[alvin]

my hair is getting so long

snappysnackshack:

pretending to like music recs a guy gives u is on the same level as faking an orgasm for him

goodnight I’m tired

thinking of posting here more again 🙊😈

cordyceps-sapiens:

I  don’t think I have any mutuals in Florida, but if anyone else does, pass this along. Probably important to be aware of these issues when voting by mail in other U.S. states, too.

I’ve been voting by mail all my adult life, because I registered during the Bush years, when “hanging chads” in the state where one of the candidate’s brother was governor were one of the reasons he was allowed to win, and there was a lot of concern about the security of voting machines (which has NOT improved). Voting by mail has definite benefits, but cast your ballot early, and make sure it counts.

I vote absentee in FL and I’ve lowkey always thought there was a good chance they were fucking up my ballot :\

so I just came out to my mom and I wanted to write about it

it was surprisingly chill. my mom used to have very negative/stereotypical views about gay people but I think I’ve had enough conversations with her in the past year that have challenged her assumptions.

so she was pretty unphazed when I told her that I wasn’t interested in women. that kinda surprised me cause I thought she’d react more negatively.

someone we had dinner with made some dumb joke about how I was going to become a gynecologist and how that would be smart of me, assuming that I would be checking out my female patients? (yikes). anyway I addressed that comment in the car to my mom cause I’ve been wanting to say something for a while cause I thought she already knew and was just waiting for me to say something. I told her about how I thought the joke was gross and how that person was also incorrect to assume I’m into women.

apparently she didn’t know, and I was like wtf mom it’s kinda obvious? she asked me when I knew I wasn’t into women, I said I always kinda knew but it was really apparent in high school. she asked if I have any partners, and I said I have but I’m single right now.

she really just seemed most concerned about my safety. she asked if I’m using protection which surprised me cause we have never before talked about sex or acknowledged that premarital sex is okay (we’re hella catholic). she wanted to know if I had ever been discriminated or bullied because of it and that led into a comment about how she thought I shouldn’t be too open about it for my own safety.

I told her that I understood her concern, but being out and proud is the only way people are going to learn to be accepting of people who are different. if anything, I can give someone the opportunity to know a gay person and see that we’re normal.

anyway I’m glad I finally got that off my chest and it went a lot better than I expected. I told her that I’m cool with answering any other questions she might have and she said she will, cause she has lots.