Taking a page from Erica Strange.

[dolari]

Allowing my depression to torpedo my school career.

Siding with people bullying a friend, because it felt cool.

Walking away from a fight my friends got into with some bullies, because I didn't want to be hurt.

Getting involved with a 13 year old who lied about her age (when I was 15)

Bullshitting a science paper that wasn't just bullshit, but near plagarism of a sci fi theory I liked.

Allowing my art teacher to convince me that my comics weren't art.

My mother commandeering my transition.

Getting involved with Angie.

Allowing myself to get fired from the comic store.

Buying into being told I would never make it as a comic book artist.

Leaving behind anime fandom and contacts from the C/FO days.

Not drawing anything for nearly a decade.

Allowing videogames and depression to destroy my college career.

Not buying the right bullets.

Ratting out a good friend and my Dad to save my own skin, and the aftermath.

Treating Sarah badly because she was having problems with her boyfriend, who I also knew.

Losing contact with Sarah after Geri died.

Going into tech instead of graphic design, because it made more money.

Convincing a friend to have SRS when it wasn't a good thing for her.

Not taking a side-ways promotion at Dell that would have guaranteed my employment.

Losing Dean.

Losing my job at Dell.

Accidentally killing my pet betta.

Moving home in 2001.

Allowing my jealousy of a friends SRS to hurt my relationship with her.

Not speaking up when Leeza treated Dean badly.

Losing my job at Dell the second time.

Going to the EEOC when I was fired for being trans at Harte Hanks.

Taking a year off after Wincor to detox and work on an art career.

Leaving Austin for San Marcos.

Believing it was okay to reveal my deepest secret to anyone.

Leaving DNP and moving to Seattle.

Not moving in with Erin when I first got here.

Leaving a month early on my lease, instead of trying for one more month.

Hurting Emily in how I told her I was moving back to Texas.

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[audaciousd.livejournal.com]

NOT that I don't care about the other ones, because I do, but because I can basically speak directly to this one: don't worry about the L business. It's over, and I know/knew I have your support, and it may well have stirred up more angry bees anyway. Buzz. :P