Fat bodies are beautiful.
Fat black bodies are beautiful.
Fat indigenous bodies are beautiful.
Fat trans bodies are beautiful.
All bodies should wear whatever is comfortable, especially on your own time outside of work. Fuck the haters.
Fat bodies are worthy, sexy, and lovable.
Awww, Bloomfield is making me want to happy cry. "The people who have the virus are not the problem. The virus is the problem, the people are the solution" this is the kind of vibe I love. 😭💓
I was walking with dog earlier, and looking around, and just became so overwhelmed with joy that I'm HERE. We did it. We made it to Aotearoa and it's just so beautiful. The birds were singing everywhere. We are SAFE.
I cried with joy. Y'all I really can't explain how happy I am.
We have been in Aotearoa for a full year officially!!!
Amazing. It's been so good for me, amazing for my son (he's come out of his shell so much, I have never seen such growth in character before!), and my partner and my dog. We are all doing so much better here.
Oh, I forgot to mention, we've officially been in Aotearoa for two years now as of somewhere between 9 to 10 this morning! Thanks for letting us be here. This is such fantastic country, I love it so very much. My heart is full every morning. There's no place I'd rather be.
💓💓💓
I haven't opened my gift yet, but I GOT A DM FROM THE OFFICIAL SECRET SANTA TWITTER AT MIDNIGHT THAT MY SANTA WROTE & SANG ME A SONG.
I'M 😭❤️🥹😍😊🥰
A whole song - for ME!! 😭❤️ I love it, THANK YOU SANTA!!!
Once again, I'm SPOILT
#SecretSantaNZ2022
Everyone in my conservative area of Aotearoa seems to feel strongly that Labour isn't getting another term... But if that's true, what on earth WILL we get? And how terrible will covid-19 become then? 😰
4 years ago, nearly to the moment, our plane was leaving the runway in Chicago and we were on the adventure of a lifetime coming to Aotearoa New Zealand to live. Thanks for allowing and accepting us here, and making it a home for us. 💗🫶🏼
Hey Aotearoa, if you have clear skies tonight, maybe take a chance to look up between 8pm and midnight tonight to catch a very rare meteor shower that we are in the best place on Earth to view. ❤️🌠
From what I'm hearing from over seas, if you do get covid-19, REST. This is the number one best thing you can do to prevent long covid, and just get better faster. No one wants long covid. Rest is your friend. 💓💓💓
Omg. Just found out one of my friends thinks anyone who likes the movie JoJo Rabbit is a white supremacist?! Like, did she even watch the movie? Wtf???
I'm chuffed as. My son continues to get excellence in all his classes, plus just got granted a 10K scholarship!!! His drive and success in academics is so inspiring to me.
From a kid who BARELY got mediocre grades in Chicago. Clearly he is thriving so much better here. 🥲🥰
I don't particularly enjoy formal wear, much prefer funky as party wear, but I guess lockdowns mean Formal Friday is back! So, lockdown day 3 fashion is skewing formal today!!
So there is an ice cream truck that drives around fairly regularly that plays the song "Home on the Range" and today I got to thinking, do people in this country even know that song?
So... Kiwis, do you know that song?
I can't help but sing along with I hear it LOL
A mate at a voting place told me roughly 90% of the people she's seen at polls were elderly, meaning 80ish years old. Very few younger people were coming in. We need younger people going out and putting their say in!!! This is YOUR world, wouldn't you prefer your voice had a say?
Happy International Women's Day!
If your definition of women does not include our trans sisters, please just block me. I refuse to have that level of bigotry in my life.
If you're cool, maybe consider blocking the following people to celebrate today in a trans friendly way:
My
#OneGoodThing
today is finding a spot for my son to live in while he attends University. It's within the budget we set aside, 4 min walk from campus, and with kind elderly flatmates who are keen to look after him, give him rides if he needs them, and take him to the grocers.
So, I have a MOSTLY complete 2 leg sleeve, probably ~4 hours left to perfect a few more details in the smaller jellyfish, the kelp, the leopard shark, & various corals and such... but it's looking so very cool!
It's still a bit fresh pink / extra dark in all the new touch-ups. 😉
Kinda confused why everyone seems to think lockdown is ending. It's still on, the only difference is we just get contactless premade food from restaurants now, right? Slightly, SLIGHTLY more freedom.
Aaaaand now marks 4 years of being in Aotearoa! I'm so grateful to be here. There's no other country on Earth I'd rather have been in for this pandemic, even if I feel it could be going better now. I'm so grateful and happy to be here. I'm happy to call here home. 🥰🫶🏼💗
HOLY FUCK. Since the USPS mail isn't shipping to Aotearoa anymore, my family in the States have to use private options.
IT WILL COST $100 TO SHIP A SINGLE LETTER TO ME FROM CHICAGO NOW MY DAD SAID.
$100.
ONE LETTER.
WHAT THE FUCK.
If we rename to Aotearoa, do you think that would manage to get most of the worst racist people to leave, and then maybe we can get some serious environmental and social progress going here? 😅😅
@cavaticat
@Kinky_Casey_
I feel like I was the only one 1) not freaked out by the age and 2) cheering her the fuck on. That was a great scene. She wanted something and took it. Totally sane, rational, consensual--not bad in any way. I was so happy for her.
On a Zoom with family in the States and y'all, I CANNOT STRESS HOW LUCKY WE ARE.
Please use your tracking apps. Check in. This whole situation worldwide is bonkers. We are so lucky. Do this minimal least so we can all continue to stay safe. 💕💕💕
I know it's a thing, but honestly find it a bit surprising how many racist people are married to minority people they are racist against. Like honestly how does that even happen, and with enough frequency that it's a thing?
Relationships can be so puzzling.
