My ABOUT MEEE video.
Transcript:
Hello my name is Natalie but you might know me as definatalie. This is a video to explain to you a little bit more about me.
I’m 30. I live in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. I’m married to Nick who is awesome. I have type 1 diabetes, Graves disease and possibly another autoimmune disease. I have a funny wrist, possibly from RSI and possibly from this mystery disease.
Some things that I like! I like tea. I like making art. I struggle with calling myself a “professional artist” but it’s where I get most of my money from (which isn’t very much).
This is some of my art. I also like to embroider. (Still continuing on that sad theme probably.)
I like to wear wigs. I have a lot of craft supplies.
I really like dogs. I kind of squee a little bit on the inside every time I see one. I know most people on the internet like cats but for me, I love dogs. I walk past pet shops and spend a lot of time looking at the poor little dogs that are kept in there in really bad conditions. I wish I could adopt them all. I’m looking into getting an assistance dog to help me because I have, I am prone to pretty bad low blood sugars (which is not very good). And… yeah. I just think dogs are the best.
So I’ve been using the internet for a pretty long time. I first got access in 1995 when I was about 14 and I have never looked back. It’s been a pretty integral part of my life. I’ve always suffered with depression and anxiety and it’s been a great way to meet people; and I’ve blogged since about 1999/ 2000 on various platforms and for me that’s been a fantastic way of developing my self awareness and also meeting fabulous people and learning new things.
I talk a lot about body image and fat activism. It’s really important to me to make my body visible because my type of body is just not visible in this world. You know, the kind of body that we see is a slim, white, cisgendered woman and yeah, I’m white, cisgendered and I’m FAT! So yeah I use the internet as a way of making myself more visible and also encouraging other people to be more visible. I run another tumblr called deathfatties, it’s kind of a humorous take on the BMI category: MORBIDLY OBESE.
I like listening to the same kind of music. Even though I try listening to new things but my staples have always been Tori Amos, Aimee Mann, Kate Bush, Jeff Buckley… and I think that’s it. OH! And I really really like Ben Folds. And Ben Folds Five. And basically whatever Ben Folds does.
I use tumblr as more of, kinda you know, live blogging. It’s just you know, on the run kind of blogging for me. It’s also great for conversations and learning and reading and yeah. I love the opportunity to hear more from people whose voices don’t often get heard.
My regular blog is definatalie.com, and I blog about well, my life but it’s in a more formalised format.
I’m afraid of falling over in public. I’m afraid that everyone’s looking at me. When I get really stressed out I sweat profusely, and that’s actually another symptom of Graves disease.
I don’t know.
I love puppies!
I don’t know what else to say.