Hey folks, it's swankivy, and I'm bringing you another Letters to an Asexual. This is
Number 51. So I'm in my new house and I'm pretty settled. And the main thing I haven't
really done yet is get all my posters and art and stuff on the walls. I haven't quite,
you know, totally finished all of that stuff. But it's, it's pretty close, I mean people
wouldn't come in here and be like "oh, this place looks like you haven't moved in yet."
So um, I know a whole bunch of people in my comments on the last video were asking about
my moving situation and wanted to know if I was gonna give a tour of the new place,
and I eventually probably will go ahead and make a cool tour video, but I'll give you
a really informal one at the end of this video. But I just wanna give you the asexuality-related
content first, 'cause, you know, that's what, uh, the great majority of my subscribers come
to my videos for. So Letters to an Asexual Number 51, um, is a positive one, um, as in,
my letter is from another ace person, and um, I don't know if I would call it positive
after that, 'cause I love, I love hearing from other ace people who are looking for
advice or looking for perspective, um, but I don't so much like what this person is having
to struggle with. And I don't think I've quite addressed this in another video, so I'll go
'head and read you the letter. This was submitted to me through Tumblr, uh, this person says,
"Hi swankivy, I don't know if this is the kind of idea you're looking for but I have
just begun a gay relationship as an ace. The little of my family who knows says they're
glad I finally came out of the closet, and they just knew I was into girls. But I feel
this erases my identity as an asexual. Is there any way you could talk about the validation
of aces who are part of other parts of the LGBT community? Maybe you already have, just
an idea I had. Heart you and all you do." Thank you very much. Uh, so, uh, yeah. This
is a big issue. I've definitely heard it before, I've definitely heard from people who struggle
with this, either because, um, their ace identity is erased or eclipsed by some other identity,
um, that, you know, that's based on who they're attracted to. Um, or it might be eclipsed
or overshadowed by them being trans or nonbinary, where people will say, "well, your 'problem'
is that you're gender confused, or you can't see yourself in those kinds of relationships
because you don't have your, your gender solidified," or something like that. You know, these really
dismissive statements. Um, on the surface, what this person sent me, uh, regarding family
members and friends saying things like "Oh, it's great that you finally came out of the
closet," you know, on the surface, that's kind of a positive thing. Like they think
that they're supporting somebody in, um, what they have been searching for. They think they're
helping to affirm this person's "new" identity or newly cemented comfort with being able
to admit it. But it's absolutely not a positive thing to say, "oh, it's great that you finally
came out," or to, to bury an ace identity underneath a more visible one. And this is
the main reason that this is such a problem. Um, who we date, who we don't date, who we're
with, who we have sex with, who we don't have sex with, that does not define our identity.
Period. Um, so, um, you guys know that I'm pretty obsessed with the show Steven Universe
and also because of that I look at a lot of interviews that Rebecca Sugar, the creator
did, and she recently, uh, talked about something that's very relevant to this. So if you'll
permit me to, uh, ramble a bit, in a digression here, I recently listened to a podcast interview
that she did on, um, a series called QUEERY, queer with a y, it's a great name. Um, so,
she was talking about her identity as a bisexual woman. And she has a situation that's very
similar to what this person sent me, except that it's kind of the other way. Um, and she
felt very trapped by what ended up happening, because as a very young person, she said,
even as young as eleven, she had suspicions that she might be interested in other girls,
but um, when she dated people, she ended up mostly experimenting and gravitating toward
relationships with men. And the person that she has found that is her, uh, intended life
partner, the person she says she wants to be with for the rest of her life, is a man.