My phone memories just told me that 4 years ago today was the first time or wee whānau came to Aotearoa, just to visit that time.
We all fell in love. None of us wanted to leave. After begrudgingly returning to the States, every gift my son asked for was to return. We did it!!!
Okay!!! Finally heard back from the antivaxx friend who had covid-19... Seems she got long covid and is really struggling in every single possible way. Bummer. But SHE IS ALIVE THANK JEBUS. Now to gently get her to come around on vaccines!!!!
Woohoo!
Bivalent vaccines are coming!!!
"From 1 April, everyone 30 years old and over will be able to get a booster regardless of how many vaccines they have had."
CAN'T WAIT CAN'T WAIT
🎉🎉🎉
Is it going to be somehow passive aggressive if I only refer to it as Ōtautahi going forward? Because I'm definitely not big on Christ and all but hate church and any reminders of it. Honestly the name of that city always sounded and felt gross to me, but Ōtautahi is nice. ❤️
My mum wanted me to draw her a picture of herself and my stepdad, so I'm working on drawing it for them. Picture and work in progress pictures so far (still a ways to go):
I feel like this pandemic has taught me a lot, but I'm not sure if I've enjoyed most of the lessons.
Unfortunately, a lot was about how flawed, selfish, self-absorbed, unreliable, easily manipulated, and so on human beings can be. Sigh. I liked when I just loved everyone better.
Pō marie Twitter, it's been a heck of a long couple days and I'm so tired.
And I discovered some really shit news that I can do nothing about, (basically I lost most of my life savings), but nothing can be done. Just keep moving forward, it's all we can do. 🤷🏼♀️🥲
I'm really sad about the amount of racism in Aotearoa, ESPECIALLY because when someone is called on the racist thing(s) they said, they deny they are being racist or are racist. Pākehā we *need* to do better. I'm not even sure where to start because there's so much, but
It doesn't resort to implications about marriage/martial status. It's queer friendly, and even ally friendly. Gender not indicated or important. It shows how you're both in it together and how it's 2 way... I could go on.
@MegdeRonde
I could never grasp why people call their boyfriend or girlfriend "partner" . It makes the arrangement sound like a Business deal. I suppose it could very well be a business arrangement....
Got that just voted glow! First time I've had the pleasure to exercise this right in Aotearoa New Zealand. Happy as.
Now everyone else needs to go their part to keep Aotearoa progressing and protecting our most vulnerable!
Yay! They said I did a fantastic job on all three areas: written, understanding of vocab, and verbal. 😃😃😃😃😃
I still have a long way to go before I'm actually decent with it or could carry on full conversations, but I feel good!!!
PHEW, I just finished my Te Reo Māori assessment. That last bit (the oral submission) made me break out into a sweat.😂 I hope I didn't completely embarrass myself or the language! And now to wait and see what the grade is.... 😅
At least I can submit again if needed! 😅
We made it double digits of level 4 Aotearoa!! Day 10. And it's Friday. So I guess "
#FormalFriday
" is a thing again.
I like fun clothing, so, I guess this isn't as formal as it could be. But it's fun, in spite of being a bit old and not in its best condition anymore.
@chronicallybeee
@Forequick9
So many diseases are becoming resistant!!
There's antibiotic resistant gonorrhea, antibiotic resistant staph, antibiotic resistant tuberculous, MRSA.... So many things.
Basically the bacterium have gotten wise to our attempts and are finding ways around it.
People very rarely fake disabilities; they much more often fake being abled because society demands it for their comfort. The idea of people trying to police someone's disability or saying X person isn't "disabled enough" to need help is pretty obscene, actually.
INK!
(Video: footage of my ocean life tattoo which goes all the way around on the bottom now with coral and sea anemone, and currently just goes up the outside part higher the leg to the upper thigh, with more fish, small sharks in the distance, and a sea turtle.)
Okay, decided to leave the campground after all. In trying to stealth leave so we don't wake any other campers, accidentally honked the horn. Classic. 🤦🏼♀️
Hey, 4:20 though. 😂
Ahhhh my kid is THRIVING in school here, y'all. It's SO GOOD to see him being so much more mature, articulate, and just DRIVEN. He was never like this back in Chicago. I'm just so happy about it. 🥰
Aotearoa, for the win!!
Hey Auckland, seriously appreciate the fuck out of y'all for doing the thing for us. ❤️❤️❤️
You're really the MVPs of this pandemic. Inspirational af. Love you all!!
Video: me blowing y'all a kiss
I just want to impress this on parents in unhealthy relationships. Your "staying together for the kids" actually teaches your kids negative things about relationships, and does not set them up for success.
Another day being SUPER GLAD I'm not in the United States, but golly if National gets in here, it's not going to be a whole lot better here either.
I don't understand when "left wing" parties are in power, why they don't do more. Like Labour won hard out this last term and??????
So in Chicago as a landlord you're legally obligated to keep your rental homes warm (for reference, this is 20°C during the day and 19°C at night).
Dealing with the cold homes here is truly mind boggling to my Chicago born and raised arse. Landlords need to provide better. 😑
It's the tenth anniversary of my official first date with
@jluvs2luv
! We'd been seeing each other a while, but decided to Officially go on a Real Date™ this day 10 years ago. It was a really supremely great time--solidified that yes, we were madly in love.
And we still are. 💓💕
I had a second date with a man today, and it actually felt pretty great. Much better and more comfortable than most of my previous dating experiences outside of my beloved J. (Granted, J is such a perfect partner he kinda unintentionally spoils it for others!)
I'm happy. 😊
Shouldn't greyhound racing just be banned??? The treatment that seems industry approved do to the dogs is just... heartbreaking. Not even factoring P into it. (WTAF?)