Why am I boiling water?

Well, you see, I'm at the cabin and there's only an outhouse to do your business. I'm supposed to be off until after easter but some issues at work mean that I have to make some angry calls on a Friday morning. I'm worked up.

In close to 20 years, I've never dropped a #DivaCup in the toilet. My fingers become grippers of steel when handling a diva cup. But not today. Today, I'm worked up. Today, my hands aren't steady. And I feel the diva cup twisting and sliding. And a soft thump.

nnnooOOOOOO. NOOOOOO. I'M FAR AWAY FROM ANY STORE. AND I'M ALREADY PISSED.

Delusion comes to the rescue and think it'll be fine if I fish it out. FINE, I SAY. I'm looking in there and if you know anything about diva cups, you're already thinking "it's outhouse-camouflage color omg". Excuuuuse me but I take great care of my diva cup, how dare you, but also yes, right now, yes, it is outhouse-camouflage color omg. Several minutes of looking and loud complaining later, I think to myself "hmmm there's not a lot of blood in there, _where's the rest_". So I look under the plywood base and to the side, and I find the rest. It's EVERYWHERE. Along with the diva cup (yay!), it has been ejected horizontally and to the right, onto the sand by the outhouse.

And that's how I'm boiling water now and I'm about to have to figure out a way to clean the outside of the outhouse. I hate today.

GA: Feb 14, 2025 – Velveteers Day

Valentine’s Day, now locally known as Velveteers Day. What a sweaty night. I swear that was sweat in my eyes, not tears. People were crowd surfing, and of course there were like 7 photographers.

Diva Cup came on and played. They all fully embodied fem punk, new wave riotgrrrrl. I fell in love with the lead singer wearing the band’s merch with no shame. And if it were me, I would do the same – the shirt is killer.

Cherry Spit get better every time I see them. They got on stage, set up quickly, and 2 seconds after their last note Wayde was tearing down the drums. I have always enjoyed the small chats before and after shows. Maybe I will catch them headlining a big-ass show one day, summit style. They can take this sound very far! Digital Worm is dropping in at slot 80 for my songs of the year 2024 according to broken-ass Spotify. When that Buh Nuh Uh started screaming from the guitar, I had a little moment and got in the pushpit with local legends Tiny Tomboy. Seriously, this felt like a locals-only show; It was a night of name-dropping, that’s for sure. If there was a social credit score, some very choice people were in attendance. I 1000% did start dissociating as soon as the room filled up. Too many people, and not enough escape paths.

I was able to catch Velveteers open for the Voidz back in 2018 and I was incredibly impressed for a Denver band – they played tight with much steeze. ESPECIALLY it being a nontraditional three piece. They make that shit work overtime. This time the band came out in very formal attire. The lead singer Demi wore a wedding gown, veil, and wrestling shoes – a woman who will chokehold your beating heart into submission – accompanied by her squad of percussionists. The stage was set for a night of tom fuckery. When you are a band in your home town, playing for all your pals, this is the dream come true. They have never disappointed and I don’t think they ever will. This was only the 2nd album they produced, and Demi made a super fancy super tall cake for the show (nonedible – I asked :()

I also ran into Dana from Indie 102.3 and we had such a wonderful and lovely conversation. A conversation about Colorado Springs. And if I’m brutally honest, I don’t hold the Springs in high regard. Dana however expressed how Denver has already had its queer renaissance and she is working hard to show 719 some love. I applaud her with every fiber of my being. Unlike me who left the Springs behind when it needed so much love to make it as good as it should be. I left feeling so hopeful in that regard.

Thanks again @paaaate! And thanks to everyone that joins the mailing list or buys merch! That shit is tight.

#cherrySpit #divaCup #punk #velveteers

Boiling my new #divaCup as instructed before using it for the first time... Wish me luck 😬 (if I can actually use this to replace the expense, waste and mess of disposable #menstruation pads and tampons, and with more reliable protection against leaks than so called " #periodUnderwear " then that would be amazing!!)

#feminineHygiene #period #womensHealth

new tiktok video: "period underwear doesn't work"

description:
I've tried #thinkx, #thePeriodCompany, #bambody, and some nameless brand I found in a department store, and NONE of the #periodUnderwear I've tried for my #menstruation actually works. I hate adding so much #garbage and #waste to the #environment by using #disposable "feminine sanitary products" but if washable period underwear doesn't work, that doesn't leave me with many options. I'm scared to even try a #divaCup - - I don't see how they could possibly be reliable, or easy to put in. ah, if only we had more #femaleScientists in #STEM, I bet we would have come up with an easily accessbale, not-cancer-inducing method of stopping periods altogether until we actually want to get pregnant (but with the runaway fascism of republican legislators, we'll be lucky to have access to any form of birth control at all in ten years. welcome to Gilead 🙃)

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTR3rpQDR/

In the #DivaCup instructions, it says to clean with fragrant-free soap... I couldn't find any so I bought the soap directly from them just in case, and it turns out to be orange scented. I feel cheated -_-

#femininehygiene #FeminineHygieneProduct