Knowvember '26
Just came across Robert's post about Knovember and thought it was a fun idea. I sure do love talking about things!
A photo
Ah yes. A photo. Here I am, below.
Click me if you dare ;)
Name or nickname
I go by a lot of names, but my main ones online are Agnes the Alien and Holiday. I actually chose Agnes because of the musical Jasper in Deadland, which I was obsessed with as a teenager, and "the alien" is because, well, I'm an alien and that's a whole Thing with me. I know I'm not actually, physically one, but I feel psychospiritually like one due to disabilities and isolation + being connected to science fiction from a young age. It's just a part of me.
I chose Holiday because I've always liked the name. I don't know why!
Where in the world I blog from
I'm on Anishinaabeg land/Mid Michigan, USA. I mostly... don't leave my house except for esketamine appointments and Society of Friends religious meetings, because of my physical and developmental disabilities; I spend a lot of time at home in my room with my cockatoo, pretty much.
What my blog is mostly about
I write largely about my personal life and mental health. I share my story as a survivor to make others feel heard/seen, hopefully. But I also enjoy technology, fandom/media, writing/creativity, and a LOT of other things, so it's kinda an "anything goes" situation. I write mostly in "poetic"/abstract/loosely connected sentences 'cause that's how my brain works (a lot of what I say in an official capacity/on my sites and services outside of here is checked over by my partner, a friend, or my caretaker before I make it public, but everything here is raw babey.) I post what is on my mind and what I am doing and what I'm afraid of and what gnaws at me and what makes my viscera twitch and what makes my wounds heal and what makes my heart soar. I post like... bullshit. I post from the gut, to be honest, like, the inner meat of me.
My blog is also a personal site so it has a lot of fun pages, too, and I'm always adding to it. My blog is very much like a clone of my little brain and I am decorating the jar it is in!!! I am putting rhinestones, or in this case .pngs, on that shit. My blog is a Mary Poppins bag full of infinite insanities, incoherent rambling, tech project stuff, a giant skyscraper of pain, and lots of rainbow gradients.
I am excited to read the Knowvembers of others!!!!!!! Thanks for this idea.
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