Lol, yeah I waited a full 24 hours and was assuming I was denied since I received nothing. I decided to just try logging in this morning to see and lo and behold.

I'm happy and take pride in being openly trans. None of my issues are in being trans, only with the people and systems that make it difficult and painful. I have to see them as separate things so that I don't internalize the way being a trans person is treated as being transgender in itself.

Otherwise I'll be even more angry and bitter than I already am most days, and I'm truly trying to not be as much.

I've done a handful of different fields, but they all end the same with me burning out and quitting as well. Web design, organic farming, dishwashing/prep cook, hostel front desk and housekeeping, etc.

Now I've been out of work for a while and I have no idea what to even do anymore. Farming was great until my body told me it was done, especially after having covid. I've been a bit lost for what to do ever since, sadly.

It's in Lighthouse Park in West Vancouver!

We have our biggest fire in history out here in BC currently. This after three years of La Niña ending is frightening.

Soccer and photography are probably the two main ones that come to mind for me. I'm really happy to see the new writing community, and I'm excited to see more specific creative communities come about.

A bit better than usual lately, which is nice. Getting some PR photos today to finally get my IDs updated since my name change certificate arrived! I will finally be rid of my dead name!

Also started working on my first leather working project this week. While it's rough and I'm missing a couple of tools to finish it well, I'm happy to be learning a new skill.

All in all, a good week, which is a nice change of pace.

Release the luddite Washingtons upon the world. They will save the earth, I'm sure of it!

Test. Now I didn't remove my avatar, but I can try that next.

The Freshmaker.

Odd, it shows up as Pigeon for me. I wonder if there's a delay.

I just started leathercrafting! Working on my first wallet this week, but I forgot to get an edge beveler. So it is delayed for a bit before finishing. First project ever though.

I'm excited to see a leather working community start up here on Lemmy.

New West could be made into such a lovely area with this. Hopefully it would encourage Surrey to lean into it heavily as well over the next decade before they become the main population centre.

Hmm, I'm now noticing that on mobile and the thumbnail my picture is showing up very dark. Opening it fully on desktop is fine though. Strange. I wonder what's causing this.

Along with the CEO being an ai generated image, wonderful. Certainly pointing to a right wing psyop. Transphobes are getting ever more creative at hating and trying to harm us as much as possible. It is exhausting.

A juniper tree yelling at me seems like a uniquely bizarre way to go. Honestly, I'm on board.

I love this, it reminds me of the legislative assembly in Victoria, BC. I'd love to hear more about your project, world building is such a passion of mine!

Weird, I thought I did submit this over on writing. Apologies, I didn't notice that happened.

American crow, indeed! I have far too many pictures of crows. I love them so much.

I applied for a great job that I'm definitely not qualified for, and I'm through the first two rounds of interviews. I didn't even think I'd go to the first interview purely because of my agoraphobia, so I'm proud of myself for pushing through it.