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Oh hello. You scared the crap out of me. Artist, zinester, doomscroller. She/Her/They’s okay. http://fawndolyn.com 🇨🇦(🇺🇸rip)🖤🩶🤍💜 🏳️‍🌈 🩷💛💙

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Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · Apr 6

Everything with dates are ones I’m accepted to!

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · Feb 16

Zine season is shaping up! Here are some events I applied to:

RIT Zine Fest (March 28)
RICE (April 12 - accepted!)
Ithaca Book & Zine Fair (May 11)
SHARP (July 8)

(Waiting for Buffalo Zine Fest and Roc Small Press Book Fair to start applications)

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 2h

Heck yeah. Food stains are usually oily, so grease-cutting dish soap saves the day! (I’d try oven cleaner, but I’m scared of it being too harsh. Works great on tubs and basins, though!)

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 1d

Oh dang. I have what would be my first Octavia Butler on my TBR list (don’t remember which one at the moment - something you read in spring or early summer, maybe?). Now I’m dreading it….

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 3d

Every time I do any of these things (except travel, I guess), I arrange it at Boulder coffee. My partner bought something once & had to pick it up at an abandoned-looking barn in the sticks!!! You bet I went with & live-tweeted everything to all the socials!! (Turned out fine, but still #HorrorPlot)

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 3d

Jeezus, the one-star count. I just added mine to it.

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 3d

Watched it this afternoon and loved it (especially the BtS). My bestie couldn’t handle it and walked out during the doghouse scene and called an Uber to get home (where she has a golden retriever waiting for her) 😭

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Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 3d

Trying to find a new place for bras that is not Lane Bryant (pretty much the only place for plus-size bras) because they charged my card FOUR TIMES (3 of which are “holds”) for a single order I made 2 weeks ago to be shipped TO THE STORE.
And then I found this weird Google result for a pizza place.

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Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 5d

Except for Medicaid :(

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 5d

I mean… fuck, that’s the terrifying place we’re in now :(

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 5d

Just the apps off the phone should be enough, right?

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Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 5d

Wow! The CDC & Medicaid can eat my entire ass. Trying to get a covid booster (like I have 5 years running) & apparently poor-people insurance not only doesn’t cover the new shot, but also doesn’t cover it for anyone under 65?!? Unless you have an underlying condition. So… thanks, Obesity. I guess.

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Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 6d

Barely ate half of the garlic parm potatoes and I feel like I’ll never get the smell out of my mouth, my clothes, my hair, my skin… I’m afraid of any impending night-sweats (haven’t had them in a hot minute, so I’ve got that going for me), not to mention, my morning breath. People really love this??

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 6d

I am not a huge garlic fan, unless it’s subtle. But I’ve been feeling run down lately and I know garlic is good for warding off infection or whatever. So I made the mistake of ordering something with “garlic____” as a component. I was knocked back by the smell as it arrived at my table.

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 6d

I’ll give it a try! Been a while since I’ve even listened to podcasts, too…

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 7d

I purged out all the accounts that deliver the news in an emotional/opinion-forward way, because the “here’s why we should be angry today” vibes were killing me. Stuck it out with the ones with just cold hard facts without bias. And those were killing me too. Hiding was all I could do for my sanity.

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Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 7d

Hot Single Cellos in your area (Cello players do have to spread ‘em wide when they play)

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 8d

Also, 1984 is one of my favourite books, and I’m kind of insulted that All Quiet on the Western Front isn’t on this list (but I guess Johnny Got His Gun is an acceptable supplement).
Would like to say 1984 is the reason for my season, but it’s more likely due to the movie Brazil ;)

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 8d

I just found a copy of that Alison Bechdel book on Saturday in a pile of free stuff! Spreading the antifa! 💖

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 8d

I jumped ship to storenvy years ago. Much lighter fees, and this doesn’t seem to happen. It DOES however randomly close my shop sometimes, which I hate because it doesn’t tell me when that happens.

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 12d

Yesss! We need a catchy new Dickies theme song!!

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 13d

Every time it changed its mind to go one way & backed up, that thing got stuck in the screen and it would be so confused for a whole minute before it got unstuck. So much cute! I cheered for it til I saw it lose hope. Then I removed the screen and helped a girl out. Hopefully, it remembers me fondly

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 13d

(Ugh… NEST in rotten wood)

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 13d

I have never seen one of these in my life. Apparently they’re more known in The West.

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 13d

This gentle giant (the size of my finger) is in my kitchen window right now! Instead of burning down the house, I have now learned more than I ever thought I would about Horntail Sawflies. Harmless, and best in rotten wood (I guess our window sill needs replacing, or it just got lost).

Looks like a massive hornet with the biggest stinger of all time, plus another stinger above that. But neither are stingers and it’s not a Hornet. It’s a horntail sawfly. It has probably eaten children anyway.

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Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 13d

And the dental tech is sick. Sneezed right into her hand. At least she put gloves on after. But she didn’t wash her hands.
I’m not the type to pretend that trashy diners are up to code in the kitchen, or even have standards, but it’s always different seeing the big health code violations up close.

Fawndolyn / IFWIT Zines @fawndolyn.bsky.social · 13d

So that’s how my day’s gong.