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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 9h

ALSO

some folks might remember that I asked for a promotion over a month ago now and was told that I was basically getting it.

That never happened, and with how upper management has started treating the two young men currently at that position/level, I'm going to be withdrawing my name for it.

Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 9h

In them HAS NOT CHANGED since I watched the EXACT SAME THING when I was working at Walmart.

Those videos are triggering as fuck, I literally lived through one, and we should be allowed to opt out.

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 9h

So because they decided to change the program we use for training modules at my job, I have to do the "workplace violence" and "active assailant" training modules again even though I just did them like 2 months ago

I CANNOT watch those videos again. I understand they're important. The information

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 13h

Okay. Okay.

Goals for the rest of 2025:

1. Get insurance
2. Start therapy (& meds if needed)
3. Start drawing for myself again rather than stressing about if my art is "marketable"

Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 13h

He's book smart and maybe even street smart but socially he's as dumb as a box of rocks. Sometimes he's inadvertently a jackass. Sometimes people take advantage of his inability to read social cues to be mean to him.

Yamikumo Remembers those people even when Katsuki insists revenge is beneath them

Prototype BkDk Zine | IC & Mod Apps Open! @protobkdkzine.bsky.social · 17h

you can't have one without the other--we want to hear about your headcanons for prototype katsuki as well! drop them below, or tag us so we can see them!
#katsuki #kacchan #dkbk #ktdk #bkdk

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 13h

Even worse than knowing they have the power, is knowing they have disproportionate power. It was a sliding scale psych clinic in a low income neighborhood. He knew he could come in whenever he wanted because his patients had nowhere else to go.

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 14h

The way I went to the desk and went "Did he JUST get here?" and the lady working just sighed.

But of course if I had left at any point or asked to reschedule I would have been charged a fee. 🙃

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 14h

million interviews! I put in so many applications! I GOT A JOB! and yet SOMEHOW I feel like I'm in the EXACT same place I was 6 months ago when I was begging strangers on the internet for money so I could eat.

OUR SYSTEM IS BROKEN.

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 14h

I am legitimately crying because all I fucking want is to make enough money to afford rent and food. That's all I want. I don't want to choose between rent and dinner. I don't want to look at my bank account and think "oh, can I afford this ingredient I need?"

I did the work! I went out and did a

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 14h

my paystubs, but OOPS, can't do that either because for SOME REASON my employee portal WONT LET ME ACCESS THE GODDAMN PAYSTUBS AT HOME

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 14h

I'm going to scream I swear to god.

I'm trying to apply for food stamps, because I don't make enough fucking money for groceries.

I have to verify my employment, but the system our state uses, I CAN'T log in to because I don't even know, it's broken or something. So I try to verify manually with

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 17h

One day I was scheduled for a 10AM appointment. I showed up early, settled into the waiting room.

At about 2PM my doctor WALKED IN FROM OUTSIDE with his briefcase, wearing his coat and everything, and I was so. Mad.

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 20h

Spend some time outside this week if you can. Seriously.

And if for medical reasons you can't go outside, open a window or get someone to do it for you, preferably in the morning.

The fresh air, the sounds of nature, the sunlight? All of that will do wonders for you mentally and physically.

Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 20h

October 14, 2025 10:34 am

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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · 6d

❤️

A drawing of a black cat resting under a blanket. The caption reads, "please be patient with yourself; it all feels overwhelming because it IS overwhelming"

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 21h

It occurs to me that a vast majority of the BNHA fics that I love the most combine Canon Izuku's personality with prototype Izuku's personality, and that makes so much sense (regarding why I like them so much)

Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 21h

This boy is fueled by coffee and spite. The best way to get him to do something is to tell him he can't.

I feel like Aizawa would view him as a protégé or in a "holy shit Nezu brought him in here to replace me" sort of way depending on the circumstances.

Prototype BkDk Zine | IC & Mod Apps Open! @protobkdkzine.bsky.social · 1d

different perspectives make fandom that much better, so we want to hear yours!!
drop your headcanons for prototype izuku below, or tag us so we can see them!
#izuku #deku #prototypeau #bkdk #dkbk #ktdk

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 1d

Tonight I made bulgogi meatballs and fried rice for my family.

With some minor adjustments for available ingredients.

But

I forgot

That my parents are not so fond of The Spice TM

I felt kinda bad so I gave them milk

Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 1d

Only one day behind now. I need a break before dinner, but hopefully I can get at least one more up tonight!

Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 1d

#kinktober2025 Day 11: Handcuffs, is up now!

#dkbk, consent play/consensual non-consent, drug use, dominant Katsuki, submissive Izuku

As always, read the tags and beginning note for all the info!

archiveofourown.org/works/72440771

New Session | Archive of Our Own

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 1d

like I'm not a complete failure, but the thought of getting back into therapy and back on medications makes me think of that conversation and I just feel so helpless.

Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 1d

actually mentally ill, I'm just lazy, and I could be "functional" all the time and just choose not to be "so I can get high".

It makes me second guess EVERYTHING.

It's been a long time since I've tried new meds or been in therapy cause I've been struggling with insurance, and I just want to feel

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 1d

something seriously messed up when you say "hey I feel like a functional adult" and the response is "no you're just high".

It makes me feel like 1) my mental health is not being taken seriously, 2) there's even MORE wrong with me than I realized, and 3) maybe the medication ISN'T working, I'm NOT

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 1d

have a history of drug use (not addiction that I know of, but definitely USE), and both he and my mother have described multiple instances of "what x drug did to me". So he has the experience of having BEEN high on multiple different things that I've never tried.

That said, I think there's

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Kiwi Kitty @patchworkbaby.bsky.social · 1d

again after the first or second try.

So in a lot of cases, if someone offers me a substance, I might try it once just to see what it does for me, but after that I typically turn it down.

Now, back to the original point, the discussion with my stepdad when I tried a new medication. My stepdad DOES

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