings you joy and if it allows you to like the person you see in the mirror.

[amateur]

[anastasias-not-disney]

Reblog to save that one Tupperware that's never been the same after your curry leftovers

[chaneajoyyy]

In all of my Black ass life, I never thought I’d see the day. This was a tip I needed!!

[tntnv]

@techlover99

[candiikismet]

Whaaaaaa

[veryfunnymemes]

[jehovahhthickness]

Had this black man who runs a mobile car wash today shampoo the interior of my nasty ass car 🐷

Homie was shook at how willingly I was to pay his price. He said “Most people try to hassle me and try to get a discount. They never want to pay what I asked for”.

He did a phenomenal job, my car looks new and I’m definitely gonna have him clean my car from now on.

When I say that I support black people, I mean it. If your prices are within my means, I will pay for what you ask for. That’s on period.

[theoriginalblackbarbie]

More of this please. We don’t need a discount when we shop with other races. So why should we continue to ask for them with our own?

[crimeshetyped]

A simple way of showing respect. I have the same energy for black hairstylists, I would never try to talk them down on the price for their services when the industry is already so competitive.

[jehovahhthickness]

My hair appointment for my silk press next month is $170 and trust and believe, ima tip on top of that. My hairstylist is amazing. The only one I trust with my curls and edges 😩

[afronerdism]

I just offered my natural hair stylist $200 to come out of retirement and give me my annual trim. That bitch knows how to cut my hair dry. DRY. So I don’t have to put any eat on it. She just cuts it in its afro state. You can’t find talent like that just anywhere.

[wordsofapleaser]

I honestly never ask for a discount everyone deserve to be paid whaat they’re work is worth...I just wish people would think the same about my artwork

[jehovahhthickness]

[specialty38-deactivated20200930]

true i’m not proving shit to nobody

[probablyasocialecologist]

Where to See the Real Living Dead

Everyone knows forests are alive, but Suzanne Simard, who studies complex, symbiotic networks, helps us see that life anew. Even dying, for a tree, is not what it seems.

I wanted to ask about death as well. Most people would look at a tree and, if they see that it’s no longer growing any new leaves, they say that the tree is dead. How long does the tree go on communicating even when it’s “dead”?

“As it’s dying and decaying, there’s all kinds of things going on. There’s a dying process, and I don’t think we totally understand it, but from a mycorrhizal point of view—and keeping in mind that there’s also this huge communication going on above-ground with these volatile organic compounds moving across the forest through the air—below ground, as the tree is dying, as long as there’s a carbon source from photosynthesis, it will support the mycorrhizal fungi.

“As the tree is dying, it actually transmits or communicates its carbon to other trees. And the fungus probably has a lot to do with how that’s done, because it’s going to invest in where it’s going to get its energy from multiple sources. Once the tree is dead, it only takes about a year for the fungus to completely disappear. It doesn’t take long—but that process of dying, it can go on for years. And the fungi are around. They’re associated with that tree through the whole process.

“They’ll eventually abandon the dead tree. But even then other plants will start to grow on that dead tree. In our coastal forest, Western hemlock seedlings establish on old logs or old trees. And we know that those living trees around them are linked to those seedlings through the log. The mycorrhizal network just goes right through it. And so the life of that log goes on in those new seedlings establishing on the dead log. They’re linked to the old trees and transmitting carbon into them.

“This death thing isn’t just like, step one, step two…it’s a process, and that dead thing is never really dead. There’s living things that are growing on it right away, all the way through.”

[sunshineandhope]

Disabled People Cannot Be ‘Expected Losses’ in the Climate Crisis

Deaf and disabled people are especially vulnerable to climate disruption.

Take the case of disability communities in Puerto Rico, who faced catastrophic harm in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2018. To call the hurricane a “natural disaster” is to obscure the way United States colonialism laid the groundwork for the devastation. U.S. economic austerity policies left the island subject to poor infrastructure, a shaky electrical grid, patchy medical systems and inadequate public services — all of which were stressed to breaking point when the hurricane hit. And when it comes to disability, eligible Puerto Ricans receive an average of $74 a month, a fraction of the disability benefits provided to U.S. citizens on the mainland.

Social inequality can be a death sentence. Consider Benilda Caixeta, a wheelchair user living in New Orleans who relied upon the city’s paratransit system for accessible transportation, a service notorious for its unreliability in the best of circumstances. As Hurricane Katrina advanced, she worked for days to arrange transportation to evacuate. But despite repeated promises, her driver never arrived. When floodwaters rushed into her apartment, Caixeta drowned — waiting for transit that never came.

When we tell Caixeta’s story, we face a choice: We could use her story to illustrate the essential vulnerability of people with disabilities; or we could use it to tell a political story about disability discrimination, about transportation systems that are inequitable and unreliable even in fair weather — and that fail, utterly, in the face of a storm. The political story makes plain that Caixeta’s inability to evacuate isn’t a personal tragedy caused by disability, but a public failure: a devastating indictment of the deadly cost of ableism and inequality.

[tavi-the-rat]

aye that trans mood when you can clearly tell that a person is trans like you but are too anxious to talk to them so you just sit there hoping they'll catch your Trans Vibe™ and figure out you're trans too and you're desperately wanting to be friends with them

[furiousgoldfish]

one rational braincell: there can be more than one task done during the day

all other braincells: you know what, now it’s zero

[basketcasemp3]

how come we’re always forced to choose between kids and a job??? i dont want either

[ponderation]