Happy new year, love from Melbourne, AUS! <3

Hmm, in a tough situation. My folks are moving overseas next month, so I need to find a place to live. I have two pets that I love. Finding a pet friendly place is really hard. Friends of mine have an opening but apparently the land lord doesn't allow for pets. Do I 1) keep looking for a place, or 2) sell pets and move in with friends? Send help.

So I actually don't know the origins of Mastodon. Where and how'd it come about? Is it predominantly games people here? Also, how long's it been around, I wonder :o

#introduction Chad here, 27, Turkish Australian based in Melbourne. I make games, quite into local multiplayer and experimental hardware/physical stuff. I'm also a curator at Hovergarden, Melbourne's videogame curatorial duo. I recently curated the month-long Contours exhibition. I'm also doing a PhD on the topic of videogame curation and the New Arcade.
(photo of Contours)

Alright so, hello all! :D lovely to be here. 500 characters, aren't we spoiled :P Looking forward to seeing how this place works (pretty similar to Twitter I assume). Hope you all have a wonderful day/night! <3