GET IN HERE: A+ #StaycationSpectacular Livestream and Open Thread!

Oh, hi! It’s Saturday, March 14, which means we’ve arrived at the Autostraddle International Staycation Spectacular!

All around the world, people are hanging out inside, taking a spa day in their own bathtub, and/or eating cheese plates on the veranda. I’m going on a picnic in my living room! People are bringing pie! But that’s tonight, and right now I’m right here, sitting in bed, ready to hang out, dude. 

With you!

Welcome to the A+ Staycation Spectacular Livestream and Open Thread. Me and a bunch of the greats – Rachel, Stef, Kaitlyn, KaeLyn, Carolyn, Robin, Maddie, and special guests like our pets and friends! – are gonna spend a few hours of the day staycationing with you! And then you’re gonna comment right down there and tell us how great your morning and evenings are going, and also what you put on that cheese plate! Okay? Okay.

HERE GOES NOTHING!

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Carmen

Carmen spent six years at Autostraddle, ultimately serving as Straddleverse Director, Feminism Editor and Social Media Co-Director. She is now the Consulting Digital Editor at Ms. and writes regularly for DAME, the Women’s Media Center, the National Women’s History Museum and other prominent feminist platforms; her work has also been published in print and online by outlets like BuzzFeed, Bitch, Bust, CityLab, ElixHER, Feministing, Feminist Formations, GirlBoss, GrokNation, MEL, Mic and SIGNS, and she is a co-founder of Argot Magazine. You can find Carmen on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr or in the drive-thru line at the nearest In-N-Out.

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  2. Sick in bed staycation, just found out the roomies are making brunch so my day just got like 100 x better

  4. Staycation started by going out for donuts, but now I am back at home and can’t wait to spend the rest of this beautiful spring day inside drawing comics! And talking to everyone in this thread!

  6. hey everyone just wanted to share a hot tip, which was that i ate a whole bowl full of pierogi in bed for staycation, and i’d really recommend it to others

  8. Me: Staycation Day Staycation Day Staycation Day!
    Parents: Clean the house day clean the house day clean the house day!

    This makes it better

  9. On Chickens: I grew up on a farm with free range chickens. They would peck my feet, give me fleas and shit on everything. My little sister used to eat their food. We also had a chicken that used to cockle and lay eggs at the same time.

      • Once I knew someone who named chickens after themselves and their partner, which seems terrifying to me? Like let’s be real, chickens don’t live very long, and when they die that will be SUPER creepy.

        • I had a chicken called James Dean: Chicken Without A Cause. Whenever I tried to put him in his pen he would run the other way.

          My girlfriend bought them as chicks and I told her I would not love them because dinosaur legs/ unpredictable pooing/ they bite but then I loved them soooooooo much and they were my baaaaabies! I could catch two at once! I would shout, “chickens!!!!!” And they would run at me all at once!

          • am i being too mean to chickens? am i a chicken bully? i feel like my heart is growing like three sizes re: chickens right now

  10. I accidentally devoured most of my intended Staycation reading material last night (#staycationproblems), so I am moving onto a new activity. Quilt making! Specifically using the super adorable Dr. Seuss material I got yesterday to make aprx. a million baby blankets for all the pregnant people in my life. Very excited right now!

      • Two of my coworkers just had babies, four are pregnant (two are due on the same day!) and then so many of my other friends are or are trying to be pregnant! Maybe there is something in the water?

        • Whoa, that’s a lot of babies! All my aunts are either pregnant or trying to get pregnant. Half of them just attended their other kid’s engagements. Then all my young friends are getting babies too. Definitely something in the water.

          • haha “getting babies”, love it! I always refer to my very pregnant coworker’s baby as “that thing growing inside you” or “the parasite” cause I’m super appropriate like that.

      • OKAY!! I’m leaving home for a hot second to get some supplies then I will make some progress on quilting then I will post pictures :)

    • @mcsgf Hey, you’re totally somewhat accurate. And yes, pic! Show us pictures of your awesome Dr. Seuss blankets!

  11. Here is a picture of my dog, well my parent’s have dog custody, watching me watch this live stream.


    He didn’t really like a loud noise so his ears went back.

    I’m getting a live stream of my dog, Milo watching me, watch a live stream just to add to all this. (Okay, well actually no but it would be fun).

    My staycation so far:
    I opened up some packages from amazon and asos
    – Cover for my laptop and keyboard
    – Sweet vest I am so excited about
    – NEW PRETTY FANCY SHOES
    – Some books!

  12. Doing some yoga with my mom and her friend! Athletic staycation!!! (I can’t tell if I’m excited or sarcastic either.)

