Boozhoo (hello), my name is Ken, I am a disabled Ojibwe artist from northern Wisconsin. I am writing this post because I am having a hard time making ends meet and any donations I could possibly receive at this time would be greatly appreciated. Recent events have left my bank account depleted, my cupboards bare, I’m unable to cover utility bills, and I have several out of state medical appointments in the very near future.
I do have PayPal, that is really the best way to donate at this time, the email I use for that is: baapimakwa@gmail.com, or you can click here.
Got the updated utility bill for June (gas and electric) and there is no way I am going to be able to cover it at this time.
hey just so u know I’m here for the girls who have slept with people who they didn’t like and girls who look back on old hook ups and feel gross. girls who have slept with people because they needed the sexual validation but had bad experiences or wished that thy hadn’t gone near those people. girls who found out how bad the people were after the fact. the character of your hookups doesn’t reflect your character. you’re all wonderful and I’m here for u
On the plus side today, the phone trouble does seem to have been fixed by letting the battery drain. After the recharge, it did start up fine!👍 I was afraid it was just bricked.
No further hassle or expense required. Hopefully. Worst case, I did get insurance which should cover fixing/replacing it, but the extra hassle is what I was really glad to avoid.
No idea why it decided to pull that, but electronics. Almost hesitate to say it, but let’s just hope it was a one-time tantrum *fingers crossed*
OK, that’s looking to be a problem with Chrome. It just rebooted itself again (successfully this time 😧) when I was using Chrome.
It’s not showing a recent update or anything, so I’m not sure what’s suddenly going on there. Time for some troubleshooting in a while. ETA: Not using Chrome on there. *wry smile*
my grandfather is a residential school survivor. he literally has a BRAND of a number on his shoulder. he was a 6 year old child who was branded like a cow. he was given a new last name (he doesn’t even know his real last name) and was essentially brain washed into being white. the man, a full oglala lakota, doesn’t even call himself native anymore because he was beaten into being ashamed of it.
do yall wanna tell me why it’s okay for you to dress up and play “indian” whenever less than 70 years ago, we were literally beaten and killed for being indian?
Reminder that I (A 38 year old) was in high school while residential schools were still active in Canada. Even natives who did not get taken from their family and put in residential schools have lost their identity because of this practice. Many families chose to give up everything they had to keep their children from having to go to residential schools.
Our people survived genocide while white kids dressed up as people who weren’t allowed to dress as themselves. That’s why it’s fucked up.
reminder that the last residential school to close down in canada was in 1996, just a few months before I was born.
My grandmother burned everything of hers so they could not link her to her heritage. I have no Status because that’s exactly how she wanted it to be.She didn’t want her family to be tortured.
When I was a manager at one of my old jobs and they wanted me to put a Tipi out and a Headdress on the Manny in our window for ‘Festival Season’ I flat out refused and wouldn’t let any of my girls do it either.
The tortillas also look OK, it turns out, AFAICT without opening the bags. Which only have a clear window in the front, but I didn’t see anything through there at least. I’ll definitely look them over before using any, especially the blue corn ones 😨
They went straight into the fridge, and had better get used or frozen ASAP. But, at least they do look usable.
On the plus side today, the phone trouble does seem to have been fixed by letting the battery drain. After the recharge, it did start up fine!👍 I was afraid it was just bricked.
No further hassle or expense required. Hopefully. Worst case, I did get insurance which should cover fixing/replacing it, but the extra hassle is what I was really glad to avoid.
No idea why it decided to pull that, but electronics. Almost hesitate to say it, but let’s just hope it was a one-time tantrum *fingers crossed*
I finally got another order of the Cool Chile Co. tortillas today, and now I’m really hesitating to even open the padded envelope and look at them. Even though I was really looking forward to getting them.
With the couple of other orders from them placed earlyish in the day, they got here the next morning. Which is great when you’re dealing with fresh bread. (Suggesting on the bag that you should freeze them immediately, too.) Another day’s delay would probably be fine. Royal Mail is usually very quick by my standards, compared to experience with USPS, but things happen. An extra day would be totally understandable.
This time, though, it got delayed an extra day in shipping, and then Thursday I found a slip through the door saying it wouldn’t fit through the slot. When I was home, awake, and listening for the door because I was hoping to get my tortillas. So yeah, I had to question if they just didn’t knock again.
But OK, these things do happen sometimes. Like it or not. I knew there was no way I could reasonably get myself to the postal depot the next day to pick it up, so I immediately went on the website to arrange redelivery for Saturday, the earliest possible. That was maybe pushing it for fresh bread with an extra day in shipping in hot weather, but what are you going to do?
So then I basically listened for the door all day Saturday, on like 4 hours sleep. (Mr. C was off gaming, so I was on my own after about 10:30.) Sometimes they’ll do an afternoon delivery on Saturdays, but I was not that optimistic after it didn’t come in the morning. No attempt at redelivery.
It did finally show up today, Monday. When I was expecting it the previous Thursday.
Did I mention the heatwave? Yeah, we’re in the middle of one of those, in a climate damp enough that things will mold before you know it under more usual conditions. Some of the previous tortillas have molded on me within a couple of days, when I didn’t get the rest into the freezer quickly enough. I’m also pretty allergic to molds, so I’m almost tempted to just throw it away unopened–but too stubborn and bothered by food waste to actually do it 🙄
I really don’t deal that well with disruptions at all, especially with the severely limited spoons available these days. And I am very aware that some people are probably rolling their eyes reading this. It also doesn’t help when it’s something hard to get which you’ve been looking forward to. While having some disability-related food insecurity problems, besides the extra frustration over things like not being able to get to the depot which used to be within easy walking distance. The heat overload isn’t helping me feel better about anything right now, either.
I just get very frustrated sometimes. Guess that about covers it.
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