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Mandatory TV post, long overdue as is expected.

The name TV and the TV head pairing is much like the chicken and the egg... most people don't know which came first. I will reveal (much dismantling the mystery) that the name came first, in a dream, no less. While thinking of new names having come out as non-binary, I figured I'd think of something silly, something temporary, something uniquely me. Television was that name, and truly came to me in a dream. Dismissing it as ridiculous and exhausting a hundred or so different names, I eventually ran out of ideas and the former name beckoned me once again. I was like "there's no way I'm changing my name to Television," but alas, here we are. TV is simply a more socially-acceptable shortening of it that I can pass off as a nickname, and seems to have stuck well. That being said, then came the TV head - a project I've wanted to do for years, ever since I first watched FLCL and saw my beloved Canti-sama in all their robotic-television-head-glory. I decided there was no time like the (pains)present and fulfilled this dream to complete the coming-out as "Television", and now we're here. Call me whatever you'd like, but for the time being this scene knows me as the one, and hopefully only Television/TV.

Huge shoutout to Ash for helping me build the TV head!!

Love you all.🫶

(No, I still haven't played Deltarune...) by @tvatthediner

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Some Toronto highlights :)
I had an amazing three-day weekend on the other side of the lake. Though I went in with virtually no plans, it ended up being so much more eventful than I expected. The local scene in Toronto is spectacular and brimming with talent and amiable folks. Thank you to everyone who made me feel at home in a city foreign to me, your generosity will not go unpaid!! The cherry on top was definitely my tour de Scott Pilgrim; I visited at least half a dozen locations from the series. Shoutout to all the maple-flavored pastries, poutine, and the better-than-American fast food.
If all goes as planned, I'll be back for New Friends fest this summer!! :) by @tvatthediner

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4 months ago

Kansas City w/ @d.book76 :)

So glad that this trip could happen after all of the arduous planning! This trip had a LOT of firsts for me and I am incredibly thankful Danilo and his wonderful family for hosting me and giving me the comprehensive midwestern experience!

(a little overdue, as always) by @tvatthediner

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6 months ago

Back in Boston............

I don't have a good caption right now but enjoy this part 2 6 months later.... Featuring more enlightment and spiritual awakening and self-discovery yadda yadda yadda.... in all seriousness... Boston..... I will be back. by @tvatthediner

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8 months ago

My first *completely* solo trip: New York City!!
I've dreamed about going to this place since I was a kid; finally putting my foot down and deciding to make the trip happen has been endlessly rewarding. I went there with no concrete plans, only rough ideas of some places to check out. Going in nearly completely blind without a plan turned out to be the exact way I needed to experience this city for the first time. Taking the subway with no destination planned, walking the streets and stopping to smell every rose, taking pictures whenever something caught my eye (and not just the skyscrapers!) and finding places to sit and write poetry were among my favorite parts about this trip. In under 72 hours I think I toured quite a bit and got a good taste of what NYC has to offer, and will most certainly be planning another trip back for 2026 to cross some items off my bucket list. I met some incredible people and even got to visit my cousin too!
There's too much to say and too much to love about this city that one post doesn't do it justice. Regardless of how many words I could type, it's the kind of place you just have to experience for yourself, something ideally experienced best solo. by @tvatthediner

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10 months ago

CATMOB 2025 HOUSTON TRIP!!! After many years in the making... we finally did it... the CATMOB meet up!! I can't believe that after over four years I finally got the chance to meet my closest friends (who have become family to me) in real life. Four years of being usernames and voices behind screens but now we're here, we've made it. We still have countless years to go before we truly realize all of our dreams, but this big first step has proved that our friendship would extend beyond the years of quarantine and that we have created bonds that will last us a lifetime. By no means was this an objectively perfect trip nor did we do everything we planned, but the companionship alone I was able to experience in person was a feeling that made the entire thing perfect in my eyes. Thank you to every single one of you, you're family to me and you've each helped uplift me and helped me grow in ways my 14 year old self wouldn't have been able to anticipate. I love you, CATMOB. 🫶 by @tvatthediner

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2 years ago