And she said for a long time because of that, she felt that her bi identity was not, um,
worth talking about, because if she's gonna be with a man, how is she queer? How is she
anything but straight? That being with a man defined her as straight for all intents and
purposes. But she felt very lost, she felt very confused about that, even though her
relationship was pretty much settled and she's very happy in it. Um, and then finally, um,
you know, she's writing about these things in cartoons. She's sharing same-sex relationships,
um, and it's a little bit complicated in the cartoon because the, the characters from the
science fiction alien race, the Gems, they are not actually any gender, really. Um, even
though they use she/her pronouns, that doesn't mean they're women or girls. Um, but they're
all kinda the same gender, so they kind of represent same-gender relationships to the
rest of us, especially those who are femme or present as women. So um, you know, you
have her exploring these things in her cartoon and wanting other people to be able to relate
to this, to see this in the world, something that she wanted when she was a child. But
she kind of felt like she was doing it for other people, that she wasn't doing it for
herself, but she was kinda lying to herself because that part of her was something she
was never allowed to explore, because everybody basically told her the same thing that people
are telling this other ace person: that her relationship with a man makes her straight,
and she's not queer, and she doesn't have any reason to connect with a queer community
or explore that part of herself because there's no "point" in doing so if she's not gonna
be with a woman. And that is, I mean, it's, it's so limiting, it's so erasing, and um,
the people that told her when she was younger that her label didn't matter, she said it
was unintentionally cruel. So, it, you know, it made her feel like nobody wanted to really
acknowledge, uh, her identity as a bi woman if they could just go by what they see in
the relationship she happens to be in. And this is why asexual and bisexual people, and
you know, people who date more than one gender, we have so much in common, because people
are so obsessed with defining us by our relationships. Which is very strange, because, you know,
as an aromantic person, I obviously am never in a romantic relationship, uh, but people
still assume I'm straight even if they don't know what my, um, my situation is, if I'm
not out to an asexual person, uh, they know I don't have a partner but they'll still just
pretty much assume I'm straight. They, they, they don't assume that if you aren't with
someone, you know, if there's an absence of a relationship, that means you're aromantic.
Most straight people who are not dating anyone right now are not thought aromantic. Um, or
asexual, if, you know, they're gonna conflate the romanticism and the sexual orientation
here. Um, so anyway, uh, what happened with Rebecca Sugar was she told this story of how
she got a letter from a queer campus group that related to her cartoon, and were thanking
her for it, and she had been, as I said, kinda thinking of it like it was messages that other
people needed, but it turned out that she got very emotional while she was reading through
this letter about community, and how much it meant to them that she was doing this,
and she kinda realized that there was something she needed too, that she wished she had had
any kind of community and kinda connections with people who understood. And so she went
to go meet this group and talked about, uh, how she has experienced her relationships
and her invalidation and whatnot as a bisexual woman, and that was the first place she was
able to come out. To say it out loud. Um, and she hadn't talked about these things with
her own family, with her partner, anything. But she, she did feel like she finally had
the validation that she needed to feel this is actually part of her life and part of her
self. And um, it doesn't have anything to do with how she's with Ian, because Ian is
a man but that doesn't change anything about who she is. You know, it doesn't say anything
about what she doesn't like or uh, it doesn't suddenly make the other aspects of your experiences
completely irrelevant to the rest of your life. Um, so, and she was able to come out
at age 28 in front of a huge crowd at Comic Con, because it came out, it came up in a,
in a question from the audience, where she said everybody should be able to have stories,
uh, even in their children's entertainment, that reflect who they are. So before I go
too far on a tangent about media representation, because I, I've done videos on that, um, you
know, I wanna go back to the ace person and say how that applies. Um, as an asexual person
and an aromantic person, I am VERY, I'm relating very hard to the idea that anything else that
anybody can see um, can see, I have a hair on my face, sorry. Um, I'm not picking my
nose. Um, the, uh, the problem with being asexual and aromantic is that it looks like
nothing. It looks like an absence. So people will fill in the blank with whatever seems
convenient to them. And they will also fill in the blank with what they think they see,
like, that two of my three closest friends are men, so people will fill in the blank
there and say "Oh, she goes out to dinner with him, he's slept at her house, well, you
know, maybe there's something going on! They must be in denial. They're refusing to admit
it." Uh, you know, they're very, like inappropriately invested in creating a relationship that for
me does not exist. Um, because they want me to be something other than asexual, because
it looks like a big blank to them. It looks like something I'm not telling them rather
than there is nothing there. But you know, if you actually do have a relationship with
someone, say, like this person, of the same gender as you, um, she describes having, you
know, her first "gay relationship," so it's um, it's, it's, on the one hand it's something
that you should be allowed to explore as an asexual person who's in a same-sex relationship,
uh, being a lesbian or being gay, that is, that is an identity that is open to you if
it turns out that's part of who you are, you can explore that through queer communities,
you can explore that through your own relationship, through your own research, through your own
self-searching. Uh, but uh, you don't necessarily have to be in a relationship to know that
that's part of yourself. And then there's the reverse. Um, other people don't get to
let that eclipse who you are, uh, just because it makes more sense to them. I think the worst
part of this is the assumed dishonesty on this ace person's part on the, um, on behalf
of the people who are saying this to them. They're saying "You finally came out. You
finally stopped lying to yourself," essentially. Uh, "You finally admitted that you were into
girls." And being asexual isn't something where you're claiming to not be into anyone.
