stephaniepixie

stephaniepixie, 1 year ago to random

#MayThe4thBeWithYou

Happy #StarWars day you beautiful nerds in the western hemisphere (and happy #RevengeOfTheFifth to the eastern hemisphere who are approaching or already in that time zone)

britt, 1 year ago to random

So I was looking at maybe selling our espresso machine to help fund the move…

Check out THESE STONKS! 😆😆

We purchased it on sale in 2019 for around $270… little did we know it would more than double in price/value since.

Sooo… to keep or to sell?!

stephaniepixie, 1 year ago to animals

It’s rainy and Ava is feeling extra cuddly today.
This is a small clip of her purring her heart out while getting chin scritches (her favourite).
She very much likes eye contact so a couple of times she’s looking directly into the camera with a blissed out expression 😄
If you put the volume up you’ll hear her little rumble.

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

video/mp4

reginasbread, 1 year ago to sapphicarchive

Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira is celebrating 50 years on stage.
the moment I learned that this tall basketball player turned singer is not straight, I was ready to pack my suitcase and head to Brazil.
@sapphicarchive #milfistCommunity

Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira during a concert. She's wearing the same clothes like in the previous photo - a white pantsuit and a sequin low-cut top. This photo is taken from below. she's holding a microphone with her left hand. She's singing and smiling at the audience.

rick, 1 year ago to random

I don't have body horror nightmares, nor shame.

My nightmares are about pointlessness and frustration. I get the "stuck in a maze" ones fairly often. It's not nightmarish enough to be stuck, or in a maze, but there's always this extra layer of "even once you get there, it won't have been worth the effort" hopelessness.

I don't wake up scared, I wake up annoyed and angry. I'm not sure what that says.

stephaniepixie, 1 year ago to random

Earth Day happens to coincide with the day I first came out as gay 25 years ago. I didn’t purposefully pick that day for Earth Day reasons but I always like the association given how much I love animals and nature.

My mom was the first person I came out to. I had written a letter to my mom and slipped it into her purse the night before knowing she’d see it at work and read it there.
I was 19 years old and studying for final exams in my first year of university.

I knew it would go well with my mom. She watched the films Desert Hearts (twice!) and Fire with me before I ever came out and she worked as a councillor in a social work centre so I had an idea of how she’d take it.

She came home that evening and gave me a hug. I don’t remember either of us saying much but she asked if I wanted to tell my dad and I said no. She was willing to keep it a secret until I was ready.

I told him at dinner later that summer. He was too shocked to react much in the moment and later expressed concern that he and my mom had hoped to be grandparents (🙄 he’s pretty clueless and it turns out neither my hetero brother nor I have children and we’re both in our mid forties).
Given how bigoted my dad can be this was honestly not a bad reaction (I’m sure it would’ve been worse if it had been my brother coming out to him). He’s been an ass many times over the years but nothing out of the ordinary. He doesn’t care much about my life and I prefer him at a distance.

Thankfully at least one of my parents is a caring person. I’ve been fortunate to have an accepting mother.
My family isn’t the most affectionate but my mom has lots of little ways to show she loves me. She has always asked about my girlfriends and has met most of them over the years in spite of the fact I lived most of my adulthood on the west coast while my parents and my brother stayed out east.

I’m not one for celebrations but this feels like a milestone worth acknowledging. I’m proud of being gay. I like that part of me.

stephaniepixie, 1 year ago to random

Just posting some of my art to pin it on my profile. Link in bio if you want prints 🎨

Digital painting of a cat (Mia) with unique black and white patches, and big green eyes. She is lying down with front legs extended and is on a green background that fades to orange at the top. 1970s style retro red, orange and yellow bubbles surround her.
Digital painting of a sunset over Lost Lagoon in Vancouver, BC. Silhouette of a tree line of evergreens in the horizon and reflected in the water. The orange sky fades to blue where a hint of a near full moon can be seen to the right in the sky and reflected in the water. Tree branches with baby leaves lean over from the top left. A pine tree branch is poking up from the bottom right. Tall grass on both bottom corners.
Digital painting of a brown sea turtle floating in turquoise ripples of water surrounded by green flowers with long skinny petals (they look like stats or snowflakes). The background is a nebula burst of turquoise at the bottom, black in the centre, and bright greenish turquoise at the top.