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Sierra, nerd for many animals

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May randomly slip into an animal theme Hi! I'm Sierra, shower coffee enjoyer, known transsexual, and biologist with background in molecular biology and bioinformatics. She/Her

New pinned? Eh, it's as good a time as any.

Hiya! I'm Sierra. I'm a trans woman, currently unemployed, but with an educational background in molecular biology and bioinformatics. I also like doing outdoorsy stuff. Im apparently a Big Blogger (tm) against my will. This blog is SFW in the strictest technical sense, but I freely talk about taboo stuff, and I'm really, REALLY bad about tagging.

This blog is my unfiltered dumpster heap for putting my random stuff. It hasn't been very active for a while, but if you want my clean, SFW, "hall of fame" collection, @hi-sierra is the best place for that.

As a general rule, I do not promote fundraisers unless I personally (as in, beyond tumblr) know the people involved.

The stuff I put here may include:

  • Discourse inducing takes, typically more for the purpose of journaling, venting, and inviting discussion in good faith rather than being polished theory
  • Rambles about the intersection of my science background and my existence as a trans woman, particularly about the biology of transfeminine HRT
  • Bad attempts at humor
  • Cataloguing outdoor adventures by being a vain bitch:
  • Thirst trap selfies:
  • Transition timelines:
  • Rambling about my adhd
  • Pictures of my adorable little Russian Tortoise:

I occasionally stream on a "when I feel like it" basis:

If you like me and want to support me while I job hunt in biotech and biology research, consider giving something to my ko-fi if you can spare it!

I'm not SUPER active on other sites, but I do have other places I occasionally post. If I ever disappear from Tumblr, these are other places you can find me:

Vampire's thrall yelling at me "Skyrim doesn't belong to the Nords".... News flash babe, the you doesn't even belong to you

What is a catheter but an elaborate little pee maze to confuse and disorient bacteria

Pain meds are working huh?

Surprisingly I haven't needed any opiates, the non-opiate baseline pain meds have been doing fine. This is home grown kookiness baby

Okay, someone let this girl have some enrichment before she destroys her enclosure.

Don't worry I reinstalled Skyrim

Cocoa powder loooves spilling on the counter when I'm trying to be so careful

cocoa powder and powdered sugar are beautiful sisters whos prefered habitats are in order: the air , the countertop you just cleaned, and y our lungs ☝️

*trying to impress the other kinky tgirls* yeah normal porn just wasn't doing it so i turned on my lava lamp and jerked off to the way the shapes slowly pulled apart and melted back together *i sigh* okay thats a lie i jerked off the a picture of d.va from overwatch eating people

Following swagophile is aweaome cus its ostensibly a normal tumblr joke blog but every month or so the poster becomes really desperately horny about harpies without warning for like. a day

We'll never be as high as our ancient hunter and gather ancestors. Want to see just how high? For a start, read Daniel Pinchbeck's Breaking Open the Head. (I'm sure there are better books deeper into the field, but this is the one I know, so it's the one I'll recommend.)

Anonymous asked:

From what I know, that shoud really be a serious enough surgery that opiates would be needed, so does that really mean it's not that painful just a few days later.

If yes, very yay

I have optional opiates prescribed that most patients use, on top of non-opiate antiinflamatories/painkiller combines that I'm taking regularly. I would not be functional without the latter, and I'm very lucky to have not needed the former except for the first day at the hospital.

What is a catheter but an elaborate little pee maze to confuse and disorient bacteria

Pain meds are working huh?

Surprisingly I haven't needed any opiates, the non-opiate baseline pain meds have been doing fine. This is home grown kookiness baby