  15. Questions for roommates, so relevant… I’m spending my staycation on the couch in my pjs trying to figure out whether I should buy a townhouse and get a roommate, or stay here and get a roommate, or stay here and pay too much rent by myself. Why does it cost so much to live as a human on Earth? Why do strata rules suck so much? What should I do? Wait, this isn’t the advice thread, sorry.

    (By the way, I am getting a massively annoying huge Maybelline pop-up ad on every single page (including A+ articles) for the last few days. Is that happening to anyone else?)

    • Hmmm….I really dislike having roommates. But that’s not helpful advice… Can you move into a smaller apartment by yourself?

      • I’ve been keeping my eye out, but I’ve become pickier about where I live, and all the good places say no pets. Which is why I then thought, hey, maybe I should buy a small place of my own! But every property I can afford that’s in reasonable shape is in a strata complex, and they pretty much all don’t allow outdoor pets. It’s super frustrating. :/

    • I love roommates…but that’s just me being kinda codependent all the time. And if there isn’t someone else around then I feel zero pressure to ever clean. So for me it’s live alone in a dirtpile, or get a roommate and live like a normal person.

      • I’ve had good and bad experiences with roommates, but as I get older I feel less and less inclined to share my space with anyone who wouldn’t fit in well with the way I like to live my life, which makes it harder to find the right kind of person. I dunno. I’m gonna go eat some cookies and feel sorry for myself. Sigh.

      • Do you have problems finding good places with Eli too? PETS SHOULD BE A HUMAN RIGHT, DAMMIT. #PetOwnershipProblems

        Hmm, maybe it’s just me? I don’t wanna have to do the adblocker thing if that takes away ad revenue from the site, but they’re so. Annoying. I have to X each one in order to be able to read anything.

    • That came up for me in September. I knew one potential roommate, a friend, but I didn’t think living together was a good idea. I also haunted Craigslist– I don’t know if I’m old and cranky or what, but I kept mentally rejecting either the roommates or the physical living situation. I think I do better in some ways when I’m not solitary (plus, of course, the financial advantage), but I finally did a pro/con list that came out in favor of me needing my own space. It wasn’t the easiest financial decision, but I’m coming from a 4-person apartment, and this is pretty much an oasis.

  18. Hey folks! I’m staycationing in Portland, it’s pouring with rain out, I’m being hosted by the magnificent Alley Hector who is currently packing for a trip to Mexico. I’m faffing about making a collage for my girlfriend’s birthday, packing and unpacking my backpack, playing with tarot cards and gearing up for a 2-and-a-half day Greyhound trip to Texas. All solitary stuff, but I’m happy knowing a bunch of queers around the world are having a cosy day in too :)
    xx

      • Also Carmen you know I totally caved and joined Pinterest yesterday. That was cos of you whispering in my ear about how we could subvert it. Radical pinners of the world unite and take over. (Also this is an activity that can be done in PJs so – perfect for today!)

  19. Well, i only just remembered to staycation, but there are 42 minutes of today left, which is plenty of time! It’s rather weird eavesdropping on this conversation, and you all sounds SO DIFFERENT to how I would have imagined.

    • Right? If I had had to guess based on voice alone I would have had Carmen and Rachel’s switched.

    • The first time I heard the A+ podcast, I had the same reaction! It’s funny how we make up voices and things for people based on how they write, you know?

  20. I slept late in a guilt-free way, spent an unhealthy amount of time reading music stuff online (exponentially increasing my wish list), continued rewatching Twin Peaks, and am contemplating a bath.

    Also:

    I tried the bath bomb recipe yesterday (the kind of DIY one in part 2), since I had a lot of the stuff already. I mentioned to a neighbor how I didn’t have things like molds– and she gave me not only molds, but a complete soap-making kit (supplies and everything!) she had decided not to use! Double win!

    The big one: my brother and one of his assorted roommates (he lives in Animal House) stopped by for awhile because they were randomly in town. My upstairs neighbor came up, and the roommate (who’s pro-football-like) went upstairs, knocked on the door, and said his “cousin” was really bothered by the noise, could he keep it down? Because he planned to visit. A lot. So I made them cookies (me and Mr. Pillsbury). It’s been silent ever since!!!!!!

  21. I haz a sad. I couldnt particpate in staycation because of work. And i still work tomorrow. Lololol. On a brighter note, we had Yaki’s for lunch which a really good teriyaki place.

  22. How did i miss you guys again?? I’m sooo bad at time zones/planning. I thought this started in five minutes!

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