overview

• okay, i have joint hypermobility and my right knee is unstable (has been since like 2007) and in 2025 the patella completely dislocated while i was doing,,,, nothing. so, im getting it surgically fixed with an MPFL repair Jan 2026. At the same time, im getting my first gender-affirming surgery, a laryngochondroplasty!
• still working in the OR as a nurse which I love!
• credentials and certifications: RN, BSN, CNOR
• I love being involved in our union to make meaningful change in the conditions of workers
• I am also running for an Oregon Nurses Association (ONA, my union) statewide position on the labor cabinet as part of the Caucus for Powerful Reform
• still live in Portland, OR, my favorite city and my home!
• being gay
• living out relationship anarchy values
• love my new partners, flirts, and funs :3
• 9-year old Loki continues to be his cute floofy self
• restarted BJJ in 2025, signed up for the PDX marathon, biking everywhere, backpacking, and rock-climbing; on hiatus right now bc of injury
• main playlist: “2026 - vivacious era”
• wonder playlist, “🗡️ wonder”
• well-wishing playlist, “🎹 contemplation of the heart 💗”
• super excited for the “Project Hail Mary” movie this year! PS, listen to the audiobook beforehand!!
• revamped my practice page to recommit to a path of practice
• not drinking alcohol for all of 2026

current reading

• The Polyamory Breakup Book: Causes, Prevention, and Survival by Kathy Labriola
• The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy
• Move Slowly and Build Bridges by Robert Gehl

finished reading

2026

• still reading =)

2025

• “Expansive Love: a Practical Guide to Relationship Anarchy” by Tuck Malloy
• “The Age of Magical Overthinking” by Amanda Montell
• “Secure Relating” by Sue Marriott and Ann Kelley
• “Quit Like a Woman” by Holly Whitaker
• “101 Essays that will Change the Way you Think” by Brianna Wiest
• “Radical Acceptance” by Tara Brach

stuff i did in 2025 (age 33, “resolute era”)

see my post for the full list of things i did in 2025!

stuff im planning to do in 2026 (age 34, “vivacious era”)

• MPFL repair and gender affirming laryngochondroplasty in January
• rehab MPFL
• motorcycle
• efund savings 3 months
• get back to running and cycling
• Morse code/CW (general class ham license)

stuff i wanna do in 2027 (age 35)

• back to sports
• Mazamas BCEP
• PDX marathon
• debt free by end of year
• Outdoor rock climbing
• SURFING

stuff i wanna do sometime

• be conversational in Spanish
• be conversational in ASL
• write software in rust, kotlin, javascript, python, bash
• learn piano (especially jazz progressions)
• learn guitar
• learn basic drums
• enter photography into coffee shops
• hike the pacific crest trail (or just parts is fine)
• go sailing on the ocean and do a crossing
• Basic welding course
• Locksport
• Learn to roller skate
• Learn to ice skate
• Ski a black diamond (i can/could do blues, but my confidence needs to better and my knee lmao)
• Learn dancing things
• Learn how to ID native plants and mushrooms
• Take a calculus course to learn physics
• NAUI SCUBA cert (or PADI if there’s not really a good NAUI place)
• Sew napkins
• Sew remaining workbooks from Portland Fashion Institute
• Sky diving
• Go to Europe
• Train to Glacier NP
• Start making ceramics again
• summit Mt. Hood (through something like Mazamas)