Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

I'm not 100% sure, but I've written more words in speeches than I have in fiction this year.

Just wrote another one for tomorrow....

@webcomictalk - Q3: "How do you feel about fan fiction and shipping based on your webcomic?"

While I'm big on allowing people their headcanons or theories, right or wrong, I'm not a fan of fan fiction, and never have been. If you're going to write fan fiction, great: you obviously have something you want to say and should go out and say it.

But why not sand the serial numbers off and truly make it your own? You don't need my characters speaking your lines. Your characters, even if derivative, are much better suited to speak your lines.

Now I have done some "fan-fic" myself, but there was a reason. There was a Closetspace/Venus Envy crossover comic. However, the comic was supposed to be done alongside with the other artist and cross into her comic, but as we began planning for the story, she became too busy to continue on her end, giving me permission to finish it. I worked with her on each comic to make sure I wasn't writing her stuff out of character. It was less fan-fic as it was telling my characters story in someone else's world, with their permission and guidance.

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@kevinlovestech @pomegranate_stew - This screams "New Art Director Just Got Hired."

Watching announcement if new tech sector layoffs the last few days. I'm nearly a year unemployed, and hanging on by the skin of my teeth. And I'm beginning to think things are looking a bit hopeless.

I'd like to pivot out, but I don't think I'm going to be able to keep the apartment if I do as I'd have to restart at entry level.....

I'm 26 years into my transition, and 23 years into hormones. My "second puberty" has LONG since finished. But sometimes, I get these wierd little "Oh, that's new" sensations, even after all this time.

The other day, I found a jacket I really liked, but because of my gigantic rib cage, they only one that would fit was cut for men. It was nice enough that I tried it on anyways. Then I zipped it up.

Sure, it fit around my waist and stomach, and even my shoulders. But because it had no room for breasts, it really pressed down on them. And while it didn't hurt, it was this wierd "constraint" feeling I've never had before.

It was something that, since I transitioned BEFORE I started hormones, I'd never experienced before, and even twenty three years later was something new to me. :)

I'll never stop experiencing changes, it seems. And I'm okay with that.

This may have happened to me these last few months: https://www.theonion.com/woman-comes-out-of-manic-episode-to-discover-she-s-been-1851015922