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[verchielmarch]

Um... long time no see! Guess who got sick of being on other social media again?

I haven't really been up to much honestly. Still working at my same crummy job, still drawing Sam and Frodo... life carries on!

I do so love my little guys though! Today I'm... not sure what I'm doing! I'm waiting on Miki to wake up... I know that much... other than that... hrm! I just finished reading Yentl yesterday (not a long read) and I'm also done with Dykes to watch out for. I've been listening to the LOTR BBC radio play as well and I'm on episode 7 currently!

As for projects... well I could do some art, I could crochet, I could start on the little room diorama that I got... hrm... I could sew... though sewing is pulling teeth for me right now for some reason. I get a little weird about it sometimes! Ah, I'm just a fickle creature, what can I say. I persist! I think I'm actually going to exercise this morning (what a concept!) and then... decide what to do from there. Honestly I'd love some coffee if only I could actually drink it. I miss when caffeine didn't give me heart palpitations lol.

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[shadowbliss]

Welcome back

[verchielmarch]

Thanks!! :)

[amado1]

I didn't know Yentl was a book! I gotta check that out.

I've never read Dykes to Watch Out For (just segments online) but I loved Fun Home and a few strips from it were included in the "No Straight Lines" anthology, which was excellent. What did you think, would you recommend it? I worry that I would get tired of it after a while, depending on how thick the collection is.

[verchielmarch]

Yeah Yentl is a short story! The book has even more ~gender~ stuff in it so its a pretty good read! (at least, as a jewish trans person i appreciate it lol) makes me wanna rewatch the film!

And it took me a bit to finally get to Dykes to watch out for! I've read "Are you my mother?" but ive not read fun home! I will say its a pretty hefty book. Its comics though so theyre pretty easily digestible!(at least in my opinion) Its kind of refreshing to get the perspective of a lesbian living in the 80s though. Makes me feel like im not alone in things, you know. Its a good read :) Though I will say as someone who only lived through like 10 years of Bush's presidency, I felt a little out of my element at times. I wasn't a very politically minded child lol (Most I did was get mad when people on TV said that being gay was bad-- since I came out as a lesbian when I was 9.)

If you decide to pick it up let me know! I've gotten pretty attached to the cast so id love to talk about characters with someone!

[amado1]

I did read Yentl after my earlier comment (oh man, so good). The only copy of it at my library is a collection of great short stories, and all the others are by other authors -- John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, etc.

I'll see if they have "Dykes" before I go. I'm sure archive.org has it but it would be such a hassle to zoom in and manipulate the PDF to read comics!

[verchielmarch]

RIGHT Yentl is lovely!!! Im glad you enjoyed it! id definitely recommend checking out a physical copy of dykes to watch out for. Right now I'm reading the night watch by sarah waters but i own the book so thankfully I can take my time with it !