About

peculiar [ pi-kyool-yer ]: adjective
  1. strange; queer; odd.
  2. uncommon; unusual.
  3. distinctive in nature or character from others.
monster [ mon-ster ]: noun
  1. a legendary animal combining features of animal and human form or having the forms of various animals in combination, as a centaur, griffin, or sphinx.
  2. any creature so ugly or monstrous as to frighten people.
  3. ny animal or human grotesquely deviating from the normal shape, behavior, or character.

I am:

  • Pseudonymous. Everything here should be credited to the site. If you must use a name, you may use either eilatan or Natalie. Please respect my privacy in this maatter.
  • A cyborgified human being. That is, I use a Tandem t:slim insulin pump, a Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitor, have a port-a-cath for IVs and blood draws, and a Mirena IUD.
  • Femme non-binary and my pronouns are she/they.
  • Married to a wonderful man since 2006, but we’ve been partners since 1998.
  • Chronically ill with a whole bunch of fascinating things. An incomplete list: necrotizing pancreatitis, pancreatic/chylous ascites, portal vein thrombosis and hypterension, type 3c (pancreatrogenic) diabetes, DESNOS/cPTSD, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and I recently had to have a uterine artery embolization procedure to stop me from bleeding to death. (I am so fun at parties.)
  • Owned by two cats, Miles and Ivan (Nominative determinism is absolutely a thing).
  • Owned by three cats, Miles, Ivan, and Gregor (Nominative determinism is absolutely a thing).
  • A voracious reader of speculative fiction and possessed of many opinions and very willing share them.
  • From August 2020 until December 2021–and possibly even now!–I was one of the most hated fans in science fiction because that essay? Got me a Hugo nomination. Die mad, Mike Glyer. One of these opinions is that George R.R. Martin can fuck off into the sun. And remember kids, there’s plenty of room in the sun.
  • A loser of not one, but two Hugo Awards.
  • A watercolor and mixed media artist.
  • A reasonably competent knitter, crocheter, and spinner.
  • A failed poet.
  • A collector of stickers and fountain pens/inks. I also have a small but choice enamel pin collection.
  • A failed poet.
  • In perpetual recovery from toxic productivity.
  • Doing my best to get away from the algorithmically fuelled web, as I have come to believe that it is fundamentally harmful to human beings

Say hello. But only if you’re not a jackass.