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Thursday, April 20, 2023 edition — Dipping a toe into the adult entertainment industry
Thursday, April 20, 2023 | 🌥️ High 12C | Forecast
Good morning!
My attempt to read 50 books this year has fallen pretty far off the rails. But I’d recommend one of the books I’ve read this year to everyone: The Martian. It’s about a stranded astronaut and full of realistic chemistry and the math that comes with it. (And I don’t like math. That’s how you know the book is good). The book’s unique (or at least, I haven’t found anything quite like it yet) in that, as a reader, you pay close attention to the numbers because if the funny, foul-mouthed protagonist doesn’t do the math right, he dies.
It’s got great dialogue (more characters come into the narrative a few chapters in) it’s funny, fast-paced, and way smarter than the movie they made of it a few years ago.
Thanks to new Current members Deloris, Marie, and Wayne!
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How a picture of a foot led a Chilliwack woman to a career in online sex work
Haley Perechy writes and voices adult content for clients. 📷️ Kaspars Grinvalds; submitted; Teona Swift/Pexels
Haley Perechy gets compliments on her feet all the time.
The comments are nothing new. Trips to the beach or nail salon have been accompanied by admiration her entire life.
“People would joke, ‘You should do foot fetish work because your toes are so long’…And then one day I was like, ‘Wait, so why don’t I?’”
So, one day, Perechy dipped her toe into the water of adult entertainment. She pulled out a camera, snapped a few photos of her feet, and posted them online.
Five years later, adult entertainment is Perechy’s full-time job. Her career lives in a corner of the wider world of online sex work between the world’s oldest profession and one of its newest: digital content creation. She writes erotic literature, voice-acts for animated porn, sexts, sells used clothing, and creates custom pictures and videos for clients. And she loves it.
It comes, like any career, with its own set of problems and solutions. With no physical proximity to anyone, it’s safer than many other parts of adult entertainment. But the online and independent nature of her work requires stickhandling her finances through a web of institutions that refuse to work with her.
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Need to know
🐟️ The first coho salmon fry was found in the Agassiz Slough since 1948, fostering hope for the swamp’s revival [Agassiz-Harrison Observer]
👉️ Canadian public service workers went on strike Wednesday [CBC]; the first shift on picket lines in Chilliwack drew big crowds [Chilliwack Progress]
👯 Choir students in Langley are fundraising for a trip to nationals in Niagara Falls [Langley Advance Times]
👉️ An Abbotsford man with a criminal record was sentenced to a year in prison for having a loaded gun on him during a traffic stop [Abbotsford News]
🚌 Abbotsford School District will raise fees for buses and golf, among other activities [Abbotsford News]
🚎 Fraser Valley municipalities are calling for the province to appoint a mediator to resolve the transit strike [Chilliwack Progress]
👩⚖️ A manslaughter trial will begin this summer, four years after the death of Langley teen Carson Crimeni [Langley Advance Times]
🚘️ A car crash in Agassiz rolled a vehicle and knocked a power pole down [Agassiz Harrison Observer]
📸 Current Cam: David Warkentin first correctly identified Old Riverside Park in Abbotsford.
🚜 EcoFarm Fest 2023 is a family-friendly farm and food market event including local food, music, and entertainment. Don’t miss this free community event!*
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The Agenda
A parking lot will replace three empty buildings near Central Community Park 📷️ Google Maps
Big new parking lot coming to downtown Chilliwack
Three older buildings will be demolished to make way for a new parking lot in downtown Chilliwack.
The new lot between Victoria Avenue and Young Road is needed to add more parking to the area as it becomes busier.
The new spaces would span the entirety of the three lots, which were previously home to a business, a home, and a low-rise apartment. The city purchased the land in 2021, and rezoned it for the parking project on Tuesday. None of the buildings slated for destruction are currently occupied.
Victoria Avenue is also slated to become a one-way road. More parking will be added along the south side of the street once that transformation is completed.
Throwback Thursday
The Mission rail bridge was completed and opened to the public on February 7, 1891. 📷️ City of Vancouver Archives
Construction of the wooden rail bridge that links Abbotsford to Mission began in 1889.
Mission flooded often during that time, and portions of the bridge were constantly rebuilt as the piers supporting it sunk deeper into the river. After just a couple decades, CPR started planning a replacement. The current bridge opened in 1927 to all road traffic. It collapsed, however in 1955. More is available on the Mission Museum’s website.
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