Michael Hanscom

Enthusiastic ambivert. Geeky, liberal, friendly, curious, hopepunk; trying to be a good person. (he/him)

Year 50 Day 192

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Me sitting in a living room chair, with orange twinkle lights visible through the sliding glass door behind me.

Day 192: Since we had the day off today, we ran a few errands in the morning and then decided to make it a movie day. Today’s triple feature: Barbie (just as good as when we saw it in the movie theater), Singin’ in the Rain (always good), and Asteroid City (weird, but enjoyable if you like Wes Anderson).

Year 50 Day 189

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Me standing in front of a projected banner for Highline College's Disability Justice Week.

Day 189: This week is Highline College’s Disability Justice Week, and this year I served on the organizing committee and will be presenting on Thursday. Yesterday was a keynote address by Vilissa Thompson, today was viewings of The Right to be Rescued and Loving With Three Hearts, tomorrow is a talk by Ivanova Smith, and then Thursday I’ll be presenting and demoing some of the accessibility tools built into Windows (many of which can be helpful for non-disabled users as well).

Year 50 Day 188

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Me standing outside by a bank of mailboxes, putting two ballot envelopes into the outgoing mail slot.

Day 188: This is much later than usual for us, but it’s done! Have you voted yet? Local stuff is as important (and often more directly impactful) than the big high-profile national stuff. Don’t let it slip away!

Year 50 Day 185

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Me with a skeptical expression, next to a painting of a man who looks very much like, but is not, Teddy Roosevelt, smoking a cigar at a bar, with a drink and a gavel in front of him.

Day 185: We ran away to the Elks Temple McMenamins in Tacoma to celebrate my wife’s birthday (and my half-birthday). This gent graces the wall in our room, and, despite appearances, is not Teddy Roosevelt.

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Year 50 Day 184

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Me standing outside in front of a large tree with orangey-red fall leaves, with other trees in fall colors in the background, and lots of leaves on the ground and scattered across the wet pavement of a walkway.

Day 184: It was quite the rainy and blustery day today. Calmed a bit by the time we were leaving, but I’m glad this was a day when I didn’t have to go running around campus.