I do not blame you at all.

I’m doing really well, thank you! I’m trying to post on this platform more again. I kind of stopped when I went off the rails last September and kind of forgot about it and focused on Facebook for a while.

Feeling good about myself.

Happy Monday!

Fixed an issue with a pickup, cleaned her, and put on new strings. Played her for the first time in years yesterday.

I got my electric guitar working again after several years of not playing it, so I whipped out a Tool riff I don't really know how to play. 😆 I'm excited to have the guitar back in working order though.

The skeleton of a new song.

A comparison of Northeast Kansas, where I lived the first 50 years of my life, and the Seattle area in Washington State, where I live now. You can see in the Washington one the Olympic Mountains, and Tahoma (Mt Rainier) at the lower right, all of which is visible where I am. I love it so much.

Two apartment windows I can see from my apartment. A lesbian flag, a trans flag, and a pride flag (which has the logo of record label Anjunadeep, which I had to look up, but it is still a pride flag).

I love it here.

It's Saturday! Gonna get out and get a couple things.

I'm a good mom! Yay!

My view of the Olympic Mountains to the west today. It turned into a gorgeous day after a bunch of rain.

Bedtime last night (our new routine, he decided). 😅

I am a shapeshifter extraordinaire.

Frowning feminine character based on the borg queen from star trek, yellow background with trans pride flag design. Caption: "Trans rights are human rights" is not an empty slogan. You are human. You have rights. You should not have to earn them. Civil rights are not progress. They are the restitution of what should have always been.

Rough sketch side-eye borg queen

I've been trying to think of the best way to articulate this. I think people should fight for equality, but I don't think they should feel like it's a reward, and I don't think societies should congratulate themselves. It should be the default. This applies for all marginalised groups.

Tennessee Republicans Advance Bill That Will Create a Public List of the State’s Trans People House Bill 754 forces medical providers to hand trans people’s medical information over to the state, allowing the state to identify them. And under the bill, the data will be released to the public.

Tennessee Republicans Advance Bill That Will Create a Public List of the State’s Trans People

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Drag performers testify against Ohio drag ban that also targets transgender people Conservative lawmakers said part of their intent is to ban trans and gender non-conforming people from using public locker rooms

Drag performers testify against Ohio drag ban that also targets transgender people

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We have a go-live the first full week of May, and I just learned that all of us in tech are required to be on-site the whole week. That’s five days in a row I will have to do my insane commute. And without the car pool because the guy who drives it is smartly going to just stay down in Olympia for the week. I wish I could do that but I have no money for a hotel or another place to stay. So I will likely be doing public transit all but maybe Friday evening. We may also be required on the Sunday at the beginning of that week but I hope not. And it’s just so dumb because this can all be done remotely. The only reason we are doing it is because the higher-ups want the visibility, it’s kind of a PR move but one that is going to make my life hell for a week. I’m honestly not sure how I’m going to be able to handle it. 3+ hour commute each way for 5 days in a row. I might die. 😂😂😭😭

Allison Laochaire My Music! You can find most of it on all of the streaming platforms.

Check out my music if you haven’t already. I put all of it on my YouTube channel, and most of it is on all of the platforms.

I remembered how to play a thing I came up with years ago and it’s going to be the next thing I work on.

Gonna start posting here again I think. I kind of abandoned it for quite a while. Facebook is kind of terrible.

