Josey Pickering
Bio
Autistic, non-binary, queer horror nerd with a lot to say.
Stories (261/0)
Abusing the system
It happens pretty much every time I'm in a line at an amusement park. I almost always need a mobility aid, specifically my wheelchair, and so I have to use disability accommodations regularly. Without fail, someone will complain the line isn't moving fast enough, try to cut around me, or make comments to the employees about how they though this "skipped the line." I roll my eyes pretty much every time, knowing they gave themselves up then and there. They don't actually need a wider line, or a few more minutes getting on a ride, they just want to get on faster.
By Josey Pickering2 years ago in Humans
'Tis the season
I cannot honestly tell you where my love of fall and especially Halloween comes from. There isn't a particular memory or moment that sparked the love, but many fused together to only cement the adoration. I can fondly remember my mom making my costumes when I was tiny, from Tinkerbell to a Black Cat to Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. I remember my parents taking me out each year to gather a massive candy haul, and I remember being old enough to go walk around our neighborhood myself and take my little brother with me. I never tired of Trick or Treating, and even growing older I still longed to go door to door and have my own costume fashion show of sorts. Today, I still dress up every single year, and sometimes in multiple costumes. Halloween is the time of year when anyone can be someone else and just have fun. As a kid I had frequent nightmares, but it didn't stop me from watching movies like Beetlejuice repeatedly at three years old. I would watch Hocus Pocus & Halloweentown in the spring with no regrets as it gave me a taste of the season I love most. As I got older, my costumes also got a little more obscure as times. In junior high, I was Drusilla from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and one time I was even Xena. I'm autistic, so Halloween itself became a fixation for me that still burns strong to this day.
By Josey Pickering2 years ago in Viva