Was 202x a good year for you?

[elisheva_m]

Reminded today that this was a year ago.
 

EYDC2024 Day 30: was 2024 a good drama year for you? It was all about going deeper into Thai telly and movies and learning a lot about the culture, language and ways they tell their stories. That part was good but it's also very lonely. It's been rough to be the disabled kid standing on the sidelines expected to cheer everyone else along or go home and not bother anyone. Cause the world is so busy and fannish folks make themselves extra busier so who has time to play a different game?

The nature of my lifelong chronic illness and disability makes that not a metaphor. I just wanted to join in. At best I was patted on the head, or ignored, or allowed to listen while they talked about their own things or 'splained their versions of me and my life. As for the worst, maybe I'll write about that some day. Maybe.

2025 was the year I gave up and stayed at home. The message became too loud to ignore, even for someone as foolhardy and trusting as me.

Comments

[kat_lair]

I hope 2026 treats you with kindness <3