Pat Swarbrick
swarpat.bsky.social
Pat Swarbrick
@swarpat.bsky.social
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Bi lefty who became lefty long before graduating High School. Talking to people helps @gronkular.bsky.social is my spouse. Incredibly lucky to have found him when I did, 20+ years ago She/they
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If I had the money I would adopt a bunch of kitties in a heartbeat. I don’t, however. Had to really cut back on expenses after Tesla passed away last year.

I really miss having them around. They brought my life so much joy.

The in-laws dogs are nice, but it’s not the same as a cat.
Think I derped up in a recent post and said I had 9 nieces under the age of 21. It’s only 8, unless someone gets pregnant and has another baby.

Heh, there’s so many it’s easy to lose track! 😅🤣
So the wonderful thing about my family is we stopped doing the big Christmas give-to-everyone thing a long time ago. We just do the get-together or a White Elephant Christmas gift exchange, so one item from the thrift store or handmade. Much easier on the budget, and fun!
Huh. Didn’t know they were doing something like that. Kinda curious about other platforms. Thankfully it’s irrelevant to me because I never ever streamed and have no intention of doing so. I don’t even have an account anymore, closed it over a year ago.
Huh. So probably a good idea to go out west to visit my sisters. Guess I should talk it over with the spouse and siblings and see what they say.
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This is a welcoming account. 🏳️‍⚧️
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Here's to everyone reading this who has had to build their trauma recovery from scratch, who isn't the "perfect survivor," who feels like you've been doing this all alone, w/ no one on your side or believing in you but you.

I see you. I believe in you. I'm one of you.
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You do not have to "believe in yourself" to do the trauma recovery stuff. Don't think you have to completely overhaul how you think & feel about yourself to take baby steps toward realistic self-care & safety today.

Just start where you are. Focus on the next micro choice.
The Mandalorian: HE ATE THE EGGS! HE ATE THE EGGS! NAUGHTY BABY YODA!

Okay, rant over.

Second season is starting out decent.
Most of the anime was watched in a club meeting, it was either purchased or fan subs before North American distribution
Looking into some anime here, I’m not sure but I might have seen Bleach as a fan translation before it was distributed to North America. Slayers I definitely saw, Berserk, Evangelion, Trigun, Fullmetal Alchemist Princess Mononoke, Escaflowne, R.O.D., Inuyasha…
Also played Aladdin on the original PlayStation. It was my cousin’s console.

I played Super Mario Brothers 2 on emulator all the way to completion. Played all three of the original on my other cousin’s Nintendo console but didn’t complete.
I also remember actually playing one of the early Final Fantasy games all the way to completion on a roommates console, I think it also included playing one of the Legend of Zelda games, that was a long time ago
There’s a few more Anime series I know I watched like Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell. I was a fan of mecha suits so Gundam and Dual! I owned the VHS of Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure.
And there’s a bunch of anime, like Spirited Away (and related works, and I was really peeved about the AI art thing, that was disrespectful) Initial D, the first season of Naruto, and a few others I can’t name at the moment

Oh and Golden Boy, that’s hilarious.
Star Wars has a great live action film catalog
Star Wars and Star Trek are exceptions. Star Wars I haven’t actually gotten to watch the animated versions of shows, and I don’t know if there is any animation for Star Trek
Just the animated ones, the live action didn’t capture my interest.

Actually most of the time if there is an animation of a particular story that isn’t very geared towards children, I prefer it over the live action
Wasn’t a big fan of Scooby Doo. Sorry, but I never watched very much of it at all. Just bits and pieces of the original animated show

Watched the Flintstones because they were on syndication and they were on during lunch in grade school. Watched the Jetsons too because my sister rented them
Yeah this is not the way to handle the situation.
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With every recovery supporting micro choice today, you're doing more than protecting & improving your quality of life. You're showing other survivors & people you love that their past & their pain is not their destiny or identity-- any more than your past or your pain is yours.