Wife and I have been day dreaming about getting a large fifth-wheel RV and spending time on the road. Anyone here do that sorta thing? #RV #FifthWheel #VanLife #Nomad

"The Sunset of Athena"
#SilentSunday
#Greece #parthenon #Photography #Travel #Nature #Nomad #vanlife #rv

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.
--Saki

#quote #quotetoot #quoteoftheday #quotodon #Photography #Travel #Nature #Nomad #vanlife #rv

Weather looks nice over the next few days so we thought she’d head down to visit D’s mum who’s poorly sick…

Feckin’ mice have moved into the #Roadtek

Time to clean, renew and declutter

At least the don’t seem to have eaten anything that can’t easily be replaced this time (there was no food in there they just chewed up be expensive lightweight waterproof) and the weather IS nice too

Oh this is the first time I’ve seen one of Bam the #Roadtrek‘s twins (same age and spec save Bam has leather seats) for sale.

Seems to be in better shape with less paint peal and far fewer mods and bodges. Asking price is about the same as when we bought in 2012.

They might want to push the Canadian heritage more

Thanks to the #MutualAid community on TikTok, my partner, our two cats, and I are able to leave the extended stay hotel we’ve been struggling to stay sheltered in, and now have an #RV to call home.
I’ve started a playlist with RV-based content as a positive turn-around to hopefully come back from this #depression and share our experiences:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP822Ht6b/

As a #disabled #queer #artist who makes #AltRock music, art, and does other projects to earn a living, I’d sincerely appreciate any support; especially through streaming my music, getting merch or custom art from me, and supporting ( @magicalgrrrl ) my partner’s music and merch.
I currently have a children’s #storybook that I wrote and illustrated, on hold for (self)publication. It is a family-friendly book about my experiences with #homelessness stemming from childhood #abuse from the perspective of a cat.
I’m also slowly but surely working on an #autobiography about my experiences being #ActuallyAutistic with #CPTSD in hopes of reaching other people with similar stories. #Trauma and #HealingTrauma is also the main point of my music.
If you decide to check out the music, get some art, or some merch, thank you!!
You can find it all here:

https://hyperfollow.com/LukeOrion

Tags:
#transgender #CPTSDSurvivor #CommissionsOpen #patreon #lgbtqia #MutualAidSavesLives #IndieArtist #IndieMusic #TransMusic #QueerMusic #TransArtist #QueerArtist #DisabledArtist #nonbinary #NonbinaryArtist #NonbinaryMusic #CatsOfMastodon

re- #introduction

I've been around the Fediverse for at least 7 years. I've left logins all over the place, which mostly now just follow this account. I settled on Sharkey for its features. And besides, how could software from a trans group be bad, eh?

I'm a very old techie. When I was a kid, we had to program the bootstrap code in binary by using switches on the front panel. Uphill, both ways. My favorite language was Pascal. It was so fucking safe and deterministic, you had to work really hard to create a bug.

Professionally, I was originally a biomedical engineer, then a marketing manager for a well-known, racist, and anti-Semitic company in Texas, then freelanced until I retired a few years ago. I've a few patents, including a software patent with probably the most claims of any software patent ever. Because I wrote it myself, and I was fucking with them because patents and copyrights have really lost sight of their original intention.

Unprofessionally, I was an actor and performance artist, poet, photographer, and a man of ridiculously poor life choices with gusto. How else do you learn anything?

What I post is usually photos, sometimes quotes, and maybe film reviews. Also, our blog if we ever get back to doing that. Currently, we're in Canada, and there's at least a 50-50 chance I'll be asking for perm residence. We're running a Bed & Breakfast in Toronto: 35acores.com
#Travel #Nomad #vanlife #rv #photography

#Movies #cinema #cinemastodon #MovieReview
#filmastodon

The Boss of It All: Lars von Trier's Comedic Deconstruction of Control

Who knew Lars von Trier could make us laugh? In "The Boss of It All", he doesn't just satirize corporate culture - he dismantles artistic pretension with surgical comedic precision.

