Brennan Gage
@birdsmith.bsky.social
Cancer person (new chemo: I am tired). doctoral candidate studying conflict, learning, and power. Parent of beautiful Bird goblin. Queer, agender, universally problematic. We are all 🇵🇸.
Missed lots of you from Twitter so came here to say hi
February 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Missed lots of you from Twitter so came here to say hi
There were two girls (8yo?) playing fashion shoot (?) at the top of the slide while Birdy played climby fally (?) at the bottom (at the playground). At one point, one of them said, "Samantha! There is a CHILD at the bottom of the slide!" and I've been thinking about it all day.
January 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
There were two girls (8yo?) playing fashion shoot (?) at the top of the slide while Birdy played climby fally (?) at the bottom (at the playground). At one point, one of them said, "Samantha! There is a CHILD at the bottom of the slide!" and I've been thinking about it all day.
If I start a therapy practice that serves aromantics, would I be an aromatherapist? Sorry. Sorry!
January 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If I start a therapy practice that serves aromantics, would I be an aromatherapist? Sorry. Sorry!
If the world is ending and they need a bunch of good smelling soap and also a lot of those reusable fabric totes that fold up into a tiny square?
I'm going to save the world.
I'm going to save the world.
January 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
If the world is ending and they need a bunch of good smelling soap and also a lot of those reusable fabric totes that fold up into a tiny square?
I'm going to save the world.
I'm going to save the world.
Since the new chemo makes my hands+feet in particular heal slowly, I have been buying special soap and lotion. Because I can't taste very much, my nose likes being entertained. So I've been spending time in the fancy lotions aisle and my skin is very soft and I smell yummy.
January 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Since the new chemo makes my hands+feet in particular heal slowly, I have been buying special soap and lotion. Because I can't taste very much, my nose likes being entertained. So I've been spending time in the fancy lotions aisle and my skin is very soft and I smell yummy.
Just got my textbooks for death doula training, thinking about how this will either be a brilliant and ambitious experience or way too much to handle. Time to find out!
December 31, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Just got my textbooks for death doula training, thinking about how this will either be a brilliant and ambitious experience or way too much to handle. Time to find out!
Can chemo give you POTS? 😬
December 31, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Can chemo give you POTS? 😬
(An) Odyssey [for discourse]
December 31, 2024 at 1:26 PM
(An) Odyssey [for discourse]
My MIL just told me she prays for me to be healthy and fat again soon. #embraceinterculturalvalues
December 27, 2024 at 11:02 PM
My MIL just told me she prays for me to be healthy and fat again soon. #embraceinterculturalvalues
Had another consult with a therapist today and don't know why but started weeping after we got off the phone, so I think we have a winner!
December 21, 2024 at 2:57 AM
Had another consult with a therapist today and don't know why but started weeping after we got off the phone, so I think we have a winner!
I like to take my chemo pills with my vitamins just to keep all my body systems on their toes. Is this good for us? Is it toxic? What's happening??
December 20, 2024 at 4:02 AM
I like to take my chemo pills with my vitamins just to keep all my body systems on their toes. Is this good for us? Is it toxic? What's happening??
We are saving up to put Birdy in Montessori school, which will be great for her because she is so bright and full of energy, and also give us some down time. Please do not feel pressured because Birdy is a minor deity. Thank you once again for all your love and support.
gofund.me/199917dd
gofund.me/199917dd
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December 20, 2024 at 12:06 AM
We are saving up to put Birdy in Montessori school, which will be great for her because she is so bright and full of energy, and also give us some down time. Please do not feel pressured because Birdy is a minor deity. Thank you once again for all your love and support.
gofund.me/199917dd
gofund.me/199917dd
Birdy has started to insist on walking the dog when we go on walks, causing people to stop their cars in the road to share their delight at seeing a tiny baby walking an eighty pound dog.
December 19, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Birdy has started to insist on walking the dog when we go on walks, causing people to stop their cars in the road to share their delight at seeing a tiny baby walking an eighty pound dog.