And, if you say you're asexual, you could still be, uh, have any romantic orientation.
And, you know, that's not anybody's business if they don't ask you or you don't feel comfortable
with disclosing it. So um, yeah, um. It's very hard to know how to react to those things,
but they sound like very dismissive statements. And if I had received something like that,
if I was dating another woman and somebody decided "Oh, that pretty much throws out your
long career as a professional asexual, doesn't it!" Like, I've gotten comments like that
from people, where they say, um, that um, it's uh, like I was wearing a shirt that said
LOVE on it and someone claimed it was "ironic" that I was wearing that. You know, because
obviously as an asexual person, I don't love! And I'm like, that has nothing to do with
anything. Plus is a, is not necessarily always romantic. I have a lot of love in my life.
And, you know, love is a very broad term. You know. I love ice cream. Dude, how do you
know my shirt wasn't about my love of ice cream? So they uh, they tend to rewrite what
they think your identity means. When you say you're ace they can easily just decide that
that means "these experiences are off limits to you, and if you have them, then they reverse
your identity, they take away the ace part." And only the part that they're looking at,
the relationship that supposedly defines you, is what's important. Um, the, like--implying
that you're dishonest, that you've been hiding your orientation, or that it's, it's changed,
you've stopped going through a phase, that is all, uh, like a really awful thing to say
to someone that you care about. Um, and so if that was sent to me, I would react like
I had been told something pretty unforgivable. You're being told that you're dishonest. You're
being told that your identity isn't real. Uh, and that being gay and being asexual are
two things that cannot coexist. Um, I know also it's a little bit hairy to say being,
that asexual people can be straight. Um, there are lots of asexual people who identify as
straight asexuals. That's completely fine, if they don't wanna use the word "heteroromantic"
even though it's more technical. Um, you know, you can be gay, you can be straight, you can
be bi, AND be ace. But you know, most of the people who try to use "straight" as like a
way to suggest that we don't belong, um, in any queer organizations, they use it as kind
of a, a term for the oppressors. They use it as a term that, you know, suggests if you're
straight then you don't have any kind of issues associated with your, your sexual identity
or presentation, um, or attraction experiences. So that is not the case for straight aces.
Um, and dismissing us and saying that, uh, you know, we're straight and you put a period
there, uh, if our partners are a different gender than us, and are perceived as heterosexual
relationships by people who are not asking or not being told everything, you know, that's
also very dismissive. Um, you know, unfortunately there is a lot of shame associated with being
gay even today. People will expect you to treat it like something dirty. There's so
much in our society that makes it harder for gay people to be honest about who they are.
Not everywhere, not everywhen. But you know, it's definitely, uh, a, a more challenging
existence, so, you know, some people have a point if they say, "you know, maybe you
were just repressing yourself, maybe you're not fully, um, admitting that you might be
sexually attracted to a same-sex person, so you're just kinda using 'gay ace' as like
a stepping stone to admitting who you really are," but those are all, again, extremely
dismissive and offensive statements honestly. Um, so, ya know lemme look at this message
again really fast, um. So this person says is there any way you could talk about the
validation of aces. So I guess the person who sent me this isn't exactly asking me for
advice so much as saying, you know, "can I have some validation please, and some elaboration
on that?" I think I've provided that here, um, I've made it pretty clear that you aren't
defined by who you date or who you're with or who you have sex with. That does not change
who you are. And you know, it's the same if, say, you have a, you know, a gender identity,
um, aspect that puts you on the trans or non-binary spectrums, um, let's say, you know, there's
somebody who was assigned male at birth and they were married to a woman, and then sometime
in their late adulthood they realized that they were non-binary. Them deciding to, maybe,
outwardly transition or start using they/them pronouns, or have everybody acknowledge that
they're not a man, um, you know, all of that doesn't make the wife somebody else. Like,
it doesn't mean she has to start identifying as some kind of terminology that means she's
attracted to non-binary people, you know, she is attracted to one, if she's still attracted
to them, but that doesn't mean that her identity has to encompass that because of who she's
with. Um, and at the same time as we are in some ways made up of our collective experiences
which do, uh, have influence from people around us, uh, ultimately identity is very personal.
