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StandplaatsKRK
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It's in here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/great-big-june-84159477

But because cohost is cool and you can do longform things here:

The great big June Update: Birthday Fundraising and things of that nature

I finally have a little energy to spare: the beginning of this month was a never ending exhaustion gauntlet.

Hi, I'm Standplaats, or Titus if you prefer government names. I'm an old Dutch punk who lives in Poland, curates memes and is chronically ill and disabled.

By now, most people will know my general situation: I got hit by a double diagnosis of chronic conditions, Parkinson's and Long Covid. These leave me unable to reliably function. Tremors and brain fog are in a fierce competition to see which of them can have the most impact on my existence.

I'm on a bunch of medications that seem to be doing their very best to keep things going, and I visit my doctors a lot. The whole situation makes it untenable for me to work though, because even on a good day I only have a very small window of being energetic enough to do anything. I tire incredibly quickly, and when I do I lose the ability to type, speaking gets really hard, and my emotions get difficult to control (I get real sad, yo.)

I have been on sick leave for well over a year by now, and while I appreciate the fact that I did not get officially fired, I haven't gotten paid since my paid sick leave ran out last June. The only thing that has made it possible to keep my head above water and to provide for my little family (my girlfriend and our sweetheart of a dog Sonya) has been the generosity of the good people of Twitter (and my beautiful Patrons.)

To keep the bill collectors at bay I need to bring in about $2000 a month, and up until now we've been able to scrape by consistently.

HOWEVER: we have a secondary huge giant sword hanging over our head: we have been offered first rights to buy our current home. We are getting an incredible deal in one of the few housing markets in Europe that have not yet bubbled out of control so we are able to buy the place for a total of a bit over $50 000, which is very good. We also already put down about 12k out of that amount, so $40k should get us home free. Getting a home at this point in life would be a game changer: it would allow me to make all the accessibility accommodations I need and it would give me the financial breathing room to focus completely on my health situation.

Problem is: I do not have 40k. I do not even have the 12k we're on the hook for in Autumn (late October.) This might become a really big issue, and financial worries are putting a big strain on our mental health and relationship.

Therefore, my plan for this Month -well, I say plan, it's more of a hope, really- is to try to get the survival fund raised by my birthday, on the 22nd of June. That's 16 days from now, so ideally we'd receive $125 every day. On my birthday, and in the remaining time we'd try to raise as much as possible of the second installment of the house payments. For every donation over $10 I will make the donor a 2000x2000 pixel abstract digital artwork as thanks!

I could really, really use every bit of help anyone could give me in reaching this goal: spread this message far and wide, boost my social media posts (Masto, cohost, bluesky, even Twitter...) and donate generously. You'd be saving my life, my relationship, and keep me able to enjoy life in the face of some really big adversity.

If you got this far, thank you very much for your attention, please help me out!


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