did I ever mention that I know someone whose family owned a zombie dog because that’s some real shit that I get to delight with at parties
Tell us that story?
okay here is the story of the zombie dog
this dog’s name was John. they found him half drowned in a bag of puppies that were not so fortunate as he was, and was taken in immediately. he was a runt and not quite right (most likely from the whole half drowned thing), but a very loving dog. the problem with John was that he smelled like death, and no one knew why. vets couldn’t figure it out. it was obviously some kind of skin problem, but they had no idea what kind. all anyone knew was that if you touched him, you would smell like death too, so you couldn’t pet him, and that for some reason, the only thing that made the smell go away was being around other dogs. so they got another dog and the death smell stopped and John lived a very happy life
when he was getting old, maybe about 15 years, part of his skull caved in. just like that! suddenly had a huge dent in his head! and he was totally fine. didn’t notice it, didn’t affect him at all. just this massive dent right there in his head where his skull had collapsed in on his brain, and he was still the happiest and most loving dog. the skull cave in, for whatever reason, caused the ear on that side of his head to just fall off entirely, but again, perfectly happy dog who did not know he was down an ear and a fully formed skull. they took him to the vet, thinking maybe they should put him down. I mean, wouldn’t you think so? but the vet said that the dog was eating, and pooping, and happy, so there was no reason to put him down, so they didn’t
but that’s not even the weird part. the weird part is the area of the brain that got caved in on was apparently the area that registers pain, so this one-eared, collapsed skull dog could no longer feel any pain. he got old, his joints got stiff, his teeth rotted out of his head, his tongue hung out of his mouth and got black and hard, and he felt none of it! in fact, he was happier than he’d ever been feeling no pain, and the fact that he didn’t feel how much he was falling apart somehow made him live until he was 23. that’s right, the collapsed skull, one eared, zero teeth, smells like literal death when alone dog lived to be 23 years old. they used to joke that he’d been dead for years, but was too stupid to realize it yet
and that’s the story about the literal zombie dog my friend’s family owned
We all need LOVE.
CN: Urgent housing need
ATTN PORTLAND, OR housed folks!!
***seeking housing and support for a lovely neurodivergent trans girl***
Our friend is a rad, anarchist, antifa, queer, neurodivergent trans girl who escaped a lifelong abusive living situation and has subsequently been unstably housed.
This post is a call for housing and other specific asks listed below. Please don’t reply with suggestions about shelters, case managers, or a link to Outside In! We’ve been doing this a long while and are just looking for the following:
IMMEDIATE HOUSING:
we are asking rad & queer houses w/an intersectional analysis to host her for however long you can sign up for, ideally a week at minimum. for short term she can rotate between several houses or if one house is willing to host her that would be amazing.
2. LONG TERM HOUSING
At the same time as we tirelessly and anxiously seek imminent housing, we are focused on her long term survival. A spare room, a trailer in a driveway or a plot within an hour of the city- we intend to raise money to cover her rent so perhaps houses who could not otherwise will be able to host her long term.
The only alternative we can see to this is forming a group of houses who are dedicated to hosting her, a SMALL group of 4-6 houses where she can GUARANTEE a safe/r space to be, with ppl who are not housing her to come and show emotional support, get her out of the house, etc.
3. NON-HOUSING DIRECT SUPPORT
She needs help with administrative tasks, emotional support (get to know her if you don’t already! take her outside somewhere pretty! hang out and listen to her for an hour or so, check in), meals, rides, money.
/////(paypal: sarahgrayAT@gmail.com)/////////
4. COLLECTIVIZE WITH US?
If you and/or your rad (& queer) community house is interested in joining with other houses and orgs to form a collective of houses dedicated to providing space/housing/care for her and/or other highly at risk (often trans/queer/black/disabled/neurodivergent/ect) ppl, get in touch!! (contact info at end of post)
NOTES
This can not work without both direct support & housing. This type of support is community wide, it must not be placed on ONE individual or ONE house. This is a chance to put theory into action, to show up for your community and uplift the most marginalized folks in your everyday life. It requires truly examining your own privileges and comforts and destroying the idea that you need a spare bedroom or that you can’t perhaps pay a bit more in rent so a that room your trying to rent can go to a sweet kind girl in crisis instead. Her chances of being housed at all but especially longer term are significantly increased if she can pay rent/utilities. She has no feasible way to make money while so extremely unstable. She’s likely working towards applying for disability; but this process can take years even for people who have networks of support and the executive functioning to get through the steps. Again, her PayPal info is: sarahgrayAT@gmail.com (that’s “at” and also the @ sign…a hilarious dry joke not a mistake lol)
Her long term survival is inextricably linked to the survival of those who experience similar and overlapping risks and oppression. Our ability to support her reflects our ability to support anyone, to create cohesive movements centered around direct support.
We are concerned we will be met with the same silence we’ve faced for months. We acknowledge that most who read this are likely going through their own intense and valid struggles, and are also in need of collective support and care. We are grateful to everyone who engages; personally with themselves in the process of figuring out their capacity, by boosting/sharing, donating 5 bucks, sending her a text message, letting us know you can’t do much now but want to be involved in the future, etc. We are genuinely excited to potentially reach folks we haven’t before, and make connections with people dedicated to mutual aid, tangible solidarity, housing support, and generally helping each other survive through capitalism’s bitter bites.
Love&Rage,
PDX UNHOUSED SUPPORT COLLECTIVE
SG’s PDX support group
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To SHOW UP/SIGN UP, you can message
Sygil Rose-Pine (FB) or e-mail them at sygilrose@gmail.com
(paypal: sarahgrayAT@gmail.com)
Hey y'all. I’ve housed her before and I can vouch that this post is absolutely legitimate. If you can help this girl out please do.
crosspost from r/popular
shout out to disabled trans people.
whether it be physical or mental disability you guys are super strong and im so proud of you! the world is a harsh place to live in right now and the fact that you’re still here is amazing.
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reminder: you can start over at anytime. your day is not ruined. your world is not over. take a deep breath. start over.
Reblog this and money will be entering your life this week
Just doing what i was told
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mental illness is like pushing a cart with square wheels, and the only way to get more circular wheels is by pushing the cart so much that your shitty square wheels start to wear down
the dumbest thing is that nobody seems to care that you have fucking useless square wheels and they expect you to move as fast as the people with circular ones and less weight in their cart
i’m so tired of this
Hindsight
Loving the wrong person can interrupt your entire life. Please be aware of who you invest your time, energy and soul into, because before you know it, your dreams and aspirations have taken a back seat and you’ve become fixated on fixing them. Don’t put your life on pause for anybody. People rarely change anyway and plus that is not your responsibility. Ignore the guilt trips and invest in something with a better return, you. Plus, people who have your best interest at heart will never allow you to lose focus/ let opportunities slip through your fingers. Stay woke and be careful of energy vampires. There are people out there who purposely seek those with pure souls and plot to drain them of everything they have. Emotional labour is the most unrewarding time-consuming unpaid occupation known to man. Be careful and remember if the positive energy isn’t reciprocal, fucking leave. This is a regret you don’t want to be burdened with.
- Meggan Roxanne