The film opens with von Trier himself, reflected in a window, perched in a cherry picker camera dolly - a literal deus ex machina, playing God while simultaneously mocking the very concept of directorial omnipotence. Here, he's gleefully playing God and immediately undermining himself.

Using Automavision, a computer program that randomly determines camera angles, von Trier literally relinquishes directorial control. It's a brilliant mirror of the film's narrative: Ravn hiring an actor to be a fictional boss, thus avoiding personal responsibility. The director becomes just another actor in his own absurdist play.

Kristoffer, the hired "boss", embodies this perfectly. "I have to consult my character," he says - a line that skewers both corporate role-playing and Dogme 95's Rule 6, which demands that action must be motivated solely by character emotion. It's a delicious mockery of the very artistic constraints von Trier champions.

Ultimately, von Trier's message is disarmingly simple: Don't take life - or art - so seriously. It's only life, after all. It may even mirror the "senior six" throwing the beloved Teddy Bear over the cliff.

A comedy that's also a profound philosophical joke? This is vintage Lars von Trier!

stars 9/10 #Travel #Nomad #vanlife #rv

@nazokiyoubinbou @ai6yr agree Outdoor boards radio social media and regional driving distance ad psa campaigns to keep people away and on the phone with congress,and White House. #Sierraclub #rei campaign.#northface #patagonia and the #rv industry. Because they will get shit when clueless consumers of the outdoors get sideways someplace they should not be. #Insurance industry? And crowdfunding to sue the pants off these eejits #dogees

Halifax-area man ordered to leave RV can stay — for now
Matthieu Tetreault was recently told he can stay in his RV until Halifax council makes a final decision about allowing RVs for residential use, likely coming in October.
#law #housing #RV #Halifax #News #Canada
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-man-ordered-to-leave-rv-can-stay-for-now-1.7446511?cmp=rss

#SilentSunday
The last kerosene-fired, and hand-cranked #lighthouse in the world. Yes, that means there is lighthouse keeper who climbs those stairs to light the lamp, and a few times a night to crank the mechanism to keep it turning. It is in the Abacos, Bahamas on Elbow Cay. It was nearly destroyed by Hurricane Dorian. #Photography #Travel #Nomad #vanlife #rv

https://natureisourmedicine.com/f/sleeping-buffalo-and-medicine-rock---1011jul2024 #montana #rock #sleepingbuffalo #medicinerock #sleepingbuffalocampground #naturalspring #sculpture #mineralspring #pool #swimming #prairiedog #campground #travel #adventure #journey #rv #rvlife #vanlife #winnebago

hey #FediMeta #LosAngeles #SoCal, anyone interested in a 24' Ford Tioga? I can't afford to keep my RV and must, MUST sell and get it out of my name before the insurance renews on January 11th, as I no longer have a driver's license due to a resurgence of a seizure disorder. my loss is your gain and other such cheesy slogans go here.

as a bonus, everyone now knows my married somewhat real name, so let's distract from the meta. (I kid, the most recent meta is important but, am gonna piggyback on it to get views? absolutely. and doxx myself in service of selling. not that I was hiding it.)

selling the #RV is more important, and back to our #MutualAid plea. the sale of the RV is the funding we're going to live on for much of 2025.

please boost this and send it to anyone you know who might be interested. https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1299630844791321/?mibextid=dXMIcH

#WindowFriday #FensterFreitag #Friday
Old #Russian #Church still operating in #Alaska #Photography #Travel #Nature #Nomad #vanlife #rv

SF Board of Supervisors rejects Mayor's plan to tow and seize #RV vehicles with people living in them off the city's streets. #Homelessness https://48hills.org/2024/12/supes-reject-breed-policy-on-towing-rvs/

VAN LIFE in New Mexico | #1 Place to Boondock on Route 66 - https://youtu.be/7iEnd7NCI4U

If you aren't relying on electric hookups, there are some amazing places to park a van or RV.