Also... While we're at it...

PIP is not an out-of-work benefit. Cut PIP, and many disabled people will actually not be able to work or do their job effectively.

Make no mistake. The UK government want disabled people gone.

Managed to lock myself out again. Honestly, me and technology are not always friends!

Been a heckin' week or two. Still mad af. BUT! I do have a great idea for my new burlesque act. Swings and roundabouts, eh?

Ooops... Not me accidentally logging out of Bluesky for three months and not noticing...and then not being able to remember how to log back in...

OK, yeah, I did. :/

Just remembered that it's January. And it would have been my dad's 86th birthday today. And because it's January it's heckin' cold, icy, possibly also wet, and it's dark and generally a bit miserable outside.

And now I'm sad. I don't like winter.

Solo Christmas Spencer-style.
This year - 2024 - will be my 8th consecutive Solo Christmas. And my 2nd official Sober Christmas. Since 2017 I have ‘done’ Christmas by myself and, while I’m still figuring out a few things here and there, I have sort of found my groove, so to speak.

And I'm cold and wet.

I very strongly dislike snow. I was promised rain by the Met Office.

On my way to Edinburgh. I forgot my headphones... And then remembered they need replacing anyway. I've not had breakfast or lunch. I haven't taken my meds yet. I'm basically running on coffee and spite right now.

Pray for the people of Edinburgh. I'm definitely in Chaos Demon mode.

I'm sorry.

687 days sober today.

Very nearly almost 2 years.

It's heckin' cold. I don't want to get up or out from under the blankets.

Nobody needs me today, do they?

I haven't properly introduced myself, have I?

My name is Toni (most folks call me Spencer, though). I'm an artist, music journalist, actor and performer, and a bit of a chaos demon. I am riddled with ADHD. Just so you know.

I like cats, cheese, coffee, and getting lost in art galleries.

Two years ago, I knit myself some wrist warmers because I was fed up with my left hand aching from the cold (old injury). Last night was the second time I've been cold and in pain during burlesque class... so now I'm making some leg warmers. This is basically the only time I knit things for myself.

After several days of saying how mild it is for November, today Glasgow is heckin' freezing!

It's my fault, isn't it? Because I said it was mild.

ADHDers out there who also forgot to eat dinner...

You forgot to eat. Whoops.

Go get a snack!

Been painting. I haven't painted properly in a while. I always forget how much I love painting until I'm doing it. Nothing huge, right enough, and not really 'of' anything. But it's a start.

Might dig out a canvas or two later, though. Need to do something with the 'noodles' in my sketchbooks, eh?

I have a weird feeling that I'm supposed to be doing something tomorrow but I can't, for the life of me, think what it is.

Do I have a 'free' Monday or am I just forgetting things?!

*to the tune of Britney Spears' 'Baby One More Time'*

"My uterus is killing meeeeee!"

Please send help. And chocolate.

Seriously, why am I being punished so? It's 1am and I would really like to punch my uterus in the t*ts.

*tap tap* Is this thing on?