Hi @everyone, heads up that I overhauled the event description. I think the most significant updates are:

• You can crash here if you want.
• Tony will be making dinner.
• I’m no longer wanting to have fire spinning, but LED props are welcome and encouraged.

I’d also like to say a few words about why this party is significant for me—a Familiar overshare, if you will.

The last year has been one of my most difficult, but also undoubtedly full of significant growth. I broke up with the person I was planning to move in here with, closed on this house, and then found myself pushed to the periphery of the community I had brought her into. After several months of trying to apologize and “make things right” so I could be included again, I realized it was futile and decided to focus my energy on finding new friends and community. You are those new friends.

After leaving a relationship where I had to suppress my needs and my truth in order to avoid “fights,” and leaving a community where people would rather pretend problems didn’t exist than communicate and work towards solutions, I found myself with a blank slate and opportunity to figure out who I am and who I want in my life.

Since then, I’ve tried to be unapologetically “me” whenever possible, rather than contorting myself in order to fit in. In the process, I’ve learned so much about myself and my fundamental nature, and I’ve found people who genuinely value me—who appreciate the ways that I’m vulnerable, direct, and non-judgmental. And I found out that I’m Familiar.

Admittedly, I have some emotional baggage around this home. Her criteria took precedence over mine, I got locked into buying at a bad time in the market, and I lost the community I moved to be closer to. Honestly, I’d much rather be congratulated for my work and growth and for becoming Familiar than for buying a house.

That said, this house is also where I live and will live for the foreseeable future. I want to do what I can to make it a place I and the people in my life are excited to congregate. So I’m asking you, someone who’s seen me at my weirdest and (presumably) still likes me anyway, to bring your energy to my space so we can imbue my home with the vibrations of people who resonate with me. I’d also love if you gifted me something to remind me of you and of our connection.

Lastly, I want to give a shout out to Voodough, The Zach, the Monkey that lives here, Tornedo, Qubit, and Shaynay for providing support and validation at pivotal points in my progression towards being my full self.