Hello World, Reaching To Everyone Is One Of The Members Of The Queer Refugees Community From Kenya Kakuma

I get why people are talking about the whole submarine titanic thing.

It's awful.

But I'm here to address a different boat related tragedy.

One that absolutely breaks my heart.

Where a boat of migrants sank off the coast of Greece.

This boat had 300 Pakistanis and more than 500 Syrians.

The boat was carrying migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria and Egypt who were fleeing their countries dire economic conditions.

And we're trying to reach relatives in Europe.

What happened with the submarine is a terrible thing.

I just wish this story got the same coverage.

One is about billionaires the other about people escaping economic disasters.

Both about people losing their lives.

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I hope I'm not just a blog to you guys but also a gateway to acquire secondhand knowledge of medias you'll never get into

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In case anyone actually cares about this issue, some good news: 227 migrants were rescued off the Canary Islands and 294 migrants were rescued off the coast of Italy yesterday/today.

It was in the news.

Haven't seen anyone talking about it on here for some reason so I thought I'd share!

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After seven therapists, four psychiatrists, several antidepressants/other medications, multiple therapy methods, alternative medicines, changes in lifestyle, etc …. It’s become clear that I need special aid in order to have a better quality of life.

At the moment, my mom accompanies me everywhere. When she leaves home, I’m already stretched thin. And although her presence keeps me calm, she’s not very skilled at preventing attacks from happening, or de-escalating them if they do. The constant accompanying is a strain for her, as well.

My hope is that a service dog will provide me with a reliable grounding presence. It can be trained to provide tactiles like body pressure, mouthing, licks. It can smell my triggers, lead me to safe spaces, block a personal space bubble, find help if I need it, and bring me the daily calmness that everyone else enjoys. American law would allow me to bring my service dog to all public spaces, businesses, and during emergencies.

With a service dog, perhaps I can again walk five blocks to the cafe, and use public transport, attend parties and events, manage a full-time job, fly overseas to visit my family, and so much more. I want to get my life going again.

I’m asking for $5,500. A bred puppy (service dogs are trained from a young age, and good breeding is highly recommended) costs around $2,000, the estimated annual cost for a dog is $2,000, and the Owner Trainer Academy is $1,575.

With your help, I could fulfill my dreams within just a couple years! Any and all aid is greatly appreciated!

https://www.instagram.com/sweetish.dream/?hl=en

emergency commissions (a...gain)

So, my life is kind of falling apart and I am not okay, financially or otherwise. 

My furnace is no longer functional and I am currently living in a house with no heat in the winter, in an area where it routinely gets down to the 10s/20s Fahrenheit at night. I am also attempting to declutter, clean and pack up my childhood home in anticipation of selling it and moving into an apartment in the next few months. I feel so overwhelmed and frustrated. There’s a lot of sudden, horrifying, impossibly scary financial and mental burdens and I’m trying to do everything I can to meet them.

I’ve applied for state assistance for my furnace, but I’m not sure if I’ll be eligible. I have also applied to a charity organization for the furnance issue, though they can only donate so much to each individual who applies. I hope at least one of these options comes through. 

What I am trying to focus on right now is these two burdens: 

$300 apartment holding fee due January 11th to make sure I can get into my new apartment in a few months (Total fee is $500 but I can use $200 left in my savings.)

At least $200 in anticipation of the massive electric bill I’m going to have at the end of the month because of having to use a space heater to warm up one room for long periods of time to keep me and my cat safe while I try to work and/or pack.

So! If you were interesting in commissioning something, now is the perfect time. I love all sorts of prompts for commissions. If there’s a character from a fandom I write for that isn’t on my list, please feel free to hit me up with a commission request, in some cases I may be able to write that character since commissions have less restrictions than regular requests. 

Commissions are open! I have commissions starting at $5 for headcanons and $10 for 500-word fics, or $30 for 2000 word fics, as well as prices & options for something in between or even longer. If you are interested in a commission, please DM me (through the message system, not the inbox, as it’s best for conversations) with info to get started! 

I also have a Ko-Fi if you aren’t interested in a commission and might be able to help out! 

Note: Due to the nature of these life emergencies, please expect a turnaround time for commissions to be at least 1-3 weeks, depending on the length of the commission and complexity. I can provide an estimated finish date once I know more info about your commission. 

Sorry to post about emergency commissions so soon after the last time. I never understood the idea of “When it rains, it pours” in any genuine way until the last few weeks.

Thanks for taking the time to read! \o/

My Weekend Plans 2/24 - 2/26

Inspired by @gritsandbrits' 9/9 - 9/15 week plans post from 2019

While I have some things planned, I actually wanna do whatever I want with this list without doing them in order. Ya know, go with the flow. That's a new New Years Resolution of mine: learn to go with the flow (both in reality and in my personal stuff) and not worry about sticking strictly to the list or doing anything in particular order. And also not be harsh on myself while doing so and/or

Draw my Sparkledog OC after being inspired by @rainbott's Spellmania (Sparkledogs are back!) video on their YouTube channel + watch their series Spellmania and catch up on their other series Welcome to Dreamworld

Make a list of my F/Os to put on my F/O Tier List on TIERMAKER after being inspired by @candyheartedchy's f/o tier list post

Tidy my room up some

Draw my Handy Manny OC (I watched some Handy Manny on Disney+ this week on Wednesday (2/22/2023) while babysitting my younger cousins and found the show just as charming and entertaining as it was when I was a kid and it inspired me to create an OC for that show; for now, all I know is that my Handy Manny OC is an anthropomorphic talking tool (though idk what tool she would be yet), is female, is one of Manny's tools, is quite superstitious, keeps an accessory on her for good luck (still trying to figure what that accessory would be, but I'm thinking about a small cute scarf that she wears at all times), and I also ship her with Pat the Claw Hammer cuz I like Pat and he's one of my favorite characters on the show; pls don't judge me)

Watch Mindy Kaling's Velma on watchcartoononline.tv and write ideas for my Velma rewrite & Velma AU involving me/Advian Heartson in Velma's place along with my OCs as part of the cast called "Advian" (not to sound egotistical or anything, but I'd like to describe these two projects as "Velma but Better")

Continue watching Power Rangers Operation Overdrive on watchcartoononline.tv