Hi all, Allison here. I’ve been away for a bit. I had a mental break on 9/29, and ended up going to the ER, and then to a mental hospital. I got home today. I am home for a few days, and then I am going to a rehab, for alcoholism, for 28 days. My mental issues and my repeated relapses with alcohol, especially the latter, need to be addressed in a more intensive and longer inpatient setting than I’ve done to this point. While in rehab, I will again be cut off from social media, the internet in general, and all news media. It was necessary while I was in the mental hospital, and I am going to make every effort to keep it that way while am home briefly before rehab (aside from this post). I’m taking an absolute break from all of it until I know I have my head on straight. In the meantime, the friend of mine who stepped in while I was out (as Charlie, which was brilliant) is going to be an admin of the page and will make posts on behalf of it (either with Charlie as their moniker, or however they choose to identify themselves 😉). Not to the degree that I’ve been, of course, but I trust them with whatever they want to post or share. And I will try to stay in touch with them from rehab, and thus in touch with all of you as well, as much as I can be at this point in my life. My goal is to be In a place where I can reenter the fold and run the page as I have been, hopefully soon after I am home from rehab, but I won’t rush back into it before I am certain I am ready. I love you all, and I hope to return soon. I’ll be here in spirit, always. Keep up the fight. 💖🤘🏻🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 -Allison Laochaire-

Hi all, Allison here! Today I made the choice to leave rehab about a week early, so I am home now. It was a decision I put a lot of thought into over the past few days. I felt I had gotten all I would from my time there, and was feeling "done", for lack of a better term. It is a great facility, and the staff and patients were wonderful, and I got a lot out of the stay; I met and became friends with great people on their own similar journeys, and I learned a lot from the classes, but I decided it serves me better now to come home and focus on intensive outpatient therapy, which I will be setting up on Monday. I've looked back through your responses to Charlie's wonderful posts, and it truly warms my soul to know so many people care about my well-being. It is a big reason I was able to pull this off. A huge motivation. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart, for this, and for sharing in my crazy life. It's a pretty cool life. I feel I am on the right course now, and I have every intention of staying on it. 33 days sober, and counting, and I feel for the first time that I am strong enough to make it stick. After this post, I intend to stay off of here for a while longer, as I get acclimated to the new routine, and return to work. I will be back, though. I'm sure Charlie will drop in every so often, though. 😊 Love you all! 💖💖💖 ~Allison~

FIF! Last weekend, I got out of rehab for alcoholism, after a 20-day stint there which followed a 10-day stint in the mental hospital. My October 2025 was very strange. It is kind of like I came back from a different planet. One which was very cut off from the lunacy of current events. Many things have fallen into place since I got home; I got my paid leave payments, my job is safe and I go back to it after next week, and I even realized I lost some weight while in rehab. I'm struggling a bit to get back to routines at home, but I'll get there. It has been a very positive experience overall, and a long time coming, as I've struggled with alcohol for quite a while. I feel well now mentally and physically, and I feel strong. I feel life in me. Today is day 39 sober and counting. I've had long sober streaks before, but this one feels different. It feels like, after everything I just went through, this one is going to stick. Also, I dyed my hair before going to rehab and I adore the new color.

So, I had kind of a weird October. These screen grabs from my Facebook page explain what went down pretty well. I wrote the first between my mental hospital stay and rehab, the second last weekend, and the third today. It's been a ride.

Sometimes the darkness will show you the light.

Charlie and Allison

This is from an ad for some kind of astrology thing, I don't click on ads, but I snagged this because it is wonderful. I mean, why would I take the test? You already told me I'll marry James next year. Probably should have waited till I paid.

There are definitely more assholes than either of us want to know about, unfortunately.

I think he wants food… 😅

It is Sunday, and it is noon. It is kind of dark and dreary out, but I left my windows open overnight and it is delightfully chilly in my apartment. I am still laying in bed, cozy and not wanting to change that. I should probably get up, but I don’t really have a particular reason to. I briefly got up earlier and took my meds and peed and fed Charlie, who is also laying in bed, curled up. I should probably get up, not be naked, have some coffee, and perhaps close the windows because it may be a little cooler in here than I intended. But this is so nice. A bit gloomy, but in a way that I enjoy.

It is Sunday, and it is noon. It is kind of dark and dreary out, but I left my windows open overnight and it is delightfully chilly in my apartment. I am still laying in bed, cozy and not wanting to change that.

I should probably get up, but I don’t really have a particular reason to…

Lap Charlie.