#shark week – Lavender and Levity

Messages in a Bottle #15: Sharkna-Don’t-Mess-with-Me

Posted on July 29, 2019August 3, 2019 by lavenderandlevity

After a few blessed days of rain, it has resumed being entirely too hot to live, and my creative juices are currently leaking out my ears and puddling on the floor. But, at least my brain is only melting, rather than being constructed entirely out of (presumably also melting) cheez whiz. I am fully lucid … Continue reading Messages in a Bottle #15: Sharkna-Don’t-Mess-with-Me →

Blog Awards Series #2: Veteran of the Blog Awards

Posted on July 23, 2018April 16, 2019 by lavenderandlevity

Back in college, I was an RPG gamer. I didn't actually start with D&D, though. I started with a few more "freeform" type systems where I could create my character with all sorts of attributes that don't fit into the standard D&D class system. I'll be honest, D&D felt kind of limited after having freeform … Continue reading Blog Awards Series #2: Veteran of the Blog Awards →

1) I’m neurodiverse, chronically ill and a (hopefully vaguely effective) advocate for others. I’ve seen some stuff as a result.

2) I’ll take anyone to task who claims any of the above make anyone else lesser in any way.

3) But – because I’m also an irony magnet – I’m still biologically wired to experience Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria and conditioned from past experiences to feel toxic shame personally that I would never apply globally.

4) If I can’t beat the Bully-in-My-Brain, I can at least learn to laugh at it.

5) Puns are awesome.