Aside from a very sore part of my head now, yes we’re all fine. But I’m adding “buy duct tape and foam” to my to-do list tomorrow.

every time I’m in the field (on-site highway PE) I’m constantly paranoid of some jackass throwing a bottle or something over the Jersey barrier doing 70 in the work zone and then I meet God

It's made me WAY better at backing into parking spots, that's for sure.

One key that does open a lot of doors professionally is getting equipment certified - crane operator is the holy grail and would be difficult to get new to the field, but if you can show up with the know how to operate a skidsteer and forklift (or if you were really lucky, a loader), it’s a leg up.

Re: construction, trade school is a great way to learn the stuff they need for things like specialized carpentry, HVAC work, and electrician stuff. I would recommend avoiding residential (it’s construction’s Wild West), and typ. big commercial GCs are the most likely to not suck for queer folks.

I’d bet they’ve likely looked into this but something that may play into their strong suits if they’re a theater kid + want a trade is show rigging and IATSE work. I know several openly queer people who have good careers and interesting lives doing rigging, and Portland likely is a good spot for it.

Merry goatmas!!

quite frankly it is astonishing how dedicated Your Party is to fucking up every single aspect of their launch. like they are really plumbing every depth here.