No one can say to you, "this is what this means." Uh, that this behavior of yours means
that the way you describe or experience your identity is invalid. That is complete crap.
It is completely untrue. Um, and here's, like, I mean this may sound like a little bit of
a digression, but um, there was a guy I had an argument with once where he was saying
you can't, um, say you're a feminist and not let your wife vote. Um, and while I understand
that "letting" your wife vote is, it, you know, it is not, uh, something that a feminist
would do, uh, at the same time, you know, that, that would be something that you would
bring up with that person, you would say "well if your identity is this, I thought that means
this. But you're doing or saying THIS, um, how do you reconcile the mismatch there?"
And uh, you know, that may bring to their attention that there's something not matching
in who they say they are and what they're doing that suggests they're someone else.
Most of the time with something like sexual identity, it's because the other person is
mistaken about what that means, such as, you know, the multiple times that I've been told
if you have sex or if you masturbate that means that you can't be asexual, because "by
definition" you've done something sexual! I mean, it's like, well, good thing that's
not what "asexual" means. So, you know. And I'm not talking about me personally, I'm just
talking about how, um, you know, people tend to, uh, have these conversations about sexual
experience or, um, you know, genital contact, or whatever. They'll say that these things
will define you as a sexual being or whatever, and they'll just invalidate the ace identity
that you're claiming. You know, they'll be super smug about it too, kinda like this whole
"Oh, it's good that you finally admitted you're gay." It's like, that's not what I said, that's
not what I meant, and you're rewriting the meaning of what I said to you. You're not
listening. You're not being compassionate. And I think ultimately I would wanna ask somebody
who, you know, rewrote something I said like that to mean something I completely didn't
mean, and accusing me of falsehood. I would wanna say, "What is your obsession with, uh,
redefining what I said? Why won't you listen to me? Why won't--if, if this is about trying
to understand me--" which it never is, um, but they'll claim that it is, um, "if this
is about trying to understand what I'm saying to you, you do actually need to listen. You
do need to pay attention to the words coming out of my mouth, and uh, not assign your own
meaning to them that isn't the meaning that I'm using." So anyway, um, if you are in a
relationship and someone decides that that means the ace part of you is no longer true,
um, you can correct them with gentle education, uh, certainly, uh, you can be offended if
you wanna be offended, because that's pretty offensive, um, I mean you can try to talk
to them or you can be just as dismissive back, and say like, "Oh, well, you are, uh, clearly
a total expert on how asexuality works. (That's not how it works.)" Um, you know, and they're,
if they're really stubborn and um, bullheaded, they're gonna, they're gonna believe whatever
they want about what you're doing. Um, so, there's not much hope that you can convince
them to listen, you know, but sometimes people are just thoughtless, or they're um, they're
being uh, they've been misled, or um, they made an assumption and they can be corrected.
Uh, most of the time though, if they're saying something really dismissive like that, they've
probably suspected all along that your asexuality was a phase, and they're not gonna be receptive,
and you know, it's an, it's an immature, very selfish, very walleyed way of looking at,
you know, other people's attempts to communicate with you. Um, it's not good for the future
of your relationship with those people. And uh, it's uh, it's very disappointing, I'm,
I'm disappointed on your behalf and I, I really wish that uh, the person who sent me this
question, uh, or this, this comment, I really wish that that person, you know, could find
resolution with whoever's saying those things to them, but um, you know, I, I have to be
honest and say, uh, I would, I would find that to be unlikely because of the phrasing
that they used. And the sort of implied smugness there, where they were just waiting for someone
to "admit" that they were actually gay, not ace. So um, you can be both. There are gay
aces. It's a thing. So, they should deal with it. They should educate themselves. And if
they're not open to education, then uh, it's a really pretty sorry thing to admit to, nobody
likes to admit to that, so maybe you can hold 'em to it. With that I will end this portion
of this video and we are gonna go on to our, uh, mini house tour. Um, I will warn you in
advance that it'll be shaky cam, you know, I'm gonna carry the camera around and just
briefly show you what my place looks like in case you're curious, um, and uh, but I
will do like a better video on that subject sometime later after all my stuff is up and
when I have time. Okay so here we go. Okay, gonna start here in this office room. This
is actually a bedroom, but it is the biggest room. And uh, I just figured I'm gonna spend
the most time in the office, so I might as well make it the biggest room. This is the
doorway here, so I got my desk, right here where I make my videos and stuff. So my computer's
there. Little shelf of stuff. There's my whole computer desk. Got a bookshelf over here,
which is just, like, personal folders and journals, bunch of writing and stuff. Oh look,
a bunch of copies of my book. Haha. Um, I've got a poster of it up. There's very few things
that I have up on the wall so far. That's like the only, really one of the only other
things, I've got this really strange-looking uh, bulletin board where I tack up things
that amuse me. Um, here I got a really big window. Blinds are closed 'cause it's nighttime.
