Weird Pride

boxofdelights posted a thoughtful essay starting from Weird Pride Day by Oolong.

In comments there, jesse_the_k posted a link to a weird pride flag that's a geeky delight to behold.

As I said in a comment there, I kinda knew I was weird all along, but I thought it was just a matter of finding other weird people to hang out with. It's not until I got to Portland that being weird became a Problem, and maybe that's why I've never entirely felt settled here.

I don't know if I've gotten weirder over the years, or if the Bay Area just has more geeky people like me, or maybe a mix of both. I'm really excited to be visiting old friends there because it reminds me that I used to feel acceptable as a person and a friend.

( local friends )

I'm realizing they're right. I am a good friend, in spite of or perhaps because of my weirdness. I've heard from many people over the years that Portland is a tough town to make friends in, and I want to keep remembering that it's not my fault that I've had such a rocky time with connections here.

(I wrote this Thursday and meant to post it yesterday, but something I brought in from my friends' house was so fragranced it permeated the whole house, which distracts me from anything not habitual or right in front of me. Fascinating in terms of brain function, annoying in terms of practical life function.)

Rage-donate to abortion funds and local cliniics

Seen via rydra_wong, I rage-donated to abortionfunds.org. I recommend it if you have the resources available!

And a twitter thread from suzwhoever advocating for donating to local clinics and abortion funds rather than Planned Parenthood, since they already have lots of money and everyone thinks of them first.

I tend to do that with my donations. I'd rather donate to small local organizations than the big national ones that have a lot of ongoing support (and spend a lot of money on marketing).