I don’t care where you stand politically, and I know this is a RocketLeague account; I need to get this off my chest: Trump is actively dismantling our government and our government agencies through executive order after executive order. It is a terrifying time to be in America. Decades of research is being white washed. Thousands of federal employees are being terminated, many of whom are the primary breadwinners of their families. Entire agencies are being shut down. All in the order of a couple weeks. If you are not terrified by what the next 4 years may hold, you need to open your eyes. If you have yet to be directly impacted by any of these changes, you WILL be. It’s not a matter of IF, it’s WHEN. I happen to live down the street from the CDC headquarters in Atlanta. Entire departments are frozen, with researchers forced to go into the office and NOT work for 8 hours a day. Decades of research on everything from contraception and LGBT rights, to vaccinations are being scrubbed from the public record. Our nations top researches and their life work are being wiped clean, solely because it doesn’t fit a certain agenda. That is TERRIFYING. Trumps actions are already going to set the US back YEARS, and all of which have been done through executive orders. Our government exists with checks and balances for a reason, and if you don’t believe Trump is abusing his power I pray that you have a change of mind. Trump is not an expert in any of these fields, yet is making catastrophic changes to numerous agencies and departments. He is disregarding science and the nations top researchers to push his extremist agenda. Please stand up for what you believe in. Stand in the face of hate and be vocal about yourself and your beliefs. Stand up for your neighbors, your peers, your friends and family. Check in with loved ones, and let underrepresented minorities, federal employees, immigrants, and whoever else impacted know that you see their struggles, and you support them. I’m so sorry that we all have to go through this right now.

This year I decided to build gifts rather than buy them. Feels good to make something.

all packed for my trip home for christmas! 🎄

irl update: moved into a house and transformed the spooky basement into a workshop. still a lot on my todo list, but proud of what i’ve accomplished so far. so excited to finally have a space to build and create in.