Um, that's my art supplies, my um, drafting table is over here so I have some craft stuff,
and um, my awesome collection of Copic markers that are in Steven Universe–related, uh,
um, pencil cases. all my art folders down there. And I sit there to make art. Got some
more art supplies there. This is a bathroom. Not that it's that interesting, but you know,
here you go. The bathroom looks really--it's a small one. Um, so it's got a little shower
there. Just a shower, not a bathtub. So, um, and over here we have, that poster's up, some
stuffed animals, plushies, my sewing desk is there, more stuffed animals, plushies and
stuff, that's most of my, that's most of my Steven Universe plush and bags and stuff.
So, uh, yeah, and over here I have a calendar. This is--I don't have much space for storage
in my bathroom. So I put a cabinet here that has, like, oops, has like my jewelry and stuff.
Yeah. Got like my earrings and bracelets and stuff up there. And more jewelry, hair stuff,
makeup. More jewelry up here. I have a lot bangles. I like bangles. You guys probably
know that from looking at me. Um, and then, just some more toys and stuff. I'm not so
sure I'm totally satisfied with how this looks, but I put up some toys. And uh, that's my
Steven Universe dog tag collection and uh, lanyard collection. Let's go this way, this
is the hallway, it's got a lotta doors. Next is the second-biggest bedroom, which I've
decided to use this as a guestroom. Um, so in here we have a ginormous bed. It's a queen,
that's the biggest bed I've ever had in my life. Um, so I've got kind of an Invader Zim
theme going here. GIR pillowcases and stuff. I've even got Zim sheets. And a blanket. Bunch
of my knickknacks ended up here. Um, so I have a lot of cute stuff. That second shelf
there is entirely boxes. And down there my photo albums. Um, I have a foot locker on
the floor. There's the window that's closed, and a little writing desk. Some of my books.
There's a bunch of Yodas up there. And a Zim thing. Um, and I've got like my high school
yearbooks and a bunch of reference books, language books, writing-related books, like
writing reference and stuff. There's another copy of my book. Um, and some cool ace books
there. I've got a bunch of, like, ace zines that I got at an asexual conference, so those
are really cool, and uh, the uh, um, Asexuality: A Brief Introduction book is there. I have
one! A little night table there. And um, oh you know what, I didn't show you the closet.
It's maybe not that interesting to most people but the closet in the office room, 'cause
it's supposed to be a bedroom, you can't really see it too well because the light doesn't
work in there. They said it was broken. So all my tee shirts are in these little things.
It's cool. My pants are up there. You can't see it. Um, so this is a relatively large
closet, but the closet in the guestroom is smaller even though the bedroom is bigger
than the smallest bedroom. So I keep my warm weather stuff in here like sweaters and coats.
And stuff. Um, and blankets are up there too. So this guestroom is pretty swank. And you
should come visit me. And stay in my guestroom. Um, okay. Further down the hall we have, you
get to see where I sleep. Oh but first there's a bathroom. This is the groovy bathroom. Um,
it actually just got repaired today. I haven't been able to use this bathroom, um, but they
fixed the potty. It's fixed now. Um, this is a pink and blue bathroom. Hey there's me.
Haha. Um, it's decorated for Halloween, it has these Halloweeny things and Halloween
soap. Um, the bathtub is cute. It's a real bathtub. Not just a shower. So, hello me.
