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Trying to Vibe

@sociallyanxiousdragon

My name is Jackie or Jax. I'm 30+, my birthday is Jan 13 (send me presents! lmao). I'm queer. My pronouns are they/them. Feel free to message me or send asks! I work on a bunch of projects which you can find at https://jaxyacks.com
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About Me

Some Side Blogs

(Note: Not all side blogs I have are listed here, but I'll try to keep it up to date with the relevant ones.)

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I'm so used to seeing ur post of pranking people w ur fake paper mushrooms I really had to like. zoom in on that pic of ur mushrooms to see if they're the fake ones or not. I don't even have my glasses on so who knows

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just this morning I was explaining to my father that I’m always the first person killed by villagers during games of Werewolf due to my sinister and duplicitous vibes and he was like “your what???” I should show him this message

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my friends were discussing this post in the groupchat and had this to say about my dad:

-yeah Chaumas’s dad looks like the humanized version of a little weasel from a stop motion cartoon

-guy who is plotting how to steal eggs out of the chicken coop

-snidely whiplash ass

-fantastic mr. fox ash

-stop motion kind of guy

-Gepetto…

-imagining him like a cartoon backwoods old man being like and here's my gallon of strychnine

-I think that there's just something about the little woolen hats that he wears that make them look like they were knitted at 1/16th scale, which in turn makes the whole dad look like he is perhaps 1/16 scale

-[describing the first time they visited my house a decade ago] this old man who looks like a Hollywood mad scientist crossed with his own igor emerges with a shirt with an enormous graphic of a grumpy baby’s face on it. and I was like “uh hiiiii does Chaumas live here?” And he just glowers at me for a moment and then chaumas pops out and I’m like OH THANK GOD. And then chaumas’s dad showed me his collection of poisons and now we’re friends.

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thetursithan

A nice shower and the day can begin...

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hoodiedeer

i just woke up and for a few seconds i thought those were some kind of vegetables being dropped into the sink to rinse off until they kept moving on their own and they still 100% look like weird leafy vegetables

I've been awake for 17 hours and I deadass thought they were vegetables

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Me: I shouldn't disturb Neil Gaiman. I shouldn't send an ask unless I really have no way of getting the information otherwise. I'll check old interviews and all the articles that vaguely mention the subject. Of course it goes without saying that I'll read though the FAQ in its entirety. Only then, will I send an ask. However, I'd be very polite and praise his work, as anyone would. I'd also keep it short, because I don't want to waste his time. But I'd keep it very very respectful. I'd be sending a message to a very talented, amazing author that deals with god knows how many like me. Or I'd just stay in the dark and not send him an ask. Yeah, I'll do that.

My Dash:

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scientia-rex

I grew up hearing that you should see your PCP every year for a “check up,” so I scheduled a well visit when I was 30ish after several years of not seeing one, but I had nothing to talk about. I felt so stupid and like I had wasted my doctor’s time, especially when I know they’re expected to see like 400 patients a day, overbooked to hell and back, and someone else probably needed that time more than me.

Without sharing specifics that might veer too close to “individual medical advice,” I have no major health issues. My testosterone is handled by a specialist and hasn’t changed in like 15 years. (Something nobody tells you about transitioning—it gets extremely boring.)

What does a 30-something person in “fine, I guess” health talk about at a check up? Do doctors get bothered if a patient comes in with nothing wrong, but knows they need to be seen every 3 years so the system doesn’t call them a “new patient” if anything does happen?

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We don't get mad about the "just often enough to avoid being kicked out of the system" visits, especially if you call it that. Remember, yes, we need to see a billion patients, but an easy visit could buy us back 5 minutes of the day, and a no-show buys us back 15-20 minutes (albeit at the cost to other patients of a visit). Don't feel bad for taking care of your own needs in a system that has been designed to be hostile to human life.

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Also, I think it can be surprising to people how much we actually can help with? Medical management of a lot of things has changed pretty dramatically for the better over the last 10-15 years. I’ve changed a lot of migraine meds that people figured were as good as it was gonna get, added anxiety meds, gotten sleep studies… if there’s something you figure isn’t a BIG deal but it bugs you, always check in. Maybe we have a better option now!

Not a doctor but I think it can be helpful to ask your close people if they can think of anything you should ask your doctor about. They might be more likely to remember that you’ve been complaining about pain in your knees and that you’ve been having sleep disturbances. Sometimes we tune our own issues out because we’re so used to dealing with them

Have I reblogged this before? It’s really good advice.

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