Woke: "Tolerates chemo well"
Bespoke: "Won't notice if being poisoned"
Bespoke: "Won't notice if being poisoned"
December 19, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Woke: "Tolerates chemo well"
Bespoke: "Won't notice if being poisoned"
Bespoke: "Won't notice if being poisoned"
"The best is behind you," whispered my chocolate advent calendar.
December 15, 2024 at 1:30 PM
"The best is behind you," whispered my chocolate advent calendar.
I call this my nonbinary golf shirt
December 13, 2024 at 10:47 PM
I call this my nonbinary golf shirt
We started watching ballet and she loves it. (She wasn't impressed with Martha Graham...)
December 9, 2024 at 4:09 AM
We started watching ballet and she loves it. (She wasn't impressed with Martha Graham...)
The baby just asked to sit in my lap and then smiled at me and put her palm on my mouth and then on her mouth and I'm crying
December 5, 2024 at 5:18 PM
The baby just asked to sit in my lap and then smiled at me and put her palm on my mouth and then on her mouth and I'm crying
I guess if you can't pardon yourself for war crimes you might as well pardon your son for whatever.
December 2, 2024 at 3:15 PM
I guess if you can't pardon yourself for war crimes you might as well pardon your son for whatever.
We have walked together, not talked
She is safe, I am there
To help her up a step or catch her
She moves into the world with me
Things I thought were trash
Are full of whimsy and mystery
The world is always bigger,
As big as our time to walk together,
Which for her is forever
She is safe, I am there
To help her up a step or catch her
She moves into the world with me
Things I thought were trash
Are full of whimsy and mystery
The world is always bigger,
As big as our time to walk together,
Which for her is forever
December 2, 2024 at 4:23 AM
We have walked together, not talked
She is safe, I am there
To help her up a step or catch her
She moves into the world with me
Things I thought were trash
Are full of whimsy and mystery
The world is always bigger,
As big as our time to walk together,
Which for her is forever
She is safe, I am there
To help her up a step or catch her
She moves into the world with me
Things I thought were trash
Are full of whimsy and mystery
The world is always bigger,
As big as our time to walk together,
Which for her is forever
I did some light statistical modeling and discovered that, within the next fifteen years, Black Friday will last the entire year
November 24, 2024 at 7:57 PM
I did some light statistical modeling and discovered that, within the next fifteen years, Black Friday will last the entire year
I have to enjoy the irony of my current situation quietly because I'm interning at a drug rehab center and I'm chock full of all kinds of drugs (brought to me by Cancer™). "What are some ways you deal with those urges?" I ask while I'm just a little high.
November 23, 2024 at 2:17 AM
I have to enjoy the irony of my current situation quietly because I'm interning at a drug rehab center and I'm chock full of all kinds of drugs (brought to me by Cancer™). "What are some ways you deal with those urges?" I ask while I'm just a little high.
Birdy and I were walking on the sidewalk and this woman stopped her car in the middle of the street (dangerous!) and shouted "OH MY GOSH HOW PRECIOUS IS SHE?!" and I'm autistic so I shouted back "EXTREMELY PRECIOUS!"
November 22, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Birdy and I were walking on the sidewalk and this woman stopped her car in the middle of the street (dangerous!) and shouted "OH MY GOSH HOW PRECIOUS IS SHE?!" and I'm autistic so I shouted back "EXTREMELY PRECIOUS!"
I'm hypermobile and I don't know if it's the new medication I've been taking or what but several nights this week I've woken up looking at my foot right next to my face on the pillow.
November 20, 2024 at 8:44 PM
I'm hypermobile and I don't know if it's the new medication I've been taking or what but several nights this week I've woken up looking at my foot right next to my face on the pillow.
Talking to an old friend I hadn't been in touch with since before the baby. When I told her about the baby she said "Oh I bet you're such a great dad, and you get someone to play with all day!" And it was kind of a burn but she was right lol
November 20, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Talking to an old friend I hadn't been in touch with since before the baby. When I told her about the baby she said "Oh I bet you're such a great dad, and you get someone to play with all day!" And it was kind of a burn but she was right lol