Um, yeah. My soap dish. I know, super interesting. Okay. My bedroom! Ta-da! There's my single
bed. And there's me in the mirror again. Hello me! Um, hmhm. All right. So my bed has a bunch
of pillows and stuff on it, and um, I just got that body pillow, it's a Mr. Universe
one. Got some anime plushies. And a Steven. Um, this is sort of a nightstand. It's a bookcase
but I don't really have much in there right now. I might not ever. And then I have my
dresser is here. Um, and on top I have a huge toy collection. This is every Steven Universe
toy that exists and I have the whole collection man. Um, at least to my knowledge, you know.
I don't, excluding stuff like prototypes of Funko Pops and stuff. I don't really count
those. All the official releases of toys I have, and I finally have space to put them
all in a cool arrangement, ya know? That made me so happy. My friend made me those gauntlets.
They're cute. Um, closet is here. And I use this mostly for, like, my dresses and skirts
and work clothes and shoes. And my purses and stuff are up there. So. Slippers! Hats!
Bandanas. Costumes. Shoes. Oh my god. Um. All right. What's next. Well, not that it's
all that interesting, but I do have a nice little utility closet here, yay, in the hallway.
There's stuff. Uh, yeah. All right. So. I guess we're gonna go through the kitchen.
I'll show you the kitchen in a minute--to the fireplace room! This is like a weird room
on the edge of the house. So they don't have carpet in it and it has no closet, so they
couldn't call it a bedroom, and it has a fireplace. Which we don't really need in Florida, but
you know, it's cool. Um, so I've kind of made it a game room and baking alcove. Um, so right
now it has like cookbooks and a bunch of candles, and uh, baking supplies down there. Aha, my
Animaniacs pillows. Um, I'm having a Halloween party this weekend, so there's plates are
there right now. Toy box under the table! It's full of actual toys, you know, not playing
here. I'm sure you believe me. And um, my board games and stuff are here. Puzzles and
Yahtzee, woohoo. There's a little place to sit here, Got my loveseat that used to be
in my office in my old apartment. And this wall is like totally blank. There's like nothing
there. This goes out to the garage. Which I don't drive a car, but I have a garage.
Let's, I'll just briefly show it to you, but right now all the stuff I haven't unpacked
is in there. Um, those are all the boxes that I still gotta get rid of, 'cause they're,
you know, unpacked. And over there you know, some posters and stuff. Washer and dryer is
out here. And my bike! Can you see my bike? All right. Uh, I guess actually I can show
you the shelves I have here. For holiday stuff. It's a little bit messy. Got a little sports
area here. And my telescope! Woop! Mm, okay. So now on to the kitchen. Uh, all right. Kitchen
is very big compared to what I came from. There's my alphabet magnets all over the fridge.
Um, so a bunch of magnets on the fridge. Uh, look, surprise, it's Steven. Whee. Um, so
yeah. Check that out, big old kitchen. New cabinets and stuff. And those, uh, dishtowels
change with the seasons. Um, got a little area over here, and it's just nice to have
space, man. You know, like whoa, sorry, I have like a lot of cabinet space. In my old
apartment, um, I'd never be able to do something like fill up an entire cabinet with dishes
for cooking and a couple of specialty dishes, you know? It doesn't have a pantry in here,
and my old place did, so now I have to put food in one of the cabinets. Hello! Um, so
over here, you know, not gonna show you inside every cabinet, but hmhm, um, I do have some
cool cups and stuff. Um, tada. Um, there's my ivy jars of baking stuff. Uh, that's a
mint plant. And here's my little breakfast nook. Um, on days where, you know, I don't
have to go to work, like weekends or days I work from home, I can sit here at my computer
and watch the golfers. Which you can't see the golf course out there, but I'm across
the street from a golf course. And now get ready, you're about to see the ginormous living
room. Oh my god. Look at this place. This is my living room! Okay. It's huge. Um. This
is like one half of it, I'm standing in the middle now. So this is like one half of it.
And um, that's sort of a music area, so I've got my guitar, um, my ukulele, a keyboard,
violin, some drumsticks, some other stuff, and there's all my music books. Um, this is
kind of like some Pagan stuff, like candles and sort of ritual objects, ish? Um, so up
there is decorated for Halloween, well harvest time kind of so that'll change with the seasons.
That's gonna look different every season. Here's all my science fiction and fantasy
shelves. Um, on the bottom I've got science books. Um, yeah, science, um. And this is
like the comics and cartoons kind of stuff. Um, got comics and manga there, got graphic
novels and like, how to draw instructional art books and art books from things there.
Here I've got humor books, and on the bottom, like kids' books and fairy tale books. I collect
a lot of Sleeping Beauty books because I wrote a trilogy that was a fairy tale retelling
of Sleeping Beauty. This here's a couple of nice, um, bookshelves where I have my young
adult books, young adult and children's. So this is all like sort of the science fiction,
speculative, young adult and children's, an entire of, look at that man, I can have a
whole shelf of the Animorphs. Yeah man. This is more like general fiction and young adult--well
I mean, young adult general fiction. Um, so, if you're wondering why there's a computer
monitor there, I have a computer over here that I'm gonna hook up to it so that I can
play Dance Dance Revolution. There's my pad. I've got so much room here, so if I have it
set up so that it's easy to play, I'll play it more often, and I need to, so here's the
rest of the kids' books. That's Super Diaper Baby there, 'cause I like Captain Underpants.
This bookshelf is like, um, some more young adult stuff on the top, and there's my fairies
collection, but um, this is like uh, the pumpkins you know are Halloween. I'm having a party
in a few days, so there's a lot of pumpkins and junk. So that's like general fiction stuff
and some classics. Um, plays and stuff. And a few photos of family and friends. My nephew's
real cute. He's about to be four. Um, all right. So then the other side of the room
here in the middle I've got my tiny chair. Crystal Gems poster. Whee. And this area will
also change seasonally. Right now it's all fall harvest but that tissue box, I have like
eight different ones for different seasons and you know, when the Yuletide comes I'll
put my Yule tree there. Other side of the living room has, this is like, Pagan and spiritual
books. Almost everything there is Pagan stuff but like there are a couple of more traditional
religious books in there. Um, followed by some, like, ethics, um, social science, and
biography books. And uh, my entertainment center is here. More Halloween stuff up there.
So I've got like, a TV, VCR, DVD player, and here's my music system, it has a record player,
tape, CD, radio, and a Bluetooth opportunity, you can play stuff from your phone. That's
more Halloween setup. At this time of year you remember departed loved ones. So I have
a little shrine area to honor those that I've lost. My grandparents, my friend Mikey and
my dog. Um, yeah, VHS tapes down there, 'cause I still do that man. CDs. There's some tapes
back there, cassette tapes. And here we're getting a little more modern, I have the DVD
collection over here. There's more DVDs down in there. I just couldn't fit 'em all on these
shelves. TV series. Some cool stuff on top of these things too. You know. It's cool.
I'm not sure how I feel about everything yet, 'cause I only recently just did this. There's
a candy dish. Do you like peanut butter? I like candy dishes. Over here I have my candy
dish with Werther's Original. Oh my coffee table. This is a new coffee table. And my
couch, my good old couch that everybody seems to like when I put it in videos. I got a couple
new chairs, these are cool little teal chairs. And behind here you'll see my Flower Fairies
collection. I collect the art of Cicely Mar--Cicely Mary Barker. Um, and these are all like books
and trinkets of her work. Um, yep. I got--and the entryway. Just has right now a, you know,
sitting stool for putting on shoes, and couple of things up there to hang your coat on. Keys
and entryway table with also has stuff that changes with the seasons. I have some ideas
of what I wanna put there. Probably like a mirror or maybe candle holders I have. Um,
I, if you go through here, it just goes back into my office where we started. So, this
is a really big house. And I can't believe that I have almost 1500 square feet to, like,
be a dork in. Um, I have plans that once I finish my house projects and stuff, um, I'm
gonna devote more time to writing, sitting here in the morning, writing and at my breakfast
table, golfer watching. Okay, well. I guess I should say like thank you for watching me
and for putting up with that if you did. Um, it's fine if you aren't interested in, like,
the personal stuff, but it seems like a lot of people who have stuck with me this long,
like, care about that. I don't know, so. Um, I'm very tired. It's probably showing in the
way I'm talking, so I will sign off and I'll see you guys next time. I'll find an interesting
place to record from. 'Cause I have lots of choices now. Okay. Um. Bye!
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